I miss unforgiving and fiendishly difficult games, I don't want soding infinite retries by vertue of being able to save/load whenever you want. Just once I would like to play a game like delta with good enough graphics(not poorly coded enough) to challenge a radeon 9800...
<!--QuoteBegin--Soylent green+Jan 6 2004, 09:46 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Soylent green @ Jan 6 2004, 09:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I miss unforgiving and fiendishly difficult games, I don't want soding infinite retries by vertue of being able to save/load whenever you want. Just once I would like to play a game like delta with good enough graphics(not poorly coded enough) to challenge a radeon 9800... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> HL challenges my radeon 9800, I can't even get 100 solid fps, it drops down to 40 in heavy heavy action sometimes...
<!--QuoteBegin--AU-Scorpion+Jan 4 2004, 02:11 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (AU-Scorpion @ Jan 4 2004, 02:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--Manawydan+Jan 3 2004, 08:37 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Manawydan @ Jan 3 2004, 08:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> As a side note, but still on topic, did you know that the US Tomb Raider was easier than the UK Tomb Raider because the US audience would get bored if it was too difficult <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Well I'm American and I still found the game borish because of low difficulty, tedious platform jumping, final fantasy tactics, suikoden, metal gear solid, resident evil, and a host of other games that were just plain better at the time. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Perhaps I should have said "because it was believed the majority of the US audience would get bored if it was too difficult" as there are always the exceptions.
Of course "plain better" is a matter of opinion just as my hatred of martial arts/fighting games because they are mind numbingly boring is completely alien to those who enjoy such games.
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HL challenges my radeon 9800, I can't even get 100 solid fps, it drops down to 40 in heavy heavy action sometimes...
Well I'm American and I still found the game borish because of low difficulty, tedious platform jumping, final fantasy tactics, suikoden, metal gear solid, resident evil, and a host of other games that were just plain better at the time. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Perhaps I should have said "because it was believed the majority of the US audience would get bored if it was too difficult" as there are always the exceptions.
Of course "plain better" is a matter of opinion just as my hatred of martial arts/fighting games because they are mind numbingly boring is completely alien to those who enjoy such games.
*grin*