Brooks wrote:

But it's not even fun as a shooty, I'm mean it's not even up with HL2 and I'm not fan of that show.

I'm a fan of the shooty, and the sheer wanton destruction you can rack up. I'm on a bus, drunk ATM, but I do like it although dont think it's the second coming. It's an aesthetic mishmash but some of that works in its favour. I think consoles have restricted ambition, again, as fidelity and intent have been casualties in the scrum.

For pure shooting, Judgment is king as its weapon caches, randomised opponents and mission modifiers keep you on your toes sufficiently. That said, the orchestral sting of a headshot in Infinite still scratches a pleasure itch, and the lurching whole is entirely adequate for my tastes. The only shame is Vigor specialisation setting in too early, and the more interesting combos are too costly. The video earlier raises plenty of points but in my eyes it the latter half shows that both publisher and audience need to stop pushing/expecting unreasonable shit from games this cycle.

Edit: tried to clean for spelling but Urgh cocktails

Yup, that's the slice. Maybe one day we'll get the game promised in 2k11 or whatever, but the ultimately hollow Columbia with its disappearing proles is a technical limitation rather than an aesthetic choice. It's far easier to create a realistic skeketon dystopia than a mutable riots-in-the-wings utopia. Fuck a console, yeah?

Ps I think the shooting is rad hawtz still

Also for a game that's as OTT about its Racism as it is, I'm expecting to hear "nigger" a lot more. Not that this title is particularly concerned with the impact of anachronism.

I don't think an auto trigger for that can work for that bit.

Some of the design choices are bizarre. Still, it's a pretty good game as a whole, even if it's not that good a shooter. If you're only allowed two equips the mechanics need to be at least as good as Halo, and they're not. Nowhere near.

And it's not as good as Bioshock, which still has the best opening hour of any game I've ever played.

I would agree in most games that a player being given notionally some choice such that the player gets a different ending is a bit woopdedoo. I just think probably in this instance there is a justifiable reason for the player/character to not autmatically blunder into a baptism. Even if its just a second to pause to think about it.

Frosty wrote:

That guy makes some very good points and a lot of it is stuff I didn't consider during my playthrough at all. The tears especially were a little limited in scope and that's kinda disappointing.

I have downloaded the ripped soundtrack that has all the in game covers that aren't in the OST. It's brilliant.

Where did you download the soundtrack from Frosty?

Cheers Frosty, I owe you one.

Bored shitless with this after a few hours. Will persevere though, must get good soon.

Press X to must get good soon

Sick of pressing x to catch things. The world is amazing but gameplay is MEH.

If press x do catch coin/ammo/salts appears in the middle of the screen during a fight once more I'm trading this fucker in.

It did grate when she kept flipping coins my way during quiet moments. Could have made the parts out of combat automatically add to your balance.

Always lands heads up.

Free cash!

What's wrong with you!