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"Melmoth" <graf_o@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1092492711.26922.0@nnrp-t71-03.news.uk.clara.net...
> Sorry lads, I'm not trolling here, but having been involved in the
industry
> for longer than I care to remember, I can't recall a more lifeless, jaded,
> STALE and soulless piece of product ever being released by a major. Even
the
> highly vaunted graphics seem vaguely blocky and unconvincing, and this is
on
> a P4 3.4ghz and a 6800 Ultra. A tech demo with very little tech...
>
> Praying for HL2 to come through.
>
> Cheers,
>
> J
>
>

    I have to agree somewhat.  Although the surface textures and the enemy
models look great (when you can get enough light on them to tell), the human
models fall short.  Of course, that's probably due more to the talent of the
artist than any fault in the game code.  You're right, it makes an excellent
tech demo for selling the engine, but as a game it falls short.  It becomes
way too repetitous after while, and is an entirely different experience than
the first two games, owing more lineage to Resident Evil than Doom 1 or 2.
I enjoyed Far Cry much more, and Serious Sam was more fun as a pure shooter.
Not a total disappointment, but not what I hoped for.  And as for
mulitplayer in a dark environment, well....Unreal is more fun to me as it
has more open areas and is less claustrophobic.


Bob