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Is;
- Beautiful
- Clever
- Funny
- Disappointing
- RPG-Lite (Not a good thing)
- Intuitive - combat/magic is great
- Again, beautiful
- Good in some of its quests - boasts are good
Isn't;
- Engrossing AT ALL
- as fun as you all said it was
- Awful
- Seamless
- Brilliant
- great-in-it's-social-interactions-which was-the-main-thing-everybody-appeared-to-love
It's good in bits, rubbish in others. Looks/sounds/feels great. Social interactions suck - you tap some buttons until someone likes/hates you, and then run away to some new place - there's simply nothing to do of any real importance - sure you can say 'get drunk and listen to people laugh' etc, then 'go kill monsters while drunk' - doesn't make the game any more interesting.
Good, but nothing, nothing to what it was supposed to be - and that's not just in the missing features, it's also in the simple fact it's just not as good as it should be....
Anyone wanna buy? O, and Riddick too, which was also good, but I didn't love it much either.....
- Beautiful
- Clever
- Funny
- Disappointing
- RPG-Lite (Not a good thing)
- Intuitive - combat/magic is great
- Again, beautiful
- Good in some of its quests - boasts are good
Isn't;
- Engrossing AT ALL
- as fun as you all said it was
- Awful
- Seamless
- Brilliant
- great-in-it's-social-interactions-which was-the-main-thing-everybody-appeared-to-love
It's good in bits, rubbish in others. Looks/sounds/feels great. Social interactions suck - you tap some buttons until someone likes/hates you, and then run away to some new place - there's simply nothing to do of any real importance - sure you can say 'get drunk and listen to people laugh' etc, then 'go kill monsters while drunk' - doesn't make the game any more interesting.
Good, but nothing, nothing to what it was supposed to be - and that's not just in the missing features, it's also in the simple fact it's just not as good as it should be....
Anyone wanna buy? O, and Riddick too, which was also good, but I didn't love it much either.....
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Hedfix wrote:
> No point at all. I find Morrowind fun to play but then again I'm not
> distracted by shiny things.
I've never player Marrowind, so yes, maybe it is.
> Yes I can see how a game involving choice and forcing you to think at
> a reasonable level might seem that way to you.
Oh, a-ho-ho. The choices were really quite pathetic. Oh, you can either sneak around, or shoot with one of the worst FPS engines ever created! The biomods are good, but other than that I found it crap. Unless you're talkign about the original, whcih I've never played and, again, can't really comment on.
Even then, though, a similar biomod concept was born in 1998 for the PS. So one or the other could well be stolen.
> and it's been surpassed by Gladius, Morrowind and Fable.
It's funny how everyone else says OOT is the superior, then, isn't it? I doubt Gladius even matches up to Wind Waker, and Fable isn't far off but I wouldn't say it's better.
Did you actually play Ocarina of Time? You seem to have some sort of hatred towards old games for some unknown reason. Sure you're not just a graphical whre? ;-)
> Infact Fable IS the new Zelda as far as I'm concerned it's all the
> fun of Zelda + a bit more freedom - [Minus] crappy platformer-like
> bits.
Well I can't change your opinion. The Zelda series is the best and most consistent... ever. If you can't see the N64 Zelda titles for what they are then that's your bad luck I suppose. Both of them surpass everything I've played on the current generation of consoles, and doubt I will until Resi 4, Zelda and Half-Life 2 are out.
> No point at all. I find Morrowind fun to play but then again I'm not
> distracted by shiny things.
I've never player Marrowind, so yes, maybe it is.
> Yes I can see how a game involving choice and forcing you to think at
> a reasonable level might seem that way to you.
Oh, a-ho-ho. The choices were really quite pathetic. Oh, you can either sneak around, or shoot with one of the worst FPS engines ever created! The biomods are good, but other than that I found it crap. Unless you're talkign about the original, whcih I've never played and, again, can't really comment on.
Even then, though, a similar biomod concept was born in 1998 for the PS. So one or the other could well be stolen.
> and it's been surpassed by Gladius, Morrowind and Fable.
It's funny how everyone else says OOT is the superior, then, isn't it? I doubt Gladius even matches up to Wind Waker, and Fable isn't far off but I wouldn't say it's better.
Did you actually play Ocarina of Time? You seem to have some sort of hatred towards old games for some unknown reason. Sure you're not just a graphical whre? ;-)
> Infact Fable IS the new Zelda as far as I'm concerned it's all the
> fun of Zelda + a bit more freedom - [Minus] crappy platformer-like
> bits.
Well I can't change your opinion. The Zelda series is the best and most consistent... ever. If you can't see the N64 Zelda titles for what they are then that's your bad luck I suppose. Both of them surpass everything I've played on the current generation of consoles, and doubt I will until Resi 4, Zelda and Half-Life 2 are out.
Rickoss wrote:
> What's the point in depth if the game's no fun to play?
No point at all. I find Morrowind fun to play but then again I'm not distracted by shiny things.
> Deus Ex was
> about as enjoyable as driving a pencil through your eye socket.
Yes I can see how a game involving choice and forcing you to think at a reasonable level might seem that way to you.
OOT
> was an all-round brilliant experience that really stuck in your mind.
> Even after all this time it still stands up as one of the best games
> ever.
and it's been surpassed by Gladius, Morrowind and Fable.
Infact Fable IS the new Zelda as far as I'm concerned it's all the fun of Zelda + a bit more freedom - [Minus] crappy platformer-like bits.
> What's the point in depth if the game's no fun to play?
No point at all. I find Morrowind fun to play but then again I'm not distracted by shiny things.
> Deus Ex was
> about as enjoyable as driving a pencil through your eye socket.
Yes I can see how a game involving choice and forcing you to think at a reasonable level might seem that way to you.
OOT
> was an all-round brilliant experience that really stuck in your mind.
> Even after all this time it still stands up as one of the best games
> ever.
and it's been surpassed by Gladius, Morrowind and Fable.
Infact Fable IS the new Zelda as far as I'm concerned it's all the fun of Zelda + a bit more freedom - [Minus] crappy platformer-like bits.
Rickoss wrote:
> What's the point in depth if the game's no fun to play? Deus Ex was
> about as enjoyable as driving a pencil through your eye socket. OOT
> was an all-round brilliant experience that really stuck in your mind.
> Even after all this time it still stands up as one of the best games
> ever.
I would agree, i remember every minute of ocarina of time it was brilliant and fun as was fianl fantasy 7, where as fable and morrowind barely caught my interest
> What's the point in depth if the game's no fun to play? Deus Ex was
> about as enjoyable as driving a pencil through your eye socket. OOT
> was an all-round brilliant experience that really stuck in your mind.
> Even after all this time it still stands up as one of the best games
> ever.
I would agree, i remember every minute of ocarina of time it was brilliant and fun as was fianl fantasy 7, where as fable and morrowind barely caught my interest
What's the point in depth if the game's no fun to play? Deus Ex was about as enjoyable as driving a pencil through your eye socket. OOT was an all-round brilliant experience that really stuck in your mind. Even after all this time it still stands up as one of the best games ever.
Whitestripes X wrote:
> Depth and interest?
>
> Whatever,
:D
> Depth and interest?
>
> Whatever,
:D
No, but it is in this case.
Depth and interest?
Whatever, OOT is still a better game. And 80% of people in the world would agree with me.
It's not a crime for and old game to be better than a new one you know.
Whatever, OOT is still a better game. And 80% of people in the world would agree with me.
It's not a crime for and old game to be better than a new one you know.
Whitestripes X wrote:
> Rickoss wrote:
> Hedfix wrote:
> Morrowind Deus Ex Gladius OOT
>
> Hahahahaha.
>
> Sorry.
>
>
> I second your laughter.
>
> OOT Morrowind Deus Ex Gladius
Yes 'ahahahahaha' apparently I'm wrong about the position of one game whichcame out in the last generation of consoles and has been surpassed by the other three as far as depth and interest are concerned.
If you think a shallow old game is better then I really should be laughing at you, however I feel only sympathy for the gaming malnourished.
> Rickoss wrote:
> Hedfix wrote:
> Morrowind Deus Ex Gladius OOT
>
> Hahahahaha.
>
> Sorry.
>
>
> I second your laughter.
>
> OOT Morrowind Deus Ex Gladius
Yes 'ahahahahaha' apparently I'm wrong about the position of one game whichcame out in the last generation of consoles and has been surpassed by the other three as far as depth and interest are concerned.
If you think a shallow old game is better then I really should be laughing at you, however I feel only sympathy for the gaming malnourished.
Cyclone wrote:
> But it isn't.
> But it isn't.
Tiltawhirl wrote:
>
> I just find the whole set-up stupidly boring and unintresting. Even
> if I did have a level 1000 wizard with level 6000 ork armour and the
> wand of beardy beardson, it wouldn't change the fact that the combat
> system sucks and the world is about as intresting as the back of a
> Bran Flakes carton.
You've just described coming back to Fable after you've finished it once.
>
> I just find the whole set-up stupidly boring and unintresting. Even
> if I did have a level 1000 wizard with level 6000 ork armour and the
> wand of beardy beardson, it wouldn't change the fact that the combat
> system sucks and the world is about as intresting as the back of a
> Bran Flakes carton.
You've just described coming back to Fable after you've finished it once.
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