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How is it original or ambitious? It sounds like they are just imitating a bunch of other games, and adding their own clone-of-an-anime storyline and absurd art to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
I may give it a chance when I can get it for >$5, but until then, I will spend my money on more promising games.
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Originally Posted by Vuk
What? Sure I mean if you reduce it down to its bare basics then you can see similarities to numerous other games, but if you do that then you might as well do it for all other games in the last decade - if you do that then almost no games are original. I think you need to loosen your definitions of original and ambitious. This game is far more of both than anything else in the past few years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vuk
As for the world not being immersive, it is designed by the same guy who designed Half Life 2's world, which is crazy immersive.
Couldn't agree more. I hope it sells really really well.Quote:
Originally Posted by CountArach
This game turned me off immediately from it's cliche steampunk advertising. I am glad though that Bethesda is receiving good reviews for it. Good on them, but I find it tired and dull. It seems like it's designed to make people feel powerful, which usually means they're not.
I don't see what's so cliche about it, I know no other game with this style. Bioshock perhaps but that's all art-decoQuote:
Originally Posted by Vladimir
There are many other games with its style, theme, and character. There are just a few new gimmicks to make it appear interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
Good to hear as I like that stuff, recommend me a few if you willQuote:
Originally Posted by Vladimir
Any game with a revenge theme. Any game with a dark, steampunk feel. Any game that tries to boost your ego and make you feel like a superhero.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
I don't want to criticize anyone's enjoyment, but those elements feel tired and cliche to me. I also couldn't finish watching the Italian Job after the heroes held their breath for five minutes in freezing water and it reverted to a revenge movie. Not very clever or interesting but the intro was very nice.
I am sure you are a fascinating person but I still don't see on how it isn't an original artstyleQuote:
Originally Posted by Vladimir
Hey now, the Italian Job (new one) was awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vladimir
I've played about 2.5 hours of it and I have to say, I am well and truly impressed.
It is not a pretty game but in terms of the mood of it, it is deeply immersive. It feels like Bioshock-meets-Half-Life-2 in that it is Orwellian and post-apocalyptic, with a society that has sunk into its own decadence at the expense of so many people. The combat system feels visceral and the weapons have a real weightiness to them, but obviously it is the stealth that really matters. For me it is what Assassin's Creed should have been like - the need to find alternative routes through various rooms (usually with the liberal application of Blink) and having to stick to the shadows constantly. It can make for some hairy moments when a guard starts to become alert and you try to run around corners to break line of sight.
All in all, it seems awesome. Lots of things to do as well, heaps and heaps of missions.
Well it seems I have failed in my predictions earlier.
You failed at e everything, we just weren't ready to tell youQuote:
Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine
I'm fragterred. :smoking:
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Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine
Been playing it a bit and it's awesome. It is what Bioshock should have been. The sense of being in a twisted alternate reality is terrific this game sweats pure class.
Exactly what I keep thinking. It is gripping and the world is believable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony