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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rictor on December 06, 2004, 09:11:48 pm

Title: How the mighty have fallen.
Post by: Rictor on December 06, 2004, 09:11:48 pm
Remember when the Matrix was cool, back in the day?
Yeah, me too.

Now, we have
standard industry booby appeal (http://www.worthplaying.com/press/160/combat_2.jpg)
leprechauns (http://www.worthplaying.com/press/160/closeup_1.jpg)
more boobies (http://www.worthplaying.com/press/160/combat_3.jpg)
some sort of trendy robot-undead type thing (check the filename) (http://www.worthplaying.com/press/160/a_face_only_mom_could_love.jpg)
fricking cowboys (http://www.worthplaying.com/press/160/battle_5.jpg)
ravers of some sort (check out the super-detailed environments) (http://www.worthplaying.com/press/160/confrontation.jpg)

and various (http://www.worthplaying.com/press/160/tattoos_1.jpg) other shenanigans (http://www.worthplaying.com/press/160/group2.jpg)

Not to mention the graphics, which look like a throwback to the days of Deus Ex and Unreal Tournament.

more good stuff over here
http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=21859
Title: How the mighty have fallen.
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on December 06, 2004, 09:14:48 pm
Meh, I didn't think the Matrix would ever make a good game. This only proves it.
Title: How the mighty have fallen.
Post by: Rictor on December 06, 2004, 09:17:51 pm
Enter the Matrix was a pretty good game. Decent graphics, nice gameplay and lots of intersting back-story.
Title: How the mighty have fallen.
Post by: pyro-manic on December 06, 2004, 09:19:57 pm
Hahahahahahaha!

The Matrix is the ****.
The Matrix(TM) is just ****. Another massive franchise hits rock bottom.

What is that, some MMO game? It looks bloody awful.
Title: How the mighty have fallen.
Post by: Flipside on December 06, 2004, 09:19:57 pm
Oh dear, oh dear :(
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Post by: Ford Prefect on December 06, 2004, 09:20:59 pm
I have to say, I've read about this game and it looks really awesome to me. And I'm actually not joking this time.

Please don't hurt me.
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Post by: Carl on December 06, 2004, 09:26:08 pm
oh, alright.

*bothers Ford Perfect alot*
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Post by: demon442 on December 06, 2004, 09:29:50 pm
Something you should note, Everquest didn't look top-of-the-line when it came out and hasn't until 2 came out.  That didn't stop people from playing it, now did it?

The reason for the sub-standard graphics is to make sure that everyone wanting to play woun't be hindered by insanely over-done graphics, just bandwidth i'd immagine.  It's a marketing ploy, and if it pays off in a great online experience, good for the publishers/developers.

Bottom line: It may not look as good as some of the sensory-overload inducing games that have come out recently, but that should only hinder the shallowest of gamers.
Title: How the mighty have fallen.
Post by: pyro-manic on December 06, 2004, 09:38:20 pm
I can't see the appeal.

[conversation on Matrix MMO game]
Neo153: I is t3h 0ne! Ph34r |\/|e!!
Neo945: No, I is t3h 0n3!
Morpheus221: Sil3nce f001! I am t3h 1!!!1!
Trinity4773: Oh n0es! T3h agent5 r 4tt4cking!!1!

*Cue much bullet-time gunplay and infeasible/silly martial arts moves*

*repeat forever*

Call me a cynic, but that doesn't sound like fun to me....
Title: How the mighty have fallen.
Post by: Rictor on December 06, 2004, 09:39:14 pm
thats not the point

the point is that what I've seen of the game s far bears as much resemblance to The Matrix as  it does to, say, Anarchy Online.
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Post by: Flipside on December 06, 2004, 09:41:52 pm
Or, looking at the third picture you posted - Ninja Clowns of Death.... Which might actually be fun :)
Title: How the mighty have fallen.
Post by: pyro-manic on December 06, 2004, 09:52:41 pm
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Originally posted by Rictor
thats not the point

the point is that what I've seen of the game s far bears as much resemblance to The Matrix as  it does to, say, Anarchy Online.


Aye, but I suppose they have to have a variety of player models otherwise everyone would look the same. There's not much you can really do with a black trenchcoat and shades. So they've gone for standard crappy "futuristic"/"cool" stuff like incredibly revealing tops and shiny fabrics instead.

Which, yes, does make it entirely un-Matrix-y. With the exception of that nasty green colour the leprechaun's wearing...
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Post by: Flipside on December 06, 2004, 09:56:04 pm
The thing is, if the survival of these people depended on the Agents not recognising them, why did they all look they were taking a break from an Ultravox video?
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Post by: Krackers87 on December 06, 2004, 09:56:58 pm
Looks intresting.


To be anal, those are beatnicks not ravers, or at least that one dude.
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Post by: JR2000Z on December 06, 2004, 09:59:21 pm
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Originally posted by Ford Prefect
I have to say, I've read about this game and it looks really awesome to me. And I'm actually not joking this time.

Please don't hurt me.

Seconded. :nod:

It's the only MMRPG that has any interested in.
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Post by: Knight Templar on December 06, 2004, 10:12:45 pm
WoW anyone?
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Post by: pyro-manic on December 06, 2004, 10:19:50 pm
Go to your local high street/pub. Conversation, drinking, buying stuff, fights. And it's all REAL!!

:p
Title: Re: How the mighty have fallen.
Post by: übermetroid on December 06, 2004, 10:20:13 pm
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Originally posted by Rictor
Remember when the Matrix was cool, back in the day?


to me it still is....

*is getting 10 disk matrix dvd collection for xmas*
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Post by: Ford Prefect on December 06, 2004, 10:26:29 pm
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Go to your local high street/pub. Conversation, drinking, buying stuff, fights. And it's all REAL!!

But there's no bullet time, and nobody's outfit is cool besides mine. :D
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Post by: Liberator on December 06, 2004, 10:41:18 pm
The bad thing about Enter the Matrix(according to several reviewers) was that you could download a martial arts mod for Max Payne and have basically the same gameplay.
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Post by: pyro-manic on December 06, 2004, 10:54:53 pm
Aye. Kung Fu mod. Was bloody good fun. A bit buggy, and there was no actual kung fu in it at all (looked more like karate or tae kwon do), but really good.
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Post by: Galemp on December 06, 2004, 11:17:05 pm
Where's the night? Where's the fog? Where's the atmosphere?? This looks nothing like The Matrix.
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Post by: FireCrack on December 06, 2004, 11:23:35 pm
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Originally posted by Carl
*bothers Ford Perfect alot*


I belive you would want to ask him about your home.
Title: How the mighty have fallen.
Post by: Knight Templar on December 07, 2004, 12:43:59 am
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Originally posted by Liberator
The bad thing about Enter the Matrix(according to several reviewers) was that you could download a martial arts mod for Max Payne and have basically the same gameplay.


That was the only bad thing? :wtf:
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Post by: aldo_14 on December 07, 2004, 03:14:36 am
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Originally posted by Ford Prefect

But there's no bullet time, and nobody's outfit is cool besides mine. :D


Both of those can be achieved depending on how much you've had to drink.
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Post by: Turnsky on December 07, 2004, 03:24:30 am
i know precisely what it would be like in practice (http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/?t=archives&date=2004-05-21)
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Post by: Clave on December 07, 2004, 07:00:56 am
Hang on a minute, you are complaining about chicks with low cut dresses/short skirts/shiny boots?  

Jeeze... just when you think you know somebody :rolleyes:
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Post by: aldo_14 on December 07, 2004, 07:14:35 am
When thouest boobies be not real, thouest boobies not be titillating.
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Post by: Clave on December 07, 2004, 07:53:29 am
Fair point, but I don't mind eye-candy in games, as long the gameplay doesn't suck too much...;)
Title: meh
Post by: Getter Robo G on December 07, 2004, 08:06:26 am
Yay BOOBIES!!!

[Give me a break, I'm entering my 4th childhood...] :P
Title: How the mighty have fallen.
Post by: aldo_14 on December 07, 2004, 08:14:20 am
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Originally posted by Clave
Fair point, but I don't mind eye-candy in games, as long the gameplay doesn't suck too much...;)


Ah, but the designers spend too much time bump-mapping nipples rather than making sure you don't get killed by the same impossible trap each time.