Cutter wrote on Mar 17, 2011, 00:09:

Beamer wrote on Mar 16, 2011, 23:41:
Does Cutter ever believe anything?

What an utterly stupid question. I simply tend to question more than most. I'm a firm believer of the old adage, 'don't belief half of what you read and none of what you hear.' On the other hand people like you were a favourite of men like P.T. Barnum.

InBlack wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 10:53:
Counter-Strike 2....Hmmmm....Why?

kxmode wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 18:17:

Talisorn wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 18:14:

kxmode wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 18:12:
THIRD-PERSON SHOOTER MMO

Ah. Tabula Rasa 2.

But with Blizzard polish; I still think it's going to be a FPS/TPS hybrid MMO.

crazyfingers wrote on Mar 9, 2011, 11:45:
"We think that the reach of that product is greater than anything that we've done before"

This is what worries me more than anything. Is this coming out on consoles as well? Are 3 year old children going to have fun playing this game?

Flatline wrote on Mar 8, 2011, 00:50:

Cutter wrote on Mar 7, 2011, 22:36:
Oh, I just don't know.

Me neither. I'm not exactly digging the whole Emilie Autumn vibe that some of Alice's... er... looks are akin to.

Part of what made Alice such a great game (despite ho-hum gameplay) was that it was different from what we were used to. It also helped that there was some truly twisted landscapes and backgrounds.

It'll fall flat if it doesn't manage to feel fresh and yet still twisted.

Bumpy wrote on Mar 7, 2011, 22:21:
So new story/characters that's suppose to impress? Rockstar needs to get with the times.

Where's the interactive, destructible environment ala Frostbite or Geo-Mod? That is the future of gaming, or a huge part anyway.

How about a guarantee PC simultaneous release? Or do they want some Epic type love their way..

And to go with that, how about a properly PC coded and optimized at release?

I predict none of this will happen except for the Epic hate maybe.

Jerykk wrote on Mar 6, 2011, 22:08:
Guys, these changes are all for the better. I mean, really, who wants to worry about skills anyway? It's hard enough figuring out the difference between attributes and talents. Hell, I was hoping they'd remove attributes as well. All those numbers are confusing and detract from the visceral and cinematic flow of the game! And thank goodness for the dialogue wheel. This is a videogame. If I want to read full sentences, I'll stick with books thank you very much. The tone icons make the dialogue much more visceral and cinematic. And I'm glad they're making the combat more visceral and cinematic. Having to manage my party and use tactics was boring and tedious. This isn't a strategy game. Now I can just press a button and something awesome happens! Oh, and the new influence system is so much better. It was lame when my companions got pissed off at me in DAO and wouldn't tell me about their backstory or ask me to help them with their quests and stuff. I mean, come on, how is that visceral or cinematic? This is an RPG! I should be able to do everything and everyone should help me even if I represent the antithesis of their beliefs and principles.

DA2 gets rid of all the outdated and silly things that made DAO suck. DAO felt like something from the 90's and it's time to move on to something more visceral and cinematic where awesome stuff happens whenever you push a button on your gamepad.

LittleMe wrote on Mar 5, 2011, 17:53:
Looks like a good game for all the twelve to fifteen year olds out there.

LittleMe wrote on Mar 4, 2011, 13:53:
Chase the carrot!

Sepharo wrote on Feb 21, 2011, 00:58:

Jerykk wrote on Feb 20, 2011, 19:44:
Uh, you do realize that Portal has a very extensive mod community with tons of great maps?

http://www.myaperturelabs.com/
http://www.moddb.com/mods/aperture-dj-vu
http://www.moddb.com/games/portal/downloads/portal-the-flash-version-mappack
http://www.moddb.com/mods/portal-prelude/features/portal-prelude-preview
http://www.moddb.com/mods/blue-portals/
http://www.moddb.com/mods/portal-pro/downloads/portal-pro-v10

Played about 12 or so levels of Prelude. Really liking it so far, also the voices aren't nearly as "bad" as the comments have made it seem.

Jerykk wrote on Feb 19, 2011, 22:16:

I don't understand the hate for "rail shooters". Doom, half life were not really any different, yet those were glorified to the max. Granted, they might have longer singleplayer campaigns, but they didn't have multiplayer either.

Uh, both Doom and HL had multiplayer. And both games were less scripted and linear than your standard CoD/MoH/BF single-player campaigns.

Anywho, the problem with highly scripted, highly linear shooters is that they feel so shallow and formulaic. Depth and emergent gameplay are nonexistent. At least HL had puzzles. CoD is 100% mindless.

Kajetan wrote on Feb 19, 2011, 18:21:

StingingVelvet wrote on Feb 19, 2011, 15:58:
Make the singleplayer longer than 4 hours next time... and also not suck.

People play these kind of games for singleplayer? Really? Isn't that not the usual "Michael Bay script parade for people, who dont like to play, but also dont want to watch TV, so the devs make this kind of interactive sequence, where you only simulate actual shooter gameplay, but dont require the player to actually play"?

I LOVE these scripted SP campaigns. A shooter for people who just want to shoot at everything without the need for actually hitting something. Makes me giggle everytime i "play" this