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Battle: Los Angeles game (Game can be finished while you are making lunch)

Sega1991 said:
"This isn't the most foul smelling turd I have sniffed."
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Hey unlike Call of Duty Black Ops, at least there isn't an infinite amount of enemy spawns.

If I was really hard up I could see getting this down the road. $5 would have been a better price though by the sounds of how long the campaign is.
 
It doesn't look awful at all. The colour palette is based off the movie which is pretty monochromatic from what I can tell. It looks like an FPS done at completely average level. Not great, not terrible.
 
Warm Machine said:
It doesn't look awful at all. The colour palette is based off the movie which is pretty monochromatic from what I can tell. It looks like an FPS done at completely average level. Not great, not terrible.
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Yeah on a technical level it's fine.

But still. Forty-five minutes.
 
Htown said:
Yeah on a technical level it's fine.

But still. Forty-five minutes.
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I just got back from seeing the movie and the length isn't surprising at all considering the screen shots are only from 3 scenes in the movie, most of which the are last battle.
 
Htown said:
Yeah on a technical level it's fine.

But still. Forty-five minutes.
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I was noticing things seemed to blow up real good in your stream, At least it has that.

45 minutes is funny though.
 
The length is pretty weak. I wonder how long it took them to make it? Probably a 3-6 month rush job seeing as though they didn't have to build any tech for it.
 
This is the kind of game I inadvertantly read about on a gaming forum and vomit in my mouth a little before closing down the thread. I'm swallowing vomit as I type.

*closes thread*
 
Comic Sans wow.

The game looks pretty good though.
 
I NEED SCISSORS said:
Microsoft, if you have sense, you will not give the Halo: Combat Evolved remake to these guys.
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Probably a bit unfair. They probably had like six months to make it. The video actually looks ok, so they were probably smart to make a short campaign that's fine, rather than a drawn out campaign that's complete SHITE.
 
get2sammyb said:
Probably a bit unfair. They probably had like six months to make it. The video actually looks ok, so they were probably smart to make a short campaign that's fine, rather than a drawn out campaign that's complete SHITE.
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You forgot option 3: a short campaign that's complete shit. That's the option that this game falls under.

People complain that modern FPSes are glorified shooting galleries; This is by far the most literal application of that. Move on a straight path into a little carefully-arranged set and take your mark, several aliens pop up and just stand there waiting to be shot. The movement is plodding, the guns feel horrible, there's no feedback to hitting an enemy, and there's no satisfying indicator that you've killed one, they just sort of slink out of view of your sights and leave you saying "oh, I... guess they're dead."

If you've ever said a bad word about Call of Duty and even think about rushing to this game's defense, fuck you. This game makes COD's gameplay look like Quake III Arena.
 
Shig said:
You forgot option 3: a short campaign that's complete shit. That's the option that this game falls under.

People complain that modern FPSes are glorified shooting galleries; This is by far the most literal application of that. Move on a straight path into a little carefully-arranged set and take your mark, several aliens pop up and just stand there waiting to be shot. The movement is plodding, the guns feel horrible, there's no feedback to hitting an enemy, and there's no satisfying indicator that you've killed one, they just sort of slink out of view of your sights and leave you saying "oh, I... guess they're dead."

If you've ever said a bad word about Call of Duty and even think about rushing to this game's defense, fuck you. This game makes COD's gameplay look like Quake III Arena.
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Unlike CoD though, you can actually clear out an area before you move forward. The enemies don't just spawn infinitely. Now I'm not saying this is the better game because of it, but that is a point in this game's favor.

Also I think it's kind of satisfying when you kill one of the pumpkinheads at range with a sniper rifle.
 
Neuromancer said:
Unlike CoD though, you can actually clear out an area before you move forward. The enemies don't just spawn infinitely. Now I'm not saying this is the better game because of it, but that is a point in this game's favor.

Also I think it's kind of satisfying when you kill one of the pumpkinheads at range with a sniper rifle.
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There are many, many, many other, better games that offer both these things.
 
Should have been a free "adver-game". Cycle through different trailers every time the game boots up. Maybe a "commercial break" a couple times during the playthrough with the movie trailer. Why not? Seems like it would do more good in the long run.
 
Oh come on, ofcourse it's a crap game, but looking like an amateur target render? The graphics look decent enough for a downloadable 1 hour game.
 
Sega1991 said:
There are many, many, many other, better games that offer both these things.
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I never said there weren't.

All I can say is I enjoyed my time with the trial version. If it had been $5 I probably would have bought it. $10 for one hour though (being generous) is kind of busted though, that's my biggest complaint.

Well that and the comic sans.
 
lol that got me.

on the other hand, if you think about it, it's basically the same campaign hours per dollar as a CoD or a lot of other games. Is 10 bucks for 1 hour really that much worse than 60 dollars for 5 hours?

then again on the other hand, 45 MINUTES!
 
SHOTEH FOCK OP said:
Should have been a free "adver-game". Cycle through different trailers every time the game boots up. Maybe a "commercial break" a couple times during the playthrough with the movie trailer. Why not? Seems like it would do more good in the long run.
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They could include it with GT5 to pass the time during the install (although you might actually finish this first)..
 
Htown said:
if you think about it, it's basically the same campaign hours per dollar as a CoD or a lot of other games. Is 10 bucks for 1 hour really that much worse than 60 dollars for 5 hours?
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But then CoD has a huge multiplayer section that people can spend 100's of hours playing
 
I think some people are expecting too much from a $10 game. It's not fair to compare it to CoD.

On top of this, it's a game that's based on a movie, and we all know that those are always the best games ever made.
 
Rated-Rsuperstar said:
Would have been funny if the Resistance 3 billboard was in the game as well.
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We all went to see the movie together as a company yesterday. When we got to the scene with the billboard everyone started cheering. It was actually pretty hilarious - everone else in the theatre must have thought we were all insane!

Movie was actually quite good IMO. Its Independence Day in the aesthetic of District 9. There is some unintentially hilarious dialogue and it was kinda awkward when the start of the movie is meteors hitting off the coast of Tokyo with people running from huge waves.... But still, it was far better than the half-star rating that Ebert notoriously gave it. Tecnically very well put together, so I'd definitely check it out or rent it when it comes out in a few months.
 
Dark Octave said:
I think some people are expecting too much from a $10 game. It's not fair to compare it to CoD.

On top of this, it's a game that's based on a movie, and we all know that those are always the best games ever made.
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I don't see why anybody feels the need to apologize for this game or justify it somehow.

It's crap. End of story. Yes, it's only $10, but you know what? Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is $5 and is almost three times longer than this is and way, way, way more fun to play.
 
So, I decided to give the game a spin and do a bit of recording - First 12 minutes, roughly. It was originally in glorious 1080p but as usual, YouTube spassed out and desynced it all, so it ended up in puny 720p.

Made a quick 'alternative music' version of the trailer, just to get you in the mood;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGGxLA0h74

And then watch this glorious Triple-A title in action, complete with fitting intro music and Call of Duty-style ADD gameplay;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mukwusCdOvg


Enjoy.
 
Sega1991 said:
I don't see why anybody feels the need to apologize for this game or justify it somehow.

It's crap. End of story. Yes, it's only $10, but you know what? Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is $5 and is almost three times longer than this is and way, way, way more fun to play.
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I'm curious as to why you're so bent out of shape about it. :lol

Come on dude. We're talking about a $10 XBLA movie tie-in FPS here. You are, essentially, shitting on shit.
 
Neuromancer said:
I'm curious as to why you're so bent out of shape about it. :lol

Come on dude. We're talking about a $10 XBLA movie tie-in FPS here. You are, essentially, shitting on shit.
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Because even for a $10 game, it's bad!
 
It is very bland but I'm a tiny bit impressed with some of the textures and graphics in this game. Yes, they aren't super impressive but it's amazing how far you can get in this day and age with a short development time.
 
Please tell me the game didn't just give away the entire plot to the movie. Will be so pissed if that's true.

There's a bunch of unlockable behind-the-scenes stuff.
 
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