Something I noticed while playing singularity -

[GasBandit]

The game borrows a lot from other games (but is still pretty good) , but I just couldn't let this one go past....

 

[Soliloquy]

Left for Dead, fool!

I think. Maybe. Never played it much.

 

[GasBandit]

Is she picking her nose or sucking her thumb?

I also don't recognize either of those games.

I think she's putting a finger on an ear-mounted communicator, talking to Dr. Barisov or something.

Singularity is brand new as of a couple weeks ago. The other picture, SHAME on you for not recognizing Left 4 Dead.

It might help too, if clicking an image still showed a full screen version. Kinda removes some of the detail.

 

[Soliloquy]

Shoot, I always forget to put the "4" in Left 4 Dead.

Because it's stupid.

 

[Silver Jelly]

Specially because they are actually 4 people left alive, not dead!

 

[Jay]

I'm sorry but Kathryn does not look like Zoey at all. Is it because she's got a ponytail and is a brunette?

 

[Soliloquy]

I'm sorry but Kathryn does not look like Zoey at all. Is it because she's got a ponytail and is a brunette?

And she's a girl.

 

[GasBandit]

And wears a sports jacket, and has the exact same body type, and has not only the same haircolor and hairstyle but the same errant strands of hair fighting their way free in front of her ear...

Yes, she's Zoey from earth-2 or something, where instead of zombie apocalypse it's time-boning commies.

 

[Frank]

Good review Gas, only mistake I noticed, because I am a huge fucking nerd, is that Bioshock used a modified Unreal 2 engine. Not the Unreal 3 engine. Not that that makes any real difference whatsoever.

 

[GasBandit]

Good review Gas, only mistake I noticed, because I am a huge fucking nerd, is that Bioshock used a modified Unreal 2 engine. Not the Unreal 3 engine. Not that that makes any real difference whatsoever.

Oooh, well played. I had forgotten about that. Somebody had corrected me about that once before, I think on this very forum, and still it slipped my mind.

 

[Overflight]

Good review. I've been excited about this game for a while and was disappointed by the average review score. Then I read the actual reviews and it seems that the low scores are mostly due to the so called "derivativeness". Apparently for a game to be considered "good" these days it has to be some sort of revolutionary game changer instead of being, ya know, fun.

I'm growing more and more disillusioned with professional game reviews (yes, I know: it's about time) due to crap like this. I don't think I'll be forgetting IGN's review of Split/Second where the guy docked points for the game not featuring a rewind mechanic a la Dirt 2 anytime soon.