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Been playing this a lot recently and I seem to have reawoken my love for it. Multiplayer is just so brilliant, there's so many different modes and options it still feels fresh today.
Been trying out a few new game modes, Leech in particular, and also Shrink. Any game with a team of Monkeys and Robofish with Anaconda playing in the background deserves a medal. It looks hilarious when you have one-shot kills on, slappers only and there's a group of different sized monkeys punching the crap out of each other. The Snowman screaming "I'm melting!" as you lay into him with the flamethrower is genius.
I really can't believe I stopped playing this for so long, it's brilliant. It's no Goldeneye, but still one of the best FPS' I've played.
Oh, and WS, it's brilliant, so shush. :-P
Been trying out a few new game modes, Leech in particular, and also Shrink. Any game with a team of Monkeys and Robofish with Anaconda playing in the background deserves a medal. It looks hilarious when you have one-shot kills on, slappers only and there's a group of different sized monkeys punching the crap out of each other. The Snowman screaming "I'm melting!" as you lay into him with the flamethrower is genius.
I really can't believe I stopped playing this for so long, it's brilliant. It's no Goldeneye, but still one of the best FPS' I've played.
Oh, and WS, it's brilliant, so shush. :-P
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Whitestripes DX wrote:
> You mean, improved from no story and run-and-gun to the end and back,
> to story on par with Postman Pat and medicore level design.
Hey, no need to insult Postman Pat.
> You mean, improved from no story and run-and-gun to the end and back,
> to story on par with Postman Pat and medicore level design.
Hey, no need to insult Postman Pat.
Mav wrote:
> I think it's an excellent game.
>
> Improved single player with a decent story mode,
You mean, improved from no story and run-and-gun to the end and back, to story on par with Postman Pat and medicore level design.
> Then there's also the
> timeless multiplayer than can continue for hours on end.
Timeless? TIMELESS? Only if you fall asleep at the controls. It's a shoddy attempt at being the new GoldenEye, though it doesn't even match it let alone surpass it.
The
> references and similarities to GoldenEye and its gameplay are also
> nostalgically cool.
'nostalgically cool'
'copying' 'lazy' 'cheap' 'rubbish'
> I think it's an excellent game.
>
> Improved single player with a decent story mode,
You mean, improved from no story and run-and-gun to the end and back, to story on par with Postman Pat and medicore level design.
> Then there's also the
> timeless multiplayer than can continue for hours on end.
Timeless? TIMELESS? Only if you fall asleep at the controls. It's a shoddy attempt at being the new GoldenEye, though it doesn't even match it let alone surpass it.
The
> references and similarities to GoldenEye and its gameplay are also
> nostalgically cool.
'nostalgically cool'
'copying' 'lazy' 'cheap' 'rubbish'
Belldandy wrote:
> Strafio wrote:
> And Whitestripes!
>
> SHAME ON YOU for having an OPINION! :-P
>
> Nothing wrong with having an opinion, but it's a good idea to be able
> to back it up with some sort of proof or reasonable evidence.
...
What about the 3 or 4 reasons I listed in my original post outlining why I beleive it to be a crock o' crap?
>
> Are we supposed to believe that a game overwhelmingly popular on all
> formats and that was universally scored in the 80-90% range and
> higher by all magazines is actually crap?
Yes.
Happens all the time. Look at Enter the Matrix: sold like hot cakes and recieved scores mainly in the 8/9 out of 10 range. Yet it was probably the worst game released last year.
Unfortunatly you still haven't progressed past your 'sales figures = game quality' way of thinking. Now we have an even better insight into your gaming:
1) Only buy games that have very high sales
2) Only buy games universally praised
Because of course, magazines are never wrong and the general public isn't full of drooling hedge munchers who couldn't tell Half-Life from Dakatana.
Does Whitestripes have more
> insight into it than all these magazine reviewers and gamers put
> together?
Yep.
> Strafio wrote:
> And Whitestripes!
>
> SHAME ON YOU for having an OPINION! :-P
>
> Nothing wrong with having an opinion, but it's a good idea to be able
> to back it up with some sort of proof or reasonable evidence.
...
What about the 3 or 4 reasons I listed in my original post outlining why I beleive it to be a crock o' crap?
>
> Are we supposed to believe that a game overwhelmingly popular on all
> formats and that was universally scored in the 80-90% range and
> higher by all magazines is actually crap?
Yes.
Happens all the time. Look at Enter the Matrix: sold like hot cakes and recieved scores mainly in the 8/9 out of 10 range. Yet it was probably the worst game released last year.
Unfortunatly you still haven't progressed past your 'sales figures = game quality' way of thinking. Now we have an even better insight into your gaming:
1) Only buy games that have very high sales
2) Only buy games universally praised
Because of course, magazines are never wrong and the general public isn't full of drooling hedge munchers who couldn't tell Half-Life from Dakatana.
Does Whitestripes have more
> insight into it than all these magazine reviewers and gamers put
> together?
Yep.
There's plenty of decent multiplayer levels on TSP2. There's a few cack ones but it was the same with PD and Goldeneye.
Still rate Perfect Dark over it for multiplayer and single player, but it's definetly the best multiplayer shooter on the current consoles.
Still rate Perfect Dark over it for multiplayer and single player, but it's definetly the best multiplayer shooter on the current consoles.
Thing that annoyed me was it was nothing to PD.
It came out years after PD on far more able platforms, and yet it couldn't have all the trillions, not millions, of modes and tweaks that PD had. And the single player was poor even compared to the alien PD levels, which still rocked.
It came out years after PD on far more able platforms, and yet it couldn't have all the trillions, not millions, of modes and tweaks that PD had. And the single player was poor even compared to the alien PD levels, which still rocked.
I think it's an excellent game.
Improved single player with a decent story mode, and a wealth of arcade challenges to keep you going after that. Then there's also the timeless multiplayer than can continue for hours on end. The references and similarities to GoldenEye and its gameplay are also nostalgically cool.
Improved single player with a decent story mode, and a wealth of arcade challenges to keep you going after that. Then there's also the timeless multiplayer than can continue for hours on end. The references and similarities to GoldenEye and its gameplay are also nostalgically cool.
Belldandy wrote:
> Are we supposed to believe that a game overwhelmingly popular on all
> formats and that was universally scored in the 80-90% range and
> higher by all magazines is actually crap?
In that it's shallow, rushed and could have been done better? Yes.
> Are we supposed to believe that a game overwhelmingly popular on all
> formats and that was universally scored in the 80-90% range and
> higher by all magazines is actually crap?
In that it's shallow, rushed and could have been done better? Yes.
Strafio wrote:
>
> And Whitestripes!
>
> SHAME ON YOU for having an OPINION! :-P
Exactly, he should go back to his Hannibal Lector-like cell.
>
> And Whitestripes!
>
> SHAME ON YOU for having an OPINION! :-P
Exactly, he should go back to his Hannibal Lector-like cell.
Belldandy wrote:
> Nothing wrong with having an opinion, but it's a good idea to be able
> to back it up with some sort of proof or reasonable evidence.
Too....much....irony....
> Nothing wrong with having an opinion, but it's a good idea to be able
> to back it up with some sort of proof or reasonable evidence.
Too....much....irony....
Strafio wrote:
> And Whitestripes!
>
> SHAME ON YOU for having an OPINION! :-P
Nothing wrong with having an opinion, but it's a good idea to be able to back it up with some sort of proof or reasonable evidence.
Are we supposed to believe that a game overwhelmingly popular on all formats and that was universally scored in the 80-90% range and higher by all magazines is actually crap? Does Whitestripes have more insight into it than all these magazine reviewers and gamers put together? Unlikely.
> And Whitestripes!
>
> SHAME ON YOU for having an OPINION! :-P
Nothing wrong with having an opinion, but it's a good idea to be able to back it up with some sort of proof or reasonable evidence.
Are we supposed to believe that a game overwhelmingly popular on all formats and that was universally scored in the 80-90% range and higher by all magazines is actually crap? Does Whitestripes have more insight into it than all these magazine reviewers and gamers put together? Unlikely.
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