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10/06/09
Much win and hats off towards the creator(s) of this video!
10/06/09
Maybe I just have more appreciation for the series being a long-time fan (and in the top 3 in some of the challenge trials on ReArmed), I don't know. But that game definitely wasn't awful by any stretch of the imagination.
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(goes back to play the old BC)
Maybe it's a difference of game version? I just did it now, too. No need for the second com room.
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Of course, I make it a lot farther on the old Ninja gaiden than I do on NGS, too, so...
The 2 biggest things rearmed did wrong were removing midget enemies (except for a boss they ADDED) and guys in helicopter packs and butterflies and spiders and huge venus fly traps, and replacing them with robots, a bear trap, or outright removing them (Butterflies and spiders)... That was lame... Oh, and the other thing was removing leveling up.
That could be why you found it too hard. You start with no extra life. In Rearmed, on the other hand, you ALWAYS instantly die on spikes (unless you have boots, and then you died your SECOND time) which removed many of my favorite strategies. Lack of the ABILITY to grind hurt that game.
You know what? While I'm at it, I LOVED the new bosses in Rearmed, but the fact that you NEVER get a chance to destroy a reactor, EVEN IN AREA 12, got on my nerves... They even taunt you about it, showing one in the distance on the albatross...
08/17/09
Rearmed was excellent though. I was psyched for that from the first trailer and it did not disappoint.
08/17/09
Yeah the first five levels kind of... well suck I suppose is the word, but once you hit the caves early on the games is pure amazing.
Jumping off a cliff, swing across a huge gap, releasing your grapple, tossing a grenade into a group of enemies, regrappling while still in mid air, flipping through the air, re orientating yourself to a new grapple point, flip again, find your self above the survivors, Death From Above to finish them off, after you hit the ground kick flip off the lone survivor, shoot him in the face before you hit the ground again.
It's like a beautiful free form combat, so immensely satisfying once you get the hang of it.
08/17/09
The problem is, the game's needless backtracking and punishing checkpoint system fubars this whole concept. Because the punishment is so grand (10 minutes or more of gameplay lost, all rewards lost, sometimes a five minute walk to re-do) I never felt the urge to experiment too much, unless I was damn certain I was right at the checkpoint and wouldn't be risking extra wasted time. Trust me, the radiation wouldn't have mattered so much if you weren't punished so harshly for seeing how far into it you could travel.
I think of myself as a pretty "good gamer," especially on the action-adventure front. I've whooped GodHand like crazy and probably went through 2 controllers on that game...that has to count for something, right? Yet BC was still a disappointment, a wasted opportunity to me.
[Small specific example, ignore if you haven't played it: there's a kind of interesting battle that takes place in a library, where you fight a horde of troops that come crashing through skylights and root you out with flashlights in the darkness. During the fight I threw one of my few grenades out at some troops, and was surprised to notice the books on the shelves scatter...I was like Cool! I tried shooting the books, but nothing happened. They only responded to grenades (which are in short supply), but their physics were reallly interesting. I realized how beautiful the fight would've been if they responded to gunfire, imagine walking around after the battlefield with books all over the place, or shooting a guard into the books and scattering them, etc...even throwing them with your arm at enemies! instead, the battle was ugly, and the few books that had fallen off the shelves seemed to represent their developers emotions to a T: "meh. whatever."]
08/17/09
My other complaints mainly revolve around the weak gameplay The pervasive use of radiation in the game prevents you from exploring in a meaningful or enjoyable way.
Every gun sounds weak, and overall, gun play is not satisfying. It's certainly no Gears of War in the weapons department.
Lastly, the lead character is completely unlikeable. Not only is every word out of his mouth laughably bad and/or bitter, he just looks dumb. I wish the lead character maintained same 80's look as the original. It would have been a cool throwback.
Anyhow, for $20, there is some enjoyment to be had by swinging around and fighting the bosses.
The piano rendition of the bionic commando theme song when you first boot up of the game is awesome. It's a shame the same level of creativity and polish didn't go into the rest of the game. There's so much potential for gold there, it's just a bummer.
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"Those fucking K-I-D-S have gotten shit all over the T-O-L-I-E-T !"
Get it right next time!
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er, wait, I thought only Wii games could be imperfect?
first_negative_responder: "yea, but this is just one for PS3, no 3rd party Wii games are any good/successful"
me again: "orly? wiiaredeep.tk --> Deep Games"
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Expect rectal probes a plenty for the poor dopes Capcom hires for their next project.
08/17/09
Bionic Commando:Reamed?
08/17/09
Forgetting ones roots is usually the path to self destruction.
Which is why I personally fear for whats going to happen to the next Front Mission game on the Square-Enix front.
Though Im sure if I play Bionic Commando Ill enjoy it for what it is, though at the same time Im sure Ill also be irritated with the invisible "fry" zones that lots of folks / reviewers were talking about.
08/17/09
Kinda makes you wonder what kind of phone calls are going out to Blue Castle right now regarding DR 2.
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08/17/09
The next front mission, front mission evolved is going to be a third person action game.
None of the front mission games asides from the failed MMO were third person action games.
Gunhazard doesnt count since that was side scrolling. Front Mission Alternative also due to that still being a strategy game under the guise of a shitty system.
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08/17/09
Well, to learn from your mistakes, your product has to fail.
Shall we pull some sales numbers out, here? And to defute any numbers=quality argument you might have, I present you the average Critic review of an 85, no score lower than a 60. [www.metacritic.com]
Then to refute a 'Critics score doesn't mean anything, the game was rubbish compared to Resident Evil 4'. Well, I personally don't believe 4 was even a Resident Evil game at all anymore. I think THAT game was 'flawed', as far as it being a 'Resident Evil' title. So if we go by my reasoning and your wording, they built a flawed sequel from a flawed game, both of which sold and were enjoyed by a lot of people immensely, disregarding a few complainers like you and me.
Personal opinion? I was playing 5 from 10am launch day to 4am the next morning, straight, in xblive co-op with a buddy the whole time. Phenomenal experience, from a flawed game.
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08/17/09
You misunderstood me then. I said 4 was flawed, and most people who go 'Five was flawed, four was great!' don't seem to understand that theres a legion of us out there who don't even see them as Resident Evil games anymore, besides name only.
I'm saying if he calls it flawed, and if I'm willing to agree with him on the grounds that (imho) 4 was 'flawed', then I got an amazing experience out of a crap sequel to a crap game.
Because to assume his opinion is correct, you must also assume so is mine, even if our reasons are different.
08/17/09
............what?
So you didn't like Resident Evil 4? And you got an "amazing experience" out of RE 5? But you think its flawed?
And to agree with his opinion we have to agree with yours?
There has got to be a flow chart out there that I didn't get in our last interwebs meeting....
I will now go back to my cave and not post again in 2 more years....
08/12/09