Would this shit fly today? Would /v/ even tolerate this today or would you guys throw a bitch fit if a modern game had a 10 minute long on rails introduction section then another 15 minutes of no combat?
what game
>>344019112
Quack 3 Arena
Are you fucking kidding me, OP? Today they practically make games that is just that and everyone jumps with joy at how artistic they are and how games don't need gameplay/guns anymore.
>>344019112
Theif: The Dark Project
>>344018964
Normies love that kind of stuff now. The intro to Last of Us is like 15 minutes where you do nothing.
>>344018964
I didn't even like it back then.
>>344019112
Quake 2
Its really cool the first couple of times but it does get old.
Thats why you can skip it.
>>344019112
Mystery of the Druids
>>344018964
ps3 and ps4 are blu ray players and people praise them for being 10/10's
>>344018964
the half life series was boring back then and it's boring now.
Not bad, just profoundly unremarkable.
>>344019112
Tunnel Digger 2
I don't mind on rails sections with limited interaction if the setting is unique enough and the NPC chatter is interesting, stuff like Metro stations for example. Otherwise they can fuck right off, especially the "follow an NPC's back" sections, they are pure cancer.
>>344019112
The Sims
>>344019112
The 7th Guest CD ROM Adventure
>>344019112
Overwatch 2
>>344019112
Demon's Souls
I'm pretty sure that is skipable
>>344019112
Area 51.
>>344019112
Half Life. Don't listen to these other underage retards that think they're funny trying to fit in.
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>>344019418
>>344019538
>>344019483
>>344019418
>>344019338
>>344019549
>>344019575
HL1 is relevant because it's pretty much the first game that managed to add a sense of verisimilitude that worked as intended. Doesn't mean it's a good game or that it has aged well.
>>344019737
the dude's response was fucking bait anyway you retard. Nice try trying to seem morally superior though. I nod respectfully toward you
>>344019737
Stop trying to bullshit him faggot
>>344019112
It's Turok 2
Ffxiv literally has like an hour long intro sequence with barely any player agency and fans eat that shit up
>>344019112
Diablo II
>>344019112
Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries
>>344019868
>I was only pretending to be retarded!
Kill yourself you summer piece of shit.
>>344020128
that's not even his point. why you gotta get so angry in a wholesome thread like this?
>>344020128
Seems to me like you're the summerfag here who heard about "le no fun allowed on /v/" meme from reddit
>>344019112
Halo 1
>>344019737
I agree. Humor and jokes are for children. I, too, turned into an emotionless robot like you when I became an adult. Now I hate joyous activity of any sort.
>>344019868
He's fucking around too you socially stunted autist.
>>344019112
Half Life 1 :)
>>344020274
>>344020370
Not him but it's against the rules to derail threads.
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>>344020370
>>344020341
>>344020274
>>344020128
yikes. guess this thread was cool while it lasted
>>344019425
>That's why you can skip it.
you can??
how?
>>344019804
>verisimilitude
I don't even know what that means
>>344020672
do you not have google? or are you just simple?
No because I don't have ADD.
>>344020639
Just load the first actual level
>>344020742
no google in glorious Korea
>>344020672
It's hella realistic, yo.
>>344020501
>yikes
Yeah, you're from Reddit
Would it fly with who?
Most people just play and talk about videogames to, in some abstract way, be a part of a community. They don't actually enjoy playing them, it just gives them something to talk about. Whining is hip, so that's what you get. Gaming journos are clickbait, their opinions are whatever gets the most views. Fucks on this website do the same thing, they slide into whatever opinion they think fits their contrary you-won't-fool-me persona.
Would it fly with people who actually like video-games? Yes.
Would it fly with "them"? Who the fuck cares?
>>344020825
It's when you want to say realistic but also don't want faggots jump at your throat with
>le realism
>good
>smug.png
/v/ eats storygames up.
Witcher 3 was the most popular game last year, and there's been a thread up complaining about MGSV's lack of story for basically 10 months straight now.
They only shit on it when it's got a tranny in it as some bullshit excuse to justify why their story games are better than others.
>>344020790
If I wanted to watch a movie I would, they tell better stories than video games usually do anyways.
>>344018964
Today they wouldn't even let you walk around the cart or decide which window to look out of. The whole thing would be a cutscene with epic Hans Zimmer music.
>>344019112
Tomba the mighty.
You get to move around and there is a lot to see, during the walking part there is quite a bit of interaction, so it's about 100% better than the modern on-rails shit which usually continues for the entirety of the game.
>>344021049
>15 minutes is a movie
Like I said, you have ADD. Plus you can easily skip it if you aren't stupid.
>>344020868
crap, my one weakness, you've bested me.
>>344018964
Please, /v/ hates any new game that's too popular because they're too far up their own ass with contrarianism.
If this were also released today, /v/ would hate it
>>344020818
I don't think you can do that unless you saved it there, or you're playing the shit Source port.
>>344021297
I'm not really talking about HL1 specifically, just the idea that if you actually want to PLAY the game that you have ADD. My point is there are better mediums to tell a story in, and that video games are best when they're actually interactive throughout.
Half Life sucked and ruined the FPS landscape for decades, I remember thinking everyone was was crazy with how much they were praising it
>>344021472
It's true though. If we were talking about MGS4 you would have a point (except you can skip those cutscenes) but a short opening is nothing.
Is this the only good thing Gearbox has ever made?
>>344021390
Open console and type: map c1a1
Gets you to the point where you pick up the crowbar, pretty much the start of the real game. Works with no save data present.
>>344019112
Dead Space
>>344021358
>If this were also released today, /v/ would hate it
You meant this?
>>344019112
Half life
>>344021660
Memelands was alright
>>344021660
not just good but outright amazing. feels lke they actually outdid hl itself.
>>344021827
>build in aimbot
>shotgun is so versatile you might as well not pick up any other gun
casual garbage
>>344018964
Exposition when done like this is fine with me, as long as it sets the mood right
>>344022203
>build in aimbot
only for vertical shooting as you couldn't look up or down.
>shotgun is so versatile you might as well not pick up any other gun
Try and fight a cyberdemon, swarms of weaker enemies or several barons of hell with just a shotgun. If you're completely fearless, try fighting a Spider Mastermind with a shotty.
>>344022401
>fighting hordes of Imps with a shotty is hard
lmao you are the reason why cheat codes existed also you can defeat Cyberdemon with a pistol if we are talking about E2M8 because it has a fuckton of free space to move around and the AI i braindead
>>344018964
no, I wouldn't. There's a reason why HL2's intro sequence is only half as long.
HL1 was innovative in a lot of ways (the long ass intro and narrative driven things especially so) but it also came out 20 years ago, with zero improvement on the formula. This is why single player FPSes are dead.
>>344022203
>I have never played doom
>>344018964
Plenty of games have this bullshit. I replayed Bioshock Infinite for the first time a week ago and it takes forever to start. Fist you're in a row boat on the way to a lighthouse listening to two unfunny twats ramble about bullshit. When you're allowed off you climb a lighthouse, solve a stupid babby-tier puzzle and wait for a stupid scene where the sky turns red and honks at you to finish and for a door to open. Then you sit in a chair and have no interaction with the game as you are sent into the sky city and Ken Levigne jerks himself off over how great he is at creating game worlds that tell a story by having stupid propaganda posters and audio everywhere. Then you have to get baptized. Then you go to a fucking fair. Then you throw a baseball at a spacker who tells you to throw it at an interracial couple.
And then you finally get to play the game (but the gameplay is shit, so who even cares at that point).
I also played Dishonored for the first time a few weeks before that. I can't remember too clearly, but I seem to recall that you had to play hide and seek with a little girl and watch the queen get assassinated, then you get sent to jail, before the game starts.
Deus Ex:HR was terrible, too: you were forced to walk around with your cunt girlfriend like the worlds slowest, most tedious roller coaster while she had stilted dialogue with her 2D co-workers and you took a lift with some twat who talked about a firewall or some shit.
>>344018964
well considering that a lot of games already have long as fuck CGI intros I actually prefer ingame cutscenes like this.
>>344021660
Yep. And since it's a mission pack, not a game, it is accurate to say Gearbox have never made a good game.
>>344022693
>I replayed Bioshock Infinite for the first time a week ago
I meant "played"
You guys have to remember why both HL1 and HL2 have no combat sequences at the start of the game. Both games were leaps in gaming technology when it comes to shit like skeletal animations (HL1) and physics (HL2) so they made those sections to show them off ASAP.
What is Fallout 3
Seriously that shit was even longer
>>344023096
yeah, but that served as a tutorial. In HL1 it's a showcase for their new engine and introduction to Black Mesa facilities.
>>344023096
They managed to weave the character creation into the intro, so it's not a complete waste of time, at least the first time through.
>>344023059
>Both games were leaps in gaming technology when it comes to shit like skeletal animations (HL1)
No, plenty of games had skeletal animation at that point, it was the standard. Plenty of games did it better, too. Ocarina of time was on years old hardware yet looked better than HL by a country mile. Even the very first Crash Bandicoot had skeletal animation.
>>344018964
It's Full Death, it's a Console exclusive game where you place as the not smart man named Jordon Cage.
>>344023449
>Ocarina of time was on years old hardware yet looked better than HL by a country mile.
graphically OoT was worse than PC HL1 on release, though Nintendo did a better job at stylizing everything so people wouldn't notice/care. Can't say for the PS1/Dreamcast ports though
Yes, if rest of the game is good
>>344019467
>what is worldbuilding
>what is atmosphere
>what is original plot
>>344018964
fuck this game
I fell for the meme back in 06. won't fall for it again.
>>344020881
>Most people just play and talk about videogames to, in some abstract way, be a part of a community.
projection
>>344021007
W3 just has skippable dialogues and cutscenes. It's totally different from on-rails segments.
>>344026176
Nice bait, but if true you're a huge faggot. The first game actually holds up pretty well compared to a lot of modern shooters, and actually does some cool stuff with puzzles and platforming.
Countering with you during gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8PB2HCC2aQ
>>344025959
was meant for:
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>>344021660
People considered Brothers in Arms good, no?
>>344019737
>spoonfeeding retards
Cancerous fuck.
>>344022401
>Try and fight a cyberdemon, swarms of weaker enemies or several barons of hell with just a shotgun. If you're completely fearless, try fighting a Spider Mastermind with a shotty.
I have. Shotgun and supershotgun literally make anything else than bfg obsolete.
>>344022693
>you had to play hide and seek with a little girl
>had to
Were you one of the playtesters by chance?
>play dark messiah again
>horseback cutscene
>all the scenes where you have to talk to worst girl
>that part after you kill the golem where you have to raise the portcullis all the way or else it falls back down
>FUCKING GOBLINS HITTING YOU FROM 10 FEET AWAY
sequel when? arkane needs to stop working on dumb shit like prey and dishonored. maybe even an arx fatalis sequel
>>344018964
>10 minute long on rails introduction section then another 15 minutes of no combat?
Isn't this how most modern videogames are?
>>344021660
Brothers in Arms
It still blows my mind the same studio could produce a game like BiA and then a few years later release Memelands.
>playing butcher bay
>have to spend the first 2 hours of the game bumming cigarettes and getting into fistfights
>dont even get to teleport behind people and stab them like the real riddick until halfway into the game
seriously the first half of this game was so boring
>>344018964
>Would this shit fly today?
yes
>would you guys throw a bitch fit if a modern game had a 10 minute long on rails introduction section then another 15 minutes of no combat?
some falseflagging shitposters, yes.
