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by MM 07/15/2013, 7:25pm PDT |
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I just picked it up this afternoon for a $1.25 at Gamersgate.
If I hadn't recently had the view-changing experience of being disappointed by "Stealth Bastard" I probably would have hated this game because it's a completely linear collection of stealth puzzles in the worst possible way. Although I'm still very early in the game so things might pick up later.
But the ambiance and setting! This doesn't feel like a WWII game, it feels like a horror game. The weird lighting, oftentimes intentionally set up so the shadow of a guard in nazi helmet looms gigantic around the corner. One grunt asks a recent transfer "Is it true what I heard, that they're doing... experiments there?" and the transfer responds all creepy. In fact everyone in this game acts a little touched in the head, especially the protagonist. OF COURSE WWII is the perfect setting for a horror game, but it never felt like that in videogames before.
Just my first impressions, but I'm very impressed.
It's been over a year since I built this computer, but it still blows my mind that a game this beautiful requires me to install Legacy PhysiX drivers to play. |
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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
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