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Anvildude wrote: From what I've seen, it's back and forth, but done properly. It's not the "half 3d" that the more recent MK games tend to be, but the way it's set up it's not so much that the characters are stuck on a line, and more like they're just fighting in the one strip of open area that's around- there's a ton of environmental interaction to the sides and in the background- and I think that a lot of levels have 'corners' that you go around when you're fighting hard enough to the edge.
Yeah, it's pretty much this. You can only move forward/back/up/down, but it doesn't feel like they're restricted to just walking along a line. And as mentioned above, most of the arenas have a whole bunch of interactive objects you can use, and the interactions vary from character to character (for example, Superman will chuck the light fitting at you, Flash will use it to swing behind you for a flank attack). There are also multiple locations within each arena; hit someone hard enough near an edge and you'll knock them into another area, usually via a few walls, a roof or two and sometimes a train!
Here's an example of a match (starts at about 6:30):
There's also a mobile version, which is great fun and has great graphics/gameplay/content for a free mobile/tablet game, I highly recommend that too.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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Getting better at NHL '14, and had a really close game last night. I was playing the Dallas Stars, and they came back with a late third period goal, and won 3-2. I had more shots-on-goal, won more face-offs, and at more time attacking...but had too many turn-over. Much frustration
Weirdest thing happened while playing Dwarf Fortress. Wandered into this stone building called the "Pulpy Church" and encountered something called a "high boil." Tried to talk to it, and it immediately decided to spit at me and missed. The way the game mentioned it though, it looked like if it hit, it would have actually done some damage.
Also trying to build a "theatre city" in Minecraft.
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Faithful... Enlightened... Ambitious... Brethren... WE NEED A NEW DRIVER! THIS ONE IS DEAD!
Shadowrun Returns : Dragonfall Directors cut. Upgraded what I already considerd an very, very well made mod to a whole new level, so my hats of to the dudes/dudets that made it and that it also was free on Steam
Very good middle game but weak, hasty ending that felt really superficial compared to the rest of this charming effort.
Injustice: Gods Among Us
I finally got around to this, another great game combining my love of DC with my love of MK. Injustice is the best possible ad for MKX. My favorite part is the eclectic line up, both in terms of IP and play style. I kind of wish they would do one of these focusing just on the various Lantern Corps. Come to think of it, any game focusing on the Lantern Corps would be welcome.
Wolfenstein
"Just a shooter" really, but does what it does very well. There is something super nostalgic about mowing through Nazi scum to liberate golden chalices.
Wasteland 2
I backed this two years ago as a tide-over game until FO4. Well, still no FO4 news but the game is good enough so far (only ~5 hours in) to help ease the pain. I'm not so sure whether InXile chose to make an "old school" game or just doesn't really know how to make a contemporary one. Still, this is game has a ton of promise.
Hrm, was thinking of getting Wasteland 2. A pity I'm basically empty in terms of bank account right now :/
What I'm currently playing is Magicmaker, a fun little indie sidescroller remniscent of magicka, but with a different way of going about its magic-creation method.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
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Definitely put it on your Christmas list. I have played it for about 12 hours now and I know at least 5 of that has been character creation and a lot of that went straight into thinking up concepts (history/personality) rather than just build. There's something about this kind of game that seems to make room for it. I haven't seen this in "new school" games outside of Elder Scrolls and FO3/NV.
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I do not have a sign on me that says "Talk bad philosophy at me", Morrigan. So why do you keep doing it. Why.
For someone who prides herself on 'simply talk', she sure does that a lot.
Yeah. I suppose it's all right, though. I mean, it's actually good for a character to describe themselves in a way that's not always consistent with how they act! That's a thing that real people do all the time.
I do wonder if it was deliberate or not.
I feel like it seems like I'm only complaining about the game. I'm actually having a blast, though, cruising through slowly and keeping an eye out for anything I missed on my first run-through.
Like Sten. I completely forgot he existed, because I completely ignored him the first time I played.
It is odd. I mean, they're both pretty hard to miss. I see that now. I think I must have deliberately avoided Sten, because he's right on the road out of Lothering. I can see missing Leliana, if you don't ever go in the inn/tavern or whatever that is.
I think it's also because the game puts you in this situation where it seems like you should be rushing to get out of there, but where you're really better off sticking around and poking everything that moves.
Dayz, died of zombie causes, then spawned, found a baseball bat and a survivor with a gun. Apply baseball bat to head, survivor died, reloaded 22 ammo.
Trailers give a good example, as does the demo. All available on the link.
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
Ashiraya wrote: Please guys, tell me more about how WoW lore is a cheery zany happy kids-game.
It wasn't a mana-bomb that nuked Theramore and 99.9% of everyone in it, it was a happy-fun bomb that just teleported everyone away to happy-fun land with cute little baby elekks and miniature hawkstriders and a ball pit.
Oh, the scorch marks in Theramore? And giant crater? Fairly sure they've always been there.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Ashiraya wrote: Please guys, tell me more about how WoW lore is a cheery zany happy kids-game.
It wasn't a mana-bomb that nuked Theramore and 99.9% of everyone in it, it was a happy-fun bomb that just teleported everyone away to happy-fun land with cute little baby elekks and miniature hawkstriders and a ball pit.
Oh, the scorch marks in Theramore? And giant crater? Fairly sure they've always been there.
The Concentration Camps around Dalaran's original location are actually schools.
I remember I could never get past the first few levels of that game. Great game though!
i get the knight to tank until every single enemies weapons are all broken
Yeah... see I didn't realize weapons could break, so I wasted all my best weapons. Well... that and accidentally thinking the person who rides a Pegasus (I forget her name) was another tank. I can see your strategy working though.
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