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Title: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: demi on May 11, 2009, 01:18:24 PM: How does a game about ice wind up with me fighting(?) the god of time, Chronos?

4/10
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: MCD on May 11, 2009, 01:21:29 PM: i thought it was bioshock done right?
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: maxy on May 11, 2009, 01:22:43 PM: Yeah,it sucks
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: maxy on May 11, 2009, 01:24:49 PM: Quote from: MCD on May 11, 2009, 01:21:29 PM
i thought it was bioshock done right?

More like Condemned 2 done wrong...
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: demi on May 11, 2009, 01:37:49 PM: Quote from: MCD on May 11, 2009, 01:21:29 PM
i thought it was bioshock done right?

so was bioshock
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: Don Flamenco on May 11, 2009, 01:53:37 PM: Quote from: MCD on May 11, 2009, 01:21:29 PM
i thought it was bioshock done right?

bioshock was done wrong? lalwupt?
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: demi on May 11, 2009, 01:54:37 PM: no it was perfect, you know, giant naked men as final bosses and all
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: Cravis on May 11, 2009, 05:47:56 PM: It started off well enough but I could never muster up enough enthusiasm to finish it. Then again I played the Russian version and Russian ain't exactly a second language to me.
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: Smooth Groove on May 11, 2009, 08:41:31 PM: The tech behind the visuals seem pretty nice but it's wasted by the typical, bland Eastern-Europe art.
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: demi on May 11, 2009, 08:46:52 PM: It kept on crashing for me and saying I didnt have enough video memory. I'm sorry my 8800GT is too weak for your Russian graphics
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: Smooth Groove on May 11, 2009, 09:05:45 PM: The crashes could be due to bugs in the PhysX drivers since that game supports it. Try disabling PhysX or installing the newer PhysX drivers from Nvidia' site if you still want to give it a try.
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: FatalT on May 12, 2009, 06:50:06 AM: Demi reviewing a PC game, ignore.
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: demi on May 12, 2009, 06:58:08 AM: Quote from: FatalT on May 12, 2009, 06:50:06 AM
Demi reviewing a PC game, ignore.

remember when you said "one of the best horror games this year"

lol
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: FatalT on May 12, 2009, 03:41:42 PM: Quote from: demi on May 12, 2009, 06:58:08 AM
remember when you said "one of the best horror games this year"

lol

I do, actually. I still stand by that saying.
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: demi on May 12, 2009, 03:48:16 PM: THE GOD OF TIME IS HIDING IN MY CLOSET OOGEY BOOGEY
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: demi on May 12, 2009, 03:48:37 PM: HES GONNA MAKE ME LATE TO WORK I AM SO SCARED
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: chronovore on May 13, 2009, 10:10:39 PM: Are any games actually scary past the 2 or 3 hour mark? BIOSHOCK ceased being scary after the art-house guy. And those were mostly "boo" scares. The hospital, which is like Level 2, was pretty scary. I think the first time I saw a spider-slicer, and it was moving all creepifying in the other room and I had to take a picture of it, that was scary.

Is Condemned scary at all?
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: cool breeze on May 13, 2009, 10:13:37 PM: Condemned is scary in the same way that the art-house or hospital were in Bioshock. They actually both use the same type of scare where something you think is a statue pops out and attacks you.
Title: Re: My review of Cryostasis (PC)
Post by: dark1x on May 14, 2009, 08:54:18 AM: Quote from: chronovore on May 13, 2009, 10:10:39 PM
Are any games actually scary past the 2 or 3 hour mark? BIOSHOCK ceased being scary after the art-house guy. And those were mostly "boo" scares. The hospital, which is like Level 2, was pretty scary. I think the first time I saw a spider-slicer, and it was moving all creepifying in the other room and I had to take a picture of it, that was scary.

Is Condemned scary at all?
Cryostasis isn't necessarily scary, but I thought the encounters and atmosphere became much more so after the halfway point in the game. The enemies become pretty bizarre and awesome.