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How bad are we talking? Oh well, I'll throw some in. by WITTGENSTEIN 07/13/2013, 5:05pm PDT S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Playing this game at the time with full dynamic lighting effects on was terrifying. When things got dark, they didn't just get dark like an overcast afternoon or evening (which was all most games at the time did), it got fucking DARK, and you ran your ass to the nearest campsite and huddled close with the other STALKERS and waited for morning. A really incredible moment was when I walked up to the first unskippable checkpoint (when you cross from the outer zone to the area south of the Junkyard). I had gotten there at night and a storm was starting. Three bandits were holding up a Stalker while this storm was raging, and the only time I got to see them was when the lightning lit up their bodies. The game eventually got fun, but the unforgiving combat where you were quicksaving every 30 seconds made the first half of the game mostly a quicksave and shotgun fest. EVE Online - Terribly boring MMO. Amazing art design. The ships, the skyboxes, planets, station aesthetic, all of it. They're so OCD that they replaced the jettisoned canisters that used to mark destroyed ships with actual shipwrecks. Flying through the remains of a battle between capital ships can be pretty amazing. And the best part is that unlike other MMO's they've actually redone their engine twice and retextured all the ships, or added new turret designs to replace the old blocky ones. A shame everyone always plays it zoomed out or alt-tabbed though.

Article idea: Beauty over Brains by Mischief Maker 07/13/2013, 9:26am PDT     Ico, Shadow of The Colossus NT by Fullofkittens 07/13/2013, 9:40am PDT         Are we calling those games not fun to play? Or just very simple? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 07/13/2013, 4:51pm PDT             The reason they were fun was that they were fun to look at. by Fullofkittens 07/15/2013, 8:08pm PDT     PaRappa the Rapper NT by Vested Id 07/13/2013, 10:58am PDT     Okami, although I may have finished that out of spite NT by The Happiness Engine 07/13/2013, 11:28am PDT     How bad are we talking? Oh well, I'll throw some in. by WITTGENSTEIN 07/13/2013, 5:05pm PDT     Velvet Assassin, perhaps? by MM 07/15/2013, 7:25pm PDT     I never would have finished Bioshock if it wasn't the most amazing environment e by ver. Wouldn't have even finished t 07/15/2013, 8:57pm PDT         A lot of people didn't get the tactics by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/15/2013, 9:35pm PDT             I liked how the Tommy Gun would hork out slugs. Felt hefty. by Last 07/16/2013, 7:26am PDT             By "tactics" you mean "Swing wrench repeatedly" right NT by WITTGENSTEIN 09/11/2013, 9:05pm PDT                 Not even close. Not even close. by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/11/2013, 10:10pm PDT         Even if you hated everything else about it, BioShock still wouldn't qualify... by Jerry Whorebach 07/21/2013, 9:25pm PDT             Just gonna thank Jerry for introducing me to that woman's music now. by fucking newbie 09/20/2013, 2:07pm PDT     Deadlight by fabio 07/15/2013, 9:33pm PDT     Saboteur possibly. by Last 07/16/2013, 7:33am PDT     Every Assassin's Creed game I've played. Reminds me of that Morrowind review. by fucking newbie 07/16/2013, 8:58am PDT     Hey MM, you're the one who talks about the fabio test, right? by fucking newbie 07/17/2013, 8:20pm PDT     Fez by Fez 07/17/2013, 9:17pm PDT     Disciples 2 NT by Mischief Maker 08/17/2013, 9:38am PDT         Disciples 3 on steam sale NT by worth it? 08/17/2013, 1:43pm PDT             Never played it. Heard nothing but bad things. by Mischief Maker 08/17/2013, 9:43pm PDT     Definitely Trine. NT by Mischief Maker 09/11/2013, 8:13pm PDT     Mortal Kombat was the poster child for this phenomenon. by Jerry Whorebach 09/14/2013, 4:12pm PDT