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ToxicFrog posted:Thinking of picking up Dark Fall 2 and the Aquanox games (already have DF1, Spellforce and Painkiller). How "underwater-y" is Aquanox? Does it play like a sci-fi sub simulator, or like Freespace like fish? It's underwater Freespace. Your ship is so maneuverable that it's like playing a typical first person shooter in a zero-g environment.
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ToxicFrog posted:Also, people keep saying Aquanox 2 is really bad - why? Actually, I hear the exact opposite that A2 improved and fixed quite a few issues from the first game, but I never played either so take that for what it is.
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Gave in and picked up Postal 2 because I've never played it before. It was a lot of fun for the time being. Then I noticed they had Interstate '76, a game I haven't played since I was a child. I plan on picking that up as soon as possible.
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I've only played Aquanox 2 and it's pretty horrible. It has an obnoxious repetative soundtrack, bland graphics (just a few generic visual cues to let you know you're underwater), absolutely abysmal voice acting and cut scenes, and the actual combat is boring and frustrating. and Is 1 really any better? Edit: I'm looking for some new strategy game and The Guild and Spellforce both look pretty good. Since I know virtually nothing about either one, what should I learn before picking one up? tankadillo fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Apr 27, 2011 |
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Apr 27, 2011 18:01
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Welp, I already had Painkiller, and I've just nabbed myself the two Aquanox games, The Nations Gold because it looks  , Spellforce, and well, if JoWood's catalog goes bye bye, I think I'm pretty decently set.
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Apr 27, 2011 18:09
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hypo-crit posted:Gave in and picked up Postal 2 because I've never played it before. It was a lot of fun for the time being. I believe that despite all of their efforts, the GOG version of Interstate '76 runs terribly. Unless that's been fixed, you should avoid it.
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Centipeed posted:I believe that despite all of their efforts, the GOG version of Interstate '76 runs terribly. Unless that's been fixed, you should avoid it.
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Apr 27, 2011 18:30
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Gashroom posted:I certainly have no performance problems on my GF9800, both the standard and glide version (which runs through a wrapper, of course). The problems with I'76 are not performance issues, but stability problems. Also, above certain framerates the AI and physics wig out completely. This is particularly a problem if the glide wrapper doesn't work (as it doesn't for me) and you need to run it in software mode, as software rendering can't be effectively frame-limited.
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Apr 27, 2011 18:50
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al-azad posted:They filed for bankruptcy in January and are either about to close or be gobbled up by another company. Oh wow. I wonder what this means for the JoWood games on Steam too.
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Apr 27, 2011 19:51
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Charles Martel posted:Oh wow. I wonder what this means for the JoWood games on Steam too. They might disappear from the store, but chances are they will still remain in the library. A couple of games have done this, as well. I can't recall any game that disappeared from people's libraries.
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Apr 27, 2011 21:17
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Have anyone tried Gothic 4? It is has bad has most people say?
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I'm thinking of getting both Dark Fall games, Spellforce, and Painkiller- thoughts?
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C-Euro posted:Painkiller http://lparchive.org/Painkiller-and-Battle-out-of-Hell/ Edit: If you stop jumping, you're doing it wrong. Mithaldu fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Apr 27, 2011 |
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Elias_Maluco posted:Have anyone tried Gothic 4? It is has bad has most people say? Pretty much poo poo and there is an entire city you cannot go to because they were saving it for DLC. Problem is, they (JoWood) went under and it's unlikely the DLC will ever see the light of day.
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Yeah, anyone that doesn't have Painkiller Black on DD already needs to get it straight away! Game is loving incredible, as many have said it's pretty much the true sequel to Doom II. Although it does have a strange problem on my laptop where it runs in slow motion whenever it gets busy, so low-spec goons might want to try the demo first.
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I wouldn't recommend you pick up the Guild unless you're the type of person who enjoys a complex web of political intrigue, underhanded chicanery used to outplay you're social and business rivals and ruthless tactics as you kidnap, sabotage and outright kill to put yourself in a position of power... so that you can then write the laws and pass the sentencing against those who might try to wrest control from you. I just can't imagine that would appeal to anyone.
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Apr 27, 2011 22:43
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Elias_Maluco posted:Have anyone tried Gothic 4? It is has bad has most people say? Risen is essentially Gothic 4. "Gothic 4" was made by some other jokers and is nothing even remotely compared to the others.
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Convex posted:Yeah, anyone that doesn't have Painkiller Black on DD already needs to get it straight away! Game is loving incredible, as many have said it's pretty much the true sequel to Doom II. Although it does have a strange problem on my laptop where it runs in slow motion whenever it gets busy, so low-spec goons might want to try the demo first. I will check that poo poo out man. I've heard that it's just crazy fun to play from other people before and at that price I just can't say no!
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Convex posted:Yeah, anyone that doesn't have Painkiller Black on DD already needs to get it straight away! Game is loving incredible, as many have said it's pretty much the true sequel to Doom II. I don't know why people say this. Granted, I've only finished the first chapter of Painkiller but Doom was awesome because of the great level design and Painkiller is a linear series of rooms in which you stand around, blow up bad guys, and move on to the next room. Does that change later on? It's not a bad game in any way, but I haven't seen anything deserving of a comparison to Doom 2.
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Adam Bowen posted:I don't know why people say this. Granted, I've only finished the first chapter of Painkiller but Doom was awesome because of the great level design and Painkiller is a linear series of rooms in which you stand around, blow up bad guys, and move on to the next room. Does that change later on? It's not a bad game in any way, but I haven't seen anything deserving of a comparison to Doom 2. The later levels become more labyrinthine in design but it's still "enter room, kill monsters, find switch/key, move on." e: Some of the later levels are really bad rear end. There's one that takes place in a massive castle and another that has you jumping around floating, disjointed islands as you try to find the loving mouth of hell.
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Good to hear on Painkiller, how about Dark Fall, Dark Fall 2, and Spellforce?
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I think Yahtzee's take on Painkiller was pretty accurate. It has a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning! Some of the levels are confusing as poo poo to figure out where you're supposed to be going, but for $4 I can vouch for it as my favourite title from this sale.
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Knowing that some people were pretty disappointed when they found out Grim Fandango won't be getting released by GOG anytime in the near future, it's worth pointing out that ScummVM's sister project Residual finally started making noteworthy progress again. Grim Fandango is now completable, but still full of bugs. It's some solace from the realization that Lucas Licensing hates you.
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Which one of these promotional games is best for a netbook? Not Gothic II, right?
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Casimir Radon posted:Residual finally started making noteworthy progress again. Grim Fandango is now completable, but still full of bugs. Sweet!
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Adam Bowen posted:Painkiller is a linear series of rooms in which you stand around
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It's been said, but Painkiller is exactly as run-and-gun as it sounds, but if you're just strolling through each level using the same gun over and over, you're doing it completely wrong. The level and character design, the scummy walls and metal soundtrack, all beg for you to execute maneuvers with far more enjoyment than that. Even without fancy-pants achievements pushing you in the "right" direction, you should really try playing the game with a bit of style: flipping through weapons almost at random, combining different effects of the weapons, loving around with the idiotic enemies and prancing around them to draw them into a group quickly dispatched with a weapon combo, and thrashing at their corpses until they evaporate in a green puff. And most of all, cheating whenever you loving want to with the PowerMad cheat scripts. (http://www.mediafire.com/file/xuwv0jp69cbptm6/Powermad-3.62.exe) A similar, recent game rewards such style with silly points popups and dumb expressions. Just pretend that style counts in Painkiller and it gets to be a lot more fun.
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Adam Bowen posted:Painkiller is a linear series of rooms in which you run backwards, blow up bad guys, and move on to the next room
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Painkiller is a good game, but some of the design decisions irked me. One, the collection of souls thing instead of just being able to focus on gunning enemies. The tarot card system that forces you to play a level in a certain way to get the bonus. For the completionist in me, that's lame.
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Painkiller is a bunch of really, really great weapons stuck in an otherwise mediocre game. Better level design and more interesting enemies would have made it a genuine heir to Doom's throne.
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sethsez posted:Painkiller is a bunch of really, really great weapons stuck in an otherwise mediocre game. Better level design and more interesting enemies would have made it a genuine heir to Doom's throne. It's also a pretty decent 1v1 duelling game. It was used as the primary duel game for competitive FPS for a season or two.
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sethsez posted:Painkiller is a bunch of really, really great weapons stuck in an otherwise mediocre game. Better level design and more interesting enemies would have made it a genuine heir to Doom's throne.
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I feel like some of them dragged on, but it's been awhile since I played it. Then I ran out of steam somewhere in the "industrial" level and never finished it :\
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drat it, well, at least I didn't own any of those, so got them all. 
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teethgrinder posted:The first few levels are bland, but from Part 2 onward I thought the levels were amazing. I liked how the locations' layouts felt realistic (i.e. the opera house, asylum), but they'd still force you to take a windy typical FPS path through them. poo poo, I forgot about the asylum. Really atmospheric design on that one. I also have to shout out for Necrovision. It too has that unpolished, European game feeling but I can't think of another title that lets me stab a dude in the heart with a bayonet then blow his face away followed by a kick to his lifeless corpse into a horde of other enemies. It's more focused on level-design than Painkiller or Serious Sam so you're trudging through catacombs, flipping switches, finding keys, and throwing swords at anything that gets in your way.
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al-azad posted:poo poo, I forgot about the asylum. Really atmospheric design on that one. Yeah, the NecroVisioN series is pretty much the spiritual successor to the Painkiller games. They take a pretty modern system to run, though.
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So I assume that Dark Fall, Dark Fall 2, and Spellforce Platinum are all worthwhile purchases?
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al-azad posted:poo poo, I forgot about the asylum. Really atmospheric design on that one. Well drat, that sounds like something I'll have to check out.
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al-azad posted:I also have to shout out for Necrovision. It too has that unpolished, European game feeling but I can't think of another title that lets me stab a dude in the heart with a bayonet then blow his face away followed by a kick to his lifeless corpse into a horde of other enemies. It's more focused on level-design than Painkiller or Serious Sam so you're trudging through catacombs, flipping switches, finding keys, and throwing swords at anything that gets in your way. I like all those old-school mechanics though, finding keys, flipping switches. Will definitely have to check it out.
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