Good concept, Bad execution
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I saw the 'Ripper' as a maintenance or construction rather than a mining tool. Besides, you got the security weapons too. The 'Pulse Rifle' and the ... cannon thing were nearly military in appearance (not to mention the rifles were what the military were carrying in-game). Its believable that a vessel designated for mining wouldn't have many weapon-styled weapons aboard.random_bars said:
I do believe they missed a number of chances with the game, however. They relied a little too much on the sudden scars and chase sequences throughout rather than most unconventional forms of horror. They started to do things, like with the growths in the ship and the lullaby toward the end, but ultimately it stuck with monsters jumping out of nowhere and horrible unkillable abominations chasing you through hallways. You're character was going insane after all. They could have played with that factor alone so much more than they did. Lets hope two fixes that.
Mirror's Edge.
The idea was great, a first-person free-running game. The execution was terrible, the controls were iffy and everything seemed to get samey quickly.
The most immediate fix for the whole thing? Keep the story, if you really want, but drop those horrible cutscenes and make the entire game a sandbox.
That's my biggest problem with that game; it was on rails, it wasn't as free as it could've been. Introduce side-quests involving those yellow back-packs, do jobs with other runner gangs (or against them). Even having races from point a to point b would've been a lot more fun if we got to pick the route. Also, the city felt dead, there was no life other than whoever wanted to kill you, or the scripted NPCs that were there to drive the plot along, there was no-one wondering the streets or going about their lives, so put some of that into it too, give me cars to vault and random people to accidentally smash into. better combat controls, too, something like Zeno Clash or Breakdown for the hand-to-hand would make it very interesting, also better moves that involve the environment in some way and the free-running skills. Also give us windows to smash through, obstacles to tip over if we're being chased, attack dogs to avoid, a GPS style map system that allows us to drop down waypoints that we set ourselves so we can follow the route we want to take.
TL;DR
Make it like a first-person version of Assassin's Creed without the swords and hidden blades and set in the world of the Mirror's Edge city.
If they'd done that, Mirror's Edge would've been a pretty good game.
The idea was great, a first-person free-running game. The execution was terrible, the controls were iffy and everything seemed to get samey quickly.
The most immediate fix for the whole thing? Keep the story, if you really want, but drop those horrible cutscenes and make the entire game a sandbox.
That's my biggest problem with that game; it was on rails, it wasn't as free as it could've been. Introduce side-quests involving those yellow back-packs, do jobs with other runner gangs (or against them). Even having races from point a to point b would've been a lot more fun if we got to pick the route. Also, the city felt dead, there was no life other than whoever wanted to kill you, or the scripted NPCs that were there to drive the plot along, there was no-one wondering the streets or going about their lives, so put some of that into it too, give me cars to vault and random people to accidentally smash into. better combat controls, too, something like Zeno Clash or Breakdown for the hand-to-hand would make it very interesting, also better moves that involve the environment in some way and the free-running skills. Also give us windows to smash through, obstacles to tip over if we're being chased, attack dogs to avoid, a GPS style map system that allows us to drop down waypoints that we set ourselves so we can follow the route we want to take.
TL;DR
Make it like a first-person version of Assassin's Creed without the swords and hidden blades and set in the world of the Mirror's Edge city.
If they'd done that, Mirror's Edge would've been a pretty good game.
this is a very good one i forgot about, i loved the demo, got the game, played it, and was left with a massive "but..what..noo =["Skoldpadda said:
ot: there are probably a ton of them i could say that a majority would disagree with..but ill agree with some kotor 2's, i loved the game to death but man it could've been so much more amounts of epic, to the point of having nerdgasms the whole game.
Assasins Creed.
If they didn't write they pretty solid concept horribly, if guards pose an actual threat, more ways to approach your target and if Ezio dies a terribly painful death I might start liking the IP.
Brotherhood will be the last game I buy otherwise, and that was mostly for the multiplayer.
If they didn't write they pretty solid concept horribly, if guards pose an actual threat, more ways to approach your target and if Ezio dies a terribly painful death I might start liking the IP.
Brotherhood will be the last game I buy otherwise, and that was mostly for the multiplayer.
There actually was a cool Zelda-style game based on Egyptian mythology call Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, though no one here seems to remember. I remember it was one of my favorites, not because it was the "best game evarz" or anything, but because it was incredibly imaginative and had a somewhat intriguing story injected with a nice bit of little humor.seekeroftruth86 said:
Probably a lot of movie games. 90% of the time they're boring, and you can beat them in about 2 hours if you have any skill.
Black Ops.
Kidding of course. xD (I haven't even gotten the chance to play it yet! D'
There are probably some more games I could think of, but that takes effort so forget it.
I would just like to say that this also happens with movies all the time. I have seen too many movies and thought, "Good concept! But bad execution." too many times.
Black Ops.
Kidding of course. xD (I haven't even gotten the chance to play it yet! D'
There are probably some more games I could think of, but that takes effort so forget it.
I would just like to say that this also happens with movies all the time. I have seen too many movies and thought, "Good concept! But bad execution." too many times.
Mirror's Edge, it was a great idea to be running across cranes over streets a breath-takingly long way down with tiny people on it. However, too much of the time, you are tied down having to fight people (although I don't mind being chased) and go down tiny, cramped corridors. If they make a sequel, I hope it will be a lot more open and have more extreme bits of parkour.
Yes, after reading your comment I did some quick research. Looks like a sleeper hit. The community took a shine to it, then dropped it when the bigger, more well-known franchises really started taking off. 2003 was not a good year for small, well-made but under-marketed titles.Corialos said:
How were they useless? It's been awhile since I played the original Bioshock but I didn't find them useless at all, there were times I was low on ammo, plasmids to the rescue.archvile93 said:
Tell me about it! When I got it, I was like "Starcraft with Gundams! Woot!"Demodeus said:
Then I played it, and I was like "Awwww..."
Cookies for you who remembers it though. Thought I was the only one who bought it!
Agreed. I totally loved it for the most part, but the voice acting was stale and repetitive, I don't need a mother in law joke every time I come across some insect out in the field. It was also fairly buggy. I loved some of the RPG elements they put in and the combat was decent if you weren't on horsebackkyosai7 said:
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This, again and again.Distorted Stu said:
Spore suffers from it too, but only because they tried to market it to kids at the last second.
Though it's still an amazing game.
Ass-kickers unite!Megacherv said:
Ot- Its not a game, but i would go with the movie "skyline". The concept was pretty good.. to start off with. Then it got terrible. That's not including the acting, the plot, the characters and the ending. Then it becomes just plan bad.