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Ok, I don't know much about this game but the way I see it Rockstar seem to have been easing us into what it has to offer.
First, they gave us brought us Max Payne: linear, but fantastic plot and a good head of violence. Then they gave us GTA3: muchos violence, interesting twisty plot, but not at all linear - complete the missions in a variety of ways, or sack then off and blow stuff up! Grand!
Now they're bringing us State of Emergency which, from what I've heard seems to pour all the emphasis on violence and throws in a bit of plot for fun... however vague it may be!
Now, we thought GTA3 would bring controversy, I mean - a game where it is entirely possible to drag an old lady from her vehicle and kick her in the crotch until she drops her pension and needs a body bag, if one so wishes, was bound to kick up some fuss, in fact, a lot of fuss. However, thats not all that game would do. It would also: take some beating (no pun intended).
Well, just when you thought "eep! kicking old ladies to death! how can a game get more sick than that?". S.O.E seeks to answer that question; imagine a world much like that of Liberty City... only were riots are the order of the day, rather than just bog standard crime.
Ok, now place the same, generic old lady, on the floor in front of you. Hmmm.... she needs a good kicking you'll think. So there you are slamming a foot into the old dears gut. "Hang on, how is this any different to GTA3?" I hear you cry. Well, imagine that the foot doing the slamming, while being controlled by your character, doesn't actually belong to your character. Imagine it belongs to the random bystander you just tore it off and left to bleed to death!
Yup, apparently, this course of action is at your disposal in State of Emergency. Maybe this doesn't crumble your cookies, I don't know, but I think it sounds like fun!
Besides, it'll keep me from doing it in the real world.
Either way, ladies and gentlemen, we have our "most contraversial game of 2002"! And only a couple of weeks away.
Perfect timing, seeing as even we "the working gamer" who would love to be "hardcore" but have too much stuff to get in their way, will be getting round to clearing GTA3 by now and need something to quash those violent urges that could see us back out on the streets sniffing glue and pounding hippies....
But no, Rockstar see to it that we're safe in our houses playing computer games... AGAIN.
Yay Rockstar games! Rockstar for President and such favourable banter!
Mmmm.... limb removal.
I'm going to bed.
First, they gave us brought us Max Payne: linear, but fantastic plot and a good head of violence. Then they gave us GTA3: muchos violence, interesting twisty plot, but not at all linear - complete the missions in a variety of ways, or sack then off and blow stuff up! Grand!
Now they're bringing us State of Emergency which, from what I've heard seems to pour all the emphasis on violence and throws in a bit of plot for fun... however vague it may be!
Now, we thought GTA3 would bring controversy, I mean - a game where it is entirely possible to drag an old lady from her vehicle and kick her in the crotch until she drops her pension and needs a body bag, if one so wishes, was bound to kick up some fuss, in fact, a lot of fuss. However, thats not all that game would do. It would also: take some beating (no pun intended).
Well, just when you thought "eep! kicking old ladies to death! how can a game get more sick than that?". S.O.E seeks to answer that question; imagine a world much like that of Liberty City... only were riots are the order of the day, rather than just bog standard crime.
Ok, now place the same, generic old lady, on the floor in front of you. Hmmm.... she needs a good kicking you'll think. So there you are slamming a foot into the old dears gut. "Hang on, how is this any different to GTA3?" I hear you cry. Well, imagine that the foot doing the slamming, while being controlled by your character, doesn't actually belong to your character. Imagine it belongs to the random bystander you just tore it off and left to bleed to death!
Yup, apparently, this course of action is at your disposal in State of Emergency. Maybe this doesn't crumble your cookies, I don't know, but I think it sounds like fun!
Besides, it'll keep me from doing it in the real world.
Either way, ladies and gentlemen, we have our "most contraversial game of 2002"! And only a couple of weeks away.
Perfect timing, seeing as even we "the working gamer" who would love to be "hardcore" but have too much stuff to get in their way, will be getting round to clearing GTA3 by now and need something to quash those violent urges that could see us back out on the streets sniffing glue and pounding hippies....
But no, Rockstar see to it that we're safe in our houses playing computer games... AGAIN.
Yay Rockstar games! Rockstar for President and such favourable banter!
Mmmm.... limb removal.
I'm going to bed.
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This game looks better each time I see it - The preview I saw looked awesome with hundreds of people all running about at the same time!! This will be next on my list!!
but rockstar published it :)
Remedy Entertainment did Max PAyne, not Rockstar.
Just thought I'd point that out.
Just thought I'd point that out.
i had a look at the video of this game and it rocks.....the frame rate is electric! and stays like that even with so many geezers on the screen....and in the vid this fatty was being chased by this group of people and one lobbed a bottle which hit him clean on the 'ed.....smashed....then they beat him to a pulp on the floor an th S.W.A.T team came in with their pepper spray!
Using Limbs as weapons?! cool! I remeber you could pull your opponents leg off and beat them to death as a fatality on Mortal Kombat!
it prob does, most of the new rockstar games do as its such a powerful and easy tool to bend to whatever you want
Okay, I should have read all of the post first before replying, leason learnt.
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