Andy Chalk said:
ZippyDSMlee said:
I dunno Dragon age and Mass effect 2 and to a lesser extent KOTOR and ME felt like half a game due to poor or unfinished implementations, story is nice but it dose not make up for annoying or lacking game play and yes I am looking at you bioshock and you fallout 3 as well......
Zippy, old son, you sound like a hard man to please.
Dragon Age didn't really work for me either, but Mass Effect was great - although I'd argue all day long that Mass Effect 2 doesn't really belong in the list because it's a shooter, not an RPG. But then we get into the same argument about Fallout 3, which I think is still on the RPG side of the line, and it all goes downhill from there.
Did you play the original release of the Witcher or the final Enhanced Edition with the reworked dialog and other goodies?
I know I know I am a SOB game nazi but I want "more" form gaming than lulzy short lived content.
I put 50 hours in FO3 and came away with afoul taste of cheap designs and overly simplistic content(equipment,items,skills) in my mouth I put 15 hours into bioshock trying to find the good in it I still yet to have gotten over the piss poor AI lack of death mechanic and horrible item pacing.
Now I might whine about DA but all its really missing is a proper enhancement system (its missing half of the skills,stats and weapons and armor to enchant),a better laid out skills and better 2nd class system(I mean come on half the skills are weak and just blah and the 2nd class feels more like a achievement unlock than anything real) and a overworld, I do not care for the limited on the rails feel of it. I mean fable 2 has a overworld kinda sure its small but you can warp anyplace you been if you hate walking that much. I like to have some control over my grinding...... DA while like bioshock from a visual and story perspective its great even more so its not as shallow as BS's story but you know..... its a game and to me there is a good bit of it missing.
Now for ME 1 is combat came down to hide,cover and shoot I did not care for that....other wise a few pacing issues a few story issues but all in all it kicks ass mostly because I OD'd on tweaking and modifying weapons and armor...I have ME2 sitting here and I can not start it because they took away the 2 things I loved about ME weaopn tweaking and the mako...I guess I will get to it sooner or later.
I am a gamer who clings to he old ways if mechanics are fun and or balanced I enjoy it (Unreal,Quake 1-2,RTCW,Arcanum,Morrowind,Zelda00t-WW even if I get sea sick,Dark messhia,Arx fatalis,Burtal legend which I love even if its to short and could use more content.....)
I have both versions of the witcher here somewhere I dunno if I will start it up anytime soon playing fable 2 mostly right now have the end bit of Overlord to finished...damn cheap boss is cheap..... I miss cheap bosses and quick save LOL
I'll be finishing off bullet witch here sooner or later I do like what they were trying to do even if they failed to do it, I need to start up iverlord 2 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R....last time I played the PC heavily befor Batman stole my soul I was finishing up Cryostaisis and Necrovission both I found enjoyable titles. Cryostaisis is more a adventure FPS like Call of cuthullu but with a nightmare hellraiser vibe you spend equal parts exploring, keeping from freezing and killing things. Necrosvision is a lulz fest with horrible dailog love the above level designs(IE they hide stuff) and the weapons are fun all in all its probably on the same level of the newer wolfenstine, a flawed mess that may can be enjoyed.
I dunno I find new game design styles to be to clean, to simple kinda like modern pop/rock/country LOL