Review Boiling Point nailed to the wall at GameSpy

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: Boiling Point: Road to Hell

There's a <A href="http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/boiling-point-road-to-hell/647613p1.html">review</a> of <A href="http://www.atari.com/boilingpoint/">Boiling Point</a> over at <A href="http://www.gamespy.com">GameSpy</a> where the game got a <b>2/5</b> stars because of all the bugs and because they didn't add multiplayer using the <a href="http://www.gamespy.com">GameSpy</a> service(Okay, I made this last bit up). Anyway, here's the clip:
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<blockquote>To make your way around Boiling Point's sprawling world, you'll want to rely on vehicles. Get ready for some tedious drives. Having to laboriously crisscross the countryside might add a sense of realism and immersion, but, man, it can get dull. The game's stuttering, coupled with twitchy driving controls and physics, make matters worse. At times, Boiling Point feels more like a "spinning off the road" simulator than anything, and we'd hate to tally all the innocent bystanders we accidentally ran over. Another downside to vehicles is that you have to fix flats and buy gas. Realistic? Yes. Fun? Not really. Bits of realism like that seem arbitrary in a game where you can heal yourself instantly by eating pineapples.</blockquote>
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[Naked_Lunch]

I'd run straight out and buy this game immediately if wasn't so buggy. What a waste.

 

[Zli]

I'll just wait a couple of years like I did with Daggerfall... It looks like this one's even buggier - daggerfall only crashed a lot, but at least the mechanics weren't broken.

And two stars if fair!? I bet they'd call a 0 playable.

 

[Dragon]

Well, I waited for the second patch and when I got it, I finished the game in a little more than a week of intense gaming. It was sometimes fun, sometimes frustrating, but the freedom and the exploration drove me to the end. I'd say it's worth it if you are kind of a hardcore gamer and can overlook its flaws (bugs, performance, emptyness).

 

[Dhruin]

The second patch really helps, although it's still a long way from perfect. This is the problem with the "review it how it came in the box" philosophy - what does it tell you about how the game is now?

 

[LlamaGod]

People complain about realism in games but then complain if games are unrealistic. hmm.

 

[Screaming_life]

Well i was bored enough to read it...

In a fit of desperation, we ultimately tried the latest patch for the U.S. version of the game...

This renders most of the review meaningless then!

Boiling Point tracks your relationship with each faction as you cultivate allies and make enemies, but this can feel arbitrary. We drove by a couple armed guards in town, and suddenly the game says that we're enemies of the guerilla faction. What happened?

If you've not made yourself an enemy, then you're a "friend" , is it really that hard to understand?

your map isn't very useful.

except that you can place way points and markers which you can later select so they appear on your compass.

At times, Boiling Point feels more like a "spinning off the road" simulator than anything, and we'd hate to tally all the innocent bystanders we accidentally ran over.

Thats what you get for driving with blown out tires and trying to take a corner at speed!
Patch 2 has dramatically improved the driving and it appears that they have now made tire blow outs not effect your handling - POWER TO THE MORONS!

Another downside to vehicles is that you have to fix flats and buy gas. Realistic? Yes. Fun? Not really.

I guess they have a point... it does take away time that could be spent killing stuff.

Bits of realism like that seem arbitrary in a game where you can heal yourself instantly by eating pineapples.

what do they want? a pinapple eating simulation?!

Combat is worse than driving. You can mow down people with all sorts of weapons and military vehicles, but the game's choppiness means you'll often get killed before you can even get a shot off.

On foot the game runs smooth, i get 40-60 fps although the reviewer only has 512 ram which might be the problem. It does really need min 1GB although some people have played it successfully with 256MB

The developers went to the trouble of modeling Myers after actor Arnold Vosloo, perhaps best known as the villain from The Mummy, but this doesn't add anything to the game

well we agree on something then!

Incidentally, is the main character voice from Farenheit Vosloo too?

 

[jiujitsu]

What is this game? I don't think I've heard of it.

 

[Spazmo]

BOILING POINT is a game where you play Sam Charger, a pasta chef in a New York restaurant who's been pushed to the edge. The Mafia forced him to serve undercooked spaghetti to the mayor, causing him to be shamed among the city's exclusive Holy Order of Noodlers. Now, he's out for revenge and armed with eleven different kinds of pasta and a cheese grater. The criminal underworld is in for a whole world of pain.

 

[Elwro]

Remember how the Pastamancer class in Kingdom of Loathing played like? Boling Point is just literally more of the same.

 

[dipdipdip]

Yeah, I have a fear of pasta, so I can't never play this game, you see.

 

[LlamaGod]

Remember how the Pastamancer class in Kingdom of Loathing played like? Boling Point is just literally more of the same.

I was a level 80-ish pastamancer

 

[gromit]

Poor, poor Boiling Point.
I was in love with the game, bugs and all, until one of its mega-stutters hit as I was taking a turn onto a bridge. Three RPGs, my A-K, my AUG, unimaginable amounts of ammo, four Xenus stones, and tens of thousands of dollars of coke lost to the piranhas, who I couldn't shake off without chucking grenades at my very-near-exploding car. I am among the few who don't mind major punishments in games, but I hate it when they're not my fault.

To my knowledge, no patch has addressed this issue.

 

[Sol Invictus]

The Pastry Chef is a totally imbalanced class.