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So, any reviews?
PC: Yes. Console: No.
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| Posted: Tue, 25th May 2010 19:25 Post subject: |
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Interesting game, has a lot of potential, but it's typically Obsidian-clunky. Controls feel sketchy, especially combat; aiming the gun is horrid and that crosshair?? Why oh god why....? Audio is fine and, like ME2, there's a number of stats you can upgrade, as well as earning perks from behaving in a certain way. Weapons can be upgraded and there's lots of gadgets and items to experiment with.
There's no two ways about it, the graphics are terrible for a 2010 game. They'd have been terrible for a 2009 or 2008 one, and maybe just about passable in 2007. Honestly they are that bad. I'm no graphics whore, thankfully, so I'm relatively enjoying the game so far based solely on gameplay and later potential, but it IS ugly.
I'll keep playing and let everyone know how I get on later. So far? Definitely worth checking out, it's like Mass Effect - though it's closer to Mass Effect 2, just set in current-day time period.
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| Posted: Tue, 25th May 2010 19:31 Post subject: |
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Can you loot enemies later on?
Kind of bugged me that the first guy I killed had a gun in his hand and I couldn't pick it up. And after I looked around the corpse was gone. o.O
So my first impression is pretty bad. Had high hopes for this. Graphics, Gameplay, Sound nothing impressed me. :/
Also I could have sworn I saw a vid where you could edit your chars appearance. But I couldn't at the start of the game.
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| Posted: Tue, 25th May 2010 19:42 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | Interesting game, has a lot of potential, but it's typically Obsidian-clunky. Controls feel sketchy, especially combat; aiming the gun is horrid and that crosshair?? Why oh god why....? Audio is fine and, like ME2, there's a number of stats you can upgrade, as well as earning perks from behaving in a certain way. Weapons can be upgraded and there's lots of gadgets and items to experiment with.
There's no two ways about it, the graphics are terrible for a 2010 game. They'd have been terrible for a 2009 or 2008 one, and maybe just about passable in 2007. Honestly they are that bad. I'm no graphics whore, thankfully, so I'm relatively enjoying the game so far based solely on gameplay and later potential, but it IS ugly.
I'll keep playing and let everyone know how I get on later. So far? Definitely worth checking out, it's like Mass Effect - though it's closer to Mass Effect 2, just set in current-day time period. |
Thanks Sabin! Nice mini review! I am a little hesitant to download but I think I will since I really enjoyed ME2. I am also not a graphic whore so the gameplay may be good enough for me.
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| Posted: Tue, 25th May 2010 19:47 Post subject: |
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instantly saw the gfx sucked from the trailers :/
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| Posted: Tue, 25th May 2010 19:49 Post subject: |
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The xbox 360 can do 4x FSAA anti aliasing, so why can't this company get it right?
fucking hate jaggies, so last gen.
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| Posted: Tue, 25th May 2010 20:06 Post subject: |
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Thanks Sabin for the mini-review!  I really hope that the crosshair will be adjustable in the PC version.. 
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| Posted: Tue, 25th May 2010 20:09 Post subject: |
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| StrangerDanger wrote: | The xbox 360 can do 4x FSAA anti aliasing, so why can't this company get it right?
fucking hate jaggies, so last gen. |
there was requirement for all 360 games to run at minimum 720p with 2xFSAA, but MS removed this requirement. so now all devs can do whatever, no more worrying about optimization etc. notice a big influx of sub-HD games on consoles lately.
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| Posted: Tue, 25th May 2010 20:09 Post subject: |
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| 00101010 wrote: | Can you loot enemies later on?
Kind of bugged me that the first guy I killed had a gun in his hand and I couldn't pick it up. And after I looked around the corpse was gone. o.O
So my first impression is pretty bad. Had high hopes for this. Graphics, Gameplay, Sound nothing impressed me. :/
Also I could have sworn I saw a vid where you could edit your chars appearance. But I couldn't at the start of the game. |
Here is some more info from IGN, which addresses that you can edit your character appearance later in the game:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/101/1017791p1.html
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| Posted: Tue, 25th May 2010 20:17 Post subject: |
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| 00101010 wrote: | Can you loot enemies later on?
Kind of bugged me that the first guy I killed had a gun in his hand and I couldn't pick it up. |
Yes, thankfully. You couldn't loot them at the start because they were part of the whole tutorial thing.
| MistressDeath wrote: |
Thanks Sabin! Nice mini review! I am a little hesitant to download but I think I will since I really enjoyed ME2. I am also not a graphic whore so the gameplay may be good enough for me.
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It's worth a try mate. What's the cost of one DL-DVD compared to full price? Like I said; it has potential. Lots of it. It's just typically Obsidian-esque glitchy .... lol... that company just CANNOT make a game without it being crippled by bugs or gameplay issues.
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| Posted: Tue, 25th May 2010 21:25 Post subject: |
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lol this thing is getting slammed for the glitching and (as I suspected) horrible acting ability of the main dude.
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| Posted: Tue, 25th May 2010 23:20 Post subject: |
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the mini-game with the wall of numbers is driving me crazy, how the hell are you supposed to find both numbers in that short time?
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| Posted: Tue, 25th May 2010 23:34 Post subject: |
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| nenoriu wrote: | | StrangerDanger wrote: | The xbox 360 can do 4x FSAA anti aliasing, so why can't this company get it right?
fucking hate jaggies, so last gen. |
there was requirement for all 360 games to run at minimum 720p with 2xFSAA, but MS removed this requirement. so now all devs can do whatever, no more worrying about optimization etc. notice a big influx of sub-HD games on consoles lately. |
MS removed that requirement after they got caught with their pants down, Halo 3 running at actually 640p.  |
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| Posted: Wed, 26th May 2010 00:39 Post subject: |
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I'm done with this game. Has SEGA ever produced a decent game? I don't know where to start.
How about the horrid controls. The deadzones are set up wrong and the analog actions aren't equally spaced. You push the stick 10% to aim slowly or walk and the remaining 90% is pedal to the medal. Voice acting was bad but not terrible. I "snuck up" on one of the horrid AI guards on his 3 o'clock more than once. once i was behind a guard and he heard me exit cover somehow and spun around and shot me. That leads me to the RIDICULOUSLY huge crosshairs. It takes up like 1/10 of the screen and you have a "chance" to hit in that circle. I unloaded a clip from a pistol at a guy 3' away and didn't hit him once which is pretty sad for a highly trained special agent. The hacking wordsearch game is total weaksauce. No minimap unless you open your pda which isn't actually a big deal since the maps are very linear.
I do like hacking the consoles and lock-picking. Those are done well.
I'ma set my drink on this waste of a game.
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Shenmue, and Yakuza.
Sega did not even MAKE this game. Just published.
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| Posted: Wed, 26th May 2010 03:34 Post subject: |
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does anyone know whether purchasing the dossiers on certain individuals actually gives some sort of bonus or are they just for 100% completionists? i'm in moscow now, just dumped roughly 30k on those for albatross, sis and the info broker and the few bits of text added in their dossiers are worth shit.
the game is not bad so far...i can live with those gfx, gunplay gets better (or at least more comfortable) as you get a more advanced arsenal and the story is quite interesting. definitely one of the "more than the sum of its parts" kind of games.
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| Posted: Wed, 26th May 2010 03:53 Post subject: |
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| bushwacka wrote: | does anyone know whether purchasing the dossiers on certain individuals actually gives some sort of bonus or are they just for 100% completionists? i'm in moscow now, just dumped roughly 30k on those for albatross, sis and the info broker and the few bits of text added in their dossiers are worth shit.
the game is not bad so far...i can live with those gfx, gunplay gets better (or at least more comfortable) as you get a more advanced arsenal and the story is quite interesting. definitely one of the "more than the sum of its parts" kind of games. |
After being underwhelmed at the gameplay videos, I knew it would be one of those games. So your advice to the naysayers - shut up and keep playing?
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| Posted: Wed, 26th May 2010 09:14 Post subject: |
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could anyone give me some advice on mini-game "wall of numbers"?
been playing games for over 20 years and this is the worst mini-game I have ever seen.
ps do i have to be fucking "rain man" to be able to handle this crap?
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| Posted: Wed, 26th May 2010 09:22 Post subject: |
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@StrangerDanger
Just take your time. Observe the board. Look for the digits that aren't moving, then place one of the two matching code keys. It's easy, you just need good eyes.
As for the game itself? It would be all kinds of AWESOME if it wasn't for the gunplay... sheesh. That has to be THE shoddiest gunplay I've encountered in a game in a long, long time.
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| Posted: Wed, 26th May 2010 09:30 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | @StrangerDanger
Just take your time. Observe the board. Look for the digits that aren't moving, then place one of the two matching code keys. It's easy, you just need good eyes.
As for the game itself? It would be all kinds of AWESOME if it wasn't for the gunplay... sheesh. That has to be THE shoddiest gunplay I've encountered in a game in a long, long time. |
ok thanks, will give the game one more chance.
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| Posted: Wed, 26th May 2010 09:31 Post subject: |
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@sabin1981
Maybe your skills are not high enough? Maybe it's supposed to be like that until you've invested enough points?
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| Posted: Wed, 26th May 2010 09:41 Post subject: |
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| dsergei wrote: | @sabin1981
Maybe your skills are not high enough? Maybe it's supposed to be like that until you've invested enough points? |
...... holy shit. LOL! Of course!! Just like Deus Ex, eh? No matter how epic you may or may not be an FPS title, your aimed sucked huge sweaty balls until you actually invested points into weapon proficiencies! Thanks man! <3
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It's a tough mini-game, but it's doable.
