All this praise and not one mention of the Cascade?
For shame.
The cascade is awesome at first, but the problem is, the best one is still easily outmatched by other higher-end rocket launchers. They should of made one more ultimate cascade model.
All this praise and not one mention of the Cascade?
For shame.
The cascade is awesome at first, but the problem is, the best one is still easily outmatched by other higher-end rocket launchers. They should of made one more ultimate cascade model.
Was the cascade line of rocket launchers the line that fired a ton of rockets?
The only problem with that was hitting your targets with enough rockets to deal enough damage to them. It was fun to use, absolutely. In tougher difficulties though, it became harder to justify using it.
The one rocket launcher that fires 10 in rapid succession was always a blast to use though.
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The_SpaniardIt's never lupinesIrvine, CaliforniaRegistered Userregular
So, someone tell me this is like current gen Body Harvest, and i will go sex up the next EB employee i meet.
It's as close as you will ever get to Body Harvest again. Trust me on this. If you can get it on the cheap, there's a ton of replay value.
Everything that has already been said is absolutely true: pretty much everything about the game reeks of last-gen, or at the very least a budget title from this gen, but man, is it ever fun. I bought it thinking that it was just going to be one of those novelty titles that would be fun for an hour or so and then I'd never play it again. What really happened was apparently I blacked out when I put the disc in my 360 and then came to hours later and I was STILL playing.
Kinda unrelated, but the progression system in this game really made me want to take another stab at Dead Rising.
All this praise and not one mention of the Cascade?
For shame.
The cascade is awesome at first, but the problem is, the best one is still easily outmatched by other higher-end rocket launchers. They should of made one more ultimate cascade model.
Was the cascade line of rocket launchers the line that fired a ton of rockets?
The only problem with that was hitting your targets with enough rockets to deal enough damage to them. It was fun to use, absolutely. In tougher difficulties though, it became harder to justify using it.
The one rocket launcher that fires 10 in rapid succession was always a blast to use though.
I'm not a massive fan of the more aggressively homing rocket launchers, especially the ones that fire loads at once because each rocket will head for the same target - they'll kill it dead, but then you have to reload. Would be better if they spread out a bit before heading for the nearest enemy, that way you'd spread the damage around a bit more.
I'm not a massive fan of the more aggressively homing rocket launchers, especially the ones that fire loads at once because each rocket will head for the same target - they'll kill it dead, but then you have to reload. Would be better if they spread out a bit before heading for the nearest enemy, that way you'd spread the damage around a bit more.
So this thread inspired me to pick up the last remaining used copy of EDF2017 in my nearby Gamestop for the low low price of $19.50 after tax.
Thank you.
I've only finished the first five levels or so, but it's as awesome as I was hoping a game involving evil giant ants from outer space would be.
Plus, I love how the game apparently doesn't penalize you for inflicting massive amounts of collateral damage on the surrounding buildings. I've been using the rocket launcher about 90% of the time, adopting what I call the Peter Venkman strategy: As long as I kill all the aliens, don't complain that I blew up half the city doing it. And the flowers are still standing!
I really, really wish co-op worked over XBL, though.
So this thread inspired me to pick up the last remaining used copy of EDF2017 in my nearby Gamestop for the low low price of $19.50 after tax.
Thank you.
I've only finished the first five levels or so, but it's as awesome as I was hoping a game involving evil giant ants from outer space would be.
Plus, I love how the game apparently doesn't penalize you for inflicting massive amounts of collateral damage on the surrounding buildings. I've been using the rocket launcher about 90% of the time, adopting what I call the Peter Venkman strategy: As long as I kill all the aliens, don't complain that I blew up half the city doing it. And the flowers are still standing!
I really, really wish co-op worked over XBL, though.
I once leveled 6 thirty storey buildings just trying to kill one ant with my completley overpowered and completley innacurate grenade launcher. I thes buildings in the distance and the bugger just keeps running towards me as i just keep firing at it, missing each time and hoping to god none of my grenades bounced back at me
So this thread inspired me to pick up the last remaining used copy of EDF2017 in my nearby Gamestop for the low low price of $19.50 after tax.
Thank you.
I've only finished the first five levels or so, but it's as awesome as I was hoping a game involving evil giant ants from outer space would be.
Plus, I love how the game apparently doesn't penalize you for inflicting massive amounts of collateral damage on the surrounding buildings. I've been using the rocket launcher about 90% of the time, adopting what I call the Peter Venkman strategy: As long as I kill all the aliens, don't complain that I blew up half the city doing it. And the flowers are still standing!
I really, really wish co-op worked over XBL, though.
I once leveled 6 thirty storey buildings just trying to kill one ant with my completley overpowered and completley innacurate grenade launcher. I thes buildings in the distance and the bugger just keeps running towards me as i just keep firing at it, missing each time and hoping to god none of my grenades bounced back at me
Only six? I can level six buildings with one shot. And try to, with every shot I take.
I got this from Gamefly on Sunday and i've been playing it after work for a few hours before bed. Last night I took down one of the big UFO's the ants drop out of and it was such a cool feeling. I can't wait to see what's next. My girlfriend even got into playing it!
With that said, I just checked on Gamefly and they're giving me the option to keep the game for $15 bucks. Just used my $5 coupon...picked it up for $10 bucks baby!!!!!!
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The_SpaniardIt's never lupinesIrvine, CaliforniaRegistered Userregular
Well im sold. But i dont think i can wait another 2 months before picking it up
Another note, the friendship of one of my pals is on the line for this one. I told him how sweet EDF looks and he explained his fears of my sense of taste becoming less accute. BUT IT WILL DELIVER OH YES.
Another note, the friendship of one of my pals is on the line for this one. I told him how sweet EDF looks and he explained his fears of my sense of taste becoming less accute.
That's nothing a rocket launcher blast to the head back won't fix.
I got this from Gamefly on Sunday and i've been playing it after work for a few hours before bed. Last night I took down one of the big UFO's the ants drop out of and it was such a cool feeling. I can't wait to see what's next. My girlfriend even got into playing it!
With that said, I just checked on Gamefly and they're giving me the option to keep the game for $15 bucks. Just used my $5 coupon...picked it up for $10 bucks baby!!!!!!
That story brought a tear to my eye, a tear of pure happiness. All games should strive for that level of greatness depicted in the quote.
Well im sold. But i dont think i can wait another 2 months before picking it up
Another note, the friendship of one of my pals is on the line for this one. I told him how sweet EDF looks and he explained his fears of my sense of taste becoming less accute. BUT IT WILL DELIVER OH YES.
Yes... I actually don't think I can trust my best gaming friends with this gem. So far I get "meh". Even when I used "run don't walk to your nearest gaming store, buy game, play, call me back and thank me" which is the highest level of endorsement our circle of friends has for games.
In other news, my buddy who HATES shooters of all kinds was over and watching me play it and he wants to borrow it, because as he said ... "goddam that looks like fun".
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BALLS - Is coming home late after a night out with the guys, smelling of beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the butt and having the balls to say: You're next, fatty.'
I hope you are all happy. Provided my local EB Games or Futureshop still has a copy of this, in less than 48 hours this WILL be the first game I buy for my Xbox 360. Sweet, sweet alien killing goodness to help me relax from a day of tech support.
Well, I got a like-brand-new used copy of this yesterday for 17.99.
Because of this thread and others like it around the Internet, I was excited to try it. My thoughts on playing it for about 20 minutes last night? "Oh dear."
Almost everything about this game is terrible. Still, I wouldn't say I hated it. I just kind of got bored and turned it off. Granted, I didn't get very far. I think mission 7? I was getting swarmed by 100 enemy ships and the frame rate dropped to about 5. It was literally unplayable for about 3 solid minutes. I just kept pressing "fire" and wishing it would end.
I understand I've only just scratched the surface and I will continue with it. It's just....the graphics. And the frame rate. And the music. And the voice acting. And the dialogue. All so bad.
My favorite line of dialogue, very early in the game, as I'm killing 100 ants: "Do not attack the UFO. It may be unrelated."
Oh, also. I can't believe the game puts a "chat" icon above whichever NPC on my team is talking. As if I fucking care which one of them is spewing the awful dialogue. When I saw that I said out loud, "Are you fucking serious?"
Literally unplayable for about three minutes? Either you actually were sold an Xbox 180 as a trick or that's a wee bit of hyperbole. There's some slowdown sure, but I've never found it bad enough to actually detract from the game.
Literally unplayable for about three minutes? Either you actually were sold an Xbox 180 as a trick or that's a wee bit of hyperbole. There's some slowdown sure, but I've never found it bad enough to actually detract from the game.
Well, if you have screen shake on and you're getting hammered I can easily see that. Especially if you're hung up on something and can't tell because of the spray of bloods.
Oh, also. I can't believe the game puts a "chat" icon above whichever NPC on my team is talking. As if I fucking care which one of them is spewing the awful dialogue. When I saw that I said out loud, "Are you fucking serious?"
What are you talking about? that icon is immensely useful. With it you can tell exactly who said, "Maybe we should turn back," and then you can convince them to change their mind.
Well, I got a like-brand-new used copy of this yesterday for 17.99.
Because of this thread and others like it around the Internet, I was excited to try it. My thoughts on playing it for about 20 minutes last night? "Oh dear."
Almost everything about this game is terrible. Still, I wouldn't say I hated it. I just kind of got bored and turned it off. Granted, I didn't get very far. I think mission 7? I was getting swarmed by 100 enemy ships and the frame rate dropped to about 5. It was literally unplayable for about 3 solid minutes. I just kept pressing "fire" and wishing it would end.
I understand I've only just scratched the surface and I will continue with it. It's just....the graphics. And the frame rate. And the music. And the voice acting. And the dialogue. All so bad.
My favorite line of dialogue, very early in the game, as I'm killing 100 ants: "Do not attack the UFO. It may be unrelated."
Oh, also. I can't believe the game puts a "chat" icon above whichever NPC on my team is talking. As if I fucking care which one of them is spewing the awful dialogue. When I saw that I said out loud, "Are you fucking serious?"
Thing about this game is that all of those technical problems and silly design choices don't make it any worse of a game
Well, I got a like-brand-new used copy of this yesterday for 17.99.
Because of this thread and others like it around the Internet, I was excited to try it. My thoughts on playing it for about 20 minutes last night? "Oh dear."
Almost everything about this game is terrible. Still, I wouldn't say I hated it. I just kind of got bored and turned it off. Granted, I didn't get very far. I think mission 7? I was getting swarmed by 100 enemy ships and the frame rate dropped to about 5. It was literally unplayable for about 3 solid minutes. I just kept pressing "fire" and wishing it would end.
I understand I've only just scratched the surface and I will continue with it. It's just....the graphics. And the frame rate. And the music. And the voice acting. And the dialogue. All so bad.
My favorite line of dialogue, very early in the game, as I'm killing 100 ants: "Do not attack the UFO. It may be unrelated."
Oh, also. I can't believe the game puts a "chat" icon above whichever NPC on my team is talking. As if I fucking care which one of them is spewing the awful dialogue. When I saw that I said out loud, "Are you fucking serious?"
Thing about this game is that all of those technical problems and silly design choices don't make it any worse of a game
Or at least that's what a lot of people think
Well I disagree. If the graphics were awesome, the frame rate was awesome, the dialogue was realistic and gripping, and the voice acting believable, it would be a better game. Who could argue with that? But that's true for any game lacking in those qualities, not just this one.
Well, I got a like-brand-new used copy of this yesterday for 17.99.
Because of this thread and others like it around the Internet, I was excited to try it. My thoughts on playing it for about 20 minutes last night? "Oh dear."
Almost everything about this game is terrible. Still, I wouldn't say I hated it. I just kind of got bored and turned it off. Granted, I didn't get very far. I think mission 7? I was getting swarmed by 100 enemy ships and the frame rate dropped to about 5. It was literally unplayable for about 3 solid minutes. I just kept pressing "fire" and wishing it would end.
I understand I've only just scratched the surface and I will continue with it. It's just....the graphics. And the frame rate. And the music. And the voice acting. And the dialogue. All so bad.
My favorite line of dialogue, very early in the game, as I'm killing 100 ants: "Do not attack the UFO. It may be unrelated."
Oh, also. I can't believe the game puts a "chat" icon above whichever NPC on my team is talking. As if I fucking care which one of them is spewing the awful dialogue. When I saw that I said out loud, "Are you fucking serious?"
Thing about this game is that all of those technical problems and silly design choices don't make it any worse of a game
Or at least that's what a lot of people think
Well I disagree. If the graphics were awesome, the frame rate was awesome, the dialogue was realistic and gripping, and the voice acting believable, it would be a better game. Who could argue with that? But that's true for any game lacking in those qualities, not just this one.
I could argue with it. There's no place for gripping, realistic dialogue with believable voice acting in a game where you shoot giant insects and robots. With better graphics technically and a steadier clip it would be better, sure, but it doesn't ruin the game. Or at least that's how most people feel.
Most of it just depends what people look for in games or the impression they go into a game with.
I personally don't care much about presentation as long as it is a fun game. I think I mostly picked this up on a whim because it had co-op and was supposed to be something you could enjoy playing while making fun of it. From that perspective, I wasn't let down in the least.
Like I said, I didn't hate the game. It's just that I only had about 30 minutes with it last night, and the lasting impression, since it was the last thing I did, was that part of the game where the ships came and frame rate plummeted and it was unplayable. And that's not fun in any sense of the word.
I will continue with it tonight.
And yes, let's just say for example, that your squadmates were actual characters with even a slight backstory or even just a bit of personality. Or even voices that were distinguishable from each other. That would be cool.
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For shame.
The cascade is awesome at first, but the problem is, the best one is still easily outmatched by other higher-end rocket launchers. They should of made one more ultimate cascade model.
Was the cascade line of rocket launchers the line that fired a ton of rockets?
The only problem with that was hitting your targets with enough rockets to deal enough damage to them. It was fun to use, absolutely. In tougher difficulties though, it became harder to justify using it.
The one rocket launcher that fires 10 in rapid succession was always a blast to use though.
It's as close as you will ever get to Body Harvest again. Trust me on this. If you can get it on the cheap, there's a ton of replay value.
Everything that has already been said is absolutely true: pretty much everything about the game reeks of last-gen, or at the very least a budget title from this gen, but man, is it ever fun. I bought it thinking that it was just going to be one of those novelty titles that would be fun for an hour or so and then I'd never play it again. What really happened was apparently I blacked out when I put the disc in my 360 and then came to hours later and I was STILL playing.
Kinda unrelated, but the progression system in this game really made me want to take another stab at Dead Rising.
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Thank you.
I've only finished the first five levels or so, but it's as awesome as I was hoping a game involving evil giant ants from outer space would be.
Plus, I love how the game apparently doesn't penalize you for inflicting massive amounts of collateral damage on the surrounding buildings. I've been using the rocket launcher about 90% of the time, adopting what I call the Peter Venkman strategy: As long as I kill all the aliens, don't complain that I blew up half the city doing it. And the flowers are still standing!
I really, really wish co-op worked over XBL, though.
I once leveled 6 thirty storey buildings just trying to kill one ant with my completley overpowered and completley innacurate grenade launcher. I thes buildings in the distance and the bugger just keeps running towards me as i just keep firing at it, missing each time and hoping to god none of my grenades bounced back at me
But I just realized that this thread is still going ten months after the game was released and new people are still picking it up. You guys rule.
With that said, I just checked on Gamefly and they're giving me the option to keep the game for $15 bucks. Just used my $5 coupon...picked it up for $10 bucks baby!!!!!!
If it hits a year with new replies I'll probably do something.
Something.... naked?
:winky:
What's in it for me? Except for you.. ;3
Another note, the friendship of one of my pals is on the line for this one. I told him how sweet EDF looks and he explained his fears of my sense of taste becoming less accute. BUT IT WILL DELIVER OH YES.
That's nothing a rocket launcher blast to the head back won't fix.
That story brought a tear to my eye, a tear of pure happiness. All games should strive for that level of greatness depicted in the quote.
Yes... I actually don't think I can trust my best gaming friends with this gem. So far I get "meh". Even when I used "run don't walk to your nearest gaming store, buy game, play, call me back and thank me" which is the highest level of endorsement our circle of friends has for games.
In other news, my buddy who HATES shooters of all kinds was over and watching me play it and he wants to borrow it, because as he said ... "goddam that looks like fun".
Because of this thread and others like it around the Internet, I was excited to try it. My thoughts on playing it for about 20 minutes last night? "Oh dear."
Almost everything about this game is terrible. Still, I wouldn't say I hated it. I just kind of got bored and turned it off. Granted, I didn't get very far. I think mission 7? I was getting swarmed by 100 enemy ships and the frame rate dropped to about 5. It was literally unplayable for about 3 solid minutes. I just kept pressing "fire" and wishing it would end.
I understand I've only just scratched the surface and I will continue with it. It's just....the graphics. And the frame rate. And the music. And the voice acting. And the dialogue. All so bad.
My favorite line of dialogue, very early in the game, as I'm killing 100 ants: "Do not attack the UFO. It may be unrelated."
Oh, also. I can't believe the game puts a "chat" icon above whichever NPC on my team is talking. As if I fucking care which one of them is spewing the awful dialogue. When I saw that I said out loud, "Are you fucking serious?"
Or fun in general?
I was having a blast just three missions in.
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Oculus Rift: Sir_Grinch
YOU ARE NO FRIEND TO FUN
Quiet you, you didn't like Crackdown!
(If i remember rightly)
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I didn't like it at first, I admit. I even returned it.
Two weeks later I awoke in the night with such a thirst for green orbs!
Now I have it again and all the download content. I maxed out explosives first.
You are indeed a friend to fun!
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Well, if you have screen shake on and you're getting hammered I can easily see that. Especially if you're hung up on something and can't tell because of the spray of bloods.
What are you talking about? that icon is immensely useful. With it you can tell exactly who said, "Maybe we should turn back," and then you can convince them to change their mind.
...via Rocket Launcher.
Thing about this game is that all of those technical problems and silly design choices don't make it any worse of a game
Or at least that's what a lot of people think
Well I disagree. If the graphics were awesome, the frame rate was awesome, the dialogue was realistic and gripping, and the voice acting believable, it would be a better game. Who could argue with that? But that's true for any game lacking in those qualities, not just this one.
I could argue with it. There's no place for gripping, realistic dialogue with believable voice acting in a game where you shoot giant insects and robots. With better graphics technically and a steadier clip it would be better, sure, but it doesn't ruin the game. Or at least that's how most people feel.
I personally don't care much about presentation as long as it is a fun game. I think I mostly picked this up on a whim because it had co-op and was supposed to be something you could enjoy playing while making fun of it. From that perspective, I wasn't let down in the least.
It's mindless fun.
I will continue with it tonight.
And yes, let's just say for example, that your squadmates were actual characters with even a slight backstory or even just a bit of personality. Or even voices that were distinguishable from each other. That would be cool.