Posts by Sprony

  • The Dark Knight Rises

    Understandble PaulH.

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    But I feel that a rocket to face was the only way to eliminate such a superior foe. Taste differs.

    The thing I actually liked best about this one is how it ends. There's a very clear message throughout all three movies and Nolan doesn't miss a beat. Think about it:

  • Gamescom 2012

    I went two years ago and I was very disappointed. I wanted to avoid the crowds so I made sure we were already there when it opened. We Immediately proceeded towards the Diablo 3 area. By the time we got there, the line was already 2 hours long. I guess I wasn't the only one with that idea. Average waiting lines that day were around 3 hours. There were even long waiting lines to see trailers. I'm talking about 1 or 2 hours here. In the end I didn't play a single game and early in afternoon it got too crowded. The heat outside combined with the huge amount of people inside made you feel you were in a microwave and not to mention the smell. It was bad!

    The only way I'm going back there if I can get some sort of VIP access or a press card

  • The Dark Knight Rises

    There is nothing wrong with constructive criticism. The movie certainly isn't flawless. But I'm talking about people complaining about ridiculous small things.

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    Such as the travel time between Batmans prison and Gotham.

    I understand your views and I agree on the death scene, that was really bad. To me the movie seemed a little rushed as well but that was countered by the constant tension. I disagree with the rest though. You got a point about the flaming bat sign, but it's the symbolism that matters. It was very important and it needed to be done. I actually liked Bane's death. Abrupt but fresh and for me, it was better then a cliche end fight.

    I think that most people that complain about the plot devices [not talking about you PaulH] simply weren't paying enough attention. Because it was actually put together very well. Can't blame those people though. The movie was fast paced and took me two sittings to get the most out of it.

  • The Dark Knight Rises

    I completely agree! I Immediately watched it the first day. The only thing that bothers me are all these trolls nitpicking every little thing and going on and on about it. Not only that but also the godlike status The Joker seems to have. Don't get me wrong, I loved Heath as The Joker, but I do really wonder if he would have gotten the same recognition if he was still alive?

  • Battlefield 3

    I haven't played Battlefield before. Only the demos of 1942 and Battlefield 2. But the trailers really sold it to me. I'm loving Conquest! I feel like a little boy again playing all out warfare with his friends and their plastic guns while hiding in trees and stuff

    I've played a lot of shooters but somehow I get raped in this game. I'm not a great FPS player but certainly a bit above average. I tried all classes and played most of it as a sniper. But my guns don't seem to do a lot of damage. Even when sniping, it takes up to 3 hits before someone goes down.

    I switched to TDM and Rush to get better acquinted with the game and I do get better results in those game modes. But there are a lot of unlocks and weapons and god knows what I don't know of. Which makes me wonder if I'm so bad? Perhaps everyone else is just really good or maybe my gear is just crap.

    Any advice, pointers or links would be appreciated. I know Google is my friend, but I like to hear it from you guys if I may

  • What are you playing now?

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    i don't know man, i don't think you should necessarily expect anything from a game. unless you enjoy being furious and venting frustrations about it. i reserve that right to very few games, and certainly not new IPs being tried.

    That's a valid point. But I think an even better point would be: "Don't believe the developers". I've seen countless of interviews in which they state Rage is going to be something different, it's a open world, you got freedom, etc. That's one of the reasons I got so frustrated with the invisible walls. Indeed, it doesn't have more invisible walls then any other modern shooter. But those games didn't market themselves as open world shooters.

    Oh and the blurry textures are not solved. The patch addressed the issues with textures popping in. Everything up close in the game is still extremely blurry. Now I'm not a graphic whore, but when I look at something from a modern game, I would expect better texture quality then a game from the 90s right? Oh wait, don't expect anything, I'm doing it again

  • What are you playing now?

    Sounds like we didn't play the same game then

    But it's funny that you say my criticism seems barely founded and the only example you give of this is the one thing I didn't really elaborate on. I give multiple examples in that review of the things I mention.

    I don't know how you play games, but I can't imagine you did not come across invisible walls. I suggest you try exploring your surrounding a bit. Oh wait, you can't, not really. Because everything is conveniently clipped, has locked doors, obstacles, etc. I didn't expect Fallout but at least give me some room.

    I'm not talking about backtracking in the levels themselves. I'm talking about having to revisit most of them. The first time you go from A to B and the second time you go from B to A. That's basically the same thing if you ask me. Plus, all the driving areas. You drive those routes lots of times but there's not much there except the same respawning enemies. It was fun at first but after the tenth time it became a drag. Quest system isn't perhaps the best word. I mean the types of quests you get and the way quests progress.

    I didn't expect a destructible world. Never said that. Doom 3 is 8 years ago and it had more physics then Rage. That's not hype, that's what we've come to expect from games.

  • What are you playing now?

    I have to quote myself from another thread here:

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    If you call blurry textures, a static world, invisible walls everywhere, alsmost no story, lots of backtracking, ridiculous quest system and worthless ending good then by all means, it's a fantastic game

    And if your interested, I wrote a review here.