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Varrok · #**1321** 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 · #**1322** 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 · #**1323** 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 · #**1324** 06-24-2013, 09:11 AM

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

Varrok · #**1325** 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 · #**1326** 06-24-2013, 11:33 AM

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

Dynamithix · #**1327** 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 · #**1328** 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 · #**1329** 06-24-2013, 12:25 PM

Yeah, but who was doing that?

Jordan · #**1330** 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 · #**1331** 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 · #**1332** 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 · #**1333** 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 · #**1334** 06-24-2013, 04:59 PM

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

Nepsotic · #**1335** 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 · #**1336** 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 · #**1337** 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 · #**1338** 06-24-2013, 08:43 PM

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

Dynamithix · #**1339** 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 · #**1340** 06-25-2013, 02:00 AM

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

Varrok · #**1341** 06-25-2013, 03:37 AM

Bioshock 2 was fun. Bioshock 1 was superior though

OANST · #**1342** 06-25-2013, 06:07 AM

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

DarkHoodness · #**1343** 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 · #**1344** 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 · #**1345** 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 · #**1346** 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 · #**1347** 06-25-2013, 08:54 PM

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

MeechMunchie · #**1348** 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.

Varrok · #**1349** 06-26-2013, 08:35 AM

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

MeechMunchie · #**1350** 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.