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Holy damn, that is one SAD SAD story....
Seriously....
By the very end of the game, Alma didn't really scare me at all...
I actually became sad for her situation..
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I really liked the very very end in the helicopter though where it was like...::thunk:: "what was that" "I dunno, but I wonder if we'll ever find Alma" ::Alma appears::
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Now, on to Call of Duty 2 :D :D :D then Aoe 3
The ending was bad ***.
The imagery for Alma was great, and the enviornments were very good, and the audio was downright creepy, but nothing was ever "scary" to me at all.
Just finished the game, and I loved it. As an action game and a shooter, its a triumph. As a horror story, its a bit of a disappointment.
I seriously DO NOT see what everyone finds so scary or disturbing about this game if you've been gaming for awhile or watched any horror movies in the last 30 years.
Still a great game. Now on to Quake 4! :D
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Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff
I find it disturbing that a girl has her first child at the age of 10, while in a chemical induced coma...I think that creeped me out more then anything
I always hated horror movies. So I never really feel the draw to play horror games. :shrug:
If you don't play it for the story, play it for the gameplay. It is awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by spamjedi
Damn straight! Couldn't agree more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timman_24
On a scale of 1-10, as a horror game, I would give FEAR a 6/10. I was never actually scared, and only a few parts made me nervous or squirm. It's like playing Ravenholm in Half Life 2, without any of the monsters. Creepy atmosphere, but nothing actually happens.
But as a shooter, it's easily a 9.
The firefights ALONE are simply the best I've ever seen in a game, IMO. Period. Far Cry, Max Payne, Call of Duty, Half Life, they all had their great moments, but just for sheer intensity of the battles, FEAR is my favorite.
This is made even better by the best AI I've ever seen in a shooter, and some of the best physics and by far the best special effects I've ever seen as well.
Each firefight was intense and gripping, and when the smoke and debris finally settled (literally), it was just incredibly satisfying to look over the "battlefield" at your dead enemies, take a deep breath, and move on to the next area.
Great, great stuff. :D
You feel bad for the girl in The Ring too, but that doesn't make her NOT EVIL.
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Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff
Yup the gun fights were spectacular. Damn, funny you mention Ravenholm, that was my favorite lvl in HL2. The preacher was a bad ***.
Actually she was 15 when she had her first. 16 when she had her second then they pulled the plug 6 days later. I liked this game so much that I've already played it twice, first one on the 2nd hardest lvl and then on the hardest level. I'm sorry, but they could've made the ending a little harder then it was. Overall I think I like this better then Far Cry, and that's saying a lot!Quote:
Originally Posted by taggart6
Hilarious. I hated that movie, freaked me out.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
I'm only in the third interval right now, but the game is starting to irritate me a bit; it's a lot of walking around, with occassional firefights. I do get to start killing cooler stuff soon, right?
As far as atomesphere, there's something about flickering lights and long dark hallways that's creepy, but I'm not as creeped out by this as I was by System Shock 2...but again, maybe I'm not far enough along with this one.
It gets better. Right now your orders still have you chasing freak boy around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Abarine
Hell you chase him around during the whole damn game. The orders are pretty lame imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Un4given
I saved last night before I went to sleep right outside what I'm assuming is about to be a boss fight (usually, you get a buttload of armor, health, and/or ammo IMMEDIATELY before a boss fight; it's like an eternal FPS rule). The game unnerves me when I'm playing it, and I'm a bit more tense, but it's not really SCARY.Quote:
Originally Posted by Un4given
i just finished it a few days ago and was moderately content.... AI was spectacular but the performance issues ruined the experience for me, also those ghouls at the end were just plain annoying, not scary/difficult.... now im playing Civ4.... god FEAR is complete crap compared to Civ4
Civ4 is that good huh? Looks like two completely different types of games.
You can't really compare FEAR and Civ IV though, unless you're talking about pure addictiveness, which of course no game can compete with Civ in that area.Quote:
Originally Posted by kpxgq
for me AVP 2 was still the creepiest game. Especially when you're playing as the marine and you're hearing the random screeches and the sound of aliens scurrying about.
Yeah, AVP 2 was pretty creepy...
The thing is this. Civ is like heroin that is injected into ones' blood intravenously..
It WILL grab you around your (proverbial and literal) balls and it will not let them go.
Thats just how Civ games are made....
Master of Orion 2 was/is way more addictive than any given Civ game. i don't even want to think about how many hours of my life i spent on MOO2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff
I stopped playing doom3 because I did get too scared and said to myself "if I had to go through this, I'd put a bullet in my head ..." I'm 20 btw and it's prolly because I can immerse myself in the enviroment well.
Meh...I got MOO 2 and Civ 2 at the same time (Christmas of '96). Actually started playing MOO first, and it had its positives for sure, but I felt Civ 2 exceeded it in every way, shape, and form. Although I did really love Moo 2 (and the original MOO, which I played to death on my old 386), but there's just something undeniably appealing about leading a human civilization through time. It's just instantly enjoyable.Quote:
Originally Posted by asmox
Alpha Centauri > Civ > MOO :)Quote:
Originally Posted by asmox
blah!
to each his own, i guess :D