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This thread has been linked to the game 'Second Sight'.
Just got this through my door this morning thanks to SR - it was only dispatched yesterday!
Anyway, played it for an hour or two and, so far, it's looking good. Some nice graphics ala Timesplitters (weird how they decided not to change the look), some impressive psychic skills which look and control easily/brilliantly and, what has been so far, a great plot. The game runs as two stories, one in the present and one in the past. The stories follow the trials and tribulations of John something-or-other who, after waking up in psychiatric ward, decides to find out what's wrong with him. Meanwhile the other half of the story focuses on what lead up to John being in the ward. A nice mix of gun-toting mayhem (the 'past' version of John uses guns to defend himself) and stealthy action (the 'present' John being able to use psychic abilities).
The only annoyance I've had so far is not knowing what to do on particular areas. At one point for example, me and a team of soldiers were assaulting a camp when other soldiers started firing at us (it's explained why in the story). The commander then starts shouting at me to follow somebody. He says the name of the person I should follow but that's no use to me since I don't know anybody so I'm running around confused looking for somebody to follow when a house suddenly blows up. The camera does a close up on the commander, somebody then shouts "she was in there!!" and the game ended! Slightly confusing but fun nonetheless. Oh, and there's a continuous stream of guards - killing one just means he'll be replaced by another which is very annoying.
Other than that, good clean fun.
Anyway, played it for an hour or two and, so far, it's looking good. Some nice graphics ala Timesplitters (weird how they decided not to change the look), some impressive psychic skills which look and control easily/brilliantly and, what has been so far, a great plot. The game runs as two stories, one in the present and one in the past. The stories follow the trials and tribulations of John something-or-other who, after waking up in psychiatric ward, decides to find out what's wrong with him. Meanwhile the other half of the story focuses on what lead up to John being in the ward. A nice mix of gun-toting mayhem (the 'past' version of John uses guns to defend himself) and stealthy action (the 'present' John being able to use psychic abilities).
The only annoyance I've had so far is not knowing what to do on particular areas. At one point for example, me and a team of soldiers were assaulting a camp when other soldiers started firing at us (it's explained why in the story). The commander then starts shouting at me to follow somebody. He says the name of the person I should follow but that's no use to me since I don't know anybody so I'm running around confused looking for somebody to follow when a house suddenly blows up. The camera does a close up on the commander, somebody then shouts "she was in there!!" and the game ended! Slightly confusing but fun nonetheless. Oh, and there's a continuous stream of guards - killing one just means he'll be replaced by another which is very annoying.
Other than that, good clean fun.
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Yep I couldn't be bothered to list all the RPG's coming out and Metroid Prime 2 is NOT a FPS..
Dringo wrote:
> Daveus wrote:
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> Metroid Prime 2 are FPS
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> Erm... no.
> Daveus wrote:
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> Metroid Prime 2 are FPS
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> Erm... no.
Daveus wrote:
> Scope wrote:
> Just got it for my cube seems quite a few games are pretty short
> nowadays but great games none the less.
> Apart from the new crop of RPGs coming out, Halo 2, Metroid Prime 2,
> and GTA:SA etc that is.
>
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> Halo 2 & Metroid Prime 2 are FPS
There was a comma after 'RPGs coming out', i dont think he meant that Halo and Prime were RPGs.
> Scope wrote:
> Just got it for my cube seems quite a few games are pretty short
> nowadays but great games none the less.
> Apart from the new crop of RPGs coming out, Halo 2, Metroid Prime 2,
> and GTA:SA etc that is.
>
>
> Halo 2 & Metroid Prime 2 are FPS
There was a comma after 'RPGs coming out', i dont think he meant that Halo and Prime were RPGs.
Daveus wrote:
Metroid Prime 2 are FPS
Erm... no.
Metroid Prime 2 are FPS
Erm... no.
Scope wrote:
> Just got it for my cube seems quite a few games are pretty short
> nowadays but great games none the less.
> Apart from the new crop of RPGs coming out, Halo 2, Metroid Prime 2,
> and GTA:SA etc that is.
Halo 2 & Metroid Prime 2 are FPS
> Just got it for my cube seems quite a few games are pretty short
> nowadays but great games none the less.
> Apart from the new crop of RPGs coming out, Halo 2, Metroid Prime 2,
> and GTA:SA etc that is.
Halo 2 & Metroid Prime 2 are FPS
I prefer short games...
I get the chance to actually complete them.
I get the chance to actually complete them.
Just got it for my cube seems quite a few games are pretty short nowadays but great games none the less.
Apart from the new crop of RPGs coming out, Halo 2, Metroid Prime 2, and GTA:SA etc that is.
Apart from the new crop of RPGs coming out, Halo 2, Metroid Prime 2, and GTA:SA etc that is.
Finally finished it. Clocked up a total of 9 and a half hours of gameplay.
Short but certainly sweet.
Short but certainly sweet.
I've been playing it for 7 hours on the hardest setting according to the game statistics time and I think I might be near the end. 7 hours might not seem like a long time for a game but if it went on for much longer, it'd probably just get repetitive.
Great game though, some excellent visuals and often just plain fun to play.
Great game though, some excellent visuals and often just plain fun to play.
I'm really tempted to get this. Is it a short game?
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