On Oct 27, 2:26 pm, TBrett <tbr...@anati0n.com> wrote:
> Even people who thought they wouldn't like this are enjoying it. I'm > finding it quite the addiction myself.
It is fun, just not what I was expecting. I was hoping for more customization of the guns, but it seems like whatever pops out is what you are stuck with. Luckily, alot of guns pop out. Also no special ammo. All special attributes come with the guns. But you do get mods for grenades (like rebounding, sticky, MIRV, etc) Would be cool if you could break down guns and mix and match the parts, but as it is you're looking for the next vending machine to cash it in. Don't believe the reviews that call it a mix of Fallout and Diablo. Its more like Halo and Diablo with really bad AI with horrible pathfinding. Only one real skill tree per character. All other skill points just add perks to that one skill.
Graphics are nice. The hand drawn stone backgrounds need more detail, but the depth of field effect while looking down the sights of a gun are done very well.
Other than that, its a fun game to kill time with and of course even better with friends. Torchlight and Painkiller are being released today, so we'll see which wins my freetime tonight.
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:36:31 -0800 (PST), Wolfing <wolfi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Oct 27, 1:26 pm, TBrett <tbr...@anati0n.com> wrote: >> Even people who thought they wouldn't like this are enjoying it. I'm >> finding it quite the addiction myself.
>GOTY? lol you have low standards
I'm having a lot of fun with it, but I wouldn't vote it as my GOTY.
Mind you, having done a quick scan of the games I've bought so far this year, I can't say I know which one would get my vote. It's been a turgid year for games for the PC so far. Come to think of it, I can't think of any that are due out in the last 2 months of the year that would get my vote either.
It's a sign of a piss-poor year when I wonder if Risen is going to be the best game I've played this year. Someone save me and remind me which games will be released in the EU/NA regions before the year ends.
We needed Bioshock 2 to save the year, but that's not out until 2010. -- Rob
> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:36:31 -0800 (PST), Wolfing <wolfi...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> >On Oct 27, 1:26 pm, TBrett <tbr...@anati0n.com> wrote: > >> Even people who thought they wouldn't like this are enjoying it. I'm > >> finding it quite the addiction myself.
> >GOTY? lol you have low standards
> I'm having a lot of fun with it, but I wouldn't vote it as my GOTY.
> Mind you, having done a quick scan of the games I've bought so far > this year, I can't say I know which one would get my vote. It's been a > turgid year for games for the PC so far. Come to think of it, I can't > think of any that are due out in the last 2 months of the year that > would get my vote either.
> It's a sign of a piss-poor year when I wonder if Risen is going to be > the best game I've played this year. Someone save me and remind me > which games will be released in the EU/NA regions before the year > ends.
> We needed Bioshock 2 to save the year, but that's not out until 2010. > -- > Rob
So far for me, it'd have to be Drakensang (that was this year right?) but from what I've read about Dragon Age, it could easily take that spot. I'm getting it this Thursday, so I'll let you know a week or two after that.
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 06:24:13 -0800 (PST), Wolfing <wolfi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>So far for me, it'd have to be Drakensang (that was this year right?) >but from what I've read about Dragon Age, it could easily take that >spot. I'm getting it this Thursday, so I'll let you know a week or two >after that.
I'll be interested to read your comments on Dragon Age as it's a game I've wondered about recently.
I'm really a shooter man myself, but some orcs and dorks stuff is actually quite a nice change at times. That's why Risen seems to be the best game I've played so far this year. A decent FPS that doesn't contain the words "Call" and "Duty" has sadly been absent throughout 2009. -- Rob
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:56:37 GMT, Memnoch <memn...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> blabbed:
>I'm really enjoying it. Just finished my first playthrough and started my >second.
>Apart from some minor glitches its been a relatively trouble free title.
I've been enjoying it (have a couple days off, making a 4 day weekend). Now that DAO is out, however, I'll probably stop playing, hehe. (downloading from impulse now)
Reminds me a bit of hellgate london if hellgate sucked less. Though I did like hellgate's talent trees better. The much better questing in borderlands makes up for it though. And I don't feel like i"m playing the same design of the same dungeon level over and over like in hellgate.
MP has some probs. No real loot sharing system to speak of, have to hope to just have some cooperative people you are playing with, or they might take all the good stuff you want w/out so much as a by your leave. I'm a sniper/hunter so I hang in back, so everyone else gets first pick of loot - always. Have come across some decent people, however, and you can talk in the game, text or voice, so that helps a lot. The game lobby sucks though, only shows a random handful of games to join. Uses gamespy. There are some who are appearantly using some 3rd party lobby program to get around this.
Vehicles: had my vehicle get stuck once in MP, couldn't unstick it, so had to walk across the world to get to the other players, hehe. I like the feature that lets ya teleport to a vehicle seat though, so if you get seperated you can catch up to the group.
Anyhow, its fun tryin' to get the next best thing in the gun types you prefer.
technical glitches - half the time when I start the game it hangs after the company logos go by. just a black screen. Dunno why. The game runs great when it runs. Some times I have to re-log to get it to start. Some times it starts right up. Sometimes I just have to try a few times. Annoying, but doesn't affect gameplay once I get started so I can live w/it.
I am getting annoyed by that "check me out, I'm dancin!".
Dunno how much longevity it will have for me, but I'll enjoy at least one play through, get my money's worth, easily.
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:04:03 -0800, Leo <Anonym...@anonymous.com.invalid> wrote:
> Anyhow, its fun tryin' to get the next best thing in the gun >types you prefer.
I only just got rid of the assault rifle that I have had since level 13. It's a War Stomper that does just over 200 damage per hit. Does nice, tight 3 shot bursts. My previous did about 90. Plus I have simply vicious SMG that 97x4 damage. It has no scope and is not terribly accurate but at close to mid it is like a full auto shotgun and outdamages all my other weapons easily, including my 5 shot rocket launcher.
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:24:59 GMT, Memnoch <memn...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> blabbed:
>I only just got rid of the assault rifle that I have had since level 13. It's >a War Stomper that does just over 200 damage per hit. Does nice, tight 3 shot >bursts. My previous did about 90. Plus I have simply vicious SMG that 97x4 >damage. It has no scope and is not terribly accurate but at close to mid it is >like a full auto shotgun and outdamages all my other weapons easily, including >my 5 shot rocket launcher.
Oddly, my most powerful weapon is a corrosive revolver w/an ammo clip of 2. hehe. lots of reloading. I'm usually w/my sniper rifle though. I have a nice powerful SMG also that is nice when I can't keep distance on what I'm fighting. I had a real nice shotgun for a while, but I finally outlevelled its usefulness and haven't come across a good replacement yet. Nice shotguns seem the rarest for me to come across.
>On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:24:59 GMT, Memnoch ><memn...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> blabbed:
>>I only just got rid of the assault rifle that I have had since level 13. It's >>a War Stomper that does just over 200 damage per hit. Does nice, tight 3 shot >>bursts. My previous did about 90. Plus I have simply vicious SMG that 97x4 >>damage. It has no scope and is not terribly accurate but at close to mid it is >>like a full auto shotgun and outdamages all my other weapons easily, including >>my 5 shot rocket launcher.
> Oddly, my most powerful weapon is a corrosive revolver w/an >ammo clip of 2. hehe. lots of reloading. I'm usually w/my sniper >rifle though. I have a nice powerful SMG also that is nice when I >can't keep distance on what I'm fighting. I had a real nice shotgun >for a while, but I finally outlevelled its usefulness and haven't come >across a good replacement yet. Nice shotguns seem the rarest for me >to come across.
I did have a go with Shotguns very briefly but their sometimes huge damage is offsite by their low rate of fire and point blank range. By comparison, that SMG I mentioned above is a monster. There is a database of found weapons at these sites:
They don't mention my specific weapon but it is a Purple HX 440 Double Anarchy, doing 87x4 damage. A full load, assuming every bullet hits does 28536 damage without adding criticals. Very poor accuracy but with use this improves.
>>Even people who thought they wouldn't like this are enjoying it. I'm >>finding it quite the addiction myself.
>I keep looking at but will most likely wait until it hits the bargain >bin. Why:
before reading why you say, here's why I say:
for the simple reason that the best deals come after xmas. We're heavy into the pre-xmas hype, now --- and there's going to be a lot of BS in the air. In a couple months the wheat will have been winnowed from the chaff, mostly, and the games that shine then will shine ever brighter - yet cost less.
>-Has anyone read the user reviews at Amazon, etc...? Seems to be the >buggiest game in years
>-It's not CoOp in single player mode and I don't play on-line games >besides L4D. Read the review at GameSpot.
>Bummer
That you "don't play on-line games besides L4D" is supposed to be some kind of reasoning, that explains your opinion of another game?
> > On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:26:50 -0400, TBrett <tbr...@anati0n.com> wrote:
> >>Even people who thought they wouldn't like this are enjoying it. I'm > >>finding it quite the addiction myself.
> > I keep looking at but will most likely wait until it hits the bargain > > bin. Why:
> > -Has anyone read the user reviews at Amazon, etc...? Seems to be the > > buggiest game in years
> > -It's not CoOp in single player mode and I don't play on-line games > > besides L4D. Read the review at GameSpot.
> I'd really like a demo myself (got my finger's burnt with Dreamkiller).
Anyone pls help im stuck trying 2 kill a fat man on the prince of pesiar the 2 thrones whereby u fight a huge man in a battle field (mdumthemb...@gmail.com)
On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:36:20 GMT, "gno...@al.ia" <gnomon> wrote: >On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:46:34 -0700, PW ><emailaddyin...@ifIremember.com> wrote:
>>On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:26:50 -0400, TBrett <tbr...@anati0n.com> wrote:
>>>Even people who thought they wouldn't like this are enjoying it. I'm >>>finding it quite the addiction myself.
>>I keep looking at but will most likely wait until it hits the bargain >>bin. Why:
>before reading why you say, here's why I say:
>for the simple reason that the best deals come after xmas. >We're heavy into the pre-xmas hype, now --- and there's going to be a >lot of BS in the air. In a couple months the wheat will have been >winnowed from the chaff, mostly, and the games that shine then will >shine ever brighter - yet cost less.
>>-Has anyone read the user reviews at Amazon, etc...? Seems to be the >>buggiest game in years
>>-It's not CoOp in single player mode and I don't play on-line games >>besides L4D. Read the review at GameSpot.
>>Bummer
>That you "don't play on-line games besides L4D" is supposed to be some >kind of reasoning, that explains your opinion of another game?
>I can't follow that.
that didn't make sense to you?
I meant that I don't want to buy the game if the only option for coop play is on-line!
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