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Re: Currently Playing...?
[Re: Longneck]
#468523
01/29/08 10:33 AM
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California
XDCX
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Some random thoughts and opinions on some of the games I've played over the past few months.
-- The biggest disappointment of the entire year was ASSASSIN'S CREED. How can a game that got so many things right get so many MORE things wrong. The parkour-style free running is amazing and incredibly rewarding. The combat system is top-notch, with a slower, timing based feel to the swordplay. And the graphics are truly a sight to behold, both from an artistic standpoint and a technical standpoint. The animations are truly life like.
Then there's the story, which, quite frankly sucks. The whole sci-fi swerve could have worked brilliantly, but they decide to spoil it in the first 5 minutes. They could have salvaged it, but they chose to end the game with the worst cliffhanger in history. After 40+ hours of repetitive gameplay, they cut you off without warning.
More on that repetitive gameplay. Each of the assassinations consists of two parts; an investigation and the actual assassination. The investigating is fun the first...oh...two times. But when you find that you have to conduct the same fucking eavesdropping and flag fetching and pick pocketing missions for EVERY assassination, with absolutely NO deviation...well, you get my point.
So instead of being the ground-breaking experience it should have been, ASSASSIN'S CREED is hampered by repetitive gameplay and a botched story. I really can't recommend it. I give it a 6/10.
-- The best game of '07, by far, was CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE. The single player campaign was fantastic, but I've spent most of my time playing online. The online multiplayer is the most rewarding online experience out there. Not even HALO 3 comes close. And no, that's not a bold statement. It's merely a fact.
-- I've also been putting in some serious time with BURNOUT: PARADISE. Seriously, if you have a PS3 or 360, pick it up (along with COD4).
"Growing up my dad was like 'You have a great last name, Galifianakis. Galifianakis...begins with a gal...and ends with a kiss...' I'm like that's great dad, can we get it changed to 'Galifianafuck' please?" -- Zach Galifianakis
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Re: Currently Playing...?
[Re: XDCX]
#468576
01/29/08 01:53 PM
01/29/08 01:53 PM
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 400
Detroit
ap_capone48101
Arsenal for the Double
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Arsenal for the Double
Capo
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 400
Detroit
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Some random thoughts and opinions on some of the games I've played over the past few months.
-- The biggest disappointment of the entire year was ASSASSIN'S CREED. How can a game that got so many things right get so many MORE things wrong. The parkour-style free running is amazing and incredibly rewarding. The combat system is top-notch, with a slower, timing based feel to the swordplay. And the graphics are truly a sight to behold, both from an artistic standpoint and a technical standpoint. The animations are truly life like.
Then there's the story, which, quite frankly sucks. The whole sci-fi swerve could have worked brilliantly, but they decide to spoil it in the first 5 minutes. They could have salvaged it, but they chose to end the game with the worst cliffhanger in history. After 40+ hours of repetitive gameplay, they cut you off without warning.
More on that repetitive gameplay. Each of the assassinations consists of two parts; an investigation and the actual assassination. The investigating is fun the first...oh...two times. But when you find that you have to conduct the same fucking eavesdropping and flag fetching and pick pocketing missions for EVERY assassination, with absolutely NO deviation...well, you get my point.
So instead of being the ground-breaking experience it should have been, ASSASSIN'S CREED is hampered by repetitive gameplay and a botched story. I really can't recommend it. I give it a 6/10.
-- The best game of '07, by far, was CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE. The single player campaign was fantastic, but I've spent most of my time playing online. The online multiplayer is the most rewarding online experience out there. Not even HALO 3 comes close. And no, that's not a bold statement. It's merely a fact.
-- I've also been putting in some serious time with BURNOUT: PARADISE. Seriously, if you have a PS3 or 360, pick it up (along with COD4). +1 The only *little* problem I have with CoD4 if that the single player game was too short. But the online more than makes up for the shortness. And yes, the mutliplayer is great. I could play online for hours on end.
Last edited by ap_capone48101; 01/29/08 01:54 PM.
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Re: Currently Playing...?
[Re: XDCX]
#529600
01/22/09 05:25 PM
01/22/09 05:25 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,528
In a van down by the river!
Longneck
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In a van down by the river!
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 Long as I remember The rain been coming down.
Clouds of Mystery pouring Confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages, Trying to find the sun;
And I wonder, Still I wonder, Who'll stop the rain.
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Re: Currently Playing...?
[Re: Double-J]
#536487
04/05/09 07:15 AM
04/05/09 07:15 AM
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 207
The Army Barracks
The_Don_Is_Dead
A Rabid Anti-Dentite
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A Rabid Anti-Dentite
Made Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 207
The Army Barracks
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The Godfather (Xbox 360) pretty much finished the main story up to underboss status.
Mafia (PS2) Last mission.
and GTA San Andreas (PC) just playing around with mods.
The more i see, the less i know - John Lennon
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Re: Currently Playing...?
[Re: Longneck]
#537521
04/14/09 04:04 AM
04/14/09 04:04 AM
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 207
The Army Barracks
The_Don_Is_Dead
A Rabid Anti-Dentite
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A Rabid Anti-Dentite
Made Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 207
The Army Barracks
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Right now i am playing:
The Godfather 2 (Xbox 360) Just finished the hearings mission.
GTA San Andreas (PC) same as before playing with mods and making machinima.
The more i see, the less i know - John Lennon
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Re: Currently Playing...?
[Re: Irishman12]
#541342
05/19/09 10:07 PM
05/19/09 10:07 PM
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Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,193
Muscat, Oman
Don Zadjali
Underboss
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Underboss
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,193
Muscat, Oman
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"Pain has no tendency, in its own right, to proliferate. When it is over, it is over, and the natural sequel is joy."
- C. S. Lewis
"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh"
- George Bernard Shaw 
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