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| Retrovertigo | Oct 12 2012, 05:21 AM Post #1501 |
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Yeah...as someone pointed out on another forum; going for that festival theme when you have a two year dev cycle is ridiculous. You can't hope to remain relevant when things change so quickly. It all seems so naff and dated to be honest. Not quite sure what audience they are hoping to attract, as all through development they have been banging on about Forza style physics, in the hope of keeping Forza fans on board. Are they really hoping people who wouldn't normally like driving games will go for it just because it has the Chemical Brothers music in it? |
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| Juz | Oct 12 2012, 04:46 PM Post #1502 |
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Everybody knows that when you try and make something trendy...you fail. I was gonna play the demo again, but so much inane shit was unskippable that I just deleted it. It'll be in my rental queue as EG just gave it 9/10. |
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| Diddly | Oct 12 2012, 07:59 PM Post #1503 |
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Borderlands 2 = Borderlands with a 2 on the end and selection of monsters too stupid even for Duke Nukem Forever. I could make some crack about Bored... erlands? But I won't bother. Hours of yawning sorting through unwanted crap interspersed with a few seconds of sheer terror. And just in case anyone still thinks cel shading is cool, it's fucking NOT, it may have been 15 years ago but now, in 2012, done in this basic a way, it's just a lazy copout ok? Even looking this crap Gearbox couldn't make it run smoothly, Ugh-if they start talking about this shite as "game of the year" I may implode. Forza Horizon demo. The worst thing about the demo is that it just about shows everything the full game has to offer. The best looking Need For Speed game yet, seemingly filmed in 1950's Technicolor (tm) with idiot-proof handling and the Codemasterscentric X-Games festival and street racing subculture thing alive and well and kicking like a new born baby-unfortunately. Can we kill it? F1 2012 - Maybe 3 years in the making and the previous 2 treated us like beta testers but they've finally just about nailed it. Sublime handling, extremely good-looking, quality online racing, an amazing split screen mode and more than a bit to do if you only play solo. Love it. WRC 3 - I've NEVER seen quite such a visual upgrade between a "2" and a "3" unless there was a generational jump. The same believable and friendly handling but now encased in a game that actually looks like it comes from the same gen as DiRT 3.
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| Retrovertigo | Oct 13 2012, 05:10 AM Post #1504 |
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Can't bring myself to buy F1 2012 at full price. The last two games had too many bugs etc for my liking. Plus of course, they could easily have done updates to patch in the relatively minor changes between each game. People continue to rag on Resident Evil 6, but my Max Payne 3 arrived yesterday, and based on the first hour or so, I'm having a lot more fun playing Resi 6 than I am Max Payne. What the fuck were Rockstar thinking with all that filter shit. It gets old after five minutes. And the characters models look so dated now. Have Rockstar ever created an attractive female character model? I have high hopes for GTA V, but they do need to step up their game when it comes to character detail. |
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| Diddly | Oct 13 2012, 01:10 PM Post #1505 |
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I genuinely think you'd be pleasantly surprised by F1 2012 m8, I was, and I was still playing 2011 right up until 2012 arrived. I ended up writing a novel about it rather than a review, but please give it a read if you can't sleep one night I know exactly what you mean about MP3. It almost looks like another one of those PS2-era games overlaid with a few effects to make it look better. Given the small size of many of the levels and the linearity I think we could have expected a much better-looking game. Fugly females have also become a pet hate of mine. Why the fuck can't we have an attractive, female-shaped female in a game? Trying to conjour up any enthusiasm for the girlfriends, strippers, and hookers in games like GTA, Red Dead, Sleeping Dogs, Uncharted et al is virtually impossible as they look so plain, or plain bad. They also frequently move more like men than women (most lilely because a lot of them are mo-capped by small gay asian men). The strippers in Max Payne 3 actually looked like zombies! (screen below.) The only females I've seen in games over the last few years that I can recall making me go "yum" were the latest few Lara models, a couple of briefly-seen tarts in Call of Juarez and the truly stunning Sheva from Resi 5 (below)-shame she couldn't move and shoot! ![]() Maybe we should start a games totty-hunt thread? Might keep the old place ticking. "Totty or Notty"? Hmmm... |
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| Juz | Oct 13 2012, 02:56 PM Post #1506 |
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"Bored"erlands 2? Blimey, I'm already thinking about how I might get DLC for this (which I never do as a rule) because I love it so much. |
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| Alpacalypse | Oct 13 2012, 09:27 PM Post #1507 |
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You must love it then if you're pondering DLC for it , when's it available ?? |
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| Diddly | Oct 13 2012, 11:51 PM Post #1508 |
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I only played the first one because of the co-op, an B2 feels like DLC, not a new game. I can't make myself like it, and it's a shame because I get invites to play it daily. I just don't get the fascination with shooting silly looking, badly drawn enemies with a basic, clunky shooting mechanic then plodding around picking stuff up time and time and over and over again. But then, I didn't get Fallout 3 either Juzzy. |
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| Retrovertigo | Oct 14 2012, 05:16 AM Post #1509 |
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Lollipop Chainsaw, for me, has the best looking female character yet seen in a video game. Technically she might not have the same level of detail as other games characters. But they somehow got her face just right. Max Payne has thrown me, because I'd been reading how it was one of the best looking games on the 360, how it was on a par with Uncharted etc. Now, I'm not Uncharted's biggest fan, but the detail in those games (I'm thinking the second game especially) was way above Max Payne I think. And after reading people bitching about Resident Evil 6 having too many cut scenes and being too linear - Max Payne is exactly the same! Linear and a fuck ton of cut scenes. Although admittedly Rockstar do know how to do stylish, well acted cut scenes. |
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| Juz | Oct 14 2012, 10:40 AM Post #1510 |
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I think it's out next week, but I'm still nuts-deep in it all at the moment. @ Bon - maybe I've just suddenly discovered a collecty type compulsion in the last few years? |
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| Diddly | Oct 14 2012, 07:07 PM Post #1511 |
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Yeah, "Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty" is due to be released next week. |
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| Indie | Oct 15 2012, 02:27 PM Post #1512 |
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MP3 - repetitive but stylish, good looking, engaging characters, great voice acting and decent story. I agree it’s far from perfect but it’s not that bad! RE6 - repetitive and it has boring characters, bad voice acting, poor inventory interface, beyond ridiculous plot/story, over kill on set pieces ... I could go on forever. And one button QTE's? WTF! What is the point of a one button QTE. Seriously, I think they're fucking shit at the best of times but one button! Maybe initially dev's trying to make their games more cinematic. Now, just a lazy way to tell a story in lieu of actual game play. RE6 is an embarrassment and I'm gutted as I have really enjoyed 1-5. 1, 2 and 4 were not just great games in the series, but great(est) games full stop. Driving games, meh. Not my cup of tea. Only PGR2 for me - was one of the best online games ever, whether you are a driving nut or not. Had some times with that one :-) |
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| Retrovertigo | Oct 16 2012, 06:09 AM Post #1513 |
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I don't think Max Payne looks that great to be honest. Considering it is incredibly linear, it should look better than GTA IV. But it really doesn't. During a rooftop section you can look down into the streets or across the city and it is obvious what tricks they are pulling to create an illusion of distance. But with GTA, you could be on a rooftop, see for miles, and know you could travel there. The only bit to impress me so far is the section I've just done where it is pissing down and you are in a boat yard. Looked really nice, but is an isolated case so far. I think Max is too floaty when he runs, I think aiming is a fucking pain in the arse, and I think the bad guys can take a fuck ton more bullets than I can. But it is early days yet and maybe as it progresses something will blow me away. But I'm not holding my breath. Don't get me wrong, for the £14 I paid, it is a good game. I'd be pissed if I had paid full price though. I just love Resi's over the top-ness. It is the equivalent of a cheesy Arnie movie. Max Payne is trying to be serious and arty, and is failing at that in my eyes. I'll finish it though just to see how it pans out. |
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| dunkle | Oct 16 2012, 09:10 AM Post #1514 |
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Well I think I have put as many hours into X-COM as any other game this year As great as it ever was (although I miss the free aim/fire mode of the original for making my own doors and blowing up cars) Its brilliant - what with this and Fallout all I need now is for KoTOR to be remade and this generation will be home to my 3 favourite games of all time |
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| Retrovertigo | Oct 17 2012, 07:05 AM Post #1515 |
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I was curious about X-COM so watched some over at twitchTV and really like the look of it. But my brain isn't wired to play strategy games of any kind sadly. My old boss was a chess freak and used to sit trying to teach me how to properly play chess. But I just couldn't grasp the nuances. I wish I could, as I'm sure I could sink hours into certain strategy games I've seen. |
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