Xeogred wrote:Dude come on Hobie lol, how old are half those pictures? And seriously can't you see the difference in quality in CGR's review in actually seeing the game in action?
I wasn't all that impressed with the video in the review either. Most of the time when the game was in motion it was all right, but when looking at the prostitutes especially near the beginning of the video, they had the same oddness to them. Now maybe I'm wrong, but between the video and those screenshots, old or not, they had something that just looked... wrong to me.
Ack wrote:I actually didn't find any of those screenshots ugly.
Besides, so what if the game is ugly? Hobie, you of all people should know that graphics don't necessarily make the game. Now if the story is slow and the action drab, that might be more to consider. But even if I generally agree with a reviewer, I still have to play the game to find out for myself.
I'm well aware of that too. I generally agree with Mark's reviews as I tend to watch them for games I already have since he is entertaining. I'm sure I'm prejudiced by my hate of the first game, but his negative points stuck out at me.
2:15 At first DEHR is slow and awkward, like Mass Effect 2 meets Fallout 3, only with less refined visuals and awkward acting, but give the game some time.
4:50 If you give the game some time it becomes incredibly fun.
So there are 2 previous DE games, even though they are by a a different company, shouldn't they have figured out how to make the game fun from the start? If Mark of all people has to make the excuse twice that you have to give the game some time to be fun, that's a red flag to me. At 3:47 he describes the AI as 'awful' and I saw examples of enemies standing there being bullet magnets in the video.
He was reviewing the 360 version, but look how choppy the game is around 2:50. That spin as Jensen goes down the ladder and the turn in the hallway right after that are atrocious. Those are hallways, not even open environments. Near the end of the review he mentions that there is a plot, but that's it. Must not have made much of an impression on him. Considering how people rave about the story in the first game (even though I didn't like it), that also strikes me as a bad sign. The physics look awful, easiest to find is the bit right at the end of the video.
I was actually trying to be open to give the new game a chance. The idea of the game play in the DE games is awesome. Freedom to do things more than one way, multiple upgrades that actually kinda force you to make a choice instead of just grinding until you max everything out. But the first game failed miserably to me (I forced myself to play the entire thing) and watching even that mostly positive review from someone I usually agree with made the new one look terrible.
But whatever, I know I'm one of 3 people in the entire world that don't like DE and everyone will just say I'm a hater and I'm just shitting in this thread. So I'm done.
