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[vamsi_krishna]

till now there is no game with your "proper" storyline.

none of the games has any proper storyline.even dmc series has many flaws.

First of all.. DMC series was completely saved by the combat system and polished gameplay.. except the DMC2. And i completely don't agree with your statement that "None of the games has any proper storyline". If it is.. what are the games like God of War, Prince of Persia, Max payne, Kane and lynch, Shadow of Colossus, Secrets of Monkey Island, Call of Duty 4, Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill 2?

you have said that movies don't have proper lines.. I would comment on that.. but i will be warned for going off the thread's topic.

 

[NVIDIAGeek]

@Sun - You all are right, I'm a more of "asker" type than player. I'll change soon. BTW for Q: Crysis / WARHEAD, AC, PoP '08...I can't remember. I've completed all of 'em once I bought, but not with CoJ: BiB.

 

[dinjo_jo]

Red faction guerilla leaked ón internet.

 

[quan chi]

First of all.. DMC series was completely saved by the combat system and polished gameplay.. except the DMC2. And i completely don't agree with your statement that "None of the games has any proper storyline". If it is.. what are the games like God of War, Prince of Persia, Max payne, Kane and lynch, Shadow of Colossus, Secrets of Monkey Island, Call of Duty 4, Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill 2?

well yes you have a point i dont deny it completely.but i am not fully incorrect.from that list i have completed Max payne2, Prince of Persia,Call of Duty 4

i wonder why havent you added mafia??

well to your query

lets take max payne agree nice story.perfect story for a game.
similarly pop even pop has many flaws (i forgot those now)but has storyline perfect for a game.

cod4.well its still one of my favourite fps games i have ever played.

but for proper storyline i beg to differ.

almost all of the above titles FOLLOWS LINEAR storyline.example:-take cod4

story:-main mission:- hunt down terrorist imran zakhev,
submission:-search for his son.
now add a bit of captain price's background(zakhev's history)
and add some fantastic gameplay element (like spice) in between and a thrilling climax you get cod4.

well from my experience till now there are only few games like mafia and call of cthulhu whose stories were mostly flawless and presented properly.

you have said that movies don't have proper lines.. I would comment on that.. but i will be warned for going off the thread's topic.

please read my lines again. i have clearly used these words in the prefix "even these days"

that dosent means all the current movies are worthless.but majority are.

even i can go on listing many bolly+hollywood meaningless storyline movies.but as you previously said that will also lead to offtopic.

 

[vamsi_krishna]

well yes you have a point i dont deny it completely.but i am not fully incorrect.from that list i have completed Max payne2, Prince of Persia,Call of Duty 4

i wonder why havent you added mafia??

well to your query

lets take max payne agree nice story.perfect story for a game.
similarly pop even pop has many flaws (i forgot those now)but has storyline perfect for a game.

cod4.well its still one of my favourite fps games i have ever played.

but for proper storyline i beg to differ.

almost all of the above titles FOLLOWS LINEAR storyline.example:-take cod4

story:-main mission:- hunt down terrorist imran zakhev,
submission:-search for his son.
now add a bit of captain price's background(zakhev's history)
and add some fantastic gameplay element (like spice) in between and a thrilling climax you get cod4.

well from my experience till now there are only few games like mafia and call of cthulhu whose stories were mostly flawless and presented properly.



please read my lines again. i have clearly used these words in the prefix "even these days"

that dosent means all the current movies are worthless.but majority are.

even i can go on listing many bolly+hollywood meaningless storyline movies.but as you previously said that will also lead to offtopic.

How can a story be dynamic. Every story Even the Mafia(sorry i forgot it the first time) has a linear story line and strait forward. Actually we can divide the gameplay into linear and dynamic.

Flaws in POP? I will beg to hear those.

 

[constantine]

@nvidiageek - i'd say S8 is not worth playin . the story sucks! theres absolutely nothing solid to it ! doesnt feel like a story at all feels like multiplayer. but again its upto you ?

waiting for RE5 , red faction guerrilla and AVP !

ps - District 9 - was F***in amazin! what a storyline ! hats off to Neil and peter !
MUST watch movie ! movie of the year ! for sure!

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

How many of you guys sure that a gtx 260 or gtx275 would run games like Uncharted2, killzone2, MGS4 like the ps3 did.

Not only can I guarantee that, but I am willing to bet a PS3 on it if a PC can't do better than PS3 with the graphic card you mentioned. You do realise that your comparing PS3's RSX GPU to a GTX260, which is not even comparable to an HD4850, leave alone GTX275. If there are PC versions of those games, I can bet every last penny in my a/c that it would look miles better on the PC than on the PS3. Provided it's optimised properly and coupled with the right PC hardware, nothing compares to a PC; plain and simple.

 

[quan chi]

How can a story be dynamic. Every story Even the Mafia(sorry i forgot it the first time) has a linear story line and strait forward. Actually we can divide the gameplay into linear and dynamic.

Flaws in POP? I will beg to hear those.

yes you got the point.almost all the stories of a game are linear and has to be linear.without it it will become a bit difficult for the developers to maintain the proper flow of the gameplay.

btw call of ctulhu is an exception. play it.it shows how beautifully the developers have fused two stories of hp.lovecroft into one and made this game.the narration is excellent with the presentation.
too bad it almost got unnoticed due to improper promos.

even after finishing the game (if you were not attentive during the gameplay) you will keep wondering wtf the story was.


as far as pop is concerned i have to give it another shot to recall those flaws.

Not only can I guarantee that, but I am willing to bet a PS3 on it if a PC can't do better than PS3 with the graphic card you mentioned. You do realise that your comparing PS3's RSX GPU to a GTX260, which is not even comparable to an HD4850, leave alone GTX275. If there are PC versions of those games, I can bet every last penny in my a/c that it would look miles better on the PC than on the PS3. Provided it's optimised properly and coupled with the right PC hardware, nothing compares to a PC; plain and simple.

yes a ps3 gpu is roughly equivalent to a 7800gtx.
so comparision of it with a 8800gt will also be non reasonable.

 

[tkin]

Yeah, how much can anyone make anymore realistic? Crysis' & GTA IV's graphics are more realistic than any game till date. I don't know how much more they can improve graphics of games. GTA IV's graphics are realistic, how can they improve more than that?

@tkin - As cyborg47 said, we can't judge right now. There's not even a trailer, so it might be more awesome. darkSector's graphics were dull on the consoles, whereas the PC version's graphics was awesome. But, Crysis 2 is sure gonna rock!

@constantine - Hell man! I'm half done dwnldin', it's 2.57 Gigs, stoppin' it now makes me cry. PHUC! Maybe I'll like it. Is it worth tryin'?

GTA 4 was NOT realistic, not at all, it looked good, the lighting was pretty, a lot of Bloom and stuff BUT its no where close to matching Crysis, even after 2 yrs Crysis is still the most visually impressive game out there. There's no trailer but any game that can run on console can not even look close to Crysis, Cevat Yerli pointed that out in an interview. Even related to Crysis 2 he said that it will not look as good as the Crysis in consoles, it will be the best looking game on a CONSOLE.

 

[NVIDIAGeek]

@constantine - Thank you for replyin'. I thought of watchin' District 9, but somehow I didn't. By lookin' at you, praisin' that, I'm gonna watch it. New AvP game, eh?

Thank you, tkin for praisin' Crysis for it's awesome visuals. It's THE realistic visual game ever created. As I said earlier, it'll be beaten only by Crysis 2.

 

[cyborg47]

@tkin- i dont think crysis 2 will be the best looking console game, from what i've seen in the GDC demo...anyway, may be they'll optimise it better.

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

Currently playing:
Batman Arkham Asylum [PC]
Red Faction: Guerilla [PC]
Ninja Gaiden II [X360]

 

[JojoTheDragon]

Hey ETHAN how is Red Faction: Guerilla ? Would you please tell me what kind of gameplay is in this game?

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

I'm really enjoying the game. It's a bit similar to Mercenaries 2 (not entirely though). Gameplay is simple, you need to perform certain pre-determined tasks which would unlock your missions. You form a part of the Red Faction: Guerilla unit. Your main objective is to destroy critical stronghold points of EDF (Earth Defense Force), which is an organisation terrorising Martian residents (humans) and forcing them to work as per their rules. I haven't gone far into the game to know the full storyline and since I haven't played the earlier instalments, I'm pretty much clueless as to who is doing what.

Your task mainly involves driving to certain key locations indicated on the map/GPS. The area in mars has been split into six sectors; Parker, Eos, Dust, Oasis, Free fire zone and Badlands. Each sector has it's EDF bases in them and you need to destroy these bases to reduce EDF's control over them and eventually gaining control over that sector. You start off with the Parker sector. The EDF bases are marked in blue, they have a priority level assigned to them; Medium and Maximum. Based on this level you can expect the number of enemies that barge in on you and also it's importance level. Medium had relatively less number of enemies and Maximum, well I don't know yet as I haven't been to one, but I'm expecting it to be large enemy concentration in there. Pretty much everything in this game is destructible, courtesy; haVok physics.

You need to destroy a lot of location and once you do that you'll have salvage remains. Salvage in this game is like your normal currency points. The more you acquire left over salvages from the destruction, the more upgrades you can perform or gain new weapons. The weapon upgrades are done at your base's safehouse by a cute British chick called Samanya. Anyway you also have certain side missions like rescuing some miners who are held captive by EDF. You also have missions wherein you need to protect Red Faction areas which are raided by EDF. Helping them out raises your morale meter and the higher your morale, the better are the chances of the Red Faction members helping you during a fight. Your morale can also drop if the civilians are killed in action or you shoot them down.

There are quite a few things which I may have not encountered. The game seems very long and is pretty engaging. Although it's not optimised at all. The frame rates take a huge hit once objects are blown off, especially when you plant satchel discharge to blow up a rebel base. It drops to as low as 12fps. I tried lowering a lot of detail, but nothing seems to work. So people with low end systems won't be able to enjoy this one. This is a complete disaster as the Xbox 360 demo performed way better than this.

 

[JojoTheDragon]

Thanks Ethan

 

[manugupta29]

Currently playing:

Resident evil 4 (pc)

JUST FINISHED THE PROTOTYPE. GOOD GAME.
GRAPHICS-6
GAMEPLAY-8
STORY-7
VALUE FOR MONEY-8
SOUND-7(VERY VERY LOW VOLUME)
OVERALL RATING-7.5

ANYBODY AGREE WTH MY RATING............PLEASE TELL ME.....

 

[vamsi_krishna]

^ You can't rate the sound effects of a game by the amount of volume

 

[topgear]

Have anybody noticed that the sound volume of prototype is painfully very low ?

Can anybody tell me how to fix this ? All of my other games are giving me perfect sound except this one.

 

[constantine]

@nvidiageek - did you watch D 9 ? liked it ?

@Ethan - RF-G rated 8.3 gamespot. and your review sounds nice too . dl-in now!

@topgear - the sound thing is cause of your audio format setting - set it to 16 bit 44100hz! works perfectly then!

damn - arkham asylum is takin forever to dl!

and whens Dark void comin out?

 

[Krow]

Have anybody noticed that the sound volume of prototype is painfully very low ?
Can anybody tell me how to fix this ? All of my other games are giving me perfect sound except this one.

Well, you have to live with it, its one of the most irritating bugs ever. I played in XP, where for movies too the volume is about 20% with my Creative 2.1. For Prototype, I got decent audio @ 85-90%. That's about all I could to solve the issue, bt I did get decent audio after cranking up the volume, dunno why others didn't.