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 Posted: Mon, 27th Feb 2006 23:47 Post subject: Etrom: The Astral Essence Demo |
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deelix
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deelix
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| Posted: Tue, 28th Feb 2006 09:37 Post subject: |
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Parallax_
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| Posted: Tue, 28th Feb 2006 16:12 Post subject: |
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Uh, playstation game? Looks like direct port crap.
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Mar 2006 16:10 Post subject: |
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Full version is out now
"This nonlinear action RPG is set in a dark futuristic world and will feature no less than seven different endings."
Doesn't sound too bad.
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Mar 2006 16:14 Post subject: |
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Finally an RPG... I haven't played one for ages. Doesn't look that bad, and with 7 different endings can be quite good. Atleast enough to waste our time until Oblivion shows up.
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Mar 2006 16:24 Post subject: |
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It sounds good, but looks really bad.
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Mar 2006 16:44 Post subject: |
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don`t waste your hdd this one is REAL crap
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Mar 2006 18:30 Post subject: |
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| Hfric wrote: | | don`t waste your hdd this one is REAL crap |
whats so crappy about it?
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Mar 2006 19:07 Post subject: |
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| Glottis wrote: | | Hfric wrote: | | don`t waste your hdd this one is REAL crap |
whats so crappy about it? |
why is this game so crapy let me think :
- is a lame Summoner rip off ,
- you control your main hero the same way ,
- there is no active-pause and in the choas of war you can lost your hero ,
-your hero can use guns and swords but try to run out off ammo and your life is shitty becoz you can only buy it in stores and sword fighting is a joke in a world that a enemy can shot you with a sniper rifle ,
-story is shity , you can say the grafics are nice but the controls are crap ,
Didn`t like this game becoz it has no climate and i miss the active-pause
Dungeon siege is way better then this |
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Mar 2006 20:32 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Mar 2006 21:40 Post subject: |
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Just played it, I can confirm that the game is absolute shit.
When you boot into the demo, you're presented with an intro that looks like a trailer for a D-list fantasy remake done by a bunch of college kids in their 3DSMAX class. What follows isn't much better. You're booted into a room with no clue what you're doing there, and a bunch of text on your screen (hint: right-clicking the text will make it go away.) only after you're done with a 30-minute sermon in the spirit of "woe is me" are you allowed to actually move. After that, it'll take a while to figure out how to actually move and generally play the game.
Your health bar starts out nice and full, and you're given a bunch of potions, some ammo, and a pistol. Standard fare for a game like this, except that by the time my overpowered avatar had figured out how to shoot, 80% of that nice health bar was gone. No biggie, I got what, 20 potions? I can deal with this.
Gulp...
Gulp...
Gulp...
Gulp...
MOTHERFUCKERWTFTHISISBULLSHITGIVEMEADECENTHEALTHPOTIONYOUPRICKS!!!!
Gulp...
still at 40%, out of potions, I decided to pay my friend the shopkeeper a visit. Killing a bunch of guards, criminals, and "fateless" (I'm guessing these are armed civillians,) I make it to the shop where I sell their pitiful gear and a credit card one of the criminals dropped. Lock and load >=)
I load up on ammo and potions and go outside for a second try. After a little exercise, and a few more losers, I run across a mech with three bodyguards, who pretty much shoot the living dogsh** out of me before I manage to lose them.
Fast forward and, with a lot more cursing, I finally figure out that my avatar didn't even bother equipping his armor before going outside where, as he states in the poorly voiced-over intro, everyone hates him. I don't know about this dude, but if I was in a post-apocalyptic shithole, and most of the [very heavily] armed soldiers outside hated me, I wouldn't take off that armor to take a piss.
I finally figured out that farming the grunts for weapons and credit cards for a little while would get me the results I wanted, but after two or three runs got bored and quit.
Strengths:
- It actually runs
Weaknesses:
- The UI is the worst in recent recollection
- Game balancing decisions seem to have been made with bets on a monkey knife-fight
- The developers didn't bother voicing over the NPC dialogue
Verdict: I want my 800MB back.
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Mar 2006 22:12 Post subject: |
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well this game would be good IF :
- there was a active-pause
- More shops
- turn based ( like fallout ) fights
- they would be a button to highlight the items that are on the ground
- voice acting , hell yeah we what it YOU GOT A DVD SO FILL IT
anyway 5 days till OBLIVION 
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| Posted: Wed, 15th Mar 2006 06:39 Post subject: |
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| Glottis wrote: | Full version is out now
"This nonlinear action RPG is set in a dark futuristic world and will feature no less than seven different endings."
Doesn't sound too bad. |
Only reason I was willing to try it was that quote.
Now... quote this... "don't do it"
With every intention of liking this game... can't.
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