I got the Hawken beta, which I am only mildly interested in. But rather than have a non-stop gaming like NS2, they are limiting the beta from tomorrow through Monday. Hello Burning Con. Guess I might play it a little bit Monday night?!
Oh ok. The way I read that post made it seem like you had already beaten it even though it only came out yesterday, which made me think it was super short.
You don't understand. The game has this electronic soundtrack that bores straight into your brain. It is just a short repeating loop that worms right in there. The outsides of the level slowly shift colour, so the environment is constantly shifting. The game is so goddamn fast and so hard, and the reset so instant, that you end up in these constant repeating loops of trying to murder everyone in a room just right, so you end up repeating the same room dozens of times, losing track of time because the game gives you no points of reference whatsoever. The violence is gruesome despite the simple graphics and starts to get to you after a while. Finally, and worst of all, the entire screen rocks slowly back and forth, making you dizzy and disoriented.
The game feels like being intoxicated. It is unbelievably.
Got FTL for myself yesterday too as a reward for surviving a very very busy month. It is a very random game, but the adventurey feel of it is what makes it fun.
Got FTL for myself yesterday too as a reward for surviving a very very busy month. It is a very random game, but the adventurey feel of it is what makes it fun.
Glad you finally came around from thinking it looked really boring. Not all games have to be visually exciting.
Got FTL for myself yesterday too as a reward for surviving a very very busy month. It is a very random game, but the adventurey feel of it is what makes it fun.
Glad you finally came around from thinking it looked really boring. Not all games have to be visually exciting.
Definitely not what I meant when I said it looked boring. The way everyone here talked about it made it seem like a dry micromanagement game.
Got FTL for myself yesterday too as a reward for surviving a very very busy month. It is a very random game, but the adventurey feel of it is what makes it fun.
Like wise been a tough month so treating myself to a bottle of wine and games. Liking it so far. The pick up and play element is good for me as I can just have a quick play as a brake between work.
After a long a grueling battle with my PC, my ISP, and just about every piece of technology with a computer in it in my house, New Vegas still chokes up at a loading screen every 10 minutes. I've run malware scans, I've run PC tune-up, I've closed every program but Fallout, and I still can't play it. I only actively want to play two franchises in video games: Civ, and Fallout. Why am I denied one of these?
After the vacation this weekend where I played nothing but iPad games (seriously, Bad Piggies is awesome and addictive as hell), I'm back to Planetside 2. Also finally unpacking my gear from the airsoft game a couple weeks ago.
Hotline Miami is the absolute hottest shit on the planet. Go play it immediately. You can even pirate it if you don't want to pay $10; the devs are offering support to anyone who torrents it from TPB.
It's basically what happens when Smash TV and GTA Vice City have a baby that is fed nothing but PCP and Faces of Death.
This game somewhat reminds me of mediocre Amiga cyberpunk adventure Dreamweb, as well as Cannon Fodder. And probably some slaps of Jeff Minter in there, to explain the seasick swaying of the graphics.
This game somewhat reminds me of mediocre Amiga cyberpunk adventure Dreamweb, as well as Cannon Fodder. And probably some slaps of Jeff Minter in there, to explain the seasick swaying of the graphics.
Dreamweb! I knew the gore in this game reminded me of something.
Bought Prototype because of cheap and I'm pretty sure I've heard good things about it. Otherwise it seems pretty cool, but sadly it's clearly made for controller. Mouse and keyboard just feels wrong. So maybe I'll leave playing that until I get one of those xbox controller wireless reserves.
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After you finish playing it, you may feel like you did too much coke in the 80s.
/obligatory
The game feels like being intoxicated. It is unbelievably.
It's basically what happens when Smash TV and GTA Vice City have a baby that is fed nothing but PCP and Faces of Death.
2 badges into new Pokemon game but since my daughter hasn't even opened her copy i may not bother getting the rest.
This game somewhat reminds me of mediocre Amiga cyberpunk adventure Dreamweb, as well as Cannon Fodder. And probably some slaps of Jeff Minter in there, to explain the seasick swaying of the graphics.