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I gave another reviewscore bomb a chance though; Blacksite: Area 51.
Here is my review bomb for it ...
- Joined
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I gave another reviewscore bomb a chance though; Blacksite: Area 51.
Here is my review bomb for it ...
"If it was released earlier in the year, Blacksite: Area 51 might have been worth some time for shooter fans hungry for something to play. But in this extremely crowded fall release season, there are so many excellent shooters available that this isn't worth a second look."
Then time passes, and you yet again find yourself in a drought of decent games.
The sideeffect of playing too much is that you eventually run out of the good stuff.
territory is everything is the civ games. the ai slaps downs those settlements for good reason and you should as well. even if you can't grow the city and slowly ebb their borders out through influence (religion, culture, etc.) its still a valuable tool in attrition by taking away what would otherwise be a city with full access to all of its resourse tiles. these strategies can be risky as it can stretch your civ thin, but as i nearly always played noble level, or even warlord for some of the scenarios, the ai isn't to ruthless.
Hehe ... and I am a full believer in trying a variety of stuff and hoping to find the diamond in the rough.
Installed Dungeon Siege on the netbook, for one purpose of course - Ultima V Lazarus! Got it installed and just started. Hope to actually finish this time!
Also installed but haven't started Beyond Divinity ...
Mike, Mike, you need DS for more that just Lazarus. U6P is coming this year )
Still working thru Bioshock. Had my second crash over the weekend, literally seconds before completing a rather long level. Upset me a good bit. I played that level in a single sitting, so I very well might not have a mid-level save. Going to have to resurrect the "save early, save often" mentality, me thinks.
you got a free save at the beginning of each level and if you used more than 1 save beyond that you rank went down. more than 3 another rank. some console games do that as well but those are usually for games that have little meaningful replay value besides the bonuses themselves.
i also enjoy save 'zones'. would have been cool if the vita-chambers had done just that and served as the only place you could save your game. maybe if i replay bioshock i'll try playing with only saving while standing next to one...could be cool.
Windows Live cancels out your non-WL saves; that could be your problem!!
Playing on easy like I am, death is not an issue, even for an FPS idiot like me. The only time I save is when I stop playing (plus the start-of-map autosaves). Well, I take that back--I did save the game before killing Cohen in Fort Frolic, since I wasn't sure how that would go. Since I know the half-way points, I might have to start saving somewhere in that timeframe.I only allowed myself to save twice per level in Bioshock, once at the beginning of, and once in (what I guessed was) the middle of each one. I also forced myself to reload if I was killed, rather than use a Vita-Chamber. I guess that was my attempt to add more tension to the game.