The Half Elf wrote on Feb 20, 2011, 17:02:
Tribes had skiing and it was good!

necrosis wrote on Feb 14, 2011, 20:08:

Fion wrote on Feb 14, 2011, 18:44:
The gameplay is indeed 'console centric'. Gone is the sandboxy style of the original (though it wasn't really a sandbox either), replaced tunnels and box shaped open air areas where somehow there is rubble blocking every path accept the one you are supposed to use to advance.

Other things that give away the games obvious 'we want to be CoD with aliens' aspects of the game?

FOV of 55.

No kickback on any weapons.

Lead by the hand gameplay. You don't learn your suit powers yourself but instead they are turned off until the tutorial pops up and 'lets' you use them.

I'm not saying the game is bad. Frankly I only played the first few levels because I don't want to ruin the experience when I get the game (and I am, though not immediately). But it was pretty sad to see what happened to the game. The graphics are nice (though unoptimized) and limited to 'medium' which still actually looks quite nice. But the gameplay is a tunnel shooter modeled almost exactly after Call of Duty. Frankly if there weren't any aliens or a nanosuit it would be hard to tell the difference.

My final 'beta review' would be a score of 75 ('maybe' 80 once it hits) that strives to be what the original game strived to avoid and that is to be a CoD clone. Frankly if not for the simple fact that I can go invisible, sneak around to an enemy placement, grab a guy and throw him into his enemies this game might be a 'wait for the $20 sale in a year' game.

If you enjoyed the first (as I did, I liked that I could approach many fights from a variety of way, this one you have really only one way to fight. If you come out of tunnel A to boxy open area B on a rooftop and there is a box of grenades and all the enemies are clumped together, you basically go with that option because any other would be pointless.

If this turns out in the final I will be sad panda.

I loved the "sandbox" method of C1. Bit different paths to each objective. You can run and gun or stealth. Long range or up in their face. Personally I liked stealth. Wish the game had throwing weapons (knives and what not) of some kind. Especially with the STR suit option. Tho throwing crates and barrels at bad guys was fun too.

But to quote many others this sounds a lot like just another CoD. Forced direction, play it this way not your way kind of thing.

I will probably enjoy the game or just wait till it comes down in price so my wallet does not yell at me for spending $60 on something that is not that fun.

MajorD wrote on Feb 14, 2011, 17:43:

StingingVelvet wrote on Feb 14, 2011, 17:37:

Fion wrote on Feb 14, 2011, 17:08:
Dammit all these good games are coming out in the next few months and I'm trying to save my money lol.

Crysis 2
Portal 2
Dragon Age 2
Bulletstorm
Dawn of War 2
Shogun 2
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
etc...

Looking at the entire 2011 list and it is MASSIVE. This is a big year for gaming.

So many games, so little time. Sigh.......

^Drag0n^ wrote on Feb 8, 2011, 15:15:

Overon wrote on Feb 8, 2011, 14:31:

Thank you for taking up the cause for our disabled players and letting us know about this problem.

Pleasing ignorance? Seems a little disengenuous. Yes this problem needed to be mentioned because no developer or manager thought of it while they were developing the game. If we didn't tell them that 2+2=4, they wouldn't know it is so. Yay us.

Really? Seriously?

You're saying that someone stood up and said "F*** the disabled, ship this thing!"

Come on.

Shit happens in development...of anything. Hell, Porsche didn't put cupholders in their 9-series bodies until after receiving letters from drivers aking, "Gee, where do I put my cup of coffee?" Seems obvious, but things can be missed.

I HIGHLY doubt that anyone did this either intentionally or maliciously. It's not like nudie art hidden in a WAD file or something.

^D^

Thank you for taking up the cause for our disabled players and letting us know about this problem.

Rattlehead wrote on Feb 7, 2011, 23:00:

Fuck 'em. Gimps don't spend nearly as much money as the non-crippled.

Wow you can make fun of the handicap. What a rebel you are. Keep on truckin' there buddy.

eRe4s3r wrote on Feb 7, 2011, 21:22:
There is. I guess the point is to have it an option.. but part of me thinks that its not the responsibility of game makers to cater to EVERYONE.

aeonos wrote on Feb 1, 2011, 16:07:
Great game and a great franchise - i certainly hope this isn't the end of Company of Heroes.

steep learning curve as an obstacle to new players trying to get started in Company of Heroes Online.

really?