What are you playing at the moment? - Page 220

Briggykins · 09-11-2009, 20:52

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Originally Posted by NokkonWud

As for the PS3, it's still only 1 game, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, which is really good, but I do struggle to play it for extended sessions. I'm not up to Chapter 20 so not much to go. I may have possibly enjoyed it more had I not started out straight away on Hard, but a challenge is always good. It does some stuff so very, very well, but the gun play is still poor and that's the one thing that needed changing most from the first.

What do you mean by the gun play being poor? I've been playing the game and struggling to get into it, mainly because I get disheartened every time I get to a gun fight. The game is quite good-looking and the running around jumping stuff is fun (and the plot is good, and the voice acting is absolutely top drawer), but the fighting controls just don't seem to work for me and if it's true that, as heralded, it's the PS3 GOTY, I guessed console gaming wasn't quite my bag. I assumed it was because I'm a relative console noob - should I not be giving up the gamepad quite yet?

NokkonWud · 10-11-2009, 16:18

The cross hair is clumsy, and even when you're clearly nailing head shots there is absolutely no response from the game. Almost every complaint I've heard about the game is based around this and more disappointingly, it was a complaint that was similarly shared with the first game too.

If you play plenty of other third person games that use a similar method of aiming then compare, you'll see why Uncharted 2 does receive stick for it's gun play model.

Streeteh · 10-11-2009, 19:43

Gears is imo the perfect example of gunplay in a 3rd person shooter, the crosshair is spot on despite perspective issues (which is what causes aiming to be a little off in many, including uncharted 2). Fortunately UC2 is still a good improvement over UC1 (try UC1 after playing 2, the shooting is just horrific), so i have hopes for UC3 finally nailing it.

To me it's a minor niggle in amongst a throng of awesome though.

Aboobie · 12-11-2009, 09:08

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Originally Posted by Haly

Besides hitting 94k tonight (

Creature), I also spent a few hours with Dragon Age.....I can feel an addiction looming

Hopefully if it keeps this up, I'll finally have an RPG I'm hooked on!

Having said that, I have read some average reviews for it and I can see why. It's been hyped up too much and the 360 version really isn't impressive graphically, nor will it be converting anyone to the genre. However as a fan of the Baldurs Gate series, I feel right at home here despite its niggles.

I've put a couple of hours into Dragon Age and I'm very impressed.

I don't think it's graphically as bad as a lot are making out. Whilst I'll agree it falls short of Mass Effect and the occasional textures stands out as especially poor it has a perfect framerate and it easily holds itself above other games of the genre. I do wonder whether a lot of the criticism is coming from a vocal PC audience that doesn't believe games like this should be on consoles at all....

Anyhow, the story and characters have been the standouts for me along with the intelligent and witty dialogue that makes Risen, Two Worlds and even Oblivion look very poor.

Easily a goty contender at this point.

leowyatt · 12-11-2009, 10:03

Surprise surprise Modern Warfare 2

Daz · 12-11-2009, 10:57

The Ballad of Gay Tony and Modern Warfare 2

Jingo · 12-11-2009, 11:50

Modern Warfare 2 with Desmo and our cunning stealth tactics ... "Oh I'm going to run around and knife them all!"....

/dead.

Justsomebloke · 12-11-2009, 12:29

Still nowt but Forza 3, The game is Immense.
Untold Multi player during the evenings & all day to tune & tweak my motors.

Belmit · 12-11-2009, 12:53

Dead Space. Very good so far. I'm currently enjoying a spate of playing really good games that passed me by and can now be had for next to nothing.

Davey_Pitch · 12-11-2009, 12:59

Dead Space is freaking awesome, I still need to go through it again on the Insane difficulty, if Leo ever goes through it that is

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NokkonWud BD Recruitment Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Smogville Posts: 3,880	The cross hair is clumsy, and even when you're clearly nailing head shots there is absolutely no response from the game. Almost every complaint I've heard about the game is based around this and more disappointingly, it was a complaint that was similarly shared with the first game too. If you play plenty of other third person games that use a similar method of aiming then compare, you'll see why Uncharted 2 does receive stick for it's gun play model. __________________

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Streeteh Vodka Martini Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Kingston Posts: 862	Gears is imo the perfect example of gunplay in a 3rd person shooter, the crosshair is spot on despite perspective issues (which is what causes aiming to be a little off in many, including uncharted 2). Fortunately UC2 is still a good improvement over UC1 (try UC1 after playing 2, the shooting is just horrific), so i have hopes for UC3 finally nailing it. To me it's a minor niggle in amongst a throng of awesome though. __________________ PSN & Live! ID: Streeteh

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leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Surprise surprise Modern Warfare 2 __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

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Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	The Ballad of Gay Tony and Modern Warfare 2 __________________ apt-get moo

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Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	Modern Warfare 2 with Desmo and our cunning stealth tactics ... "Oh I'm going to run around and knife them all!".... /dead. __________________

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Justsomebloke The Night Worker Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,228	Still nowt but Forza 3, The game is Immense. Untold Multi player during the evenings & all day to tune & tweak my motors. __________________

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Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	Dead Space. Very good so far. I'm currently enjoying a spate of playing really good games that passed me by and can now be had for next to nothing. __________________

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