Let the Games Begin! - Page 2

remixor · 09-10-2003, 05:37 PM

I saw Republic on the shelf when I picked up SoD and Syberia, so it must be out in at least certain places.

I remember hearing about that game being in development a couple years ago I believe, but I haven't heard anything about it since then.

Garyos · 09-10-2003, 06:17 PM

I kinda lost interest for Republic after I read the reviews.....

There's enough REALLY good games coming out to worry about a seemingly less-than-perfect one.....

But I'm disappointed, I've been interested in Repbulic for a loong time....

pleto4_ryan · 09-10-2003, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garyos

I kinda lost interest for Republic after I read the reviews.....

I just want to cry

bigjko · 09-10-2003, 08:21 PM

I tried Republic over at my friend's place, and it was just so damn confusing! I'm sure it's OK once you get the hang of it, but I won't have time for that until like...when I'm done with all the super-amazing titles coming out.

James · 09-10-2003, 08:54 PM

On my hard drive at the moment:

Morrowind [with Tribunal and Bloodmoon expansion packs]: still providing many hours of entertainment, and now looking like an angel on my Area-51m laptop, fantastic machine.
Freelancer: Haven't really gotten into it yet, some stability issues unfortunately, but looks fantastic, and plays beautifully, with a very innovative control method, capitalising on a "WASD/Mouse" gaming culture, to create something very fluid and natural.
Championship Manager 4: a perennial game, no doubt to keep me busy all season. Playing as Manchester United, the team of choice for an Irishman.

I'm really looking forward to Deus Ex: Invisible War, Half-Life2, Thief [3], Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Rome: Total War, The Matrix Online, and Sam and Max 2. The future looks bright and strong for PC gaming.

ysbreker · 09-10-2003, 09:22 PM

on my games-partition at this moment

lessee...

Tron 2.0 -- I ran though this game up to a point where I kept dying, so I started to cheat. I know, I know. Bad ysbreker, but I still got to enjoy the story and the absolutely jawdropping scenery (The firewall and the corrupted server being my 2 favorite locales)
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 -- Obtained this just to see if it was any good. It does add some nice new gameplay elements but the quality of the port is so bad it's no fun to play, and besides it's one of the biggest RSI inducing sieries I hacve played so I'm not touching it too often
RTCW: enemy territory -- Actually I got this installed twice, one for online playing and one for my map I'm making/designing for this exelect online shooter. This game gets played almost daily by me, if you happened to get a riflegrenade shot at you by a certain Joop Sloop you ran into me
Blade runner -- installed it a long time ago, played it a bit, got stuck and left it there
GTA: vice city -- Got all the packages, and most of the missions, might play this one again when I get the CD's back from Marek
Republic -- The very nice diplomatic simulator, I haven't taken enough time to play this one yet so I really need to clear out a weekend just for this game...

Lets hope I can add some more top-titles to this list real soon

BTW:

Republic is worth the price! it's a lot easier to get into than the reviews say. And when you're playing it's easy to forget everythong around you and submerge yourself into the game.

Garyos · 09-10-2003, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James

Knights of the Old Republic,

How could I forget KOTOR???? A game that I'm 100% certain I will buy. If it hadn't been for the later release dates of Psyconauts and fable, I'd buy an X-box just to play it.

Intrepid Homoludens · 09-10-2003, 09:38 PM

Isn't KOTOR turn based in combat? If it is I want nothing to do with it. Turn based strategy sucks and sucks really bad:

Player: "Okay, you first."

Computer: "Okay. Left swing upward. Right swing across."

Player: "Ooh, I'm stunned but not down yet. My turn - right swing upward, left kick."

Computer: "Ouch! Pirouette kick rightward, then straight forward punch!"

Player: "Scissor kick from ground, then knock down and elbow across face.....*yawnnnn*...."

Computer: "Hello? Hey, are you getting bored?"

Player:

Garyos · 09-10-2003, 09:44 PM

I see your point, trep, but KOTOR is only semi-turnbased. You can pause the game at any time to give commands to the characters and plan your actions, but if you don't it will keep on going, real-time.

Actually, they deal with "turns" in the game, but you get more/less turns depending on your speed, dexterity, etc. So that's just part of the strategy and invisible in-game. It's NOT Final Fantasy, and that's one of the reasons I wanna want it.

James · 09-10-2003, 10:42 PM

Bioware promise combat more engaging than the Final Fantasy series, and indeed more so than the NeverWinter Nights / Baldur's Gate area. I believe key to this is the game's console origins, firstly being released for X-Box prior to a PC release. This would suggest to me more immediate combat, suited for the console market. Indeed, the X-Box press, bless 'em, have ranted and raved about the game. They have had very few good RPGs on the X-Box, with only Morrowind, which is not really suited for consoles, and Shemnue II, an undoubted classic, as examples.

Kolzig · 09-11-2003, 01:14 AM

Things on my harddrive:

Wolfenstein:Enemy Territory - oh man I've played this game so much during last months, it seems I just can get enough of this, and now there's new maps and all...

Republic - still haven't even started the game, I think I may need more time to concentrate on it.

Tomb Raider:AoD - in loan from a friend of mine. I still don't know what this crap is doing on my hardrive?

Jedi Outcast - still quite in the beginning, haven't got time to play it yet.

Live For Speed S1 - ahh, the greatest of the racing games ever. This is heaven, when talking about racing.

So many games still to be played... and so little time.
I haven't even installed Deus Ex yet.

Also my good old trustworthy Dreamcast is taking much of my gametime.

Soul Calibur and Shenmue are just so excellent games.

Tamara · 09-11-2003, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigjko

Hey, Yoda called. He wants his VOICE BACK!

hee, nice put-down, couldn't have done better myself

Anyway .. despite mixed reviews, I'm still interested in Republic. A 70% average ain't at all bad, especially considering it's such a complicated game that some people won't get into it. I won't even think of trying it till I get my new computer tho.

apart from that .. I finally got Freedom Force in the post, so I'm very much looking forward to that. Also, I want to get to starting BG2 again, I abandoned it in the middle of a hard fight some months ago and haven't gone back to it yet. As for new games - Broken Sword 3

09-10-2003, 05:37 PM	#21
remixor A search for a crazy man! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	I saw Republic on the shelf when I picked up SoD and Syberia, so it must be out in at least certain places. I remember hearing about that game being in development a couple years ago I believe, but I haven't heard anything about it since then. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

09-10-2003, 06:17 PM	#22
Garyos AKA Morte Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sigil Posts: 1,101	I kinda lost interest for Republic after I read the reviews..... There's enough REALLY good games coming out to worry about a seemingly less-than-perfect one..... But I'm disappointed, I've been interested in Repbulic for a loong time.... Share Share this post on Twitter

09-10-2003, 08:21 PM	#24
bigjko El Luchador Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 1,629	I tried Republic over at my friend's place, and it was just so damn confusing! I'm sure it's OK once you get the hang of it, but I won't have time for that until like...when I'm done with all the super-amazing titles coming out. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Use Verb On Noun - Adventure game inspired illustrations

09-10-2003, 08:54 PM	#25
James Prove it all night Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 730	On my hard drive at the moment: Morrowind [with Tribunal and Bloodmoon expansion packs]: still providing many hours of entertainment, and now looking like an angel on my Area-51m laptop, fantastic machine. Freelancer: Haven't really gotten into it yet, some stability issues unfortunately, but looks fantastic, and plays beautifully, with a very innovative control method, capitalising on a "WASD/Mouse" gaming culture, to create something very fluid and natural. Championship Manager 4: a perennial game, no doubt to keep me busy all season. Playing as Manchester United, the team of choice for an Irishman. I'm really looking forward to Deus Ex: Invisible War, Half-Life2, Thief [3], Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Rome: Total War, The Matrix Online, and Sam and Max 2. The future looks bright and strong for PC gaming. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." - Thomas Edward Lawrence

09-10-2003, 09:22 PM	#26
ysbreker Joop Sloop Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: next to my PC Posts: 295	on my games-partition at this moment lessee... Tron 2.0 -- I ran though this game up to a point where I kept dying, so I started to cheat. I know, I know. Bad ysbreker, but I still got to enjoy the story and the absolutely jawdropping scenery (The firewall and the corrupted server being my 2 favorite locales) Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 -- Obtained this just to see if it was any good. It does add some nice new gameplay elements but the quality of the port is so bad it's no fun to play, and besides it's one of the biggest RSI inducing sieries I hacve played so I'm not touching it too often RTCW: enemy territory -- Actually I got this installed twice, one for online playing and one for my map I'm making/designing for this exelect online shooter. This game gets played almost daily by me, if you happened to get a riflegrenade shot at you by a certain Joop Sloop you ran into me Blade runner -- installed it a long time ago, played it a bit, got stuck and left it there GTA: vice city -- Got all the packages, and most of the missions, might play this one again when I get the CD's back from Marek Republic -- The very nice diplomatic simulator, I haven't taken enough time to play this one yet so I really need to clear out a weekend just for this game... Lets hope I can add some more top-titles to this list real soon BTW: Republic is worth the price! it's a lot easier to get into than the reviews say. And when you're playing it's easy to forget everythong around you and submerge yourself into the game. Share Share this post on Twitter Last edited by ysbreker; 09-10-2003 at 09:30 PM.

09-10-2003, 09:38 PM	#28
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Isn't KOTOR turn based in combat? If it is I want nothing to do with it. Turn based strategy sucks and sucks really bad: Player: "Okay, you first." Computer: "Okay. Left swing upward. Right swing across." Player: "Ooh, I'm stunned but not down yet. My turn - right swing upward, left kick." Computer: "Ouch! Pirouette kick rightward, then straight forward punch!" Player: "Scissor kick from ground, then knock down and elbow across face.....yawnnnn...." Computer: "Hello? Hey, are you getting bored?" Player: Share Share this post on Twitter

09-10-2003, 09:44 PM	#29
Garyos AKA Morte Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sigil Posts: 1,101	I see your point, trep, but KOTOR is only semi-turnbased. You can pause the game at any time to give commands to the characters and plan your actions, but if you don't it will keep on going, real-time. Actually, they deal with "turns" in the game, but you get more/less turns depending on your speed, dexterity, etc. So that's just part of the strategy and invisible in-game. It's NOT Final Fantasy, and that's one of the reasons I wanna want it. Share Share this post on Twitter

09-10-2003, 10:42 PM	#30
James Prove it all night Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 730	Bioware promise combat more engaging than the Final Fantasy series, and indeed more so than the NeverWinter Nights / Baldur's Gate area. I believe key to this is the game's console origins, firstly being released for X-Box prior to a PC release. This would suggest to me more immediate combat, suited for the console market. Indeed, the X-Box press, bless 'em, have ranted and raved about the game. They have had very few good RPGs on the X-Box, with only Morrowind, which is not really suited for consoles, and Shemnue II, an undoubted classic, as examples. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." - Thomas Edward Lawrence

09-11-2003, 01:14 AM	#31
Kolzig The Reggienator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Vaasa, Finland Posts: 5,519	Things on my harddrive: Wolfenstein:Enemy Territory - oh man I've played this game so much during last months, it seems I just can get enough of this, and now there's new maps and all... Republic - still haven't even started the game, I think I may need more time to concentrate on it. Tomb Raider:AoD - in loan from a friend of mine. I still don't know what this crap is doing on my hardrive? Jedi Outcast - still quite in the beginning, haven't got time to play it yet. Live For Speed S1 - ahh, the greatest of the racing games ever. This is heaven, when talking about racing. So many games still to be played... and so little time. I haven't even installed Deus Ex yet. Also my good old trustworthy Dreamcast is taking much of my gametime. Soul Calibur and Shenmue are just so excellent games. Share Share this post on Twitter

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