 News | Forum | People | FAQ | Links | Search | Register |
Log in |
|
|
This is what hexen2 looks like: http://www.quakewiki.net/archives/cronos/hexen02.jpg
I tried it a bit, but the gameplay felt quite flat. You pretty much just spend your time circle strafing around groups of mobs, and the weapons I used didn't feel very satisfying.
Kind of reminded me stuff Dungeon Defenders or Orcs Must Die, but without the Tower Defense aspect. I agree with Bal.
The levels were pretty boring too. Art is pretty and high quality, however generic. The geometry is sparse and samey. The game is a rouge-like FPS. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to either very well, or very much... not a whole lot of content or richness in any of its components. Great basis for a more enriched and focused game, though. Maybe Ziggurat II is where it's at! Just like Wolfenstein : The New Order is a Doom clone because they both have 1st person and you shoot stuff.
I mean a squad of four go rampaging through various wastelands shooting waves of enemies for loot. They use a range of vehicles too and the focus is mainly on online coop. Sounds like Borderlands to me. The GFX in Destiny looks cartoony enough too...... Just saying.
Ziggurat looks okay, I just hope it has some linearity and doesn't just spawn hordes at you in one room, rinse and repeat, like Painkiller. I don't remember Heretic/Hexen being that lazy.
It's free, and it's really fun. I'm really getting addicted to it.
I wasn't really interested in that, until I saw footage of it at 60fps without the letterboxing, and running at a sane FOV. Then it was a matter of appreciating some nice idtech5 decorative work.
Also apparently Prey 2 was canceled. Surprise the game made by one of the few studios that didn't let themselves get bought by Bethesda who worked for them, was taken from them, and languished elsewhere. It's not so much a conspiracy theory, more a "I just don't quite trust those guys."
looks great, i've been following it on tigsource for a while. I like that 128k macintosh art style.
Horrible -45 FOV
Horrible wobbly movement and swaying controls Horrible spinny mouse combat Horrible hold this press that repeatedly interaction bollox. Basically consolisation at it's most pointless and cumbersome. But it's kinda gory and creepy and I like that it doesn't really explain WTF is going on. Kinda makes me want to know what it all means. The cutscene after the intro level is pretty cool too. Still waiting to see if I can get a review code for this.
Word from TotalBiscuit is the port is very good, tons of options to tweak your perf, launches with an FOV slider that goes up to (only) 90, support for borderless windowed mode for streaming. Also word from him is that the multiplayer is a "ruddy good time" and the customization is nice (I like that you can redeem the random drops for XP if you don't want them - gives meaning to the drops for those who care nothing about such). Watched a few videos on YT, the game is very different on PC v console. Console players, it looks like CoD but sometimes they will double jump and air dash out of harm's way, or to cross over a building to save time. PC players are doing crazy air ballet with each other. Console players are sticking to bullets. Many PC players are using the EM1 (a beam weapon that functions a lot like the lightning gun, but has an overheating mechanic instead of ammo). Just curious to see how differently the same game can be played, across playerbases. (These comparisons are based off of videos of average to extremely good players on both PC and console).
|
|
| You must be logged in to post in this thread. |
|
| Website copyright © 2002-2024 John Fitzgibbons. All posts are copyright their respective authors. |