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Originally posted by ZylonBane
What we really need is someone to make high-poly models of the creatures in SS2. They really lowballed their polygon budget on that one.

Quite true, the runblers just look $#!^, really. And the hyrbrids are little better.

Also, when you take the shotgun from a hybrid, it remains in his hand, you'd think they'd have used separate monster and weapon models, but no.

[ZylonBane]

Originally posted by Turnsky
Ss2 uses a modified Thief engine i think..

SS2's engine is basically what became the Thief 2 engine (all incarnations of the Dark engine, naturally).

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Speaking of which, what's the release date on Thief 3? Or Deus Ex 2 for that matter.

[Stunaep]

DX2 is due to arrive in Q2 2003, afaik.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Excellent.

but the question is, who will be able to run it?

[HeX]

http://www.deusex2.com

[CP5670]

That is the one game I have really, really been looking forward to for the last year, more than any other game out there. Second quarter, you say?

[HeX]

EBGames has a pre-order ship date of June 11.

[Turnsky]

well, unreal 2 run pretty good on mine so i should be able to run dx2

[pyro-manic]

Turnsky, what did you think of Unreal 2? I thought it was kind of ordinary, to be honest. Yeah, it's stupidly pretty, but the actual game was rather plain, I thought.

Not enough puzzles, and far too linear - you couldn't even go down the wrong corridor in any of the bases, because there weren't any wrong ways to go! Puzzles would have helped to break up the constant run-forwards-gawp-at-enemies-then shoot-them flow of the game.  Nothing too SS2-esque (imagine trying to get through swarms of Drakk and Skaarj on the Rickenbacker:nervous:  ), but some simple Half-Life style stuff would help.

I'm waiting for Doom 3 now - hopefully a lot harder and scarier!:nod:

System Shock kicks ass, though - it was the first PC game I ever got, and it's still one of the best!:yes:

[Turnsky]

..and short, don't forget that, it ended rather abruptly for me though some of the weapons were cool *relishes the idea of shooting spiders at people*

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I have been playing U2 this morning, it is A bit bland, but the graphics just rule.

Keep running out of napalm, though.

[CP5670]

How long is the game? (i.e. how much time does it take to complete?)

Keep running out of napalm, though.

you actually run out ammo? I conserve my ammo so heavily in FPS games that I always end up finishing the games fully loaded...

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Yes, I am forever running out of ammo. As I just blast away randomly, without a care for who I hit.

[Xavier Lazarus]

Still alive, eh? They will kill you, of course.

They always do.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Damn you, Xavier! Klamp G rule!