06-25-2004, 08:35 AM | #1 |
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BS3...Whats up with this??!!
So I've been playing BS3 and I got to the castle part. And I can officially say that the whole "stealth" aspect of this part of the game is the most stupid thing I've ever seen. If I wanted stealth action I would play Splinter Crap.
Does this annoy anyone else? What are your thoughts on these action oriented parts in AGs?
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06-25-2004, 08:41 AM | #2 |
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I found zillions of crate puzzles more annoying!
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06-25-2004, 10:05 AM | #3 |
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I think it would've worked better if they'd made that part of the game more logical and dynamic.
For example, often you could walk in plain sight as long as you were far enough away from the guards and weren't running. In the case of the castle, it should've also been possible to sneak past the guards and go straight into the garden. This should've worked logically speaking, but the game just shoots you down whenever you try it. Pity. |
06-28-2004, 09:34 AM | #4 | |
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06-28-2004, 09:54 AM | #6 |
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I think the next BS game would "do a better job" to not incorperate these aspects into the game at all. I personally do not think that the stealth sequences or the plethora of crate pushing furthered either the game or the genre. I think rev's descision to expand the adventure genre only wound up alienating me and many other adventure gamers. Maybe that's why the game didn't sell very well. How can people say that there is no market for adventure games when no one is making any true adventures anymore to find out if they'd sell or not. Sorry, I'm off topic and am rambling so I'll exit my high horse now. ...bysmitty
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06-28-2004, 11:45 AM | #7 |
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The only reason that I can justify the crate puzzles with is that Revolution was trying to extend the length of the game. Nothing else makes sense to me, as the crate puzzles were the dullest moments in the game. That and the stealth sequences.
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06-28-2004, 05:52 PM | #8 | |
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06-29-2004, 12:58 PM | #9 | |
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06-29-2004, 01:25 PM | #10 |
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While I wasn't a fan of the stealth sections, they were perfectly playable, and were considerably better than those of In Cold Blood - so kudos to Revolution for getting better between the games .
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06-29-2004, 04:48 PM | #11 |
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I enjoyed most parts of the game, telling you which parts suck is somewhat of a spoiler in my book so I won't go there. I don't remember there being that much stealth, but then again, amazingly, I got through that part in one go, so people who would've retried it might have experienced it in a different, lengthier and more agonising way. I seriously don't understand why the Inventory never covered this game out of prejudice. It is, by all definitions, an adventure game.
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06-29-2004, 06:52 PM | #12 |
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The Inventory is a very, very conservative publication, jjacob. As such, they seem extreme in what they choose to cover. My wager is that they deemed BS3 unworthy of coverage because it tried to be progressive and did things other adventure developers hadn't.
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06-30-2004, 04:00 AM | #13 |
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I think stealth could have been improved a bit. Even if they did nothing more than copy & paste everything good from Metal Gear Solid 2, it still would have been a better deal.
As far as the boxes, they were innovative to a degree, but they ended up being overused. Sky Warrior Bob
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It's really up to The Inventory what they choose to review or not. There were plenty of mainstream websites and magazines where you could read about BS3. It certainly didn't lack for hype. A review in The Inventory would have been redundant at best, and [understatement] I doubt it would have gotten a good rating there[/understatement]. Don't you think it's better that The Inventory not rate it at all? |
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07-08-2004, 12:10 PM | #16 |
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I'm dinging in again because i just recently finished the game. And I have to say that the last part of the game annoys me even more than the stealth garbage.
Spoiler: I'm really dissapointed in this game.
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