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Anyone played this?
I downloaded the demo and it really is pretty cool. Feels more like a console FPS than a PC one. Lot's of cool gadgets to use. Nice graphics. And funny too: not in the cringeworthy style of normal comedy games, but subtle stuff, like finding a love letter on the guard you just killed, or overhearing a conversation about the symbolism of the HARM salute.
Reccomended, anyway.
I downloaded the demo and it really is pretty cool. Feels more like a console FPS than a PC one. Lot's of cool gadgets to use. Nice graphics. And funny too: not in the cringeworthy style of normal comedy games, but subtle stuff, like finding a love letter on the guard you just killed, or overhearing a conversation about the symbolism of the HARM salute.
Reccomended, anyway.
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Do you never quicksave then?
An example of frustrating game-play.
You accidentally set an alarm off, which sends a load of angry and fully armed bad guys straight to you, you of course stand still and mow them down after each other. When you're done you're left with low ammo for you're gun, no armour because it's been stripped by the ensuing gun fight, and have low health after some of it was depleted when you're armour was stripped.
You then spend the next half hours looking around the section you're on, desperately searching for more health, armour and ammo, because the next section of the game contains an equal amount of bad guys you have to dispatch in pretty much the same way.
I don't know who would find that fun, if anything it's bloody annoying.
I've often found harder difficulty setting don't present more challenges, they just make the game harder. Enemies are more accurate and you take more damage, that doesn't really make for much more challenging game-play. Operation Flashpoint is challenging, you have to think before you act and be aware of the consequences. In a game like NOLF you just have dodge more enemies, and quick save before you do in case you accidentally set off an alarm or something. Not really challenging, just time wasting, at least on easy I can get on with playing the game.
You accidentally set an alarm off, which sends a load of angry and fully armed bad guys straight to you, you of course stand still and mow them down after each other. When you're done you're left with low ammo for you're gun, no armour because it's been stripped by the ensuing gun fight, and have low health after some of it was depleted when you're armour was stripped.
You then spend the next half hours looking around the section you're on, desperately searching for more health, armour and ammo, because the next section of the game contains an equal amount of bad guys you have to dispatch in pretty much the same way.
I don't know who would find that fun, if anything it's bloody annoying.
I've often found harder difficulty setting don't present more challenges, they just make the game harder. Enemies are more accurate and you take more damage, that doesn't really make for much more challenging game-play. Operation Flashpoint is challenging, you have to think before you act and be aware of the consequences. In a game like NOLF you just have dodge more enemies, and quick save before you do in case you accidentally set off an alarm or something. Not really challenging, just time wasting, at least on easy I can get on with playing the game.
Frustration?
Some people call it fun. :-)
I'd rather face a harder challenge on my first try, I would feel as though I was cheating if I completed it on 'easy' first.
Some people call it fun. :-)
I'd rather face a harder challenge on my first try, I would feel as though I was cheating if I completed it on 'easy' first.
Little Hobbo wrote:
> I can't believe you pansies, playing through a game at easiest
> difficulty on the first try. Those options are to cater for
> beginners, and I know that you at least Cipro are not a beginner. I
> felt quite shamed at starting NOLF 1 as low as normal difficulty.
The only reason I played on the easier difficulty setting was because on some of the stealth missions the developers rather stupidly put spawn points down for the enemies.
I don't particularly find it fun getting killed by a dozen or so enemy soldiers when I accidentally set off an alarm, and it doesn't help that they’re an infinite number of them. Also, you take more damage on the harder difficulty settings, and the enemies aim is allot more sharper, adding to the frustration.
That's the only real problem I have with the game, and now I've done it once I can go through again with some knowledge of the levels and hopefully complete them without causing this infuriating problem.
> I can't believe you pansies, playing through a game at easiest
> difficulty on the first try. Those options are to cater for
> beginners, and I know that you at least Cipro are not a beginner. I
> felt quite shamed at starting NOLF 1 as low as normal difficulty.
The only reason I played on the easier difficulty setting was because on some of the stealth missions the developers rather stupidly put spawn points down for the enemies.
I don't particularly find it fun getting killed by a dozen or so enemy soldiers when I accidentally set off an alarm, and it doesn't help that they’re an infinite number of them. Also, you take more damage on the harder difficulty settings, and the enemies aim is allot more sharper, adding to the frustration.
That's the only real problem I have with the game, and now I've done it once I can go through again with some knowledge of the levels and hopefully complete them without causing this infuriating problem.
I can't believe you pansies, playing through a game at easiest difficulty on the first try. Those options are to cater for beginners, and I know that you at least Cipro are not a beginner. I felt quite shamed at starting NOLF 1 as low as normal difficulty.
Also, When I have completed a game, to play it through again is more boring, maybe even venturing into the territory of tediousness. If anything I'd complete it on normal first and then play it through on superspy. Never more than twice. Completed Half-Life twice, first time was a revelation, second time was a chore.
Then again maybe I'm just more impatient than everyone else. :-)
Also, When I have completed a game, to play it through again is more boring, maybe even venturing into the territory of tediousness. If anything I'd complete it on normal first and then play it through on superspy. Never more than twice. Completed Half-Life twice, first time was a revelation, second time was a chore.
Then again maybe I'm just more impatient than everyone else. :-)
Yep, there better be :D
Well, they sorta hint at another one at the end...
Well, they sorta hint at another one at the end...
I was thinking about trying the superspy difficulty, but hey, I'm good just not that good, yet ;)
Great game though, looks like they'll be a NOLF3 before long, I bloody hope there is anyway.
Great game though, looks like they'll be a NOLF3 before long, I bloody hope there is anyway.
Yeah, same here. I'll either try it on Normal or Hard. Not Superspy yet :)
Yep, NOLF 2 is to blame for my break from the forums, I've been playing allot through the week. It is shorter than the original, though that could be down to the fact they've cut down on those mammoth cut scenes.
I was also playing it on easy, and because of that the game was fairly easy to get through. I'm going to start again tomorrow or later on through the week on a much harder difficulty setting, it should make the game last a while longer.
I was also playing it on easy, and because of that the game was fairly easy to get through. I'm going to start again tomorrow or later on through the week on a much harder difficulty setting, it should make the game last a while longer.
Is it rather short or something?
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