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New Games Rant

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From: Trimble Bracegirdle
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:41
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Ha !!! (he says) Yes I say Ha ! to this new Crysis 'yet-another-one' & its 
empty Flashy .
& HA HA to  Aliens: Colonial Marines  the most expensive terribly rubbish
game ever (maybe)
& also Sniff n POO ! to FarCry 3 ...You total mess you.

I'm right now playing 1st UNREAL (1998) I clearly remember buying it
on day of release in The Virgin store on London's Oxford Street.
Mind you its was years before it could be played in all its glistening glory
when the Patches & Graphic Drivers had been released.

This is one of those games I go back to to play a bit more every few months 
(or years).
I suppose I don't ever expect to finish it.
Indeed I suspect that UNREAL may go on forever.
Where the Beginning might be would be joined to where an Ending might be
with so many  levels of similar design Linearly connected with a weak Plot
a player would take so long to get around they couldn't tell where they 
might be.

I was lost as to where my game saves were pointing to in the endless levels.
Looked up a Game Guide, quite shook me.
After all these years I'm only on Level 15 out of a total of 39 Levels.
Perhaps in fact it really does go on forever.
But I enjoy it & there are still Multiplayer Servers active.

I've been looking around at what action games are due within a year or so.
Interesting list "Most Anticipated" here:
http://www.metacritic.com/feature/video-game-preview-2013

Worries that I find very little I look forward to.Perhaps:
Bioshock Infinite
Tomb Raider
GTA V
Star Wars 1313
Raven's Cry
http://blogs.amd.com/play/2013/01/28/ravens-cry/
seems to be the only hopefully decent Action RPG type upcoming.

Thief 4 is 2014. Doom 4 is definitely, sometime not soon

I have very big maybes against even that short list.
I never seem to get far in GTA's  before interest is worn out.
The no quick save system doesn't help.

I thought the 1st Bioshock unpleasant & made me progressively angry
at being led on & on with little plot resolution in samey settings.

The games industry seems to be increasingly stretching less & less 'new'
out as far as possible.
Sequels, Games into Films ...Dues Ex ...Assassins Creed...Splinter Cell
http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/scott-derrickson-to-helm-video-game-film-deus-ex-human-revolution/
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")  mouse (sigh...PC Gaming Dies Again)



 
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