I have heard the stories of that game. I love the concept of it all and it was a very ambitious game, the execution was not the best however, and does not hold up much at all.
I tend too forget these as well. Bugs in games I like, too. I remember the title now: Pacific Storm. The reason I remember that is that I got really annoyed for it crashing so far into campaigns. That was likely due to the increased frequency of battles and OOB database shenanigans - up to that point you'd beuild up your defenses and ships and train and all - who wouldn't want to see how that all paid off.
That’s also a reason why nostalgia is like a one way street. Sometimes a game is so good beyond bugs, but it aged up a bit once you have came back to it years later. Like "This game was awesome! I do not know why people talk about this much" and you got your hands on said game, tried it out for a bit, and was like "How did I even manage this as a kid..."
Yes, I had MoO2 as measure for contemporary 4x games - played it last year again on DOSBox and can say it didn't age well. I think the main point I rejected all modern 4x games was the 3D combat - in comparison it lacks character, structure, controllability and there is signficantly less connection with the "builds" you make in the ship editor. I think turn-based is just better for that.
Now that was a game ahead of its time - as in, in 1998 it needed a computer from a few years into the future to run acceptably!
Now that was a game ahead of its time - as in, in 1998 it needed a computer from a few years into the future to run acceptably!
I played and finished it about 12 years ago and it had a lot of interesting ideas, like physics based puzzles that wouldn’t appear in other games until much later. It certainly had the most unique health bar ❤
It came back to my mind when people were complaining about Half Life: Alyx being VR only and how a flatscreen mod should be made - and I thought, “there is actually already a game that simulates motion-tracked controls using m&kb...it’s not great”
I played it with a few mods and patches that fixed a few things and did the gamma trick that actually made the jungle look much more jungley, so I fairly enjoyed my time with the game - it’s got Luvvie Attenborough and Minnie Driver nattering away at you so it’s not that bad!
I played it with a few mods and patches that fixed a few things and did the gamma trick that actually made the jungle look much more jungley, so I fairly enjoyed my time with the game - it’s got Luvvie Attenborough and Minnie Driver nattering away at you so it’s not that bad!
For such a maligned game, it was interesting to see what clever ideas it had in 1998 - two weapon limit before Halo popularised it, wide open levels before Farcry, and physics puzzles before Half Life 2. I really liked how ammo was accounted for - Minnie speaking out loud, “feels about half full” etc. I’ve only played one other game that did that, the King Kong movie game.
The game was a classic case of ambition outweighing execution
Press + hold CTRL and move the mouse to rotate the arm whilst holding Shift to move the wrist, simultaneously holding Left and Right mouse buttons to hold the gun, press Tab to outstetch Minnie’s left leg then manoeuvre the weapon behind the knee and hold Tilde to grip it...and swear profusely as the dodgy physics makes Ms Driver faceplant the nearest rock.
Press + hold CTRL and move the mouse to rotate the arm whilst holding Shift to move the wrist, simultaneously holding Left and Right mouse buttons to hold the gun, press Tab to outstetch Minnie’s left leg then manoeuvre the weapon behind the knee and hold Tilde to grip it...and swear profusely as the dodgy physics makes Ms Driver faceplant the nearest rock.
They could’ve totally done QWOP ten years before that Foddy fella did
I think they missed a trick there by not having MD make a comment if you spend too long checking your health level
I think they missed a trick there by not having MD make a comment if you spend too long checking your health level
Having reloading could’ve really made it more tense - especially if you go down the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. route of having specific ammo types. Combined with the 2 weapon limit, oof! However, I’d’ve probably ended up much like I did in the existing game when running out of ammo - pathetically waving the weapon at the always-angry raptor about 2 seconds before it de-gloved my head.
Back OT, I’ll submit Enter The Matrix as my personal bug-fest shudder memory. The car having square wheels just about said it all, really
I tried that ARMA mod where you had to recharge individual magazines via a wheel type menu...we named it the roulette wheel of death. The mod also had a variety of complex medical options...like epinephrine pens, bandages, morphine injections...all done throught the same wheel of death. Needless to say, if you were wounded and relied on a medic faffing about in the roulette wheel after checking your vital signs to see what was actually wrong with you...you died just as quickly as trying to recharge a magazine in the middle of a firefight.
I liked the idea of Arma, but the UI is really something to make you stop playing. Add some lag and it becomes awful.
Already fixed it, with community made mods
The crashes were the issue for me as you can only save on a bed and have no fast travel in survival, so they meant losing progress. The worst regular crashes I was getting were mouse acceleration related, I disabled it in the ini file and stopped those. Automatron was causing other issues with crashes/lighting bugs which have stopped now I've completed it.
The only issues I've ever had with ED were disconnects which were down to my rural internet.Never had a single game breaker in it whatsoever in five years, which is pretty amazing TBH.
. Still is everytime I need to do a new system overhaul.
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