Portal is the game of the year

[Patroklos]

Perhaps it entertains you longer than me, but I get tired when the solution to every problem is the same:..."Oh, I need to use physics

When should you not use physics in a FPS?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Vesayen
What is that supposed to mean? Why would I lie to someone online about the fact that I play entirley too many video games lol?

Because it's clear you haven't played many others. BioShock, for instance, is a much better game across the boards.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Patroklos


When should you not use physics in a FPS?

I think you know what I mean, and if you don't, it's still not worth responding to seriously.

[Vesayen]

Originally posted by Asher

Because it's clear you haven't played many others. BioShock, for instance, is a much better game across the boards.

My bioshock review in Bioshock(in hiku(sp) format)


Bioshock, fun at start
Ressurection chambers, oy
They were off their gord



Bioshock was "eh". Cool in some places but the ressurection chambers completley ruined the drama of the game. Its hard to be afraid or scared or play "smart" when you can respawn forever. It also suffers from consolitis, i.e. every console FPS will be a series of mostly tiny rooms, which always irks me. They finally added some large areas at the end but much of the game I felt like I was in a hampster maze.

The ressurection chambers made it more of a chore to finish, then fun, as you got near the end.

I also... *spoiler alert*

Also hated the ending. It feels like cheating in a story to take advantage of the fact of course the PLAYER does not know their background because its a game and then make it turn out you have no memories..... when you should of known that the entire game.

[Adagio]

Sounds like my review of Bioshock... I never managed to finish it, got too boring. I hated running around in a "mace" killing the same enemies constantly. Not to mention the fact that the areas where not only the same, but very boring too...

[snoopy369]

To be fair, Portal has got some very good comments from others i've read that do play a lot of games (like Tim of CAD). To be fairer though, a three hour game cannot be game of the year.

Perhaps the 25 hour replayable MP version might be though

[Vesayen]

It can be game of the year, IF IF IF we take "length" out of the equation .

Once we add the expected length of a game to the equation, it takes it's score down a bit heh.

[FrostyBoy]

Ignore Asher, Vesayen, he just doesn't like Half Life and its siblings. Talk about how great Halo is though, and he'll agree with you. He's not biased.

[Vesayen]

Halo is an over rated piece of elephant excrement.

I felt like I was playing a poorer version of halflife, 5 years after halflife came out.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Sn00py
Ignore Asher, Vesayen, he just doesn't like Half Life and its siblings. Talk about how great Halo is though, and he'll agree with you. He's not biased.

I loved the original Half-Life. HL2, I didn't like.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Vesayen
Halo is an over rated piece of elephant excrement.

I felt like I was playing a poorer version of halflife, 5 years after halflife came out.

Half-Life (1) was good.

Half-Life (2) is bad.

Halo 1/2/3 are good.

Why is HL2 bad? Because the pace was too slow, the plot couldn't get me interested, EP1 had EXCESSIVE amounts of "plot" given how boring it was, all of the "puzzles" involved using the physics system to solve, etc. Gabe Newell is a bit of a child in a lot of ways, he gets fixated on one aspect of something and beats it to death.

Half-Life and Halo are not to be compared. Half-Life is more of a platformer FPS, Halo is more of a social FPS. Very different games, something that is obvious if you've ever played them both at any reasonable length.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Vesayen
It can be game of the year, IF IF IF we take "length" out of the equation .

Once we add the expected length of a game to the equation, it takes it's score down a bit heh.

GOTY has to appeal to a large group of people (most people who play games). Game length is rather important for many people, so a 3 hour game is unlikely to be GOTY, even if many people think it's the most enjoyable 3 hours they've played in a long time

[Solver]

Halo and HL2 sure are extremely different. But you should note that HL2 is bad in your opinion. It's the best-reviewed game ever, I believe, and had such levels of acclaim that very few games can match. So it's safe to say that most loved it.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Solver
Halo and HL2 sure are extremely different. But you should note that HL2 is bad in your opinion. It's the best-reviewed game ever, I believe, and had such levels of acclaim that very few games can match. So it's safe to say that most loved it.

Half-Life 2 is #8 on the list, behind Halo at #7.

http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/simpleratings.asp

1. Zelda: OOT (N64)
2. Soul Calibur (DC)
3. Metroid Prime (GC)
4. RE4 (GC)
5. Goldeneye 007 (N64)
6. Tekken 3 (PSX)
7. Halo (Xbox)
8. Half-Life 2 (PC)
9. RE4 (PS2)
10. BioShock (Xbox 360)

[Kuciwalker]

It's the best-reviewed game ever

I thought that was OoT

edit: yep