).Just finished it. Well, first and foremost, let me eat crow a little and say that the game did pick up a lot more at the end, even though I had no idea what the hell was going on.
And to address your comment: improving on Metro 2033 as a shooter isn't much of a feat, so while I'm glad they did manage to do so, it's the least 4A could have done for a sequel. Ultimately, however, we're just going to have to agree to disagree.
"Just as good as many others" may be true, but is nowhere near as fluid or well designed as the best. There is jank. It is the same jank that was in 2033, only mitigated significantly. It is the jank that makes you stick on terrain; it is the jank that wigs out the camera when you're sprinting, rendering you unsure of whether you are actually sprinting or not; it is the jank that sees a grenade stick in the air for a split second before following its flight path; it is the jank that requires all sensitivities be jacked to resemble normal acceleration/velocity; it the jank that let's you fire mid-animation whilst aiming down your sights; it is the jank that rarely made me feel in complete, precise control of Artyom, especially when moving quickly... And so on and so forth.
I understand that a lot of the above is completely subjective and may seem too harsh, but I guess that's where my mind goes to when I feel that I'm playing an instalment that is very similar to its predecessor and leaves me thinking, "what interesting things did 4A add here, other than general refinement? In other words, I get anal, yo.
Don't get me wrong, it is a completely serviceable, if not "good" shooter with some fantastically designed weapons, aesthetically speaking (silenced revolver with stock, forend and reflex sight = drool). Where it falls short for me is a slight "off-ness" in its shooting model - a lack of smoothness and fluidity. Luckily for the game, the majority of shooting consists of headshots from the shadows, which is quite fun, albeit way, way too easy (another discussion altogether
Familiarity is the chief dampener for me with Last Light; just as Tomb Raider suffered in my eyes because of Uncharted. I wanted more, I guess. It's a good game, but I'll never play it again.
I just thought that from a pure 'feel' point of view and how the weapons sounded, the feedback, the enemy reactions etc it was all pretty damn good. That's hard to quantify though as it's extremely subjective to the individual. Out of curiosity, what would you personally consider top drawer shooters in terms of pure mechanics/feel of shooting ? I am genuinely curious as everyone's different and I feel my list may not match yours but good fun for comparison sake For me I'd consider games like Syndicate, RAGE, FEAR/FEAR 2 (most Monolith shooters ) and games like the recent Wolfenstein/Singularity (and most Raven shooters as well tbh) to be up their as my favourites in terms of the feel/sound/feedback from weapons. I could list many more but that'll do for now That's cool. There is most certainly jank, it's still an eastern european developed game after all
I do understand folk not getting on with jank though. I love a lot of eastern european developed games and it's almost a trademark at this point offset by ambition and budget. Last Light really is an improvement in this regard even if it's not perfect, they've certainly made strides. I loved it because of the atmosphere, the story, the bleakness and because it actually gave you time to breathe. It gives you plenty of time to walk around, see what's happening and have lots of cool little diversions. Plus, well, I like the makeshift weapons and enjoyed the combat overall. I really do want to try and do a full stealthy playthrough but I'll maybe try a Ranger Hardcore mode for that where it forces me too. I'm terrible at staying out of sight, I'm like that bloke in a comedy film who's trying to sneak past everyone and knows over a barrel in front of everyone
It doesn't change the world or anything but I just think it does what it sets out to do really well.
I really want to play as the Helghast for a full Killzone game so as I can personally stab Rico in the fuckin head.
Xenist, I have the non TI GTX 560 and I run it with high tesselation, very high settings, no vsync, and I get great performance at 1920x1080. What's your other system specs if I might ask? I have 12gb ram with an I7 2600 CPU. I wonder if maybe you might be able to find some more oomph with your rig? Also I am running the latest nvidia beta drivers. Never ran it through the benchmark, but to me its easily 50+ fps with few dips below 45.
You. I thought it was kinda obviousshut down the fan, which causes the room to fill with gas and kill everybody
Yeah Im past that part, but it still makes me get out every now and then. I wonder if there's something wrong with my controller.
