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chakkman

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  1. As it seems to be a common immersive feature in many modern game, i would say, no. Playing Deus Ex Mankind Divided, i wondered if its object handling was somewhat inspired by The Dark Mod, though. It doesn't have 360° object handling like The Dark Mod, but, it seems a bit similar.
  2. This was the first video i ever watched, i think: The object handling quite impressed me at that point. But, i guess you're interested in even earlier stuff?
  3. Hmm... mages in the original Thief games always had some kind of code of honor. TBH, i can't really imagine them selling their knowledge, or achievements on the black market, TBH. Necromancers on the other hand... those were kind of the bad ass version of mages in Thief. Maybe you can put it so that your mage would in fact be a necromancer. Would also make things a lot more interesting, in my opinion. Edit: Ok, thinking about it, i surely also could imagine some sort of outcast mages who offer on the black market. Actually would make sense even, when they can't practise their actual profession anymore.
  4. Funny, because i just bought that one in the GOG sale. Got a bit annoyed with the woody controls though (it's really frustrating at times), and then decided to rather play Tomb Raider 2. The Indiana Jones games are good games, but.... IMO, Tomb Raider is the better Indiana Jones. Doesn't beat the typical Indiana Jones humour and style though.
  5. Take all this with a pinch of salt, as i have the tendency to put things a bit more drastic than they are. Actually, i'm re-installing Rise of the Tomb Raider ATM, simply because i want to give it another go, after having nothing to play at the moment… wouldn't be the first game which i dismissed, re-approached, and found not bad at all. Even though i definitely have the impression that nowadays games are tailored to a different crowd than they were tailored to 15 years ago. Especially the amount of action highlights makes me wish they'd do a whole lot of "less is more". You know how many action highlights Tomb Raider legend has in the intro sequence? 1 maybe. In the same time, the reboots have 50.
  6. TBH, i couldn't even get past the 2nd guard on the ship... no idea how to enter the room from the boiler room with the metal surface. The guard always sees or hear me, when i try to enter.
  7. Just gave Rise of the Tomb Raider a spin again, because i have it in my Steam library. Still don't like it.Feels like playing a movie, without any challenge. Dozens of cutscenes, and "Press E at the right moment" actions, and a 100 action highlights a minute. And whenever there is a moment where there is a slight sparkle of a puzzle, Lara reveals the solution after 5 seconds of standing still... seriously, the reboots are more like a casual James Bond action film, than really in the vein of what the series always represented. Oh, and the graphics, animations, and facial expressions are absolutely great, state of the art. Yeah, right, as if that was the main ingredient for a good game. The reboots kind of exemplary represent what's wrong with games these days.
  8. It wasn't sarcasm, i really mean it. Sometimes, when you have a positive general impression of a game, it can make you think that certain aspects of the game were great, even though they may not have been. Even though i still think MD's story wasn't half bad.
  9. You're right. Funnily, i didn't even perceive MD's story as thin, or hardly existant. But, i'll be cautious, because, sometimes your perception can really trick you.
  10. Dunno, i found it had a story. Although, typically, i play such a game for the atmosphere, gameplay, game world, and the quests. You know, if you do all the side quests, you can easily forget about the main story completely...
  11. I know i smited Mankind Divided, before i gave it another chance. Now, i'd say it is better in almost all regards, compared to HR. Really had a lot of fun with it.
  12. I really like the artwork of Deus Ex 2. If only the levels wouldn't be so claustrophobic.
  13. I used to like movement in TDS, back when i played it through the first 2 times. Now, movement seems pretty clumsy, also compared to TDM. I think TDM has the best movement of all the Thief's, it's really well done. Whenever i play the first 2 Thief's now, i miss the mantle, and silent falling of TDM.
  14. I wanted to write a reply to the original post, but, i'm afraid, you have already built your opinion, so, i don't really see a point in replying anymore. "Capitalism is the illness". No need to argue with that, because, if you feel like you can wrap up a complex topic in one sentence, which defeats any rational arguing, which could change that attitude, it's really wasted time. See, i could tell you that it takes a lot more than average abilities, and being "at the right spot at the right time", but, what would the point be? Capitalism is the illness anyway.
  15. TBH, the biggest issue i have with it is that i just can't identiy myself with the protagonist too much. Rather seems like a gathering of discrimination stereotypes (female, black, lesbian). Typical for games or movies these days. At least in Dishonored 2, you could choose a female and male character. Gameplay is great, though, so...
  16. Yeah. I'm finishing Death of the Outsider at the moment, and, it's pretty great. Regading your playthrough of Dishonored 2, if you don't remember the former missions very well, why not start from the beginning again? TBH, i personally hate getting back to a game i stopped playing months or years ago, and then trying to find into it again. But then, i have a pretty bad memory, so, if yours is better, then you may not have any issues with that.
  17. Now if they'd just do something good with it...
  18. Good question... as far as i'm concerned, most of the good missions are also well known. As you mentioned Lords & Legacy, that was a good one. I don't have the feeling that it went under the radar, though. Maybe some of the more unusual missions, like The Gatehouse, or A House of Locked Secrets. Those were really excellent, and, would be a shame if people pass on those, just because they're not the regular menu.
  19. Hmm... there's always stuff like that in mods or community remakes, i'm afraid. After initially being pretty hyped about Deus Ex Revision, for example, i pretty much hated it, when i played it after the release. Shame really, Dagger of Xian looks very good from the video.
  20. Did one of you try that Tomb Raider Dagge of Xian demo? http://tombraider-dox.com/ Always wanted to try it out, but, never did.
  21. Well, don't get me wrong, I'd personally never switch to any of those now. I have a feeling it would be the best though, for the people complaining that Chrome, Windows, and Nvidia are what they are.
  22. No worries. It isn't my mother tongue either. The issue i have with threads like these is that i just don't feel as if they're about the actual topic announced. Rather, generally, anti-business. Again, if you don't care about Google, Microsoft, whatever, there's alternatives. If you decide to use Google, you have to be aware that it's their product, and you use it for what it is. Asking Google to exclude Google is like asking Porsche to exclude anything what Porsche is about in one of their cars. Imagine how i had to laugh when Google announced an adblocker in Chrome. An adblocker. In a Google browser. How perverse can it get? The company which is responsible for 90% of the advertisement on the net, whose whole business model is based on advertising introduces an adblocker in their browser. Really, this world is extremely nuts for the most part of it these days. And that's not because of the companies.
  23. No, where did i say that? Evangelizing for a browser is hardy politics though. Not in the sense of Anti-Google, Anti-Microsoft, or Anti-Nvidia, as it is presented daily here and elsewhere. I just wished people would use Firefox, Linux and AMD, if they're so pissed off by those companies, and their "power", instead of trying to evangelize everyone. It isn't about Google, Microsoft or Nvidia anyway. It's about attitude. And, i can think and act for myself. Don't need self proclaimed apostles to tell me what to think and what to do.
  24. That's sort of what i hated about the new Wolfensteins. You sneak through ventilation shafts, and kill soldiers silently, just to end up in a room after a cut scene, having to shoot from all barrels, with a seemingly never ending stream of enemies spawning. Return to Castle Wolfenstein at least halfway let you play your way. The modern action games force you to play the way the developers intended.
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