Post #167,859
8/6/04 11:01:27 AM
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Okay, after buying Doom3 Wednesday Night, 8/4
I <head position=down amount="very low">install the Beast's OS on my Pure Linux Machine</head>.
I then installed Doom3. Heysoos.
For gameplay and overall experience, I judge every "FPS" or Doom style game, by the Ultimate FPS Game (IMO): System Shock (v1)
Well, they did a Great Eval of SS. They got nearly all the Gameplay of SS into D3. They got the Environmental aspects right. The scary parts right, they music change proper (changes as the area changes) and there is even a background heart sound, to sound like you hearing your own heart in you ears...
Overall Experience in this game, 1 to 10 (1 using Word as a game, 10 using SS). I'd give D3 a 9.4. I have a pretty Darn good Machine (not far behind bleed) I can only do 800x600 with most effects... for those HUGE Machine reqs I deducted .3, For getting it right mostly (some of the transitions from room to room are predictable) I only deducted .3.
DOOM3 == 9.4
Discounting Hardware reqs: DOOM3 == 9.7
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Post #167,861
8/6/04 11:13:19 AM
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Curious: What did you think of these titles?
Thief: The Dark Project
Thief: The Metal Age
Thief: Deadly Shadows
System Shock 2
(Feel free not to form an opinion if you haven't played them...)
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Post #168,002
8/6/04 10:04:51 PM
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Own all of them....
Thief: The Dark Project
Thief: The Metal Age
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Any Thief, I don't know why it wouldn't tickle my fancy. They seemed to be very predictable. I could guess where everything was. Lost interest quickly. I don't remember anything stand out... Mainly they were only on the machine for a brief time.
System Shock 2:
Couldn't get this to run on W2K period... I have never tried after W2K... Gotta find that and try now with WXP... (or so says Peter)
Another Very good game, is MDK2. Probably an 8.8 overall. Reason being... LONG and Tough. A bit predictable though... given the Crazyness of this game. Very original.
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyNo matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]Here is an example: [link|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
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Post #168,038
8/7/04 1:07:32 AM
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For SS2 you want this link:
[link|http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60930|http://www.ttlg.com/...hread.php?t=60930]
That should get you up 'n running.
Me, I always liked the Thief series for the flavour. From Constantine's house, to Viktoria's betrayal, to the classic "Life of the Party" - yeah, loot locations were pretty obvious, but it was the feel...
I wish I could replay some of the older animation files. They oozed flavour.
WANTED: Precognitive Telepath for adventuring Partnership. You know where to apply.
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Post #168,088
8/7/04 3:13:47 PM
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Thanks...
I dug up SS2... installed and played it for a bit.
Awesome. Now I have 2 games to get through.
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyNo matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]Here is an example: [link|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
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Post #167,949
8/6/04 4:22:30 PM
8/6/04 4:27:02 PM
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Heh..
Whilst I'm unlikely ever to see such a Thang run.. a review of this calibre (from acknowledged Where's-the-BEEF!? GameGrouch Numero Uno) almost makes me want to see.. if a bunch of transistors could.. -?- -?-
--ever--
Scare Shit outta moi! :-0 :-0
Too... [?]
...... sound of heartbeat as.. it..
goes.. .... . ... . . ______ . ........!...
into
X+X+X
Fibonacci fibrillation
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Edited by Ashton
Aug. 6, 2004, 04:27:02 PM EDT
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Post #167,982
8/6/04 8:47:00 PM
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Scary game elements.
I recall the scrags in Quake were quite terrifying, mostly because of their largely inerrant aim and blook-chilling sound. I remember doing a possibly strange thing to get over them - I fished out their "I'm here" sound from the game .PAK files and set it up at work as my "you've got mail" sound.
Worked a treat.
Wade.
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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