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Friday, March 2nd, 2007 - 12:25pm
Ships March 20th. The end of the world can't be far behind.
Here's a link to the Gamespot report. I still can't believe it's true. I'm also a little nervous considering the shape it was in only a month ago according to several beta testers. Here's hoping they didn't just throw in the towel and just release it as is.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
-- Arthur C. Clarke
I am not hopeful.
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Gamestar (German print mag) got to review it first and handed out a 90/100. They only criticized the following points:
- animations could be better
- weapons sounds are not that great
- more voice recordings would have been nice
- inventory interface is cumbersome
- occasional AI glitches (but other than that, AI seems to work well)
- lack of variety of weapons available
Overall, the game apparently turned out to be great with beatiful graphics, nice cutscenes, a notable amount of quests, many parts to be explored, good atmosphere and story, well-designed levels where every piece feels handcrafted etc.
I am a little more hopeful.
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Either that's some more crazy European reversed numbering or this game is going to ROCK YOUR FACE OFF!
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10/90 is too complicated a reviewing system, no way i could wrap my head around it... "hmm, so this game got 78/90, that means its 86.6666667% awesome
"Listen," he said. "Poor people sweat. Rich people perspire. Me? I'm just cool. I defrost."
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The common theme I heard in the beta previews - this is a FPS Oblivion. Huge world, lots of quests to go on, a bit of emergent AI here and there, etc etc. Oblivion with guns. I'll buy it.
We shall grapple with the ineffable, and see if we may not eff it after all.
Yeah, the buzz so far is surprisingly positive. I'm always looking for a fresh FPS fix on the PC, so I'll give this one a shot.
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baggachipz: Who cares about Japan, let them have their silly pointless dog games and countless re-hashes of anime-based dragon princess super lucky crapitty crap.
I'm mainly nervous because the game has gone gold, yet the promised "beta" on Fileplanet hasn't materialized. What are you hiding? Answer me! I'm still hopeful, I love the concept and the gameplay reports.
Certis beat me to it. - Elysium
I got my fileplanet beta 2 weeks ago. It's not much of a multiplayer game unfortunately.
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That was my thought too, I even checked back in and Fileplanet says the beta is upcoming. Are we beta-testing the release day patch?
Sinatar, so you actually got to play it? I've been cautiously optimistic on this title, I hope there is a demo or beta that I can try.
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This preview on Shacknews has got me pretty excited. It's pretty spoilerific about the beginning of the game and first couple missions if you've got issues with that sort of thing, but otherwise it gives you a pretty good idea of what to expect from the game. Day 1 purchase for me.
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The beta is multiplayer only and this is definitely a single player focused game. All I can really take away from the beta is that it looks great, runs great and has absolutely fantastic atmosphere. But from purely a multiplayer standpoint, it's bare bones and not all that compelling.
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PC only? Phooey. Is GOLD really an acronym?
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sweet... buy buy buy!
reserved for DNF (HA!)
I mean who cant say DNF and immediatly follow it up with a laugh
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
85's face the truth you're too dumb.
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The $39.99 price tag scares too.
But I don't think it will crash or run worse than Oblivion did.
Refresh my memory, please. Is this the post-apocalyptic one with mutants and whatnot?
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Yup.
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That preview sounds pretty good.
Fedaykin98 wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
Brilliant. Consider me excited, then, despite being convinced that I'm nowhere near the system requirements.
If I didn't drink, Crom would laugh and cast me out of Valhalla when I die. Peer pressure I can handle, but not when it comes from Crom. -Lobo
Great News, I am shocked it's actually getting released though, it's a must buy as well
I've been excited for this game for years now
it's all good
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Make no mistake, I'd hit them all so hard that my pelvis would have to be classified as a deadly weapon, I just don't think they're all
March is going to be a rough month for my bank account
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I am excited.
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I know it's a good money to be a gamer but ouch it's gonna be really expensive lol
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Mex refering to Actresses:
Make no mistake, I'd hit them all so hard that my pelvis would have to be classified as a deadly weapon, I just don't think they're all
There you have it. The three stages of the GWJ hype effect. The fourth and final stage, "I am a rabid fanboy" doesn't always show up, but is a possibility. Science is fun!
Edit: Oh, by the way. I am excited too.
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All these new games are going to cut into my Eve time. Bittersweet. But I'll take this flood of AAA titles better than the horror that was PC gaming in 2006.
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I'm concerned about the problems Gothic had, i.e. poor translation and a buggy endgame. If you play through Oblivion with guns, you don't want it to lock up at hour 190+ and not be able to finish it. $40 is good, but with average multiplayer there's no sense of urgency to buy.
I may wait till I get a new computer and pick this one out of the bargain bin a year from now. Unless someones face gets rocked off.
Hopeful things I've heard from the GFW podcast include moderate stealthyness possibilities, and the fact that "this is not a Western game" and "it doesn't feel like a game you've ever played". I'm not sure what that means, but I like it.
wordsmythe wrote:
Crouton wrote:
You really wouldn't want to compare a game distributed and financed by a third-rate publisher like JoWooD to a product under the wings of a major US publisher, would you?
I'm excited for anything post-apocalyptic.
I've gotten to the point where I just assume that I either fall short of or barely meet the requirements. Of course that doesn't often stop me from playing the game, those long loading times become killer though.
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Well, to be fair, Piranha Bytes are not exactly famed for their in-house QA, either. I'd not lay all the blame at JoWood's feet.
And if I haven't seen further, it's because those bloody giants blocked my sight.
Sure, PB played their role - but, ultimately, it's the publisher to be finally test and greenlight a game. A publisher just doesn't sit there and accepts whatever software comes his way.