EvaUnit02 on 17/1/2009 at 17:18
Eastwood's "The Man with No Name" was pretty much like Rambo in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy. Don't forget Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, especially the finale.
catbarf on 17/1/2009 at 18:01
Quote Posted by gunsmoke
Why?
Western gunfights, to me, evoke images of people taking cover and trading fire with wildly-inaccurate weapons, not one man running out into the street and killing everyone at a speed that rivals Quake.
DaBeast on 20/1/2009 at 21:27
Quote Posted by catbarf
Agreed. And honestly, CoJ felt a bit too run-and-gun for me. That's fine for Painkiller, but it feels out of place in a Western game.
This makes me question whether we played the same game.
june gloom on 20/1/2009 at 22:48
Ignore catbarf. He's the kid who thinks Doom 3 and Bioshock are somehow the same game and seems to think that Bioshock is worse than Halo because it doesn't have vehicles.
catbarf on 20/1/2009 at 23:56
Quote Posted by DaBeast
This makes me question whether we played the same game.
I played up to the end of the town level as the preacher. Felt rather fast-paced to me, often fighting four or five enemies at a time. Perhaps I played it in the unintended manner. But with very quick reloads and accurate guns, it worked.
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Doom 3 and Bioshock are somehow the same game
Hmm, let's see what I really typed.
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I agree. Bioshock is a good game, and a good shooter. I'm just not so happy with the implementation of the ideas- it's a fast-paced, Doom-styled shooter, when it could have been so much more with just a few changes.
Reading comprehension can be fun.
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Bioshock is worse than Halo because it doesn't have vehicles.
Once again. I enjoyed Bioshock. I think it's the superior game. But I STILL enjoy Halo, because I can actually play it on a LAN with other people. And when I replay the single-player campaign, I get a variety of weapons and enemies, although some levels do use repetitive level design. Bioshock's fun, and superior in style, plot, and gameplay, but only worth one and a half playthroughs. They have their own merits.
And of course, the two sequels are pure shit...
DaBeast on 21/1/2009 at 02:11
Quote Posted by catbarf
I played up to the end of the town level as the preacher. Felt rather fast-paced to me, often fighting four or five enemies at a time. Perhaps I played it in the unintended manner. But with very quick reloads and accurate guns, it worked.
Sounds like a reasonable assessment, but I still wouldn't class it along with Quake etc. I'm not sure about the difficulty settings, but I had to take cover. The preacher can take more punishment than the other guy but you still have to be careful.
The preacher missions are there to compliment the stealth missions in a way.I recall many times after sneaking past a load of guys and thinking I couldn't wait to rain fire & brimstone on them :ebil:
catbarf on 21/1/2009 at 11:16
Quote Posted by DaBeast
Sounds like a reasonable assessment, but I still wouldn't class it along with Quake etc. I'm not sure about the difficulty settings, but I had to take cover. The preacher can take more punishment than the other guy but you still have to be careful.
The preacher missions are there to compliment the stealth missions in a way.I recall many times after sneaking past a load of guys and thinking I couldn't wait to rain fire & brimstone on them :ebil:
I wasn't aware that the two characters were so diametrically opposed- I got rather frustrated with poor performance. Maybe I'll give it another try.
gunsmoke on 22/1/2009 at 14:50
You'd be doing yourself a favor. It is also on 360, if you have one, since you had poor performance.
catbarf on 22/1/2009 at 20:18
Now that I think about it, one thing that really irked me was the number of bugs I encountered. The game seemed rather unpolished and occasionally frustrating. Did I just miss the patches or somesuch? Either way, I'll give it another go.
Aerothorn on 31/1/2009 at 16:48
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Bioshock is worse than Halo because it doesn't have vehicles.
Taking quotes out of context FTW!
