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Recommend me FPS!
est:
Granted I tried playing it a couple years after release, but like, the graphics were already quite dated, controls were clunky and I found it kind of boring.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: Headwoünd on 02 Aug 2009, 03:00 ---Awesome story, awesome atmosphere, awesomeness all around, but you'll have to hunt down the inofficial fanpatches to make it really enjoyable. Otherwise it runs on good ol' Source, so your rig should handle it just fine.
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That really depends. That game is absolutely riddled with load-zones, and even if the game runs smoothly it can take a long time to load. I mean real, proper old-school "loading screen" load-zones, not discreet little Half-Life style waiting-for-a-couple-of-seconds load-zones. Make sure your computer is going to be able to load the game quickly before you spend money on Bloodlines, because if it can't then you're going to get quickly frustrated by having to sit around twiddling your thumbs every time you go into a building, or go to a different part of the city, or basically want to do anything that involves a slight change of scenery.
TheFuriousWombat:
--- Quote from: Lise on 01 Aug 2009, 01:01 ---If you guys read my other post, I did say that I tried playing Deus Ex, and it wouldn't run right :(. I still haven't figured out the issue, but the subtitles lag behind, and my character moves at a crawl. Blarrrrrgh
On the bright side, I started playing No One Lives Forever, yaaay!! It's fantastic and fun so far (I love how tongue-in-cheek it is). My only problem is that I'm horrible at sneaking around and being stealthy; I'm used to just blasting my way through enemies. This game seems kind of impossible to play that way, as I always end up ambushed/dead. What's your play style for NOLF, guys?
PS: For those who've played NOLF, would you suggest crouching, walking, or taking small steps for maximum sneakiness? Also, is it necessary to cover up every body with the special Body Removing Powder?
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NOLF can be tough in the 'stealth is essential' parts but most of the game works when you just go in guns-a-blazin. There are a couple levels where alarms will cause you to fail but they just take some patience and strategizing. Baddies tend to move in patterns so figuring out the way guards are walking and timing your movement from cover to cover (best to do this in a crouch) to correspond with when the cameras are turned away and when the guards are somewhere else just takes some time to figure out. Once you do, those levels shouldn't be too much trouble and you'll be onto the next shootout. There are some frustrating moments (a safe cracking level a bit later in the game comes to mind) but usually taking a bit of time is all it takes to get past these points.
It's not essential to cover up every body with that body dissolving powder. If the body is within sight of a camera, you will need to to avoid alarms (or use the camera blocker device). Also, if you don't want an alarm to go off, you'll need to get rid of bodies lying out in another guard's potential field of view. Guards probably won't randomly wander across a body somewhere discrete so waiting for a guard to wander off somewhere more out of the way on their patrol loop is a good idea. Another option is to lie in wait and ambush the other guard or guards who could see the body and take them out with silenced weapons. One big benefit of being sneaky more often than you have to: you'll get a lot more of the game's humor. The guards often have really hilarious conversations if they don't know you're around. I love stealth games so while the first couple times I played NOLF I blasted through most everybody, once I got better at learning the tricks and such I played it stealthy pretty much throughout, quick saving a lot so anytime I set off an alarm I would reload and try again. Like Deus Ex, it is possible to go through most of the game without getting into massive firefights, something that's fun to try in order to mix things up.
What level are you on? There's so many good ones! the game's lengthy too which is nice.
The sequel...it was OK. Someone mentioned before the trailer park level. That one is cool! The boss fight there has you sword fighting a badass female ninja inside a trailer inside a tornado! The trailer is literally in midair in the tornado and all sorts of crap like cows and bikes and furniture comes flying through the walls and stuff. So cool! Overall, I didn't find the game nearly as engaging as the first, however. Fun though and worth a shot if it's cheap.
Reed:
Lise, I almost forgot to mention that when you beat NOLF you have to wait through the end credits to see the extra scene. It's an absolute must!
Cartilage Head:
I have heard that the Condemned games are great.
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