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[CryptRat]

Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!​

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[Ninja Destroyer]

Urban Chaos: Riot Response

Not many people remember here older TPP game Urban Chaos, which was made by some ex-Bullfrog guys under Eidos as the publisher. This UC isn't a sequel, or any connection with it.

A first game made by Rocksteady Studios for consoles (PS2, Xbox), and it's an FPS. Interesting choice of a genre, considering the platform. I've used PCSX 2 with mouse+keyboard setup, which made the whole experience a lot smoother and easier in general. It's basically a shooter, which has an arcade feeling, where multiple weapons available and can gather even more from fallen enemies. There is a basic story connecting each mission, and play the role of Nick Mason. He is a member of the newly formed "T-Zero" riot control squad. There are some live cutscene news sequences telling us what is hapening in an unnamed modern American city. We must deal with the group calling itself the Burners, who are armed with cleavers, molotov bombs and firearms used to attack civilians, paramedics, firefighters and police officers. The game is cheesy when it comes to the story, but it works well enough, like in a older action movies.

Missions aren't long, but we got medal for doing a couple things, like arresting x number of people by using taser, or taking enough headshots. I've started playing on the hardest difficulty - Elite, so I could gather maximum number of medals. Thanks to them you upgrade power of your weapons, size of the clips, and more. You don't have to do everything on the checklist in a single run, and sometimes it's nearly impossible, but practice makes perfect. There is no randomization when it comes to enemy placement so you can learn the maps to make what I call a perfect run. Sometimes we need to guard fireman or medic who are on site with us helping us with the corresponding task.

If we use non lethal takedown on gang leader on normal missions, we unlock "Emergency". We have a hostage who needs to be rescued, and we have a limited time to do that. Really intense, and there is no way to unlock all the medals in one sitting. The difficulty goes up, and the last part, when we need to defuse a bomb is insane, when it comes to Burner numbers. But at the same time, it feels really satisfying.

Urban Chaos uses Havoc engine, which makes enemy flying all around and reacting to our methods of persuasion. Headshots are really satisfying, and have that oomph sound when are made. It's not Soldier of Fortune, but still feels good. Tasing, burning, stabbing, blowing - do what you want, just complete the mission. After completing Elite we get extra difficulty - Terror. We keep all the upgrades from previous one, so it's not that bad. And we got additional medals. I've checked myself - the last medal gave me minigun with unlimited ammo.

I had a lot of fun with this title - small in scope, but does everything right and isn't bloated with unnecessary components.

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[Ivan]

 

[Ivan]

this monkey's gone to heaven

close up

tough but fair fight, one of my favorites

an actual cool closeup

pretty art!

 

[Fedora Master]

 

[Crispy]

 

[Dr1f7]

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what's this game?
at first i thought hero's hour but i don't think that's right

 

[Fedora Master]

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what's this game?
at first i thought hero's hour but i don't think that's right

Necrosmith 2

 

[Crane]

What game is this?

 

[Yeoman]

I've been playing Dark Souls 2 again lately, both the base game (SotFS) and with the Seeker of Fire mod. I'm not a big fan of the map progression changes of the mod, but I like its lighting changes that remove the washed out color grading/filter that SotFS uses and make the game a bit darker.

You can play SotFS with just the lighting changes of the mod, simply remove/backup all the other files and folders in the mod folder except for the "filter" folder.

Comparison shots (base game vs Seeker of Fire's lighting):

Random screenshots:

 

[Ivan]

What game is this?

Colony Ship RPG
https://store.steampowered.com/app/648410/Colony_Ship_A_PostEarth_Role_Playing_Game/

 

[Hag]

Some sightseeing in Syria, in case you've missed my wondrous flying adventures :

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Blasted Road Terror

End of the road.

 

[Dark Souls II]

 

[Avonaeon]

Playing Tom Clancy's The Sum of All Fears (2002), this is so much like a Rainbow Six mod for Ghost Recon 1 than anything else tbh, it even uses GR1's engine. Even if it's inferior to both the earlier Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon games, it's still a blast of a tactical FPS to play.

You blurb about the game made me really want to play it (Had only ever played the demo back in the day) and I actually had a copy of it on my shelf, so I booted it up and you're spot on. Really enjoyable game and scratched that tactical FPS itch quite nicely. Very nice looking game too, for it's age, I regret a little bit playing it in widescreen though and not glorious 4:3.

 

[d1r]

Fallout New Vegas: TTW

B42 Description is doing wonders

Max LOD from Tenpenny Tower

Scenery

Trading (Jimmy Hats)

Another month, another playthrough

 

[Crispy]

Looks almost as good if not better than modded FO4. Nice job.

 

[Hag]

The fastest way to go the airport...

Is to take the highway, of course.

 

[Dark Souls II]

 

[PulsatingBrain]

 

[Hag]

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[PsihoKekec]

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

Another replay of Drakan: The Ancient Gates. This time with 100 % quests finished and found all the elemental swords to get the Mournbringer, which is a strongest melee weapon in the game.

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[Dark Souls II]

Black Souls. One of the greatest RPG franchises ever created. A stellar achievement in the roleplaying genre. The true spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment, and the only games that deserve to be called "soulslike".