This game SUCKS! The complainer complains about minor mistakes in great games.

[More Fun To Compute]

Rez HD

This "digital download" is available on the X-Box marketplace and is a remake of a Panzer Dragoon style shoot em up for the Dreamcast.

The first and most obvious problem with the game is that it really short. A reasonable player will be able to clear all of the areas in under 2 hours which is totally unacceptable in today's economic environment.

The style of art is apparently influenced by some dead guy, designed to simulate the effect of some mental illness, and quite frankly it shows. The graphics are not realistic at all, often just lines and solid filled boxes. This is very lazy work and not what the modern gamer expects from a 3D game.

The big selling point is the trance music soundtrack but quite frankly not everyone is going to be happy with this. Myself, I would much prefer it they had an option to replace the musical accompaniment to a selection of well loved Carpenters songs but alas such luxuries are once again denied me.

To sum up, this game fails to deliver in some very important areas but since it is technically works and is possible to complete then I can't say that it should be avoided by all if the price is reduced.

3/10

 

[Curtmiester]

I think the idea of zombies has been changed so many times that they can almost anything. So saying they HAVE to stumble is reduntant.

So i´m reduntant?.Zombies stumble.It's a simple fact.No it makes no sense.But it makes more sense then having them run.

You obviously don't know what reduntant means. It means it's pointless to say, and I never even mentioned you in my post so I'm curious why you think it's about you. Also fact means you can prove it scientifically and since zombies have never existed I hardly see how it can be a fact.

 

[Turtleboy1017]

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Not only should this be in User Reviews but I found it sorely lacking in positivity. Do you really rate games that low just because of a few illogical gameplay elements? How fun would it be if Hunters pounced on you and tore your eyes out so all you could do was walk blindly around until you bleed to death with your all white, all working class men team trying desperatly to fend off boomers that attract hordes of slow moving enemys anyway with little to no ammo and weapons that frequently jam? Sounds like a resident evil game if you ignore the eye part.

If your going to review something, please atleast try to put something positive about it.

Oh. An angry reviewer. How original. *cough Zero Punctuation cough*

Let me just say. If you're going to be an overly technical reviewer, don't put a score at the end. It just makes you seem like the world's worst critic.

Oh. An angry reviewer. How original. *cough Zero Punctuation cough*

Let me just say. If you're going to be an overly technical reviewer, don't put a score at the end. It just makes you seem like the world's worst critic.

this basically. your insanely biased.

Guys, read the damn thread. It says this is a place to rant and complain about games that everyone else liked, hated, whatever. This is his personal opinion. Are you all Valve members, offended by it?

It's just a thread to vent some steam about certain aspects of a game you hate. No need to smash on him about how you don't like what he says.

Personally, I believe that Portal was over rated. Sure it was fun, good story and all, but was it really THAT good? I loved the game for its uniqueness and charm, but I see people treating it like its the damn messiah of the gaming world, the only good example of a game that ever came out.

It was great, just not THAT great.

EDIT: Just saying that I don't hate portal, in fact it was a great game, just hate some people who go crazy when I state that the game wasn't completely perfect.

 

[Silver Scribbler]

Every Pokemon game on a Gameboy.

Only one save file. Fuck off.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought this was fucking ridiculous. Made it so easy for idiots to save over your file! Argh.

 

[ShaFe123]

In my opinion this isnt a very good review,
as other people have said it's pretty much a ZP.
and L4D is in Australia its L4D2 that isn't.

and some of the things you thought were wrong,
why would you put a women's menstrual cycle into a game for more 'realism'?
if that was the case wouldn't lets say other game characters that are women, like the mirrors edge main character have to stop running across buildings because it was that time of month?
The german soldiers in velvet assassin smell 'Aunt Flo'?
bringing in such realism would be ridiculous....

Why does it matter THAT much that the zombies run?
Does the old war vet HAVE to be a stereotyped old person? im sure any old person with a zombie apocalypse on their arse would run just as fast as the youngsters.

And the hunters? their body not being in condition..... look at the tank, i doubt he looked like that before he was infected...
i doubt the smoker had a HUGE tongue before he was infected, im sure the boomer wasn't full of disgusting yellow bile that attracted zombies before he became infected..

so you havn't really brought anything constructive into the review, you've just picked on it for the sake of picking on it.

 

[GreyWolf257]

Why, don't you know? During a zombie apocolypse magicians will be called upon to aid survivors by making piles of ammunition that never dwindle. Everyone knows that!

 

[Cliff_m85]

In my opinion this isnt a very good review,
as other people have said it's pretty much a ZP.
and L4D is in Australia its L4D2 that isn't.

and some of the things you thought were wrong,
why would you put a women's menstrual cycle into a game for more 'realism'?
if that was the case wouldn't lets say other game characters that are women, like the mirrors edge main character have to stop running across buildings because it was that time of month?
The german soldiers in velvet assassin smell 'Aunt Flo'?
bringing in such realism would be ridiculous....

Why does it matter THAT much that the zombies run?
Does the old war vet HAVE to be a stereotyped old person? im sure any old person with a zombie apocalypse on their arse would run just as fast as the youngsters.

And the hunters? their body not being in condition..... look at the tank, i doubt he looked like that before he was infected...
i doubt the smoker had a HUGE tongue before he was infected, im sure the boomer wasn't full of disgusting yellow bile that attracted zombies before he became infected..

so you havn't really brought anything constructive into the review, you've just picked on it for the sake of picking on it.

German soldiers couldn't smell it, but zombies could. I'd also inform you to read the beginning statement before the 'review'. I actually like L4D. This is just a *****-session because bitching is alot of fun, which is why it's the American passtime.

 

[Cliff_m85]

So this thread is basically for you people to make your complaints known. Hyperbole is perfectly fine as you'll see with my review, but just let flow your own or perhaps even your first review. Mine is.....

"LEFT 4 DEAD"

Not very often does there come a zombie apocolypse game that truly startles and envigorates a community of gamers, Left 4 Dead is not one of those games. While Valve promised a zombie game, they developed another 'infection' storyline with super-fast running infected. Sorry Valve, but zombies stumble towards you slowly. They don't barrel at you. Not only that but Valve actually have the balls to call you stupid to your face.

You start the game as four individuals that are obviously immune from the 'infected' put in a room where you can choose one of three weapons that NEVER JAM and always have a gigantic pile of infinite ammunitation scattered around. Yeah, that makes sense in the zombie apocolypse (or 'infected apocolypse). Any group would just abandon a ton of ammo during that time. *rolls eyes*

You play as either the old war vet who is just as fast as the youngsters and keeps up with them as well, or the black guy who was included so Valve wouldn't be called racist, or the biker guy who hates almost everything in the game, or the attractive woman who is not much more. This was a brilliant chance for Valve to be daring and incorporating a challenge timed to the calendar setting on our Xbox's and computers. We all know that zombies/infected have a terrific sense of smell, so Valve could've made it that difficulty was based on what time of the month it was. But no, just like every other female character there must me no mention of 'Aunt Flo'.

Now for the special infected that ruin the game. The tank is actually a reasonable monster who is basically a overpowered smashing device. However shots to the face don't really register as well to this beast so that a full shotgun clip can fill it and it'll still be moving. Next would be the monster that has Valve laughing at how stupid you are. Yes, you. Because you thought of this and didn't say anything but I WILL. The Boomer is a retarded mass of crap. They actually warn you not to get hit with his bile because it attracts 'the horde', so you must push him away and shoot him. What happens when you shoot him? He explodes, which logically would send bile around the area no matter what as well as ooze near his dead corpse. But nope, you're perfectly safe after you blow him up. Sorry Valve, I guess you just expect us to understand that gas explosions would still allow for liquid to exist. The smoker is next, with a tongue that for some reason regenerates yet when shot to death cannot regenerate itself. Add that the tongue when wrapped around a survivor doesn't hold their arms forcably to their sides, which allows for the survivor to easily get away from the beast...yet they just squirm and die slowly. Followed lastly by the hunter, who can jump terrific distances even though it'd be impossible for our bodies in any condition to do such. Not to mention that the hunter won't even do the logical thing of ripping the eyes out of the survivor when it leaps upon them. No, it would rather just slightly claw at the shoulders instead.


So "Left 4 Dead", a game that was supposed to allow the many players around the world (except in Australia) to feel the reality of a zombie apocolypse falls flat to the rational people of the world who would actually like to know how we would stand up against the zombies. Valve, I understood you tried so I'm willing to give you a score of


3/10

Along with the ammo thing you forgot the mollies and pipes. People just wire up some pipe bombs and prepare mollies and then leave them neatly on some table for you to pick up.

Not to mention that when you equip them they are lighted, which you can then store away again. I held a pipe-bomb for 5 minutes with the fuse lit, just developemental insanity in my opinion.

 

[oppp7]

Portal was too short, and being a puzzle game it lacked replay value. And Half-life 2 didn't care about gameplay compared to other FPS games.

 

[Loppy]

Kingdom Hearts... WHY IS X ATTACK AND CIRCLE JUMP???

 

[sarahvait]

Man, I could go on about Dead Rising for a bit, but it may take too long. I really hope the next one is better. I really wanted to like that game.

 

[Grayjack]

Every Pokemon game on a Gameboy.

Only one save file. Fuck off.

This, x1000. I HATE that so much.

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

The controls, characters, and final missions in Killzone 2.

Controls were awful IMO, characters were all assholes that I hoped would die (and the only characters I actually DID like died), and the final mission was a giant grindfest with an achievement for beating the boss in under 20 minutes.

 

[SFR]

I know that this is a hyperbole, and you do make some pretty good points (although obviously the "problems" exist so the game can actually be fun), but you're wrong on a couple places. The arms are held by their sides, the hunter claws at the chest, and trix are for kids.

I swear if you meant this stuff I'd have to hit you. Disliking a game because it contains elements that give it gameplay is just wrong (things like the enemies moving fast). That doesn't stop other people from saying these things but actually meaning them.

Incidentally, their called The Horde, not zombies. Zombies is just more well known, so people say it. In Zombieland, there not zombies, but they still call them that.

I can't think of any hyperboles at the moment. I say them a lot though, when I'm mad at a game.

 

[bcponpcp27]

Mass Effect.

I just got this game used, and i'm having a hell of a time. I decided to be a sniper class, thinking it would be fun. Well that was a mistake. Turns out that you better damn well be a soldier if you don't want to die an absurd amount of time. Seriously, i'm killing this weird mind control plant, and none of the enemies ever give you medigel. Basically, you can't get hit at all, or your screwed. Not to mention this random clone appears at each node that can knock you down, paralyze you, and then sap away only your health. Your shield disappear frickin instantly, and then you get mobbed by these vomiting plant zombies that also only do health damage. I have to basically hide behind my allies. Which brings me to my next complaint, allied AI. You have to tell them to do fucking ANYTHING! Either they follow you mindlessly and refuse to run away from zombies that just stand next to them and vomit. They die way too easily, and don't use their abilities on their own. ENEMIES can use their abilities on their own, why the hell can't my goddamn allies!?!?!?!? No, they just stand there and die, leaving me open, oh and by the way, my sniper can only shoot twice before overheating. Not to mention you can't zoom in when you have low health. The wiggle when you zoom in is impossible to deal with, even at point blank. It's as if your character has goddamn Parkinson's or something.

Seriously, why don't they just tell you to be a soldier, why offer other classes at all.

Also, the biotic powers (I think) are super cheap. Seriously, being able to paralyze me and sap my health with an undodgeable attack is cheap, no debate necessary.

Finally, why is the game so goddamn vague. They don't tell you how to do fucking ANYTHING! Why can't they tell you how do do things.

Ok, this is finally the end of my rant. I have a terrible feeling I'm going about this game all wrong, but i'll be damned if the game will show me a better option.