THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Eel O'Brian on August 14, 2009, 09:24:09 PM
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I normally don't pay much attention to this kind of stuff, but Activision is obviously fucking this one over because of the iD jump - no marketing to speak of, very little in the way of previews on the major gaming sites
hell, that one dev had to put himself out there and act the fool to get some notice, sucks that he had to do that because of bullshit publisher grudge politics
i feel bad for the raven dudes because they're going to take all the heat if it tanks, even if the game is good (and it looks like cheesy fun, which is all anyone should really expect from a wolfenstein game)
i'm buying this on pc, that's probably the only platform which will have any MP community to speak of whatsoever
fuck that redheaded garbage pail kid lookalike kotick, i hope all his overpriced plastic accessory shit bombs this winter and he gets tossed out on his ass
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I thought this thread was about the true Wolfenstein... Wolfenstein RPG
Another fine EA product mind you
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It'll be in the bargain bin really quick, so I'm going to hold off. The marketing has been awful. I forgot the game existed until like yesterday.
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Gamefly... won't buy. That Manzeer guy is silly.
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Wolf RPG is out and much cheaper and Activision gets no money from it.
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I might get it on 360. I have a pretty finite amount of cash for the next year and only $77 in gamestop credit, so it may not be until it's clearanced. and yeah, Activision is sour fucking grapes. Is Activision's reign as the evil guy in the industry worse than EA's? it seems like it, since they have such a wider variety of popular IP.
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I'm hoping for a demo. It looks like it could be a fun shooter, but it seems like they're trying to make things a bit too serious. The fun of Wolfenstein games in the past (and some now, like Wolf RPG) was that it was kinda wacky WW2 time. This is all about how there is a mcguffin and some occult shit happening. They should have made it even more wacky WW2 to separate it from things like CoDWaW, or FEAR 2, or even Singularity. Singularity and Wolfenstein were both shown at E3 from Activision and they seemed like the same game.
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watched a live stream of it today. looks like a decent rental at best
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I played a little bit of it at Quakecon. It seemed pretty fun, although I really only got shoot a few Nazis and some weird monster boss and didn't get to try out any of the magic, but it didn't really leave enough of an impression on me to make me want to go out and buy it any time soon.
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I have Wolfenstein in my hand. :flex
I just got back from the Quakecon wrap party. There was like 500+ people there. They were having all the tournament finals, but in between matches, they were like "hey, let's throw these t-shirts into the crowd" and then that turned into "hey, let's throw these copies of Orcs & Elves DS into the crowd" and then it finally escalated to "hey, let's just throw some Wolfenstein into the crowd". I managed to grab about the 5th copy that was thrown out. The dude behind me tried to put a little two-finger pinch on it, like he was going to snatch it out my hand when I was coming down with it, but I was like distinguished black fellow please. So yeah, it may be a crappy game, but it's crappy game I don't have to pay for now...
..........except it's the Xbox 360 version. PC gaming am cry. :'( At least it wasn't the PS3 version. I'll play it, and if it's worth owning, I'll sell it and get the PC version.
P.S. I saw two dudes fighting like rabid dogs over Orcs & Elves. It was hilarous. I just wanted to say "guys, O&E is a pretty cool game, but it's like $9.99 at Gamestop. The t-shirts were probably worth more than the game" but instead I just watched them and laughed. Cuz that's how people with Wolfenstein roll.
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Joe I'll pay you for that copy, $25 boo?
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I love you, but not that much. For $25, I'd let you have my autographed copy of Orcs & Elves, though.
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So does the game suck?
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I love you, but not that much. For $25, I'd let you have my autographed copy of Orcs & Elves, though.
:'(
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:(
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(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5228/50625334.jpg)
:smug
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fuck gamefly, ps3 and 360 versions have been sitting in my q for months (to make sure i got one)
they didn't send me either version
if they don't send me batman next week i'm cancelling and going back to the buy/rent method
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If you asked me this question two years ago or perhaps even last year I would've said day fucking one but after looking at some of the multiplayer vids (the only part of the game that I even care about) it seems Wolfenstein has gone down the shitter.
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Just watched this review,sold
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrBPL33ymHA[/youtube]
Basically SP is fun,MP not
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It's been leaked for a while maxy, I thought you were supposed to have first review?
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from the videos i've seen the mp looks fun, looks like it forces you to be a team player
whatever is glitchy or borked in the pc version will be fixed, i'm sure
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That review has got the shittiest fucking titles I've seen in a long time.
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Sounds like someone is grumpy that gamefly didnt send him a game. :smug
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they threw me a bone with call of juarez and then went right back to skipping me on the new releases
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It's been leaked for a while maxy, I thought you were supposed to have first review?
Yeah i know,i thought it was shit and it was(is) extremely hot outside,not the best time to turn on room heater also known as xbox360.
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fuck gamefly, ps3 and 360 versions have been sitting in my q for months (to make sure i got one)
they didn't send me either version
if they don't send me batman next week i'm cancelling and going back to the buy/rent method
Might I suggest checking out GameRang and GottaPlay?
GameRang won't list the wait status unless I sign up for $15, and I'm not going to drop money just to find out everything I'd want has a big "Long Wait" slapped across the bottom
As for GottaPlay, this is their new release list for 360:
G-Force
King of Fighters XII
Watchmen
Rock Band: Country
Brave: A Warrior's Tale
:lol
thanks for the suggestions, but i think if gamefly screws me on batman i'm just gonna do the buy/rent on the few upcoming games i really want to play, unless i get lucky and something is actually in stock at a redbox kiosk
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Why are you laughing, that IS the new releases for 360 the past few weeks :lol
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yeah, but they didn't even list wolfenstein as upcoming
i think they're mostly a "trade and rent" outfit
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gamefly shipped me a copy yesterday
thanks gamefly :smug
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Pretty fun game so far.
Killing Nazis :rock
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i like the wolfenstein series, and i don't think it's going to be mediocre
you don't know if it's going to be mediocre, either
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Borys plays shitty DOS games on his crysis PC... dont talk to him
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picked it up at best buy, used $5 in rewards points, got a $10 gift card with purchase
360 controller compatible (i like using dual sticks for SP sometimes), best version for lowest price confirmed
installing now :hyper
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Eel you have a pretty nice PC why do you insist on buying mediocre games?
Shut up, Borys
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so far this game is exactly what i expected, a next-gen wolfenstein
cool b-movie supernatural stuff, asskicking all over the place, hilarious incidental background dialogue, bloody chunks flying everywhere when you gank a nazi
regenerating health :( i wanted to hear that goofy chewing noise when i ate a hot or cold meal for health :(
runs like a dream at max settings, can't wait to get home from work this evening and play more
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On the same day that Activision releases its latest title in the Wolfenstein franchise, our sister site GamesIndustry.biz can confirm that a number of the team responsible for the multiplayer portion of the game have been laid off.
UK based Endrant Studios had been co-developing Wolfenstein with Raven Software, and it was the first title by the team since forming in July 2008.
"We have recently completed a development cycle and have regrettably been forced to make adjustments to staff and headcounts," said a spokesperson for the studio.
"Those affected are valued members of our team who have worked incredibly hard on our latest title. We hope that they land on their feet quickly."
The spokesperson could not specify the exact number of redundancies at the 17-man team due to ongoing efforts to secure other work.
Wolfenstein for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is released today in North America, and on Friday in Europe.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/wolfenstein-mp-team-axed-on-release-day
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IGN review:
7.5 Presentation
There's a nice amount of polish on things, but it can't paper over the fact that the story feels a bit familiar.
7.5 Graphics
While the graphics engine isn't as cutting edge as others, it does a decent job of creating battlefields that feel alive.
8.0 Sound
The sound designers make every gun sound just right; just close your eyes and listen to the chaos.
7.5 Gameplay
It's also satisfying to vaporize Nazis, but you can't help but wish that the ideas here were developed further.
7.0 Lasting Appeal
The campaign is about as long as most shooters, but multiplayer lacks the depth or replayability of other games in the genre.
7.3 Decent
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/101/1014821p1.html (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/101/1014821p1.html)
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BOMBA
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I'm dling the PC version right now. Suckers.
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It's a fun game. Not really worth sixty bucks, though.
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i'll give raven my money, $35 isn't that much
here's the thing - some of the same people who have equated activision's sulky withdrawal of marketing for wolfenstein with a lack of quality will drop $60 several times over the next few months on overhyped games which score in the high 9s on IGN, but which they will never enjoy enough to finish and they'll whine about endlessly afterwards, and i'll find it hilarious as usual because those people are morons who deserve to have their money stolen
i spent $35, i'm having a blast so far, and the randomly generated number of 7.3 means absolutely nothing to me
IGN gave GTAIV a 10 and Prey (Prey) a 9, and that's a pretty good representation of their sliding scale of fucktarded gamebabbling and meaningless digits
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I'm enjoying it so far. I'm pretty far into it from what I played last night and it feels like a solid rental/$40 purchase. If I ever do buy it I'll probably pick it up on a console instead of the PC though.
KILLIN NAZIS IS STILL AS FUN AS EVER!
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Why isn't this on Steam? Oh yea, because Activision is trying to kill it. Fuck them.
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Why isn't this on Steam? Oh yea, because Activision is trying to kill it. Fuck them.
Quake 4 never made it to Steam either, although Enemy Territory: Quake Wars did. It's a mystery.
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Yes you are missing out on Quake 4 guys. PC gamers :rolleye
I got my copy in today from Gamefly. Let me know if you want to play awesome wowsome online. Or boost. Either will work. :smug
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Just popped it in and it doesn't do anything for me. EB here has a promo if you buy it, you can return within seven days and get a full store credit. This will pay off my MW2 order. I'll go back to playing Lego Batman until NHL comes out. :-\
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How long did you play it? I didn't think the game really started getting good until around the third or fourth mission, and when you get all the magic and weapons.
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bump again... put this in the Xbox. if you have it i'll play. or boost. either works.
Playing on UBER mode (hardest) 8)
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I rented it for 360 and holy hell the multiplayer blows. Single player is still enjoyable though.
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It makes my 360 run loud. whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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This game is pretty sweet. Wolfenstein Fallout
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SP gets really good about 1/4 of the way through. MP (at least on PC) has a tight objective mode and the layout of the maps is well done, but UGH graphics.
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I'm liking the SP, it has the cool campy, Indiana jones meets Hellboy vibe going on.
But one thing, why the fuck does this game look so ugly? Is there any particular reason? Shouldn't it have been the opposite in this case?
Looks dated as hell, like a Xbox 1 game.
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Looks fine to me.
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I'm at the hospital level. Uber mode is a JOKE. Not that I'm complaining but these hard difficulties are pussified lately. I want to feel accomplished. Good thing Modern Warfare 2 is coming soon...
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:wtf
Prey was good.
lol no it wasn't
who has time for this shit anyway?
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Prey at least had something new going for it. It was unabashedly racist and had portals before Portal made it vogue. This seems fun but uninteresting. :\
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I'm at the hospital level. Uber mode is a JOKE. Not that I'm complaining but these hard difficulties are pussified lately. I want to feel accomplished. Good thing Modern Warfare 2 is coming soon...
Did you play KZ2? The A.I. is good enough and the bullets deadly enough on higher difficulties that you should get a decent challenge out of it.
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How long did you play it? I didn't think the game really started getting good until around the third or fourth mission, and when you get all the magic and weapons.
I played a bit more after I made the post. I liked the whole idea of the hub world and getting quests from townspeople, but the story just didn't do it for me.
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The last boss (or at least I think it is) is fucking distinguished mentally-challenged. Dude can shoot through stone walls with his gatling guns. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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Nevermind, I beat it. Took about 6 hours gametime... achievement wanted me to beat it "under 12". They were being generous :lol
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MP is fucking dreadful and i would love to know what the resolution is. it looks low, REALLY low
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Well, this game is garbage. There's a HUGE glitch that causes your game to lock up and freeze, refusing to load levels. You lose all your progress. I got stuck with it when replaying levels and going for all collectables. This is widespread too, go to gamefaqs, x360a, even the wolfenstein forums, everyone gets it.
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pc version is fine :smug
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Or is it... maybe nobody bothered to buy it to discover the glitch yet. PC gaming :smug
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well, i like it
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You're entitled to that. Even if you're wrong.
MODERN WARFARE 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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http://kotaku.com/5346302/raven-hit-by-layoffs-some-point-to-lackluster-wolfenstein-sales
Another one bites the dust
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Finished all the SP cheevs... I dont think anyone has 360 version on here to help me boost some of these multi ones : (
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This game feels really old.
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Tried a multiplayer match.... yeah, garbage.
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FUCK this game, it fucking FROZE during a match :lol
Man I was working on my Medic achieves too
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And now the game has decided to reset my multiplayer stats. All 60 Veil Strike kills down to zero. :lol
I am done trying legit. You try to play for real and the game turns around and does this. Looking around - surprise - it happens to everyone else too. What a shock.
I will just wait for muckhole to rent it so we can boost : )
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And now the game has decided to reset my multiplayer stats. All 60 Veil Strike kills down to zero. :lol
Holy shit! :o
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this stuff doesn't happen in the pc version, although i will agree that the MP is pretty MEH
MP isn't Raven's fault, btw, Endtrant Studios did that bullshit
The SP is tight and a blast
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this stuff doesn't happen in the pc version
http://www.wolfenstein.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1956
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perhaps i am just lucky, then
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This game is pretty fun
The economy blows though. I haven't been able to upgrade jack shit. And the black market dudes keep asking me for tomes, wtf, where do I get those, it's pissing me off
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This game is pretty fun
The economy blows though. I haven't been able to upgrade jack shit. And the black market dudes keep asking me for tomes, wtf, where do I get those, it's pissing me off
Tomes are hidden throughout every level. There's usually at least one or two.
I didn't have too much trouble upgrading my stuff, though. Are you doing all the sidequests?
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Yeah did a few. Not going to bother finishing it though, I guess I didn't upgrade myself enough so the boss fights near the end of the game are just fucking stupid and not worth the aggravation. 7/10 game, nice art direction, pity the old-ass engine couldn't do it more justice.
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You dont need the Tomes, all they do is grant you a couple extra veil abilities. You dont need these.
You dont even have to upgrade your guns. You can also exit the level if you are having trouble, and go back to get some gold.
The game isn't hard except the last boss. smh, change your name. You are not SHO NUFF
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Didn't Raven do Quake 4? Cause that got ridiculous toward the end too. Which is weird because I don't remember the old Dooms or Quakes or Wolfensteins being particularly grindy in terms of enemy HP. Luckily I was playing on cheat-o-rama PC version. Although even with no_clip and god mode I couldn't even get through Doom3 because of the boredom. Hmm, I'm starting to think all these Id/Raven games kinda suck after Quake 3.
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I'll try this bitch boss again just for u demi
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I got past the annoying part but this game still sucks
Bullet sponge enemies, zzzzz
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ok i'm on the final boss, only having one quarter of the veil power kind of sucks
the nostalgia of fighting the same boss from Wolf3D's shareware episode doesn't make up for the fact that this isn't very fun
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There's various veil pools littered around that fight, thats how the fight was designed
No I'm not defending it, it's trash. :lol
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What in the fuck is this final boss shit with the missiles?
At least they realized the final boss fight was so horribly imbalanced and obtuse that they put a crapload of checkpoints in it :lol
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Apparently my connection can only host 2 people online :lol
Luckily Muckhole is helping me boost :wub
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ok I just finished the game, that was just godawful
It picked up so well about a quarter of the way in, but then at the end the game throws up its hands and says "THAT'S IT, I'VE GOT NOTHING"
Totally balls achievements too. :yuck
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Didn't Raven do Quake 4? Cause that got ridiculous toward the end too. Which is weird because I don't remember the old Dooms or Quakes or Wolfensteins being particularly grindy in terms of enemy HP. Luckily I was playing on cheat-o-rama PC version. Although even with no_clip and god mode I couldn't even get through Doom3 because of the boredom. Hmm, I'm starting to think all these Id/Raven games kinda suck after Quake 3.
they pretty much do. I bought the ID pack when it was on super sale on steam, played about 30 minutes each of Doom 3 and Ressurection...immediately regretted the purchase.
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YUS i am done with this game. 970/1000 woot
back to gamefly for you, shitty game
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I'm about to try out the single-player mode for the first time. It's worth noting that in the two nights I helped demi out, my multiplayer stats (limited as they were) got wiped as well. Quality netcode too. Yeesh.
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:lol I cant believe you got hit and you BARELY DID ANYTHING
What a POS developer
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A demo came out on 360. It was pretty fun (ran a bit choppy on the 360...no PC demo yet) and I'll pick it up in the future when it's cheap.