18th August 2005, 6:25 PM
Reason to love Acclaim: the Extreme-G series! It's just as good as Wipeout or F-Zero, overall... I have all four games and think XG2 is one of the best racers on the N64 and XGRA is the best one on the Gamecube (easy, I know, but sometimes "fun" wins over "hard" (that is, F-Zero GX, which of course is also fantastic...). I wish someone was still making XG games... :(
The default character models are truly horrible. Go online and find the Better Bodies Mod and download it... it's a million times better. Doesn't make the game much more worth playing, but at least you look human now...
Oh, I lasted longer than that, but I'm still low level... I stopped because I just decided that the game was not worth the time it'd take to get decent... when you're thinking about using cheatcodes to modify your character to greatly increase your levels and stats just so you can get to the "fun" of the game, you know you're playing a game with a problem... sure, it's got a big world, and lots of things to do (if you don't mind doing the same things over and over and over), and it's got nice graphics (um, when modded... the clothing is still awful though, sadly...), and lots of quests... but they forgot to include an introduction, and quests that gradually step up in difficulty while remaining possible at the default difficulty, and a magic system which is actually usable, etc, etc, etc... in short, they made an impressive, massive, and in many ways very complex game and, like usual, forgot to make it "fun". I don't get Bethesda... it's like they have this goal of the ultimate massive D&D-inspired huge-world RPG but lose the trees for the forest (that is, getting a massive feature list and creating huge amounts of content comes way ahead of making sure that the game actually works and is enjoyable...)...
"You were expecting a lot but didn't get it and it was extremely dissapointing" definitely fits in this thread... all of those PC games except for the last one are ones that got mostly A's and B's as scores in magazines, after all.
I've probably played more Civ II since getting Civ III than I have Civ III... that's not a good sign for the game. Not awful no I guess, but nowhere near the standard of the previous game... maybe it's a problem of quality -- when you've just about hit perfection, what can you do but just tweak a few things (I know, Civ II did have some flaws... they just don't matter when compared to the game's greatness.)?
Quote:created a character (but I could never find a non-stupid looking model),
The default character models are truly horrible. Go online and find the Better Bodies Mod and download it... it's a million times better. Doesn't make the game much more worth playing, but at least you look human now...
Quote:and started exploring the drab, dark, and washed out world. I think I lasted another 15 minutes.
Oh, I lasted longer than that, but I'm still low level... I stopped because I just decided that the game was not worth the time it'd take to get decent... when you're thinking about using cheatcodes to modify your character to greatly increase your levels and stats just so you can get to the "fun" of the game, you know you're playing a game with a problem... sure, it's got a big world, and lots of things to do (if you don't mind doing the same things over and over and over), and it's got nice graphics (um, when modded... the clothing is still awful though, sadly...), and lots of quests... but they forgot to include an introduction, and quests that gradually step up in difficulty while remaining possible at the default difficulty, and a magic system which is actually usable, etc, etc, etc... in short, they made an impressive, massive, and in many ways very complex game and, like usual, forgot to make it "fun". I don't get Bethesda... it's like they have this goal of the ultimate massive D&D-inspired huge-world RPG but lose the trees for the forest (that is, getting a massive feature list and creating huge amounts of content comes way ahead of making sure that the game actually works and is enjoyable...)...
Quote:Hmmm, what else... Well, there are a lot of games that didn't live up to my expectations, but I don't feel right about calling them really bad games. Just not really great games.
"You were expecting a lot but didn't get it and it was extremely dissapointing" definitely fits in this thread... all of those PC games except for the last one are ones that got mostly A's and B's as scores in magazines, after all.
Quote:I disagree about CivIII, I think it improved on CivII in so many ways. I love the concept of physical borders and culture.
I've probably played more Civ II since getting Civ III than I have Civ III... that's not a good sign for the game. Not awful no I guess, but nowhere near the standard of the previous game... maybe it's a problem of quality -- when you've just about hit perfection, what can you do but just tweak a few things (I know, Civ II did have some flaws... they just don't matter when compared to the game's greatness.)?