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Space Runaway
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Strange. The shotgun is actually effective at long range. You can kill people across the map with it. :lol
Segata Sanshiro
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I'm not really big into racing games. I played the hell out of GT1 and GT2, picked up GT3 and didn't do much with it, so I'm not real interested in GT5.spwolf said:
As for UT3, I'm not huge into FPS games, so unless it gets some phenomenal buzz, I probably won't bother.
For me, the PS3 big guns are already here with R&C and Uncharted. Now if you want to talk Infamous, I'm all ears. I'm expecting that to be my GotY next year.
Ynos Yrros said:
Leave him alone. Mr. "Uncharted will sit on the shelf for me" probably already made his mind up on this long ago.
After playing the demo through 3 times (Easy, Easy while exploring/appreciating the graphics, and Hard)... I'm so fucking sold. It was honestly going to be rental for me, as I'm short on cash and not too fond single-player only purchases, but wow...
Combat: You can check my previous posts as to how worried I was about the gun combat being boring, but all of that changes once you are actually in control. I wouldn't call the AI smart, but they are extremely aggressive and constantly change positions. On hard, I had to observe the entire field of players - if you focused on the position of one guy too much, additional enemies would flank, and your initial target would throw a 'nade to flush you out towards them, forcing you to retreat to previous areas of cover. All three times I played through the demo, I found myself in different areas of cover... so the combat itself is pretty dynamic, forcing you to think in the moment rather than planning things out ahead of time.
Platforming: As for the 'platforming'... what little there was, I enjoyed it quite a bit. The segments available in the demo weren't platforming in the sense of tricky timing, it was more of a 'I have to get there - how do I do it?' You could get clues as to where to had to go by pressing L2, but there aren't over-exaggerated elements of the background that hold your hand through the environments. The game itself is linear, but there was at least one point where alternate routes were available to get to the same destination - and like I said, it doesn't feel as linear as it is because they don't hold your hand from place to place like some games do (God of War is an example of hand-holding for me).
We've all seen the graphics an animation, so I don't need to comment on that in 'detail' - however, I will say the textures were much better than I recall them being from previous shots and videos. Some of the ground textures are simply amazing...
EDIT: And I have to note, you can jump from cover to cover... I saw a few people mention that you couldn't switch cover quickly and was disappointed to hear that, until I did it myself. Once you are locked onto a form of cover, just point in the direction you wish to go and press circle - it's even context-sensitive to the point where it allows you to change from high cover (a wall) to low cover (small block/box, etc) and vice-versa.
Combat: You can check my previous posts as to how worried I was about the gun combat being boring, but all of that changes once you are actually in control. I wouldn't call the AI smart, but they are extremely aggressive and constantly change positions. On hard, I had to observe the entire field of players - if you focused on the position of one guy too much, additional enemies would flank, and your initial target would throw a 'nade to flush you out towards them, forcing you to retreat to previous areas of cover. All three times I played through the demo, I found myself in different areas of cover... so the combat itself is pretty dynamic, forcing you to think in the moment rather than planning things out ahead of time.
Platforming: As for the 'platforming'... what little there was, I enjoyed it quite a bit. The segments available in the demo weren't platforming in the sense of tricky timing, it was more of a 'I have to get there - how do I do it?' You could get clues as to where to had to go by pressing L2, but there aren't over-exaggerated elements of the background that hold your hand through the environments. The game itself is linear, but there was at least one point where alternate routes were available to get to the same destination - and like I said, it doesn't feel as linear as it is because they don't hold your hand from place to place like some games do (God of War is an example of hand-holding for me).
We've all seen the graphics an animation, so I don't need to comment on that in 'detail' - however, I will say the textures were much better than I recall them being from previous shots and videos. Some of the ground textures are simply amazing...
EDIT: And I have to note, you can jump from cover to cover... I saw a few people mention that you couldn't switch cover quickly and was disappointed to hear that, until I did it myself. Once you are locked onto a form of cover, just point in the direction you wish to go and press circle - it's even context-sensitive to the point where it allows you to change from high cover (a wall) to low cover (small block/box, etc) and vice-versa.
Segata Sanshiro
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Yep. I'm moving to Japan in Jan. I need a break from my extremely depressing job.The Sphinx said:
Shotguns are a bit generalised in games usually and you can take down people from a pretty good distance in real life. All depends on shell size and type of course (discounting slugs and such now) but taking someone down at 30meters isn't exactly impossible in real life.Space A Cobra said:
hukasmokincaterpillar
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Dante said:
I'm going by the IGN vids (trying to hold out on the demo
) but they look really nice.
Segata Sanshiro
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GEOS. Placed in Tochigi, Tochigi.KTallguy said:JET ?
Before you warn me, even if they go kaboom, I'll be fine. My profession is such that money is quite good. I'm doing this to get a holiday from it.
Ynos Yrros
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If you're broke you should sell your kidney, though it might be useful for all the sodas ou're going to drink and cheap food you're going to eat during all the playthroughs.Bad_Boy said:ok after playing the demo. if you own a ps3 and you don't buy this game, you definitely are one retarded mother fucker. either that or broke, which i can understand.
Demo impressions: Fucking awesome.
Gunplay is solid and very fun. Took me 5-10 minutes to get a feel for how to fight effectively, I actually died in the very first gunfight, but by the end I was just loving it. And since the gun play was the main thing I was curious about (I knew I was intrigued by the setting, liked the look and loved the story etc) that was great. I liked that you couldn't just run through and shoot everyone (at least I couldn't) and at the same time you couldn't just hunker down and snipe all the guys - the enemies were too aggressive at flanking you and threw just enough grenades to prevent you from simply plinking them off one by one from afar.
The exploration was pretty basic in the demo, but worked well and the controls were easy to grasp for that part of it. Game looked great as expected (it's not perfect, but nothing is and I love the look of it) and the tiny bit of cutscene was funny and entertaining, even my wife stopped and watched it. She was a bit put off by Nathan's "elena missing, probably dead" line, but I assured her he was being flippant and he wasn't actually completely unaffected by his partners death.
Gunplay is solid and very fun. Took me 5-10 minutes to get a feel for how to fight effectively, I actually died in the very first gunfight, but by the end I was just loving it. And since the gun play was the main thing I was curious about (I knew I was intrigued by the setting, liked the look and loved the story etc) that was great. I liked that you couldn't just run through and shoot everyone (at least I couldn't) and at the same time you couldn't just hunker down and snipe all the guys - the enemies were too aggressive at flanking you and threw just enough grenades to prevent you from simply plinking them off one by one from afar.
The exploration was pretty basic in the demo, but worked well and the controls were easy to grasp for that part of it. Game looked great as expected (it's not perfect, but nothing is and I love the look of it) and the tiny bit of cutscene was funny and entertaining, even my wife stopped and watched it. She was a bit put off by Nathan's "elena missing, probably dead" line, but I assured her he was being flippant and he wasn't actually completely unaffected by his partners death.
You really need to turn down the sharpness on your TV - there's more artefacts there than there is picture!Insane Metal said:
Also: imageshack.
Didn't realise the updates go up a lot earlier (UK time) now that the clocks have changed, so it took me forever to get onto the store and start the download. Will try to get some good pics when it's done, but as I'm using a monitor now I don't have a freeze frame option.
Ynos Yrros said:
:lol
i have never been to the pgr4 thread. maybe you mistook me for some one else.
next best looking agme this gen nope don't think so. that would def be a tie between gears of war and heavenly sword.
it makes you look real bad when you flame some one for someone esles posts.