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I'm in for this.
Franklinator
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I'd do it
squidhands
Member
Why are they blatantly ripping off Gremlins in that picture?
User 73706
Banned
I don't know how to fantasy football but I'd be down. Someone teach me. Is it anything like making a loadout?
Yeah I'll set it up again, but the problem is getting everyone for a time when we could draft. It's seemingly impossible but it's worth looking into.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Hmm true. Maybe some Saturday night at like midnight?
xxjuicesxx
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This was interesting I read this dudes article awhile back on how you can make Diablo III better. Yesterday Blizzard posted an article on their website with a link to it and asking for more discussion about it.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/105...ntary-the-potential-of-loot-20-7-25-2013#best.
I thought I'd post it here maybe 343i can see how you should treat suggestions from fans.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/105...ntary-the-potential-of-loot-20-7-25-2013#best.
I thought I'd post it here maybe 343i can see how you should treat suggestions from fans.
Master Chief unmasked.
NSFWish, at the very least creepy, stuff in the link in the description, so tread lightly.
NSFWish, at the very least creepy, stuff in the link in the description, so tread lightly.
Isn't there some anime similar to this where the chief fights with samus and they're both japanese girls?
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Haloid? It's by Monty Oum, the main animator guy at Rooster Teeth.
Beautiful. Do you have a macro on your keyboard for that? That was fast.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Is the new Tomb Raider anything like Uncharted? Started Uncharted recently and I'm liking it so I want to see if there's anything close to that on the 360.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Yes and no, Has the same sort of traversal into combat style and big set pieces, but is a bit more open than Uncharted. You'll like it if you like Uncharted though.
Play Uncharted 2 though. One of my top 5 all time.
Steelyuhas
Member
Yep
Bottom line: If you enjoy the Uncharted series, you'll like Tomb Raider.
Can't you make lists and it will auto draft fit those that can't be there live?
Yeah, but it's super unhelpful because the lists aren't reactive to everything else going on. Let's say you are fifth in the draft and assume you want to draft a top RB...but Tom Brady is still on the board and you can pick up a good catch.
Well your list won't reflect last minute bargains like that or trades that happen in the chat on draft day. It's a super imperfect system that can ruin a whole season. And when someone's season is ruined they just check out and don't play, and when they don't play you can't make trades or get some of their players they're just sitting on and not using.
I think I was unclear: most people go into a draft and pick by rounds, i.e, running back, qb, wr, etc etc. You can pick your top players but what if you stack and put AP and Arian Foster at the top assuming that someone will snag one or the other...but they dont. Now you're stuck with 2 RB, a shitty QB and so on.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I'd say see who wants in, then make a time list on doodle.com and have people select when they can draft and see if anything matches up for everyone. May have to be like late night on a weekend or something, but we could get it done.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
HigherLevel
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I enjoyed Tomb Raider more than either of the first two Uncharted games.
Franklinator
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I like Uncharted and didn't enjoy Tomb Raider
at all.
The games have good characters and writing. The gameplay has always been rough, though.
at all.
The games have good characters and writing. The gameplay has always been rough, though.
ExigentContact
Member
Not sure. I think Naughty Dog is one of the most overrated developers out there. I hated Crash, liked Jak, and see absolutely nothing special about Uncharted. It's their typical style-over-substance, linear, showcase title like Crash was. At least Jak broke off from that and had an open world setting later on. I reserve judgement on The Last of Us, but it doesn't look all that much more interesting than Uncharted.
Franklinator
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The Last of Us fixes all of Uncharted's shortcomings.
Ragnarok Flames
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Dont forget that LoU has Linear gameplay, Troped generic Story, an Uncharted color palette and a terrible multiplayer.
a good game, but Certainly doesn't deserve all the hype
Linear gameplay? You are not good at video games, my friend.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Even with all of the scavenging, the game is very linear.
Browns, Yellows. Basically less muted Earth tones.
Then don't do the same thing over and over.
Barrow Roll
Member
Complaining about a game being linear in a Halo thread.
Linear /= bad, people need to stop perpetuating this mentality.
Linear /= bad, people need to stop perpetuating this mentality.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Halo has a linear storyline, but not linear gameplay.
no linear gameplay in halo, huh? can't wait to play the game you are.
Halo 4 is basically a straight line.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Well, some Halo games are more linear than others. There's still a lot of choice, though.
ExigentContact
Member
Halo allows you a good degree of freedom in the sandbox despite following a linear path. That's not a bad thing. In my opinion, linearity becomes bad when it limits gameplay options, brings too many setpiece moments, and focuses on the "cinematic" element. (see: Uncharted).
Halo 4 runs the Halo sandbox through a toilet paper tube, making the levels long but narrow. Also limits a ton of the varied approaches previous Halo campaigns allowed. That with the constant weapon despawning makes Halo 4's linearity insufferable.
ExigentContact
Member
Winter Contingency and The Silent Cartographer are better examples of freedom in a structured level because both of them allow you run engagements in the order that you choose (you can even skip a lot of the fights) and give you a variety of ways to effectively tackle the tasks each mission has you do.
Sierra 117 from Halo 3. Would be considered 'linear' by many since it's just an A to B movement, but you could approach the sections any number of ways, deal with enemies any way you want. I wouldn't consider them linear the way most people do.
My big gripe in pertinence to Halo 4's level design is that there isn't really a mission that allows you to play with the sandbox in an organic manner. It's very funneled in.
TR is better than any of the Uncharteds, gameplay wise.
Did you finally stop being a dweeb and get a PS3?
Yeah, good job at taking just about the most linear level in Halo 3. Introduction levels aside, Halo (sans 4) is mostly linear corridors with enemies leading to open areas with enemies. In Tomb Raider 90% of the time when you're fighting enemies you're doing so in a linear environment with very few different options. I can only really remember one section where you could freely move around in an open area which was occupied with a large amount of enemies. That section aside most open areas had nothing but a billion different collectibles and one or two easy puzzles in tombs.
So yeah, had there been more enemies in area where you could actually approach them in varying ways Tomb Raider would be more comparable to Halo in terms of linearity. The game would've been much better if that was the case. More interesting stuff to collect and a lot more puzzles would've also helped the game out. They could've even spiced things up a bit if survival was more of a focus.
Still enjoyed it for what it was, though. Using the bow for 90% of the game was pretty neat.
So yeah, had there been more enemies in area where you could actually approach them in varying ways Tomb Raider would be more comparable to Halo in terms of linearity. The game would've been much better if that was the case. More interesting stuff to collect and a lot more puzzles would've also helped the game out. They could've even spiced things up a bit if survival was more of a focus.
Still enjoyed it for what it was, though. Using the bow for 90% of the game was pretty neat.
Halo 4 is definitely one of the weaker overall Halo games in terms of campaign linearity (although personally I think it's generally slightly better than Halo 2 in most places), but compared to Uncharted Halo 4 might as well have been Skyrim more often then not. A lot of the larger spaces in Uncharted 2 were incredibly restrictive because they only really have one optimal path through them most of the time (combined with the jump, die, rinse, repeat method of problem-solving. The section with the tank was just not fun.) Halo also still has the option of speedrunning a lot of sections, a freedom that really doesn't exist for much of Uncharted, Bioshock, etc.
Next gen they won't have the same limitations on gamespaces, so I hope they bring us back to larger areas.
ExigentContact
Member
I dunno. Halo 2 had a lot of unintended freedoms, such as the "vacations" on some levels. I love sneaking up to the rooftops on Outskirts and raining death from above. The set of missions on Delta Halo had some similar elements. Halo 2's far from my favorite Halo campaign, but it still managed to have fun with the sandbox in terms of some of its ambitions. Quarantine Zone wasn't the best mission, but I did enjoy the open fights with the Flood's new vehicle AI and the three ways fights going on between them and the Sentinels. I honestly think Halo 2 would have served as a better template for 4 in terms of inspiration. Instead I get a vague sense of an amalgamation of Halo 2 and some Call of Duty design tropes intermingled throughout. It doesn't help that the Prometheans are a big drag to fight.
Ugh, Uncharted sounds kind of nightmarish when put through that lens.
Except Halo 4's linearity had nothing to do with technical limitations.
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Linearity is fine, as long as it's fun at the same time. Halo 2 while rather linear in its level design, was a hell of a lot of fun. As was Halo 3. So it really didn't matter so much - at least to me. Halo 4 however, not only has tedious gameplay with dull and repetitive enemies, but the levels are equally as boring and only serve to shovel you down into the same tedious and uneventful set pieces in which you have no control over. That Mammoth mission is the worst thing I've ever experience in a game. Disgusting.
Kind of a random question, but I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm trying to connect my headset to my laptop. Would this be all I need? I would assume my headset can function without the wireless transmitter, but I'm not sure.
edit: wait, I think I could only use it headphones or a mic, not both using this method.
edit: wait, I think I could only use it headphones or a mic, not both using this method.
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