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>>>>>> Two of the best first-person action PC games of all time are
>>>>>> half-life 2 and deus ex. I do hope they make the game into a
>>>>>> movie. Shame about the film flop resident evil. A consulation
>>>>>> though -Milla has a red hot body. I've heard doom movie will be
>>>>>> out this summer-staring the "rock" - has it been confirmed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey, I happen to like BOTH the RE movies!
>>>>> McG.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Milla can just stand still and I'll watch!
>>>>
>>>> BTW, as good as HL 2 was, it can not hold a candle to Deus Ex,
>>>> which will take some doing to get dislodged from the TOP of my all
>>>> time favorite game list.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>
>>> I'm glad you (and a lot of others) liked it. Somehow, I just
>>> cannot get "into" it. A guy *gave* me the game, so for his
>>> thoughtfulness, I will surely see all I can in it. HL2 is a game I
>>> could get into, and Doom3. The Tombraider games, HL1. All easy for
>>> me to just get lost in
Morrowind. I can't for the life of me
>>> explain why I cannot get interested in CS or DE. That alone is
>>> enough to play it and see why. McG.
>>>
>>
>> McG, I loved all the games you got into, and I hated all the
>> games you could not. We may part ways on Deus Ex, but if you can
>> get into stealth play, this one has a story that should hook you.
>> Going in guns blazing is a sure death sentance, at least before you
>> up your skills. Ouch! Did I say skills!!!! Before Deus Ex you
>> couldn't get me within 100 feet of an RPG. I'm an FPS guy, born and
>> bred on Doom. But for some reason, Deus Ex got me right from the
>> start. You just have to learn to enjoy crouching. I started the demo
>> for the first time knowing absolutely nothing
>> about the game, and gave up after dying a couple of times, thinking
>> "this game is too tough". I came back to it a few weeks later, and
>> played thru before I even understood the mechanics of gameplay. Not
>> realizing I could search the bodies of dead enemies for stuff, I was
>> constantly mumering to myself, "Where did they hide the damn ammo?".
>> But after I got the hang of it, I could not stay away. The game
>> ruled my life for several months. From the moment you begin, standing
>> on the docks of Liberty
>> Island, looking up at the headless Statue of Liberty, you know you
>> have entered a game world that is truely unique. Before you even
>> take your first step, as you stand there looking at the lights of
>> the New York skyline in the distance, listening to the sounds of the
>> police boat motor behind you, the waves lapping at the docks, the
>> seaguls, and the subtle forboding background music, and watch the
>> guard patrolling as the clouds move overhead, you get the feeling
>> that you part of something bigger than a mere game. Even now, after
>> having playing the game through 3 or 4 times over the last few years
>> , I still get that feeling when I start it up. It didn't hit me the
>> first time I tried it, but when it did, it
>> was lile crack cocaine. Wish you could expereince it as I did.
>>
>>
>> Bob
>>
>
> Had a friend rave about it. Tried the demo. Didn't like it. Then
> decided to go back and try it again. Then, bit by bit, I started to
> "get it" and it also took over my life. I learned to slow down,
> ponder the next move, and use my brain. I would trigger a fight and
> get enemies to chase me to patrolling bots. I later became a supreme
> sniper with pretty good hacking skills. Fell in love with the tranq
> darts and the Dragon Tooth sword.
> MINOR SPOILER FOLLOW!
>
> Also was immersed in the story, mystery, mood, and look of the game.
> It had little touches that set it apart. Small moment you could miss
> if you hurried. Who can forget Gunther Hermann, mourning for Anna
> Navarre and vowing vengence? Gunther, alone in his silent wait for
> J.C. Denton, overheard crying by the guards.
>
> Or, trying to keep Paul Denton alive. Or, how to save your pilot. Or
> ruthlessly managing your inventory to have a scrambler grenade or two
> when you hit Paris and encountered those huge bots.
>
> It was actually literate, like being in a sci-fi movie. The three
> ending also grabbed me.
>
> Would love to see it on a modern graphics engine. Same game, same
> gameplay, just with today's modern game engines. Imagine it with the
> lighting and detail of the Doom III engine, or the facial detail of
> the Half-Life II engine. Heck, try the massive draw distances of the
> Cryengine from Far Cry. That would be some serious sniping!
>
> Heck, I would like to see the original System Shock get updated to a
> new engine. I tried to play it a few months ago on a DOS system I
> cobbled together and just couldn't get past the clinky controls and
> graphics.
> I wonder if gaming companies may start to realize that there is money
> to be made just updating existing classic games.
>
> I would also love to see Quake and Quake II updated to the Doom III
> engine just to see them all pretty. I heard id software is actually
> considering adapting Quake II to the latest engine. Cool!
>
> Closest thing I came to the "feel" of Deus Ex later was Star Wars:
> Knights of the Old Republic.
You bring to mind another discussion I've seen elsewhere. Movies.
Remakes that is. Ones that are turning out to be very enjoyable indeed.
The Batman franchise just went topsy turvey with the release of Batman
Begins. I found it an excellent movie, enjoyed the entire film very
much. This is good cinema. War of the Worlds is coming out here in 9
more days. I'll be sure to see it! I consider I, Robot a 'remake' as
one of the stories was made to film years ago. But this one was damn
good. There are others on the way. Thing is, lots of us middle age
types lived through what was good cinema 40 years ago. And we find
ourselves waxing nostalgic about some of these oldies. So now we get to
see some of them as we want to see them. Including lots of comics made
to film. By middle aged producers and directors who also want to see
some of the best made even better.
I feel that lots of the older games would be *really* great if remade to
modern engines and graphics.
McG.
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