june gloom on 27/9/2008 at 09:59
Farcry. Fuck that game. Fuck checkpoints. Fuck the story. Fuck the AI. Fuck the gameplay. Fuck it. Seriously. Not worth the $20.
Xenith on 27/9/2008 at 10:13
I hope I'm not the only one that thinks Fahrenheit (or Indigo Prophecy) just completly shattered any faith in it by screweing up the story at the end.
Added the spoiler tags just in case someone that hasn't played it wants to.
So after sucking me into the story which tends to be about psychology and a lot of fun intrigues about strangers, maybe a double personality and some more things which were just going right.... I find out about [spoiler] some mayan cult... a damn AI (what in the hell is a cybernetic AI have to do with mayan culture and clans? seriously the world must have evolved a lot in one night for anyone to build such a thing in the first place), matrix style fighting and the somewhat disturbing scene of love making between the detective woman (forgot her name... who cares) and the main character, Lucas, which was now dead (the disturbing part), but still alive (apparently more mayan stuff) [/spoiler]. That was such a letdown I started walking around in my room cursing the producers.
inselaffe on 27/9/2008 at 11:00
Quote Posted by gunsmoke
You didn;t stir up shit. You were hardly the 1st on these forums to bash the game, let alone this very thread.
Well I hardly intended to. Calm down and take your pills.
EvaUnit02 on 27/9/2008 at 11:13
Quote Posted by Xenith
I hope I'm not the only one that thinks Fahrenheit (or Indigo Prophecy) just completly shattered any faith in it by screweing up the story at the end.
Most people can gauge individual aspects of a production from a whole. I.e. Otherwise virtually no one would appreciate genre films.
Jashin on 27/9/2008 at 13:54
Not gonna knock Indigo. I like adventure games in 3D and for the most part it was good. I like QD and their narrative-centric business model.
I only really started playing singleplayer stuff for the next Deus Ex game, along the way I've played some good ones (Gothic), some very so-so ones (Farcry), and some very bland ones (Oblivion).
Xenith on 27/9/2008 at 13:58
Well yes, for the most part it was good. Like I said, the ending made me despise it a bit. If there would have been problems like hard controls of weird interfaces it would have been ok, but seeing as it's main thing is its story, well, I really think they screwed it up.
Fragony on 27/9/2008 at 14:32
File me under Bioshock as well. It has a truly fantastic setting and an interesting story, but in a game like this I don't want to play how I want to play, I want to be restricted in my options because of the choices I have made earlier and figure out how to work my way around them. Much much better then other games though, but it feels like a nice girl inviting you in only to refuse sleeping with you.
Silkworm on 27/9/2008 at 15:03
Quote Posted by Yakoob
Hahaha, the argumentative power of this board is awesome:
"SoF was a bad game."
"No it wasn't"
"Yes it was"
"
No, it was certainly not"
We're here to discuss opinions. If you really can't handle that gaming is a subjective experience I suggest you stop trolling and only post about politics.
catbarf on 27/9/2008 at 16:00
Quote Posted by Xenith
I hope I'm not the only one that thinks Fahrenheit (or Indigo Prophecy) just completly shattered any faith in it by screweing up the story at the end.
Added the spoiler tags just in case someone that hasn't played it wants to.
So after sucking me into the story which tends to be about psychology and a lot of fun intrigues about strangers, maybe a double personality and some more things which were just going right.... I find out about [spoiler] some mayan cult... a damn AI (what in the hell is a cybernetic AI have to do with mayan culture and clans? seriously the world must have evolved a lot in one night for anyone to build such a thing in the first place), matrix style fighting and the somewhat disturbing scene of love making between the detective woman (forgot her name... who cares) and the main character, Lucas, which was now dead (the disturbing part), but still alive (apparently more mayan stuff) [/spoiler]. That was such a letdown I started walking around in my room cursing the producers.
I couldn't agree more. I liked the start of it, but every time I've had the urge to replay it I remember just how shitty the end was and drop it.
gunsmoke on 27/9/2008 at 17:09
Quote Posted by Dan Knott
Well I hardly intended to. Calm down and take your pills.
How was I not calm? Maybe you need to STOP taking whatever pills you're popping.
