[mikhael]

Originally posted by Venom

allow me to have great doubts. the single fact that I have to use a pad makes the game fall into the depth of my FPS playlist.

That, I will admit, is my single complaint about Metroid Prime. If I could play it with a keyboard (or Nostromo) and a mouse, I'd love it even more. Then again, after playing the game for a few minutes, you kinda forget that your'e using a pad.

It should be pointed out that Prime doesn't PLAY like a standard FPS. The emphasis is on action to be sure, but the designers realise that you're limited to that pad and they keep the game balanced accordingly. Also, given that it is a single player game, the tone and pace are different than you might expect.

As for GoldenEye and RedFaction? Meh. Bring not these paltry titles before me. They are crap and I would not spit up them were they on fire.

[Terawatt_99]

not too bad, now if you make the chest armour a single piece, and make the rest of her look like the shin pads, you'll be t3h l33t

[Taristin]

She needs an assguard. (Sounds like an alien species... ) *hints to SG-1*

[Nico]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
What an astonishingly ignorant prejudice. I suppose you don't like the world's greatest ever FPS, GoldenEye, then?

oh, that's the second "best FPS ever" mentioned in the same thread. Astonishing, as you say. Someone please come and say that Halo is w/o a doubt the most incredible FPS ever made, please, don't let the trend die
I haven't played your world greatest (?) FPS, but I've seen it, and at least, it's among the ugliest there is
You've never played RTCW, have you?

anyway, back on topic: I have problems with the leg protections... they're too big I think. There's lots of designs with such big legs, but here, they're the only big parts, and it makes the armor design unbalanced, imo.
oh, you still need to fix the egg ( ) I think

[ZylonBane]

Originally posted by Rictor
Heresy I say, both of you!!

Two words: Red Faction

Ha ha. You're a funny guy.

[J.F.K.]

Not sure if you feel the same way, Styxx, but when I look at the shinguards I get the impression that they would weigh her down a lot and make running quickly difficult. Of course, there's all the stuff about the materials being light and jazz, but that's what it seems like to me.

[StratComm]

Well, if you are going for "power" armor, then making the whole body the size and design of those shin guards is not a bad idea.  However, unpowered body armor, as this appears to be, should be close-fitting and lightweight; i.e. it should not interfere with movement.  The current iteration seems to be the sorst of both worlds in a technical sense.

[diamondgeezer]

Venom, I have Wolfenstein and as beautiful as it is it's still not as good a game as that old N64 title, GoldenEye. GoldenEye is still the benchmark for FPS, as most anyone in the games industry would tell you. It looks a little dated, certainly, but if you actually played then you'd realise that it's the subtle touches that make it great. Unless superficial is all that matters to you.

[Styxx]

Technology is fairly advanced on the story this model is based on. Most powered systems are contained on the "skinsuit" - it's made of several layers of active smart materials. For example, the inner layer sustains (and repairs when needed) the body of the person wearing it, the muscle layer enhances speed and strength, the armor layer protects and repairs the suit automatically, the camouflage layer can change it's color to blend to the environment or even turn completely reflective to repel laser weapons.

Heavier systems, such as the field manipulators, sensors, anti-gravity, navigation, etc. are contained on the "bulges" at the arms, legs and backpack (the backpack also carries five small "remotes"). Extra armor is placed over such places.

The standard main weapon, a field-generated laser, is detachable and can be replaced by several other specialty weapons, or a second weapon can be attached to the other arm if needed. The armor plates morph as needed to accomodate the weapons.

[Levyathan]

Don't forget it can go bullet time!!!

[Nico]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
GoldenEye is still the benchmark for FPS, as most anyone in the games industry would tell you.

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. lay off weed, that's all I have to say

[Stryke 9]

The benchmark for FPS is Doom. Or, alternately, Blood, which is really the same thing only better and with walls you can blow up.

[Terawatt_99]

i have to agree with you there, doom still scares me, and the game is how old?

[Knight Templar]

meh, if you want scary play heretic

And although Goldeneye rules, Perfect Dark is god.

[Terawatt_99]

yeah, heretic scared me too, although not as much as doom for some reason...

[IceFire]

Originally posted by Venom


riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. lay off weed, that's all I have to say

Actually he is right.  Most console shooters are compaired to Goldeneye.  When Time Splitters 2 came out, the hype was that it was a Goldeneye killer...the same from some press sources over Halo, and other FPS console games.  Red Faction 2 claimed to have multiplayer options that were similar to that of Goldeneye and Perfect Dark...as it stands, these are benchmarks set by that particular game that current console games much achieve to be recognized of anything these days.  And with good reason, Goldeneye was one of the best in its day.

[Nico]

the key word here is "console". and that sums it all.

[diamondgeezer]

And that's yet another piece of ignorant prejudice from someone who's quite obviously never owned a console in his life. Sorry to keep on at you Venom but it's quite clear you have no idea what you're talking about.

Interestingly, when a PlayStation developer got hold of former Rare employee named Dave Doak, they splashed all over the magazines that their new game was being made by the GoldenEye team. They were that desperate to make the association.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Interestingly, when a PlayStation developer got hold of former Rare employee named Dave Doak, they splashed all over the magazines that their new game was being made by the GoldenEye team. They were that desperate to make the association.

Was he actually someone important at Rare or was he just the guy who made the tea?

[Nico]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
And that's yet another piece of ignorant prejudice from someone who's quite obviously never owned a console in his life. Sorry to keep on at you Venom but it's quite clear you have no idea what you're talking about.

Let see.
I started with the Atari 2600, then I owned a gameboy, an amiga CD32 ( I'm sure you don't even know this one, heh? ), and right now I have an Xbox. I spent hours on my friends NES, SNES, PSX, PS2 and Dreamcast. I've played FPS on PS2 ( Half Like and Turok2 ), plus a couple older ones I don't remember.
The whole experience utterly SUCKED ( the award going to half Life, where you can't even invert the "mouselook" ).
I know what I'm talking about, and I'm so sorry if I don't share your opinion.