On Generic Games
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I feel like Fallout 3 handled weapon degradation reasonably well as opposed to System Shock 2 (for example) which was like "this weapon may or may not break in 5 shots, whatever"Supernova2000 said:
Haven't played Wolfenstein yet, but loved RTCW so if it's even half as good as that then I'll be happy. But NOLF2 - what a fantastic game, a real classic. Humorous, fun, intelligent but not taking itself too seriously... different and varied styles of gameplay depending on the level. Great game.THE_ZAR said:
Interesting that they're bringing back some of the old games only with updated graphics and the like. There is a reason some of them are referred to as 'classics'
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EDF2017 is hard to track down? I got that game on Amazon the first time I looked for it (and ebay lists it for 30-40 AUD for Australia including shipping). Global Defense Force (PS2) may be harder to track down though.
Talk about an open world where you just kill anything that moves really, REALLY reminded me of Prototype. Sure, you don't sweep a giant laser, you sweep a giant tentacle but the effect's the same, dozens of half-zombies. And hell, I loved the faffing about part of Prototype, I could see the same thing working with a ranged weapon based game.
Talk about an open world where you just kill anything that moves really, REALLY reminded me of Prototype. Sure, you don't sweep a giant laser, you sweep a giant tentacle but the effect's the same, dozens of half-zombies. And hell, I loved the faffing about part of Prototype, I could see the same thing working with a ranged weapon based game.
Simplicity in a genre we care for. Wii Sports may be simplicity but it's also sports and I think most of us didn't care for sports games before Wii sports came around either. Sure, we're the nerdier parts of the gaming audience but sports games were major games even before the Wii and we weren't left out.WraithGadra said:
Really? It struck me more as a cover based shooter where you also have to search for tons of secrets to be able to complete the level. I'd say it's about as much of a mindless shooter as Halo, maybe even less.saintchristopher said:
Another week, another trolling - which is all these articles have become really. Gone are the days of talking about the game whilst making it funny (perhaps referring them to older games it blatantly ripped off like Bioshock/Systemshock) only to be replaced by a startling obvious message of "Games were better in my day what what."
Speaking as a long time gamer it's easy for me to say that Alone in the Dark 1 was the best thing I have ever played and further should compare it every new release. "Well sure, the games okay, but where's the guy in the evening jacket rearranging all the furniture?"
Old games are simply that, and no matter how much you want there to be a Dungeon Keeper 3, a non shitty Red Alert/C&C sequel, Duke Nukem 2 or whatever, it's not going to happen. So bearing that in mind isn't it about time to stop comparing every new game to every old game?
Speaking as a long time gamer it's easy for me to say that Alone in the Dark 1 was the best thing I have ever played and further should compare it every new release. "Well sure, the games okay, but where's the guy in the evening jacket rearranging all the furniture?"
Old games are simply that, and no matter how much you want there to be a Dungeon Keeper 3, a non shitty Red Alert/C&C sequel, Duke Nukem 2 or whatever, it's not going to happen. So bearing that in mind isn't it about time to stop comparing every new game to every old game?
But, surely we need the crappy generic games just as much as we do the blockbuster titles?
I mean, if every game was hearalded as pure awesome, we would be bored out of our skulls, forever lost in a sea of genius.
Likewise, we need the awesome games so as to propel the industry as a whole, lest we drown in mediocrity and stale plotlines.
It's one of those metaphysical ying-yang things.
I mean, if every game was hearalded as pure awesome, we would be bored out of our skulls, forever lost in a sea of genius.
Likewise, we need the awesome games so as to propel the industry as a whole, lest we drown in mediocrity and stale plotlines.
It's one of those metaphysical ying-yang things.
He really should stop doing this. His videos are entertaining, but in detail his theories and ideas just unravel themselves.
I'll go ahead and assume you're talking about Shenmue here.Wolcik said:
I wasn't even nearly because, respectively, way back in 1983 and 1985 Dragon's Lair and Road Blaster's whole gameplay was QTE after QTE.
Shenmue's director did came up with the term though.
Do you know any place or period in human history where there was such a thing as "too much genius"?L4Y Duke said:
But, if the game is not fun...
...And what's so bad about Yahtzee having different views of games than you guys? It's not the end of the world.
Wii Sports and Resort do strike me as a bit of a throwback to the "screw accuracy", arcade-y sports games of the 8-Bit and early PC era, before Madden and the like made simulation of the actual rules of the game a priority. There's nothing wrong with the latter approach, but the "sports casual" subgenre has its merits.KDR_11k said:
If by "shafted" you mean "Didn't even bother to make an intelligent or well-mannered response to a perfectly reasonable argument while conveniently ignoring the fact that in a slightly later post I point out a number of other people involved with TMI that aren't 'fanboys' and he still somehow failed to realize that TMI was made by competent and seasoned developers and went on to make a 'point' that it takes more than one person to make a game which makes no sense because that has nothing to do with what I said at all", then I totally agree.AkJay said: