Ahh I see. I couldn't hear much of the story too well. I had an old soundcard that kept giving out lol. I recently picked up a new one, but I missed some of the middle story.Quote:
Originally Posted by rabidmoose171
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Ahh I see. I couldn't hear much of the story too well. I had an old soundcard that kept giving out lol. I recently picked up a new one, but I missed some of the middle story.Quote:
Originally Posted by rabidmoose171
Did you notice the demo for that appeared on the Fileplanet front page 3 days ago? The caption reads: "Take this opportunity to play the demo for everyone's favorite game of all time: System Shock 2. This game is guaranteed to scare you senseless."Quote:
Originally Posted by Wurm
Reading that made me so happy that I reinstalled the game and started to play through again. I'm currently ~6 hours into the main campaign and 2 hours into the Ponterbee Station mod (excellent mod so far) :)
Feel like giving it the ol' reinstall and hitting up some Ponterbee co-op with Crion's Impossible Multiplayer?
System shock 2 is everyone's favorite game? I've never heard of it myself :shrugs:
While DOOM 3 is scary in the sense that you KNOW something is going to jump out at you and ends up overusing that idea, FEAR does the opposite. It creates this creepy atmosphere and riddles it with the occasional "boo" moment, but after you realize that nothing is happening and she's not going to attack you and its just a "vision" more or less, it loses its scare factor. Yeah, turning a corner and seeing Alma can make you tense up, but after about the 4th time that happens and the ONLY threat you ever really face is the soldiers, I lost that creepy feeling.
A BIG part of being scared in a game, IMO, is feeling that your character can be killed/attacked by something you don't expect. And while FEAR has a plethora of "elite soldier clone guys", they just aren't scary. And the "creey/paranormal" atmosphere is ruined by pretty much knowing that only these clone guys are going to attack you.
Granted, I have not finished the game yet, but I'm on Interval 09, and after hearing Interval 08 was supposed to be really scary, I'm quite disappointed. I hope the game has saved up some real scares for the last two intervals, because so far, walking down narrow corridors and having clones pop up and shoot at me has NOT been scary.
Still a great game though. Gonna go play some more now...:)
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Originally Posted by Boneycat
I've heard good things about it...just trying to find a copy of it.
However, its no BG&E... ;)
Its certainly my favorite game of all time :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Boneycat
According to ttlg.com, you can still buy copies from http://www.gameswarehouse.com.au/lon...sp?gameid=2950 for cheap, but its an australian site so I dont know how bad shipping would be. Otherwise, just eBay it.
Isn't it Abandonware now?
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Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff
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She hurts you alright....
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Originally Posted by GetCarter
now that you mention it, I remember seeing it at under-dog when I was looking for some old school willy beamish
Yeah, but I remember people at ttlg saying that it was falsely labeled as abandonware, and the release at TUG isn't legal.Quote:
Originally Posted by taggart6
Oh well, I have my CD.
I've got two legit copies on cdrom...unfortunately u will have to pry them out of my cold dead fingers..
:p
Yeah, its there, even though its not supposed to be, but the real reason not to download it from there is because its missing the intro and ending cutscenes!Quote:
Originally Posted by taggart6
Ok, Just finished the game, and still stick by what I said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timman_24
I don't mean just the final 2 minutes, I'm talking about 99% of the game, I never felt afraid of her at all, since after about the first 2 hours I was fairly confident there was no direct threat to my character.
Well my copy of Fear arrived, now I just gotta sit through another boring day at werk until I can get home.. :o
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Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff
I do agree with you. After the first few times I saw her, it stopped being scary and just turned into being cool seeing the little girl. They should of made more places where she hurts you. When you see her they could of reinforced the fear by making something come out of no where that you had to dodge. You would be expecting a trap everytime you see her, so it would keep its scary factor.
Woa, thats a really good idea. Havent played FEAR but in other games where you realize that the main re-appearing bad guy or whatever isnt going to hurt you, it does take you out of the world a little bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timman_24
Alma didn't scare me at all. I guess because she kinda reminded me of that girl that plays in Pixar's "The Incredibles" - the one who always has her hair in her face. Her red dress wasn't scary at all either. They should of put her in rags or something.
Finish the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boneycat
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Originally Posted by Kamakazie
NUDEY SHOTS AT THE END!!!!
I was being facetious :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Kamakazie
I just had a dream...well...nightmare about her...we were on some cruise ship all alone except me and some guy...so we were walking down this hallway and she appeared like 20 feet away and I turned around to see the guy die and when I turned back she was gone...so I opened this door that went downstairs that had about a foot of water and she was standing behind this bar...the lights turned off and went back on and she wasn't there anymore...so I went behind the bar and she appeared like 4 feet away...we talked about something for a few minutes and I was getting hammered at the same time...then she screamed and my arm fell off then the lights went out and I woke up :(
I only played the game for like 3 hours too!
Jeez dude, I don't wanna see what happens when you watch Barney or something like that....
You'd be in a rainbow-like world in which the kids are all 10-13 and they all sing songs about how happy they are with a big fluffy dinosaur...
I will pray for you tonight..... :p
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Originally Posted by Wurm
So you went on a cruise with only you and a guy huh? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by PointlesS
I've actually tried starting this game twice (with a friend's copy to try it out and see if I like it) and could not play it for more than a minute or two without giving up on it entirely. I just cannot play a game that does not run to my performance likings. Once I started reading this thread, however, and discovered this tidbit I might just have the motivation to push through the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timman_24