Path: local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:05:07 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: Decent FPS shooter bundle, worth a look! Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.10.7-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: <8P-dnQerC_UubNj6nZ2dnZfqnPjcy52d@earthlink.com> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:05:07 +0000 Lines: 43 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-veoqVRQc4GIWQbr/WzTcezLUs7Dt1/b4S7zy71V+XPBQZLjzvS2s4q4SUL2khnpYRn9LidExXIopjyL!xHVouh/Pwnhm5yT5phaflafSXr/u7Ms5K5Av/WBTtxw/BB7E3UR5JCCtzzJJMs5IBC/fXAaCjSOm!kpRIfoP1Zsf+geoXk2dSdAWIqDRB+Kxd X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3265 JAB wrote: > On 25/11/2024 20:30, candycanearter07 wrote: > > Ant wrote at 19:30 this Monday (GMT): > >> Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > >>> On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:43:06 +0000, JAB wrote: > >> > >> > >>>> I liked Crysis and Crysis Warhead. Crysis 2, erm ... am I playing the > >>>> same large open spaces shooter! > >> > >>> Yeah, "Crysis 2" was such a significant change to the style of > >>> gameplay. I hate to point a finger and scream 'consolitis!" but with > >>> "Crysis 2" it was quite obvious that was what had happened; many of > >>> the game's features had to be cut back to fit into the limited memory > >>> space of the prevailing consoles, and the gameplay simplified so you > >>> could control it from a gamepad. > >> > >>> It had its moments and at times it still felt like Crytek's earlier > >>> games, but overall it was such a radical change that it was really > >>> hard for me to judge "Crysis 2" on its own merits. > >> > >> Remember Far Cry 1? That was a fun game! > > > > > > I never touched the series, but from what I've heard online it was > > decent. > Far Cry was a great game as long as you had a PC to get the best out of > it. After that, well Ubisoft took it in-house. Erm ... 2 I found at best > mundane and at worst tedious. 3, that has the accolade for having you > play the most annoying character ever. It's hard to like a game when the > most enjoyment you get out of it is cheering on the bad guys when they > kill you. I got FC2, but I never bothered. -- "Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" --John 11:26. Ant would like 2 leave Earf life tho. Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )