In the dark, with headphones or a kicking soundsystem is recommended.
[SPOILER - highlight to read]: I was sweating bullets just walking down halls. Nothing was happening yet, and I just kept jumping at every shadow, every sound.
And then somehing actually happens.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
I've heard pretty much nothing but good things about it. I started it a year ago and played for maybe 30 minutes, and it was fine, but for some reason I never played it again.
For my money (The fact I got it for free is beside the point ), it's the kind of game Bioshock intended to be.
The fact [SPOILER - highlight to read]: there's no whipping out a shotgun during any given encounter, adds to the tension immeasurably. You automatically sneak around every corner, tense up at any new location, because you know if you run into something and don't notice it before it notices you, you're ****ed.
I can't think of too many experiences like this, in a game.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Frictional Games has made numerous in this type of experience. There is the Outlast series....Alien Isolation and a few others as well.
Don't get me wrong...its a good game but it's one of those. Alien Isolation took the walking horror genre and did something completely amazing with it by adding a AI driven enemy type that is procedural (or at least hidden very well).
I thought the space shooter fan base was pretty big, ala Wing Commander and Freespace 2. Figured there was a market for mindless blowing stuff up, and score chasing.
Guess I was wrong. Either that, or the base just isn't that into space ships that transform into gundam style robots and wreck hell.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Looks like Fall of Cybertron owes a debt to Space Marine. The parts where you play as Bruticus and Grimlock are practically ripoffs of the melee mechanics, what with a big guy that shakes the earth as he walks, has combos that end in a shockwave, faces ridiculous hordes, and Grimlock even has health giving executions.
It's perfect for them. They could make an entire game just around the Grimlock bits.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
If Andromeda cut out terminal missions, that alone would sell me on the game.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Also, Resident Evil. Jazz's fight with Bruticus has shades of Leon against the giant, e.g. shoot until it kneels, hit context button.
No less awesome for it.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
This one's getting ported TO the arcades now. Total reversal of how it used to be, now good shmups are starting out on a home system, and getting sent to arcades later.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
I like to keep up with them, it's amazing how far fan games have come.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Some of them look snazzy. For 50,000 creds though.. Can't afford too many of those.
On the bright side, that hair trigger sniper rifle and mine thrower gun are so overpowered, you can ignore perks and buy cosmically.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.