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They do ragdoll recovery as well (ie, going from ragdoll into a 'get up' animation).

That's a tough one to do well, so kudos.
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I actually quite enjoyed it :oops:

Yeah its a complete ripoff of GTA, the only innovation is removing the humor. But i think it plays quite well
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I stuck it out for about 10 mins....



Awful.... truly awful... and wtf is the car accelerator default mapping to a button all about?

The trigger is de rigeur (woah.... is that a couplet?)

With 3 bloody processors I really wasnt expecting to see such shite slowdown.
IIRC Volition did Red Faction 1 and 2 and I thought that was overhyped shit.. They just cant seem to deliver anything thats actually good... or indeed finished. In fact aside from Red Faction I cant think of anything else they have done.

Thank god I got Hitman Blood Money. Should keep me going until Dead Rising... Altho I am finding that Hitman is seriously hard...
Dont force it up.... you'll break my heart.
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TwistedScrote wrote:With 3 bloody processors I really wasnt expecting to see such shite slowdown.
Not sure if this is true, but I read somewhere that the demo only uses 1 core. Whether or not that is possible I don't know, but I'm informed that the tearing and framerate will be fixed before release.

I dont really care either way, I will just be waiting for (real) GTA game.

Pre-ordered Dead Rising too! 8)
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TwistedScrote wrote:IIRC Volition did Red Faction 1 and 2 and I thought that was overhyped shit.. They just cant seem to deliver anything thats actually good... or indeed finished. In fact aside from Red Faction I cant think of anything else they have done.
Going back a bit, but weren't they the guys behind Freespace 2 which was amazing, closest thing I ever got to Babylon 5 on my PC. Not hugely relevant to today though I have to admit.
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Going back a bit, but weren't they the guys behind Freespace 2 which was amazing, closest thing I ever got to Babylon 5 on my PC. Not hugely relevant to today though I have to admit.


Fair enough... Freespace 2 was/is excellent. :)


It's just it seemed to be about 4 years too late to do a GTA style game when Rockstar have totally got that wrapped up. In all honesty how can you improve the best?

By best I'm referring to the settings...music...radio stations...graphics...

Missions are the only thing that are sometimes a little weak. San Andreas was Rockstars best attempt at that though.. And its WAY too close a copy of GTA for my liking, it's apparent that they just pointed at San Andreas and said 'Lets knock that up for the 360 and quick, before Rockstar get their's out'
It doesnt really show any love being shown to the title. Just a blatent cash in on someone else's work. It just feels tired and boring.

And thats in the first 10 mins.. thats got to be some kind of record!
Hell I played Rise of the Robots for longer!
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TwistedScrote wrote:Thank god I got Hitman Blood Money. Should keep me going until Dead Rising... Altho I am finding that Hitman is seriously hard...
There's a walkthrough thread in 'Playing The Games...' if you need help :D

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http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=66482

Symphony of the Night on XBLA? Oooooh. Not sure I'd get it, due to having played the PSX version to death, but for me it is the peak of the Castlevania series so will be well worth a pop.
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Haha - you gotta love the internet.

Somebody interviews someone from Microsoft and mentions that Castlevania: SOTN would be good for XBLA, dude from Microsoft agrees, and suddenly everybody is reporting it as a confirmed title.

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Dead Rising demo today apparently

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=66484
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HGFB wrote:Dead Rising demo today apparently

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=66484
Ah cool!
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yay, I shall be 'aving some of that the weekend then :D
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Snakey wrote::lol: muppets.
What you trinna say? ;)
HGFB wrote:Dead Rising demo
Please be true. *crosses fingers*
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HGFB wrote:Dead Rising demo today apparently

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=66484
In 45 minutes!

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Ratsoap wrote:In 45 minutes!

:awankywindow:
Ban request ratsoap. Untrained operatives are not permitted to deploy the wankywindow where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available
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