Games Beaten 2015

[Ack]

Did you play with the mouse look hack?

Is there any sort of mouse look hack for the Ultima Underworld series?

[BoneSnapDeez]

Magic Drop II is a lot of fun. My daughter loves it. I'm just okay at it though... It gets really hard really fast.

[Erik_Twice]

Magic Drop II is a lot of fun. My daughter loves it. I'm just okay at it though... It gets really hard really fast.

Strenght and Empress are far, far harder than every single other character and High Priestess is an early roadblock for sure. It's frustrating because once you get to the point at which you can beat either of those two, the rest of the game is very easy but you cannot give them a beating or rank will shoot through the roof.

[MrPopo]

System Shock is outstanding.
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It says a lot about the strength of the game's design to have such a huge environment to explore, yet it never once holds your hand. At best, you're given a goal to strive for, and are then left to your own devices to figure out how to complete it. All of the information and tools you need are out there in the station. You need only go and find it.
The result is accomplishing everything they intended, but feeling like you planned it all out yourself. Its rich and addicting, and at no point does it ever become slow or tiresome. I'm amazed at how cohesive it all is.

You totally get it. You've hit exactly on what makes System Shock so fantastic, and why I actually consider it to be better than System Shock 2 (and I played both for the first time last year, so there's no nostalgia goggles here).

[MrPopo]

Did you play with the mouse look hack?

Is there any sort of mouse look hack for the Ultima Underworld series?

There doesn't appear to be.

[Exhuminator]

Did you play with the mouse look hack?

Is there any sort of mouse look hack for the Ultima Underworld series?

There doesn't appear to be.

Considering the way that mouse movement is built into the UU games, mouse look would directly conflict with its implementation. I'm not surprised this hasn't been modded into the games yet.

[MrPopo]

System Shock is actually quite similar to UU in how the mouse is handled. The way the mouselook mod works in System Shock is that there's a button that toggles between modern mouselook and floating cursor. So you run through the world killing robots and mutants, then you run into an area with some stuff you want to manipulate and you switch to floating cursor to manipulate things.

[Stark]

1. Super Smash Brothers - N64 (January 3)
2. Shovel Knight - Wii U (January 6)
3. NES Remix - Wii U (January 14)
4. NES Remix 2 - Wii U (January 14)
5. Streets of Rage - Genesis (January 16)
6. F-Zero - SNES (January 21)
7. Super Mario 3D World - Wii U (January 28)
8. Hyrule Warriors - Wii U (February 5)
9. Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D - 3DS (February 23)
10. Double Dragon Neon - PC (March 1)
11. Mario Kart 8 - Wii U (March 3)
12. Hotline Miami - PS3 (March 14)
13. Pokemon White - Nintendo DS (March 17)
14. Pokemon Soul Silver - Nintendo DS (April 2)
15. Pokemon White 2 - Nintendo DS (April 14)
16. Pokemon X - Nintendo 3DS (April 30)
17. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Xbox One (May 3)
18. Pokemon Shuffle - Nintendo 3DS (May 12)
19. Hearthstone: Blackrock Mountain - PC / iPhone (May 17)
20. Splatoon - Wii U (June 7)

This is an endearing little shooter. It's one of the most unique titles I've played in a while. In some ways, it felt some Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Sunshine vibes from it, but still very different. I turned off the motion controls, I didn't care for them all that much. I have been playing Online for an hour here and there, but I went through the single player campaign and most of the Amiibo challenges. This is one that I hope keeps with the content updates, and I'll be enjoying it for some time to come.

I've heard that Splatoon started life as another Super Mario Sunshine, so I guess that feeling makes sense!

[CFFJR]

That was a great write-up CFFJR! I actually wanted to try out the game after I heard HG101's podcast on it and now I want to try it out even more. Shame it would be so difficult for me to play it on the go...

Thanks!

You should definitely give it a try if you're able, but it is also not a portable friendly game. Having said that, System Shock Portable (that Exhuminator linked to) can run off of a usb device, so you could carry it around with you and play at any computer. I don't know if that will help any, but its worth mentioning.

Congratulations on your 1cc!

Considering I love the Thief series, System Shock 2, and Ultima Underworld, I really should give System Shock 1 another shot.

Did you play with the mouse look hack?

You really should! I can't think of any reason why you wouldn't like it.

I did play with mouse look, and its very handy. It works as Mr. Popo described, using the E key to toggle. I ended up switching back and forth between mouse look and cursor quite often during combat.

Yes they were. And so are you, for going back in time and enjoying System Shock.

To be 100% honest I believe Looking Glass Studios were the best game designers to ever have existed.

I can't argue with that point of view. This one game was enough to blow my mind, and I say that not having played their other stuff.

You totally get it. You've hit exactly on what makes System Shock so fantastic, and why I actually consider it to be better than System Shock 2 (and I played both for the first time last year, so there's no nostalgia goggles here).

It really was an amazing, unique experience. I intend to play SS2 (started a file, chose navy), but SS1 has set the bar so ridiculously high that I worry I'll end up disappointed. It makes perfect sense to me that you prefer 1.

[Exhuminator]

I intend to play SS2 (started a file, chose navy), but SS1 has set the bar so ridiculously high that I worry I'll end up disappointed.

System Shock 2 is just as good as System Shock. They just play a lot differently. The first game is a cyberpunk-dungeon adventure, the second game is a cyberpunk-survival horror FPS. There's enough similarities between the two that they feel totally connected, yet enough differences that they play as completely unique experiences. You will not be disappointed. I can't imagine you being disappointed.