...there seems to be some sort of electrical chord...

The in-game text really strikes a cord with me.

Oh, but yeah, the control scheme sounds interesting. 

pretty cool stuff! 2 levels from the game, 1 skirmish and 1 SP, where you play the new Tau race. Its a cool race made up of 2 seperate species which are allied together, the Tau are technically advanced and have cool guns and shit, while the other ones are like cavemen but are awesome at close combat.

New stuff - Upgradable commander units with new armour, weapons, abilities etc

- Tau have a split tech tree, if you go up 1 side (tau) then cavemen remain weak, or vice versa.

- they seem to have tweaked the effects, lots more blood and gore (heh) and cool fx.

- Not in the demo, but there is a full strategic map in SP now which is playable with all 7 races.

Definately gonna get this! 

I just played the first level. The Tau are SO cool! I love it and will definitely buy it. Wooooot! 

They're called Kroot.

I just tried it. Seemed good, but I'm not hugely inspired by more DOW, as good as that was. Haven't even played Winter Assault yet. 

Tried a bit of this. Got past the monster by just running. Then couldn't get up the overhead vent despite numerous attempts.

Agree with Daz in general about the atmosphere and interaction and stuff. I found the motion of things you interact with a bit sluggish though, and it was odd having things floating around. Definitely got an intriguing feel though. 

I know the vent you mean, believe it or not you just need to get close to the opening and 'use' it... Took me fooking ages to realise that!

...One of the downers of the game I geuss! 

Shambler go play Quake :p 

I tried that, I got the hand symbol on the vent hatch and got it to swing a bit, that's all. Grrrr.

Trinca, I played the DM3Rmx the other week, it rocked, great fun! 

;) then sorry :p 

Penumbra again...

Finally managed to complete it thanks to Daz's tip, and a walkthrough for some other bits, as it turns into a maze of vents and shit later on. I did figure out the acid on my own though!

Kinda, yeah, interesting as D says. Setting is kinda bland but the engine shows it off well and it is pretty atmospheric. Those little creatures are well scary when you can't fight them back. Got an intriguing feel to it for sure, dunno if I could take a whole game of that gameplay though.

DOW:DC again...

Got stuck into this and completed both missions. Gameplay is pretty much the same old same old (scouts / builder / scouts / rush to capture shit / build barracks / troops / leader / everything depends solely on the first 2 minutes) but well, it's still functional, and I do like the Tau, they are pretty stylish and their weapons are well satisfying, I like the missiles in particular. Could be tempted by this more than actually playing Winter Assault, I reckon the Necrons will be pretty slick too... 

The bodies staying around is pretty cool. 

About the other one - the main theme ambient music is well good.

And I dug around the site and found this monster screenshot, pretty stylishly done:

http://frictionalgames.com/files/screensaver_or%20_something.jpg 

15 puzzles without a storyline: http://fizzlebot.com/cdt3.php 

geometry wars type game, with some twists. A review (which also contains a download link):

http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/grid/wars.htm 

First of all, they didnt have to choose naturaly boring environments for the game.
Second: HL

Urban can be sexy and fun even indoors 

*Nods*

Anyway

Saw a HL2 E2 trailer recently. Looked pretty cool. 

The three new HL2ep2 vids look quite promising, as did the second trailer. I kinda regret having watched them though, probably spoiling lots of the new stuff.
The second Team Fortress 2 trailer also rocks immensely, the designs and style are great, hope the gameplay lives up to them. 

Trailers #4 and #5 of HL2EP2 have been released on STEAM and #5 is the best of the bunch by FAR, pure $$$. 

my brother bought me UT2004, Editors' choice edition and the damn thing uses 7 cds to install! 10 if i want to install the mod discs, whatever they are. fuck this. why cant company's make dvds now. :-(

reminds me when we bought mortal kombat 2 in floppy's and man.. so many of them! :-D 

there's a nice ~6min ingame video downloadable at http://www.gothic3.com with english commentary (that doesn't really tell anything new). the game looks pretty cool, i doubt it will run smoothly on my machine though. i don't like the term 'action rpg' as it sounds like a diablo-sort of game, which gothic is of course not - it's like oblivion et al, but (hopefully) with less generic areas. 

On the checkage. G3 looks good.


P.S.

This week I have mostly been playing...





























...with my cock! 

 

Bollocks to you.

Anyway, Gothic3 trailer looks cool. Kinda nice lighting and stuff and I appreciate what they're getting at. Might have to give it a go. 

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