Quick rundown of new games
Oct. 21st, 2005 06:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azekeil- Black and White 2: Buggy as hell. Wait for v1.2 patch. Playability seems less over first version. Disappointment; seems to be focussed on graphics. Graphics require a pixel shader to run. Hmm.
- Age of Empires III: Less depth than AoEII. Seems to be focussed on graphics.
- Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War: Winter Assault: More of the same, which is good if you like that sort of thing. Imperial Guard's top weapon seems a tad overpowered - it's a tank you can clear the level with.
- Dungeon Siege II: This follows on from the first one, giving a lot more depth to the game which improves everything lots. Actually good fun, and fairly speedy to run.
Currently awaiting: Quake 4, F.E.A.R.
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Date: 2005-10-21 05:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-21 05:52 pm (UTC)From what I can gather, there does appear to be a bit of a lashback against the publishers who release titles which focus more on graphics than playability. I should hope so too, because more of the titles released recently have fallen foul of this age old eyecandy problem than ever before (IMHO)..
There ARE some damn good games out there though. Oh, like Dungeon Siege 2, which I will add to the list.
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Date: 2005-10-21 06:08 pm (UTC)Bring on Oblivion !!!
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Date: 2005-10-21 06:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-22 12:20 am (UTC)I'm not sure about Oblivion yet - I didn't particularly get on with Morrowind so......
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Date: 2005-10-22 12:22 am (UTC)The game is pretty much ready to go though...
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Date: 2005-10-21 06:05 pm (UTC)I've played both Q4 and FEAR, have to say FEAR's better. The Q4 campaign treads a familiar path but it's more involving than its brother Doom 3. Mission styles very similar to Star Wars Repblic Commando. FEAR's a horror story stapled onto a HL2-esque corridor hunt. Enjoyed what I've played (enemy actually have semi-interesting AI), but a few levels in it's gonna have to change direction to keep my interest.
Multiplayer is where FEAR shines tho, a very Quake 2 experience in Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and CTF. Havent tried Q4 online, but a quick local server looksee reveals a repeat of Q3 multiplayer, take it or leave it.
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Date: 2005-10-21 06:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-21 07:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-21 10:08 pm (UTC)Hopefully when it gets released Civ IV will be fantastic!
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