THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Smooth Groove on January 08, 2011, 03:15:23 PM
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Anyone checked out the fakefactory cinematic mod? http://www.cinematicmod.com/cm_10.php
It's pretty good for free content and blows away Valve's half-assed efforts to revamp HL2 graphics.
The most noticeable modification is that all the women are now big boobed and sluttily dressed. Gordon Freeman is a happy man.
(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3883/45799397.jpg)
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/1639/15197233.jpg)
(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2471/16307773.jpg)
(http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9489/76016863.jpg)
(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6059/86412773.jpg)
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[lever sound]
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Characters look awful.
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Here are some 1080p pics that show off the other changes. I dig the new shadowing and lighting. It adds mood to the game without drastically altering the original look of the game.
New Combine and NPCs are also pretty nice although I wish there were more variations of the Combine, even if the original game didn't have them.
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/4574/hl22011010712462663.th.jpg) (http://img716.imageshack.us/i/hl22011010712462663.jpg/)
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/2263/hl22011010712584592.th.jpg) (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/hl22011010712584592.jpg/)
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(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8455/hl22011010714015863.th.jpg) (http://img267.imageshack.us/i/hl22011010714015863.jpg/)
(http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1072/hl22011010714060140.th.jpg) (http://img413.imageshack.us/i/hl22011010714060140.jpg/)
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this looks terrible.
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New Judith's face is terrible but I think Alyx is pretty good although she isn't even remotely black now. Supposedly the new Alyx model was based on Adriana Lima.
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All of the new characters look AWFUL. What the heck were they thinking?
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I far prefer the new NPC squadmates. The original ones had no personality and all looked the same.
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/4574/hl22011010712462663.jpg)
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Except now they look kind of ridiculous.
We've got bald guy with mustache and goatee and stereotypical Mexican guy.
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if i want to see the source engine looking good i usually just visit robert briscoes blog
http://www.littlelostpoly.co.uk/devblog/
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or just play left 4 dead 2?
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ahahaha what the fuck
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looks like shite
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You can still use the mod without any of the new "HD" models. Actually, they are turned off by default.
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dling
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You might have to get the smaller version if you don't have 4gb ram or a 64 bit Windows.
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Have both. Dling.
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(http://shmups.system11.org/download/file.php?avatar=279_1255529549.jpg)
is my new squadmate?
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Is there really music from Batman Begins / The Dark Knight playing in this or is it just the youtube video I saw? anyway, it's cool that they added iron sights.
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8 gigs? lol not dling
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since when has hl2 had an mp5 in it?! :o
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actually looks like aids.
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Is there really music from Batman Begins / The Dark Knight playing in this or is it just the youtube video I saw? anyway, it's cool that they added iron sights.
Not sure but the alternate dynamic soundtrack is pretty good.
I didn't even notice it at first but iron sights actually works pretty welll. However, I don't like most of the other gameplay tweaks. They added instant headshot kills but then try to balance it with aimbot accuracy and much more splash damage from explosions which make some of the levels almost impossible to beat. You can change most of it back though by deleting some cfg files.
(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9125/hl22011010911560096.jpg)
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so wait, this mod also has gameplay modifications as well? from your post it sounds like implemented call of doody influences.
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Yeah. I thought it was all graphical tweaks until I kept dying in "Water Hazard" way more than before because I kept getting destroyed by the missles. Also, certain sections seemed to have many more enemies than before and the new tweaks made it so that you almost have to be perfect to make it through. It might be fun for a challenge freak but I think the old difficulty level was a bit more balanced.
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Call of Duty: Full Life Consequences
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Worst mod ever.
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I'm not sure what you find so offensive aside from the models. Like I said before, you don't have to use them.
Most of the changes genuinely improve the look of the game, especially original HL2, while still preserving the original artistic intent.
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/689/cm1032.jpg)
(http://img573.imageshack.us/img573/7923/cm1034k.jpg)
(http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/451/cm1035.jpg)
(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6461/cm1058.jpg)
(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5157/cm1068.jpg)
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I'm not sure what you find so offensive aside from the models. Like I said before, you don't have to use them.
Most of the changes genuinely improve the look of the game, especially original HL2, while still preserving the original artistic intent.
(http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/451/cm1035.jpg)
The first and last screenshots look okay, but some of the others are pretty debatable. Looking at this screenshot, I don't see how it improves the look of the game or preserves the original intent. Am I playing Far Cry all of sudden, what's with all the extra foliage? And did the county recently come by and repave the road?
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My bad, I forgot that Uncharted hating Xbots don't give a crap about foliage.
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holy fuck this looks awesome
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Looking at some more comparisons, they really AREN'T preserving the original artistic intent. At all.
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,684336/Half-Life-2-vs-Cinematic-Mod-10-Visual-comparison-Update-New-darker-look-Top-article-of-August-2009/Practice/
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My bad, I forgot that Uncharted hating Xbots don't give a crap about foliage.
Dam right we don't, effing trees. :punch
I'll try it out though once I get my new PC put together.
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wow, that looks absolutely nothing like what an eotech looks like irl
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people spend way too much time on this half-hearted game than they should...
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This mod is just all over the place. Some of the stuff is "Wow, that looks really great!" and other stuff is "Man, what the heck were they thinking?".
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The thing about Half-Life 2 is that it's still a really good looking game even years after its release. The main reason for that is that it has a clean, consistent, believable style throughout and it really doesn't seem like that the guy, or guys, that made this mod realize that, or realize why.
I'm not saying that there aren't ways to make HL2 look better [there are], but this doesn't seem like it.
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[lever sound]
:teehee
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omg whitewashing