I do like UT2004, and again, it looks magnificent on my PC. I feel people are way overcritical of Doom 3, I found it to be gripping from start to finish with moments of real terror, it was pretty much everything I wanted it to be.
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Rather alarmingly, after spending ?800 upgrading my PC, I got bored of them and went back to consoles. Sure I enjoyed Doom 3, but never felt like playing it again, same with Far Cry. HL2 was great and I would have played it again were it not for Steam fcking up. Can't see me being interested in anything until STALKER or FEAR come out.
I just can't maintain interest in FPS games that much any more. Played too many of them in the 90's I think.
Rah for consoles I say.Comment
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The game design is ten years old, though, that's what's disappointing. You walk in a room and know exactly what's going to happen. Lights go out, a couple of monster closets open and you've got a couple of Imps to kill. I mean, MONSTER CLOSETS. Okay, it's a surprise the first couple of times, but it gets old very quickly. If you know ANYTHING about game design you can see how the game works, and you can predict where the triggers are for the scripts - it's not surprising you because you can see right through it. It's not even as good a survival horror as System Shock 2, and that's EONS old.
It doesn't stand up to Half-Life 2, not by a long shot. But then again, what does?
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bought my daughter a new half decent desktop system the other day (but with no graphics card), the ability to upgrade etc (compared to my lappy) is exciting and made me think about actually getting back into gaming and being able to play Doom 3, HL2 etc etc.
There's alot to be said for desktop systems and upgrading etc - you don't realise until you have a laptop how much you miss it.
PS. Anyone downloaded and tried 3DMark 2005 yet ? laptop would just tell me to pee off if I tried.Comment
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3d Mark 2005 is lovely, the airship being attacked by the dragon over the ocean is stunning.Comment
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Talking of FarCry and the dodgy trigens. Does anyone know if there are any single player mods and / or levels out there minus the trigens that are any good?
Oh and agreed on UT2004. Its a fantastic game. I've not played for a while though - might have to get back online tonight.Comment
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I did pretty much the same thing as Chadruharazzeb.
Bought the PC, got addicted to Battlefield 1942 like it was cocaine and then it was just a case of meh... plus HL2 stopping working after Steam patched it without asking and Call of Duty having stopped working as well.Comment
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Still gonna play WoW? It's due in Europe at the end of this month :PComment
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I'll probably want to play WoW when the summer comes around, and I don't have to worry about it distracting me from my university course... but I'm sure everybody will be bored of it by then due to the number of duped items and PK'ers running around.Comment
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WoW - there is something I've never seen the like of before and be sure that it'll have me running to my PC, giggling like a little girl... I'll see you and the rest of the clan there!
The plus point with PC gaming is that you can make it look like your working - therefore getting out of having to sit downstairs watching Hollyoaks or whatever else girls do...Comment
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You can all look after me in the summer when I arrive as a level pne n00b.Comment
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That seems a little soon seing as the closed beta has yet to start here? I've never played an MMO, or a War/Starcraft game, but I feel strangely compelled to start with WoW.Originally posted by Super StuComment
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The "final beta" is just a nominal thing, the EU code is identical to the US retail version, which has been happily plugging along for over a month now. The fact that we're even having this protracted EU beta is a farce tbh. Actually, whilst I think of it, the US client was recently patched to include French and German languages, so we really are all using the same client.
Anyway, if the run up to EU follows US closely, we'll have about 2 weeks of final beta, 1 week of "open" (read, all those who pre-ordered and have beta keys) beta, a few days off then retail. First week of February isn't being too optimistic.
Haven't pimped it for a while heh, so here's my clan url again :P
Please excuse the mess, we're in the middle of redecorating.Last edited by Super Stu; 04-01-2005, 19:59.Comment
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That's good to hear. Now just to trawl for news of the gorgeous collectors edition... *wub*Comment
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Not exactly, but there's a mod that lets you play in co-op mode with up to 3 people.Originally posted by Ish
About those tridgens. What's so annoying is that they're too powerful. Two b**ch slaps and those pricks kill you even if you have full health and full armor as you unload your rifle on them. One level where you had to go underground had a room of tridgens on the right, with a room of spectres straight ahead (those invisible monsters that can destroy Olympic records) and after that a room with those elite mercenaries with riot shields. Had to kill the spectres, lure the mercs out, and lure out the tridgens with a grenade, then I hid and saw them batter each other.
The last two levels saw an enormous difficulty spike. It got ridiculously difficult, but it gave me that extra sense of accomplishment after finishing it.Comment
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