Commented 11 years ago2012-12-24 10:06:45 UTC
in journal: #8064Comment #43858
Heh, I don't constantly harp on about The Core.
Unfortunately, it's considered a working day and you have to book it off if you don't want to come in. However, It seems equally pointless to waste my holiday allowance on 3 dreary quiet days in December when I could use them later in the year during Britain's week of sunshine.
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-29 12:47:26 UTC
in journal: #8042Comment #59912
zombieloffe - Appears on occasion tetsuo - Still here habboi - Still here daubster - Still here hunter - Now Archie, but doesn't come here anymore seventh monkey - Posts once in a blue moon. Causes multiple nerdgasms each time. ant - He loves us all. (Though I thought him and Seventh-Monkey were the same person...) madcow - Still here.
Commented 12 years ago2012-11-17 10:23:27 UTC
in journal: #8029Comment #63332
Why limit it to grunts? Why not have different variations of all enemies with different properties?
An alien slave that throws fire, a houndeye that charges up and then explodes, a faster bullsquid that spits 5 snot balls at once (that doesn't actually require any coding, other than the models .qc file) :P.
Commented 12 years ago2012-11-12 22:17:38 UTC
in journal: #8025Comment #43836
Kinda have to look it up to play it. What is it. Searching for "Eversion game" came up with some kiddy platformer involving sheep. Help a gamer out!
Also, Grey... yeah. It's not helping the genre for me. Been startled a lot now that the action is kicking off but the environments are more of the same dark grunge. I understand the concept that these environments are meant to be alien and threatening, but I've seen them in every other mod... so they're familiar and dull...
Commented 12 years ago2012-11-12 15:20:36 UTC
in journal: #8026Comment #52717
Not at all. I will be walking for 30 minutes every week day when my office moves later this month but that's about it. I used to do a 3 minute upper body pump every other day but I kinda stopped.
I think I'd be in better shape if I didn't work at all. Need to win the lottery.
Commented 12 years ago2012-11-12 10:37:15 UTC
in journal: #8025Comment #43835
Wow. Thanks for the input guys.
I guess I'm like Pb in that I don't particularly enjoy being scared, but as I said, so many games and mods fail to achieve it.
I'll certainly look at things with a more open mind though. I downloaded Grey last night and started playing through it. A few startling moments in the opening level and several disturbing scenes (At least I believe they were meant to be disturbing but I thought they were pretty tame). I'll let you know my thoughts when I get into the thick of it.
Also, I'm glad JeffMOD brought up the fallout games. They did genuinely make me fearful quite often. The deathclaws are a good example. You hear about them a few times during the game, but then one day whilst wondering around the wasteland and you see your first one, you freeze. Worst case scenario is it sees you before you see it and the music changes to a more tense tribal drum beat. You desperately spin around on the spot trying to work out whats spotted you, and then you see it, barreling over a hill a few metres away, straight towards you.
Shat a brick.
I think it plays on the uncertainty like you mentioned in your blog post Pb.
Commented 12 years ago2012-11-11 21:42:50 UTC
in journal: #8024Comment #63325
Well, I died at the part with the truck which is pretty annoying because everything up to that part was a walk in the park. Tried it a few times and each time I tried to get out (With 100hp and 25 armour) I was insta-killed by a tank.
Impressions up to that point though were not good. Some pretty horrible level design and the texturing is beyond fucked. 4/10
EDIT: I managed to get past the insanely fast instakill tank by pure chance and then I was treated to a jumping puzzle where I fell down a gap between a crate and a wall and got stuck. 2/10
Not playing anymore because it is just a horrible horrible mod.
Commented 12 years ago2012-10-29 11:52:41 UTC
in journal: #8012Comment #54473
I've only ever seen one standup act from Phill Jupitus, Quadrophobia and it still slays me today. He's hilarious on Buzzcocks too. Pity they put him on first.
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@The_(c)Striker: I have no idea where any of those images are from...
I'm sat in my coat
I'm thinking of warm sands,
blue seas and a boat
I'll make do with coffee
my mug is bright orange
It helps me to feel
...ah bollocks
for this holiday rhyme
I'd write one myself
but I don't have the time.
May your days ahead be
filled with Christmas cheer
and let's not forget
The Core's out next year.
Anyway, I've found something to work on now so the time is moving a little quicker.
16:40 - Sooo fucking bored. 20 minutes to go and each one feels like an hour...
Unfortunately, it's considered a working day and you have to book it off if you don't want to come in. However, It seems equally pointless to waste my holiday allowance on 3 dreary quiet days in December when I could use them later in the year during Britain's week of sunshine.
Also, check out The Core.
Can't get hold of any clients though.
...oh bollocks.
In light of that, I think you should change your name to "Oh God, not that guy"
Welcome back!
tetsuo - Still here
habboi - Still here
daubster - Still here
hunter - Now Archie, but doesn't come here anymore
seventh monkey - Posts once in a blue moon. Causes multiple nerdgasms each time.
ant - He loves us all. (Though I thought him and Seventh-Monkey were the same person...)
madcow - Still here.
I'm also still here but people rarely notice.
...must ...not ...photoshop
derp
An alien slave that throws fire, a houndeye that charges up and then explodes, a faster bullsquid that spits 5 snot balls at once (that doesn't actually require any coding, other than the models .qc file) :P.
Yikes. D:
Also, Grey... yeah. It's not helping the genre for me. Been startled a lot now that the action is kicking off but the environments are more of the same dark grunge. I understand the concept that these environments are meant to be alien and threatening, but I've seen them in every other mod... so they're familiar and dull...
I think I'd be in better shape if I didn't work at all. Need to win the lottery.
I guess I'm like Pb in that I don't particularly enjoy being scared, but as I said, so many games and mods fail to achieve it.
I'll certainly look at things with a more open mind though. I downloaded Grey last night and started playing through it. A few startling moments in the opening level and several disturbing scenes (At least I believe they were meant to be disturbing but I thought they were pretty tame). I'll let you know my thoughts when I get into the thick of it.
Also, I'm glad JeffMOD brought up the fallout games. They did genuinely make me fearful quite often. The deathclaws are a good example. You hear about them a few times during the game, but then one day whilst wondering around the wasteland and you see your first one, you freeze. Worst case scenario is it sees you before you see it and the music changes to a more tense tribal drum beat. You desperately spin around on the spot trying to work out whats spotted you, and then you see it, barreling over a hill a few metres away, straight towards you.
Shat a brick.
I think it plays on the uncertainty like you mentioned in your blog post Pb.
Also, I've seen some of Cry of Fear's gameplay. It's largely pretty dull and the enemy models are hilariously bad.
Frankly though, 250mb for this thing is just unnecessary.
Impressions up to that point though were not good. Some pretty horrible level design and the texturing is beyond fucked. 4/10
EDIT: I managed to get past the insanely fast instakill tank by pure chance and then I was treated to a jumping puzzle where I fell down a gap between a crate and a wall and got stuck. 2/10
Not playing anymore because it is just a horrible horrible mod.
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