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On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:41:35 -0000, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
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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).

Yes and no.  When it was first released, the word on the street was
you needed a monster PC to enjoy it.  I don't remember what graphics
card I had at the time... maybe a 3DFX in a Pentium something?  Anyway
it was very close to top of the line, but those who didn't have the
horse power to play it properly bitched about the game even though it
was perfectly playable from Day 1 with the right hardware.

I do actually remember buying this in the store and having a brief
conversation with the guy at the desk, and he was saying he wasn't
going to get it until he had a PC that was worthy, but a friend of his
had told him that it did indeed live up to its name.

I thought it was a pretty good title at the time but I was more of a
Quake fan with all the multiplayer mods.

>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

Well don't feel alone in that you sometimes wonder if it's the lack of
titles, where the industry is going in general.... or the part I hate
the worst is when you start questioning yourself and wondering if
you've just changed too much, crossed the threshold into oldmanism
that puts you outside the age demographic that can still enjoy games.

Then something like Crysis 3 multiplayer comes along, and reminds me
why I started gaming in the first place, and sends a loud reminder
that I'm getting better at everything with age and its the rest of the
world that's sucking :)  

Seriously though, after the disappointment that FC3 multi was for me,
Crysis 3 multiplayer complete reaffirmed that I'm still here and
fundamentally just as willing to enjoy a good title as they come
out... they just don't come out as much anymore.

C3 multiplayer is an accessible-but-deep and enormously satisfying
action game.  I literally feel sorry for all the folks who don't have
the PC horsepower or the bandwidth or the confidence in their hand-eye
coordination (or reflexes)....any/all of the above to experience this.
They are truly missing out on a major portion of PC gaming.