F.e.a.r. Sp Demo Out Friday
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<div class="IPBDescription">Mmm...</div> Okay. So the betas had the worst God awful performance in existence.
Maybe the SP will be better(<span style='color:red'>PLEASE GOD LET THIS BE TRUE</span>). But either way, it comes out tomorrow. I know for one its at least coming out on Fileplanet, but I think its a universal demo release. Glee!
What are your hopes for this, and once you have it, what do you think of it?
Maybe the SP will be better(<span style='color:red'>PLEASE GOD LET THIS BE TRUE</span>). But either way, it comes out tomorrow. I know for one its at least coming out on Fileplanet, but I think its a universal demo release. Glee!
What are your hopes for this, and once you have it, what do you think of it?
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Considering the beta was a tacked-on multiplayer <i>whim</i>, and the singleplayer holds much promise, 'different game' doesn't really seem a stretch of the imagination.
The engine really didn't bowl me over with amazement, either. Like Doom 3, everything is fairly low-res but has high-res normal mapping; unlike Doom 3, the textures look like toddler feces, and it crawls on my X800XTPE.
I'll still play it because the E3 movie was so good, but I probably won't even finish it.
That's what people told me about Far Cry. I'm still shooting for epic disappointment.
Hopefully it'll be good though.
If you rush their cover, they turn around and starting sprinting away while wildly shooting their gun behind them. If you get a burst of fire into their chest, they grab their chest with one hand while lurching towards the nearest cover. And while they do go down easily enough, they come in numbers, and if they have an armored unit (ultra-tough mechsuit-like soldiers) with them, they'll take cover behind it. They crawl, they jump, they roll, and their dialogue is a bit more related to the situation than just yelling out random barks of "I'll get you!" and "Argh!"
If you rush their cover, they turn around and starting sprinting away while wildly shooting their gun behind them. If you get a burst of fire into their chest, they grab their chest with one hand while lurching towards the nearest cover. And while they do go down easily enough, they come in numbers, and if they have an armored unit (ultra-tough mechsuit-like soldiers) with them, they'll take cover behind it. They crawl, they jump, they roll, and their dialogue is a bit more related to the situation than just yelling out random barks of "I'll get you!" and "Argh!" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soldiers in Half Life did pretty much exactly the same, seven years ago.
If you rush their cover, they turn around and starting sprinting away while wildly shooting their gun behind them. If you get a burst of fire into their chest, they grab their chest with one hand while lurching towards the nearest cover. And while they do go down easily enough, they come in numbers, and if they have an armored unit (ultra-tough mechsuit-like soldiers) with them, they'll take cover behind it. They crawl, they jump, they roll, and their dialogue is a bit more related to the situation than just yelling out random barks of "I'll get you!" and "Argh!" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soldiers in Half Life did pretty much exactly the same, seven years ago. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's complete and utter BS and you know it. I call flamebait on this post, which is why i'm not going to dignify it with a response... you know... other than this which is a response. Argh. Anyway, YOU LOSE AT THE INTERNET.
If you rush their cover, they turn around and starting sprinting away while wildly shooting their gun behind them. If you get a burst of fire into their chest, they grab their chest with one hand while lurching towards the nearest cover. And while they do go down easily enough, they come in numbers, and if they have an armored unit (ultra-tough mechsuit-like soldiers) with them, they'll take cover behind it. They crawl, they jump, they roll, and their dialogue is a bit more related to the situation than just yelling out random barks of "I'll get you!" and "Argh!" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soldiers in Half Life did pretty much exactly the same, seven years ago. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's complete and utter BS and you know it. I call flamebait on this post, which is why i'm not going to dignify it with a response... you know... other than this which is a response. Argh. Anyway, YOU LOSE AT THE INTERNET. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Uh actually they did, granted it was pretty primitive and simplistic, but they do.
If you rush their cover, they turn around and starting sprinting away while wildly shooting their gun behind them. If you get a burst of fire into their chest, they grab their chest with one hand while lurching towards the nearest cover. And while they do go down easily enough, they come in numbers, and if they have an armored unit (ultra-tough mechsuit-like soldiers) with them, they'll take cover behind it. They crawl, they jump, they roll, and their dialogue is a bit more related to the situation than just yelling out random barks of "I'll get you!" and "Argh!" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soldiers in Half Life did pretty much exactly the same, seven years ago. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's complete and utter BS and you know it. I call flamebait on this post, which is why i'm not going to dignify it with a response... you know... other than this which is a response. Argh. Anyway, YOU LOSE AT THE INTERNET. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I win. So much.
One thing I seem to recall about the video I saw of F.E.A.R was that the bullet-timey-flying-kick thing got boring after the third time I saw it, and it was way overused by the person playing it.
If anything, the slow-mo is there so you can get a good look at the eye candy. It's pretty neat watching the dust spiral when you fire a shotgun round.
If you rush their cover, they turn around and starting sprinting away while wildly shooting their gun behind them. If you get a burst of fire into their chest, they grab their chest with one hand while lurching towards the nearest cover. And while they do go down easily enough, they come in numbers, and if they have an armored unit (ultra-tough mechsuit-like soldiers) with them, they'll take cover behind it. They crawl, they jump, they roll, and their dialogue is a bit more related to the situation than just yelling out random barks of "I'll get you!" and "Argh!" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soldiers in Half Life did pretty much exactly the same, seven years ago. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's complete and utter BS and you know it. I call flamebait on this post, which is why i'm not going to dignify it with a response... you know... other than this which is a response. Argh. Anyway, YOU LOSE AT THE INTERNET. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I win. So much. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Fine. Clearly you are invincible with the awesome power of CWAG at your side, but I shall attempt to prove you wrong anyway.
When did the half-life marines ever run away?
When did the half-life marines ever use cover?
When did the half-life marines ever "lurch"?
When did the half-life marines ever crawl?
When did the half-life marines ever jump?
When did the half-life marines ever roll?
I can't say that i've played F.E.A.R single player, but unless the AI's in F.E.A.R have a habit of dropping grenades at their feet and killing themselves (ala the HL marines), I can pretty safely say they're going to be a whole lot smarter.
The black ops did not roll as far as I can remember. The female black ops/assasins/whatever you want to call them would somersault if you came too close to them though.
The HL marines sometimes hid, but they never actually used cover as such. I.e, they might take a bit of damage and hide behind something, but they'd never pop in and out of cover, or shoot around corners (ala every shooter since Call of Duty).
Their AI is seven years old. You might as well try to argue that Pacman's AI was superior.
If you rush their cover, they turn around and starting sprinting away while wildly shooting their gun behind them. If you get a burst of fire into their chest, they grab their chest with one hand while lurching towards the nearest cover. And while they do go down easily enough, they come in numbers, and if they have an armored unit (ultra-tough mechsuit-like soldiers) with them, they'll take cover behind it. They crawl, they jump, they roll, and their dialogue is a bit more related to the situation than just yelling out random barks of "I'll get you!" and "Argh!" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soldiers in Half Life did pretty much exactly the same, seven years ago. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's complete and utter BS and you know it. I call flamebait on this post, which is why i'm not going to dignify it with a response... you know... other than this which is a response. Argh. Anyway, YOU LOSE AT THE INTERNET. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I win. So much. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Fine. Clearly you are invincible with the awesome power of CWAG at your side, but I shall attempt to prove you wrong anyway.
When did the half-life marines ever run away?
When did the half-life marines ever use cover?
When did the half-life marines ever "lurch"?
When did the half-life marines ever crawl?
When did the half-life marines ever jump?
When did the half-life marines ever roll?
I can't say that i've played F.E.A.R single player, but unless the AI's in F.E.A.R have a habit of dropping grenades at their feet and killing themselves (ala the HL marines), I can pretty safely say they're going to be a whole lot smarter. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Half-life marines run away in multiple places, from the missle command part of the game, and leading up to it on the tram section.
They use cover a few times in the tram section when a grenade is thrown at them, they hide behind something.
If by lurch you mean kick you then yes they do that too.
They dont jump, crawl, or roll however.
Those damn ghosts always manage to box me in. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I hope.
I hope. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Heavily scripted maybe, but even on custom maps that I made myself, they still did EVERY SINGLE THING Nil IQ said earlier. Half-Life's easily did those things, and I remember it vividly.
(Note that all of this is from the actual game)My strongest memory of it was when I went into one of the areas from a catwalk, and I peak over for a second, and suddenly a grenade was in my lap- I run off to the left down the catwalk(also went to the right, but it just went to the same place but it took longer), and was met by a soldier right there, shooting into my chest. I died, and reloaded.
The second time, I didn't peak, but just ran down there. I managed to make it to ground floor, and had takena soldier(luckily) on the way down, but suddenly, I got hit from the front, and right as I began shooting at that one, he turned and stepped into cover(no sidestepping?), and at that moment EXACTLY, another soldier came out from my now-right-used-to-be-front and shot me down. I reloaded.
This time I just jumped clear off the top floor, shooting one soldier on the way down, but then I found myself wondering where the other two were. They definately weren't at their spawn points that I thought they had- and suddenly, I'm getting shot in my back, then right after that, right from the left.
I was amazed. They had taken cover, and more importantly, worked together to kick my ****, the entire time. It took me 7 retries to get through that area(finally ending in killing all of them, taking the elevator there, then once out of there, absolutely running to the bunker).
Saying Half-Life's AI was crap is ridiculous. Scripted maybe yes, but they still did pretty random stuff to me, that surprised me. Maybe you guys got jipped, but I've gotten this stuff every year I've had the game(since early 99).