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If you go headlong into the bad guys in Riddick, like it seems you were doing, you're going to die. It's supposed to be difficult that way! It's all about sneaking about in the shadows and catching them unawares.
teamonkey wrote:If you go headlong into the bad guys in Riddick, like it seems you were doing, you're going to die. It's supposed to be difficult that way! It's all about sneaking about in the shadows and catching them unawares.
Bit difficult to do that at the start, as there seemed (to me at least) only a T junction out of the cell, with no place to hide and enemies coming at me from different directions/doors.
Probably just not my sort of gameplay though, shame, as I'd have liked to play as Riddick.
I've finally got around to trying some of these demos.
I just tried the Wanted demo. Seems to be like Dark Sector. Is it me, or is it not possible to choose the difficulty level in the demo? It's on 'pussy' which is way too easy for me. I mean, the tutorial goes on about using cover, curving bullets, etc, then I found that all you have to do is run up to someone and press B for an instant kill. I hope the higher difficulty levels don't allow this.
I thought Wheelman was crap. This kind of thing has been done way better in other games, ones made by Rockstar for example.
I generally liked HAWX though. I had fun flying around shooting things, trying the different modes. It's got me in a mood for a plane combat game. The problem was that I then tried the Ace Combat 6 demo, and thought that was much better despite being two years older. So I've actually ordered Ace Combat instead. Sorry Tom Clancy!
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Just tried the Riddick demo. Saved the best for last! That was excellent, and definitely something I'm going to get. I got on fine with it personally, although I knew what to expect from the comments here. Also I've played through The Darkness, which might have helped too. I didn't die at all!
OK, so one of my drones died, but that was my fault for being too hasty.
"In case of a nuclear attack, the protection of records is essential, if this country is to carry on its economy, and maintain our way of life."
chub wrote:
I just tried the Wanted demo. Seems to be like Dark Sector. Is it me, or is it not possible to choose the difficulty level in the demo? It's on 'pussy' which is way too easy for me. I mean, the tutorial goes on about using cover, curving bullets, etc, then I found that all you have to do is run up to someone and press B for an instant kill. I hope the higher difficulty levels don't allow this.
I was able to choose the difficulty level at the start.
I did kill some with the B button, but some you can't get directly to, so shooting is the only option.
chub wrote:Just tried the Riddick demo. Saved the best for last! That was excellent, and definitely something I'm going to get. I got on fine with it personally, although I knew what to expect from the comments here. Also I've played through The Darkness, which might have helped too. I didn't die at all!
OK, so one of my drones died, but that was my fault for being too hasty.
So, you thought Wanted was too easy, but you didn't die in Athena either and that was okay? Make up your mind.
PVB wrote:I was able to choose the difficulty level at the start.
How? On the difficulty screen I pressed left, right, up, down on the d-pad and left stick, and the option wouldn't budge from 'pussy'.
PVB wrote:So, you thought Wanted was too easy, but you didn't die in Athena either and that was okay? Make up your mind.
Erm, yeah . I didn't say Riddick was easy, just that I didn't die. In that game I knew I would die if I went rushing in, and so I played that more stealthily, except the part where I did rush in with my drone, which promptly died, proving my stealth decision the right one. In Wanted however, I was playing it 'properly' to start with, using cover etc, but then noticed that even after being shot I wasn't dying (thanks to the regenerating health), so I gave up being stealthy and just rushed in stabbing away, which worked just fine. Can't do that in Riddick, and I hope you can't do that in Wanted either at a higher difficulty level.
"In case of a nuclear attack, the protection of records is essential, if this country is to carry on its economy, and maintain our way of life."
PVB wrote:I was able to choose the difficulty level at the start.
How? On the difficulty screen I pressed left, right, up, down on the d-pad and left stick, and the option wouldn't budge from 'pussy'.
I'm downloading the demo again to see, but all I did was confirm the Pussy level, so you may be right in what you found.
If Riddick needs a Metal Gear Solid level of stealthy play, then it's definitely not the game for me, as I've never got on well with that sort of stuff.
PVB wrote:
If Riddick needs a Metal Gear Solid level of stealthy play, then it's definitely not the game for me, as I've never got on well with that sort of stuff.
just not your
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PVB wrote:
If Riddick needs a Metal Gear Solid level of stealthy play, then it's definitely not the game for me, as I've never got on well with that sort of stuff.
just not your
Doesn't seem that way.
Checked Wanted and yes, the only difficulty setting in the demo is Pussy.
If the full game difficulty is the same as the demo, then I may be able to play it on Assassin/Normal.
Having loved The Darkness I was really looking forward to Riddick, but what a shit demo.
Not having played the previous game I had no idea what the hell I was doing and constantly getting killed while you find out, as PVB has also discovered, is no bloody fun at all.
I stuck with it though and even if The Darkness did everything better IMO, I did start to enjoy it.
So I'm tempted, but they better fix some of the bugs before it's released. I've come across several floating weapons, got stuck in the scenery in an endless walking animation and had to completely restart once when the section where you take over a drone wouldn't kick in.
. I didn't say Riddick was easy, just that I didn't die. In that game I knew I would die if I went rushing in, and so I played that more stealthily, except the part where I did rush in with my drone, which promptly died, proving my stealth decision the right one. In Wanted however, I was playing it 'properly' to start with, using cover etc, but then noticed that even after being shot I wasn't dying (thanks to the regenerating health), so I gave up being stealthy and just rushed in stabbing away, which worked just fine. Can't do that in Riddick, and I hope you can't do that in Wanted either at a higher difficulty level.
just not your 
