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| Sentynel | Apr 19 2006, 05:41 PM Post #31 |
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Square Enix make the Final Fantasy series, amongst other games. |
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| Post | Apr 20 2006, 10:02 AM Post #32 |
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ooohhhhhh... |
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| bartimaeus1 | Apr 22 2006, 11:52 AM Post #33 |
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Elder scrolls: Oblivon+half life 2= GOD |
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| Sentynel | Apr 22 2006, 02:58 PM Post #34 |
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Half Life 2 is a decent shooter, but it's Garry's Mod that really makes it fun. |
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| Post | Apr 22 2006, 03:44 PM Post #35 |
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Decent? very Good. Personally, Call of Duty and Max Payne were Better. |
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| Sentynel | Apr 22 2006, 04:13 PM Post #36 |
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I didn't like CoD much, and Max Payne is too different in style to be compared, really. |
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| Post | Apr 22 2006, 04:25 PM Post #37 |
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Clive Barker's Undying theb, Half Life is way over rated; havok Engine, What else has it to show? |
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| Sentynel | Apr 22 2006, 04:44 PM Post #38 |
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Apart from having one of the finest engines in the business, including Havok physics, HL2 has plenty of other stuff to show. The way the story is delivered. It doesn't steal a style from graphic novels, books or movies, it has its own. The more you look around, the more you find - like the ape/man/combine graffiti. The control model is damn near perfect. It doesn't feel too fast or too slow. It's easy to get on and off ladders. Little bits of polish like that. The vehicles are easy and fun to control (particularly the crane ).It makes good use of the Havok physics. Puzzles like the crane, and the plank and concrete blocks, for example. It's easy to create mods for. |
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| Post | Apr 23 2006, 07:13 AM Post #39 |
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Undying had a far better story line; Max Payne had better playability and control model (Slow mo death!) And finest engine? Excuse me? Doom had better eye candy; Undying had faaarrr better athmosphere. Half Life was a Jack of all Trades, Master of none (Well... except Havok) |
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| Sentynel | Apr 23 2006, 07:46 AM Post #40 |
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Doom's eye candy suffered two major problems. One, it's all shiny plastic. Two, it does not do outdoors. I preferred H:2. HL2's atmosphere is different with every level. Each one feels a bit different, plays a bit different. Max Payne is a third person shooter, with slow mo in. It isn't really comparable to a somewhat more realistic (as far as controls, movement and vehicles go) first person shooter. Have you played the first Half Life? |
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| Post | Apr 23 2006, 11:37 AM Post #41 |
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It's not shiny plastics; all you need to put is Antiliasing and Bum Maps. And have you even played Undying? It's About ten times better than Half Life 2. And no, Haven't played the original. |
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| Sentynel | Apr 23 2006, 12:18 PM Post #42 |
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It helps to understand the HL2 story if you've played the original, although it isn't required. I've played some of Undying, and I prefer HL2. Undying wasn't exactly my type of game. AA just gets rid of sharp edges and as a side effect makes everything a bit blurry, which if anything makes it look more plastic. Bump mapping doesn't help. It still looks fake and plastic. |
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| Post | Apr 23 2006, 01:46 PM Post #43 |
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Not really, just the hand. Bum Maps sorts it out finely. Undying is very, very Athmospheric horror Shooter with a very, very good Story line. |
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| Sentynel | Apr 23 2006, 03:14 PM Post #44 |
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Yes, I know what Undying is like. Yes, it may be more atmospheric that HL2's horror sections, cos guess what? It's a dedicated horror game! HL2 does so much more. Doom's graphics engine looks plasticky, whether or not you have bumps on (not that a game's graphics engine should need bump maps to look unplasticky. Except LEGO Star Wars, but then I'd be worried if it didn't look plasticky. Being LEGO). HL2's looks relatively realistic. |
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| Post | Apr 23 2006, 05:07 PM Post #45 |
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List Half Life's atributes and I will beat them down one by one. |
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