Lord Error
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I'm thinking about not playing the demo at all. It will be hard to resist, but I can do it.
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TheRagnCajun
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So are we getting worked up over previews now?
Green Shinobi
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Between this thread and the Super Mario Galaxy thread, there are an awful lot of people calling for high reviews of a game they never played. I didn't realize how prevalent this phenomenon was until now.
HomerSimpson-Man
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TheRagnCajun said:
EDGE always do their own thing, and I try to accept that but "is it innovative enough" talk compounded with "unimpressive animation" just makes me roll my eyes so much.
Hey GAF'ers, wanted to give you a heads-up about my take on the EDGE preview. I played the preview version of Uncharted extensively and I'm now playing the review version.
The preview contains some untrue statements. Not a matter of taste, but just untrue things.
I want to say to you that this is plain, 100% bullshit, almost all of it written. I couldn't even think that a quality magazine like Edfe would come up with this.
There is ONE real puzzle in the game until now (I'm at 65% I think) and that's the one they are coming up with. There's no really 'puzzling' in the rest of the game, unless you consider platforming to certain not-immediately-obvious points or opening doors puzzling...
They give a wrong impression of the game, and I mean really wrong. The game IS NOT Tomb Raider, dammit. First, there's no real puzzling and second, the combat is 100% different. It really feels like a totally different kind of game.
And calling any point in the game 'badly signposted' is truly ridicolous. I'm serious, I did not have one problem at all about where I had to go in the entire game until now. They just talk bullshit, and I'm getting irritated aout it.
It doesn't feel clumsy. :lol The enemies are quit smart. They do flank you, they do take cover and react on your movement. There's no scripting involved in the AI and it feels believable and dynamic at all times.
And they do not dance from your bullets, but they dodge, take cover and take different positions so you can't kill them by just keeping your gun pointed at one point... which is great.
My partner did kill quite some enemies and she doesn't hang back at all. She walks behind you, but in combat she will search cover and shoot at enemies, and will kill them.
This is the biggest bullshit you could ever say about the game. Let's say it's just 100% opposite, and I'm very serious about that.
What? Why does the guy even start about innovation? And the last sentence is just plain retarded. I don't even want to talk about it anymore, it's absurd.
So, these are my thoughts after playing the same preview version as Edge and also the review version. This kind of articles frustrate me a lot.
The preview contains some untrue statements. Not a matter of taste, but just untrue things.
I want to say to you that this is plain, 100% bullshit, almost all of it written. I couldn't even think that a quality magazine like Edfe would come up with this.
There is ONE real puzzle in the game until now (I'm at 65% I think) and that's the one they are coming up with. There's no really 'puzzling' in the rest of the game, unless you consider platforming to certain not-immediately-obvious points or opening doors puzzling...
They give a wrong impression of the game, and I mean really wrong. The game IS NOT Tomb Raider, dammit. First, there's no real puzzling and second, the combat is 100% different. It really feels like a totally different kind of game.
And calling any point in the game 'badly signposted' is truly ridicolous. I'm serious, I did not have one problem at all about where I had to go in the entire game until now. They just talk bullshit, and I'm getting irritated aout it.
It doesn't feel clumsy. :lol The enemies are quit smart. They do flank you, they do take cover and react on your movement. There's no scripting involved in the AI and it feels believable and dynamic at all times.
And they do not dance from your bullets, but they dodge, take cover and take different positions so you can't kill them by just keeping your gun pointed at one point... which is great.
My partner did kill quite some enemies and she doesn't hang back at all. She walks behind you, but in combat she will search cover and shoot at enemies, and will kill them.
This is the biggest bullshit you could ever say about the game. Let's say it's just 100% opposite, and I'm very serious about that.
What? Why does the guy even start about innovation? And the last sentence is just plain retarded. I don't even want to talk about it anymore, it's absurd.
So, these are my thoughts after playing the same preview version as Edge and also the review version. This kind of articles frustrate me a lot.
MickeyKnox
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As Sales-Age fades into the abyss, a new challenger approaches:Tieno said:
ReviewScore-Age.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Too bad about the apparent lack of puzzles 
Can't have 'em all I guess. But why do you have that notebook/diary then, if not to solve puzzles?
Can't have 'em all I guess. But why do you have that notebook/diary then, if not to solve puzzles?That's true. Enemy encounters that play out creatively can be a puzzle in itself. I hope the game really plays on it's strength of being able to run+climb anywhere, to reach some strategic spot, while fighting your way throughLoudninja said:Well you could consider some thing puzzles
As I said earlier, for a publication that's supposed to be elitist, objective and 'definitive', they do that far too often.Mesijs said:
Omeyocan said:
There's the one thing they are mentioning with pressing the right things. That's one 'puzzle'. Then you have some other things with Drake's journal, but the game tells you when to check it and you don't have to puzzle anything out anymore.
There are a few things like pushing objects and platforming to other things and opening gates with levers, but no real puzzles or something like that, like in Prince of Persia or something.
Omeyocan said:
I just encountered the second one. :lol The first one was extremely easy, a no-brainer. The second one I had to think a little but nothing you won't solve in the end.
Am at 69% now. Encountered some stronger enemies and stronger weapons. The combat is getting quite tough and I love it.
What people who hasn't played it, doesn't get is, that they don't only dodge bullet, they do it every time with the exact same animation over and over again, at start it's great, but in the end it looks weird.. I get a capoeira (eddy gordo-esque) feeling. It could be solved by now, but it was clearly there in the beta.Kittonwy said:
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Oh, OK so there are more puzzles than just that one. Not bad, not bad :-D
Mesijs and others, please, please at this point, don't even tell anyone if there's some big surprise in the game. If there's a supernatural element or not, or something like that. Let's try to keep that a surprise if there is something, and even if there isn't, let's try to see if it will make the player guessing until the end.
Mesijs and others, please, please at this point, don't even tell anyone if there's some big surprise in the game. If there's a supernatural element or not, or something like that. Let's try to keep that a surprise if there is something, and even if there isn't, let's try to see if it will make the player guessing until the end.
Mesijs said:
By the way, Mesijs, if you could ramble on and on about Uncharted (good and bad), what would you say? Remember, no spoilers! What worked for you; what didn't? And for my last question, is it intense?
Oh, and one more! Is Elena a very fun character to be around? Would you say she is one of the best female leads in video games?It's not about being right dude, it's about, if the final version has taken care of this animation. Every animation looks great, I'm just talking about the animation that occured every time they were hit once. I love Uncharted, it's the best game I have played this generation even though it was a beta - but critics should NOT be ignored. And I have praised the game over and over again and called it the best game I have yet played this generation, but I'm going to critise were it's due.Omeyocan said:
Let's say if we have to "nitpick" a little, what would you say are the "bad" points of the game so far?
Anastacio said:
I think it is a good thing. Especially since a member of Naughty Dog could be reading these forums as we speak! They will want to hear things that they could work on for the next game. They are looking for this particular kind of feedback. Don't worry Anastacio, I'll be looking forward to your impressions as well when you get to play the final review copy this Friday. The more impressions the better: as long as it doesn't include any false statements (Edge, I'm looking at you!
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