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Four years after I started this thread and eleven years and two months after the original release - I can officially say:
Worth the wait.
If you don't like this, you don't like games. Drown yourself in a bathtub.
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Rokal
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The developers seem to have missed the last 10 years of FPS 'evolution', as this game has nothing in common with shitty corridor shooters. I played a good 7-8 hours today (nice week to take a vacation) and I think I might have spent maybe 1 hour of that in combat scenarios? The other 6-7 hours has been hacking into computers/offices, sneaking around, and digging up secrets.
I missed you, intelligent FPS. I thought you were gone for a while there.
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Rasix
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The first few hours of this (for me) were just fantastic. Goddamn.
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tgr
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They just managed to become the first game I've pre-purchased since Spore. Next up: Rage.
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Cyno's lit, bridge is up, but one pilot won't be jumping home.
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Trippy
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The developers seem to have missed the last 10 years of FPS 'evolution', as this game has nothing in common with shitty corridor shooters. I played a good 7-8 hours today (nice week to take a vacation) and I think I might have spent maybe 1 hour of that in combat scenarios? The other 6-7 hours has been hacking into computers/offices, sneaking around, and digging up secrets.
I missed you, intelligent FPS. I thought you were gone for a while there.
Yeah and the graphics missed the last 10 years of FPS evolution too   |
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Rokal
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I don't know what you mean, the PC version looks gorgeous. Running it maxed on a 5870. Ironically my only complaint about the graphics would be that it is a bit too brown (Sepia-tone really), which is definitely one of the cool 'evolutions' to surface from shooters over the past 10 years.
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tgr
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Cyno's lit, bridge is up, but one pilot won't be jumping home.
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rk47
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The developers seem to have missed the last 10 years of FPS 'evolution', as this game has nothing in common with shitty corridor shooters. I played a good 7-8 hours today (nice week to take a vacation) and I think I might have spent maybe 1 hour of that in combat scenarios? The other 6-7 hours has been hacking into computers/offices, sneaking around, and digging up secrets.
I missed you, intelligent FPS. I thought you were gone for a while there.
Yeah and the graphics missed the last 10 years of FPS evolution too id take bland graphics compared to shit gameplay |
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Trippy
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I could tell the instant I saw the way the polygons looked with the bent arms and the way the arms attached to the body in that intro (your 2nd video link) that they were using some old technology, though I don't remember the newer Tomb Raiders looking so bad. id take bland graphics compared to shit gameplay
Oh I agree it was just very jarring having just played part of the Space Marines demo. The first one didn't have particularly good graphics either. |
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Rokal
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The pre-rendered cinematics you linked are (fortunately) very rare in the game. They're low-res, and don't reflect how the actual game looks.
~7 minutes into the video you linked is actual in-game stuff, and even then the quality isn't really visible in this particular video.
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Kitsune
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I played about 10 hours and so far it's golden. I'm enjoying ferreting out secret stuff while sneaking around being a ninja. Thus far I haven't augmented a single combat ability, sticking to hacking and utility stuff to get around more easily. I'm also being fairly successful at being non-lethal, though exceptions have to be made when my hacked turrets blow away a dozen guys.
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Yeah, good stuff so far. There are a lot of little things I could nitpick, but overall I'm having fun doing a completely non-lethal/stealth run through.
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tgr
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The pre-rendered cinematics you linked are (fortunately) very rare in the game. They're low-res, and don't reflect how the actual game looks.
~7 minutes into the video you linked is actual in-game stuff, and even then the quality isn't really visible in this particular video.
Funnily enough, I was looking at the pre-rendered cinematics (are they really? That's surprising to me, as I would've assumed rendering that on the fly would be a lot better diskspace-wise) and listening to the guy doing a playthrough bitching and moaning about it, and I just wasn't seeing it. I guess I just don't look that closely. Mainly because I don't really give a flying fuck about graphics as such, I suppose. I'll see how it looks/plays in 2560x1600 on friday, though. If it really is pre-rendered (and not just an upscaled low-res real-time render), then that should be evident then. |
Cyno's lit, bridge is up, but one pilot won't be jumping home.
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Lantyssa
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It's freakin' amazing. It couldn't be what it is without the first one, but if it keeps going this well then I dare say it's an improvement on the original.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Bunk
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Damn you all. I already have three other preorders sitting in my wallet, I was banking on this being a flop.
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Kirth
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Four years after I started this thread and eleven years and two months after the original release - I can officially say:
Worth the wait.
If you don't like this, you don't like games. Drown yourself in a bathtub.
I like the endorsement, I was on the fence about getting this but I'll guess I'll give it a go. |
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Rendakor
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Damn you all. I already have three other preorders sitting in my wallet, I was banking on this being a flop.
Pretty much this. I have a ton of games coming out starting with D4 in two weeks, and really don't have the money for this right now.  |
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Comstar
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Picking this game up tomorrow - this is the first game I have preordered..since..well I can't recall ever doing it.
After the Dragon Age II fiasco, I'm still on the fence from preordering Mass Effect III.
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Defending the Galaxy, from the Scum of the Universe, with nothing but a flashlight and a tshirt. We need tanks Boo, lots of tanks!
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NowhereMan
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Fuck, I've got a camping and boating trip lined up for this weekend and now I find out this is a must play. I'm actually tempted to just buy this and spend the 4 days weekend sitting at a desk, staring at a screen |
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Threash
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God damnit Deus Ex, i've fucking missed you.
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Malakili
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Fuck all - I'm going to have to buy this now. I'm out of town though and without a machine that can run it presently. It'll have to wait for next week.
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Talpidae
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Sigh. Ok. For Fucks sake, OK. I'll buy it on Friday. You utter bastards.
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Kitsune
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Well there are annoying bits.
-NPCs are jerky and bobbleheady in conversations, twitching their heads around at an unusual tempo.
-You can get stuck on cover when trying to shoot around corners, winding up unable to shoot a damn thing while your crosshairs appear and disappear.
-Dunno if it's just me or not but the zoom button is unresponsive; I'll have to hit it 5-6 times before the game deigns to look through the scope.
-You can walk right up to a guy in his house, take his money and hack his computer, and he doesn't care.
-The awesome cyborg from the future is unable to grab and climb onto a ledge/hanging ladder/etc.
Those are all just nitpicks, though, and don't detract from the overall game.
Also, one thing that they helpfully never tell you in the tutorials, crouching alone isn't sufficient to sneak up on and disarm a mine. You have to crouch and hold down the 'move slow' key. Protip!
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Threash
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Also, moving diagonally makes you go a lot faster.
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I've been informed that disabling vsync can fix the "this mouse just feels really really wrong" issues. I couldn't aim for shit this morning and was just going center of mass, but will try it out tonight and see if it fixes my issues.
My inability to aim turned my stealth playthrough into a bloody murder spree after the first like, three targets.
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Segoris
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-Dunno if it's just me or not but the zoom button is unresponsive; I'll have to hit it 5-6 times before the game deigns to look through the scope.
My issue with the zoom has been that it wasn't taking priority over everything else, such as moving while taking cover. I think this makes it feel a bit unresponsive. Though I'm only on the first mission since I didn't get much time at all to play |
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I don't think I can survive and keep my sanity until friday. Hopefully, tomorrow afternoon my trustworthy store will break the street date  |
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Rasix
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-Dunno if it's just me or not but the zoom button is unresponsive; I'll have to hit it 5-6 times before the game deigns to look through the scope.
My issue with the zoom has been that it wasn't taking priority over everything else, such as moving while taking cover. I think this makes it feel a bit unresponsive. Though I'm only on the first mission since I didn't get much time at all to play I've had to remap a lot of the keyboard controls. I'll probably be tinkering with it a lot more to get it to a point where it all feels natural. |
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Shrike
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I've been eyeing this one recently and it's starting to look like a must-have. The big question is: 360 vs. PC. I'm really jonesin' for another couch game, but...visuals. One problem is my 30" monitor is about to go dark for a few days due to some computer issues. So is the difference enough to pry me off the couch to play on my dinky 23" monitor on my other PC? PC graphics on a 1920x1200 as opposed to a really comfy couch and a 360 driving a 55" 1080p TV. Decisions, decisions...  |
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Segoris
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I've had to remap a lot of the keyboard controls. I'll probably be tinkering with it a lot more to get it to a point where it all feels natural.
That was the first thing I did as well, and zoom is Right-click to feel more like an alt-fire/zoom button in other games. So the unnatural feel isn't a key-bind issue at this point |
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Who the fuck at Gamestop thought this was a good idea? This is mind boggling. |
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tgr
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I'm smelling an incoming lawsuit.
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Cyno's lit, bridge is up, but one pilot won't be jumping home.
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