Lunaran
#2229 posted by Zwiffle on 2008/10/15 23:18:27
We had a demo of it at work today. I was not impressed. You could easily predict when the body would rise up in front of you, when you would open a door and a corpse would fall from the ceiling, etc etc.
The combat looks ridiculous. The puzzles look ridiculous. The monsters looks ridiculous (I've only seen two so far though.) The game just looks ridiculous. I could go on about weapons, level design, characters, etc. The whole thing just feels like a glorified haunted house, and it feels very game-y. I didn't feel any immersion whatsoever.
Red space barrels what explode when you shoot them and are placed in convenient areas to dispose of multiple enemies? Check.
I was kind of looking forward to it, but I will probably not be picking this thing up.
You Alterate Feet When Curbstomping
#2230 posted by Lunaran on 2008/10/15 23:18:58
so if you just press it over and over you can walk down a hallway pretending to be a big dinosaur
#2231 posted by Zwiffle on 2008/10/15 23:26:04
I have clearly misjudged this game.
Acheivement Unlocked!
#2232 posted by - on 2008/10/15 23:29:40
Do the Dinosaur Walk for 100feet.
Good Review.
#2233 posted by Shambler on 2008/10/16 12:11:48
ROFBBQMAO.
Left 4 Dead Looks Like Fun
#2234 posted by RickyT33 on 2008/10/16 14:28:34
:D
Yeah
#2235 posted by ijed on 2008/10/16 15:18:43
But I'll need friends to play it.
Left 4 Dead Gameplay
#2236 posted by ijed on 2008/10/16 15:20:27
World Of Goo Demo
#2237 posted by megaman on 2008/10/17 02:45:33
is it full of copy protection spyware rootkit trojans?
#2238 posted by Zwiffle on 2008/10/17 02:47:30
Get it from steam.
World Of Goo
#2239 posted by Lunaran on 2008/10/17 03:38:17
started to get annoying, then it got worse. I kind of just want to be fucking done with it already.
megaman, your continued paranoiac terror of absolutely everything on the internet continues to amuse me. when are you going to completely snap and go off the grid?
Hmm?
#2240 posted by bal on 2008/10/17 08:17:28
Where you at Lun? I'm finishng up island 3 and still find it amusing, almost wish the puzzles were a bit harder though.
#2241 posted by JneeraZ on 2008/10/17 11:21:41
So we've gone from world changing experience, to annoying, to just wanting to be fucking done with it. Sounds awesome!
Bwaha Lun
#2242 posted by megaman on 2008/10/17 15:10:45
that made me laugh out loud :D
maybe it's because i know a lot of stuff :P
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Bal
#2243 posted by Lunaran on 2008/10/17 16:16:18
Every time they teach you a new goo type you use it for like two puzzles and then it's on to the next new thing. The concepts are never built upon or exploited, so instead they have to ramp up difficulty by making every puzzle a new gimmick like "NOW build a tower on a tilty platform that heaves your entire wobbly painstaking creation into the lava at the slightest provocation" instead of exploring where the depth really is.
I quit last night because I finally got my balloon-driven goo tiltawhirl thing to lean over to the pipe the right way, but it stopped in exactly the wrong spot for the pipe to start vaccuuming, but still close enough for all the remaining goo to want to jump to the pipe, so I thought I had finally beaten the level and instead was treated to the sight of every last one of my gooballs leaping gleefully to their deaths. fuck off world of goo.
#2244 posted by JneeraZ on 2008/10/17 16:18:31
"Why aren't any of you playing World of Goo yet? This game is awesome. I stayed up far too late last night playing it without realizing - it's one of those games.
The puzzle design and the types of goo are so far extremely awesome, and the game has a very tongue in cheek sense of humor about itself. Intensely cute and squeezable on the surface, but there's an underlying note of sad mystery that really pulls you along, wondering where the bizarre Burtonesque story of these gooballs is going.
I want to play it right now, but I have to wait."
:P
World Of Poo
#2245 posted by Spirit on 2008/10/17 17:14:54
It is cute, but after seeing wobbly-bobbly eyes for more than 10 minutes you might want to pinch them. The sounds are cute too but after a while each "weeeee! woooooo!" and "bloolooobloobiboo?" makes me wanna hit the monitor. Not to mention the dumpa-dumpa-dumpa 20 second "music" loop (is it my imagination or is the sound compressed as fuck? I really get a headache from it.) that is full-on ear and brain penetration.
The art style ranges from "oh nice" over "lol <3 *snugglez u* deviantart-emo" to "please let me kill that thing".
The tongue in cheek humour might be ok if it was done occasionally and well (anyone remember how fantastic the Monkey Island series did this?) but it seems the whole concept of the game is "lol we are so > lololol that we are totally awesome and indie and shit".
The levels were either boring or frustrating so far. The one I am at (Red Carpet) took me several attempts to even figure out what to do because there was no fucking visual feedback on some thing (you'll know if you play(ed) it) suggesting the first idea that comes to mind won't work. But then it does, hohoho.
All in all, play random free puzzle games, you won't miss anything. That being said, just one more level, then I quit.
World Of Poo
#2246 posted by Spirit on 2008/10/17 17:14:54
It is cute, but after seeing wobbly-bobbly eyes for more than 10 minutes you might want to pinch them. The sounds are cute too but after a while each "weeeee! woooooo!" and "bloolooobloobiboo?" makes me wanna hit the monitor. Not to mention the dumpa-dumpa-dumpa 20 second "music" loop (is it my imagination or is the sound compressed as fuck? I really get a headache from it.) that is full-on ear and brain penetration.
The art style ranges from "oh nice" over "lol <3 *snugglez u* deviantart-emo" to "please let me kill that thing".
The tongue in cheek humour might be ok if it was done occasionally and well (anyone remember how fantastic the Monkey Island series did this?) but it seems the whole concept of the game is "lol we are so > lololol that we are totally awesome and indie and shit".
The levels were either boring or frustrating so far. The one I am at (Red Carpet) took me several attempts to even figure out what to do because there was no fucking visual feedback on some thing (you'll know if you play(ed) it) suggesting the first idea that comes to mind won't work. But then it does, hohoho.
All in all, play random free puzzle games, you won't miss anything. That being said, just one more level, then I quit.
Thanks For Pointing That Out Again Willem
#2247 posted by Lunaran on 2008/10/17 21:07:30
My opinion of the game changed the more I played it. Why is that unusual? The first half of the game presented a lot of character and opportunity for depth that the second half didn't bring to fruition.
My opinion of you keeps changing, too.
#2248 posted by JneeraZ on 2008/10/17 21:14:21
I love watching people get sucked into hype and then having the joy crushed from their bodies, spraying from every available orifice. It pleases me.
Well
#2249 posted by bal on 2008/10/17 21:17:41
I'm nearing the end and I'm not nearly as negative about it as Lun and Spirit. I still think it's funny and fun (yeah those are 2 different things). I agree that they could have pushed the puzzles further, they all feel fairly easy to me and never really posed much of a challenge.
#2250 posted by Zwiffle on 2008/10/17 21:48:58
The more I see of Far Cry 2 the more it gives me wet dreams. I was considering holding off on this game until after I play Fallout 3 but I just don't know if I can wait until then.
It just looks fucking bad ass.
Farcry2
#2251 posted by bal on 2008/10/17 22:12:55
Yeah it looks more interesting than Crysis anyways, but I'm careful with Ubisoft games these days, they know how to promote them, and I often end up dissapointed.
Won't be buying it right away anyways, cause once again they are being idiots and decided that they would not do a Steam release in Europe, bastards.
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#2252 posted by Blitz on 2008/10/17 22:36:21
#2253 posted by Zwiffle on 2008/10/17 22:46:50
Why is anyone tasting Lunaran? :(
I suspect it was done without his knowledge and/or consent.
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