How long is it btw? I've been looking to get stuck into it but i'm desperately paranoid about having no time everytime I start a new game.
It took me about 16 hours to finish, according to my Steam log. However, having said that, I did leave the game running for some time while I ran errands for my mother, so I'm not sure how accurate this is. I also got lost in dungeons a lot because I have no sense of direction.
It took me about 16 hours to finish, according to my Steam log. However, having said that, I did leave the game running for some time while I ran errands for my mother, so I'm not sure how accurate this is. I also got lost in dungeons a lot because I have no sense of direction.
Ohhhhh, it's a bit out of my league to play at the moment, i'll prolly not get to play it til July, and then it's a toss up between it and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines... or jumping back into New Vegas, or Skyrim.
Seriously, I do more of this contemplating than actually playing games.
I don't play games hardly anymore, but today was my first in a year of playing games, MW3. I only played it for fifteen minutes, that's how boring games have become to me. Ha ha.
I don't play games hardly anymore, but today was my first in a year of playing games, MW3. I only played it for fifteen minutes, that's how boring games have become to me. Ha ha.
Well next time play a fun game. Also, if games are boring, why are you on a gaming forum? That seems rather pointless.
Oh, I forgot to mention that I was playing Cthulhu Saves the World. That game is more fun than it should be and the perfect length for what I was looking for. At some point, I intend to go back and see if I can complete some of the bonus modes.
Thanks for bringing that up, now I have to finish that game soon.
Between bouts of Arkham City and Soul Calibur V, I'm mostly playing Pokemon HeartGold. I miss these games when I haven't played them in a while.
I was playing Money Island: Special Edition on the PS3. Then I stopped when I realized the port is completely, hopelessly and utterly broken on a fundamental level. The game crashes when you try to skip a cutscene. The game crashes when you try and leave the main square. I can make the game crash within 30seconds of starting the game. I flat-out refuse to play a game so badly ported it will literally be impossible to obtain a speedrun trophy.
Finished Corruption last night. Now that I'm done with the Prime series, I come to my greatest stumbling block in the series: Metroid II. I think I'll be playing it on the 3DS.
I started playing Rage last night...I think I'd rather play S.T.A.L.K.E.R. OR Metro...ya know? Rage just isn't doing anything for me right now. I'd rather play more games that are kind of like prequels to when the bad things happen.
A Fallout game BEFORE the Fallout, for instance. I mean obviously the bad things eventually happen, but you know...
A great example is how Heavy Rain started...you basically wake up in the morning, prepare for your son's birthday...it really is all just background fluff, a way to kind of learn how to play the game.
The course of the intro has an impact on your character's life, but it isn't in any way what the actual story is about. It just sets up the world...and really captured my interest.
I'd love a zombie story like that...see what it is like to experience the world before the zombies attack your town, get to know some of the people...and then wham! Here it comes. But this is pretty much the same with any game...I'd just enjoy more of what it was like before the grandiose evil came to town.
Well, I tried to get the Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition to run, hoping that the enhanced part of the edition might somehow relate into being less of a resource hog. No dice.
SO.
I did the next best thing and got Deus Ex, which might not look nearly as pretty, but does run. And run well. So far I've made it nearly through the training area without dying. I count this as an auspicious start.
Popped in Tools of Destruction the other day. Love that game. Think it's one of my favourites of all time(definitely one of the most replayable that for sure).
Deus Ex is very good. It's a shame that they kind of made it a little silly with the boss fights, but ultimately it felt like a game that did its best to emulate the success of the original. And I was happy with that.
Deus Ex is very good. It's a shame that they kind of made it a little silly with the boss fights, but ultimately it felt like a game that did its best to emulate the success of the original. And I was happy with that.
Actually, when I said Deus Ex, I meant the original.
Actually, when I said Deus Ex, I meant the original.
I'm amazed he didn't get it when you said the graphics were terrible.
Back on Dead Space, which I'm struggling with because my slow motion move somehow keeps missing the enemies despite me pointing it RIGHT AT THEM. Also, they seem to take entirely random amounts of hits to die.
Also, I should add that for me playing this game the first time, I have already managed to kill myself in many interesting and novel ways. I think my favorites so far are:
-throwing a box of TNT that I accidentally picked up and blowing my legs off as a result
-hitting a barrel of oil with a crowbar and blowing my head off
-holstering my weapon in combat because I was trying to find where the scope was and it's always been the right mouse button in every other game I've played
-falling off a ladder
-trying to defuse a wall explosive, but not having enough room in my inventory to take it off the wall
-drowning because I couldn't find the way out of the underwater room I just swam into
-trying to stealthily take down an enemy with a tranquilizer dart and having them run around screaming their head off, drawing every guard in the vicinity to my location.
Also, I should add that for me playing this game the first time
I envy you. I have played it at least once a year since it was released in 2000. I know it by heart and managed to play through the whole thing last year without killing anyone. Not even hurting them. This year I will try to get through without picking up guns. I will need 5 LAMs though. So that will be the only weapons I pick up. 5 LAMs. Wish me luck.
I envy you. I have played it at least once a year since it was released in 2000. I know it by heart and managed to play through the whole thing last year without killing anyone. Not even hurting them. This year I will try to get through without picking up guns. I will need 5 LAMs though. So that will be the only weapons I pick up. 5 LAMs. Wish me luck.
Good luck. I couldn't do that. I spend way too much time sneaking around sniping people.
Well I already finished the game sneaking around avoiding everyone. There is one guy that has to die to finish the game and even for that I found a non-cheating way to work around it. I made him throw a grenade at me, bounced it back with my body and his own grenade killed him with the splash damage. That was a **** to figure out.
Also in one mission you need to disable robots to advance and I managed to do that by using mechs they gave me in the level. But I had to juggle them and dodge rockets so the mechs that needed to die wouldn't kill my 2 bots. 10 tries. That's all I'm saying.
Still on Dead Space, BTW. Figured out to use slow-mo on the floor rather than aim at the actual enemies. Still not perfect, but it usually does the trick. Sometimes, anyway. Occasionally.
Also, finished that American McGee game. It... it wasn't very good. I'll try to tell you why by the end of the week.
Nah, Scrapland is alright. Now Grimm, on the other hand... That's some piece of shit right there.
EDIT: Actually, I take it back. Bad Day L.A. is way worse than Grimm. Now that I think about it, American McGee has his name infront of quite a few bad games. Certainly not Sid Meier
Well...I'd hate to say it, but I don't think Deus Ex's graphics are terrible. Oh sure they're a little rough, I guess, but you know...they're still beautiful to me...kind of like how a mom can see her kid...beautiful baby...fugly adult. You know...there is still love. And love is blind.
...or you know...I just didn't read that far into it, saw Deus Ex, and made a terrible assumption.
While I do like shiny graphics, it's not really a game-breaker for me. A lot of my favorite games seem to take place in a world of clones that have weird triangles popping out of their faces.
While I do like shiny graphics, it's not really a game-breaker for me. A lot of my favorite games seem to take place in a world of clones that have weird triangles popping out of their faces.
You know those people...have feelings too..
Max Payne 3 is an awesome game.. Crazy Hobos everywhere!
I would love to play the System Shock games at all, after all the hype I've heard about them. But I don't want to go to eBay to pick up the original mid-90's release CD-ROMs, and I don't want to pirate the games, so I'm pretty much screwed unless the games finally end up on GOG or Steam.
I would love to play the System Shock games at all, after all the hype I've heard about them. But I don't want to go to eBay to pick up the original mid-90's release CD-ROMs, and I don't want to pirate the games, so I'm pretty much screwed unless the games finally end up on GOG or Steam.
Here's the first one. The second game is in legal hell, so best of luck with that one.
In one of the screenshots that GoG advertised for a relatively recent game...there name of their town or whatever was System Shock 2 or something that could potentially be an easter egg. So I think a lot of people are hoping/praying/wishing that it will show up there soon enough.
The problem is this...
The hype that you speak of could possibly ruin the game for. I mean I've found that when my expectations are high, I am almost always disappointed. It's a lot easier for games to be a pleasant surprise. When I played System Shock 2 for the first time...e'gads, man. It was dark, headphones were on...I didn't know much about the game other than it was an FPS/RPG, and I hadn't even heard of the original. It scared the poop outta me.
But...if you have played Bioshock and Dead Space...well put it this way...they're basically the same game. Bioshock, I believe, is essentially the same company making their game in a different universe. There are so many story similarities. I always thought of Dead Space as a kind of blatant rip off.
What made the game unique and fun back in the day...won't necessarily mean that it will be going backwards, you know? But I still suggest you play it at some point. As I imagine it will still be very fun.
In one of the screenshots that GoG advertised for a relatively recent game...there name of their town or whatever was System Shock 2 or something that could potentially be an easter egg. So I think a lot of people are hoping/praying/wishing that it will show up there soon enough.
The problem is this...
The hype that you speak of could possibly ruin the game for. I mean I've found that when my expectations are high, I am almost always disappointed. It's a lot easier for games to be a pleasant surprise. When I played System Shock 2 for the first time...e'gads, man. It was dark, headphones were on...I didn't know much about the game other than it was an FPS/RPG, and I hadn't even heard of the original. It scared the poop outta me.
But...if you have played Bioshock and Dead Space...well put it this way...they're basically the same game. Bioshock, I believe, is essentially the same company making their game in a different universe. There are so many story similarities. I always thought of Dead Space as a kind of blatant rip off.
What made the game unique and fun back in the day...won't necessarily mean that it will be going backwards, you know? But I still suggest you play it at some point. As I imagine it will still be very fun.
There are only so many stories in the world my friend!
I suppose you have a point there. But not everyone feels that way. I mean...I'd be kind of disappointed if someone tried SS2 and was like, "OH GOD! BIOSHOCK DID THIS ALREADY!" Haha.
I tell you what though...I'm trying to think of some of the scariest moments and I think the psi monkeys kinda win.
I suppose you have a point there. But not everyone feels that way. I mean...I'd be kind of disappointed if someone tried SS2 and was like, "OH GOD! BIOSHOCK DID THIS ALREADY!" Haha.
I tell you what though...I'm trying to think of some of the scariest moments and I think the psi monkeys kinda win.
True horror relies on the concepts of vulnerability and attatchment.
(Jump scares cause panic, but over time its a diminishing factor (It needs to be sprinkled and random, not smothered in it (Dead Space!)). Dread is what a clever horror designer goes for! >: D)
But the lack of empowerment is an issue. Many people don't like that.
(I personally would make it so that skill is the empowering factor. But strategy works as well (in the case of early Resident Evil games))
But...if you have played Bioshock and Dead Space...well put it this way...they're basically the same game. Bioshock, I believe, is essentially the same company making their game in a different universe. There are so many story similarities. I always thought of Dead Space as a kind of blatant rip off.
I've played both Bioshock games, but Dead Space holds no interest for me.
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It took me about 16 hours to finish, according to my Steam log. However, having said that, I did leave the game running for some time while I ran errands for my mother, so I'm not sure how accurate this is. I also got lost in dungeons a lot because I have no sense of direction.
Ohhhhh, it's a bit out of my league to play at the moment, i'll prolly not get to play it til July, and then it's a toss up between it and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines... or jumping back into New Vegas, or Skyrim.
Seriously, I do more of this contemplating than actually playing games.
Ach aye, but with a game so light-hearted and cheap you could get 6 hours and not feel hard done by, I really don't know what to expect.
Well next time play a fun game. Also, if games are boring, why are you on a gaming forum? That seems rather pointless.
I want an omelet.
Let me get some diggle eggs and make you one.
Thanks for bringing that up, now I have to finish that game soon.
Between bouts of Arkham City and Soul Calibur V, I'm mostly playing Pokemon HeartGold. I miss these games when I haven't played them in a while.
Ah, you mean the one with Greenback Threepwood and Game Pirate LeChuck?
Anyways, I've been playing a LOT of inFamous 2 and Trials: Evolution.
A Fallout game BEFORE the Fallout, for instance. I mean obviously the bad things eventually happen, but you know...
A great example is how Heavy Rain started...you basically wake up in the morning, prepare for your son's birthday...it really is all just background fluff, a way to kind of learn how to play the game.
The course of the intro has an impact on your character's life, but it isn't in any way what the actual story is about. It just sets up the world...and really captured my interest.
I'd love a zombie story like that...see what it is like to experience the world before the zombies attack your town, get to know some of the people...and then wham! Here it comes. But this is pretty much the same with any game...I'd just enjoy more of what it was like before the grandiose evil came to town.
SO.
I did the next best thing and got Deus Ex, which might not look nearly as pretty, but does run. And run well. So far I've made it nearly through the training area without dying. I count this as an auspicious start.
Plus it's a fun little game.
Actually, when I said Deus Ex, I meant the original.
Back on Dead Space, which I'm struggling with because my slow motion move somehow keeps missing the enemies despite me pointing it RIGHT AT THEM. Also, they seem to take entirely random amounts of hits to die.
You mean this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoFe8hRy42o
That was hilarious.
Also, I should add that for me playing this game the first time, I have already managed to kill myself in many interesting and novel ways. I think my favorites so far are:
-throwing a box of TNT that I accidentally picked up and blowing my legs off as a result
-hitting a barrel of oil with a crowbar and blowing my head off
-holstering my weapon in combat because I was trying to find where the scope was and it's always been the right mouse button in every other game I've played
-falling off a ladder
-trying to defuse a wall explosive, but not having enough room in my inventory to take it off the wall
-drowning because I couldn't find the way out of the underwater room I just swam into
-trying to stealthily take down an enemy with a tranquilizer dart and having them run around screaming their head off, drawing every guard in the vicinity to my location.
It's still a fun game.
Good luck. I couldn't do that. I spend way too much time sneaking around sniping people.
Also in one mission you need to disable robots to advance and I managed to do that by using mechs they gave me in the level. But I had to juggle them and dodge rockets so the mechs that needed to die wouldn't kill my 2 bots. 10 tries. That's all I'm saying.
Still on Dead Space, BTW. Figured out to use slow-mo on the floor rather than aim at the actual enemies. Still not perfect, but it usually does the trick. Sometimes, anyway. Occasionally.
Also, finished that American McGee game. It... it wasn't very good. I'll try to tell you why by the end of the week.
Which one?
Scrapland.
Its Scrapland. Isn't it?
EDIT: Actually, I take it back. Bad Day L.A. is way worse than Grimm. Now that I think about it, American McGee has his name infront of quite a few bad games. Certainly not Sid Meier
...or you know...I just didn't read that far into it, saw Deus Ex, and made a terrible assumption.
Yeah...probably that.
You know those people...have feelings too..
Max Payne 3 is an awesome game.. Crazy Hobos everywhere!
The problem is this...
The hype that you speak of could possibly ruin the game for. I mean I've found that when my expectations are high, I am almost always disappointed. It's a lot easier for games to be a pleasant surprise. When I played System Shock 2 for the first time...e'gads, man. It was dark, headphones were on...I didn't know much about the game other than it was an FPS/RPG, and I hadn't even heard of the original. It scared the poop outta me.
But...if you have played Bioshock and Dead Space...well put it this way...they're basically the same game. Bioshock, I believe, is essentially the same company making their game in a different universe. There are so many story similarities. I always thought of Dead Space as a kind of blatant rip off.
What made the game unique and fun back in the day...won't necessarily mean that it will be going backwards, you know? But I still suggest you play it at some point. As I imagine it will still be very fun.
There are only so many stories in the world my friend!
What matters is HOW the Storyteller tells it!
I tell you what though...I'm trying to think of some of the scariest moments and I think the psi monkeys kinda win.
True horror relies on the concepts of vulnerability and attatchment.
(Jump scares cause panic, but over time its a diminishing factor (It needs to be sprinkled and random, not smothered in it (Dead Space!)). Dread is what a clever horror designer goes for! >: D)
But the lack of empowerment is an issue. Many people don't like that.
(I personally would make it so that skill is the empowering factor. But strategy works as well (in the case of early Resident Evil games))
I've played both Bioshock games, but Dead Space holds no interest for me.