You'd rather it just warned you "a thread in the plot-line has been broken", forcing you to reload from a save, like in Morrowind?
I love you pretentious PC gamers.:) A game gets released for multiple platforms, and suddenly any little change, even the improvements, are a result of "dumbing down".
FRY: This is a great, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus. Heh heh.
LEELA: I don't get it.
PROFESSOR FARNSWORTH: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.
FRY: Oh. What's it called now?
PROFESSOR FARNSWORTH: Urectum.
Re:I want to, but should I?
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If you do get HL1 to play it, forget about the expansion packs (Opposing Forces, Blue Shift.) They really didn't add anything signifigant to the story.
While I agree that they don't add anything really significant to the story, they do actually add quite a bit. For example, just off the top of my head, the nuclear device the G-Man reactivates at the end of OpFor. I would recommend at least giving the expansions a shot. Blue Shift isn't so great, but Opposing Forces is quite enjoyable. I'd say it was at least as fun as Half-Life, if a little shorter.
Re:I hope they improved the AI
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Halo 2 Released
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I can't comment on the PC version of Halo, but if you have a problem with dumb enemy AI on the Xbox version, you haven't played legendary difficulty. They're actually smart to the point of each battle being a desperate grab, hiding behind rocks and trees, only taking pot shots, etc... It's almost necessary to have a co-op buddy; someone to flush them out while the other flanks them.
If you haven't tried legendary, I'd definitely recommend you do. It's a whole different game.
You just got me thinking... Ikaruga ported to the PSP with the ability to hold the device vertical. Could use the analog stick for movement, and the D-pad for firing controls. *droools*...to bad it'll probably never happen. =/
Using a Symbian series 60 device (3650, 7650, N-Gage, etc...), would probably provide a lot more flexibility. That coupled with the fact that you can buy an original N-gage for around $100 factory reconditioned, IMHO, makes the Sidekick pretty damn unattractive. I had seriously considered buying one before settling on my first smartphone (Nokia 3650), and I'm glad I didn't waste the money.
My N-gage, however (original, not the QD, which is basically a more expensive downgrade) is just about the best money I've ever spent. MP3/AAC player, FM radio, USB interface lets you mount your memory expansion card like a pen drive, full featured web browsers, IM clients for any network, IRC, telnet/SSH, ebook readers, interactive maps, tons and tons of games (Symbian, Java, and N-gage, all way more playable with the nice directional pad), and that's just to name a few. It's my electronic Swiss Army-Knife.
'Course you do look like a complete jackass talking into it edgewise...
Another cheap tactic that I love to hate in this game; the tons of monsters that jump out of those tiny, completly unexplainable closets in the walls...
This isn't 1996... If you're going to use the OMG-the-creature-came-out-of-nowhere!!@# scare tactic, please find something a little more f'ing creative than 3x2 foot monster storage closets, thanks. =)
A knife, or hell... even a ballpoint pen will take care of that problem on most keyboards; just pop the damn keycaps off.
It looks a little tacky at first, but it's easy, and saves enough headache with games that refuse to be minimized that it's very worth it in the end. None of my game playing friends have them on their keyboards anymore.
Hopefully they will also open-source the SunRay Server software. Cheap fuctional Linux X terminals anyone? We have about 60 SunRay 1's just sitting around here that would work perfect for LTSP.
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You'd rather it just warned you "a thread in the plot-line has been broken", forcing you to reload from a save, like in Morrowind?
:) A game gets released for multiple platforms, and suddenly any little change, even the improvements, are a result of "dumbing down".
I love you pretentious PC gamers.
It's time to get off the high horse, dude.
Holy crap, was anyone else reminded of MechWarrior? That sounds an awful lot like Myomer.
My dream of piloting a robotic exo-skeleton may be coming closer!
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FRY: This is a great, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus. Heh heh.
LEELA: I don't get it.
PROFESSOR FARNSWORTH: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.
FRY: Oh. What's it called now?
PROFESSOR FARNSWORTH: Urectum.
While I agree that they don't add anything really significant to the story, they do actually add quite a bit. For example, just off the top of my head, the nuclear device the G-Man reactivates at the end of OpFor. I would recommend at least giving the expansions a shot. Blue Shift isn't so great, but Opposing Forces is quite enjoyable. I'd say it was at least as fun as Half-Life, if a little shorter.
I can't comment on the PC version of Halo, but if you have a problem with dumb enemy AI on the Xbox version, you haven't played legendary difficulty. They're actually smart to the point of each battle being a desperate grab, hiding behind rocks and trees, only taking pot shots, etc... It's almost necessary to have a co-op buddy; someone to flush them out while the other flanks them.
If you haven't tried legendary, I'd definitely recommend you do. It's a whole different game.
You just got me thinking... Ikaruga ported to the PSP with the ability to hold the device vertical. Could use the analog stick for movement, and the D-pad for firing controls. *droools* ...to bad it'll probably never happen. =/
Using a Symbian series 60 device (3650, 7650, N-Gage, etc...), would probably provide a lot more flexibility. That coupled with the fact that you can buy an original N-gage for around $100 factory reconditioned, IMHO, makes the Sidekick pretty damn unattractive. I had seriously considered buying one before settling on my first smartphone (Nokia 3650), and I'm glad I didn't waste the money.
My N-gage, however (original, not the QD, which is basically a more expensive downgrade) is just about the best money I've ever spent. MP3/AAC player, FM radio, USB interface lets you mount your memory expansion card like a pen drive, full featured web browsers, IM clients for any network, IRC, telnet/SSH, ebook readers, interactive maps, tons and tons of games (Symbian, Java, and N-gage, all way more playable with the nice directional pad), and that's just to name a few. It's my electronic Swiss Army-Knife. 'Course you do look like a complete jackass talking into it edgewise...
Another cheap tactic that I love to hate in this game; the tons of monsters that jump out of those tiny, completly unexplainable closets in the walls...
This isn't 1996... If you're going to use the OMG-the-creature-came-out-of-nowhere!!@# scare tactic, please find something a little more f'ing creative than 3x2 foot monster storage closets, thanks. =)
Oh yeah, and that includes warping-in as well.
A knife, or hell... even a ballpoint pen will take care of that problem on most keyboards; just pop the damn keycaps off.
It looks a little tacky at first, but it's easy, and saves enough headache with games that refuse to be minimized that it's very worth it in the end. None of my game playing friends have them on their keyboards anymore.
Hopefully they will also open-source the SunRay Server software. Cheap fuctional Linux X terminals anyone? We have about 60 SunRay 1's just sitting around here that would work perfect for LTSP.