Didn't know if this warranted a new thread or not, so feel free to merge it with the PS2 Bully thread....
My copy arrived from Play this morning and I've just spent the last while having a quick game. I never played the original version of this, so apart from watching a brief review on Gamer TV (the shame of it) I know nothing apart from the basic premise.
My first impression was poor and I was thinking the worst as the intro movie is a bit stuttery and there's quite a bit of tearing going on. But in to the game itself and the engine is nice. In fact, I've been reading quite a few negative remarks about the standard of the graphics on the 360, but it looks damn good actually. Surprisingly so. OK, so its not up to the standards we've seen on the 360 in proper next-gen titles, but its certainly more than functional. So far its been smooth, the textures are quite detailed and everything's nice and sharp.
I made the mistake of looking at the manual. I say "mistake" because the in-game tutorial works well and I swear some of the buttons are different in the game compared to what the manual claims they are.
I also found myself a bit disappointed at the start as the central character really isn't the likable sort, but I'm guessing that the overall story arc might be one where he turns good at some point or maybe that's entirely down to you.
The class mini games I've seen so far are fairly entertaining and make for a little diversion from the tasks. The whole integration of the tasks, story & cut-scenes is classic Rockstar, but it definitely feels polished.
There's frequent loading screens, but the actual loading times themselves are pretty quick, so they're no more than a brief irritant.
I'm really enjoying it tbh and so far its really surprised me. I think I was expecting a sub-par GTA clone, but it actually seems like they've taken many of the things learned from their work on GTA and put them to good use in this game. So the aiming system works well & its nice and easy to rotate the camera around you for example.
So far I've not had any crashes either which I know was mentioned on here and I've seen it on another forum.
My copy arrived from Play this morning and I've just spent the last while having a quick game. I never played the original version of this, so apart from watching a brief review on Gamer TV (the shame of it) I know nothing apart from the basic premise.
My first impression was poor and I was thinking the worst as the intro movie is a bit stuttery and there's quite a bit of tearing going on. But in to the game itself and the engine is nice. In fact, I've been reading quite a few negative remarks about the standard of the graphics on the 360, but it looks damn good actually. Surprisingly so. OK, so its not up to the standards we've seen on the 360 in proper next-gen titles, but its certainly more than functional. So far its been smooth, the textures are quite detailed and everything's nice and sharp.
I made the mistake of looking at the manual. I say "mistake" because the in-game tutorial works well and I swear some of the buttons are different in the game compared to what the manual claims they are.
I also found myself a bit disappointed at the start as the central character really isn't the likable sort, but I'm guessing that the overall story arc might be one where he turns good at some point or maybe that's entirely down to you.
The class mini games I've seen so far are fairly entertaining and make for a little diversion from the tasks. The whole integration of the tasks, story & cut-scenes is classic Rockstar, but it definitely feels polished.
There's frequent loading screens, but the actual loading times themselves are pretty quick, so they're no more than a brief irritant.
I'm really enjoying it tbh and so far its really surprised me. I think I was expecting a sub-par GTA clone, but it actually seems like they've taken many of the things learned from their work on GTA and put them to good use in this game. So the aiming system works well & its nice and easy to rotate the camera around you for example.
So far I've not had any crashes either which I know was mentioned on here and I've seen it on another forum.
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