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Reply #45 - 26.11.09 at 20:07:51
 
Carma 1 and Quake 1 were GODLIKE, there will NEVER be such cool games anymore Sad
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Reply #46 - 31.12.09 at 11:35:22
 
Ok, for any RPG fans that liked the way Baulders Gate or NWN's played, I have to believe that your going to love Dragon Age: Origins (after you change the default control system at least).

Finally a game that takes longer than a day to get through. From what I've read, there's 60+ hours at least with all the quest in it. I've got 10 hours dumped in it since x-mas and I'm only in the third town.

There's an actual story behind it, the characters have some pretty good conversations with each other in the party, the graphics look sweet, character builds so far seem to be pretty cool and later options for characters, from what I can tell, look to be sweet. An Arcane Warrior? Finally, I get to stab someone in the ass while giving them severe heart burn by throwing a fireball down their throat.   Grin 

If your an RPG fan, DA is a must have. Bioware did one hell of a job on this game at least in my opinion.
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Reply #47 - 31.12.09 at 11:59:56
 
mmm what abouth Hexen II ?Half-life?Sin?Messiah?
Fear?Doom III
Fear & Doom III were the most scary i ever played !!
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Reply #48 - 08.01.10 at 12:42:30
 
Well, as about new games, Dead Space and Supreme Commander impressed me greatly. I even managed to finish them but it was a bit annoying Smiley. At the same time, Quake 1/2/3, Forsaken, MDK 1/2 and Total Annihilation never bores me and it is still interesting to play them again and again.
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Reply #49 - 08.01.10 at 13:31:45
 
I actually completed (twice) an RPG recently : Risen

Although initially boring (darn, where do I find me a Sniper Rifle), the game nicely picked up all the way towards the end. Just ended a bit too quickly, basically just as it got interesting. Overall it looked & played very much like Gothic 3, just without all the critical bugs (although the Player Character can still get stuck when moving into a few certain spots, but that was neglectable)

The NPCs though still are as bland and scripted as in any RPG 10 years ago - the highly praised AI engine... just doesn't exist. Just cheap, predictable scripts following very basic and obvious rules.
Seems a real AI is still "mission impossible" for almost all Game creators - luckly that didn't hurt the game that much.

Another attempt I took at a well-known and highly praised game : Anno 1404
The bad thing about it though : in the past I already played "The Settlers 3"...
Apart from the obvious graphical advantages, Anno 1404 simply can't touch the decade old Settlers 3, hence I found Anno just - boring.

A Game I at least had a lookout for was CoD - Modern Warfare 2.
Luckily, I watched alot of in-game videos and analyzed them.
It allowed me to quickly realize that this game is as bad (single player) as all other CoD's after CoD 2.
Actually even worse, as "AI" is non-existent, the game difficulty apparently made for a typical console 12-year old and the entire gameplay more of a stereotype interactive movie (a la Rebel Assault) than an actual 1st person shooter (which would require a functional AI instead of cheapest scripts and somewhat realistic difficulty).

That made my decision not to buy it an easy one.
No point in playing a Graphic Card Demo with child-type difficulty, running through linear levels that allow for less tactical flexibility than even the 1992 made Wolfenstein 3D.
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Reply #50 - 21.02.10 at 13:58:09
 
All new FPS games suck, its all been done before only better, sure they they look nicer but they lack any real gameplay. They only last a couple of days and are easily completed on the hardest level (if you can be bothered). Online play is sometimes their only feature worth playing. All went downhill atfer RTCW, MOHAA era IMHO.

COD Modern warfare, prime example of suckfest(very pretty).
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Reply #51 - 21.02.10 at 22:27:48
 
There are some good ones...Fallout3/Borderlands/S.T.A.L.K.E.R
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Reply #52 - 22.02.10 at 04:11:30
 
Recently played Bioshock 2 - GREAT improvement on the original! Cheesy

...still too short though. Roll Eyes

Bayonetta RULES - I just hope that Platinum Games listen and create a souped-up PC version... Cool

Looking forward to Heavy Rain and God of War 3 - but they are exclusives for PS3 only. Tongue

Also looking forward to Alan Wake on the X360 (PC version has been cancelled apparently - idiots!) Roll Eyes
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Reply #53 - 24.02.10 at 10:38:46
 
Im looking forward to getting Bioshock 2. Next month Bad Company 2 will be coming out and Im looking forward to that. I played the original exclusively for about 6 months without buying another game for the 360.

Rant On: I was greatly dissapointed by Gears of War 2. I played the original for over a year online without buying another game. When Gears 2 came out they just ruined the online play. It seems like they tried to micromanage it to the point that it was no fun anymore. For instance, people would sprint up to an enemy and melee them before the other guy had a chance to react. So, they decided to add a delay after you would come out of a run until you could shoot or melee. So, you would sneak up on someone, then run up to them from behind and try to shoot. Then you would stand there like an idiot for a half second. By then they would usually see you and turn around and shoot you instantly. That was just one of the added screw ups they had. All these things came from constant mandatory game updates. It was sad to see such a fun game get screwed up because the developer thought they knew better than the end user. Gears 1 was much more popular online than Gears 2 is. Im guessing for those reasons. Rant Off:

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Reply #54 - 24.02.10 at 14:44:43
 
sb306, you just said another reason why there are not many cool games anymore - consoles Sad Almost everything has to be ported to PS3 and XBOX 360 now. Developers have to stick to a limited platform, both consoles are quite old now, graphics cannot be improved any more. Yes, believe it or not, a lot of games were cool in the old days because they had awesome graphics back then. You say Quake - boring, old, limited colors, but think back then...true 3D, awesome real time lighs for rockets...polygonal monsters, not just 2D sprites...Quake2 - coloured lights, transpartent water and glass. Quake 3 - animated textures, etc... Now, we have shaders and stuff, but we have them from too long, nothing really new is appearing because console limits the graphics.

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Reply #55 - 25.02.10 at 19:58:00
 
Agreed, burn all the consoles. Or let PC gamers play against them online, they will soon get fed up of losing all the with their useless controlers  Cry
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Reply #56 - 25.02.10 at 23:44:52
 
Personally, I dont have the time, nor the money to keep a computer up to date. With that being said, there are no new games that I could compare to the classics. Like Quake, Quake 2, mechwarrior 2, Duke Nukem, etc etc etc. This is probably the reason why Ive only bought maybe 7 games since the 360 came out.

Theres alot of trash out there. But the main problem is gameplay. Graphics are nice, but Glquake still looks great in my opinion, even with all the graphical advancements there have been. Playing Unreal in Glide at 1280x1024, you would be hardpressed to be able to tell that the game is actually 12 years old.

So in my opinion, the problem isnt consoles or graphics. Its more a problem the quality of the gameplay or lack there of.

To take that a step further, it could also be the developers catering to the casual gamer and releasing trash.   Roll Eyes  And since a casual gamer is going to almost always have a console, that would mean that almost everything released will be trash.

There are still some bright spots though. Bioware released mass effect on the 360 and pc. Its a single player only game(which you rarely see anymore) and it was alot of fun. And they had great sales. As they did with Mass Effect 2. So developers still get rewarded for a great game. It just takes alot more effort than just slapping something together for the usual console gamer and charging $60 for it. Or naming something "Call of Duty etc etc etc" and have people flock to buy it for $60 just because it says "Call of Duty".

Ok, Im done.   Wink



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Reply #57 - 18.05.10 at 20:44:39
 
Red Dead Redemption. Pure awesome.
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Reply #58 - 19.05.10 at 00:25:19
 
Ninja Gaiden - Awesome when it came out on the Nintendo Entertainment System.  Even better on the Xbox and PS3!
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Reply #59 - 27.06.10 at 15:57:53
 
I'm having a great time with Singularity.  For those who have not heard of it I would recommend checking it out. 

These vids are from 2009, but definately do the best job describing and showing the game.

Singularity Live Demo, Part 1  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3C-v4qlSZw
Singularity Live Demo, Part 2  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJdSf6LFeKk
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