THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: demi on June 27, 2007, 08:45:59 PM
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:o
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Enter the Matrix was the king of shitty rentals, finished it it 4 hours. I cant believe my friend said it was good :'(
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Enter the Matrix was the king of shitty rentals, finished it it 4 hours. I cant believe my friend said it was good :'(
I paid full price for ZOE at my friend's suggestion :(
The worst part is, I'd gotten 3/4 through it on my memory card before buying it. He told me I was less than a quarter way through the game.
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The Darkness is in no way a shitty rental. The atmosphere and presentation is top-notch. I've heard of people crushing it in 8 hours, but at that rate - you're not enjoying it. I mean, why not check out all the shows on the TVs or get all the collectibles? I will easily be replaying this for awhile. It's the best superhero game so far.
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Nope, I rented it for 5 days. Will be done by the third. I will only get all collectables because there is an achievement for it. Otherwise, back to the bin.
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Enter the Matrix was incredible while I was stoned.
It was terrible while I was sober
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Sounds like Bullet Witch 2
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Sounds like Bullet Witch 2
HELL NO.
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Bullet Witch > The Darkness
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THATS IT IM LEAVING U GUYS ARE NUTS
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They had Transformers as well, so it was a tossup on which game was more shittier.
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I like bullet Witch :( Then again I like to perv out to the hott schoolgirl outfit with the big gun...
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lol one gives a shit about Willco's dinosaur game
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now that I think about it more -I like bullet witch for the same reasons like Like rumble roses PS2, and Rumble Roses XX.... poor exploited polygon T&A....
Hey anyone got any Soul Calibur nip shots? I heard its trying to compete with DOA bounce this year.....
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No wonder Willco likes this game, the title screen is squirming black penises.
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i thought you were gay demi
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Grow up, Vz which rhymes with Bz
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lol
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If this is anything like Riddick, I will get it.
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Nothing beats my shitty rental: Back in the day, Total Recall. Thank god I didn't buy it!!! Also rented Hydlide from the same place. Small, local video store that has long since closed, they had an awesome NES selection, I rented so many amazing games from them like Mega Man 2, Dragon Warrior, Faxanadu, etc
I never even heard of THE DARKNESS till Willco started pimping it on this here site...
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flintstones snes was pretty bad-good
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maybe when Willco is done playing The Darkness (in about 3 hours), he can move on to Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter.
(http://i7.tinypic.com/639c1ug.jpg)
(http://i12.tinypic.com/6beo9w8.jpg)
I bet his favorite character is the RAT KING
(http://i11.tinypic.com/63maat2.jpg)
Willco sez: "Buy The Darkness! It's totally hot! Like this picture!"
(http://i14.tinypic.com/68c3gvb.jpg)
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* Motion blur is distracting
* Character moves slow
* Collectables have to be unlocked by calling them? That is distinguished mentally-challenged.
7.5 game so far.
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Oh
* Lipsync? Non-existant. They are like marionnetes the way they interact.
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Man, I hope this game picks up or something, these gunfights are really tame. I am getting bored.
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wow willco, this game has such exciting "side quests"
such as the one where the woman throws four coins in the subway tracks and i have to get them before the train smashes me! exciting! oh wait that only took me one try.
oh here's another one, the old lady who lost her bracelet. where is it? oh, it's on the subway tracks RIGHT BEHIND HER. WOAH.
god you're such a shitface willco, fuck off
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yeah, and the one where you have to allow a subway harmonica player to play his instrument by bullying a meanie
which involves, gasp... walking up to him, pressing the A button, and pressing the A button in front of the harmonica player!!!
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* Motion blur is distracting
* Character moves slow
* Collectables have to be unlocked by calling them? That is distinguished mentally-challenged.
7.5 game so far.
yep, that's pretty spot on, the gunfights would be much better if Jackie would actually walk quickly and if the motion blur wasn't so nagging every time you turn left or right
and what's the point of calling people to hear stupid one-liners over and over again?
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But demi, have you watched the TVs? I hear you can do that!
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yeah, i've watched it, it's stupid.
i just did the "first part" of the game, according to the achievement i just got.
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demi is crazy. He likes Advent Rising.
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multiplayer is laggy garbage - what a shock
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wow willco, this game has such exciting "side quests"
such as the one where the woman throws four coins in the subway tracks and i have to get them before the train smashes me! exciting! oh wait that only took me one try.
oh here's another one, the old lady who lost her bracelet. where is it? oh, it's on the subway tracks RIGHT BEHIND HER. WOAH.
god you're such a shitface willco, fuck off
:rofl :rofl
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haha
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You can't disagree with my statements, they are all correct!
I'm mostly trolling but all my statements I've made are fact
I'll give real talk when I beat it this weekend.
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No buy then. It seems you can finish it in one day and multiplayer sucks.
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<willco> bo bo bo bo i'll be playing this for days
the only people who are playing it for days are the ones who want the ACHIEVEMENTS
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Wait-- This game has multiplayer? It's not single player only?
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tacked on multi, yeah. CTF and DM
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I rented The Darkness today and beat it earlier. Took me about 6-7 hours. Meh.
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bobobo bo bo bo
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The Darkness is in no way a shitty rental. The atmosphere and presentation is top-notch. I've heard of people crushing it in 8 hours, but at that rate - you're not enjoying it. I mean, why not check out all the shows on the TVs or get all the collectibles? I will easily be replaying this for awhile. It's the best superhero game so far.
if i wanted to watch shitty tv shows, i'd turn on cable and put on nick at nite.
anyway, i loved riddick, but i've heard this isn't nearly as good.
not sure if i'll pick this up.
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It's supposed to be an immersive cinematic game experience. If you're not interested in the material - what's the point? That's like buying Pac-Man CE when you hate Pac-Man. You probably won't like CE either!
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willco, http://www.quartertothree.com
But the game world is full of sloppy oversights. Knock a police car aside, and it’s lights hover in the air. At one point, you walk into the ruins of a building shortly after it’s been destroyed by a bomb blast. There are bottles standing upright on tables. As you play, your personal map of the world fills in with the locations you’ve found as you search for Paulie, the Mafioso uber-villain. But in the subway station, the completed map is posted on the walls, with “Paulie’s Mansion” clearly labeled in the upper right corner. It’s a pretty crappy secret hideout that’s posted on a public map in both stations of the New York City subway system.
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Tom Chick brings up very perfect valid points.
Darkness is a turd, Willco owned over and over
btw I got the achievement for doing all the side-quests. I've also got > 75 of collectables. I'm on day 3 so far out of my 5 day rental, and I am taking my sweet time with the game, like you said. I am... immersing myself. All for the low low price of $5!
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Just beat it. End sequence is a huge dud, and the ending is lame, as usual. No resolve, nothing. Something right up Willco's alley, I don't think even comic fans can enjoy this.
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demi is just trollin', per usual. ADVENT RISING.
I dig Tom Chick, but those are nitpicks I can overlook when the rest of the presentation is so awesome. I guess they're legitimate nitpicks - but they're nitpicks. I really don't think when you're picking up cars and tossing them at people that you go, "DAMN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE STILL ON!"
It's not without flaws, but it's a damn fine shooter - perfect for a comic book geek. :-[
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willco, the game looks like Top Cow-level shit. sorry.
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demi is just trollin', per usual. ADVENT RISING.
I dig Tom Chick, but those are nitpicks I can overlook when the rest of the presentation is so awesome. I guess they're legitimate nitpicks - but they're nitpicks. I really don't think when you're picking up cars and tossing them at people that you go, "DAMN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE STILL ON!"
It's not without flaws, but it's a damn fine shooter - perfect for a comic book geek. :-[
Sounds like someone didn't beat it, and is just trolling.
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willco, the game looks like Top Cow-level shit. sorry.
Don't hate on Top Cow!
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I just got my copy. It's Saturday...let's see if I can beat it in a weekend.
Demi, what would you give the game?
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7
It's games like this that make people pissed at paying $60, and idiots like Willco lap it up like TARDS.
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No, games like ADVENT RISING make people pissed for paying $60! How dare I enjoy a game that is catered towards my individual preferences! O SNAP!
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Advent Rising wasn't $60
And why won't you buy Overlord, nintard? It is a pikmin clone, it should be making your dick hard!
Overlord > The Darkness
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Because I'm not a Ninthing and Overlord is for simpletons that want an EASIER Pikmin.
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Sneak King > The Darkness
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:lol
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Willco, I've got all the single player achievements, lets play online so you can see how horrible and crap it is
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Willco, I've got all the single player achievements, lets play online so you can see how horrible and crap it is
I played it last night, it's pretty bad. I wish they spent the resources the put on multiplayer and put them on expanded the single player game. But then IGN would dock them points for no multiplayer.
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I would give it less points for even trying to pass this off as multiplayer. Riddick didn't have multi and look what scores that got. If you are gonna do it, at least put some effort into it. They probably shuffled the rest of the team to multiplayer and just threw together that end sequence and called it a day.
The Darkness Multiplayer > Shadowrun
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I hate you!
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The Darkness' ending really is bad, though. Demi wasn't trolling that.
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I don't think so. It's open ended, but it's based a comic book. He takes care of business and we wrap up the story.
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7.0 game
You know what's the hardest thing about this game? Not the enemies, not any bosses, especially on "hard" as my achievement shows
But the multiplayer lag. You know how difficult it is traversing your way through lag to capture the flag? Do you?
Starbreeze is a shameful developer, do not support this.
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:lol
Multiplayer is bad, but if you bought or rented The Darkness for multiplayer you're probably as smart as demi. :-*
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I still have a day yet on my rental, what am I supposed to do!
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I'm going to start after all the achievements - I am not a master achiever such as yourself.
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My review
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PRESENTATION: 7
Much like Riddick, it's a great SP experience, the story scenes stand out, but everything else is flat.
SOUND: 8
Sound is really nice, the rock music during action scenes is nice, and the serene music in the subways is good, yadda. Typical tripe. Explosions are loud, bullets are fierce, yadda. Mike Patton's voice is great, probably the only good voice in the entire game - and maybe the even the entire game period - everyone else is fake, or comes off forced.
VISUALS: 7
Very nice looking game, lots of bloom, OVERUSE of motion blur, makes things disorienting especially during gunfights. Character models look like hi-res Riddick, and move like marionnetes.
GAMEPLAY: 7
The Darkness powers are mostly useless, EXCEPT Creeping Dark. The guns are useless, aside from Pistols. Go from point A to point B, shoot bad guys, rinse and repeat. Subway hub system is meh, environments are a wasteland, though it is nighttime out so I'll let it slide. Side-Quests are distinguished mentally-challenged and useless. Lots of little niggling things break this down. Multiplayer is tacked on and BROKEN, if you aren't gonna try, don't do it at all. Oh, and dialing in to unlock stuff? Dumb. Lots of things just don't make sense in this game, at all, and often leaves you scratching your head. Why am I in call of duty hell?
LASTING APPEAL: 5
Rent it, beat it in a day, take it back. Collectables are lame, as they are in other games. Try online, get lagged out, don't touch it again.
ACHIEVEMENTS: 8
Single Player achievements are nice, easy to get, you can get a decent amount if you dedicate some time to it. Multiplayer ones are alright, but some are a slap to the face -- example: 5pts for capturing a flag, 5pts for capturing 20 flags. Does that make sense?
FINAL SCORE: 7
Comic nerds will get annoyed by the fact that they made a shame of this IP, with things told wrong, characters in the wrong situations and places. Definitely a good rental, at best. If you paid $60 for this you are a dummy. For being such a GREAT developer, Starbreeze really dropped the ball on this one. Maybe the remake of Riddick they're doing will put them back up on top.
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All these Darkness threads make me want to replay Chronicles of Riddick.
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Yeah, demi wins. Haven't beaten it, but so far I like the storytelling a lot, I think the graphics are nice, I think the sound is cool. I think the gunplay is pretty shitty and so far I spend more time futzing around summoning the little things and messing with demon arm that I'd rather just shoot them with my guns.
Eh. 7 is pretty close to what I'd give it. Maybe it picks up.
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Just use Creeping Dark from afar and take out all the enemies that way. Demon Arm is useless and only puts you in danger.
Play to the end, the end is really great, but you don't get to DO anything, it's all automated. People make up the excuse that -spoiler so i wont post it- but i think they're just REALLY reaching.
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Sucks to be Willco.
Advent Rising > The Darkness
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Not really, I don't rely on others to tell me what I enjoy! 8)
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I'm going to give The Darkness a try since Riddick was one of my favs from last gen. I need some info before I get the game since I've been unable to keep up with gaming news for the last 6 weeks. Is there going to be a PC version? Which console version is better?
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not right now, though i'm sure one will appear, much like Riddick did
and get 360, because ps3 is for lames
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Ugh, I'm in hell right now. WTF. This is awful. Repetitive nothingness with boring enemies that I shoot now because they are there and I'm a badass.
The sidequests are embarrassingly stupid and the lack of any sort of hud is frustrating, not immersive. What's my level of darkness power? How much darkness am I absorbing? Why does 8 year old Jackie Estacado look like Al Pacino on a 5 year old's body?
I was expecting a crazy game filled with action set pieces, but so far the powers just aren't really working.
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You check Darkness Level by hitting select, then hitting right. Darkness Level is pretty useless, I beat the game on Hard at the middle point, and I wasnt even eating hearts unless I needed a quick regen of power.
The Call of Duty "hell" parts make zero sense. The Darkness says "this is my dream of you" and I'm like "why?" I don't recall Jackie having a WW2 fetish.
You should hit max Level by eating at least ~280 hearts, that's when I got it anyway. 300 hearts nets you another achievement.
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WWI demi. But yeah the Hell level is some of the most ill designed and out of place crap in a game I have played.
I don't get why the Darkness powers keep helping Jackie. they're like, noooo stop it. sttooooppp i control you. i can get you to do what i want...oh you're trying to kill me? eh okay i'll just keep bullshitting for a while.
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Yeah it's really weird, you have no problems doing stuff, but when you finally reach Jenny, The Darkness just THEN decides to stop you and you can't do anything about it?
Lots of things just didn't fit, I wouldn't know where to begin.