Re: PS, Xbox, Wii, PC and other Gaming #10 : Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:00 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

Any early thoughts on DMC? Considering buying it but can't be bothered forking out those prices for a single player game.

I'm enjoying playing through it, and if you like your action games then it's definitely worth checking out, but I suspect it might be wise to wait a few weeks if you don't want to pay full price.
These completely single player games tend to drop in price pretty quickly.

Re: PS, Xbox, Wii, PC and other Gaming #10 : Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:00 am  

Nothus wrote:

I'm enjoying playing through it, and if you like your action games then it's definitely worth checking out, but I suspect it might be wise to wait a few weeks if you don't want to pay full price.
These completely single player games tend to drop in price pretty quickly.

I got Darksiders 2 for £15 as a Christmas present. Enjoyed it a bit, mostly because I enjoyed the first. Don't think they really improved it enough and used a lot of 'dross' to fill parts of the game and make it longer, whilst the other was generally full of quality.

I never played all of the old DMC games but I fancy starting this new series. I'll probably wait a few months as said, I'm not desperate for it or anything.

Re: PS, Xbox, Wii, PC and other Gaming #10 : Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:25 am  

Roddy B wrote:

I got Darksiders 2 for £15 as a Christmas present. Enjoyed it a bit, mostly because I enjoyed the first. Don't think they really improved it enough and used a lot of 'dross' to fill parts of the game and make it longer, whilst the other was generally full of quality.

I never played all of the old DMC games but I fancy starting this new series. I'll probably wait a few months as said, I'm not desperate for it or anything.

I was put off getting Darksiders 2 when found it was about 60 hours long. I found the first one tedious at times and that about only about 20-30 hours long, so I really can't see what they could add to make me want to invest that amount of time into the game.

Re: PS, Xbox, Wii, PC and other Gaming #10 : Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:56 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

I was put off getting Darksiders 2 when found it was about 60 hours long. I found the first one tedious at times and that about only about 20-30 hours long, so I really can't see what they could add to make me want to invest that amount of time into the game.

Some things they've added are better. They've added some decent RPG elements to the game that make it more interesting, but what makes it longer is ridiculously repetitive. There's a lot more travelling involved, you're often running/riding around for long periods without achieving much. Most of the 'challenges' involve you finding somebody you need, then having to run around to get that person 2/3 things they need. It really is repetitive, especially when you throw in the boring puzzles. The first one, as you say, was tedious enough, this one hasn't built on the other game's strengths, which is a real pity IMO.

Re: PS, Xbox, Wii, PC and other Gaming #10 : Sun Jan 20, 2013 6:40 pm  

Well DmC certainly has its replayability factor, there are 7 (seven!) separate difficulty levels for you to try out, including one where all enemies have regular health, but Dante dies in one hit.
Needless to say, I think that difficulty level is only for the hardcore enthusiasts!

Re: PS, Xbox, Wii, PC and other Gaming #10 : Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:16 pm  

Bump.

Re: PS, Xbox, Wii, PC and other Gaming #10 : Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:42 pm  

Been playing Mass Effect 1 on the PS3, that game would be pretty much perfect if they transferred it into the engine used in 3. The combat (and Mako) really let the game down a fair bit.

Re: PS, Xbox, Wii, PC and other Gaming #10 : Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:20 pm  

17/09/2013.... GTA 5

Re: PS, Xbox, Wii, PC and other Gaming #10 : Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:37 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

17/09/2013.... GTA 5

Since when is September in Spring? I'm hoping the delay means Rockstar are going to make it a game worth waiting five years for.

Re: PS, Xbox, Wii, PC and other Gaming #10 : Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:09 pm  

Hopefully it'll be out on this generation and they aren't trying to push it back. Sort of seems silly that being the case though, I would've thought with its release being so close to new Xbox/PS that they'd save it for a first massive release.