If these controls are so ingrained on us, why force us to play through an hour of tutorials(which sometimes include massive amounts of text which constantly break up gameplay) so often?
One time the Alliance attacked the zeppelin between Orgrimmar and the Undercity. It was one of the funnest moments of that game. Every time the zeppelin would travel between the two zones, everyone who had died was restored to full health. I was a priest, so my job was to cast my fear bomb and try to mind control jump people off the blimp(preferably into deep water), because that was the only way to get rid of them. It was a constant, vicious melee.
This was all pre-burning crusade. If only there was a way to go back to the old days. Too bad my old crew had so much drama that they had to all transfer to different servers.
Or the old Carmageddon series. Forget the race, smash the other cars! Your car get too smashed up and you can't even drive in a straight line. There were no weapons either, just good, old-fashioned cars killing cars with their bare tires; the way it ought to be.
Ah, Freespace 2. I wonder if the guys who planned the viper dogfights in the new Battlestar Galactica ever played this game. They used that awesome maneuver where you get up to speed, then cut the engines, flip the fighter around, and fly backwards while shooting bogeys. I did that a million times in that game, because it just made so much sense, yet most games that came since made your ship slow down when you turned off your accelerator in the(not so) frictionless outer space.
I'm surprised there haven't been any 3D space shooters for the recent consoles. Those double joystick controllers, along with a large view screen would be perfect for piloting a sleek space rocket in three dimensions.
Why can't they just make more Starfleet Command games? Forget the third dimention of outer space for a second. Yeah, it might have well been old earth sailing vessels, but those games did a good job of simulating battles between heavy-hitting space cruisers at a reasonable pace. The only problem was the incredibly boring and repetitive missions in the single player.
I especially enjoyed the 3rd game in the series for bringing it up to the more recent era of Trek and adding in customizable ships.
And so the first of many blessed pilgrims set out to become one niche closer to He Who Was Fittest, Darwin. By standing in His very foot prints, they too wouldst experience what was experienced through his highly evolved sensory organs. In their specialized grasping limbs, they wouldst wield the implements by which scrolls of eldritch knowledge would be wrought. As men they did die, but proven to be fit themselves, they too shall survive yet; not through their mortal vessels, but through story and song they outlive the ages.
Here is a clip from that Planet Earth episode. Sometimes those chimps are behaving just too human for me, like at the end when one of them extends his arm and waits for another chimp to hand him a piece of chimp to eat. I do that all the time!
Remember when they found those skinless bodies in the tree in that movie and one of the guys said it was probably guerrillas who did it? Well, as a kid, I thought he was talking about gorillas. That is one scary-ass thing to learn about the gentle great apes in school, and then come home to see some fleshy corpses on TV that were killed by those same monsters.
Then, last week, Planet Earth was on TV, and there was a gang of chimpanzees making war on a rival gang, then cannibalizing the bodies of their enemies! I am never going into the jungle.
Wow... how mundane; he's either got to be the coolest (as in "calmest") and toughest S.O.B. imaginable, to be able to play that shit whilst "hanging above the Earth" (fear of heights, anyone?!) or else he's the biggest fucking loser EVER (i.e. would rather play Starcraft than pay attention to an experience that surely must grab you by the balls like nothing else.:P
Everyone needs to take a break once and a while. You think that none of the astronauts brought books with them? Same thing.
And I would think that astronauts are screened for acrophobia.
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The goggles, they do... quite a bit, actually.
But I thought that was a good thing. Maybe I would like soap operas? I've never seen one.
Well excuuuuuuse me, princess, but I'm not entirely convinced that Nintendo could make a better movie.
Whoa, I was completely unaware of a Lord of the Rings fan movie. I will soon be watching both LoZ and LotR.
If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could ever imagine.
If these controls are so ingrained on us, why force us to play through an hour of tutorials(which sometimes include massive amounts of text which constantly break up gameplay) so often?
No, because I don't play kids' games.
Well why don't you enlighten us? I've never thought about it before, but now I can't help but wonder what the stuff tastes like.
One time the Alliance attacked the zeppelin between Orgrimmar and the Undercity. It was one of the funnest moments of that game. Every time the zeppelin would travel between the two zones, everyone who had died was restored to full health. I was a priest, so my job was to cast my fear bomb and try to mind control jump people off the blimp(preferably into deep water), because that was the only way to get rid of them. It was a constant, vicious melee.
This was all pre-burning crusade. If only there was a way to go back to the old days. Too bad my old crew had so much drama that they had to all transfer to different servers.
It will prepare me for yesterday's exam tomorrow. I'll let you know how it turns out last week.
Not all of us drive fancy space cars like Flash Rogers over here.
You forgot the last, most important step: delete what you don't buy.
Eventually...
Who is the half-blood prince?
Or the old Carmageddon series. Forget the race, smash the other cars! Your car get too smashed up and you can't even drive in a straight line. There were no weapons either, just good, old-fashioned cars killing cars with their bare tires; the way it ought to be.
Ah, Freespace 2. I wonder if the guys who planned the viper dogfights in the new Battlestar Galactica ever played this game. They used that awesome maneuver where you get up to speed, then cut the engines, flip the fighter around, and fly backwards while shooting bogeys. I did that a million times in that game, because it just made so much sense, yet most games that came since made your ship slow down when you turned off your accelerator in the(not so) frictionless outer space.
I'm surprised there haven't been any 3D space shooters for the recent consoles. Those double joystick controllers, along with a large view screen would be perfect for piloting a sleek space rocket in three dimensions.
Why can't they just make more Starfleet Command games? Forget the third dimention of outer space for a second. Yeah, it might have well been old earth sailing vessels, but those games did a good job of simulating battles between heavy-hitting space cruisers at a reasonable pace. The only problem was the incredibly boring and repetitive missions in the single player.
I especially enjoyed the 3rd game in the series for bringing it up to the more recent era of Trek and adding in customizable ships.
And so the first of many blessed pilgrims set out to become one niche closer to He Who Was Fittest, Darwin. By standing in His very foot prints, they too wouldst experience what was experienced through his highly evolved sensory organs. In their specialized grasping limbs, they wouldst wield the implements by which scrolls of eldritch knowledge would be wrought. As men they did die, but proven to be fit themselves, they too shall survive yet; not through their mortal vessels, but through story and song they outlive the ages.
Just citizens? Why not when they beat-up anybody?
Pets are people too!
Prove it.
Well, I had proof, but I destroyed it. Case dismissed!
I don't type very fast, but I also don't really have anything too interesting to say.
So we'll have leather-clad BDSM cows in high heels whipping each others ?
Yes! Leather made from their own hides, and it's cruelty-free!
Here is a clip from that Planet Earth episode. Sometimes those chimps are behaving just too human for me, like at the end when one of them extends his arm and waits for another chimp to hand him a piece of chimp to eat. I do that all the time!
Remember when they found those skinless bodies in the tree in that movie and one of the guys said it was probably guerrillas who did it? Well, as a kid, I thought he was talking about gorillas. That is one scary-ass thing to learn about the gentle great apes in school, and then come home to see some fleshy corpses on TV that were killed by those same monsters.
Then, last week, Planet Earth was on TV, and there was a gang of chimpanzees making war on a rival gang, then cannibalizing the bodies of their enemies! I am never going into the jungle.
Wow... how mundane; he's either got to be the coolest (as in "calmest") and toughest S.O.B. imaginable, to be able to play that shit whilst "hanging above the Earth" (fear of heights, anyone?!) or else he's the biggest fucking loser EVER (i.e. would rather play Starcraft than pay attention to an experience that surely must grab you by the balls like nothing else. :P
Everyone needs to take a break once and a while. You think that none of the astronauts brought books with them? Same thing.
And I would think that astronauts are screened for acrophobia.
Sucks for those who don't have what the people want. Sucks even more for the people who don't want what the super-rich and powerful are selling.