Out of the Blue [Nov 18, 2004, 09:31 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
I know a lot of people are completing Half-Life 2 in a single diaper-clad
marathon, but I am one to savor these things, so I am playing in more moderate
stretches. One of the things that helps with that is being easily distracted....
I decided to see what Half-Life: Source looks like, and quickly transitioned to
being analytical about the Source translation of the game, to enjoying the
nostalgia of the renewed experience, to being caught up in gameplay. I ended up
playing well past the resonance cascade (I still cracked up when Barney
mutterered about wanting to get his hands on the guy responsible for this), and
now have a saved game to go back to. It certainly reinforces my feelings about
game design... even with the Source-engine enhancements, a lot of the visuals
inspire a "wow, was this really old school state-of-the-art?" kind of reaction,
but as the bard said, the play's the thing, and the play is still fresh today.
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Edit: The more I play it, the more I like Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. The gameplay could definitely be tweaked, the NPCs can react rather harshly at times, and the combat is a bit Chunky Monkey, but it is still a hell of a hybrid RPG.
I'm loving it. I love the fact that game forces you to make real character choices and abide by them. No more being Superman and being able to do it all. Playing a Brujah bruiser versus a Nosferatu stealther yields very different results. I feel the game very much captures the strong and passionate reaction vampires should have. As I said before, this game oozes ambience. The game does have its share of minor problems, but all games do. Nothing that detracts from the overall experience which is one I'm greatly enjoying so far.
For everyone planning to play WoW in retail, are you going to jump in next week on launch day or wait till Dec 1st? I'm pretty honestly concerned about the launch, and I don't think it's quite ready for primetime. Yesterday the lag was brutal. If we could have had the last few days lag free I wouldn't hesitate, but now I don't know.
I still want to play this game retail - at least untill DDO gets here - but maybe it's worth waiting a week or so. Just want to know what everyone else thinks so we can try and get on the same page here for the same server, guild, etc.
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