Blood does a better job with the horror genre. Doesn't matter that it's not scary. They pulled off the atmosphere beautifully. I mean spooky carnival? C'mon.
You can compare anything to anything, regardless of the time in which they were released. It just depends entirely what criteria you're judging them on. A good example is the Star Wars movies, and their atrocious prequals.
The AI in blood worked just fine. It's true it doesn't have any complex AI, but that doesn't detract from the gameplay. It is also true that the mouse support for blood was dodgey. I managed to get it working properly on Dosbox though, and it plays just like any proper keyboard and mouse FPS. Mind you there is something to be said for cutting your teeth on FPS's that only used the keyboard..
I claim that FEAR isn't as good as Blood because I've seen the sort of quality Monolith can produce, even in this ancient game. Then I look at FEAR; which is just a generic shooter with no style to speak of. If Monolith could bring back the genius they had in Blood and incorporate it into something with modern graphics they'd actually have something worth selling.
The problem is Monolith made Blood, which is the greatest first person shooter ever made. So any subsequent first person shooters they make are going to be compared to that. Unfortunately their latest foray into the horror FPS genre doesn't even come close to the genius of Blood.
How convenient. I just bought a copy of Left4Dead brought it home and tried to install it only to discover the CD key that came with the game was already in use (which is odd since the game was in a sealed package). So I went off to valve support to try and get the situation remedied. Their support is anything but efficient or helpful. So then I went back to the store where I bought the game to get an exchange. Wouldn't you know it they have a policy of not having anything to do with games that have been opened. So for the time being thanks to copy protection I'm out $50 for a legitimate copy of a game. Add this story to the big board. Next time I want a game I'll just download the cracked version.
So does this mean from now on the Himan's going to look like a woman, dress in ostentatious outfits, openly weep, and complain about his life every time he murders somebody with a ball peen hammer?
Yeah, that report had a very broad definition of what qualified as a 'gaming PC' considering netbooks and laptops were included in the figure. Guess you can still play solitare on them though.
Just giving something a keyboard and mouse doesn't make it a PC. They're just input peripherals. It'd still be a gaming machine. The idea would be to get away from the mind numbing expense of PC's and have the ease of use of console gaming.
I do realize that, yes. That's what I'm saying. First person shooters and strategy games would do a lot better on consoles if keyboards and mice were available. Plus they could have better internet capabilities on consoles. And there're things like mmorpgs that'd benefit as well. I can see the next gen consoles being powerful enough so there's no excuse to rely on PCs for gaming anymore.
In my case I've pretty much given up playing games on my pc. There're better games on the consoles, and like you said, they're ready to go out of the box (unless you're running a game that requires some idiotic install). For the amount I'd spend on upgrades on my PC I could get a PS3, and the thing has a built in blu ray player. So really the deck's stacked against PC's.
It'll be interesting to see what the new consoles come up with (I have a hunch it'll entail more hard drive space, better graphics and processors) If the console makers actually use full keyboard and mouse support for their new consoles they could do a lot of damage to the pc gaming market. I mean A LOT. Really, I mean it.
That'll be a welcome change. Battlefield 1942 was way too focused on who got to fly the plane, shooting down whoever go the plane before you, trying to park a jeep on the plane to see if it could take off with it, trying to do a bridge loop in the Market Garden level with the plane, winding up as a tail gunner in a plane and shooting the tail out for sheer spite, and trying to stand on the plane while it was flying.
Rogers may not be your only option. I was previously under the impression that either Bell or Rogers were my only options for internet. Then I found out about Teksavvy, and switched over to them. Significantly less bullshit, and WAY WAY WAY cheaper. Before I was getting nailed with $70-$80 bills every month from Bell and they'd just put 'bandwidth usage' with the added cost of all the gigs I went over my 50 gig limit (not being terribly specific in that regard mind you). Plus the bastards were throttling my connection.
Nice thing with Teksavvy is they have an unlimited bandwidth option and it's cheaper than Rogers.
NASA was originally working on a standard walking robot for use delivering coffee and snacks to NASA employees. However, when it took a bad spill down five flights of stairs and was discovered to be still largely operational it was re-purposed as a 'mountain climbing robot'.
I'm not particularly well versed in the ins and outs of every niche of the OS market, but just the other day Slashdot had an article about how it was a bad idea for Linux to consolidate all their builds into one OS. The reasoning for this was because of all the different groups who use them. Whereas when Microsoft does this sort of thing it's inherently bad because it's just a blatant cash grab, and not an attempt to broaden their market.
This is just awful. Clearly without Steve Jobs at the helm Apple is spiraling out of control. Video calling? What's next? Some sort of device that allows you to listen to music on the phone? Mark my words. This is the beginning of the end.
I think Bungie, or Microsoft or whoever thinks that Halo is so bloody popular because it's Halo. Which is probably true, but only in the realms of first person shooters. Once you take all that generic space marine action and bring it into the realm of giants like Starcraft, and Dawn of War, and even Command and Conquer (though not really a space marine RTS). Halo starts to look a lot more stale, and it becomes obvious that the developers are more interested in making money than innovative games. If they were interested in good games they'd bring back Myth.
Given the state of Limewire I'm not sure I'd want them involved in Urban planning.
'And over here we have the hot teenage girl has shaking orgasm memorial park, and across the way is wicked remix plaza, and 700 fake Main streets that give you cancer if you drive on them'
It's apparently fairly easy to fool a lie detector, and it's gotten to the point now where lie detector tests can't be submitted as evidence in court because they're so unreliable. Mind you, they still have a use on Maury to determine who's been cheating on who. That's always entertaining.
That's a complete strawman argument. I wasn't arguing against the existence of the technology of spying on people I was saying this guy doesn't seem credible based on the lack of evidence. He makes a lot of vague statements that people, especially on the network he's being interviewed on are more than willing to believe. No different than a UFO proponant making their claims to a sympathetic audience. Doesn't mean either is telling the truth though.
This guy doesn't come off as credible at ALL. He reminds me a lot of those UFO nuts who can go on at length about secret cover ups and the like, but can't actually give any proof. Always some sort of excuse.
Honestly you can't blame them. They had a slew of obnoxious tourists who got really drunk and trashed the aft section of the station. It was so bad they had to detach the entire section and crash it into the pacific ocean.
That's is sort of a dumb argument. The idea is that if gamers try a game and decide it's not worth buying, they won't buy it? Does this apply to game rentals as well? What about game reviews? In those cases developers won't see any revenue for their games, but it allows gamers a glimpse of what the game is. In the perfect world developers would make nothing but great games and we wouldn't have to worry about trying them before hand. Unfortunately that's not the case.
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Blood does a better job with the horror genre. Doesn't matter that it's not scary. They pulled off the atmosphere beautifully.
I mean spooky carnival? C'mon.
You can compare anything to anything, regardless of the time in which they were released. It just depends entirely what criteria you're judging them on. A good example is the Star Wars movies, and their atrocious prequals.
The AI in blood worked just fine. It's true it doesn't have any complex AI, but that doesn't detract from the gameplay. It is also true that the mouse support for blood was dodgey. I managed to get it working properly on Dosbox though, and it plays just like any proper keyboard and mouse FPS. Mind you there is something to be said for cutting your teeth on FPS's that only used the keyboard..
I claim that FEAR isn't as good as Blood because I've seen the sort of quality Monolith can produce, even in this ancient game. Then I look at FEAR; which is just a generic shooter with no style to speak of. If Monolith could bring back the genius they had in Blood and incorporate it into something with modern graphics they'd actually have something worth selling.
The problem is Monolith made Blood, which is the greatest first person shooter ever made. So any subsequent first person shooters they make are going to be compared to that. Unfortunately their latest foray into the horror FPS genre doesn't even come close to the genius of Blood.
Valve isn't exactly sprightly when it comes to their customer support.
How convenient. I just bought a copy of Left4Dead brought it home and tried to install it only to discover the CD key that came with the game was already in use (which is odd since the game was in a sealed package). So I went off to valve support to try and get the situation remedied. Their support is anything but efficient or helpful. So then I went back to the store where I bought the game to get an exchange. Wouldn't you know it they have a policy of not having anything to do with games that have been opened. So for the time being thanks to copy protection I'm out $50 for a legitimate copy of a game. Add this story to the big board. Next time I want a game I'll just download the cracked version.
So does this mean from now on the Himan's going to look like a woman, dress in ostentatious outfits, openly weep, and complain about his life every time he murders somebody with a ball peen hammer?
No.. Courts make decisions based on evidence. Like in this case where there's no evidence supporting the claim that vaccines cause autism.
Yeah, that report had a very broad definition of what qualified as a 'gaming PC' considering netbooks and laptops were included in the figure. Guess you can still play solitare on them though.
Just giving something a keyboard and mouse doesn't make it a PC. They're just input peripherals. It'd still be a gaming machine. The idea would be to get away from the mind numbing expense of PC's and have the ease of use of console gaming.
I do realize that, yes. That's what I'm saying. First person shooters and strategy games would do a lot better on consoles if keyboards and mice were available. Plus they could have better internet capabilities on consoles. And there're things like mmorpgs that'd benefit as well. I can see the next gen consoles being powerful enough so there's no excuse to rely on PCs for gaming anymore.
In my case I've pretty much given up playing games on my pc. There're better games on the consoles, and like you said, they're ready to go out of the box (unless you're running a game that requires some idiotic install). For the amount I'd spend on upgrades on my PC I could get a PS3, and the thing has a built in blu ray player. So really the deck's stacked against PC's.
It'll be interesting to see what the new consoles come up with (I have a hunch it'll entail more hard drive space, better graphics and processors) If the console makers actually use full keyboard and mouse support for their new consoles they could do a lot of damage to the pc gaming market. I mean A LOT. Really, I mean it.
"Battlefield 1943 will be focused on multiplayer"
That'll be a welcome change. Battlefield 1942 was way too focused on who got to fly the plane, shooting down whoever go the plane before you, trying to park a jeep on the plane to see if it could take off with it, trying to do a bridge loop in the Market Garden level with the plane, winding up as a tail gunner in a plane and shooting the tail out for sheer spite, and trying to stand on the plane while it was flying.
Rogers may not be your only option. I was previously under the impression that either Bell or Rogers were my only options for internet. Then I found out about Teksavvy, and switched over to them. Significantly less bullshit, and WAY WAY WAY cheaper.
Before I was getting nailed with $70-$80 bills every month from Bell and they'd just put 'bandwidth usage' with the added cost of all the gigs I went over my 50 gig limit (not being terribly specific in that regard mind you). Plus the bastards were throttling my connection.
Nice thing with Teksavvy is they have an unlimited bandwidth option and it's cheaper than Rogers.
http://www.teksavvy.com/
NASA was originally working on a standard walking robot for use delivering coffee and snacks to NASA employees. However, when it took a bad spill down five flights of stairs and was discovered to be still largely operational it was re-purposed as a 'mountain climbing robot'.
I'm not particularly well versed in the ins and outs of every niche of the OS market, but just the other day Slashdot had an article about how it was a bad idea for Linux to consolidate all their builds into one OS. The reasoning for this was because of all the different groups who use them. Whereas when Microsoft does this sort of thing it's inherently bad because it's just a blatant cash grab, and not an attempt to broaden their market.
This is just awful. Clearly without Steve Jobs at the helm Apple is spiraling out of control. Video calling? What's next? Some sort of device that allows you to listen to music on the phone? Mark my words. This is the beginning of the end.
I think Bungie, or Microsoft or whoever thinks that Halo is so bloody popular because it's Halo. Which is probably true, but only in the realms of first person shooters. Once you take all that generic space marine action and bring it into the realm of giants like Starcraft, and Dawn of War, and even Command and Conquer (though not really a space marine RTS). Halo starts to look a lot more stale, and it becomes obvious that the developers are more interested in making money than innovative games. If they were interested in good games they'd bring back Myth.
Given the state of Limewire I'm not sure I'd want them involved in Urban planning.
'And over here we have the hot teenage girl has shaking orgasm memorial park, and across the way is wicked remix plaza, and 700 fake Main streets that give you cancer if you drive on them'
It's apparently fairly easy to fool a lie detector, and it's gotten to the point now where lie detector tests can't be submitted as evidence in court because they're so unreliable. Mind you, they still have a use on Maury to determine who's been cheating on who. That's always entertaining.
That's a complete strawman argument. I wasn't arguing against the existence of the technology of spying on people I was saying this guy doesn't seem credible based on the lack of evidence. He makes a lot of vague statements that people, especially on the network he's being interviewed on are more than willing to believe. No different than a UFO proponant making their claims to a sympathetic audience. Doesn't mean either is telling the truth though.
This guy doesn't come off as credible at ALL. He reminds me a lot of those UFO nuts who can go on at length about secret cover ups and the like, but can't actually give any proof. Always some sort of excuse.
Gee, considering the amount of babysitting some of those articles get one would think this sort of system wouldn't be needed.
It's like the saying goes. There're two types of criminals; the ones holding office, and the ones that haven't been elected yet.
Honestly you can't blame them. They had a slew of obnoxious tourists who got really drunk and trashed the aft section of the station. It was so bad they had to detach the entire section and crash it into the pacific ocean.
That's is sort of a dumb argument. The idea is that if gamers try a game and decide it's not worth buying, they won't buy it? Does this apply to game rentals as well? What about game reviews? In those cases developers won't see any revenue for their games, but it allows gamers a glimpse of what the game is. In the perfect world developers would make nothing but great games and we wouldn't have to worry about trying them before hand. Unfortunately that's not the case.
It's true. I can't count how many people I've killed and robbed in the persuit of the Sasquach.