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>On Feb 21, 7:51�am, Xocyll <Xoc...@kingston.net> wrote:
>> "Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-s...@never.spam> looked up from reading the
>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter �"The Augury is good, the signs
>> say:
>> <snip>>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.
>
>>
>> >GTA V
>>
>> I wonder how many online things you'll have to be connected to to even
>> _install_ this much less play it.
>> I have yet to play GTA IV due to the forced connections to "social
>> clubs" and the like that I have less than zero interest in.
>>
>
>Yeesh.  Games for windows and social club, both which I couldn't care
>less about.

Bingo.  I have no intention of using either of those. GFWL I never had
interest in and Rockstar Social Club, sorry guys, I'm not 10, I'm not
going to try and impress people with my game scores like that's some
kind of real achievement.

>> >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 just finished GTA IV now that it works on my system - upgraded to
>win 8, wouldn't work on XP for some reason, same hardware.

That might explain some of the issues I had getting it to run - it
didn't but since it required the GFWL and RSC links active, I didn't
explore further.  Had I paid full retail I would have, but this was
bought on sale so it just never felt worth the effort.

>Anyway, I give it a thumbs down.  Rather disappointing.  No Rampages!
>I think they just took themselves too seriously (GTA serious?
>really!?!)

Yeah, what ever happened to running over a string of chanting Hari
Krishas and getting GOURANGA! on your screen?

For that matter, what ever happened to stealing cars and selling them to
a chop shop?  Curiously little actual GTA going on in GTA titles.
What used to be a core part of the game to make money is now reduced to,
usually, one mission or mission string.  GTA3 had that one timed mission
where you had to steal 10 cars.  Vice City - if you bought the car shop
there were 3 boards worth of cars to steal 10 each I think, then
nothing.  San Andreas had one mission to steal some cars I think.

But none of them just let you steal cars and deliver them to the docks
and sell them for cash.

Haven't actually played GTA4 yet so...

>> Nothing really new here, they've been doing that since the turn of the
>> millennia if not before.
>
>I think Indie is the only way now if you want something new and
>interesting (much like movies), the gaming industry has "matured".
>Portal, Minecraft (not that I get Minecraft), Grimrock (not that I've
>played it), etc.

Yeah I have been highly impressed by Path of Exile - everything Diablo3
should have been - lots of depth and choice in character development,
and therefore lots of potential builds and massive replay value.

Although some of the mature developers still do it right - just started
playing Skyrim and am favorably impressed.   It's not perfect and
continues on in the direction I didn't like with Oblivion (removal of
flight/levitate spells/items to mention but one) but it's still damn
good.

Now if only they would remake Daggerfall with the engine used for
Skyrim, without gutting the features of Daggerfall, I would be a very
happy man.

Xocyll
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