Woah! (Wet)
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you know what?? i am tired of people saying that we the voices always tell people to burn things, that is absolutely not true... we also tell people to shoot things, trow things and push things down the stairsdragon_of_red said:
now, would you kindly go and burn your car for me?
The game stops being fun after the seventh or eighth arena you have to clear. They needed to not use that so often, the animations are also boring which makes combat stale in short order. In contrast a game like Batman AA has much better animations so even with its' very simple combat system things remain interesting throughout the game. In short listen to the voices in your head and avoid this game.
I dont know, but I will say this, until this game I have never been inspired to buy a game based on title and cover art alone.
The demo wasn't bad, I didn't really like how all I did was bounce around the room in slo-mo headshotting everyone with the misfortune of wandering into the room.
Faulty logic right there. Or a lack of negative experience.Phoenix Arrow said:
If I am plainly uninterested in a game I won't even bother with a rental. If I am, however, interested but unsure if it's worth a purchase, I rent the game first. That way, for a small price I get to play the full game instead of just a measly demo, I most likely get to finish the game at least once (seeing how short they tend to be these days), and can then judge for myself if the game has enough replay value to warrant a purchase. If the game is actually good I WILL buy it because I now KNOW it's fun for me, but if the game is either unexpectedly shitty or not bad but still not good enough to justify shelling out 50-70 bucks for it, I acquired that knowledge without blowing a shitload of money out the window. And yes, although I am a fanboy of a few select things/franchises, I even rent those games before buying them (Batman: AA, as a recent example).
I learned this lesson the hard way with the new Turok when it came out, and I swore to never forget it.
Mirror's Edge was and is a better game than Wet though. Plus it had a fairly novel concept going for it as well. I could actually make it to the end of Mirror's Edge unlike Wet.Arbitrary Cidin said:
I get what you're saying, but it just sounds like a waste of money to me. I mean, I like actually owning the games. It's like a sort of collection, you know? Sure, I've bought games that I've not enjoyed too much but if I'm not sure if I'll like a game, I'll wait and buy it when the prices are down. Why buy it for like 3 days when you can buy it forever for a few £s more more a few months down the line. It's not like I'd be itching to play it otherwise I'd have bought it at release.Sonicron said:
I'm a uni/college student and don't have enough time to work so renting stuff seems like a bit of a waste of money at the moment. Buying full price games is getting harder to do too. Buying Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 to play with some friends on XBL but I think that's me done for full price games until next year. So skint. /o\
Played to the end of both of them and enjoyed both of them... well... Mirror's Edge was fun when you knew where to go but it was hard to figure it out. Then those super police people came along and you HAD to know where to go else you'd die. Not to mention the weak story and ridiculous ending, but that's off topic. WET was fun because I like that sort of thing. I think that's the bottom line.shadow skill said:
WET isn't a very deep game, but the styling and music is cool and the combat is loads of fun if you're into that sort of thing.
There. I think that's fair.
There are too many games that 'itch' me to allow myself to buy them all (I'm a student, so no big salary or anything), even with a price drop. WET is a perfect example of this: I was almost sure it'd be short-lived fun and a nice one-time experience, and my instinct turned out to be right on the money. Even with all the price drops in the world, I know now that I'll never want to buy the game, and beating it once cost me 3 Euros. Can't beat that.Phoenix Arrow said:
Also, I know how you feel about the collection thing, I have that as well, but I'm a firm believer in the motto "quality over quantity". My collection of games may not be the biggest, but I love every single one of those games and have beaten them all at least 3 times.
If I'm presiding over a club, people who want to join that club can't just waltz in and demand membership; they have to apply and complete a sort of trial phase so I can decide whether I deem the compatible with the club rules and principles or not... why would I want to spend time with people I don't like? If I don't like them they can be as undemanding/unproblematic (read = cheap) as they want, if I don't like them they won't get in.
Wow, 3?? That's impressive. Blockbuster is the only major rental company in the UK so they're free to rip us off, unfortunately. I guess we can just agree to disagree on Wet (sick of calling it WET). I mean, I found it fun but I can totally see why you or someone else wouldn't. I just liked it.Sonicron said:
I'm the same though. I have a group of elite games that I keep on my desk with Silent Hill 3 firmly at the top. Wet is in the pile at the moment but it might be go back into my game filing box next time I have a tidy up. I can see myself playing through it again at some point when I fancy playing something for an hour or two. I mean, I like it, but do I love it? I don't think so.
I find myself agreeing with just about everything you just said. Ultimately it just comes down to what you like in a game. Again, I didn't think WET was bad, just not good enough to warrant a purchase. (And I will keep calling it WET, because Wet is the title of an old game based around photoshoots and promotion of badly-drawn cartoon porn stars.)Phoenix Arrow said:
Also, where do you live...? I'm based in Kiel, and while it's certainly not one of the biggest cities here in Germany (about 200,000 people) I have 3 different stores for renting movies and video games in convenient walking distance (read: about 2 to 6 minutes), all competing for the lowest prices.
And technically, renting WET didn't cost me anything... I gave the store owner of the store I rented it from a few tips concerning games he should add to his inventory, and since his income from gaming rentals has tripled in the last 3 weeks he happily added 40 Euros to the balance on my account as a 'Thank You' gift. So now I still have 37 left to spend on all kinds of rentals... ^^
I live in the UK. We've got Blockbuster which is an international company so I don't know if you have it in Germany. Not been there for years but I think I remember it being around 10? for 3 nights. Seeing that after 2 months, I could probably find it 20? to buy then there's no point. I've got 2 game shops near me that mostly sell-on games and DVDs. They're seriously well priced and you can find some old classics in there some days which bring back memories.Sonicron said:
The guy who owns one of them sits down and plays 360 all day and pauses to serve customers so I feel I owe it to him as a fellow gamer to support his lifestyle. He also gave me £5 off Assassin's Creed a few months ago. Got it for £7.
