Eat great even late
So I've been up and down since about 3:30 am with my damn allergies. What a living hell. I must have outputted at least 90% of my bodies water through my nose, it's like a freakin' faucet.
Anyways, moving on. Today let's talk about the recent release of a demo for Serious Sam 2.
It sucked. It sucked hard and it sucked deep.
There is a lot of discussion and arguing about what the bad and good points are over at the official forums, but let me sum it up in a few sentences of what I think was done wrong.
The colors and graphics seem to have been tackled from a console perspective (xbox, ps2) and then "made" to work on a PC. Well we all know that consoles can't generate the level of quality a PC can graphic wise, so that was bassakwards.
The enemies have lost all of their charisma. Now they are simply colorful, sock puppets to shoot at. Nothing intimidating or worth respecting about them. Just cannon fodder.
The weapons feel cheap and fake. Kind of like a bb gun replica of a real gun, just doesn't feel the same. Look, feel, auditory feedback, none of it's there anymore.
Overall, I think the singular complaint is that they obviously built this for the lucrative console market, and then cobbled together a port to the PC. It sucks...the menu's suck and are obviously designed to be used with a controller. Plus life's? wtf...it's a first person shooter, dont' give me a stupid life meter on my HUD.
I hope the extra sales from console versions make up for the lose of PC players, because honestly this thing just stinks to high heaven.
Still want to try it, be my guest, the demo is here.
It sucked. It sucked hard and it sucked deep.
There is a lot of discussion and arguing about what the bad and good points are over at the official forums, but let me sum it up in a few sentences of what I think was done wrong.
The colors and graphics seem to have been tackled from a console perspective (xbox, ps2) and then "made" to work on a PC. Well we all know that consoles can't generate the level of quality a PC can graphic wise, so that was bassakwards.
The enemies have lost all of their charisma. Now they are simply colorful, sock puppets to shoot at. Nothing intimidating or worth respecting about them. Just cannon fodder.
The weapons feel cheap and fake. Kind of like a bb gun replica of a real gun, just doesn't feel the same. Look, feel, auditory feedback, none of it's there anymore.
Overall, I think the singular complaint is that they obviously built this for the lucrative console market, and then cobbled together a port to the PC. It sucks...the menu's suck and are obviously designed to be used with a controller. Plus life's? wtf...it's a first person shooter, dont' give me a stupid life meter on my HUD.
I hope the extra sales from console versions make up for the lose of PC players, because honestly this thing just stinks to high heaven.
Still want to try it, be my guest, the demo is here.
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Dennis, have you tried Claritin D? I really helps me with my allergies and it's OTC now. Also, I know this sounds strange, but call a health food store and ask them if they carry something called Oregano oil. Allergies are just one of the 10 million things that oregano oil can stop dead in it's tracks after only a day or so of taking it. The active ingredient is called carvacrol or something like that. I recommend the oregano oil from north american herb and spice...it's probably herbal medicine's best kept secret and I can personally attest to its effectiveness. If your allergies are going nuts right now it's probably ragweed causing it...you've just got to make it till first frost in that case...good luck..and try the Oregano oil...I wouldn't lie to ya.
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Posted by: Anonymous | May 18, 2006 11:50 AM