Author Topic: The Demi Bought Operation Darkness Thread (Read 1947 times)

demi · « **on:** June 20, 2008, 09:22:11 PM »

I'm going to regret this.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #1 on:** June 20, 2008, 09:23:48 PM »

lemme know, it's WWII, even if it is wackass japaWWII, i might have to have it

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #2 on:** June 20, 2008, 09:28:23 PM »

What is this game?

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #3 on:** June 20, 2008, 09:38:12 PM »

wait, it's out?

demi · « **Reply #4 on:** June 20, 2008, 09:39:46 PM »

Ya, GameStop has it early

It has 4p co-op online, but unsure how it works... would be awesome if you could play story with friends

Vizzys · « **Reply #5 on:** June 20, 2008, 09:49:05 PM »

did they fix anything, i heard complaints about the Japanese versions camera or something

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #6 on:** June 20, 2008, 09:49:51 PM »

EGM said it was shit but I trust demi more.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 20, 2008, 09:52:56 PM »

even the US demo camera was shit

if they fixed it it's an instant buy for me

demi · « **Reply #8 on:** June 20, 2008, 10:05:03 PM »

Damn I died on the first battle... lol

The secret achievements on this game are

War Medal (20) - Play online once. That's all!

Purple Heart (35) - Complete the first mission in less than 14 minutes. You can start a new game and just keep trying for this one.

^ Trying to get this one right now

Africa Star (45) - Find the Muramasa Blade, Dragon Slayer and Excaliber weapons. These ars secret swords that have to be collected from certain enemies in certain missions. There are only 1-2 chances in the entire game to get them, although some people managed to get them as rewards for online play too.

Solider's Medal (65) - Collect Valhalla Orders 1 - 12. A specific solider in each stage carries one of these from around ep 13 onward. You need *all* of these to get into the EX Missions near the end of the game, miss one and you can't go back for it + you'll lose access to over 300 achievement points.

Silver Star (70) - Finish missions 1 - 27.

Distinguished Service Cross (80) - Finish all 15 Armored Recon (AR) missions.

Military Cross (90) - Finish all 20 Extra (EX) missions.

Medal of Honor (95) - Finish stage 27 (final stage) with all AR and all EX missions also clear.

Victoria Cross (100) - Finish Mission 1 - 27 (just the story missions) within 35 hours.

^ uh oh

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #9 on:** June 20, 2008, 10:06:25 PM »

So how is it? Would you reccomend it? And is it scary

demi · « **Reply #10 on:** June 20, 2008, 10:43:16 PM »

I didnt beat it in under 14 minutes :'(

demi · « **Reply #11 on:** June 20, 2008, 10:51:48 PM »

Woo, I got it

Got it in 8 minutes

demi · « **Reply #12 on:** June 20, 2008, 11:06:15 PM »

Camera is still wonky poop, btw

pilonv1 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 20, 2008, 11:22:05 PM »

shit

and loul @ achievements. fucking sadistic

demi · « **Reply #14 on:** June 21, 2008, 12:49:49 AM »

Finished Mission 2, game isnt very difficult so far, and the battles go pretty quickly. I really like how you can pilfer dead enemies for health, and ammo and guns.

demi · « **Reply #15 on:** June 21, 2008, 01:13:29 AM »

If anyone gets this we should try the co-op...

MCD · « **Reply #16 on:** June 21, 2008, 01:56:24 AM »

i can't believe you bought it.

the camera is absolute dogshit.

demi · « **Reply #17 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:02:31 AM »

I cant turn into werewolves, and there are no dragons and skeletons and cool freaky shit yet :'(

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #18 on:** June 21, 2008, 10:24:10 PM »

I watched a gametrailers preview, this looks dope.

How bad can the camera possibly be?

MCD · « **Reply #19 on:** June 21, 2008, 11:55:02 PM »

there is a demo you know.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 22, 2008, 08:19:10 PM »

The camera isn't bad, it's just really difficult to manage. If there was a permanent top down view I'd be all over this.

Rman · « **Reply #21 on:** June 22, 2008, 08:50:48 PM »

What is this? A RTS game?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #22 on:** June 22, 2008, 09:15:40 PM »

demi · « **Reply #23 on:** June 22, 2008, 09:18:04 PM »

Demi is still on Mission 3, he hasnt bothered turning on the game

pilonv1 · « **Reply #24 on:** June 22, 2008, 09:28:30 PM »

I found the demo really overwhelming. So much shit going on and I had no idea what to do. Which sucks because it looks so fucking awesome

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #25 on:** June 22, 2008, 11:39:46 PM »

Anime WW2? Really?

lol

pilonv1 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 23, 2008, 12:03:08 AM »

with werewolves and dragons

pilonv1 · « **Reply #27 on:** June 24, 2008, 01:18:42 AM »

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/883/883699p1.html

2.0 Presentation
A perfect example of how to turn a fun idea into pure tedium.

1.0 Graphics
The game technically does have graphics.

3.5 Sound
Terrible voice acting, but at least most dialogue is voiced.

3.0 Gameplay
How did they manage to mess up a camera in a turn-based strategy game?

3.0 Lasting Appeal
If you can find any joy in this mess, then you'll find many hours of deluded fun.

2.5 Terrible OVERALL

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #28 on:** June 24, 2008, 01:21:30 AM »

So almost as good as God Hand, amirite IGN?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

J/K, God Hand sucked, deal with it animu nerds.

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Narag · « **Reply #29 on:** June 24, 2008, 01:23:10 AM »

Is there anything redeemable about this game, Demi?

Quote from: Joe Molotov on June 24, 2008, 01:21:30 AM

So almost as good as God Hand, amirite IGN?

spoiler (click to show/hide)
J/K, God Hand sucked, deal with it animu nerds.
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You son of a bitch

demi · « **Reply #30 on:** June 24, 2008, 01:26:56 AM »

Still on Mission 3... as for redeemable? I'm not sure. It's pretty standard. You like these games, you might enjoy it. Its different in that you can pilfer dead bodies. You use kill points to buy basic items and equipment before missions. It is also kind of harsh in that, if any of your team members (aside from Recruits) die, thats it, game over. But the game is also generous because you can equip skills - notably, the auto-restore skill, which uses an healing item automatically after a certain health percentage (20% in my case). So all you need to do is carry a healthy stock of healing, and you can pilfer more if you need so, and you should do fine.

The achievements are pretty straight forward. $60 is extremely steep for this game, though.

Narag · « **Reply #31 on:** June 24, 2008, 01:27:50 AM »

Thanks. Might make a good $20 impulse buy down the road!

Mondain · « **Reply #32 on:** June 25, 2008, 02:58:04 PM »

fuuuuuuuuck I want this so bad even with the shit camera

and those reviewers giving scores like 2/10 and 4/10 are insane, keep playing the latest Gears of War clones, tards

Mondain · « **Reply #33 on:** June 25, 2008, 07:05:11 PM »

this is the same gameplay as Fire Emblem, but with upbeat World War II music and guns, how can it NOT be awesome?

plenty of people like demi already confirmed that reviewers were ignorant shits with this one, so there

this ain't no joke, I was reading the 4/10 Gamesradar review and the guy keeps telling that "Atlus should've done this/shouldn't have done that with their game" when the game has been made by a completely different company and Atlus' american branch only localized and published it

MCD · « **Reply #34 on:** June 25, 2008, 07:13:24 PM »

they should have fixed the camera

i really wanted to support this but the camera killed everything that i liked in the game.

demi · « **Reply #35 on:** June 25, 2008, 07:16:49 PM »

Quote from: Mondain on June 25, 2008, 07:05:11 PM

this is the same gameplay as Fire Emblem, but with upbeat World War II music and guns, how can it NOT be awesome?

plenty of people like demi already confirmed that reviewers were ignorant shits with this one, so there

this ain't no joke, I was reading the 4/10 Gamesradar review and the guy keeps telling that "Atlus should've done this/shouldn't have done that with their game" when the game has been made by a completely different company and Atlus' american branch only localized and published it

Atlus could have made changes. They've done it with other games. Aksys cut out three entire chapters from their Jake Hunter game.

edit: A better example would be Summon Age for DS. They completely pussified it, making it extremely easy, by giving you super healing items, and skills at the beginning of the game.

demi · « **Reply #36 on:** August 14, 2008, 07:05:59 PM »

wootles

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #37 on:** August 14, 2008, 07:26:24 PM »

is this thing $20 yet

demi · « **Reply #38 on:** August 14, 2008, 07:28:02 PM »

NO, because I need to pawn this off now while it's still hot

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