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I am so 90s...
Mar. 4th, 2003 02:22 pm
what decade does your personality live in?
quiz brought to you by lady interference, ltd
Mar. 4th, 2003
what decade does your personality live in?
quiz brought to you by lady interference, ltd
One of the joys of having a larger harddrive is that I can now have more than 2 or 3 games installed at a time, so I can go ahead and reinstall some games that I've been meaning to play, but haven't been able to. Just reinstalled System Shock 2, and Freespace 2 is next on the list.
Of course, the downside is the aggravation such games sometimes cause. For example, in SS2 I was just killed by a monkey with cryokinesis. That's right - a monkey with psionic powers just froze me to death, after his worm-possessed human buddy beat on me with a pipe to soften me up. Very few things are quite as embarassing as being frozen to death by a lesser primate.
However, one game I won't be reinstalling is Neverwinter Nights. I gave it a try once I got the new video card, and I was quite disappointed by the single-player campaign. While I was pleased to see some basic puzzle-solving and traps (such as the pawn chessboard puzzle just past the prison), the rest of the game felt like a 3d sub-par Diablo clone, but restricted by D&D rules. I can't imagine how someone could solo with a low-level caster in that game, since you run out of spells so quickly and lack the support that a full party provides. Perhaps the multiplayer is worthwhile, but the single-player game just left me frustrated and wanting more.
Of course, the downside is the aggravation such games sometimes cause. For example, in SS2 I was just killed by a monkey with cryokinesis. That's right - a monkey with psionic powers just froze me to death, after his worm-possessed human buddy beat on me with a pipe to soften me up. Very few things are quite as embarassing as being frozen to death by a lesser primate.
However, one game I won't be reinstalling is Neverwinter Nights. I gave it a try once I got the new video card, and I was quite disappointed by the single-player campaign. While I was pleased to see some basic puzzle-solving and traps (such as the pawn chessboard puzzle just past the prison), the rest of the game felt like a 3d sub-par Diablo clone, but restricted by D&D rules. I can't imagine how someone could solo with a low-level caster in that game, since you run out of spells so quickly and lack the support that a full party provides. Perhaps the multiplayer is worthwhile, but the single-player game just left me frustrated and wanting more.
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Mar. 4th, 2003 10:28 pmGrr. Look like no Freespace 2 for me. The game took forever to install, but ran fine once I started it up -- until the second training mission. Turns out that my old Sidewinder Precision Pro joystick has a bad habit of sending my ship into random spins while firing off all my missiles. This could make playing the game more difficult than I'd expected.
Fortunately, I have a gameport-to-USB adapter, so let's see if that helps. If not, it may be a space-sim-less life for me until I get a new joystick.
Fortunately, I have a gameport-to-USB adapter, so let's see if that helps. If not, it may be a space-sim-less life for me until I get a new joystick.
