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antitype .
Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 292
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:45 am Post subject: SiN Episodes: any good? (Discuss other FPS games, too.) |
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I'm tempted to check this out, since it's going for $10 on Steam or $15 from Amazon if I want a shiny plastic box to go with it.
I wouldn't be expecting much. I've read a few complaints about how it demonstrates "just how stale the FPS genre has become", but also that it's very enjoyable — short and sweet. Besides, it's running on the Source engine, and that alone wins it a few points by default. Or so I would think, anyway; I suppose it's entirely possible that the game could be so bad that it completely undermines the awesomeness of Valve's engine. _________________ antitype.livejournal.com | last.fm
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:57 am Post subject: |
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dhex hated it and I believe it prompted him to write "crossing the boobicon" _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:42 am Post subject: |
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yup.
on the other hand, no one lives forever 2 is rocking my socks with goodness. i'd recommend this far more quickly.
if you haven't played it, call of duty 2 is totally sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. _________________
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:55 am Post subject: |
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dhex wrote: | yup.
on the other hand, no one lives forever 2 is rocking my socks with goodness. i'd recommend this far more quickly. |
you're playing it! see! isn't it great?!?! _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:30 am Post subject: |
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yes!!!
you were totally right on this one, dude.
i'm only at the intro, but the bit with the ninjas at the very first part. i really enjoyed the conversation about the ninja's grandmother poisoning her grandfather to make sure he came home after work. _________________
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 3725
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:32 am Post subject: |
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dhex wrote: | if you haven't played it, call of duty 2 is totally sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. |
Really? I have this but haven't played it yet. Tell me why it might outClancy other FPS games.
-Wes _________________
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antitype .
Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 292
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:40 am Post subject: |
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I will check out NOLF2!
And maybe Call of Duty 2, once I build that shiny new PC. _________________ antitype.livejournal.com | last.fm |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | tell me why it might outClancy other FPS games. |
well, for starters, you don't feel like you're playing FOX NEWS: THE GAME. (or worse yet, TEAM AMERICA, EXCEPT SERIOUS)
it's not the sort of history channel version of world war 2 one gets from the medal of honor series.
you also play in the battle of stalingrad. and on harder settings you die constantly. it actually communicates some of the utterly mangled insanity of that particular part of world war II. (the american side is, in comparison, the weakest part of the game).
it's also a lot of fun, despite some of the stupid conventions regarding health. it actually makes for a better game, despite being not very historically accurate. _________________
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Scratchmonkey .
Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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It's been said before, I'll say it again:
They need to make an FPS that spans the entirety of the Eastern Front in WW2. Where you can play as German, Russian, Polish* or Finnish** troops.
* - For example, play a Polish revolutionary in Warsaw when the Soviets "stalled" their westward drive at the end of the war.
** - Play a sniper on skis! Dammit, this would be awesome. |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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oh antitype, do you want one of my extra copies of project snowblind? (i.e. deus ex 3 that wasn't that would have been that wasn't anyway but isn't bad) i ended up with two for no good reason.
i also have some other shit i need to get rid of. (see trading thread for details) _________________
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antitype .
Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 292
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Well, hell, if you're giving it away I guess I'd be curious to see what a mess it turned out to be.
I tried to play Invisible War for a little bit. It doesn't run very well on my computer, and as a result both looks and feels like a N64 game. A lot like Perfect Dark, actually. Which is a far cry from Deus Ex itself.
Oh, wait, so Snowblind is actually decent? _________________ antitype.livejournal.com | last.fm |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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it's not bad at all. pm me your addy. _________________
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Toto 4th Man
Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Posts: 122
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:47 am Post subject: |
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Fervently and desperately recommending the original Call of Duty as well as Call of Duty 2 all up in here.
Some of the most cinematic moments I've ever experienced in a video game, and the first game to make me actually care about sticking it to the Germans.
The pre-amble to Stalingrad in the original is great. |
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Cycle Mac daddy
Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:28 am Post subject: |
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I heard Sin Episodes was canned? That kinda sucks. I haven't played it yet but I wanna pick it up. I wouldn't mind a big guns, big action, big boobs FPS.
The Operative 2 (NOLF part 2) isn't as good as the original! It's still pretty swell though, but I wish they did some things differently. It's not as good as Goldeneye, the game it's clearly inspired by.
dhex, do you have paypal so I can actually pay for that stuff we talked about? You gave me your address and I didn't really know what to do with it. I mean, we live in the age of the Intertron! _________________
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:54 am Post subject: |
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except sin episodes isn't very good at all. really. boobs or not. snowblind is better, actually.
cycle, i can't take paypal payments. (i don't trust their security) _________________
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