Fenghuang Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 I just finished Dark Corners of the Earth. Seven more screenshots in the pics of your games thread as soon as I'm finished. None from the actual ending though, that'd be telling. It was really good, damn shame Headfirst went under. More people need to play this. I'll also upload a .wmv file I found in the game folders that looks to be a promo trailer with actual game footage that never got released...because of the piss poor marketing. RIP
Fenghuang Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 Not really hard to find, was sitting right on the shelf in the game store and it's all over the intertron. RIP
Darque Posted May 13, 2006 Author Posted May 13, 2006 Yeah, I'm sure I can just walk into a store and say "gimme that game please" It takes a bit more than finding it
Fenghuang Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 Well you're the one that said 'track that down'. Geez. RIP
Darque Posted May 13, 2006 Author Posted May 13, 2006 You're supposed to be able to read my mind (w00t) As for the game: How would you rate it on a 1-10 scale?
Fenghuang Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 8/10 First half to three quarters of the game were perfect. Latter parts became a little gunfighty. The entire thing was very atmospheric but especially the earlier bits. HUD-less system adds a lot to it, I found myself trying to mentally keep track of how many bullets I'd spent since I didn't have a meter onscreen. Learning curve is brutal and I was only on the normal difficulty setting, headshots and conserving your ammo are important. I think if it hadn't had run into so much trouble during development and Bethesda didn't act like total jackasses it could've been 'the perfect game' easy. There are some bugs in the PC version related to the quick port. Most of them are fixable by the user using a Hex Editor and after I ran into one I found out there's a pretty thriving fan community and already several fan patches out, which unlike the Bloodlines ones only seem to add features that were cut due to the limitations of the Hexbox hardware. RIP
Fenghuang Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 All the ones I saw were on the offical forums. Just poke around there and you'll find them. RIP
metadigital Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 I just got myself a PSone and TombRaider, which I am busily playing as we type ... (even though the 1MB memory card I bought doesn't work ... :angry:) OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Haitoku Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 (edited) Playing through Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht. It looks like Namco is trying to release NA's Episode III rather quickly after the Japanese release, so I'm preparing myself. Edited May 13, 2006 by Haitoku
Krookie Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 To anyone who plays Oblivion: Can someone explain the lock picking to me? And also, is it possible to attack while on hoarse back?
StillLife Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 I just finished Dark Corners of the Earth. Seven more screenshots in the pics of your games thread as soon as I'm finished. None from the actual ending though, that'd be telling. It was really good, damn shame Headfirst went under. More people need to play this. I'll also upload a .wmv file I found in the game folders that looks to be a promo trailer with actual game footage that never got released...because of the piss poor marketing. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm in the process of playing it now. Seems pretty cool so far, but the bugs are pretty rough. I've had to play through the same section(when you discover the basement in the grocery store + the old printing press) three times. I like how the main character comments on everything you check. It adds quite a bit to the atmosphere and immersion.
alanschu Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 (edited) RE: Lockpicking in Oblivion Move the pick to the tumbler, and push up. I think the goal is to click right when it is about to hit the top. In any case, if I wait for the slowest one, I pretty much never miss. I would conservatively say that I probably picked hit about 100 tumblers in a row at one point. Edited May 13, 2006 by alanschu
Haitoku Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 To anyone who plays Oblivion: Can someone explain the lock picking to me? And also, is it possible to attack while on hoarse back? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Basicly... you click on one of the thingies, if begins to fall down fast it mean it will break if you click on it again. If it falls down slow if you click on it it will unlock. Thats how I did it anyways.
StillLife Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 To anyone who plays Oblivion: Can someone explain the lock picking to me? And also, is it possible to attack while on hoarse back? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You're trying to get all the tumblers(the bars) stuck into the top. It's mainly a matter of timing, and figuring out the sweet spot at which they stick, which unfortunately makes lockpicking entirely too easy once you have. No attacking from horseback - you gotta dismount.
Fenghuang Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 What bug are you running into? The only one I ran into was not being able to finish the final chase scene due to them decreasing the default walking speed from the Xbox version. Workaround involves either editing the .exe file with a Hex Editor, or trial and erroring your way through while not using the strafe keyes at all. This makes no sense considering the strafe keys plus the forward key are sometimes the quickest way to move from point A to B, but it worked for me so meh. RIP
StillLife Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 What bug are you running into? The only one I ran into was not being able to finish the final chase scene due to them decreasing the default walking speed from the Xbox version. Workaround involves either editing the .exe file with a Hex Editor, or trial and erroring your way through while not using the strafe keyes at all. This makes no sense considering the strafe keys plus the forward key are sometimes the quickest way to move from point A to B, but it worked for me so meh. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The first time I tried to hit esc to increase the brightness and it crashed to desktop. The second time I entered some room in the newspaper building and the camera panned away like it was going to do a mini cinematic, but it locked up and just sat there. The third time my damn spyware thing came up and I guess the game isn't fond of application switching as I had another CTD again. Knowing that it was ported basically by one guy and the low price makes the technical issues somewhat tolerable though I suppose.
Fenghuang Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 Yeah, I'm just pretty happy I even got the game. My system's been pretty good about not bugging games up, hope I get this lucky the next time I upgrade <crosses fingers> I can't really help you with the first two, but as for the last one, the game doesn't do app switching. At all. Every time I've tried I've had to manually end it. RIP
Kor Qel Droma Posted May 14, 2006 Posted May 14, 2006 Hopefully in the next fifteen minutes a fleet war will start in Freelancer. Any joiners? Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie.
Kor Qel Droma Posted May 14, 2006 Posted May 14, 2006 Update: Five more minutes!!! Time is wonky if FL world I guess. Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie.
Kor Qel Droma Posted May 14, 2006 Posted May 14, 2006 Somebody tell me how it went!! since I died first!!! Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie.
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