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Fri 02/09/05 at 17:23
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[URL]http://gamershell.com/download_10553.shtml[/URL] 461mb gamers hell

Just getting it now.
Mon 12/09/05 at 00:15
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It's because i assume you're running it off a filthy laptop with variable clock timing (speed step).

This can be turned off in your BIOS, it's a power saving function.
Sun 11/09/05 at 23:27
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what sort of rubbish demo needs a patch. Doesn't bode well for the game, huh
Sun 11/09/05 at 22:20
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theres a fix for that gerrid.
Sun 11/09/05 at 22:07
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I played the demo of this a couple of days ago. I couldn't get over how fast you moved. It was like someone had turned movement speed up to 200x or something. Apart from that it wasn't really very good. And it looked awful.
Sun 11/09/05 at 20:18
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Forget Starship Troopers, download this for Half Life 2 instead: [URL]http://antlions.hl2world.com/[/URL] insanely difficult, a bit of a system hog (particularly for older systems) and some laughable voice acting but it's leagues ahead of this demo, and free.
Fri 09/09/05 at 10:39
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I played the game this morning, once after watching the film clip, which I was personally surprised to see - I settled into the base, running to the top floor and awaiting the first swarm.

It even then it hit me. The game looked pretty uninspiring, un-worked and half finished. Textures were bald and the environment wasn't what you had hoped from the screenshots. The first swarm came in a small pack, the controls felt so sluggish and inaccurate responses that even aiming at the bugs were, primarily a task within itself.

After the (very short and quick 1st wave) I was told to get some things from the open outside the home base... Went over, killed the bugs which encountered me, and I was already reaching the exit button. It was even at this point I even realised how bad this game was/is going to be.

Oh well, Brilliant film... But nope for the game O_o
Tue 06/09/05 at 23:12
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:( i can't play past picking up the wreakage as it crashes and resets my computer.

I think with some hardcore graphics tweaks and movement feel it could be some fun mindless shooting.
Mon 05/09/05 at 14:21
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Possum_Number2 wrote:
> A terrible game but you still played it 6 times. Must have had some
> appeal or you'd have given up on the second.

I just don't like being beaten by poor design and implementation and was curious to see what the swarm attack looked like (the appeal you mention).

After seeing what's probably the high point of the entire game, it was immediately uninstalled. It handled a huge amount of entities quite well, but still felt a little underwelming.

I won't be buying or downloading a copy. Especially as it's one trick pony has been shown in the demo. Mark my words, this is similar to a movie trailer where all the good bits are shown, and the actual full product bores the living hell out of you.
Mon 05/09/05 at 13:54
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Pandaemonium wrote:
> Really poor.
>
> Pick up supplies at crash site. Bug swarm. Try this 5 times (this is
> impossible!) until on the sixth time, it decides to tell me “you have
> picked up the super shotgun”

A terrible game but you still played it 6 times. Must have had some appeal or you'd have given up on the second.
Mon 05/09/05 at 13:20
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It's got Doogie Howser M.D. in it as a psychic pseudo-Nazi. What's not to love?

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