by Silverhaze on Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:06 am
Well I've completely changed my opinions!!
Just Cause on the X360 is bloody great!!! I wasnt overly keen at first because the controls are a bit soggy feeling and the physics is more than a little floaty in cars but I got over that. The sheer freedom and beauty of the game as well as a different story and a slightly new twist on the GTA looking games too.
Just the ability parachute from a chopper, jump to the roof of a car, steal it, jump back on the roof, deploy parachute, fly up and freefall to a passing chopper. Grab the chopper, swing inside and boot the pilot out fly to a new destination, freefall for a bit and then parachute into a boat to chase a new target and all without even once touching the ground!! Thats awesome!!
The fight mechanics are ok too but I found the default dual pistols to be more effective than machine guns.
Definitely getting this game. I want to see what crazyness it has on offer!!
Dead Rising - Played more, found sports shop, went bowling LOL
Totally loving it now!!! The coathangers, the golf clubs and balls!! Everything!! Had a great time wandering round killing zombies this time and cant wait for the full game.
Saints Row - Well having been playing GTA SA again for a bit I tried this again and really enjoyed it!! Yeah the frame rate isnt superb but GTA warmed me up for this and its a lot smoother than Rockstar's effort.
I know its tiny in comparison but the city feels so much more alive! People interract better with you, cars indicate before they turn and random shit goes on everywhere!
We went on a hit n run rampage and saw some interesting results. One where a guy ran to escape us and just before we hit him he jumped up and climbed a fence. Another where we stopped just short of running a woman down and she collapsed onto the floor with her legs splayed and rocked back and forth blubbing to herself before pulling herself together and running away.
Its got physics that blow GTA away completely too and the cars handle in a more realistic way. The people do too as they ragdoll over your car bonnet and bounce off in different directions, sometimes into eachother.
Finally, the last thing I noticed was that hitting a solid object hard enough in a car will send you through the windscreen. Nice touch.
I liked it a fair bit and may consider the full game when it comes out too.
KoHC - I downloaded Titan Quest and its awesome! Some of the best graphics I've seen in an intro in quite a while too. THing is....I downloaded v1.1 and all the patchers I've found since havent worked. I cant find a no-cd patch for version 1.11 so I've had to stick with v1.08 and the patchers all say they encountered a problem right at the end of patching. Im stuck with 1.1 and it crashes and really slows up when you walk into a cave! So much so that the normal beasties almost kill you!
If you download and manage to patch it please let me know how because I really want to play this game some more!! Magic looks damn cool and the graphics are great!
For the people who are still alive.