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Post by Samface on Jun 17, 2011 13:52:29 GMT
Bosses are largely a bit naff, some of the character designs are awful (why does Commissioner Gordon look like a retired wrestler?) and that's all the problems. Glorious game.
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Post by Baron Canier on Jun 17, 2011 13:55:46 GMT
Why does Commissioner Gordon look like a retired wrestler? That irked me, too. I think it's just the cape-comic mentality, really: everyone has to be the peak of human physique. Everyone. Bane's boss fight would've ranked a little higher if they hadn't made you repeat it almost a dozen times. |
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Post by Retro on Jun 17, 2011 19:21:38 GMT
I didn't have so much of a problem outside of it commiting the cardinal sin of boss fights.
There is never an excuse for throwing mooks into whats supposed to be a duel between you and the boss. It's just annoying.
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Post by madhair60 on Jun 17, 2011 20:51:16 GMT
( why does Commissioner Gordon look like a retired wrestler?) Unreal Engine 3. |
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Post by Nam on Jun 17, 2011 23:14:26 GMT
I didn't have so much of a problem outside of it commiting the cardinal sin of boss fights. There is never an excuse for throwing mooks into whats supposed to be a duel between you and the boss. It's just annoying. What if it's a Kirby or Klonoa game?  And really, that's not the worst sin of boss fights. The worst bosses are ones with repetitive patterns that take far too long to kill and become boring and tedious long before you've beat them IMO. |
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Post by Warped‽‽‽ on Jun 17, 2011 23:23:27 GMT
I didn't have so much of a problem outside of it commiting the cardinal sin of boss fights. There is never an excuse for throwing mooks into whats supposed to be a duel between you and the boss. It's just annoying. And really, that's not the worst sin of boss fights. The worst bosses are ones with repetitive patterns that take far too long to kill and become boring and tedious long before you've beat them IMO. I think bosses who throw mooks at you are often the ones at risk of becoming repetitive though. I was trying to think of one exemption to make a counter point, but I actually can't. |
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Post by Retro on Jun 18, 2011 0:09:35 GMT
( why does Commissioner Gordon look like a retired wrestler?) Unreal Engine 3. Which has...nothing to do with the art style?  |
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Post by Samface on Jun 18, 2011 9:38:30 GMT
Wait, is Unreal Engine 3 the one that powers Gears of War by any chance? Because that would presumably mean that "ridiculous steroid lump" is the engine's standard male character model and Rocksteady couldn't be arsed to fiddle with it for Gordon's sake.
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Post by Retro on Jun 18, 2011 12:11:14 GMT
There isn't a standard character model for Unreal Engine that a studio like Rocksteady would use, it'd be extremely bad form. Hundreds of games have used Unreal Engine 3. They made the art style and character models on their own to be like that on purpose as a vision of these really buff characters you see in comics a lot of the time.
Personally I quite like it. It's at least different from just your "basic" normal reality. But it can be a little crazy at times.
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Post by madhair60 on Jun 18, 2011 18:26:22 GMT
Just a joke playing on the UE3 stereotype. Male characters really do look pretty hench!
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Post by madhair60 on Jun 18, 2011 21:10:57 GMT
7. Far Cry 2 There are games I love, and there are games I love. This is the latter. This game seems to get a lot of stick online for its large, gimmick-free spaces. But where they seem to see empty spaces, I see opportunities to soak up the atmosphere that this game absolutely stinks of. See, it's a first-person fascist-controlled Africa simulator. You get dropped into a huuuuuuge free-roaming world and ponce around collecting diamonds which have been carelessly left lying around in conspicuous briefcases, shooting people who look at you funny, stealing everyone's cars, going for a lovely swim, murdering the local wildlife, trying to keep your malaria in check, making buddies, swapping guns every five minutes, firing a rocket straight up in the air then trying to guess where it will land, taking the bus, and laughing at the terrible, terrible voice acting. It's an absolute joy to play, looks ridiculously good on a high-end PC, and pretty much scratches my exploration itch. Far Cry 2 is a weirdly sedate experience, and that's to its credit as far as I'm concerned. I read once it has missions. Maybe one day I'll stop hunting for diamonds and go play them, but I doubt it.
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Post by madhair60 on Jun 20, 2011 19:10:48 GMT
Didn't like that one, huh? 6. The Orange Box You literally cannot get a better deal in videogames than The Orange Box. For your coin, you'll receive the following. Half-Life 2: One of the best single-player FPS's ever made. Pure atmosphere, great firefights, set-pieces you'll never forget, the most likeable NPC of all time in Alyx Vance, still gorgeous graphics, gameplay variety, and the Gravity Gun which changed the genre forever. Half-Life 2 Episode 1: A short and slightly inferior follow-up to the aforementioned. Still utterly brilliant, though a little more generic than its big brother. Half-Life 2 Episode 2: Probably the most perfectly conceived 3 hour game ever made. The whole game is one long thrill-ride with a completely unforgettable climax that will go down as a gaming legend. Team Fortress 2: The best multiplayer shooter, bar none. Pick your class, each of which entirely changes the team, and wail on the other team. Constant support and updates from Valve mean that this near four-year-old game remains on the top of the heap, and the metagame of hat-grabbing is ludicrously addictive. Portal: The icing on the cake (pun intended), Portal is a short but effortlessly sweet experience. You all already know everything about it, so I won't bother describing its quality. So yes, The Orange Box is, what, less than a tenner now? You would have to be certifiable to pass it up. |
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Post by Retro on Jun 20, 2011 19:25:34 GMT
The real problem with the Orange Box is finding the correct words with which to express how mind bogglingly good it is as a deal and as a quality bringer.
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Post by Beeth on Jun 21, 2011 8:27:18 GMT
I would go as far as to say The Orange Box is the single best purchase I have made for the Xbox 360. Entertaining, engaging and innovative from start to end, in one fell swoop it has me interested in a saga I otherwise would've passed up, and eagerly awaiting the release of the third episode, whenever that may turn up. Portal was the real surprise package of the bunch to me; who would ever have thought this humble, yet original and well-crafted side project would be so incredibly popular as it has become?
My only regret about this purchase is that I don't get to play TF2, due to not having XBL.
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Post by Juliett. Bravo. Alfa. on Jun 21, 2011 9:49:12 GMT
To be fair the game is over a year old, and as far as I'm aware there is no embargo on when we can discuss spoilers openly. There should be, don't be me wrong. Also, yes on this list really. Haven't played Far Cry 2 and I need to start playing Bioshock again. |
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Post by Baxter on Jun 21, 2011 10:05:30 GMT
Stop.
Still haven't gotten round to BioShock 2. But then, I didn't play 1 until about two years after its release, either.
Arkham Asylum's bosses are the worst [censored] ever. Otherwise, quite good, even if it did seem to lose its energy as it progressed.
Orange Box is the gaming equivalent to a polyamorous relationship with Karen Gillan and Josh Thomas.
Continue.
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Post by Nam on Jun 21, 2011 13:32:36 GMT
To be fair the game is over a year old, and as far as I'm aware there is no embargo on when we can discuss spoilers openly. There should be, don't be me wrong. Not really, the game sold stupid amounts, and has been traded in so often by the kind of people who only play single player to unlock stuff in multiplayer, that pretty much everyone who cares for the story has already picked it up and played it, seeing how you can buy it second hand for about a fiver. In my opinion, spoiler embargo's for games tend to be that it's a spoiler until a few months after the sequals released, or eighteen months if there is no sequal, but longer if the game is especially story driven, or sold very few copies, and is thus likely to be one of those games you play eventually. Likewise, if a spoiler changes the whole way you look at a game, such as knowing who the murderer is in Heavy Rain, or the entire ending of Shadow of the Colossus, then it tends to stay spoilered indefinately. But ultimately, games like Modern Warfare have been out long enough, and have sold so many copies, that everyone who wants to experience the story for themselves has. Anyone who hasn't yet played the game really only has themselves to blame, seeing how easy it is to get a copy. |
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Post by Retro on Jun 21, 2011 14:53:02 GMT
My only regret about this purchase is that I don't get to play TF2, due to not having XBL. You're not missing much. TF2 is the single best multiplayer shooter ever made...but only on the PC. The 360 and PS3 versions never got updated due to silly demands by MS and Sony, whereas the PC one has been updated so much and had so much added that the games file size has literally quadrupalled in size. You don't need a powerful rig at all to play TF2 on PC, and rumour is it's turning free to play soon because quite simply, Valve's made more money from it than they actually know what to do with. |
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Post by Baron Canier on Jun 21, 2011 18:29:18 GMT
The hats, while a nice attempt to let folks add a dash of individuality, are stupid. Fractured the userbase right down the middle and caused non-stop squabbling.
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Post by Retro on Jun 21, 2011 18:52:50 GMT
The hats, while a nice attempt to let folks add a dash of individuality, are stupid. Fractured the userbase right down the middle and caused non-stop squabbling. ...eh? I'm an active and regular part of the TF2 fanbase and there is virtually no hate for the hats at all. They are entirely optional (hell you can turn them off so you don't see any), are totally free and affect the game in no way at all. The whole hat thing is the biggest uniting game of the whole community to seek, trade and craft them. If there's any hate, it's down more to some weapon imbalances at present with the Heavy and the Spy. |
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Post by Baron Canier on Jun 21, 2011 18:57:16 GMT
Remember the incidents involving bots that resulted in the creation of the halo? Yeah.
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Post by Retro on Jun 21, 2011 19:43:59 GMT
Remember the incidents involving bots that resulted in the creation of the halo? Yeah. There were no bots involved, it was over idling. And you mean the exceptionally minor amounts of people that were just very loud and whiney as opposed to the masses of normal gamers who took the joke for what it was? It's the same in every game community with any single game change. Just look at World of Warcraft or the Battlefield fandoms. If so much as a pixel changes, some very loud small group will kick off. Same thing here. |
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Post by madhair60 on Jun 21, 2011 21:29:25 GMT
Anyone who hasn't yet played the game really only has themselves to blame, seeing how easy it is to get a copy. Oh, don't say ridiculous stuff like this, it's infuriating. I know it shouldn't be, but it is. For [censored]'s sake, games cost money. I only got to play CoD4 about 3/4 months ago, because I found it for 50p. Same with Bioshock. |
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Post by Balls on Jun 22, 2011 11:03:08 GMT
Yeah, since I moved out of my uni house with my mate who had it, I have to buy it again but can't afford it. There is never "no excuse" as money is always an excuse.
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Post by shodic on Jul 3, 2011 22:10:29 GMT
Bayonetta anyone?
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