Small changes that f****ed up a sequel
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Goldeneye 007: You can't customize classes in local multiplayer, but you can on online multiplayer.
I freaking hate that. The classes are nice and balanced, but I love customizing.
I freaking hate that. The classes are nice and balanced, but I love customizing.
The removal of planet exploration and walking everywhere in ME1 made ME2 feel small and like any other shooter.
For the planet exploration, they could have just used something like the Hammerhead instead of the Mako. Its what I hope they'll do for ME3.
Yeah the elevators were annoying, but they at least kept you in the game and didn't break immersion like the loading screens do.
Also, the combat. In ME2, you never improve. I suppose this ties into the lack of RPG elements, but in ME2 you shoot just as well at the end as you do at the beginning. You've seen this type of gameplay before, and have played it before. It lacks any sense of getting better, of learning.
In ME1 when you start, you suck. Your shots aren't accurate, your guns overheat a lot, and you don't have much powers. At the end your shots are dead-accurate, you can fire for a minute and the gun won't overheat, you do lots of damage, and have craploads of powers. You also learned how to use the combat system and are now awesome. You started as a novice, you ended as an expert. You progressed, learned, and got better.
In ME2, its the same gunplay from start to finish. No sense of progression, of learning, of getting better. Its uninteresting. Your powers are rather fun, but you just end up using them kind of like grenades. Popping out to cast something then going back into cover, waiting for the cooldown so you can cast another power. Probably shooting someone in-between the cooldown.
It was just boring, and stopped me from being as immersed as I was in the first game.
For the planet exploration, they could have just used something like the Hammerhead instead of the Mako. Its what I hope they'll do for ME3.
Yeah the elevators were annoying, but they at least kept you in the game and didn't break immersion like the loading screens do.
Also, the combat. In ME2, you never improve. I suppose this ties into the lack of RPG elements, but in ME2 you shoot just as well at the end as you do at the beginning. You've seen this type of gameplay before, and have played it before. It lacks any sense of getting better, of learning.
In ME1 when you start, you suck. Your shots aren't accurate, your guns overheat a lot, and you don't have much powers. At the end your shots are dead-accurate, you can fire for a minute and the gun won't overheat, you do lots of damage, and have craploads of powers. You also learned how to use the combat system and are now awesome. You started as a novice, you ended as an expert. You progressed, learned, and got better.
In ME2, its the same gunplay from start to finish. No sense of progression, of learning, of getting better. Its uninteresting. Your powers are rather fun, but you just end up using them kind of like grenades. Popping out to cast something then going back into cover, waiting for the cooldown so you can cast another power. Probably shooting someone in-between the cooldown.
It was just boring, and stopped me from being as immersed as I was in the first game.
Actually, hitscan is an effective mechanism for avoiding host domination, since it can sometimes be practical to let the machine of the client firing the weapon provide information about whether the bullet hit or not. Halo 3's true projectile system is horrible with off-host issues; I've had games where I could make almost everything hit consistantly (at least insofar as I could aim), and I've had games where I could fire at someone for 5 seconds and barely scratch their sheilds.MetallicaRulez0 said:
Fortunately, Reach DOES have brilliant netcode with effective use of hitscan.
From Morrowind to Oblivion, they removed several skills, including two of my favorites: Spear and Medium Armor. What the hell guys? How am I supposed to play my Argonian assassin without a spear? That's what made Blackscale who he was; his penchant for poking people in the neck! What am I supposed to do now, club them with stick?
Bastards.
(The Captcha is telling me that something is from Donet... what? Who the fuck is Donet?)
Bastards.
(The Captcha is telling me that something is from Donet... what? Who the fuck is Donet?)
I can think of a big one, but it's a book, not a game.
If you've ever read the giver, don't bother reading the next two books, because it drastically changes the nature of the universe that the reader is reading, to the point that elements particularly in the third book seem quite Deus Ex Machina, and therefore lame.
If you've ever read the giver, don't bother reading the next two books, because it drastically changes the nature of the universe that the reader is reading, to the point that elements particularly in the third book seem quite Deus Ex Machina, and therefore lame.
A mission outside with perhaps a wider field of battle with more then 1 approach would have done wonders. It's still not the same as driving around on a planet in a mako, finding resources, discovering wreckages, running into surprise enemies with cool bosses. Wouldn't be the same, but it may help in me forgetting as to how linear it felt.Irridium said:
Indeed. Although the planets themselves and the bases were rather barren and bland. Some more variation would have been nice... And less 90 degree cliffs that you had to drive the mako up...dududf said:
What would be really sweet is if ME3 has ME1's planets, but you use the Hammerhead to explore them.
Rainbow Six 3 ----> Rainbow Six: Vegas.
They switched from a challenging, but semi-realistic hit model where you normally die after 1 or two bullets to the system in Vegas where you just have to hide and wait to heal. What made the series special in the first place was the difficulty. Also, being able to plan your team's route before playing the level.
Whether people were fans or not, at least it was different.
They switched from a challenging, but semi-realistic hit model where you normally die after 1 or two bullets to the system in Vegas where you just have to hide and wait to heal. What made the series special in the first place was the difficulty. Also, being able to plan your team's route before playing the level.
Whether people were fans or not, at least it was different.
ROCK BAND 3!!!!
Yay! Keyboards! Wait, what!!!??? Where's the competitive modes and where is the awesome world tour mode?
Yay! Keyboards! Wait, what!!!??? Where's the competitive modes and where is the awesome world tour mode?
I know ME 1s worlds were bland, but they still have their spots in them that made it worth it in my eyes (Also helps that I had 0 problems controlling the mako on PC, and was infact rather agile with it).Irridium said:
The planets still neded work, but a step in the right direction. What annoyed me was that instead of refining that exploration, they just gave it a big snip and removed it, when it had a potential. Be interesting what ME3 does in that regard as you started prior.
Good god Mercenaries 2- it was a combination of a lot of little things but it mostly boiled down to the not-atmospheric-anymore music, forced resource gathering, and a QTE every single time you hijacked anything. Why did they think that was a good idea?? WHY?
