tron 2.0 rocks the casbah

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holy moly! enough game releases!

did they move Christmas up early this year?!?!



- Dr.Del

Finally! This has been delayed, what, 4 years? That's Diakatana territory, at least.

I get the feeling this will either be excellent but with some large flaws or terrible with some good ideas. I can't see it being mearely medicore somehow.

Cheers,
Quboid

Well shit in a bag and punch it! I agree 100% Qub. All early indicators seem to be pretty positive so I'll be picking it up for sure.


Cthulu loves you. On a bun. With catsup.

I am thrilled that TRON 2.0 is upon us.

Apparently, some EBs went ahead and broke the release date as early as last Wednesday because some Wal-Marts already had the game on their shelves. And there are a bunch of annoying twits on the tron-sector.com boards bragging about already having finished the game.

I just wish that they could wait until I have a chance to buy it.

After all this waiting, the Surge of Game Releases of 2003 has begun!

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22

which is also when Soul Calibur II is slated to become available

YEAH BABY YEAH!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOOO!!!!!



Supporter of the "A happy fredster is a muted fredster" fanclub.

http://www.kenandrews.com/

Actually I bought mine this weekend at my local EB. It's been out since Saturday according to the guy at the store. He said it shipped early.

I told him that it was actually 2 years late.

Lycaeon

so what is this game all about what type of game is it? I have been hearing alot about it lately.. anywhere i can read up a little bit on it?

Shit i dunno... how about typing "republic" in the search bar on Blues, would have taken less effort than this post.

yo bitch what the fucks your problem? small penis syndrome? what bitch? i dont go to this site that often like you you fuckin nerd.. chill the hell out.. talk shit to me you will fuckin find me at your door with a berretta screamin get on yo kneees cunt bag.. ill fuckin make you lick shit that you aint ever licked. So give me a fuckin link you faggot.

Hahahahaha

~Steve

yo bitch what the fucks your problem? small penis syndrome? what bitch? i dont go to this site that often like you you fuckin nerd.. chill the hell out.. talk shit to me you will fuckin find me at your door with a berretta screamin get on yo kneees cunt bag.. ill fuckin make you lick shit that you aint ever licked. So give me a fuckin link you faggot. (indented/italic)

First of all, "Delthefunkeehomosapien", theres really no need for that much swearing. Secondly, and more importantly, he wasnt "talking shit," he was merely stating a fact in a sarcastic manner. Thirdly, you sophmorific-insult spewing peon, you - more likely than not - dont know your ass from your elbow when it comes to firearms. And saying "berreta" is not very specific, since Berreta makes many types of firearms, including pistols and SMGs. You must be refering to the Berreta 92f 9mm pistol you see in all those "kewl actian moviez waer dey haev 2 pistals akeembo kekekekeke zerg rush!!!111" It is pathetic that you tried to make an insult, and tried to make it sound like you know what you are talking about, but you failed miserably. Actually, you didnt fail, because its pretty amusing to whoever reads the post, since you are a complete tool. Besides, you would have a hard time figuring out what to do to even load the pistol. And on the off chance that you do have a gun, then god help us... because if morons like you can own firearms... we seriously need to look into our gun control policies (better enforcement, not more laws).

Oh yeah... and you call him a nerd? Pot... kettle....... black. He'll find you at his door? Hows that? Are you going to find out his IP, hack into his ISP's servers, and find out where he lives? If so, see the above statement regarding a pot, kettle, and the colour black.

If you could figure out how to register to Bluesnews (unless of course one of your "nerd" "friends" did it for you), then you most certainly can figure out how to find it. I'll be kind and give you, the hapless young lad who if he owns a gun will most likely be seen in the darwin awards website soon, a hint. It starts with a Go.

PS: Thanks for the laugh.

so what is this game all about what type of game is it? I have been hearing alot about it lately.. anywhere i can read up a little bit on it?

I was about to respond to this but then I read two posts down. Is that your best attempt to sound tough? Yeah the guy was an ass about it but you didn't need to make an ass of yourself by telling him off.

Gosh guys, don't feed the trolls. Especially you, XtG.

~Steve

Is absolutely the finest single player experience in a first person shooter EVER. I got it and played through straight in 12 hours, my wife actually had to force me to stop for 15 minutes so I could eat something.

While 12 hours may indicate that it's short, I felt it was a good length. I'm one of the "it can never be too long" school of thinking, as I'm always a bit disheartened when I complete a game (I often replay, but the magic just isn't there when you play a game for the 2nd - 11th time), but the story makes good sense, no corners are skipped, and there is an abundance of levels and missions to complete. You won't feel cheated on this game, as you might have on some others.

The whole downloading / interface thing is great, as is the levelling up process, although I think that some of your abilities simply aren't as useful as the rest (weapon efficiency, for example, is pretty much a waste to put build points in). It's fun to watch yourself become stronger and able to dispatch your enemies more easily. There is an abundance of programs you can load, and you can definitely make a few different "builds" of yourself, either going solo disc, specialized disc, weapons, or stealth.

Graphically the game is stupendous. Funny enough, when you first start the game, the Glow isn't really apparent, and I found myself browsing through some previews to see if maybe the game had shifted to needing a DX9 card for the Glow to work properly, but that lasted for exactly one level. Once you see the red sectors, you'll DEFINITELY notice just how awesome that glow is.

Sound wise it's great too, and the voice acting is top notch.

The light cycles are cool, well implemented in the single player game (it's not all just games, sometimes you'll have to traverse a lightcycle grid just to get to another section, and trust me, you haven't driven a lightcycle until TANKS start shooting at you ), and the tournament light cycle vs bots is pretty tricky.

Shit, what more can I say, this game is the BEST first person shooter since Deus Ex, and I'd put it in my top 5 of best games all time. Absolutely awesome. Half Life 2 better be one fantastic piece of software if it wants to claim the "best FPS" crown, because Tron 2.0 is firmly at the top right now.

To summarize : GO GET IT!



Creston

Good review, thanks Creston. I was rather impressed with demo, but I have a hard time rationalizing a 50 dollar purchase for 12 hours of play time.
With FPS's I generally expect at least 20 hours worth of campaign time (double that for RPG's). I'll probably just wait for a used copy or till it comes down in price a bit.
BTW does the game come with an editor? If it does, that would definitely cause me to reconsider.


Cthulu loves you. On a bun. With catsup.

i'm stuck getting the third email fragment.. i keep getting raped by a million seekers at once

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Just go to the red diveder and lean to either side and shoot them with your zoomed LOL gun, the AI is all frigged up in that game, it has REALLY weird triggers. If you stay to one side sometimes they won't get you. And they are "finders" :P.
I have to admit first when I saw Lichtech engine was going to be used I kinda thought the game was goning to be total shit, but when I got to playing it I was all like "Damn this IS fun!". So I'm quite happy with the game.
I'm one of those that hate the lightcycles part, but then there'll be one in everycrowd.
My big question with Tron is, if the computers are so smart and all why would they take an inferior humanoid form?? I mean they could be any other physical form. I guess the answer is that it was cheaper back in the 70's or early 80's whenever the hell that Tron shit was made to stick some guys in lame suits instead of thinking up some real original sci-fi thing.
OH ALSO I REALLY have a new respect for my PC now with all those fucking jumping puzzles it has to do just to get a new subroutine, or to get that extra block of memory.
Anyway over all I think the game is pretty good so far, 7.5/10.

xtg its funny how much time you spend to put me down... its like this: i dont fucking care. im out to talk to real people on the outside of my house? you should try it sometime its called socializing... oh ya sims online doesnt count hotshit.