tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post8584383117067771333..comments2024-01-17T07:03:57.842+00:00Comments on The Mad Ranter: The Orange Box for Playstation 3 reviewFlipChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-38266231690982413402008-02-21T15:16:00.000+00:002008-02-21T15:16:00.000+00:00Come to mention it, I still haven't completed the ...Come to mention it, I still haven't completed the ending of EP2. It's just too damn hard…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-57996493455537816662008-02-21T14:24:00.000+00:002008-02-21T14:24:00.000+00:00The problem I had with Ep2 was the ending, again i...The problem I had with Ep2 was the ending, again it highlighted the scripted nature of the game A comes from here followed by B from there; with the speed needed at times it becomes more a memory game.<BR/><BR/>As for TF2 the word is nope no cross-platform multiplayer.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-10748305374688928262008-02-21T11:47:00.000+00:002008-02-21T11:47:00.000+00:00As I said, HL2 and EP1 massively deliver on the gr...As I said, HL2 and EP1 massively deliver on the graphics front, but the <EM>game</EM> itself just isn't very fun.<BR/><BR/>For me, EP2 <EM>was</EM> fun. Fun in a way that I haven't had since HL1. And that makes me very happy.<BR/><BR/>TF2 is certainly great fun on the PC. I'm not so sure about the PS3. (Can you play it on the same servers as people playing on PC? Strikes me that that might be a tad unbalanced...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-75799361438345055392008-02-20T15:21:00.000+00:002008-02-20T15:21:00.000+00:00Dan you're right in your observations I'm only rea...Dan you're right in your observations I'm only really talking about the PS3 version. I could have made my conclusion a little more ordered in that the order to buy it is PC, 360, PS3.<BR/><BR/>I've added an update on to the graphics portion of Portal because you're right.<BR/><BR/>As for TF2 (damn missed the 2 off the review) hopefully I should be getting wireless broadband by the end of the month so I'll be able to have a go; just fricked me off that I couldn't even look at it.<BR/><BR/>Invisible if you say TF2 is fun then its got to be. As for graphics, as I said, they should be good and approaching 'reality' by now; but I'm not going to buy a game just because it looks pretty it's got to have some solid gameplay behind it and Half-Life2++ just lacks in some ways.<BR/><BR/>I'm just saying I don't have the urge to say "Hey I fancy a quick game of HL2" in the same way I do with Rez or Okami; at times it feels like a chore... then I start-up Portal and all is forgiven. Hopefully TF2 will add to that.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-3163064832299328922008-02-20T14:19:00.000+00:002008-02-20T14:19:00.000+00:00TF2: Extremely fun stuff! Unlike the likes of, say...TF2: Extremely fun stuff! Unlike the likes of, say, CS:S (walk round a corner, drop dead, oh dear), TF2 is both wonderfully easy to get the hang of, yet challenging to play. Mind you, it does have a few points where it's unexpectedly unrealistic. (E.g., you run into a room and fill every inch of it with flames from your flame thrower, and yet nobody is set alight.)<BR/><BR/>Portal: Has some very interesting psychological elements. (!) Very dark game… Quite short, but certainly enjoyable.<BR/><BR/>HL2: Awe-inspiring graphics. [The last game I saw was HL1, played without hardware acceleration. HL2 is a whole other ball-park.] Technically superior in every possible mannar. Downright boring scenary and storyline.<BR/><BR/>HL2:EP1 More of the same. The graphics are even better. The gameplay is even more boring.<BR/><BR/>HL2:HP2 Finally, a HL game that's <EM>fun</EM> again! Yay!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-48349047771323994512008-02-20T12:20:00.000+00:002008-02-20T12:20:00.000+00:00I know this is out-of-scope for your review, but I...I know this is out-of-scope for your review, but I feel I should mention it to be fair. The PC version of HL2 doesn't have the LOD problems you describe, nor the slow-down. Portal does have some technically advanced graphics features: most obviously the particle system for the orange and blue portals and drawing the view through the portals, which is not quite as easy as it sounds. The surface finishes were nice too: especially the sludgy water and the shiny black blocks you can't stick portals to.<BR/><BR/>As for TF2, you're really missing out. It is a fun game to play for being much less complicated than, say Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. Not having bots is a bit of a shortcoming, as it makes it hard to practise classes or maps you're unfamiliar with, without letting your team down by playing suboptimally.<BR/><BR/>And of course, on PC, you can buy the game directly through Steam, which meant not having to wait the aeon between the US and UK releases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com