Fragony on 23/9/2008 at 18:13
Quote Posted by Jashin
That's a crock of bullshit.
Oh common, it is full with immersion-breakers, good sound yeah, as always. But there is just too much meh to apreciate it.
Mingan on 23/9/2008 at 18:17
I can't even hate Ultima 9. What's wrong with me?
Sulphur on 23/9/2008 at 18:20
You've been fatally infected with nostalgia.
I recommend a quick run of Daikatana to remedy that. For a while, at least. :cheeky:
Thirith on 23/9/2008 at 18:22
Either I find some redeeming feature in the games I play or I stop playing them before I start hating them.
I guess it helps not to play online games too much, though.
(Mingan: I actually liked Ultima VIII, even though it's a crime against the series in many ways.)
Sulphur on 23/9/2008 at 18:29
Ultima VIII was a lot of fun, really. The world wasn't very fleshed out, but you got to do some really evil stuff for a change. Interesting magic systems, too.
Most people hate it because of the arcadey aspects and the fact that it wasn't set in Britannia, but I tend to think that after doing 7 iterations of Britannia before it (not counting Serpent Isle and the WoU spinoffs), the guys at Origin must have felt the urge to do something new.
I just realised - it's not my PC that's acting funny, it's just me. Must. get. more. sleep. Grahnnghzzzz.
Carini on 23/9/2008 at 18:31
Yes. Black & White, Black & White, mother fucking Black & White.
Gorgonseye on 23/9/2008 at 19:07
Star Wars Galactic Battle Grounds.
First time I see it, I just screamed when I saw the words "Star Wars" on it, and bought it almost immediately.
And then I started playing the game, still going "Wooo, STAR WARS!"
Until a couple days passed by, and I realized all I was doing was doing the same thing every mission.
june gloom on 23/9/2008 at 19:32
Quote Posted by Fragony
Oh common, it is full with immersion-breakers, good sound yeah, as always. But there is just too much meh to apreciate it.
Have you ever seen or heard of the Minimalist Mod? It makes the game 134987593x better. I won't play TDS without it, but with it TDS is a very good game. I mean it's not pick of the litter compared to the first two but in this day and age a game
at least as good as TDS is hard to come by.
Here's one I can't play anymore: Clive Barker's Undying. Fuck that game.
ZylonBane on 23/9/2008 at 19:37
Black & White, thirded.
And to the great surprise of nobody, I'll throw out Silent Hill 2 again. Beautiful graphics, amazing sound, creepy monster design, tolerable controls, atmospheric as hell... but after a few hours of gameplay, it starts to sink in that there is no damn plot. There's a premise at the start, and an explanation at the end, but absolutely nothing in-between. If the gameplay itself was entertaining I wouldn't have minded so much. But it isn't, so fvck you, SH2.
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter I *almost* came to hate. It just got a little too crazy toward the end. I've never beaten the final level without god mode.
Ulukai on 23/9/2008 at 20:03
Fuck me, I'd managed to forget about Black & White. Likewise, I didn't hate it too much until the level where my creature, which I'd spent ages nurturing, teaching and growing, was reduced to puny oompa-loompa proportions and left me yelling at the screen as the gradual build up in frustration came to a head.
The dawning realisation I'd spent hours teaching "how to throw turds 101", whilst grappling with painful mouse gestures: and it was all in vain.
