Zero Punctuation: Quake
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He's a Brit living in Australia IIRC, "****" is more like punctuation over there, not like in the US where the oversensitive pussies think it's the worst insult ever XDSolkard said:
That's the third Filipino boy reference in the like 5 years I've been following Yahtzee.
The other two I got, this one I don't.
The other two I got, this one I don't.
I do remember experiencing awe at the atmosphere and the character design as I played it for the first time years ago. "Okay, I'm barely alive, but I think I'll make it thr-AHHHH IT'S SOME KIND OF ELECTRIC POLAR BEAR BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A FACE IT'S JUST A BLOODY MOUTH". And then I died.
After that I mostly spent my time in god mode, noclipping through walls. Oh, and looking at the graphics settings and wondering what kind of magical box could ever run that game at 1280x1024. Maybe one of those Pentium Pro 180 mhz computers could do it.
After that I mostly spent my time in god mode, noclipping through walls. Oh, and looking at the graphics settings and wondering what kind of magical box could ever run that game at 1280x1024. Maybe one of those Pentium Pro 180 mhz computers could do it.
FINALLY! Another retro review. About time. 
Yeah, my complaint with Quake, having replayed it recently, is that a lot of the weapons were rendered obsolete pretty much when you got the improved version of them.
Double Shotgun replaces the Shotgun. Super Nailgun replaces the Nailgun. Rocket Launcher replaces the Grenade Launcher. And then you got the Lightning Gun, so really in the end, you're just using the same four weapons throughout the entire game. Even if the weapons feel and sound beautiful. Heck, maybe even just three weapons since you don't use the LG until you really need to usually.
Yeah, my complaint with Quake, having replayed it recently, is that a lot of the weapons were rendered obsolete pretty much when you got the improved version of them.
Double Shotgun replaces the Shotgun. Super Nailgun replaces the Nailgun. Rocket Launcher replaces the Grenade Launcher. And then you got the Lightning Gun, so really in the end, you're just using the same four weapons throughout the entire game. Even if the weapons feel and sound beautiful. Heck, maybe even just three weapons since you don't use the LG until you really need to usually.
Not really though. Serious Sam took up that mantle rather nicely. Also Unreal Tournament. Doom 4. Painkiller. Etc. But mainly, Serious Sam and Doom 4.Smilomaniac said:
I always liked Unreal Tournament over Quake, mainly because I didn't have to toggle mouse-look with the right ctrl in UT. Likewise, I'll always have a soft spot for the Redeemer.
In Q1 all you had to do was enter "+mlook" into the console and it would be on all the time.Hutzpah Chicken said:
When he started mentioning the brown castles, I was waiting for a reference to Clive Barker's Jericho.
He should review Dark Forces 2 (Jedi Knight 1?)
IMO that was the pinnacle of the switch from sprites to polys genre...even if the ruined the pure awesomeness of the Compressed Air gun from Dark Forces 1
Huge sprawling levels, good variety of enemies and weapons, and supremely hilarious full-motion video cutscenes
Watch here if you dare!
IMO that was the pinnacle of the switch from sprites to polys genre...even if the ruined the pure awesomeness of the Compressed Air gun from Dark Forces 1
Huge sprawling levels, good variety of enemies and weapons, and supremely hilarious full-motion video cutscenes
Watch here if you dare!
From back in the day when Trent Reznor was a dark drug-addled musical god spiraling his way to an early grave, before his became the moderately depressed wanker of the modern era. On the upside, he'll probably live longer this way.slo said:
So this episode is straight up fucking poetic. I would guess it's been stirring around his brain for a while maybe..?
In any case it had me spitting out my drink in laughter every second line.
So someone here owes me half a bottle of extremely cheap white.
In any case it had me spitting out my drink in laughter every second line.
So someone here owes me half a bottle of extremely cheap white.
I wonder why he didn't bring that up. When I heard it was Trent Reznor who composed the Quake soundtrack, while I was playing that game on the N64*, it blew my mind!slo said:
Yes, I too remember the Ogres, who can all GET FUCKED. It took me, like, 20 grenades or rockets to kill one, and a hell of a lot of nails from the Super Nailgun. Because the vanilla Nailgun just wasn't Nailgunny enough for my Nailgunning needs.ephesus64 said:
*Good god, I feel old.