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[Axe99]

spectre51, on 15 October 2015 - 02:49 AM, said:

Overal I can easily see why it was highly rated back at its original release date.

Oh aye, when it released (in 2001 - to give you an idea of how old it was, I had a trailer for it from a Playstation Mag on a VHS tape ) a lot of those things just weren't happening in gameplay more generally - it really was a revelation at the time.  Bloody great soundtrack to, that opening sequence....

The good news is that the controls got a significant overhaul for MGS 3, so it's much easier to play with modern sensibilities .  Enjoy .

Over on my gaming front, finished off Ether One (not bad, but a little buggy - it was nice how you didn't need to solve any puzzles at all to progress, but there were some quite tough puzzles if you wanted to stretch the noggin - I did enjoy how it was themed around some fairly heavy subject matter, and did it pretty well) and about to give Blood Bowl 2 a look (turn based tactical football, lol) and maybe some Tropico 5 as well.

[GasClown]

Finally getting stuck into FTL. Music is top-notch, some of the best I've heard in a video game... gameplay I didn't quite grasp at first but it's grown on me and become just as brilliant! Love this game, it's a classic - totally recommend it to anyone.

[Axe99]

Aye, it's tops isn't it?  A bit brutal for me towards the end (I haven't finished it yet, when I was playing it regularly I got to the final boss a few times, but got brutalised on every occasion) but I still love it.  Good luck .

[GasClown]

Axe99, on 17 October 2015 - 10:24 PM, said:

Aye, it's tops isn't it?  A bit brutal for me towards the end (I haven't finished it yet, when I was playing it regularly I got to the final boss a few times, but got brutalised on every occasion) but I still love it.  Good luck .

Mate - as said, I love it - insta-classic. Just when you think you're going well, you get smashed... happens to me every time... It's beautiful in its brutality! lol

[GraphicX]

played metal gear solid v ground zeroes today.  previously it wouldn't work with windows 10 + amd card as a driver update broke it apparently.  had to copy 3 or 4 dll files to the root of the game & it worked fine.

loaded it up expecting something pretty awesome given the 90 odd it has on metacritic & can't help but feel disappointed.  i've read comments about how it's extremely realistic & beautiful, but i'm not getting either.  the realism isn't there at all for me, the slo-mo for a start, then the 7-10 chest shots into an enemy to kill them, the health regeneration etc etc.  the graphics are just lacking detail for a new game also.  comparing to the likes of say mad max it's just not in the same league.  the boots on your character don't even have tread on them for example & the environment, characters & objects are all just plastic looking.  sure it's all smooth etc, but just no detail compared to games like tomb raider (quite old now), watch_dogs etc.

will play the game out, but i'm not expecting to give it more than a mediocre score at this stage so thinking the score it has on metacritic might be corrupted by too many fanboy reviews :/

[Axe99]

Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy it Graph - I agree it's not terribly realistic, but the thing I liked about it was how the guards would work together as a team to take you down when you went 'loud', and the way the spaces were designed to facilitate stealth and exploration, but still provide challenges.  Visually I think it looked quite nice when it came out, but it's been surpassed since.

[GraphicX]

i'm finding the AI to be really lacking, maybe in the class of FEAR which was great, but it's old as now.  they just run in the exact same patterns & stand in the exact same locations over & over.  i can even place someone in a headlock with their mate facing them & they don't react lol.

i know i'm being critical, but it's sitting on 80 on metacritic so i went in with high expectations.

[Aromaci]

You pay attention to Metacritic? lol. That's why I never give credence to people on forums either. Rather go in with no expectations and enjoy it.

Are these the same 'fanboys' who shit all over MGSV?

[Aromaci]

Also, finished 'Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone.' Would recommend.

[GasClown]

Axe99, on 17 October 2015 - 10:24 PM, said:

brutalised

Had 3 enemies board the ship (nothing unusual)... put all my crew (only had 3) straight in the med bay, opened all the windows and doors except for the med bay to kill the oxygen and funnel them into the med bay (where I can heal)... yet they still brutalised me (in the med bay)! Absolutely nothing i could do.

[Axe99]

GasClown, on 19 October 2015 - 05:54 AM, said:

Had 3 enemies board the ship (nothing unusual)... put all my crew (only had 3) straight in the med bay, opened all the windows and doors except for the med bay to kill the oxygen and funnel them into the med bay (where I can heal)... yet they still brutalised me (in the med bay)! Absolutely nothing i could do.

Yup, that sounds like FTL!  Love it .

[GraphicX]

started playing 2 games today;

duke nukem megaton edition which i picked up off GMG for less than $2 today with a code.  thought it'd be good for a laugh, but it's a hell of a lot harder than i remember !!  love all the little secret spots on each level, what's happened to games these days, rarely see that in them !!!

spec ops: the line.  finished this on ps3 & it was fantastic.  started it up today & couldn't put it down until i literally had to.  just the hole thing pulls me in, solid 3fps with cover system, exceptional detail in the environment & characters & a storyline worthy of a hollywood release.  looking forward to finishing it again.

[GasClown]

GraphicX, on 25 October 2015 - 10:11 AM, said:

spec ops: the line.  finished this on ps3 & it was fantastic.  started it up today & couldn't put it down until i literally had to.  just the hole thing pulls me in, solid 3fps with cover system, exceptional detail in the environment & characters & a storyline worthy of a hollywood release.  looking forward to finishing it again.

I should probably play that.

[GraphicX]

it's an awesome game, can't see you not liking it.

[Axe99]

GraphicX, on 25 October 2015 - 10:11 AM, said:

duke nukem megaton edition which i picked up off GMG for less than $2 today with a code.  thought it'd be good for a laugh, but it's a hell of a lot harder than i remember !!  love all the little secret spots on each level, what's happened to games these days, rarely see that in them !!!

I gave Duke Nukem 3D a brief spin on vita, and you're not wrong - I remember playing through it as a teenager, and loved it, but it brutalised me.  The Vita's controls wouldn't have helped, of course, but even taking into account how easy it is to play an FPS with a mouse/kb, it's still a pretty tough game.  Totally agree about all the little secret spots as well.  I guess with all the extra texture work and lighting and modelling and stuff required, it's a bit more effort to throw peripheral stuff in like that so it's less likely to make the cut?

Been playing Blood Bowl 2 a heap in the last week and a bit - it's fairly slow paced, but it's a really well put together turn-based sports/combat game (Blood Bowl is half sports, half combat, lol).  Will play a fair bit more I reckon.

Also started MGS: Peace Walker (PSP on PSV) and it's very impressive.  The visuals are obviously a bit dated these days, but the gameplay is quality Metal Gear (or, if you don't like Metal Gear, well worth avoiding ).

[SmokeyPSD]

For me FPS's haven't moved ahead of Duke 3d in terms of design at all even after all these years. It's great how there's so much interactivity for instance. Still a great game and still has a strong multiplayer community I hear which is insane.

[GasClown]

Been playing Remember Me as it came with that Capcom Humble Bundle. Not bad at all... the world they've created is certainly very interesting, combat isn't bad but nothing new and pretty basic... otherwise, enjoying it and pleasantly surprised.

[GraphicX]

i never finished that game, it had great music & graphic design, but the game was pretty ordinary & i couldn't stick with it.

[spectre51]

I finished up Metal Gear Solid 3 (PS3) was good, played very similar to 2 game-play wise. Level design really lead it to a much more open feeling game over 2 even though like 2 gameplay does feel dated and having to shot in fire fights still doesn't feel that great but thankfully since it excels at what it says on the box you don't have to have many firefights. It really does satisfy that stealth, creeping gameplay need exceptionally well.

The story was out there at times again with stuff ever changing and going on but I like it, for me it gives it charm and makes it interesting and so that you never really sure what just might happen.

Having played 2 and 3 I feel the long cutscenes are both blessing and curse most of the time I didn't mind the length it was nice to sit back and watch stuff unfold and be explained but  a few times I would've like to pause them or just get on with the gameplay.
I did read the little blurb in the booklet about Metal Gear 1 and 2 made me a bit disappointed I couldn't get over the much aged gameplay as story wise it sounded interesting.

Like 2 its pretty easy to see why its so highly rated, its really only a few gameplay quirks like shooting and no crouch walk that make it feel a bit dated everything else held up fine for me.

Like Axe I am also now playing Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PS3) unlike Axe I am playing it on PS3. So far I'm liking the more  controls since it is a much more modern game over 2 and 3. I really like have a crouch walk and the shooting does feel better. Its odd they removed the crawling movement and being able to move bodies though and Snake's face look odd to me.
Fultoning people is amusing, the numbers damage thing is odd though considering the past games in the series, but it does feel similar sneaking around watching guards.

I can feel its portable roots, but enjoying it as well even though its a bit different.

[I_live_4_fun]

I started playing Until Dawn yesterday and got pretty hooked . It feels more interactive than the Telltale Games with choices having a more immediate and important effect on how relationships and paths branch out.

I really like the atmosphere and setting, the characters have a bit of depth to them so you can see some of their development and relationships with other people grow (depending on how long they survive). A few of my characters have died already though due to me missing some QTE's and making not-so-safe choices. Hopefully I xlcan save them in future playthroughs .

I also did squirm and freak out a few times, haha. Played ut till about midnight yesterday but thankfully,  no nightmares were had .