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With that bit of anger-stalgia out of the way, I just completed the Shadow Warrior (2013) reboot. Lots of old-school fun, though the boss battles and cut scenes were terrible. At least the cut scenes were skippable.
I also tried Tex Murphy: Killing Moon (a FMV game), since I managed to bypass the Murphy series in my youth. I gave up after three hours, since I'm no longer interested in (a) searching for low-res objects against low-res backgrounds and (b) jumping back and forth between NPCs to unearth new conversation keywords and that one unresolved branch of the conversation tree that advances the plotline.
I finally finished all of the Half-Life expansions. Opposing Forces was the last one, and it was good.
I tried The Next BIG Thing and A New Beginning (PnC games), but lost interest in both within 90 minutes. (Earlier than that, actually, but I stuck it out for an hour and a half.) It's possible that I never need to play another point-n-click adventure again. Or perhaps they were exceptionally mediocre.
I was getting discouraged by my disappointing game selections over the past few months, so I tried Thief 2 after loving the first one. Great stuff. Plus, I learned that old-timey game art (e.g., the Thief 2 cutscenes) ages well if it's sufficiently stylized. (This is why Borderlands will still be playable in 20 years, but most other shooters won't be.) Can't wait to play the third one.
After an aborted game of Unreal Gold twelve years ago, I finally decided to finish it. Some levels were amazing, with color palettes that were downright inspired. Not enough enemy variation, but still a good time. However, I did sorely miss modern-day map functions and "go here, stupid" directional arrows, since I managed to lose myself in the larger levels for days. It turns out that all twisty corridors and water tunnels do look alike.
I'm co-opping Saints Row IV with a buddy. Loved the QTE pancake scene.
I'm thinking that LA Noire is up next.
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wkover wrote: I grew up on interactive fiction and point-n-click (PnC) adventures, but that doesn't stop me from hating most Sierra games. To me, they're the worst examples of the genre: impossible-to-guess puzzle solutions, an overabundance of instant deaths, weak humor, etc. In terms of the King's Quest reboot, my money will remain safely in my wallet.
Yeah, I was halfway writing the same response yesterday. Quest for Glory is my favorite because those things are minimized. Police Quest is fun due to procedure adherence.
But Sierra was nowhere as good as Lucasarts when making adventure games.
On my side, replaying Mass Effect (again) with male Infiltrator, Batman Arkham Asylum (which is better than City) and... Minecraft.
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How about trying to get on and off the highway in those concrete-lined off-ramps? Jeez that was tough.
WKOVER, LA Noire is great! I hope you really dig it. I had a blast playing that game.
Or if you failed to check your vehicle in the lot it would get flat tires (of course) and end your game.Black Barney wrote: Anyone drive through a red light in Police Quest without going Code 2/3 first? You INSTANTLY get a Game Over. And the red lights are really hard to spot in a top-down navigation mini-game like that.
How about trying to get on and off the highway in those concrete-lined off-ramps? Jeez that was tough.
I hated POLICE QUEST.
DIABLO 3, guys. DIABLO 3. It's Sofa King good.
QPCloudy, it knows you've played, and it has me ship you legendary gifts like every other day. Log in soon and you'll get some sweet shit.
I am in Adventure mode now, having finished the story, and Blizzard has this all figured out. You can hop from Act to Act, performing Quests (5 per Act). They are things like "Clear the Field of Terror" or "Kill QorMuju the Unclean." You work those, picking up experience--complete all the Quests in an Act and get bonus XP and a sweet loot pile. While doing this, you accumulate Blood Shards that let you shop for awesome random loot (floor is Elite (yellow), but you might roll Legendary (orange) or Set (green) items. You also accumulate Rift Key shards, you can use to open a Rift. An Event instance with a bunch of dudes and a Rift Guardian once you clear them. Beat THAT and you might get a Stone of Trials, which is a time-based even with waves of enemies. Say you clear 10 waves before time runs out. THAT gets you a Lvl 10 Greater Rift ("grift") key, which is a rift bossed by a Greater Rift Guardian, who drops good shit, including perhaps Legendary gems (the only way to get these). If you beat a grift within 15 minutes, you can upgrade your grift key and advance to the next grift level.
Also! If you get killed, at some later point there's a chance that a "Nemesis" demon and a shadow of you will appear in yours or a friends game. These things are TOUGH, but it gives you a chance at vengeance. If they win, they get stronger and raid some other friends' game. If you win, you and the player(s) it killed get some sweet loot dropped or delivered to the mailbox in town! My friend Todd killed my Nemesis/Shadow last night and I scored two pieces of Natalya's set--like the best hand crossbow in the game. And with the matching pants, my cooldown drops to almost instantaneous on Rain of Fire skill.
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But really you just run around shootin' zombies in they muthafukkin' face.
Complete trash dressed up with a script that _might_ have been a Sunday night feature on SyFy. Junk gameplay.
But at least you got Diablo III, it rules as Jeb has continued to profess.
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TOTALLY unexpected use of music in that too.