I was waiting for someone to say this, but it's kind of pointless because no matter what review I cited, someone would come in and say "[Gaming site] has a history of shitty reviews."
God
motherfucking
Hand
...is a game I absolutely agree with them on their review.
And even if I didn't, IGN is an entity made up of several reviewers. It's not like the dude who reviewed God Hand reviews every single game that comes through.
I was waiting for someone to say this, but it's kind of pointless because no matter what review I cited, someone would come in and say "[Gaming site] has a history of shitty reviews."
God
motherfucking
Hand
...is a game I absolutely agree with them on their review.
And even if I didn't, IGN is an entity made up of several reviewers. It's not like the dude who reviewed God Hand reviews every single game that comes through.
It's also not like by having multiple reviewers they are somehow incapable of wrongdoing.
Their review is not in the curve of other reviews so far. Their review complains about something that isn't true. Their review is not consistent with people's "reviews" here. They before are known to have published a review that was extremely obviously only taken from playing the game for maybe 10 minutes, without making any effort to actually learn how the game worked.
The same general people publish at IGN. The same general people review, the same general people edit. The fact that reviews pass through that aren't actually based on the game in question but are just extreme personal opinions with no objectivity to speak of is very much relevant.
I'm not saying the game is without problems, I'm saying IGN is not the most reputable source and we have specific citations and instances where this is proven. Just because someone works as a reviewer doesn't give them any special abilities to judge a game, especially if they work at IGN
I was waiting for someone to say this, but it's kind of pointless because no matter what review I cited, someone would come in and say "[Gaming site] has a history of shitty reviews."
God
motherfucking
Hand
...is a game I absolutely agree with them on their review.
God, I want to kiss you on the mouth to stop you from saying such ridiculous things.
Khavall: You make good points, but honestly I don't really trust people on here anymore than I do an IGN reviewer. A lot of you had already made up in your minds before release that this was going to be the best game ever. Hell, Morninglord specifically pointed out that "if the climbing around and stuff is cool" that it is totally worth it in his mind.
It's hard to find any opinions I actually trust. I liked Ultimate Destruction, a lot, but whenever I see videos of this game all I can muster is a resounding "meh."
Long story short they should have made a goddamn demo, just let you dick around for 15 minutes.
Little Jim:
On 360 Hold LB when behind an enemy and press B when no soldiers can see you and you'll stealth consume someone.
Yesterday I got stuck in one of the missions and it really pissed me off. There were so many incoming baddies that the targeting system figured I wanted to take out the big guys (choppers, tanks) out first.
If I'm standing in front of 5 guys wielding bazookas, it might be nice if I auto target one of them instead of the chopper that's almost a mile away.
I kept retrying a certain mission for about 2 hours, before finally giving up. The shitty auto targetting, combined with 2 types of tanks, choppers, hunters and footsoldiers with heavy ordinance made it kind of impossible to consume a tank commander before his tank blew up.
Now I'll have to do the entire mission again. Seeing as I had trouble reaching the checkpoint that I did, I really have to rethink my (lack of) strategy. Any suggestions against these kinds of overwhelming odds? Fleeing to recover doesn't seem to work, because hunters and choppers keep on your ass everywhere
I just run screaming for the hills like a sissy little prancing fairy until they can't see me and then fall out of the sky as a random trooper I ate on the way. They just let you hop right into the tank to have your merry way with the occupants if they think you're friendly.
I don't really have much of a problem with choppers following me, and hunters can't do tall buildings. If one or two fliers come up to skyscraper level I just kick them both or throw a metal box or two and then do my squirrel trooper impression. If I don't feel like that I just zip down and behind a building instead. The game's really forgiving. Well, at least if you get your movement powers.
...Now if only I could figure out why my health bar never, ever regenerates outside of stocking up on people juice or finishing a mission. Maybe I just smash things too much.
I may have to buy a 360 controller for my PC for this game, if the KB+M controls are really that bad.
Oh well, I'll get to see tomorrow after work.
After I get home from work and start downloading it from Steam, and probably not get to play it till the next day, because the Steam servers will shit themselves.
The combat system is geared to encourage you to melee little guys without locking on and to lock for specials and ranged attacks. I don't know if the guns even come with reticules, they're made for tapping between targets in slow motion death from above.
With several powers that essentially kill or disable everything around you at once, the fodder doesn't stand much of a chance if you don't want them there. Chopping people reminds me of Dynasty Warriors only everyone you hit gets cut in half or crushed.
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Just picked up the uncut 360 version two days before release in Germany.
You gotta love my local indie store, they always get and sell games early.
Now I have 13 hours of work before me until I can mutilate some pedestrians
Well, I played it for PC. It's buggy as hell. The audio within cutscenes cuts in/out and is totally not understandable. About 5 or 6 times it just decided to minimize itself out of the blue. The controls are dodgy at best and the level of detail is not what I would expect from a new release title. The whole thing smells of an unfinished product.
I don't know why I keep getting my hopes up with these console ports. Wolverine suffered from the same general lack of polish this does.
Sounds like maybe it's a problem with your machine. I have Prototype on the PC and I've been playing for a few hours and have experienced zero problems. No graphical glitches, no minimizing, no audio problems, no crashes, and I just use my XBox 360 Controller -- it controls just like it would on the 360.
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I just run screaming for the hills like a sissy little prancing fairy until they can't see me and then fall out of the sky as a random trooper I ate on the way. They just let you hop right into the tank to have your merry way with the occupants if they think you're friendly.
That's basically what I wanted to do on that final mission part. However, since you're in the thick of combat at that point in the mission, you're already compromised. Getting back to an undetected state was virtually impossible with all the choppers popping up out of nowhere.
After finally going under the radar again, I couldn't reach the tank with the commander I needed to consume in time as his tank was already destroyed. Fission Mailed. I tried forcing my way into his tank before, but kept getting shot of by rooftop soldiers with bazookas. Although I'm pretty frustrated with this mission, I'll probably try a different approach tonight.
One joy of this game? Throwing fat people. Just grab a right tubbo from outside a McDonalds, run up the side of a building and hurl him off into the horizon
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The accumulated filth of all their hackin’ and wackin’ will foam up about their waists, and when all the ghouls and wastlanders of Megaton look up and shout “save us!†I’ll look down and whisper…
So let me get this straight... In this game, you're basically the fucking Thing, and you kill bunches of dude with your shape-shifting powers? I might just pick this up.
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I can't wait to stand at one end of a really busy street, take out my claws and slowly walk towards the crowd while playing "When the man comes around" by Johnny Cash.
@MegaMek: Yes,you are the thing if it consumes Spider-Man and the Hulk.
Can you disguise yourself as just normal citizens? Like you wander up so some random tourist, absorb him then make yourself look like him?
Cause I love the idea of some Japanese tourist running up and along building and catapulting over the city before slamming into the ground and crushing a bus beneath him.
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The accumulated filth of all their hackin’ and wackin’ will foam up about their waists, and when all the ghouls and wastlanders of Megaton look up and shout “save us!†I’ll look down and whisper…
Can you disguise yourself as just normal citizens? Like you wander up so some random tourist, absorb him then make yourself look like him?
Cause I love the idea of some Japanese tourist running up and along building and catapulting over the city before slamming into the ground and crushing a bus beneath him.
You can consume any human in the game and disguise as him.
I saw people run around as an old lady with claws.
At least I think she had claws.
I can't wait to stand at one end of a really busy street, take out my claws and slowly walk towards the crowd while playing "When the man comes around" by Johnny Cash.
I think I might partake in that particular activity as well. Either that or walk slowly towards a large crowd of people or a large military base with old Ennio Morricone Western movie music playing.
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The accumulated filth of all their hackin’ and wackin’ will foam up about their waists, and when all the ghouls and wastlanders of Megaton look up and shout “save us!†I’ll look down and whisper…
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Unbreakable Vow: You seem like you are the type of person to thoroughly mix up cognition and emotion. Hence your remark about my very emotive declaration that I would love the game if only the movement is good (What I actually said is that the game would be "bought" but I'm guessing you took that as a declaration of love)
What I want to know is, should I bother divorcing my emotions in order to deliver a critical review of this game for you, or are you just gonna flat out ignore it with the above spurious reasoning so I shouldn't bother and can continue with my emotional high.
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the movement really clicked for me when I realised that doing an air dash from the air to the ground (it angles down after a glide or jump) on to a rooftop or street gives you a massive speed bost. It stops feeling like glide/wallrun/glide/wallrun and more jump/sprint/jump/sprint
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Yeah the key to speed in the movement is not full charges but holding back and timing your second airdash when you land.
You can get even faster if you don't hold jump at all, but instead tap to jump, air dash (you'll hoon along horizontally) glide for a few seconds (glide has a tiny speed boost) then drop and air dash just before you hit the ground.
The speed is amazing. You can skip the glide if you are just going with the armor though.
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I can't wait to stand at one end of a really busy street, take out my claws and slowly walk towards the crowd while playing "When the man comes around" by Johnny Cash.
@MegaMek: Yes,you are the thing if it consumes Spider-Man and the Hulk.
I might do that with god's gonna cut you down (unless that's the same song and I just have a mistitled version)
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KlykaDO you have anySPARE BATTERIES?Registered Userregular
I can't wait to stand at one end of a really busy street, take out my claws and slowly walk towards the crowd while playing "When the man comes around" by Johnny Cash.
@MegaMek: Yes,you are the thing if it consumes Spider-Man and the Hulk.
I might do that with god's gonna cut you down (unless that's the same song and I just have a mistitled version)
It's a different song. It's also an amazing song but "The man comes around" is pretty much THE soundtrack for "lone unstoppable guy goes around owning people".
I can't wait to stand at one end of a really busy street, take out my claws and slowly walk towards the crowd while playing "When the man comes around" by Johnny Cash.
@MegaMek: Yes,you are the thing if it consumes Spider-Man and the Hulk.
I might do that with god's gonna cut you down (unless that's the same song and I just have a mistitled version)
It's a different song. It's also an amazing song but "The man comes around" is pretty much THE soundtrack for "lone unstoppable guy goes around owning people".
So true. I learned that after Cromartie's destruction of the FBI S.W.A.T team in Sarah Connor Chronicles
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The accumulated filth of all their hackin’ and wackin’ will foam up about their waists, and when all the ghouls and wastlanders of Megaton look up and shout “save us!†I’ll look down and whisper…
I can't wait to stand at one end of a really busy street, take out my claws and slowly walk towards the crowd while playing "When the man comes around" by Johnny Cash.
@MegaMek: Yes,you are the thing if it consumes Spider-Man and the Hulk.
I might do that with god's gonna cut you down (unless that's the same song and I just have a mistitled version)
It's a different song. It's also an amazing song but "The man comes around" is pretty much THE soundtrack for "lone unstoppable guy goes around owning people".
Any game where this achievement: "The Butcher (30) Kill 50 characters in 5 seconds." is possible has got to be awesome
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I can't wait to stand at one end of a really busy street, take out my claws and slowly walk towards the crowd while playing "When the man comes around" by Johnny Cash.
@MegaMek: Yes,you are the thing if it consumes Spider-Man and the Hulk.
I might do that with god's gonna cut you down (unless that's the same song and I just have a mistitled version)
It's a different song. It's also an amazing song but "The man comes around" is pretty much THE soundtrack for "lone unstoppable guy goes around owning people".
So true. I learned that after Cromartie's destruction of the FBI S.W.A.T team in Sarah Connor Chronicles
Yeah, totally.
I knew the song before,but that scene brought it back on my radar. Than I remembered that they use dit in the opening scene for the Dawn of the Dead Remake and now it is ingrained in my head as "badass song".
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MorninglordI'm tired of being Batman,so today I'll be Owl.Registered Userregular
I can't wait to stand at one end of a really busy street, take out my claws and slowly walk towards the crowd while playing "When the man comes around" by Johnny Cash.
@MegaMek: Yes,you are the thing if it consumes Spider-Man and the Hulk.
I might do that with god's gonna cut you down (unless that's the same song and I just have a mistitled version)
It's a different song. It's also an amazing song but "The man comes around" is pretty much THE soundtrack for "lone unstoppable guy goes around owning people".
So true. I learned that after Cromartie's destruction of the FBI S.W.A.T team in Sarah Connor Chronicles
Yeah, totally.
I knew the song before,but that scene brought it back on my radar. Than I remembered that they use dit in the opening scene for the Dawn of the Dead Remake and now it is ingrained in my head as "badass song".
I've got in stuck because of the SCC scene and because the Bible verse at the beginning is said in the film "Pale Rider" as Client Eastwood (the ultimate badass) comes on the scene
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...is a game I absolutely agree with them on their review.
And even if I didn't, IGN is an entity made up of several reviewers. It's not like the dude who reviewed God Hand reviews every single game that comes through.
It's also not like by having multiple reviewers they are somehow incapable of wrongdoing.
Their review is not in the curve of other reviews so far. Their review complains about something that isn't true. Their review is not consistent with people's "reviews" here. They before are known to have published a review that was extremely obviously only taken from playing the game for maybe 10 minutes, without making any effort to actually learn how the game worked.
The same general people publish at IGN. The same general people review, the same general people edit. The fact that reviews pass through that aren't actually based on the game in question but are just extreme personal opinions with no objectivity to speak of is very much relevant.
I'm not saying the game is without problems, I'm saying IGN is not the most reputable source and we have specific citations and instances where this is proven. Just because someone works as a reviewer doesn't give them any special abilities to judge a game, especially if they work at IGN
God, I want to kiss you on the mouth to stop you from saying such ridiculous things.
the other powers are just too samey to stand out
this game fucking rules
ps how do you stealth consume it doesn't seem to do anything for me (even if i take them behind a dumpster to furiously devour them)
the free running is completely perfect and it's so good
so good
It's hard to find any opinions I actually trust. I liked Ultimate Destruction, a lot, but whenever I see videos of this game all I can muster is a resounding "meh."
Long story short they should have made a goddamn demo, just let you dick around for 15 minutes.
You are silly!
Silly I say.
On 360 Hold LB when behind an enemy and press B when no soldiers can see you and you'll stealth consume someone.
Yesterday I got stuck in one of the missions and it really pissed me off. There were so many incoming baddies that the targeting system figured I wanted to take out the big guys (choppers, tanks) out first.
If I'm standing in front of 5 guys wielding bazookas, it might be nice if I auto target one of them instead of the chopper that's almost a mile away.
I kept retrying a certain mission for about 2 hours, before finally giving up. The shitty auto targetting, combined with 2 types of tanks, choppers, hunters and footsoldiers with heavy ordinance made it kind of impossible to consume a tank commander before his tank blew up.
Now I'll have to do the entire mission again. Seeing as I had trouble reaching the checkpoint that I did, I really have to rethink my (lack of) strategy. Any suggestions against these kinds of overwhelming odds? Fleeing to recover doesn't seem to work, because hunters and choppers keep on your ass everywhere
I just run screaming for the hills like a sissy little prancing fairy until they can't see me and then fall out of the sky as a random trooper I ate on the way. They just let you hop right into the tank to have your merry way with the occupants if they think you're friendly.
I don't really have much of a problem with choppers following me, and hunters can't do tall buildings. If one or two fliers come up to skyscraper level I just kick them both or throw a metal box or two and then do my squirrel trooper impression. If I don't feel like that I just zip down and behind a building instead. The game's really forgiving. Well, at least if you get your movement powers.
...Now if only I could figure out why my health bar never, ever regenerates outside of stocking up on people juice or finishing a mission. Maybe I just smash things too much.
Oh well, I'll get to see tomorrow after work.
After I get home from work and start downloading it from Steam, and probably not get to play it till the next day, because the Steam servers will shit themselves.
Really would have liked the option to preload.
yes, it's just really finicky and irritating if you're going for any sort of accuracy at all
the lock-on's generally very reliable
With several powers that essentially kill or disable everything around you at once, the fodder doesn't stand much of a chance if you don't want them there. Chopping people reminds me of Dynasty Warriors only everyone you hit gets cut in half or crushed.
You gotta love my local indie store, they always get and sell games early.
Now I have 13 hours of work before me until I can mutilate some pedestrians
The fucking worst. I hate having to pick up a game and then suffer through a day of work before I get to play it.
Sounds like maybe it's a problem with your machine. I have Prototype on the PC and I've been playing for a few hours and have experienced zero problems. No graphical glitches, no minimizing, no audio problems, no crashes, and I just use my XBox 360 Controller -- it controls just like it would on the 360.
I'm just happy to have it today and not having to wait until friday. Also uncut version for the win!
God, every time a customer comes in I imagine elbow dropping him.
I am kidding.
After finally going under the radar again, I couldn't reach the tank with the commander I needed to consume in time as his tank was already destroyed. Fission Mailed. I tried forcing my way into his tank before, but kept getting shot of by rooftop soldiers with bazookas. Although I'm pretty frustrated with this mission, I'll probably try a different approach tonight.
If only there was a fat old turk model in game.
There are fat zombies though. They count as turks as far as I'm concerned.
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@MegaMek: Yes,you are the thing if it consumes Spider-Man and the Hulk.
Cause I love the idea of some Japanese tourist running up and along building and catapulting over the city before slamming into the ground and crushing a bus beneath him.
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Feats of strength, speed and flight are all fair game while disguised.
You can consume any human in the game and disguise as him.
I saw people run around as an old lady with claws.
At least I think she had claws.
I think I might partake in that particular activity as well. Either that or walk slowly towards a large crowd of people or a large military base with old Ennio Morricone Western movie music playing.
…Tunnel Snakes Rule
What I want to know is, should I bother divorcing my emotions in order to deliver a critical review of this game for you, or are you just gonna flat out ignore it with the above spurious reasoning so I shouldn't bother and can continue with my emotional high.
You can get even faster if you don't hold jump at all, but instead tap to jump, air dash (you'll hoon along horizontally) glide for a few seconds (glide has a tiny speed boost) then drop and air dash just before you hit the ground.
The speed is amazing. You can skip the glide if you are just going with the armor though.
I might do that with god's gonna cut you down (unless that's the same song and I just have a mistitled version)
It's a different song. It's also an amazing song but "The man comes around" is pretty much THE soundtrack for "lone unstoppable guy goes around owning people".
…Tunnel Snakes Rule
To spotify!
Well when I get home.
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Yeah, totally.
I knew the song before,but that scene brought it back on my radar. Than I remembered that they use dit in the opening scene for the Dawn of the Dead Remake and now it is ingrained in my head as "badass song".
Oh is that why I got that.
Explains it.
Er.
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