[Drew]

Originally posted by magatsu1
*still waiting for the Half Life backlash*

HL wasnt great...
Anyway i havnt had good expeinces with FPS storytelling; the only stories i have really liked in a viddy game are the ones in Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross

and dont forget GTA3 for a kewl game, its nolinerness more than made up for lack of good storyline

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Originally posted by Stunaep

Max Payne 2, however opens up new pieces of the story every moment you play. The cutscenes, the graphic novel parts, the TV shows that reflect your own destiny. Well thought, well executed, and engaging.  

heh, just finished Max Payne2 on DOA... you know, for the little extra there

[vyper]

Finished on DOA?

Heh, I bought that game on Friday lunchtime, went home, had finished it by 11pm - but it's a great game and I'm replaying in Hard Boiled right now. Can't wait for the continuation of the story.

[Triple Ace]

When I'm playing games I like a good story. If you don't like hearing a story go back to playing the old 8-bit nintendo.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Originally posted by vyper
Finished on DOA?
.

Dead on Arrival, the difficulty level above hard-boiled...

[Gloriano]

i waiting Half-life2: stolen code;)

[mikhael]

Originally posted by PhReAk
great story is only made better with well-placed action.  IW2 excels at this.  FS focuses on both too, but the game is more action based.  i think games with lots of action, but no story like doom or quake are good if i just want to take my mind of stuff and blow up ****

I have to agree with Phreak. Story is king for me, and the action should make sense within the story and never overwhelm or lose the narrative. Almost every First Person Shooter suffers from action-before-story (even Deus Ex in the levels after the navy base).

Of course, you can always go the opposite, even worse route: story overwhelms gameplay. Just witness Xenosaga: Out of the first ten hours of the game, I've PLAYED like 3. The rest is scripted sequences and FMVs.

[magatsu1]

Originally posted by Triple Ace
When I'm playing games I like a good story. If you don't like hearing a story go back to playing the old 8-bit nintendo.

16 bit, please !

[vyper]

Originally posted by Crazy_Ivan80


Dead on Arrival, the difficulty level above hard-boiled...

I know, i was being incredulous at you completing it at that level!

[TrashMan]

I played Half-Life 2 ..the stolen code thyingy... 3 cd's with over 100zip files....

But BOY! IS IT GOOD! GRAT! WONDERFULL! And it still has some issues, but boy is it great!:D

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by TrashMan
I played Half-Life 2 ..the stolen code thyingy... 3 cd's with over 100zip files....

But BOY! IS IT GOOD! GRAT! WONDERFULL! And it still has some issues, but boy is it great!:D

can i smite you now?..

[TrashMan]

NO!:D

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by TrashMan
NO!:D

okay... since i can't tell whether you're joking about playing the HL2 source, i ask this... Prove it!... if you are playing around with stolen goods... well, quite frankly, i'd be dissapointed..

[TrashMan]

Not actually playing...I was at a friend who got it(don't ask me how).. ..And I was there for a good 2 hours looking at it (and playing a little).
The fact is, since it's a Alpha, you can't play singleplayer, BUT you can play every singleplayer mission by creating a game server in multi..
You can see the anims, the charachter and other things just like in standard SP.

Barney and the profesors pet headcrab are funny...
Driving a buggy with a mounted cannon on the beach full of old ships is allso fun.

[Turnsky]

uhh.. yeah... i'd rather wait for the actual release personally, i'd rather not support the theft of intellectiual property..