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Author: fleinn
Posted: June 14, 2011 (04:17 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
lol? I agree the story-telling is much less interesting in I2 than I1 (even if it does try well to make the karmic choices a bit less black and white, and more dependent on situation. The Karma-moments are gone, though). And it has several serious problems with plot that goes nowhere for.. hours.. unless you pick up on the future karma-choice the scene is supposed to create tension for.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: June 14, 2011 (11:31 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I like that our reviews for this game are very different. so much more interesting than agreements!
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Author: Suskie
Posted: June 14, 2011 (05:18 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Karma choices were the one thing the first Infamous got completely wrong, and I'm hearing everywhere that the sequel handles them even more poorly. This is a shame. I still want to play Infamous 2 if it's anywhere near as good as the first one, but if there's a third one, I hope Sucker Punch sticks to their strengths and leaves this miserable (and completely unnecessary) moral choice crap out.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: June 15, 2011 (12:11 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I don't know that I've ever seen moral choice done well (except I enjoyed it in Heavy Rain, but then that was kind've the entire point of Heavy Rain) in a game (and we've recently discussed where adventure games don't fit in with the other "game" designations).
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Author: Suskie
Posted: June 15, 2011 (01:01 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
See, the problem is that KOTOR is the game that made moral choices popular, and the Star Wars universe is one of the few where stark good-and-evil actually makes sense. I frankly like it more when a game drops the morality slider altogether and allows us to make choices in the moment, rather than having to commit to one direction or the other for the entirety of the game.
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Author: fleinn
Posted: June 15, 2011 (07:38 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
..the thing is that the choices you make in inFamous are supposed to test you towards the cartoon superhero role Kessler (the antagonist) is shaping for you. So you're not really asked to make morally grey choices. What you're asked to do is ultimately to make a choice between sacrificing yourself, or being egotistical. The two endings in I2 play perfectly into that.
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Author: Lewis
Posted: June 15, 2011 (07:56 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Actually, I'd say the first Dragon Age handled moral choices extremely well. Think about all the stuff in Orzammar. Nothing was clear-cut there.
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Author: tharjack
Posted: June 15, 2011 (10:12 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
everyone one is entitled to there opinion of course but it seems to me that 5 for Infamous 2 and L.A. Noire is quite harsh, i think its possible your missing something here such as the nuance and beauty of both games, your certainty in the minority on those scores.
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: June 15, 2011 (10:49 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
There's nothing wrong with being in the minority on a score. It doesn't mean he's missing something--it just means it didn't work for him.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: June 15, 2011 (01:52 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
And actually LA Noire, while talked up by the popular press, has been getting more lukewarm reviews from actual gamers.
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Author: fleinn
Posted: June 16, 2011 (08:15 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
..if anyone cares, I don't really disagree with the score either. It's just that the only redeeming feature in the game is the overarching plot setup and the parkour (which really isn't as fun as in the first game until you get through the story-line, open up the other areas, and get some neat powers). Besides that the fights have their moments, with the limited destruction and physics, and so on. On the other hand they're not as hands on as in the first game - it seems more floaty. Imo, the entire departure from the cartoon moments in I1 is.. a sad story, that happens to Sony sequels all round.. Better graphics, but less fluid animation, etc.
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Author: fleinn
Posted: June 23, 2011 (02:34 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
"Of course if you like to be a nit picking critical douche when it comes to PS3 exclusives then sure you can find faults with this game(*cough*like the reviewer*cough*)"
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Author: realgamer17
Posted: June 23, 2011 (02:36 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Infamous 2 def has much smoother animations then the firstborn one.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: June 23, 2011 (02:38 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'm deleting your post because you were unable to offer your dissent without calling the review's author names. That's not likely to give your thoughts much credibility anywhere on the Internet, especially here. As for your suggestion that the site was started by a bunch of Microsoft fanboys, it made me chuckle. I started the site before Xbox was even around and out of the current batch of consoles, the Xbox 360 is the one that has done the least to interest me. I don't have Tom Chick review games for the site because I suspect him of being an Xbox loyalist or anything like that. I have him write reviews because he's a great writer and a long-time gamer who a lot of readers rightly trust to provide quality opinions on the latest games. Thanks for your feedback. If you leave any in the future, I hope it's not too much to ask that you be respectful.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: June 23, 2011 (02:42 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I love it when people come to this site specifically to flame and pick funny usernames. He's a real gamer, you see! UNLIKE THE GUY WHO WROTE THIS REVIEW! HEY NOW!
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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: June 24, 2011 (12:29 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
He's a real gamer, you see! UNLIKE THE GUY WHO WROTE THIS REVIEW!
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Author: WhisperingMadness
Posted: June 24, 2011 (02:20 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
We all love it when "real gamers" tell us just how wrong our thought process is. After all, if it's a new game and there are commercials on TV for it, it obviously is either a 9 or 10. And if you say it's a 9, you better have a damn good reason for why it's not a 10.
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Author: fleinn
Posted: June 25, 2011 (06:49 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
:D possible explanations for grades on PCGamerUK after the apocralypse, for example:
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