Posted on 12/18/2004 6:56:39 PM PST by silent_jonny
I thought Doom 3 was also a disappointment until it was explained the players didn't want a different storyline for Doom. They just wanted the exact game with different graphics and that's what ID delivered.
As far as most despicable game, won't the Freepers nominate JFK Reloaded?
If anyone is interested in an entertaining Arcade game, I could suggest the Oddworld series.
Antiballistic missiles are old school? Since when - the last millennium?
Right now I've been playing Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault. The graphics are excellent and while it does take certain liberties to history (simply because it is a game) they did do okay with accuracy. The game starts with boot camp, then you go to Pearl Harbor with orders to report aboard the U.S.S. Arizona but of course you don't make it. Then you're with the Marine raiders on Makin Atoll, then to Guadalcanal and then to Tarawa.
You get to use many of the weapons available in the Pacific War including the Thompson with the 50 round drum magazine, the Springfield 1903, M-1 Garand/M-1 Carbine, M55 SMG, BAR, etc as well as some Japanese weapons. (They give the Japanese the Type-100 Submachine Gun, which didn't exist until 1945, but that is so in online play each side will have an SMG.)
I haven't played it online yet as there don't seem to be any servers I can connect to that don't have pings over 500ms.
The game is old school. Sheesh!
Try Far Cry, that is a fantastic game with a pretty good (as game go) story line. The terrain is expansive and the graphics are great.
Have you played the Riddick thing? I've only got a PC and I like strategy and 1st person shooters.
Who cares? Is this the sand-box era here?
I nominate "Shellshock Nam 67"--if John Kerry wanted to make a game about Vietnam, this would be it. Very unpleasant and inaccurate.
I wish the old Front Page Sports Football was still around. Too much arcade stuff for me.
I always wait for a price drop--even if I love the game. I can't stomach paying $50 bucks for a game when I know in a few months it'll be around $19.99.
I had Gran Turismo 3 and liked it okay, but it got old for me. Apparently, it got old for a lot of people. You can buy it used for about $5 now. I hope GT4 has a longer lifespan--and better music!
Yet the idea and technology is not - nyet?
I don't understand your post.
I haven't played Riddick, but I've heard mixed reviews. The folks at GameSpot seem to love it, though.
You can still play the original. Download a copy of MAME32 (multi arcade machine emulator). Then download the roms for missle command.
I really wish I could make that MAME thing work, but I have never had any luck ...
I'm playing Half Life 2 right now ....too much driving and boating so far...I want more shooting
I liked Halo 2 except the ending was weak ....
Is that Karl Rove in his "bat-cave" on election night?
If my PC was strong enough to play games, I'd be right there with you :)
That would be me. BTW, I've got your address...
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