I thought it was very good, but also very short. I beat it on the second hardest difficulty in just a shade under 6 hours. It's a lot less stealth oriented than the past games, but I'd still recommend it especially with it being so cheap.
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I thought it was very good, but also very short. I beat it on the second hardest difficulty in just a shade under 6 hours. It's a lot less stealth oriented than the past games, but I'd still recommend it especially with it being so cheap.
Yeah, I had a lot of fun with it, and still put it in and play some random missions for fun now and then.
Yes, please, and thank you.
http://pc.ign.com/articles/119/1191023p1.html
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Do you lament the lack of games like X-Wing or Freespace in modern games? Do you wish that you could pilot a starship in epic space battles a la the Battlestar: Galactica television remake? Developer Seamless Entertainment hopes so, because its new game aims to take advantage of that very market. SOL: Exodus takes us back into space, puts us in the cockpit, and is the first step in what the team hopes will be the return of a genre.
When I was much younger I played the shit out of the Wing Commander series, Privateer after that and then Star Lancer.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
I loved the Privateer series where you started with a ship and from there decided if you wanted to be a cargo runner, pirate, hired gun or really whatever. Then you could upgrade your ship, buy new ships, take missions of all kinds. Spent a lot of hours on those games.
I played WC IV a ton on my PS1, but I really played a lot of X-Wing Alliance on the PC. I was a little behind the times, and didn't get into them when X-Wing, Tie Fighter, and XvT were all the rage, but I definitely enjoyed the ones I could play. I'm very hopeful that the genre receives a little life.
Man, I never liked those games. Maybe if they do the stuff right (and have some type of radar system that actually make sense). Otherwise, I'm blindly swinging around, hoping to god I find the fuckin' ship blowing me to fuckin' hell in time.
Always worked fine for me ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
I dunno of that was Bdoughty that was talking about this or not...and suggested Top Spin 4....but hell for $19.99, I'll give it a shot!
Your avatar creeps me the fuck out. :D
He should do an edit to give him red eyes. That would make it super creepy.
Yeah, that would be worse. It might actually get me to lose sleep.
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Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz2ET5K6zY0
The very first thing I think of every time I see his avatar.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/x...ris_hansen.gif
Yeah, except Lebowski is looking up the skirts of of-age girls :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
Well-written piece on IGN about the fine line between a "current events" game and exploitation of the events.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/119/1191529p1.htmlQuote:
When we look closely at a game like Medal of Honor, we see a game torn in half by two opposing imperatives: the desire to do some justice to the sacrifices of Marines in combat, and the need to offer an engaging game. In order for something like Medal of Honor to be considered a game (much less a commercially viable one) by modern standards, it has to provide a certain amount of mindless fun; unless you let players kill enemies like the Taliban by the hundreds, you probably don't have much of a game. But if you do let the player slaughter thousands without batting an eyelash, without ever making him think about the consequences of war, then you're offering an irresponsible—even offensive—fantasy-world version of a real conflict. This is a problem, on some level, in virtually all violent games. Even Nathan Drake, as likable a hero as they come, is by any reasonable definition a mass murderer. (And an glib one at that—a guy who says "That's gotta hurt" after shooting someone in the face.) It's only when these games depict actual situations that they veer into an ethical danger zone by trivializing real suffering.
Playing Nier. Rented it off Gamefly. I just now read its from the maker of Drankengard.....which I did not like. Oh well....maybe it'll surprise me by sucking more then reviews say or not being all that bad. heh.
Dumb Questions I preordered Gears 3 through Amazon, do I seriously have to pay for shipping and handling? I thought that shit was free on pre-orders, and I also thought I get it the same day it comes out?
It's free on Super Saver shipping which is a 5-8 day delievery time. You have the option to choose Release Day Delivery, which is $1.Quote:
Originally Posted by oweb26
Thanks, I figured out actually not to long after I asked the question. Still worth it for the 20.00 credit. I might get a couple of other games through them just to rationalize my excessive game buying this holiday season.
I'm pretty sure I pre-ordered the day they announced the $20 credit back in March or so :D and of course $1 release day shipping, so I'm good to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by oweb26
I can't believe Gears 3 is only 18 days away. My social life is going to disappear when that drops.
Giving RPG's another try after being burned out from them. Just havent liked the current gen games.
Can anyone tell me if either Kane & Lynch game is worth $5? Their each on Steam for $5.10 today... I played the K&L2 demo and it wasn't terrible but heard it was extremely short and debatable whether it's worth $5.
It's not, from what I've played of either of them (which is, admittedly, very little). They are very short, from my understanding as well and both are pretty terrible. There are plenty of games out there that are like them, but better, though playing them on the PC might actually be more enjoyable because part of the issue was playing it on the 360, the controls were pretty shitty.
Personally, I wouldn't pay $5 for them, but that's just me as I have zero interest in them. If it's something that you're even halfway considering, you probably can't beat 10-15 hours worth of so-so gameplay for $5.
Why is it that every competitive FPS turns into people spawn killing another team and it seems like 99 times out of 100 it's my dumb ass team getting spawn killed? I don't understand people that FPSs anymore. It used to be about the skill of the kill. Thanks to Call of Duty, it's the quantity, not the quality. I can't even stand to play Team Deathmatch in FPSs anymore because it inevitably comes down to the dude that's found the best camping spots on the map and then switching back and forth between the two or three that are close together. There's no such thing as team work anymore unless it revolves around covering the three different directions the other team can come from their spawn point while racing to see who can first get the best kill streak that totally fuckin' wipes the floor because there's barely any counter to it (or, none at all).
That's why I love me some Left 4 Dead 2... you COMPLETELY have to be able to rely on your teammates, otherwise you'll be fucked.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
Yeah. That was a series I never really got into playing that much. Just not my kind of game. The promise of people getting the play the zombies and playing against the humans never really panned out how I had hoped it would.
How so? I think it works quite well from a competitive standpoint. The only major negative I can see is that brand new players get confused very easily... They should have some sort of out of the box trainer.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
In playing the Gears 3 beta, I didn't really see too much of this. Hoping it stays that way when the game launches very soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
Yeah, Gears 3 is a competitive man's shooter. It doesn't baby you like all the other shooters have started to do. If you suck at it, well...get better. They added little crutches here and there like the Sawed Off, but it's still heavily sided towards the "hardcore" player.
As lame as it sounds, I also have high hopes for MW3 after the info they released during last week's expo. It seems they realized that fans want a more refined COD4, and it appears we'll be getting something along those lines. I'm also pretty excited about BF3, but other than those 3, that's about all I'm looking forward to shooter wise this year.
Yeah that Sawed Off pisses me off. I suck with it, but get owned by it.
Has anyone played Dead Rising 2? I picked up the Collector's Edition off Newegg for $19.99 yesterday.
I played it... bought it during last year's Steam Christmas sale. It was pretty good, worth $20 I'd say. It's less about the fighting and more about avoiding zombies, etc. It became annoying a fair number of times but all in all not terrible.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
Yeah a $20 collector's edition is tough to pass up too....here are the extras on that:Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
Dead Rising 2 game disc
Exclusive two-disc steelbook case
High-Def disc with 83 Minute "Zombrex Dead Rising Sun" motion picture and 24 minute "Making of" featurette
Zombrex "Syringe" pen
Zombrex "Prescription" notepad (25 pages)
Zombrex "Safety" card
Zombrex "Prospectus" sales brochure (16 pages)
Dead Rising 2 hardback artbook (48 pages)
LOL all of that would find its way to the trashcan in my house. Minus the game disc of course.
Chrono Trigger And Final Fantasy 6 Coming To The PSN http://bit.ly/onDgc6
Is any one excited for the ps vita.I wish we could get a release date for it tho.
If it is comfortable in the hands I'll consider it. The PSP wasn't for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by GatorfanStovy
F hand held game consoles.
EDIT: Unless it's for my daughter of course.