Calax Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 the only ones i know of are dragon age, hearts of iron 3 and empires:total war. any other decent rpg, rts or general strategy games on the horizon? i'm thinking of buying the new warhammer game. Starcraft two:Wings of Liberty should be out by the end of the year. Alpha protocol too. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 HOI3 does look pretty sweet!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asol Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Saw this browsing IGF and D2D games All deception is self deception all hypnosis is auto-hypnosis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Raven Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Hey how about that Dragon Age game? D3 for me. Come on Blizzard. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Caliban Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Hey how about that Dragon Age game? D3 for me. Come on Blizzard. It's been pushed back until November. I'm wondering if DIII will even hit the shelves this year. While you're waiting, you can pick up a cute, diablo iii t-shirt. "When is this out. I can't wait to play it so I can talk at length about how bad it is." - Gorgon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) Deus Ex 3 complete with regenerating health. Stolen from the Deus Ex 3 forums. Quote:Originally Posted by Ren Edited February 21, 2009 by CrashGirl Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Caliban Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) Deus Ex 3 complete with regenerating health. Reading the thread, I sighed a bit. I get tired of people saying 'Developers think we can't handle anything complex!' and 'Consoles are dumbing down games!' arguement brought up whenever a developer make a choice different from a poster's favorite ten-year-old game. Edited February 21, 2009 by Maria Caliban "When is this out. I can't wait to play it so I can talk at length about how bad it is." - Gorgon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Deus Ex 3 complete with regenerating health. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 "...designers didn Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Caliban Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) There's a difference between exploring levels and exploring levels for healt packs. I explored levels for alternate routes, so I could sniper/knock-out everyone, for upgrade canisters, and for passwords and data logs. I usually walked around with a stack of unused health packs because I'd found the console to turn off the turrets and security bot with the rockets, and killed all the gaurds from the top of the building. Deus Ex 3 complete with regenerating health. - your science is too cruel. Edited February 21, 2009 by Maria Caliban "When is this out. I can't wait to play it so I can talk at length about how bad it is." - Gorgon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Deus Ex 3 complete with regenerating health. - your science is too cruel. smiley spam Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Caliban Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Spam? I'm quoting from the original game and making important points. If others can't understand how an adorable kitten adds to that, it's not my fault. "When is this out. I can't wait to play it so I can talk at length about how bad it is." - Gorgon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Gratuitous use of smileys is always spam. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Stop the spamming, ladies. Why does nobody respond to my outrage about the DX levels? Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaftan Barlast Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 DX levels were marvels of failiure due to its poor gameplay. You could sneak your way through them or you could shoot, but neither worked very well. The sneaking was a frustrating trial-and-error horror of seemingly randomly triggered alarms, while the shooting was clunky and awkward. Everyone just ended up getting the amazingly imbalanced lightsabre so you could rush and chop your way through it DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Caliban Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) Stop the spamming, ladies. Why does nobody respond to my outrage about the DX levels? I *did* respond to your outrage. DX levels were marvels of failiure due to its poor gameplay. You could sneak your way through them or you could shoot, but neither worked very well. The sneaking was a frustrating trial-and-error horror of seemingly randomly triggered alarms, while the shooting was clunky and awkward. Everyone just ended up getting the amazingly imbalanced lightsabre so you could rush and chop your way through it And then you'd get those agents that blew up when they died. The original Deus Ex has the 'dart handcrossbow.' Possibly the stupidest weapon ever. It was weak, the range was bad, it only worked on organics, and if you tried the non-leather darts, it took five hours for them to die while they ran around alerting everyone around you. Edited February 21, 2009 by Maria Caliban "When is this out. I can't wait to play it so I can talk at length about how bad it is." - Gorgon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 DX' design was ambitious, but flawed. I prefer that more rather than some "perfectly" made Gears of War boxes that repeat themself like a pattern. In DX, there were always these little things you could discover. I miss this attention to detail in modern games. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Stop the spamming, ladies. Why does nobody respond to my outrage about the DX levels? I *did* respond to your outrage. Indeed. I completely overlooked it, thanks to these obtrusive smileys. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Caliban Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) Right. You can shoot a psychic chimpanzee with its brain hanging out whose standing in the middle of a dark room a mile away, but you can't see my response because of all the smilies. I ain't buying it. Edited February 21, 2009 by Maria Caliban "When is this out. I can't wait to play it so I can talk at length about how bad it is." - Gorgon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 DX levels were marvels of failiure due to its poor gameplay. You could sneak your way through them or you could shoot, but neither worked very well. The sneaking was a frustrating trial-and-error horror of seemingly randomly triggered alarms, while the shooting was clunky and awkward. Everyone just ended up getting the amazingly imbalanced lightsabre so you could rush and chop your way through it I do agree that a) sneaking wasn't really implemented all that well b) combat was hideously clunky. Many of these fps/adventure/crpg hybrids seem to suffer from clunky fps combat. Bioshock and FO3 also, for example. but, I think the levels were pretty awesome for exploration. Were they of Thief-level quality? No, but how many games have levels like those. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) Let's just admit people that back in 1999/2000 most games were flawed and clunky. DX, despite it's weak shooting part, was still an important gem. At least critically. Edited February 21, 2009 by Morgoth Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I played through DX and only killed a couple people in the entire game. I thought the sneaking was pretty awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 The original Deus Ex has the 'dart handcrossbow.' Possibly the stupidest weapon ever. It was weak, the range was bad, it only worked on organics, and if you tried the non-leather darts, it took five hours for them to die while they ran around alerting everyone around you. lol. That thing was awesome with the tranq darts though. Pop out, shoot someone, then they would run around for about 5 seconds and then collapse. It was pretty overpowered actually. My vote for stupidest weapon in DX was the PS20, tiny single shot plasma gun. It only has ONE shot and you could only carry ONE gun at a time and it almost never killed anything with its single shot even at max skill level. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I played through DX and only killed a couple people in the entire game. I thought the sneaking was pretty awesome. Its not that it doesn't work. Its more that it way too easy in most places, but in a few places it's impossible. Cattle prod + sneak can get you through the whole game almost. But not quite. ANd, iirc, you have to kill Simons, Anna, and Gunther but that's it. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 DX, despite it's weak shooting part, was still an important gem. At least critically. No argument from me. It may have been clunky, but its influence was huge. And it is still, even by today standards, very good at what it does. Bioshock and FO3 are almost as clunky shooting-wise as DX was. Both games would have been vastly improved with better fps combat. It makes you appreciate that the fps combat in even a mediocre shooter like Far Cry 2 is the result of a lot of work. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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