I hear and obey.
This game. I have never wanted to throw my controller against the wall and try again in such equal measure as I have playing this. I can't stop. The 2nd boss is kicking my ass, but I keep getting. So. Close.
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Welcome to the pain.
I played an hour and a half tonight and thought "I made a lot of progress." But actually, I made essentially zero progress, having lost all my
I beat Cleric Beast on my own, which astounded me, but I got help with the Father. There are worse things ahead though.
Max Payne 3
Well, that was a waste of money. I swear there are more cut scenes than there is gameplay in this "game." All sorts of opportunities for better immersion, like being allowed to walk around the dance club before the action started or just looking around the area wasted in cut scenes. Not to mention that during the cut scenes, there's this constant, annoying blur effect and for some reason bits of words from whatever the person is saying will occasionally pop up like you're playing a typing game or something. So even just watching the cut scenes (which believe me, are not worth it) is an annoying chore. All the charm, style, and self-aware humour from the original games are lost in another boring shooty-shooty game. At least the original the neat graphic novel style cut scenes.
And the action is really bland. It's your typical duck-and-cover crap like Uncharted or Spec Ops: The Line. Only in this case, there's no chance for any hand-to-hand combat. Why not do something like Sleeping Dogs where the environment is a little bit interactive, do some brutal kills and such? Hell, in the second chapter, I walked through a kitchen and saw things like a wok that would've been interesting to use against an enemy. At least it would mix it up from the doldrum of "hit bullet time, aim for head shot, rinse, lather, repeat."
Dunno if I'll give this one a second chance.
Well, that was a waste of money. I swear there are more cut scenes than there is gameplay in this "game." All sorts of opportunities for better immersion, like being allowed to walk around the dance club before the action started or just looking around the area wasted in cut scenes. Not to mention that during the cut scenes, there's this constant, annoying blur effect and for some reason bits of words from whatever the person is saying will occasionally pop up like you're playing a typing game or something. So even just watching the cut scenes (which believe me, are not worth it) is an annoying chore. All the charm, style, and self-aware humour from the original games are lost in another boring shooty-shooty game. At least the original the neat graphic novel style cut scenes.
And the action is really bland. It's your typical duck-and-cover crap like Uncharted or Spec Ops: The Line. Only in this case, there's no chance for any hand-to-hand combat. Why not do something like Sleeping Dogs where the environment is a little bit interactive, do some brutal kills and such? Hell, in the second chapter, I walked through a kitchen and saw things like a wok that would've been interesting to use against an enemy. At least it would mix it up from the doldrum of "hit bullet time, aim for head shot, rinse, lather, repeat."
Dunno if I'll give this one a second chance.
Not worth it. I picked it up for cheap last year during a steam sale, and still regret the $5 I spent on it.
Did you put enough in to be one of the souly NPCs?
Heh, not quite that much, but I still dropped over double the price of an overpriced AAA console game. That's like a million steam sale games.
I guess I'm not modern enough for your moonspeak.
Fuck you, too!
Fear of Missing Out. Apparently.
Hey, I was just giving you some good advice to spend your evening...
Guess I won't be taking you in my heist crew. I was planning on those flappy hooties to distract the guards.
Dave
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GasBandit
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Started playing Cities: Skylines... for the most part it's pretty simple and straightforward I guess, but the hydro dams can be a bit finicky and I've yet to find a graceful way to actually connect the cities to the interstates that doesn't cause a massive backlog at every single on/off ramp.
Also the contradictory nature of the industrial zones that are in high demand constantly abandoning their structures because of insufficient workers (despite professed high unemployment) is getting real old, real fast.
Also the contradictory nature of the industrial zones that are in high demand constantly abandoning their structures because of insufficient workers (despite professed high unemployment) is getting real old, real fast.
I really, really want the cloverleaf and 3-way intersection to be place-able on top of existing highways. My cloverleaf building skills suck.
Also, is the office zone that unlocks at the same time as high density residential and high density commercial considered a type of industry? Because that requires educated workers, as well.
GasBandit
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Yeah, my problem seems to be an OVEReducated workforce. The regular industry zones want low education workers, and thanks to my abundant placement of schools and education policies, I might be a little low on derps.
I made a dwarf paladin. I really hate making my starting person a squishy in these kinds of games. Especially when you can get a wizard party member pretty early, or just make one at the inn.
GasBandit
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Another thing I wish Cities: Skylines had would be random map generation. I wonder if there's a mod for that.[DOUBLEPOST=1427484216,1427484167][/DOUBLEPOST]
I hear you. I almost always end up as a sword and board tank in these games.