Re: OH MY GOD Quake 4 is DOom 3 :(

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 05:55:48 +0100, Walter Mitty <mitticus@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>John Lewis wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:46:13 -0700, "Lawrence"
>> <lawrence_lugar@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>...another confirmer of why i made the right decesion not to by Q4
>>
>>
>> .... or F.E.A.R...
>>
>> Both seem to be headed to the $19.99 (or less) bargain bins pretty
>> quick. Maybe the blood 'n gore action-game dweebs are getting
>> a little tired of no real story-line, no real character-development,
>> boring game-play, cookie-cutter level design, dumb or
>> totally-predictable AI, claustrophobic levels, linear game-play,
>> stupid re-spawing to cover up poor level design and the poor AI
>> and specifically with the intent to prolong the player-agony ( er....
>> I mean the number of hours to complete the 'game' ). Even the
>> classic action games may have one or more of the above failings,
>> but the recent batch including Doom3, Q4 and FEAR seem to
>> have them ALL !!
>>
>> Bang-bang-you're-dead-with-lots-of-entrails-bang-bang-I'm-dead-quickload.
>> Great fun.... value for money ?
>>
>> Nice to know that I can load up a few of the single-player classics
>> and replay them during these long dry action-game spells. Or go
>> on-line for a fun blast of BF2, or even BF1942...........
>>
>> John Lewis
>
>
>Q4 has a nice story. No respawning. Large levels (actually I'm impressed
>with just how rarely it "loads" ). Some super level design. Variety.
>
>But no, I'll grant you, humongous open spaces with jack *** to do.
>
>Oh, and the AI is good : far better than most games.

Thanks for the analysis. Seems as if Q4 is the 'best of the rest'.
Will keep it in mind when the price falls into my interest "range"
( $24.99 or less...). BTW, my cheap-jack ways with game purchases
are part of a plan.... I budget a certain target amount of money to be
spent on computers, electronic gadgets and software toys every year.
The less money spent on games, the more spare money for great
hardware updates. Now where did I mislay that second 7800GTX ?
It's around here somewhere............ :-) :-)

John Lewis
.