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Half-Life 2 NDA Lifted - Online Previews Available
captainstupid writes "The first Half-Life 2 previews are hitting the Web, and Shacknews seems to have the first post-NDA preview." There's also a preview at IGN.com, and another at Gamespy, plus yet another at Gamespot, giving us a whole cornucopia of different looks at what may be the most keenly awaited PC game of the year.
What, precisely, makes Metroid Prime innovative, apart from the control scheme?
Don't take this as a critique of MP, as it's one of the most enjoyable games I've played in a long time (excepting Wind Waker, which currently has a stranglehold on my precious gaming hours), but I'd say MP is hardly the first adventure/expoloration game born out in full 3D (Thief and Deus Ex come to mind as prior art). I'll grant you that the platforming/morph ball elements are unique, but I don't think they qualify as innovative.
As for FPS innovation: Planetside. Want arcade-y action mixed with your FPS? The upcoming Tron 2.0 looks very interesting. Battlefield 1942 is a recent example of getting a team-based FPS truly, terribly almost right.
A Tale In the Desert is a current example of a game that defies current MMO conventions and instead prides itself on being a virtual community simulation.
Enigma: Rising Tide is wicked fun, as is Moonbase Commander.
How about Mafia? Sure, it's seen ports to the consoles too, but it started on the PC. Or Freelancer?
So speak not to me of "innovation". It abounds on the PC platform.
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.