Comments on: Two quick notes:

By: bigfire

bigfire — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:13:50 +0000

Yeah, it’s the farm. Or, rather, Blood Harvest. That’s what it’s called, right? So that makes it Blood Harvest and No Mercy that are playable online, which means I still haven’t tried Death Toll or Dead Air.

And I’m not against post-apocalyptic whatnot– in fact, that’s one of the things I was interested in and really looking forward to about Fallout 3. It’s just that I want games to actually deliver when they try to offer and be about So Much More. Between the disappointments of Grand Theft Auto 4 and Fallout 3, my faith in these epic-scale, open-world, go-anywhere/do-anything games is really being shaken.

The more these worlds try to offer, the less is actually there.

By: Jeffool

Jeffool — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:21:58 +0000

I’m okay with a game inducing depression. A post-apocalyptic wasteland _should_ be depressing, y’know? But then, I’m a fan of such fiction (post-apocalyptic) anyway, so that was a huge plus for me. While I enjoyed Morrowind and Oblivion, normally I don’t care for fantasy so much. In fact, magic and scifi really don’t do much for me. If I have to have some fantastical event in my media, I’d rather it be a few items, rather than new systems. Say, a super power/ability, or a magic item than, than an entire branch of magic to have to learn my way through.

And that only two L4D plots are playable online is kinda sad. Obviously the city is, but what’s the other? Please say the farm!

By: bigfire

bigfire — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:52:02 +0000

I’ll be honest– I was pretty excited for Fallout 3 and I ended up not liking it. I don’t know what it was, but between the boring combat, the one-color world, and the every-single-goddamn-person-hates-you atmosphere, I couldn’t get into it. The game induces depression, and I found myself not wanting to put it back in the disc tray. Traded it in within a week.

Strange, but I’ve traded more games in within a week of purchase this year than any year before… Either I’m growing tired of most games or most games are growing tired. Ah well.

Left4Dead is cool, even online! Actually, I’ve never played it offline, which means there are still two scenarios I haven’t tried yet. (Only 2 of the 4 “movies” are available to play online. How bunk is that?)