I suppose rubbernecking the farcical trainwreck of PR spooge and outright lies that accompanies rehashing exactly the same shite every fucking release provides a tiny bit of entertainment, but that doesn't really justify the existence of this retarded series nor the odious fuckwits who write this utter bollox. 

Final boss sucks.

Is it possible to avoid his fist slam attack or is it an automatic health loss? 

I think he slams his fists down only in the corners, and when he does the punch his fists together attack it goes in a wave away from his face, so you just run through when it's clear. Don't think I ever got hit once by him, it's just a puzzle boss as far as I remember it... 

To avoid the bit where he swipes his fists across once, even hiding behind them. It seems his RNG just decides to take 20 health of you every now and then. 

Sometimes the smaller games are nice, I don't the 5 hours of entertainment a run through the latest COD provides. Better than the thought of installing the next rpg which I'm going to slog through for 30+ hours and may not even enjoy it that much. 

just run past before they slam closed; wait for first two slams and then sprint. 

i was trying to be clever. 

I hate puzzle bosses.

But finally killed it.

I didn't realise I could sprint. Then I didn't realise to shoot it while it was angry.

Scraped through on 2HP.

Impact looks pretty interesting. 

Shambler - reading that was like gargling diarrhoea. 

Copying and pasting was like juggling the results of that gargle. 

Yeah, missed that, too, but i gave up way earlier because it was no fun at all. 

Recent, modern, reasonably reviewed RTS.

Basically if you want a re-skinned version of SC2 with annoying fog of war and clunky controls, then this is the game for you. As an added bonus it's very obviously purely a multiplayer game with a minimal SP campaign tagged on. No real intro, 3 short campaigns for each race, minimal extra theming, bland story. I got fed up after the 3rd mission which is supposedly extremely easy and was stupidly hard, gave up and uninstalled it. Waste of �30. 

Does exactly what it says on the tin.

Exactly the same style as WOFL:TNO? - tick!

Yet more WOFL after dozens of reboots? - tick!

Flaming Nazi zombies dropping from the sky? TICK!

Good fun straight up shooter action in cool environments? - tick.

Still has a few niggles - masses of hitscan enemies, some artificial arenas, lots of invisible walls - but it seems well worth the pleasing budget release price. I think I'm enjoying it more than TNO, less farting around with the rebel base and NPCs, more exploding heads. Runs smooth and controls very smooth with nobob 1 (which fucks the scope though). 

Part 1 is just more Bioshock / Infinite set in Rapture, but quite tough and frustrating, okay if you're a fan but didn't grab me much.

Part 2 playing as Elizabeth is much better and both recaptures the weirdness and atmosphere that makes the games intriguing and has refreshing and suitable stealthier gameplay. It has more exposition that purports to tie up the Rapture / Columbia storylines, TBH I still didn't understand it but there's plenty enough coolness and creepiness to make it worthwhile. 

60% on GoG... never even heard of this game. Can anyone who's played it let me know if it's good? Looks like a kind of action rpg? 

"Fantastic 3rd person action game with great combat and puzzles! PC version is not a great port so make sure you have a pad!"

-Daz's recommendation on Steam


(I own both DS and DS2, and have installed them... but never actually played them... fucking Steam Sales) 

oh cool! Daz, can you get by with some generic gamepad or do you need a fancy one from a console? 

without too many dramas. 

I have no idea how other pads work. I never tried kb+m but I heard it was bad. Like... Dark Souls on kb+m bad :) But ymmv.

I've played it through twice, and it is not a short game! Really fun to play. Funnily enough, the first one is far superior to the second imo. They added a bunch of annoying and unnecessary crap to DS2 to turn it more into a diablo style loot grind/upgrade fest which really annoyed me. 

first one is worth playing. haven't played the second. I did a full review a while back: http://www.electricescape.com/etherealhell/index.php/game-reviews/2010-reviews/item/darksiders

8.5/10 if you quit the last 2 chapters as they're not worth playing. 

If you do pick it up on pc, you will need to force AA / AF in your graphics control panel for the game as it doesn't do either by default and there are no in game options for that stuff.

bad pc port :) 

thanks guys, I will give it a shot... haven't played a game in ages and I wanted to try something a little different from my usual tastes. 

It appears the English version is done and the whole thing is available in a director's cut edition. An incredibly well-done fan adventure, recommended to anyone who enjoys classic point&click adventures. Oh, and it's free, of course.

http://www.mckracken.net/cms/directorscut.html/?change_lang=1 

I'm not one to usually pay much attention to pre-rendered game trailers, but this one is really pretty classy, and so faithful to the Witcher universe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiukIzzZD9E
Pretty excited about this game, hope I'm not dissapointed! 

yeah.... they've been pushing that game a _lot_ for months, but it really does look like it will be awesome.

I'm not as excited as I normally would be though, cause my PC is not even close to modern these days. :S