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I don't generally GUSH... but Lego Jurassic Park on Steam is AWESOME!
They use the voices from the movies, it's open.. it's fantastic. The 3DS is missing SOOOOOO much comparatively speaking. (though it was expected) I'd say the 3DS is a similar but not as well done version. This is.... mind boggling awesome. (fan of the JP IP)
Also re: Watch_Dongs. Game runs around 50-60 fps for me at high settings (ultra requires a 3GB graphics card). 4670k and 770 2GB. Not seeing any of the performance issues people complained about early on. M+K controls are sluggish at times but nothing that makes me want to rage quit/uninstall. Overall it's a fun take on the GTA-clone genre (which I've gotten fairly bored of). The hacking puts a nice spin on things. People shit on the main story/campaign but I'm finding it entertaining enough, especially the main antagonist (or who I assume will turn out to be the main antagonist).
the biggest things that irritate me are the excessive featuring of early access games and the lack of good sales on older games I don't have (really i don't understand why quake, doom and hexen are always 50 percent off)
Also re: Watch_Dongs. Game runs around 50-60 fps for me at high settings (ultra requires a 3GB graphics card). 4670k and 770 2GB. Not seeing any of the performance issues people complained about early on. M+K controls are sluggish at times but nothing that makes me want to rage quit/uninstall. Overall it's a fun take on the GTA-clone genre (which I've gotten fairly bored of). The hacking puts a nice spin on things. People shit on the main story/campaign but I'm finding it entertaining enough, especially the main antagonist (or who I assume will turn out to be the main antagonist).
Also re: Watch_Dongs. Game runs around 50-60 fps for me at high settings (ultra requires a 3GB graphics card). 4670k and 770 2GB. Not seeing any of the performance issues people complained about early on. M+K controls are sluggish at times but nothing that makes me want to rage quit/uninstall. Overall it's a fun take on the GTA-clone genre (which I've gotten fairly bored of). The hacking puts a nice spin on things. People shit on the main story/campaign but I'm finding it entertaining enough, especially the main antagonist (or who I assume will turn out to be the main antagonist).
Also re: Watch_Dongs. Game runs around 50-60 fps for me at high settings (ultra requires a 3GB graphics card). 4670k and 770 2GB. Not seeing any of the performance issues people complained about early on.
You're running a 2GB VRAM 770 - in which the 2 GB VRAM is the recommended specs for the vid card.
I had to toss most stuff at medium + a few things at Low at 1080p on my PC (i7 950; 1 GB VRAM GF 560 Ti; 16 GB RAM).
M+K controls are sluggish at times but nothing that makes me want to rage quit/uninstall. Overall it's a fun take on the GTA-clone genre (which I've gotten fairly bored of). The hacking puts a nice spin on things. People shit on the main story/campaign but I'm finding it entertaining enough, especially the main antagonist (or who I assume will turn out to be the main antagonist).
Like most GTA-like games - I use KB-M on foot; and X360 controller while driving.
But, yeah - I had a blast w/ the gameplay. I thought it was a blast w/ the hacking, stealthing, and GTA-mix. This is worth the price of admission at $6 alone.
The story is nowhere as interesting as you're hoping, either - you must be early on in the game. Every time you think + hope it could get interesting, it doesn't fully tackle the important topic fully (it mentions or shows it, but does nothing or much with it) and/or takes a very cliched + ridiculous route.
WD Spoilers
The twist of the hacker being a female - saw that coming a mile away, since they never showed her face or voice early on. It was disguised. Clear clue, given nothing was ever shown...until you actually meet the character.
The "let's kill of a secondary character" and try to make the player feel sad and/or want revenge, but it doesn't get fleshed-out enough to feel this way.
Just like the game GUN (PC) - this Watch Dogs game often kills off cool characters period and/or any supporting characters too prematurely for you to even give a damn about what happened to them.
Also, it never really tackles the subject of human trafficking + prostitution angles it decides to present at some point, but not do much of anything with. It does a better job w/ tackling the hacking theme - but that also could've been done much better, as well.
Also, Aiden sucks as a character - he's right next to Connor from AC3 for "Most Disappointing Characters In A Game Who Could've + Should've Been Much More Interesting." That seems to be a common UbiSoft trait in some of their game of late, as well.
I'm at the end of Act 2 so I guess that's still early on? Gameplay-wise I did laugh when it, too, had an 'unlock tower for MOAR activities' mechanic. Ubisoft doesn't even try to make their games unique.
I'm at the end of Act 2 so I guess that's still early on? Gameplay-wise I did laugh when it, too, had an 'unlock tower for MOAR activities' mechanic. Ubisoft doesn't even try to make their games unique.
UbiSoft of late seems to make great gaming open-world playgrounds and game-worlds (see AC3, AC4, FC3, WD) - but they forget to sometimes make their stories + characters great. I mean, what was the last great story + characters in a Ubi game of late? Maybe...AC: Revelations?
Of course, AC: Rev already had built these great characters of Altair + Ezio up from previous titles, so it was just finishing their stories off and giving us closure on those particular characters.
I think Mooby's statement speaks for itself + alludes to why it ain't GOTY:
People shit on the main story/campaign but I'm finding it entertaining enough, especially the main antagonist (or who I assume will turn out to be the main antagonist).
Certainly, a game called "Entertaining enough" for its story ain't developing something as masterful as say Planescape: Torment.
Hell, WD ain't even on Sleeping Dogs' level of storytelling + character development. SD's storytelling + char-development was really good, BTW. It's just...most games can't top PS:T for that kind of stuff, IMHO.
Listen, poo bear, I'll tuck you in a read you a story, 'kay? I don't really play games for stories. Watch_Dongs = blow shit up simulator. The narrative is sufficient to drive the action. Quality old RPGs like Gothic 1 and 2 have pretty terrible stories but their settings are good.
Sleepy Dongs' story wasn't anything spectacular. Certainly no better than WD. The double-life undercover cop thing has been done to death.
I just love finding game gems when all I wanted was a +1. I went fishing for cheap-o games (that had somewhat positive ratings) and I found this game called Out there Somewhere that was 19 cents (or 74 in a developer 4 pack). It's not the prettiest game ever made and has really stumped me a few times, but I've had SO much fun so far.
It's funny how a AAA game that costs so much more can be a "meh" and some dirt cheap game can be really fun.
Had gotten zero drops despite playing this stupid "game" since the beginning. I had even tried quitting and joining a new game, but got nothing. But when I tried joining the game of someone on my friends list, I immediately got 4 cards.
re: Watch Dogs- I thought the character in one of the DLCs T-Bone was supposed to be more interesting than the main character. I think Myster D has reviewed Watch Dogs well. Motoki, Mooby and others were correct to buy at $6 from best buy.
RE: Watch Dongs, I found the story reasonably mediocre and wasn't engaged at all but my main problem was with the way missions work etc, I found myself taking 5 mins to do a mission followed by a ing hour of trying to get away from bad guys/cops. Maybe I just suck at it
Did you not see the hacking-evasion driving skill tree? Sometimes I'd start shit just to take down heli's or change lights on cops causing awesome pile-ups.
Did you not see the hacking-evasion driving skill tree? Sometimes I'd start shit just to take down heli's or change lights on cops causing awesome pile-ups.
Yes I did the only problem is it takes work and game time and I just wanted to rush through the story and shelve the game and I think in hindsight that was my problem with the game, I just didn't care enough to play it properly.
Well, this is awkward. I was going to ask if there was any reason to prefer the GOG versions of RCT 1 and 2.
In fact, I am asking. Anyone know if there are any issues with the Steam versions of the first two Rollercoaster Tycoon games? Is there a reason to go with them on GOG instead?
I think that's the problem most of us have here with every game. And why those damned clickr games are so popular. We can finally play a game without having to play it!
Well, this is awkward. I was going to ask if there was any reason to prefer the GOG versions of RCT 1 and 2.
In fact, I am asking. Anyone know if there are any issues with the Steam versions of the first two Rollercoaster Tycoon games? Is there a reason to go with them on GOG instead?
I found driving and causing mayhem in Watch Dogs entertaining enough that I'd walk out into the street and start firing my gun into the air just to provoke a police chase.
I think that's the problem most of us have here with every game. And why those damned clickr games are so popular. We can finally play a game without having to play it!
Yes. I heard the Steam version gives you cancer. GOG version gives free blow jobs. Buy it there.
Listen, poo bear, I'll tuck you in a read you a story, 'kay? I don't really play games for stories. Watch_Dongs = blow shit up simulator. The narrative is sufficient to drive the action. Quality old RPGs like Gothic 1 and 2 have pretty terrible stories but their settings are good.
Sleepy Dongs' story wasn't anything spectacular. Certainly no better than WD. The double-life undercover cop thing has been done to death.
ing hour of trying to get away from bad guys/cops. Maybe I just suck at it
