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Hunted The Demon's Forge |OT|
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Urban Scholar
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dejan said:
Really I must say oh my sir.
There is no character leveling system in place. This is not an RPG, just an action game. Also I shouldn't have used the word "experience", this screenshot should explain it a bit:sweetvar26 said:
Your attributes increase as you kill more and collect various items.
This is how weapon pick-up looks like as explained by Mairu:
Menu with info:
Your magic tree:
I'm still trying to figure out the purpose of gold and what these tiers represent.
Do not buy this game, or if you do, at bargain bin prices. You're better of replaying Lord of the Rings games on PS2 than this turd of a game.
TheBanditKing
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RobertM said:
Ouch, thats pretty harsh. I had high hopes for this game, outside of being a bit shallow from the character building side though is there anything bad/monotonous about the gameplay?
TheApatheticOne
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Picking it up after work. Hope its not as bad as GAF says it is. Cant pass on what "appears" to be a fun couch co-op experience.
cleveridea
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wow this is a rough pc port, super ugly right now as it is ignoring "Vertical Sync" being on
whatevermort
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Not entirely sure what this means - though I have a theory - but the embargo for Eurogamer is thursday.
sweetvar26
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RobertM said:
Ouch, what seems to be the issue? Technical problems like framerate or the gameplay design?
I see that you are playing the PS3 version.
cleveridea
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cleveridea said:
Weird, seems like problem resolved itself on second level. graphics look better (albeit very dark) and looks like vsync is now handled
seems very mediocre game so far, although I do like effects when eg freeze shattering enemies to pieces.
I think gold's only purpose is to unlock things to use in the Crucible (unlock this mob type with n gold so you can place it in your maps). So basically if you never intend to bother with making dungeons, gold is meaningless.
Found it amusing that the game asked me if I wanted to go back to the main menu or keep playing the campaign after completing the prologue. I guess the developers didn't like the campaign much themselves.
Enough time for US Amazon orders to ship out.
Found it amusing that the game asked me if I wanted to go back to the main menu or keep playing the campaign after completing the prologue. I guess the developers didn't like the campaign much themselves.
whatevermort said:
Enough time for US Amazon orders to ship out.
So I just played a level in co-op, and I made & played a Crucible level. I had a good time with both. The co-op reminds me of Gears in a fantasy setting. The Crucible stuff is basically create & share your own horde mode. I think I'll enjoy that, I'm always down for some horde mode. Definitely not much in the way of RPG elements other than your upgrades, but I'm having a good time.
Also to the poster above, the gold you collect unlocks things in Crucible. As far as I can tell that's the only purpose for it.
Also to the poster above, the gold you collect unlocks things in Crucible. As far as I can tell that's the only purpose for it.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Ok, wtf at those loot screens, do those designers really think comparing loot stats is too difficult and time consuming and hardcore so they decide to try and make it simpler and simpler and simpler for such games? Hack and slashers are already casual dudes, don't try to dumb them down, just try and design them well in their combat and levels and encounters and excuses of a story/setting etc... Don't like seeing even Gamasutra using terms like "triple A" either, meh.
Mr. B Natural
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How exactly does one embargo reviews for something that can be bought in the store? Pretty much means you or I can review something, but IGN or whatever can't.
HamPster PamPster
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I thought this was way more RPG then it seems to be. I feel mislead but I don't know who mislead me!
Looking forward to see what the Crucible brings. If the user levels get creative and interesting I'll pick this up down the line.
Oh man you can just feel the publisher's confidence radiating from this release
Looking forward to see what the Crucible brings. If the user levels get creative and interesting I'll pick this up down the line.
aegies said:
Oh man you can just feel the publisher's confidence radiating from this release
SneakyStephan
Banned
aegies said:
Going to keep pretending the pc doesn't exist eh.
Mr. B Natural
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premeditated bomba?Des0lar said:
Thats exactly what this game is. It's not really an RPG other than getting to upgrade your magic spells and abilities. I've been playing for about 3 hours and I'm enjoying it. I'm trying to find more gold so I can make some Crucible levels with better enemies. A dude on my friend list asked me if I like it and he ran out and bought it, so I'll probably play a lot of co-op. This is one of those types of games like Lost Planet where you do levels over again to get more gold & stuff to upgrade. I don't really see why people are shitting on it, but I enjoyed the shit out of games like The Club and Brink, so maybe I just like B tier games.Sinatar said:
cleveridea
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can anyone comment on if you can unlock more combo moves or attacks?
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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I was really interested in this one. :/
I was never expecting a full-on RPG experience and would be totally fine with Fantasy Gears co-op action. Need more impressions.
I was never expecting a full-on RPG experience and would be totally fine with Fantasy Gears co-op action. Need more impressions.
jaundicejuice
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Sinatar said:
You're right, it's not necessarily a bad thing that Hunted is a medieval action game. However it kind of looks like Hunted is bad game when the publisher doesn't send out review copies before release, there's no demo and there seems to have been very little in the way of media coverage leading up to release. I don't know if the last point speaks to there being very few preview copies, no preview copies or a general lack of interest by the enthusiast press but the publisher went dark before release and quietly pushed this out the door. That just doesn't look good, at all.
No, and there are only a few combos to begin with. They put too much emphasis on the magic rather than melee action from the looks of it.cleveridea said:
Did you like Quantum Theory? You might as well like this. To put it into perspective, Damnation is the worst game I played this generation, Demon's Forge is a notch higher on the quality scale.
If you like mindless action hack and slash games, by all means go run out and buy it, but I warned you, this game is a turd. It might be a decently shaped turd with a few sprinkles, but it sure smells and looks like one.
A notch above Damnation, really? It's not a AAA game, but it's hardly in the league of Damnation or "worst game I've ever played" material. It's got about as many combos as Demon's Souls does, it's not a God of War game. You can get different magic spells to enchant your weapon, and there are preset magic weapons you can pick up as well.RobertM said:
How long did you play it?
Mutanthands
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Apparently, only the PC version lacks couch co-op.totoro'd said:
Too bad that that was the version I wanted.
Mutanthands
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I'll probably trade in some stuff tonight for the 360 version myself. Hope the system doesn't choke on the co-op.totoro'd said:
Let's not compare this game to Demon's Souls, shall we? DS is leagues ahead in the actual combat system, there was actually thought put into it. It's a hack and slash game, to say that it shouldn't have a good variety of combos is idiotic. There are about 4 light attack moves and 1 heavy move but that's it. If you think that good enough when your combat system has no depth, then you obviously have low standards. And by enhance your weapon, do you mean enhancing other AI's weapon? Cause I sure as hell can't enhance my own at this point.Seventy5 said:
Is this game playable? Yup, is it worth your time? Hell no. I'm almost done with chapter 2 and quite frankly I'm not getting much enjoyment out of the game. I'd rather play Rise of Argonauts if I wanted to play a B tier hack and slash game, but that's just me.
The question was about combos, and I compared it to DS because that part is comparable. I agree it's nowhere near as good as DS, but it's also nowhere near as bad as Damnation. As far as enhancing weapons goes, with the chick you can add magic to your shots. I admit I only played as the dude in the one part of the tutorial where they force you to. Maybe that's why I'm enjoying it more than you, I'm pretty much playing it as a dungeon crawling Gears of War.RobertM said:
cleveridea
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yeah no way is this game damnation bad, its fun in a mindless kind of way and I love disintegrating enemies with elemental weapons.
its an ideal DD game IMO because its fun to play in short bursts.
its an ideal DD game IMO because its fun to play in short bursts.
Throwaway123456789
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I was entirely unimpressed by this when I played an hour and a half of it at the Bethesda event earlier this year. Played coop, and the only thing we did was run from arena-style battleground to arena-style battleground which had tons of respawning enemies and bland combat.
It was a really boring experience really.
It was a really boring experience really.
HamPster PamPster
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Nothing like this at my local gamestop which sucks because I'd probably pick it up for $30Des0lar said:
Just random trade in bonus bullshit
I'm sure it will drop pretty fast though
samus4ever
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So Bethesda is 0/2 for games released this year.
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