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Codex's Heretic
In before Path of Exile / Grim Dawn crowd.Very true, if only the "YOU MIGHT WANNA TRY TORCHELITER 2" brigade would realize that.Diablo 3 may be...underwhelming, but the Diablo clones are all definitely shit.
In before Path of Exile / Grim Dawn crowd.Very true, if only the "YOU MIGHT WANNA TRY TORCHELITER 2" brigade would realize that.Diablo 3 may be...underwhelming, but the Diablo clones are all definitely shit.
These open world action games, it's kinda like with Diablo clones: Many are being made, but they never come close to the original, because these frauds lack the dedication, expertise, heartblood and time to turn it into perfection.
The world does not need more average Diablo and GTA clones.
After the shortlived and underwhelming Diablo 3, I actually tend to agree. A Diablo 4 (or D3 XPs) are completely redundant.
Blizzard is in a great position though and still got lots of talent, why they're not using that to make something more worthwhile (like say, a real RPG) can only explained through the assumption that they a) don't want to or b) are not allowed to.
He's a German arms dealer...
No thanks. I'll just wait for the real thing (GTA V).
These open world action games, it's kinda like with Diablo clones: Many are being made, but they never come close to the original, because these frauds lack the dedication, expertise, heartblood and time to turn it into perfection.
The world does not need more average Diablo and GTA clones.
Then why the fuck do you bother starting threads about such shitty games?
Saints Row already does GTA better than Rockstar has for years.
+ Car handling is better than GTA 4 as an example
As for the R* humor, I have doubts about that. GTA3 and Vice City had that, but from there they try to be serious for whatever reason.
After the shortlived and underwhelming Diablo 3, I actually tend to agree. A Diablo 4 (or D3 XPs) are completely redundant.
Blizzard is in a great position though and still got lots of talent, why they're not using that to make something more worthwhile (like say, a real RPG) can only explained through the assumption that they a) don't want to or b) are not allowed to.
They can't. Only working on WoW for so many years has declined them to the point where they try to apply the WoW design philosophy to everything. You can even see it in SC2, and Diablo 3 is all but WoW with with a different camera position. I really doubt they can produce anything of worth nowadays; if they could, SC2 and D3 wouldn't be the way they are.
+/- Story has had slow start so far and no memorable characters
- Clichéd protagonist
- Missions have mostly been of the "go to place X, kick everyone's ass" -variety
Inexplicably tempted to pick this up for some reason. Not entirely sure why, other than I like open world games in general I guess.
Could get it for $25 from the ruskies which seems reasonable. Not sure I'll succumb or not.
Saints Row already does GTA better than Rockstar has for years. But anyway, this thread was supposed to be about SD and stuffies.
I played a few hours yesterday:
+ Setting is fresh and it feels like Hong Kong (though thankfully much less crowded)
+ Environmental kills are amusing, if morally questionable
+ NPCs have quite diverse variety of actions they perform (fishing etc.)
+ Car handling is better than GTA 4 as an example
+ Melee is much better than usually in the games of this genre, though I have issues with the controls
+ No shootan' and no gun in the first hours, which is nice
+ You have very limited health regeneration, and regaining health in combat is usually only possible by filling up your "face meter"
+/- Story has had slow start so far and no memorable characters
+/- Rather serious tone
+/- Very few minigames and distractions
+/- Radio channels are rather unmemorable
- Combat is often quite unfair (10 v.s. 1) and autosave is only at the beginning of the first stage
- To get max police XP, you have to avoid causing collateral damage, which gets annoying quite fast (-5 points of destruction of public property, -15 for killing a pedastrian)
- Choppy performance on extreme setting
- Clichéd protagonist
- Missions have mostly been of the "go to place X, kick everyone's ass" -variety
- Pimping out your wardrobe and car is very limited
All in all, I'm quite happy that I bough the russian version instead of full retail price. I estimate a solid 7/10 experience, unless experience degrades (or improves) radically.
After the shortlived and underwhelming Diablo 3, I actually tend to agree. A Diablo 4 (or D3 XPs) are completely redundant.
Blizzard is in a great position though and still got lots of talent, why they're not using that to make something more worthwhile (like say, a real RPG) can only explained through the assumption that they a) don't want to or b) are not allowed to.
They can't. Only working on WoW for so many years has declined them to the point where they try to apply the WoW design philosophy to everything. You can even see it in SC2, and Diablo 3 is all but WoW with with a different camera position. I really doubt they can produce anything of worth nowadays; if they could, SC2 and D3 wouldn't be the way they are.
SC2's campaign is full of BW-level stupidity.
Semi-realistic? I was furious when I couldn't use the mouse to steer anymore.Look, I understand that some people prefer this simple driving model over GTA 4's semi-realistic one, but calling it better is an asshole thing to do. You're not a fan of driving mechanics that actually require you to get good at it? Fine. But some people, like me, like it when car behavior at least somewhat resembles the on in real life. Driving in Sleeping Dogs is not really fun to me, just as it wasn't in older GTA games, or SR The Third. But it's not a deal breaker, I can still enjoy these games for other things.
you don't need max police xp due to the police side missions. pretty easy to hit police 10 way before story starts rolling if you just do the drug busts.- To get max police XP, you have to avoid causing collateral damage, which gets annoying quite fast (-5 points of destruction of public property, -15 for killing a pedastrian)
Performance is ok when you turn AA down to high and turn V-Sync off. I'm running at around 40FPS on a Geforce 560TI. My processor isn't an i7, just an old quad-core.
And how can you say the protagonist is cliched? In games like this the protagonist is some shitty little gangster looking for money (GTA, Saints Row) or someone without a past just looking to blow shit up (Just Cause). I quite like the idea of playing a double agent who's having a hard time figuring out what's what.
After the shortlived and underwhelming Diablo 3, I actually tend to agree. A Diablo 4 (or D3 XPs) are completely redundant.
Blizzard is in a great position though and still got lots of talent, why they're not using that to make something more worthwhile (like say, a real RPG) can only explained through the assumption that they a) don't want to or b) are not allowed to.
They can't. Only working on WoW for so many years has declined them to the point where they try to apply the WoW design philosophy to everything. You can even see it in SC2, and Diablo 3 is all but WoW with with a different camera position. I really doubt they can produce anything of worth nowadays; if they could, SC2 and D3 wouldn't be the way they are.
SC2's campaign is full of BW-level stupidity.
SC2 campaign is what happens when you take a SF B-movie and hire WoW writers to produce the script. The Brood War one was way better, if only because the game didn't shove it in your face so much. It also didn't desperately try to be a movie with an RTS minigame during ad breaks.