I've been playing it last night, until the game eventually froze during the introduction of chapter V (with sound still going on, weirde...)
I'm impressed by the graphics, dialogues and global directing, but have to say appart from that, it's a bit boring and repetitive.

ThePumisher, on 17 May 2012 - 1:50 AM, said:

it's getting better after playing more often but still it is nowhere near part one or two

Ben_j, on 08 June 2012 - 12:43 PM, said:

it's like : cutscene => shoot 20 people => cutscene => shoot 20 people => not enough painkillers => died after shooting 19 people => repeat shooting those 20 people => died again after 19 kills => get one free painkiller => shoot 15 people => use painkiller => shoot 5 people => cutscene => shoot 20 people => cutscene => shoot 10 people with sniperrifle => cutscene => shoot 20 people => cutscene => shoot 20 people => not enough painkillers => died after shooting 19 people => repeat shooting those 20 people => died again after 19 kills => get one free painkiller => shoot 15 people => use painkiller => shoot 5 people => cutscene => and then repeat all steps you've done since your first one, just with different locations and different cutscenes

I completed Max Payne 3 yesterday. It's not Max Payne, it's good, but it's not Max Payne. Earlier it was said it was too short... it took me 21hrs! That's is loooong. I like cutscenes in games, and Max Payne was very story driven anyway so it's what I expected, it didn't feel like there were too many. I do agree about how repetitive it was, I understand it's a shooting game, but there was too much shooting! To the point where it started to become a chore to play, and I could only play it for a couple of hours maximum.



Is it me or is every story within a game about betrayal?...

Talking of betrayal, the recently announced Splinter Cell has decided to put its middle finger up to fans by replacing Michael Ironside (Sam Fisher's voice/character) with a younger, douche, who has an everyman voice. They have ruined it, and now he's going through deserts in the daylight like any other character with a gun. Not happy at all, in fact I may boycott it.

Ok, I know I'm 8 years late but can some change the title of the topic from FVORITE VIDEOGAME to FAVORITE VIDEOGAME, it has been driving me nuts since 2004, every time I return to the forum and see the title a little part of me dies and want to go back to 2004 and add that fucking A in the title...

Currently playing Uncharted 2 , I played U3 first and was blown away...2 is even better, I don't know why but it is.

Thanks

Agreed, although U3 has better animations, textures and has some pretty expensive actors in it, U2 was better for me also... They can hardly top that train scene towards the end of the game (plane scene in U3 is not so good, but tension wise chateau scene is), and have to say, at moments I found myself wondering did the guys responsible for Monkey Island series wrote the script for Uncharted, whole thing especially dialogs between characters has that 'monkeyness' feel about them
Speaking of Max, agreed Iggy, it is no longer Max Payne 'of old'. But it feels like one. It took me 2 days to finished it, played it 10 hours max. I can very well believe that it gets quite repetitive after 20h of playing, but I would have to be very hard pressed to find one game that came in recent years that is not repetitive in some way, not to mention original in terms of gameplay or story. Long gone are days of creative companies like LucasArts or Black Isle, of Grim Fandango, Loom or Baldur's Gate. These days I'm happy to find some story to cling to in games, since everything else, for my part, is repetitive and quite boring. Sad, isn't it?

10 hours to complete Max Payne? What difficulty setting did you have it on? I had it on hard (PC) and I wasn't in any rush to finish it. I have never understood why people were so thrilled by telling people how fast they could complete a game. Surely the longer you play it for, the better? That way you get to take in everything the game has to offer, provided it is indeed much more than a game e.g. Deus Ex: Human Revolution. With Max Payne 3 there doesn't feel like there is much more than the storyline which restricts exploration. One thing that did annoy me is that I collected golden guns (I never collect stuff, it's completely pointless) only to find out that if I got 3 golden gun parts, my gun would become gold... who gives a shit! What a waste of time that was.

Just got Mirror's Edge for $5 in the Steam Summer Sale - looks great, can't wait to play it.

Playing God Of War 3, kinda repetitive but the battles are great!

Yeah people are going mad over the Steam sale. Buying so many games they just won't have the time to play. My friend bought me Payday: The Heist.

iguanapunk, on 17 July 2012 - 3:10 PM, said:

Yes ! I bought Trine 1 and 2, The Binding of Isaac, the Arkham City DLC, Crysis 2, Civilization V, Saints Row 3, Limbo, ...

Ahhh big Crysis fan here The A.I. in Cry2 is excellent. The first one was epic!
Saints Row 3 was fun, bit cheap, but fun.
I didn't complete Arkham Asylum, got bored.

iguanapunk, on 17 July 2012 - 9:56 PM, said:

Arkham City, not Asylum

Mirror's Edge is a fun freaking game, a bit frustrating but so far a great game to play. Looks beautiful even on the low graphics settings (which is all my laptop can run smoothly unfortunately). And the soundtrack is superb - think BT's This Binary Universe and the Portal 1 soundtrack had a baby with some Orbital DNA spliced in.

Mirror's Edge is a good deal at $5.

I enjoyed the game, but I just remember the controls (360) being a headache. I thought it was a fun concept, and found that it had several similarities to the first installment of Portal.

I know a lot of people felt gypped shortly after it's release date because of all the hype from EA and a MRP of $60. It didn't take long for 1st person shooter fans to start bashing the control system and complain how short of a game it is.

Otherwise, yeah, I agree. A nice hidden gem.

Sony axed Studio Liverpool today. Studio Liverpool, previously known as Psygnosis, were famous for developing the Wipeout series of futuristic racing games and for publishing the original Lemmings game, among other many other great titles. They were the oldest development house in Sony's history.

Sony's PR statement read:
"It was felt that by focusing our investment plans on other Studios that are currently working on exciting new projects, we would be in a stronger position to offer the best possible content for our consumers."

Studio Liverpool was in the middle of developing a brand new Wipeout game for the PS4, which was to be "drastically different" from other Wipeout games, as well as a Splinter Cell-type game with motion capture tech beyond the tech used in LA Noire. These would have been PS4 launch titles.

Needless to say, I'm gutted.

I don't know if I want to live in a world where there won't be a new Wipeout.

Ben_j, on 17 July 2012 - 9:34 PM, said:

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowh, arkaham city has to be one of the greatest games released. i'm a massive batman fan and that game did it justice

surface_to_air, on 28 August 2012 - 11:11 PM, said:

I won't bother playing it, the first one bored me to the point where I couldn't be arsed to complete it.

iguanapunk, on 29 August 2012 - 9:43 PM, said:

We're telling you that Arkham City is way better. It's open world, for one thing