~NightStrike#~
The Witcher (PC, Games For Windows)
2007-11-18 8:04 AM PST
The Witcher, an RPG with balls.
Graphics
The graphics and models of the witcher are beautifull. It feels a bit like Fable, but less childish. The models are very detailed.
If you've got a 8800GTX (1) videocard, you can run the game on high 1024X768, Which screws up the interface. Playing the game on 1280X1024 can make your game crash when loading levels.
The only minus on the graphics side is the long loading time of certain levels.
Mimimum Graphics card:NVidia GeForce 6600 & Ati Radeon 9800.
For further specifications see notes.
Gameplay
Next is gameplay, made with the BioWare aurora 2007 engine, is plays really nice.
There are 3 combat modes, Strong, Fast and Group. The attacks look spectacular because of motion capture, and the well picked camera angles. The OTS angle was my favorite. Looking from Over-The-Shoulder give an experience of both 1st and 3rd person RPG's.
Storyline
Then there's also storyline.
The storyline is a big red line, in which your choices have an avarage rate of effect.
In your chapter 1,you can choose to let a witch live or kill her.
In chapter 4 or so, she returns if you've let her live. But if you didn't you can still finish the quest. Which makes that choice irrelevant.
In the final chapter you must look back at your choices, fighting the rebels or the order of the flaming rose.
If you've let the witch live, she'll give you 2 potions, if not, I think she'll attack you.
When you end chapter 1, and enter chapter 2, you can't go back to the village of chapter 1.
When you end chapter 2, and enter chapter 3,
you can still enter the city of chapter 2.
But most things are rather limited.
When you've got to choose between the rebels and the order of the flaming rose, that's the critical point of choice you must pick a side.
That's the only point of a big choice.
But I believe the end of the game remains the same.
Personal opinion
The game is highly recommended for people who like both strategie and RPG.
Play the game once following your heart.
Then play it againg and do all...
Graphics
The graphics and models of the witcher are beautifull. It feels a bit like Fable, but less childish. The models are very detailed.
If you've got a 8800GTX (1) videocard, you can run the game on high 1024X768, Which screws up the interface. Playing the game on 1280X1024 can make your game crash when loading levels.
The only minus on the graphics side is the long loading time of certain levels.
Mimimum Graphics card:NVidia GeForce 6600 & Ati Radeon 9800.
For further specifications see notes.
Gameplay
Next is gameplay, made with the BioWare aurora 2007 engine, is plays really nice.
There are 3 combat modes, Strong, Fast and Group. The attacks look spectacular because of motion capture, and the well picked camera angles. The OTS angle was my favorite. Looking from Over-The-Shoulder give an experience of both 1st and 3rd person RPG's.
Storyline
Then there's also storyline.
The storyline is a big red line, in which your choices have an avarage rate of effect.
In your chapter 1,you can choose to let a witch live or kill her.
In chapter 4 or so, she returns if you've let her live. But if you didn't you can still finish the quest. Which makes that choice irrelevant.
In the final chapter you must look back at your choices, fighting the rebels or the order of the flaming rose.
If you've let the witch live, she'll give you 2 potions, if not, I think she'll attack you.
When you end chapter 1, and enter chapter 2, you can't go back to the village of chapter 1.
When you end chapter 2, and enter chapter 3,
you can still enter the city of chapter 2.
But most things are rather limited.
When you've got to choose between the rebels and the order of the flaming rose, that's the critical point of choice you must pick a side.
That's the only point of a big choice.
But I believe the end of the game remains the same.
Personal opinion
The game is highly recommended for people who like both strategie and RPG.
Play the game once following your heart.
Then play it againg and do all...
Halo 2 (PC, Vista)
2007-06-18 7:48 AM PDT
It's a good game, it really is.
If you're not going to play online, don't buy it.
The Campaign hardly lasts 20 hours, so it's over-priced for just single player.
This is where multiplayer kicks in. The multiplayer features are good,
but you must sign-up with xbox-live, create account, silver membership (free),
a lot puzzl'in and you're done.
My copy of Halo 2 included a month gold memb.
But I'm not into that right now
.
It's nice to steal a ghost from another Spartan, or Covenant.
You can play as a Spartan or a Covenant.
Dual-wielding weapons is a great thing, easy to use once you've passed 2 Campaign missions.
No, I'm not using a * Xbox controller.
Xbox controllers might be nice, but It's harder to aim, next to that, it has auto-aim, which is rather noobish.
Tide's can change quickly, example:
Slayer: Blue 27, red 52, 20 minutes remaining.
End: Blue 97, Red 100, 3 minutes remaining.
If you're not going to play online, don't buy it.
The Campaign hardly lasts 20 hours, so it's over-priced for just single player.
This is where multiplayer kicks in. The multiplayer features are good,
but you must sign-up with xbox-live, create account, silver membership (free),
a lot puzzl'in and you're done.
My copy of Halo 2 included a month gold memb.
But I'm not into that right now
.It's nice to steal a ghost from another Spartan, or Covenant.
You can play as a Spartan or a Covenant.
Dual-wielding weapons is a great thing, easy to use once you've passed 2 Campaign missions.
No, I'm not using a * Xbox controller.
Xbox controllers might be nice, but It's harder to aim, next to that, it has auto-aim, which is rather noobish.
Tide's can change quickly, example:
Slayer: Blue 27, red 52, 20 minutes remaining.
End: Blue 97, Red 100, 3 minutes remaining.
