EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
dogmanstaruk said:Well it is Nolan North!
I thought it was too, but its actually Greg Ellis.
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Shadows of the Damned - |OT| of Demons and Girlfriends from Hell
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I thought it was too, but its actually Greg Ellis.
distantmantra
Member
thetrin said:
Just got to that part about ten minutes ago. Steve Blum did a great job with it.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Sounds like a really interesting game. Can't wait for bomba. :trollface
Seriously though, it's EA so it's bound to be 40 bucks within a month, right?
Seriously though, it's EA so it's bound to be 40 bucks within a month, right?
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Seriously, have these guys never played a turret section in a game in their lives? This shit is horrid.
(the rest of the game is great)
EDIT: FInsihed the third one. I guess you just have to get headshots on ALL of them.
(the rest of the game is great)
EDIT: FInsihed the third one. I guess you just have to get headshots on ALL of them.
ToyMachine228
Member
distantmantra said:
I liked all the stories in books, and the stories on posters, etc. Quite entertaining, and well done.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Come on, its not hard to get headshots. They all line up pretty nicely.
Full Review, for anyone interested.
http://palgn.com.au/playstation-3/19241/shadows-of-the-damned-review/
http://palgn.com.au/playstation-3/19241/shadows-of-the-damned-review/
ToyMachine228
Member
Just finished my first play through. Liked the ending. A few media outlets have mentioned that this could be "just the beginning" of Garcia Hotspur's adventures but the way EA has marketed the game I doubt we'll see a sequel. And I'm all right with that. I definitely enjoyed it and I'll be playing through again.
tetrisgrammaton
Member
Okay I take it back. SOTD is at least on equal footing with No More Heroes.
Worst part of the game. And yes, thats the last one.
thetrin said:
Worst part of the game. And yes, thats the last one.
Noisepurge
Member
EatChildren said:
i started the game yesterday and atleast on hard the basic zombies sway a lot making it pretty tricky to line up several headshots in a row. reminds me a lot of RE4...
tetrisgrammaton
Member
zoner said:
it's at least debatable that they are on even footing. NMH has a lot more style that this, and style goes a long way for me.
Discotheque said:
Yeah exactly. I posted my distaste for the game after the Big Johnson/shooting stage one two, after having a ton of game killing bugs on the bird boss, so it was a little rash of me. Something about hearing that bird scream "fuck you" over and over totally killed any enthusiasm I had for the writing.
No More Heroes combat still feels great, better than I remembered it. I booted it up the other day. And there's a style and humor in NMH that SOTD doesn't come close to. When Travis grasps his poster and cries "moe!," its classic. But the closest thing in SOTD is when Garcia says he found the directions to hell on the internet. The line about fucking the horse is pretty great though.
Urban Scholar said:
can you really blame them though? I mean, in their eyes, they have this buggy, unpolished, obscene, and weird (in not good ways) game. It's very short. And from what you hear, Grasshopper had been consistently missing deadlines with it. How would they know it was going to be great?
eXistor
Member
I'm now on my third playthough. That fact alone should tell you I love this game as I don't ever do that kind of stuff except for Zelda's. That said they could have made this game so much better with minimal effort. I think everything's been said already, but here goes:
The game is too easy. I played my first game on Hard and went through it without a hitch (only the
gave me some grief, but when you know what weapon to use it's a sinch). Hard should have been normal.
No New Game +. It's basically impossible to upgrade everything in one playthrough, especially on normal or hard. A NG+ would be a very welcome addition. There's very little incentive to play the game on Satanic Hell this way. I know I want the game to be harder, but I do want to have fun with the game. Resetting all your stats to 0 is not my idea of fun. I know achievements are frowned upon on GAF, but I like them and forcing someone like me to play the game 3 times on all difficulties is just silly, especially if you already started on hard.
Unskippable cutscenes. Not sure why these still exist. I can accept it on a first playthrough, but on repeated playthroughs you should always be able to skip that shit. The first hour is a real chore to replay because it's basically one long tutorial with loads of cutscenes.
This is a game that is Fun with a capital F, why is it that this game has no unlockables or some form of added value? It literally screams for it. They could be simply cheats or just nonsense things like extra costumes or making the sky rainbow colored, giving all the enemies partyhats, replacing sound effects with moans. Something! The game gives you no reward for finishing it.
It's still the most fun I've had this year with any game, so don't think I don't love it, it's just somewhat frustrating that they didn't go the extra mile with this one.
The game is too easy. I played my first game on Hard and went through it without a hitch (only the
third Grim Sister
No New Game +. It's basically impossible to upgrade everything in one playthrough, especially on normal or hard. A NG+ would be a very welcome addition. There's very little incentive to play the game on Satanic Hell this way. I know I want the game to be harder, but I do want to have fun with the game. Resetting all your stats to 0 is not my idea of fun. I know achievements are frowned upon on GAF, but I like them and forcing someone like me to play the game 3 times on all difficulties is just silly, especially if you already started on hard.
Unskippable cutscenes. Not sure why these still exist. I can accept it on a first playthrough, but on repeated playthroughs you should always be able to skip that shit. The first hour is a real chore to replay because it's basically one long tutorial with loads of cutscenes.
This is a game that is Fun with a capital F, why is it that this game has no unlockables or some form of added value? It literally screams for it. They could be simply cheats or just nonsense things like extra costumes or making the sky rainbow colored, giving all the enemies partyhats, replacing sound effects with moans. Something! The game gives you no reward for finishing it.
It's still the most fun I've had this year with any game, so don't think I don't love it, it's just somewhat frustrating that they didn't go the extra mile with this one.
Red Liquorice
Member
Buying this later today, I need something dumb and fun as a break from the RPG-fest I've been on at the moment.
ToyMachine228
Member
G.O.O. said:
Yeah in Japan it seems like Suda and Akira are going to a lot of events to promote Shadows of the Damned. Though it probably will sell worse there than it does in America unfortunately.
JumpingTheGun
Banned
On my Easy playthrough now (already played on Hard and Normal) and I just arrived in the second section of 5-2 clocking in at 3 1/2 hours. Hopefully Ill be able to score all the red gems and grab my first platinum.
picking up the soundtrack immediatley when it releases.
picking up the soundtrack immediatley when it releases.
http://i.imgur.com/n8rpG.jpgG.O.O. said:
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Yamaoka and Suda are in France for the Japan Expo now. Well, at least Yamaoka is here for sure
Just came off my first hour or so with the game, I'm really liking the core gameplay, setting and characters.
I'm kind of bummed out about the unresponsive weapon switch though, maybe I'm not supposed to switch as fast as I do.. but when I light shoot someone with the pistol I want to switch to the shotgun immediately after and kill them off.
Also texture pop-in, I thought we were past this.
I'm kind of bummed out about the unresponsive weapon switch though, maybe I'm not supposed to switch as fast as I do.. but when I light shoot someone with the pistol I want to switch to the shotgun immediately after and kill them off.
Also texture pop-in, I thought we were past this.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Diamond_4444 said:Loved the music between these sections though (unfortunately it doesn't seem to be on youtube yet). It was kinda funny to feel all nostalgic with all these sex signs everywhere.
Hahaha, very true. The Legend of Stinky Crow remains the best part of the game, though.
StuBurns said:
Are you talking about the Big Boner? Three times in a row. I know
On another note, I've got the credit song that Yamaoka did with The Damned firmly stuck in my head. I need the full soundtrack so bad.
Yeah, the boner, awful. I actually meant does it ever happen again after the three in a row?randomwab said:Are you talking about the Big Boner? Three times in a row. I know
On another note, I've got the credit song that Yamaoka did with The Damned firmly stuck in my head. I need the full soundtrack so bad.
The more I go on, the more things irritate me, the running away thing that's happened twice so far is bad too. Still overall good no doubt, but I wish they didn't fall back on gimmicks, the gameplay formula is solid enough to hold six or seven hours I think.
Also, while on that note, how much further is to go for me? I'm on that big boner bit still.
StuBurns said:
It never happens after that bit. As for how far to go, you've got about another two or three hours at a random guess.
And you're not done with an overused gimmick yet. I love the game, but it does have some unfun parts that are so polar to the core gameplay which is so good, imo.
ToyMachine228
Member
My first play through on Demon Hunter took me somewhere between 9 and 10 hours. Sometime relatively soon I'm going to start an achievement run on Lemon Hunter. Then I'll go for the hardest difficulty.
For the 5 consecutive headshots achievement you can't use the Light Shot to stun enemies right? I tried doing that and I didn't get it. I just stunned 5 enemies in a row, and blew their heads off with the Hotboner.
For the 5 consecutive headshots achievement you can't use the Light Shot to stun enemies right? I tried doing that and I didn't get it. I just stunned 5 enemies in a row, and blew their heads off with the Hotboner.
Discotheque
Banned
All 3 big boner sections were like 5-6 minutes tops. That and the chase sequence (after the first one) were a bit annoying but nothing game-changing at all.
But yeah the death animation after being caught in a chase (and the resulting music) is pretty funny.
But yeah the death animation after being caught in a chase (and the resulting music) is pretty funny.
quinntendopower
Banned
so from what i've heard, it seems every person i know had a problem with one of the final bosses not letting the 3rd part break without either restarting or going through the motion about 20 or more times
has anyone finished on satanic hell yet?
has anyone finished on satanic hell yet?
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Yeah, I do. It's still annoying. I also find it a bit annoying that 180 turn is x and not down+x. I have that drilled into me by RE, and dodging backwards into something instead of turning is a bit hard to get used to.D2M15 said:
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
thetrin said:
Stinky Crow? Like Drinky Crow , maybe?
PuppetYuber
Banned
After reading a few of your replies, I think you and I have the same impression of this game.
The game itself is amazing despite various glitches here and there. I wish the game was more polished.
Furthermore, the mini games in this game are more annoying than fun. I had to force myself to play through them everytime; most of them require trial and error, and repetitive.
I am glad I am done with the game. It will be a while before I go back and replay the game for trophies.
The game itself is amazing despite various glitches here and there. I wish the game was more polished.
Furthermore, the mini games in this game are more annoying than fun. I had to force myself to play through them everytime; most of them require trial and error, and repetitive.
I am glad I am done with the game. It will be a while before I go back and replay the game for trophies.
The more I play the more disappointed I am. I feel like the game almost sabotages itself. Bayonetta did the same thing last year, that game was close to being basically the best game ever made, but it crammed in distractions and middling filler that brought the game down as a whole.
Grasshopper have always made interesting games, now they've backed that up with good gameplay, but they can't help but weight it down with crap. I feel like they were really close to making something great, I hope they can next time around, and I'm certainly going to be following any announcements they make now.
I haven't finished it yet, I'll probably finish tomorrow, but at this point nothing is going to redeem my issues with the greater design.
Grasshopper have always made interesting games, now they've backed that up with good gameplay, but they can't help but weight it down with crap. I feel like they were really close to making something great, I hope they can next time around, and I'm certainly going to be following any announcements they make now.
I haven't finished it yet, I'll probably finish tomorrow, but at this point nothing is going to redeem my issues with the greater design.
ashbash159
Member
I finished the game today and loved it!
Here are my opinions:
http://lifeongames.com/review/shadows-of-the-damned-review/
Here are my opinions:
http://lifeongames.com/review/shadows-of-the-damned-review/
tetrisgrammaton
Member
That library section in the dark is awesome.