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Author: radicaldreamer
Posted: April 18, 2011 (08:47 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I don't quite get what you're saying about the multiplayer. When I played the multiplayer demo, it was people invisible almost all the time.
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Author: True
Posted: April 18, 2011 (09:01 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Nice review. One thing:
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Author: Suskie
Posted: April 18, 2011 (09:08 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I don't quite get what you're saying about the multiplayer. When I played the multiplayer demo, it was people invisible almost all the time.
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: April 18, 2011 (09:21 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
mind you = mind
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Author: True
Posted: April 18, 2011 (10:09 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Eh?!
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Author: darketernal
Posted: April 19, 2011 (04:33 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Interesting view of the game, reviews and opinions I saw so far were all universally negative, ranging from timid "they removed half the armor powers from the first Crysis", to the not so timid "They made it retarded for console users", "The graphics are uglier then the first one" and so on and so on. I played the first Crysis, and while it was breath takingly beautiful it was a pretty standard shooter(with an awesome last fight). I might check this out one day.
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: April 19, 2011 (07:32 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
True, I was just saying that you can use "mind" in place of "mind you" and it means the same thing.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: April 19, 2011 (08:22 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
To be honest, DE, I'd probably like Crysis 2 a lot less if I'd played the first one beforehand, because I can definitely see where it would have been a step down (mainly in the more linear level design, as I mentioned). But the suit powers were something of a revelation for me, which was a big factor in why I enjoyed the game as much as I did. Plus, I'm rarely of the opinion that a disappointing sequel is always a bad game. My instincts tell me I should have hated Dragon Age II, but I didn't.
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Author: darketernal
Posted: April 19, 2011 (08:44 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I understand. I don't want to jump on the Dragon Age bandwagon just yet because I didn't play it yet, but yeah, the games of today are getting far too streamlined, and even without playing it, I'm sort of glad that Bioware(and I will presume Crytek too) get a certain fan backlash for cutting off their games the way they did. This will only intensify further on if they fuck up Deus Ex.
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Author: Halon
Posted: April 19, 2011 (08:56 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'm NOT one of those people who are anti-console and going to complain that console limitations are killing gaming or anything, but I HATE how every game is turning into a crappy Call of Duty. The original Crysis actually had decent multiplayer via Crysis Wars and Crysis 2's multiplayer demo (which was basically Call of Duty with a fancy suit) really turned me off. The talk about how linear and restrictive Crysis 2's gameplay is doesn't help much, either.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: April 19, 2011 (10:57 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
The silly thing about this is that Call of Duty fans aren't going to leave Call of Duty for something exactly the same. Halo used to be the console shooter to beat, and that only changed when gamers got hooked on a different type of multiplayer (and, oddly enough, Halo: Reach actually feels somewhat unique in today's market). If EA really wants CoD's fanbase, they'll need to create the next multiplayer craze, rather than mimicking the current one.
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Author: True
Posted: April 19, 2011 (11:11 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
True, I was just saying that you can use "mind" in place of "mind you" and it means the same thing.
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: April 19, 2011 (12:09 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You're not an idiot. Suskie's just mad smaht (said in a Boston accent).
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Author: fleinn
Posted: April 19, 2011 (12:34 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
..or he's just British :p
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Author: Suskie
Posted: April 19, 2011 (12:36 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Hey, I was watching The Departed last night too.
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: April 19, 2011 (01:25 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
The Departed? I was talkin' about Good Will Hunting! But The Departed will do. And oh, while I'm in here--nice review, too.
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Author: Halon
Posted: April 19, 2011 (06:23 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Of course it's not going to sell as much as CoD but I really don't think developers are trying to do that. It'll still sell a few million copies, which is probably more than the original sold. Better to play it safe and get a decent number of sales than take a risk and potentially flop I suppose.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: April 19, 2011 (06:45 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I was talking specifically about EA. Homefront sold well because it's so much like CoD and I'm sure THQ is happy with that, but EA products will always sell well anyway and the company has said on numerous occasions that they're trying to overtake CoD, and that they believe IPs like Battlefield and Medal of Honor have the potential to do so. Simply having a successful franchise isn't enough for them.
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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: May 02, 2011 (12:41 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
While hanging out with a friend yesterday, we played this and had a good time with it. Only got through about half the game or so, as the rental didn't come with instructions, so we were kinda gradually learning our way through the game. I agree about the "feel like a badass in different ways" aspect of this review. Trading off the controls, we both seemed to have different styles. He loved the armor upgrade ability for more intensive combat (which, admittedly, worked out well for him as the aliens started playing more of a role). I preferred cloaking and sneaking...to the point where during the level you're setting up a diversion by blowing up stuff near a church, I was in full evasion mode running from one objective to another only close-range shotgunning nearby solo foes when my suit was running low on juice.
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