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antitype · . Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 292

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.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:57 am Post subject:

dhex hated it and I believe it prompted him to write "crossing the boobicon"
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dhex · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:42 am Post subject:

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 · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:55 am Post subject:

dhex · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:30 am Post subject:

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 · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:32 am Post subject:

antitype · . Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 292

I will check out NOLF2!

And maybe Call of Duty 2, once I build that shiny new PC.
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dhex · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:50 am Post subject:

Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

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.

dhex · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:44 pm Post subject:

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

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?
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dhex · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject:

it's not bad at all. pm me your addy.
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Toto · 4th Man Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Posts: 122

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.

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

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 · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:54 am Post subject:

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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