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Re: Too bad, I was also looking forward to this one. by Lizard_King 07/12/2007, 11:50am PDT
Jerry Whorebach wrote:

I just finished Doom 3 for the first time on Xbox. (Short review: TimeSplitters 3 came out the same year and was loads better, but I didn't exactly feel ripped off by Doom 3 at $15, either. 79%) Now I'm looking for more of the same but better. Please rank these titles in order of quality:


I'm confident if you got the Darkness for a similar price it would be an acceptable compromise. Give it a few months.

It's a difficult situation you put me in for some of these, but I'll do my best to rank them.

FEAR (360) : Easily the best gameplay, control, enemy ai, etc out of the games. The marginal storyline and horror effects are just that, but it is the only one of these that I would qualify as a good shooter in addition to a decent horror game. It's a little dated, and flagrantly overpriced for a port, but it's actually a good game above and beyond the very forgiving (on the part of the players) horror genre.

Condemned (360) : While the gameplay and execution are simply awful, the repetitiveness painful, and the technology off and on, Condemned squeaks in above Darkness because it was a launch title and pretty decent as they go. Where it loses points for execution it gains some back for effort and style. I personally found it difficult to finish, but did not regret playing it. At today's bargain price I can't imagine that being any different.

The Darkness (360) : You know how I feel about this. Where it stands relative to the two above is largely because it was released after them and still managed to screw up more than they did. Now, granted, I'd take the Darkness combat (god mode) over Condemned's pussy who can't fight Silent Hill knockoff, but that's just because I don't enjoy playing the latter role even (especially) in horror games. Once it drops to less than 20$, it might rank even with Condemned.

Call of Cthulhu (Xbox) : Um, the intro alone was almost worth the 6$ I paid for the pc version. Unfortunately, the rest of the game is unplayable. There is no difficulty curve, just memorization, frustration, and frequent death you have almost no control over. Attrition might have got me through the whole game. I lost interest within hours of actually acquiring my first weapon.

The two below I don't know anything about. However, I will rank Pit Of Ultimate Darkness (KitH) over any other Canadian horror import, and possibly Garth Marengi's Darkplace (Channel 4) as the UK representative.
Zombies Ate My Neighbours (SNES)
Monster Chiller Horror Theatre (SCTV)
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So who's going to destroy The Darkness? by Lizard_King 07/11/2007, 10:42pm PDT NEW
    Too bad, I was also looking forward to this one. by Jerry Whorebach 07/12/2007, 12:24am PDT NEW
        Re: Too bad, I was also looking forward to this one. by Lizard_King 07/12/2007, 11:50am PDT NEW
            I loved Monster Chiller Horror Theater. by Zseni 07/17/2007, 9:29am PDT NEW
            So I went ahead and got The Dorkness despite it obviously looking pretty bad. by Jerry Whorebach 06/28/2008, 8:37pm PDT NEW
                "Play as Jack 'Jackie' The Jackal Estevez-Avocado Jackson." GEE THAT SOUNDS FUN NT by MAJOR SELLING POINT!!! 06/28/2008, 8:43pm PDT NEW
                I ended up returning it just before the return period expired. by Jerry Whorebach 09/18/2008, 1:06pm PDT NEW
        Does Psi Ops run on the 360? NT by Mischief Maker 07/12/2007, 2:13pm PDT NEW
            I haven't tried it. I'll get back to you if I can dig up my copy. NT by Lizard_King 07/13/2007, 4:28am PDT NEW
                I'll save you the bother. Like most Xbox games, it doesn't EVEN run on 360. by Jerry Whorebach 07/13/2007, 7:38am PDT NEW
                    Dammit. After I went through all that to get the disc back. by Lizard_King 07/13/2007, 12:48pm PDT NEW
                        How many upgrade modules before it's like post 10 minutes Psi Ops? NT by FABIO 07/16/2007, 10:17pm PDT NEW
                            You really like that game almost too much. by Lizard_King 07/16/2007, 10:37pm PDT NEW
                                It was a great game by FABIO 07/17/2007, 12:30am PDT NEW
                                    More games should put their worst levels at the very end. NT by Trenchant observation or what, eh? 07/17/2007, 1:32am PDT NEW
                                    I'm suprised they didn't make a Psi Ops mod for Half-Life 2 NT by Mischief Maker 07/17/2007, 7:32am PDT NEW
                                        It would have made HL2 more fun by FABIO 07/10/2008, 3:18pm PDT NEW
                                            WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID HELLO THAT WAS A SERIOUS FUCKING QUESTION by Grumah 07/10/2008, 3:34pm PDT NEW
                                                Re: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID HELLO THAT WAS A SERIOUS FUCKING QUESTI by Grumah 07/10/2008, 3:41pm PDT NEW
                                                    Be sure to swallow my load at the end of this. NT by Half-Life 2 07/10/2008, 4:31pm PDT NEW
                                                        Boy that sounds really shameful and bad. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 07/10/2008, 4:33pm PDT NEW
                                                    "I am not aware of anything IRL -" this excuse is always wrong and you know it. NT by Last 07/10/2008, 5:42pm PDT NEW
                                                        So crates can become translucent? ^_^ NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 07/10/2008, 6:02pm PDT NEW
                                                            If a goateed science GEEK can become an action hero, anything is possible. v_v NT by Jerry Whorebach 07/10/2008, 6:15pm PDT NEW
                                                                with an HEV suit by Grumah 07/10/2008, 6:45pm PDT NEW
                                                        immersion, suspension of disbelief? who needs em, DOOM3DOOM3DOOM3DOOM3DOOM3DOOM3 NT by Grumah 07/10/2008, 6:47pm PDT NEW
                                                Re: WHAT THE FUCK etc. etc. by Mischief Maker 07/10/2008, 6:29pm PDT NEW
                                                    I qualify everything made with the Source engine as HL2. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 07/10/2008, 6:39pm PDT NEW
                                                    Trespasser: Better than HL2? NT by FABIO 07/10/2008, 9:04pm PDT NEW
                                                Re: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID HELLO THAT WAS A SERIOUS FUCKING QUESTI by FABIO 07/10/2008, 9:07pm PDT NEW
                                                    HL2 vs psiops by Grumah 07/11/2008, 8:25am PDT NEW
                                                        Re: HL2 vs psiops by FABIO 07/11/2008, 11:12am PDT NEW
                                                            5.1 SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM AND AN ICE BOX AND CUPBOARD FULL OF FOOD WHILE LITTLE NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 07/11/2008, 11:23am PDT NEW
                                                                non linear torture gameplay NT by Grumah 07/11/2008, 11:31am PDT NEW
                                            Well we never had to play it with DirectX 8 on a Pentium 3 :( NT by the technology and prosperity bros. 07/11/2008, 1:15pm PDT NEW
            psi ops is free on fileplanet by Grumah 07/10/2008, 7:08am PDT NEW
                The game is picking up now that I can throw ragdolls around like so much um well by Grumah 07/10/2008, 11:18am PDT NEW
                    stealth bullshit and hey nice fucking buggy ass bugged out boss fight by Grumah 07/10/2008, 6:57pm PDT NEW
                        Re: stealth bullshit and hey nice fucking buggy ass bugged out boss fight by FABIO 07/10/2008, 9:06pm PDT NEW
                            Ok I am fucking finished with this game forever by Grumah 07/11/2008, 4:02pm PDT NEW
                                Even Xen is better than that level by Grumah 07/11/2008, 4:04pm PDT NEW
                                    I bought Psi-Ops last year, LIKE AN IDIOT :( by Jerry Whorebach 07/11/2008, 7:26pm PDT NEW
                                        well the first 6 hours are more fun than a lot of other games that were released NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 09/18/2008, 12:53pm PDT NEW
                Psi Ops: Better than Metalgear NT by FABIO 07/10/2008, 3:08pm PDT NEW
                    Stubbing my toe: better than Metalgear NT by Grumah 07/10/2008, 3:23pm PDT NEW
                        Stubs toe, sobs for 5 hours with slo mo matrix panning NT by FABIO 07/10/2008, 9:46pm PDT NEW
                            90 minute codec call about toes NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 09/18/2008, 12:53pm PDT NEW
 
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