JBB5000 posted:

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For those who haven't seen this demo:

1) Graphics - using IAWIN's command line parameters, I can get the game running on my 8800GTX @1920x1200.
The models themselves are ok at best - they look like humanoids - nothing too spectacular and nothing too shabby either. The lighting is fantastic - looks good, the flares, crashes, bangs, booms, all there! I would say it's definitely way better than max payne 2 (graphic wise) and of course, this is UE3 - but it's not as gorgeous as Bioshock!

1b) This is not a distraction - because almost everything is destructible - the stuff that you would want to destroy can be destroyed and adds to the "fun" factor of just blowin' stuff up! It's like being in a john woo movie (if you've seen his lineup - except for that stupid broken arrow movie - uggh!)

2) The controls are not bad for WASD keyboard. I do wish the Ctrl key (to cover) is mappable to the shift key - much more convenient for me. Overall, the control is nice - you end up wasting bullets anyway and it's not that hard to hit a target - due to near unlimited bullets ;-)

3) The gameplay itself is very nice. You definitely will boot it up over and over again to achieve "hardboiled" mode. When you do, you get to play the game on hardboiled - which is pretty tough!
It is the cinematics, the shxt blowing up all over the place and the overall game feel that makes this game a good game. It is fun - I haven't tried MP mode yet - but judging by this demo, it will probably sell well. I would give it the following:

graphics: 8.5
shxt blowing up: 10
gameplay: 8
sound: 8.5
controls: 8
demo overall presentation: -1 (for no resolution/sound setups)

It's quite short on the easy/normal level play - but when you get to hard/hardboiled, it's quite challenging and longer. My favorite is the bullet time '3' key - allowing you to precise aim ;-) Shooting them in the nuts is legit lol. And they make all the Chinese gangsters look so much alike - at least there aren't any with "bowl haircuts" lol!


PS - I really feel this game is just like the movie "face/off" - one of my favorites - but it's like "face/off" on steroids when blowing stuff up - it's action packed and hopefully like the movie (which is over 2hours long), the game is lengthy as well!

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JBB5000 posted:

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For those who haven't seen this demo:

1) Graphics - using IAWIN's command line parameters, I can get the game running on my 8800GTX @1920x1200.
The models themselves are ok at best - they look like humanoids - nothing too spectacular and nothing too shabby either. The lighting is fantastic - looks good, the flares, crashes, bangs, booms, all there! I would say it's definitely way better than max payne 2 (graphic wise) and of course, this is UE3 - but it's not as gorgeous as Bioshock!

1b) This is not a distraction - because almost everything is destructible - the stuff that you would want to destroy can be destroyed and adds to the "fun" factor of just blowin' stuff up! It's like being in a john woo movie (if you've seen his lineup - except for that stupid broken arrow movie - uggh!)

2) The controls are not bad for WASD keyboard. I do wish the Ctrl key (to cover) is mappable to the shift key - much more convenient for me. Overall, the control is nice - you end up wasting bullets anyway and it's not that hard to hit a target - due to near unlimited bullets ;-)

3) The gameplay itself is very nice. You definitely will boot it up over and over again to achieve "hardboiled" mode. When you do, you get to play the game on hardboiled - which is pretty tough!
It is the cinematics, the shxt blowing up all over the place and the overall game feel that makes this game a good game. It is fun - I haven't tried MP mode yet - but judging by this demo, it will probably sell well. I would give it the following:

graphics: 8.5
shxt blowing up: 10
gameplay: 8
sound: 8.5
controls: 8
demo overall presentation: -1 (for no resolution/sound setups)

It's quite short on the easy/normal level play - but when you get to hard/hardboiled, it's quite challenging and longer. My favorite is the bullet time '3' key - allowing you to precise aim ;-) Shooting them in the nuts is legit lol. And they make all the Chinese gangsters look so much alike - at least there aren't any with "bowl haircuts" lol!


PS - I really feel this game is just like the movie "face/off" - one of my favorites - but it's like "face/off" on steroids when blowing stuff up - it's action packed and hopefully like the movie (which is over 2hours long), the game is lengthy as well!

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