echoesfromthepast said:
Slimebeast said:
echoesfromthepast said:
Slimebeast said:
echoesfromthepast said:
I watched that game too - fairly decent as far as movies go |
Do you often decide to watch the games on YouTube instead of playing them?
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I didn't watch it on youtube, I played it. I was taking a jab at the game itself but apparently I attracted a lot of negative attention because of it
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Ahhh... could you elaborate on that jab?
I hate cinematic games too, at least those who hold your hand. I really hope Bioshock Infinity isn't such a game.
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Sure - I played the game on PC and here is my real-quick assessment.
It's extremely linear and extremely cinematic. Lots of people like that and I get that. But linear cinematic games make me feel like I'm just watching and not doing. I play video games to experience. Not to watch. Now, it was a beautiful game. But I value gameplay in my games and this one was just a room-to-room shoot-em-up with a four hour story painted on it.
It was a beautiful game though and had a high production value - the heroine was likeable - I think that might be what hooked a lot of people.
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Each to their own but I can't agree with this either. I played it on PC as well, and it really isn't that cinematic, very rarely was the gameplay dragged away from me. The only annoying cinematics was when I tried a new vigor, but that could be skipped so wasn't too much a problem. When I think of cinematic games, I think of MGS4 and to an extent Uncharted.
And 4 hours, thats BS. I spend 30 hours on the first run through, which admittently was with a fair bit of exploring (which you obviously didn't do as you wouldn't have described it as a room-to-room shooter either) but its a game with enough content and story that its worth doing that exploring.
My only real beef with the game was actually with its story which was clunky in parts, though for an FPS pretty good. To anyone thinking of buying or renting this game, it really isn't as echoesfromthepast described it, it wouldn't have got the Metacritic score if it was.
Oh and if you're finding the enemies are bullet sponges, then turn the difficulty up.
