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Varrok 06-24-2013 08:42 AM

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Nananana, totally can't hear you talking about Darksiders ripping off God of War gameplay mechanics *covers his ears*

Very well.

OANST 06-24-2013 08:53 AM

Any gameplay mechanics ripped off from God of War were first ripped off from LoZ. It may have minor elements in common, but seriously, It takes almost everything from Zelda.

And I'm at work. I'm not watching a fucking walk through of Darksiders.

Dynamithix 06-24-2013 08:56 AM

I bought Darksiders 2 a few months ago, but didn't really get into it. It seemed very boring.

OANST 06-24-2013 09:11 AM

A lot of people seemed to agree as it didn't sell well. I liked it though.

Varrok 06-24-2013 10:21 AM

The sales may or may not be the factor here, as THQ had some problems selling their games despite if they were pretty bad or pretty good

Manco 06-24-2013 11:33 AM

Other games that didn’t sell well: Okami, Psychonauts, Ico, Stranger’s Wrath, Beyond Good and Evil

Dynamithix 06-24-2013 11:47 AM

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Other games that didn’t sell well: Okami, Psychonauts, Ico, Stranger’s Wrath, Beyond Good and Evil

What are you trying to say here? Good games don't sell well? Because that goes both ways and marketing/advertising plays a bigger role in sales than the game's quality.

Manco 06-24-2013 11:51 AM

I’m saying that judging a game’s quality based purely on its sales is stupid.

See also: Call of Duty HEYOOOOO

OANST 06-24-2013 12:25 PM

Yeah, but who was doing that?

Jordan 06-24-2013 02:16 PM

Finished Bioshock and Bioshock 2.

I'm in love. It took me a long time to finally get into Bioshock properly but I'm very happy I finally did. Now, onto Bioshock Infinite!

dripik 06-24-2013 03:29 PM

From what I've heard, if you liked the first two Bioshock games for what they were, Infinite might end up being somewhat different that you may or may not like.

OANST 06-24-2013 03:47 PM

I'd say that if you felt that the first Bioshock was far superior to the second then you will love Infinite.

Jordan 06-24-2013 04:37 PM

I think I like both Bioshock 1 and 2 equally. Each had its moments but I struggle to think of anything that could make me like one more than the other. I've played Infinite for about an hour and I can't get over how amazing it looks. I haven't seen much of the core gameplay yet but I'm sure I'll love it, I'm not particularly fussy.

Wings of Fire 06-24-2013 04:59 PM

You know what wasn't particularly fun? The second half of Bioshock.

Nepsotic 06-24-2013 05:02 PM

That must be why I stopped playing and never beat it, then. I just lost interest.

Wings of Fire 06-24-2013 05:06 PM

I'm fairly sure losing interest on a seven hour (At a stretch) game just makes you a faggot, but maybe so.

Post Andrew Ryan, everything was just so generic and drab compared to the previous areas.

Strike Witch 06-24-2013 05:38 PM

Infinite's plot is fucking terrible and the gameplay is incredibly dumbed-down.

But hey, it looks good.

Phylum 06-24-2013 08:43 PM

I got Infinite for free. Should I buy 1 and 2 before I play it?

Dynamithix 06-25-2013 12:59 AM

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I got Infinite for free. Should I buy 1 and 2 before I play it?

It's not necessary, but you definitely should play the first ones.

Vyrien 06-25-2013 02:00 AM

Bioshock 2 isn't particularly exciting. Bioshock 1, on the other hand, is brilliant.

Varrok 06-25-2013 03:37 AM

Bioshock 2 was fun. Bioshock 1 was superior though

OANST 06-25-2013 06:07 AM

Bioshock was a masterpiece. Bioshock 2 was a cash in with good production value.

DarkHoodness 06-25-2013 06:28 AM

...Which is why Bioshock 2 lacks tact over its predecessor - another dose of the same thing with some minor differences without being ground-breaking or having as good a plot, but it even had some gameplay improvements and was still as fun as the first game. Perhaps it was even more polished, too.

I've given them both a replay several times and am patiently waiting for Bioshock Infinite to be on sale.

MeechMunchie 06-25-2013 08:22 AM

I bought both 1 and 2 ages ago in a Steam sale and never played either of them.

I'm part of this conversation too!

DarkHoodness 06-25-2013 08:58 AM

You're missing out. :P (Even though the Games for Windows Live crap required for Bioshock 2 is a big sack 'o shit.)

MeechMunchie 06-25-2013 04:50 PM

Varrok lent me his copy of Dungeons of Dredmor. I trudged through up to Dredmor himself, fought him until he teleported, sighed and uninstalled the game.

No. Not my thing at all.

Varrok 06-25-2013 08:54 PM

Shit. I could've sworn you'd like it.

MeechMunchie 06-26-2013 07:50 AM

The problem isn't that Lord Dredmor's too hard. The problem is that everything up to him is laughably easy in comparison. There's no difficulty curve whatesoever.

For 90% of the game you're tested by no other human metrics than luck and patience, and I don't find that fun.

The only things about it I liked were the "you n'wah" quotes and this, which is now my icon for everything.

http://www.dredmorwiki.com/w/images/...serker0_64.png

Varrok 06-26-2013 08:35 AM

You did play with permadeth, didn't you? And not on Easy?

MeechMunchie 06-26-2013 10:27 AM

I was on Normal, and seeing as it was my first go I thought I'd leave permadeth off just to take a look through.

Needn't have bothered; I only died a couple of times and once was fighting Dredmor himself. I know you think games without permadeth have no tension, but it's not like I could just skip past things. Give me one good reason why a game I didn't enjoy at all without permadeath would be fun with it on.