Cantousent Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I also hate how the setting tries to have everything at once. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This is exactly how I feel. This is also one of the reasons I hate FR. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 In my opinion, the only good thing to come out of the Forgettable Realms is the Bhaalspawn saga. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderAndrew Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 And yet I feel BG1 was one of the most overrated games I have ever played, if not singularly the most overrated game I have ever played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Can't really help you with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderAndrew Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 In all fairness, Halo also enters that category. But I digress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Never played it. Isn't that that game where the main character is a cook or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Child of Flame Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 It's okay, I felt the same way, and now I realize, that I am not a freak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderAndrew Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Never played it. Isn't that that game where the main character is a cook or something? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Are you serious? Halo is supposedly the end-all of all FPS games. Too bad it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Child of Flame Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I liked Aliens vs. Predator a lot better. Hell, even Doom III is better than Halo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Never played it. Isn't that that game where the main character is a cook or something? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Are you serious? Halo is supposedly the end-all of all FPS games. Too bad it isn't. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Of course I'm serious... isn't the main character called Master Chef or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I liked Aliens vs. Predator a lot better. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> AvP and AvP2 are 2 of 4 FPS I've ever played. And I rather enjoyed them though probably because they were Aliens/Predator games though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Child of Flame Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I was introduced to the Aliens and Predator universes via the games. I assure you AvP2 is one of, if not the finest FPS ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderAndrew Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Of course I'm serious... isn't the main character called Master Chef or something? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, he is the Master Chief. However, you're not missing anything with Halo. For many it was the first FPS game they played multiplayer due to split-screen or system link. The game really isn't that great, but it is one of the best selling titles of all time none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fishboot Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I liked Aliens vs. Predator a lot better. Hell, even Doom III is better than Halo. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Halo won a lot of brownie points for being a great console shooter experience. It owes a lot to a controller that was basically built from the ground up for FPS, the great melee attack system, a very good one-TV multiplayer experience (the levels and weapons were especially fun for scrub players before the pistol pulls away as skills go up), and obviously great production values. There are an awful lot of people who hadn't played an FPS since DOOM or GoldenEye and never went to a LAN party who were basically given a perfectly tailored FPS experience on a cheap, powerful console. I hate to turn my nose up at obviously epochal games, and Halo was one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I was introduced to the Aliens and Predator universes via the games. I assure you AvP2 is one of, if not the finest FPS ever made. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> While my experience is limited, I tend to agree And they really caught the feel of the movies with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderAndrew Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Halo also had weak AI and really boring, repetitive level design. Given very few weapons, very few enemies and really boring level design, I have no idea why the game is heralded the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Of course I'm serious... isn't the main character called Master Chef or something? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, he is the Master Chief. However, you're not missing anything with Halo. For many it was the first FPS game they played multiplayer due to split-screen or system link. The game really isn't that great, but it is one of the best selling titles of all time none the less. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, now things seem less confusing about it :D It's a FPS and a Hexbox game, so I hadn't really went out of my way to investigate it Generic FPS are the suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakron Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Ravenloft was the dumping ground of D&D back in TSR days ...we got Forgotten Realms there, DragonLance, the default D&D setting (that I forget the world name) ... It was a junkyard. Sure it have its appeal if you venture of the "setting shards". I said this once and I will say it again, Forgotten Realms was ruined by TSR and WotC running it as a novel setting ... it shows the reasons to why not many play DragonLance and its only going to get worst. Eberron ... bah, I dont play D&D anymore so Atari can shove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musopticon? Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 What if the games surprise you by being really good(not a change, but anyway)? Would you forget your D&D-'hate' and play them? This isn't for any record, I'm just interested. kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakron Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 There are more broken systems that D&D 3.5 or d20 ... usually when trying to adapt then to cRPGs. I hold no interrest over D&D worlds anymore, the game could be really good but that ends up being the same as a sports game being really good since I dont like sports game, the setting on a game is important I am not going to play on a world that I dislike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofAnakin Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Never played it. Isn't that that game where the main character is a cook or something? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Are you serious? Halo is supposedly the end-all of all FPS games. Too bad it isn't. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Of course I'm serious... isn't the main character called Master Chef or something? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> haha master chef. I'm sorry that just cracked me up. "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderAndrew Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 What if the games surprise you by being really good(not a change, but anyway)? Would you forget your D&D-'hate' and play them? This isn't for any record, I'm just interested. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I hate D&D but I will play good D&D games like Torment all day long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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