tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post4753800553547659733..comments2024-02-05T05:56:50.392-05:00Comments on Insult Swordfighting: I play demos: Dead Space 2Mitch Krpatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-17142071313471619892011-02-14T08:11:35.862-05:002011-02-14T08:11:35.862-05:00I pulled the trigger when Amazon was selling it fo...I pulled the trigger when Amazon was selling it for $40 last week. I really like it so far. The first three chapters are better paced than the whole first game was. (I feel like I could have played a whole game with no weapons and just the abilities from the first chapter, though.)Mitch Krpatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-18672682465538081332011-02-10T09:13:19.782-05:002011-02-10T09:13:19.782-05:00I didn't get into it in my review (lack of spa...I didn't get into it in my review (lack of space), but the few times that the game gives you a "puzzle," it's insultingly simple. There aren't many puzzles, or at least few enough that it's easy to forget that they're in the game at all. I wonder if perhaps they're only there to give your heart rate a rest. It would've been nice if they were trickier, but maybe the devs think shooter fans are too stupid to solve tricky puzzles. (Someone should tell them about Portal.)<br /><br />You can borrow the free Phoenix copy if you want. I'm not even sure I want it back, because that game terrified me, and I don't know if I have the emotional fortitude to play it again. It wasn't a perfect game, but it definitely was a scary one, at least for me. Good enough to play more than once, on a higher difficulty or whatever, if I were brave enough.Maddyhttp://thephoenix.com/blogs/laserorgy/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-83930206860487466792011-02-07T19:32:19.604-05:002011-02-07T19:32:19.604-05:00Actually, I have to say I totally agree with you o...Actually, I have to say I totally agree with you on LBP2 - my own experience is nearly parallel. <br /><br />I bought it because I was interested, but it was mainly to review it. I'm maybe halfway through, have been browsing the mostly uninspired community creations, and I don't think I've even touched the game in over a week.<br /><br />Not doing it for me, one bit.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509973723276736548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-59628926992907049702011-02-04T23:35:59.391-05:002011-02-04T23:35:59.391-05:00Games are quite expensive and it really gives me a...Games are quite expensive and it really gives me a hard time having them. I agree with you, we just need to wait to afford it. I love games too and they give me a lot of enjoyment especially while I'm playing it with my friends.tyranidhttp://www.tyranid.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-86153003142975856562011-02-02T09:40:27.138-05:002011-02-02T09:40:27.138-05:00I don't think anybody agrees.I don't think anybody agrees.Mitch Krpatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-11044512183118909702011-02-01T19:13:53.271-05:002011-02-01T19:13:53.271-05:00You may want to talk to your nephew about LBP2, I&...You may want to talk to your nephew about LBP2, I'm not sure he agrees.Tylernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-40302951640535707922011-02-01T15:12:15.450-05:002011-02-01T15:12:15.450-05:00I played the demo for Dead Space 2 and I have agre...I played the demo for Dead Space 2 and I have agree it was good but nothing amazing. The demo at the moment that has caught my attention has been BulletStorm because I have never known myself to play a demo more than twice in a row.Jacob Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15330616929971450515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-14289393026610404642011-02-01T10:27:15.129-05:002011-02-01T10:27:15.129-05:00Glad you commented on this - it did feel like the ...Glad you commented on this - it did feel like the church sequence was very much targeting people who'd played the first game. Because: so far, so sci-fi corridors and necromorphs and gore and blah-y puzzling. And then you go into a metal lift and come out... in a giant church, with a model of a marker in, and a very different lighting feel. And, subsequently, you get to see outside, across the Sprawl. <br /><br />It's a reveal designed for the fan: making it quite clear that while some stuff is the same, there's a whole new bunch of environmental design in there. I thought, in terms of pacing, that was a neat move. <br /><br />(Although I'm not a fan of the new, slightly dumbed-down crosshair).Tom Armitagehttp://infovore.orgnoreply@blogger.com