CthuluIsSpy
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As long as its not another spunkgargleweewee ( see= Zero Punctuation: Medal of Honor warfighter), or a halo clone (like DNF) I'm happy.
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CthuluIsSpy said:
Nah, I mean it completely old school as you said.
- Carrying all the weapons once you have collected them.
- No regenerative health, health packs and armor instead
- Fast complex maps that depending what its based on consists of multiple rooms, corridors, airshafts and so on which the player can pace through on his/her own speed once unlocked.
I would like it if the maps would be as close to a real counterpart as possible (a shopping mall that looks like a mall, a space colony that looks like what a space colony in the future could look like) but not short linear strolls through them.
Only problem I could see is repetitiveness, people might perhaps become tired of finding key card or terminals to unlock other parts of maps and do this over and over.
A good balance would have to be determined between size of the maps and how many of them.
I am also not sure about drive able vehicles.
SnapSlav
NMA's local DotA fanatic
Good reference. =)CthuluIsSpy said:
My only issue with that term was lumping in ALL the "realistic shooters" under the spunkgargleweewee umbrella. Even Yahtzee said he REALLY liked COD4, which would fall under that category. What I'd consider appropriate for joining that deliberately-derogatory title are simply the "realistic shooter" COPYCATS. For example, there was a conversation I was listening to, where people mentioned how GTAIV did something, so the next game of the genre did the same thing, and a detractor said "Yes, how dare they make their games better!" They missed the point. It's not that an innovation was made and followed by others, it's that an innovation was made, and DONE WELL, and when it was followed, it was done poorly. COD4 made "realistic shooters", but it did a damn good job of it. The sequels' only real problems was NOT being something new, so they automatically fell under the same category as all the other copycats. But they were sequels, they had the right to be the same. It would have been BETTER if they kept innovating, but they had a right to default to what they knew already worked. Other games that just tried to copy- and fail -like the Battlefield and MoH series are justified in falling under "spunkgargleweewee", because they just wanted to jump on the bandwagon, and they did it badly. Very, VERY badly.
I couldn't care either way whether Doom 4 is to be a classic shooter or a modern shooter; as long as it's GOOD. Doom 3 was good. All the critics who complained that it was different from the original dooms..... well NO SHIT! It was still fucking awesome. Focusing on horror worked for it, because it was scary. The shooting mechanics were solid, and the environment/setting worked together seamlessly. I grabbed the full game plus expansion for the PC a couple years ago, years after the craze had subsided, and I still reveled in the experience. The game rocked. If Doom 4 takes a direction where you're as fragile as the modern FPS protagonist and it feels good, I couldn't be happier! It would show all the other posers how it's done. If, on the other hand, they just tried to copy someone else and failed to grasp what made them so good and ended up bad, well... obviously, I'd be disappointed.
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SnapSlav said:
This. Said it perfectly. I'm still waiting to try out the Doom 3 BFG edition personally. I really liked Doom 3. I never really understood all the hate it received.
TorontRayne said:
Don't, from what I have heard Doom 3 BFG edition is a bad console port that lacks the game configuration options from the normal Doom 3 and Resurrection of Evil expansion packs.
Not even the Lost Mission is really worth getting BFG edition for.
Just get the basic games if you want to play them and hope Doom 3 Phobos gets finished.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/phobos
SnapSlav
NMA's local DotA fanatic
Actually, that's kinda really poorly represented. It's an EXCELLENT console port of Doom 3 (AND the original Dooms, of course). It's a poor port for PC owners. For example, since I already own the game on my PC, I would be gaining VERY little if I bought the PC version of BFG. The mods wouldn't port over, and the new content would make up a small fraction of the whole package, and the graphical upscaling would be negligible depending on the rig running it.
However, for a console, this is GREAT. More so for PS3 owners (ding!) than 360 owners, because the PS3 didn't have downloadable versions of the original Dooms. Hell, it didn't even have Doom 3! Players could presumably still play their original Doom 3 from the XBox on their 360, and the most appreciable difference from BFG would be that not only they got the added content, but they ALSO would get the full Doom 3, which wasn't included in the XBox version (back then PC games always got full content and their XBox version, limited to 1 disc, was smaller in comparison).
In short, if you own a PS3, whether or not you played the originals or Doom 3 on your PC, it's still an excellent buy, and a great value. If you own a 360, it's a decent value, but you'd basically be buying 3 games just to gain access to an upgraded version of 1 of them. But the PC port is the least bang for your buck.
However, for a console, this is GREAT. More so for PS3 owners (ding!) than 360 owners, because the PS3 didn't have downloadable versions of the original Dooms. Hell, it didn't even have Doom 3! Players could presumably still play their original Doom 3 from the XBox on their 360, and the most appreciable difference from BFG would be that not only they got the added content, but they ALSO would get the full Doom 3, which wasn't included in the XBox version (back then PC games always got full content and their XBox version, limited to 1 disc, was smaller in comparison).
In short, if you own a PS3, whether or not you played the originals or Doom 3 on your PC, it's still an excellent buy, and a great value. If you own a 360, it's a decent value, but you'd basically be buying 3 games just to gain access to an upgraded version of 1 of them. But the PC port is the least bang for your buck.
That would perhaps be a better description to Doom 3 BFG edition.
I just recommend that TorontRayne tracks down the original Doom 3 and Resurrection of Evil expansion pack if he wants to play Doom 3 again.
If you want updated visuals you can use this download;
http://www.moddb.com/mods/sikkmod
I just recommend that TorontRayne tracks down the original Doom 3 and Resurrection of Evil expansion pack if he wants to play Doom 3 again.
If you want updated visuals you can use this download;
http://www.moddb.com/mods/sikkmod
Walpknut
This ghoul has seen it all
So... this just came in, I have 5 new betakeys for Planetside 2, Whoever wants one PM me.
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The Dutch Ghost said:
Well, I played it on the consoles, so I'm sure that would be much better. Did I mention I tried Halo 4 with a friend? Not too shabby, multiplayer wise, I did have fun playing with a group of friends I've known since childhood, although I didn't do as well as I would have liked. I ended up switching to bumper jumper since my hands were hurting from holding in the left analog so much. I may buy it when I get the funds to do so, but that may be a while. You were pretty spot on though Dutch Ghost. Cheers.
SnapSlav
NMA's local DotA fanatic
I played Doom 3 on BOTH console and PC (as well as many other games, such as Fable) because it was my friend's XBox, and since I never owned one, I eventually bought the PC versions when I obtained my own copies of the games. Although I was "aware" of how much larger the game was than its console variant, I was still pleasantly surprised by all the new areas/levels in the PC release that I'd never experience in the XBox version.
If for no other reason than to experience a more fulfilling Doom 3, and still on consoles, BFG is worth the buy.
By now, my 360 has found itself where I would deem it truly belongs; in my closet, collecting dust. I would never place as much malice towards the 360 console as I do the Wii's, but I just wasn't drawn to it as much as its technologically and artistically superior Japanese rival. I never really cared once I put it away, but titles like Halo 4 are about the only thing that makes me somewhat regretful that I don't intend to use my 360 ever again. I enjoyed playing the Halo series, up till 3, and I'm a huge fan of works of fiction largely based around the Halo franchise, such as Red vs Blue, so even though I prefer COD4 as my favorite FPS, I still would have liked to play Halo 4. I know it's no longer Bungie's work, but 343 has tried to emulate the best of the series, and the campaigns from the original trilogy were groundbreaking, so if it was anywhere near as good as them, I might have wanted to give it a try. If you have enough exposure to it that you can give the game a thorough review, I'd be interested to see what you'd have to say about it as a whole, Toront! =)
If for no other reason than to experience a more fulfilling Doom 3, and still on consoles, BFG is worth the buy.
By now, my 360 has found itself where I would deem it truly belongs; in my closet, collecting dust. I would never place as much malice towards the 360 console as I do the Wii's, but I just wasn't drawn to it as much as its technologically and artistically superior Japanese rival. I never really cared once I put it away, but titles like Halo 4 are about the only thing that makes me somewhat regretful that I don't intend to use my 360 ever again. I enjoyed playing the Halo series, up till 3, and I'm a huge fan of works of fiction largely based around the Halo franchise, such as Red vs Blue, so even though I prefer COD4 as my favorite FPS, I still would have liked to play Halo 4. I know it's no longer Bungie's work, but 343 has tried to emulate the best of the series, and the campaigns from the original trilogy were groundbreaking, so if it was anywhere near as good as them, I might have wanted to give it a try. If you have enough exposure to it that you can give the game a thorough review, I'd be interested to see what you'd have to say about it as a whole, Toront! =)
Just finished Metroid Prime Corruption again, the last 'good' Metroid game.
It may look somewhat dated but gameplay wise it's still not beaten.
one of the better action exploration games on the console market, together with its prequels.
It may look somewhat dated but gameplay wise it's still not beaten.
one of the better action exploration games on the console market, together with its prequels.
CthuluIsSpy
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Well, I finished FNV. Gotta love the LAER ^^
I would play through it again (this time as legion), but I generally don't like to play the same game again just after beating it.
I'm now playing Batman Arkham City.
I would play through it again (this time as legion), but I generally don't like to play the same game again just after beating it.
I'm now playing Batman Arkham City.
CthuluIsSpy
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BFox17 said:Fartmonkey said:Just started a second run through of fallout 3. The game is much more enjoyable so far as an evil character
Just remember to be a good boy and give water to those homeless bums, and I will forgive you for blowing up that town, my son.
I always make a point of killing them. I'm doing them a service really...they appear to have a condition where they are eternally thirsty.
I kill them because they act as a karma station which breaks any consequences for my actions.
Walpknut
This ghoul has seen it all
Also they are useless slobs, they sit on their ass all day, only ask for water every hour and don't even attempt to do anything for themselves. Not even walking up to the Megaton Gate.
CthuluIsSpy
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Walpknut said:
That too. And they are so picky! For someone dying of thirst, you'd think they would take a few sips from that pool of water (albeit radioactive) that's a short crawl away from them.