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Jagged Alliance II
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by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/01/2003, 3:13pm PDT |
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I had anticipated having numerous problems and hang ups with this game. But -- to go back to that one thread where we were giving video games female personalities -- JA2 is the kind of gal who just doesn't give you any shit.
Anyway, two things:
1) There had been exactly one example of a satisfying use of shotgun in gaming before JA2. It was when you pick up the super shotgun for the first time in Doom II. It otherwise is a no-imagination, terribly standard weapon and while I will give it props for its use in fending off real-world home burglaries, it has brought nothing new to the table in many games for a long while now. I don't know if it was because of the sound, because it was unexpected, because it showed up first in the hands of an enemy or because it -- after the hands of the first enemy that possessed it were blown into a pulpy red mist by my d00ds, was picked up by another enemy and used on me again... but it showing up in this thing like it did was "gaming magic." When I eventually got control of it, the first time I used it was when having Fox crawl into somebody's home and then getting into a crouching position in front of a window, where she blew the LIVING FUCK out of some poor, surprised gonad on the unfortunate end of the window, and even more unfortunate end of the shotgun.
They are going to put a shotgun in Tron 2.0 of all games, and I will state with confidence that its implementation will not be as solid as in JA2. I personally guarantee it.
2) A staff article needs to be written at some point detailing the top five or ten games that "you OMG have never played!!!!" or so forth, and this thing needs to be there with Torment and Freespace II.
the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey! |
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I like ths game =)!!!1 NT by Entropy Stew 06/30/2003, 8:49pm PDT 
plz tell me how 2 "be" igor LOL by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/01/2003, 3:13pm PDT 
Hmmm by Senor Barborito 07/01/2003, 3:46pm PDT 
Re: Hmmm by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/02/2003, 2:18am PDT 
Re: Hmmm by Fussbett 07/02/2003, 3:15am PDT 
Re: Hmmm by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/13/2017, 11:39pm PST 
Sacrifice is my favorite game of all time. by Fullofkittens 07/02/2003, 9:53am PDT 
I think Patch #3 lets you turn Zyzyx off. by Colonel K 07/02/2003, 11:11am PDT 
Finished it, loved the plottwist at the end. NT by Senor Barborito 07/02/2003, 10:17pm PDT 
Stayed around long enough to get the twist, didn't beat that last level. by Fullofkittens 07/02/2003, 11:04pm PDT 
The new formations were useful, too. NT by Colonel K 07/02/2003, 11:36pm PDT 
Re: Sacrifice is my favorite game of all time. by FABIO 07/03/2003, 2:07am PDT 
Re: Hmmm by foogla 07/02/2003, 4:38am PDT 
Another human likes MissionForce:Cyberstorm *swoon* NT by McMoo The AntiDrug Cow 07/07/2003, 2:47pm PDT 
What about the shotguns in Marathon 2:Durandal? NT by Lizard_Apple_Fag_King 07/01/2003, 10:21pm PDT 
For those unconvinced... by Mood: Perplexed 07/02/2003, 3:48am PDT 
Plus: spinning them around Arnold-style after each shot. NT by Mood: Perplexed 07/02/2003, 3:49am PDT 
That was the main point in their favour for me. by Lizard_King 07/02/2003, 11:42pm PDT 
counterpoint by FABIO 07/03/2003, 2:12am PDT 
He meant Blood 1 by curst 07/03/2003, 9:46am PDT 
I was fond of spraying rooms with Tommyguns akimbo -nt- by Entropy Stew 07/03/2003, 2:38pm PDT 
the b/2/2 in CS is solid, too NT by foogla 07/02/2003, 1:28am PDT 
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