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HereComesPete wrote:Section 8 is pretty good fun

I thought so as well, bought.

Also bought Crysis. Now I have a PC that can run it reasonably well, I hope, then I guess I should see what all the fuss is about.

Plants Vs Zombies and Brothers in Arms today, worth a look if you haven't played them. I have so I'll be getting Amnesia and Greed Corp.

spoodie wrote:Also bought Crysis. Now I have a PC that can run it reasonably well, I hope, then I guess I should see what all the fuss is about.

I've been meaning to try that ever since I upgraded my PC (over a year ago) - thanks for reminding me!

amnesia is good. get it.

I keep forgetting to buy that.

friznit wrote:I keep forgetting to buy that.

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, thoughts?

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, thoughts?

I have heard that there will not be any DLC for the PC version. Whether that is good or bad is up to you.

Yep, Amnesia's fucking creepy.

All the C&C Games are dirt cheap, aswell as the Hitman Collection.

Anyone want too loan me the money for them until payday next Friday? :D

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, thoughts?

Fucking terrible!!

Very very samey, handling is terrible, the UI is nasty and the difficulty curve is insane.

Need For Speed should just die, like any good non-Nintendo franchise does after two decades.

Need for Speed: Shift was the first in a new direction for the series, that of a more realistic drive. It was the first one that wasn't arse, at least.

It's still low on the realism scale, but isn't as stupidly ridiculous as it once was, now sitting bewteen Juiced and PGR, possibly comparable to Grid.

Hot Pursuit goes back to the very early days of the series, when it was Cops vs. Racers, removing all the customisation the series has been famous for in the interim.

I think everything they've done since Shift has been a mis-step, which seems borne out by the fact they've announced the next title as Shift 2.

I had Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit back in 1998, and it was pretty good back then. I've never played any since though.

Dog Pants wrote:I had Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit back in 1998, and it was pretty good back then. I've never played any since though.

That's the only one I ever played, but I was young so I can't remember much about it.

Personally, I think NFS:IV: Road Challenge was my favourite, only because it was essentially a tidier, prettier, bigger version of Hot Pursuit.

It was the same game engine after all.

Personally, I liked the silly. I can't do particularly realistic driving games, and can't be added to learn how to, so I like em arcadey. Plus, I like pimping out cars in hideous dayglo colours and daft gull wing doors too, so my favourite as actually the nfs underground games. The more realistic angle is a bit disappointing. There already options out there for realistic, I don't need another one.

The silly certainly had its place, but the market is pretty crowded in all areas. The Underground games were one of the first to do the free-roaming with missions scattered around the city, which has been ripped off massively - I guess they wanted to do something to distance themselves from the pretenders. Juiced 2 is pretty much a modern version of the NFS:U games, £5 on Steam.

I think their games are better now, but don't see why their version of realism is mutually exclusive from luminous orange body kits - I see cars like that all the time.

There are a lot more arcade racers around now, Blur, SplitSecond, ModNation, Midnight Club, Burnout, Ridge Racer and Sega Rally - without mentioning ones that have other vehicles than cars like the off-road or kart ones - so moving out of that area was probably a smart move.

Gran Turismo and Forza aren't likely to be knocked off their perch, so aiming at that middle ground where the likes of PGR, Grid and Dirt sit makes them a big name in a market with less competition.

Mafia 2 is a fiver, all the DLC another fiver. Which is an okay price for a now-hopefully-complete game.

Dog Pants wrote:I had Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit back in 1998, and it was pretty good back then. I've never played any since though.

It was pretty good indeed, but my all-time favourite was Hot Pursuit 2, and kinda liked Most Wanted, but really, they're releasing the same game, changing one little feature ceteris paribus every year and people are like WOO I WANT MORE.