Sunday Commentary - 9/12/04

[zer0]

ditto, though Id still look around the island for a hang glider ;)

...me, i'll look for other gamerz on the island and invite them to play farcry multiplayer... :ORDER:

[jnd3]

...well, thats true... but lets say you are trapped on a deserted island with only limited supply of food and a Gaming PC, what game will you pick, FarCry or Doom3(only one game is allowed to be installed on the PC)... I'll pick FarCry... :ORDER:

Man, if I had only one game to play I'd have to go with something like KOTOR or Medieval: Total War for replayability purposes. :)

I played Doom 3 before I started Far Cry ('cause I got it first). I really liked Doom 3 (for the most part), except for "the marine" being a rather detached and unsympathetic main character. Now that I've finished Doom 3 I've started Far Cry, and I actually find it less compelling than Doom 3. Jack Carver might have a little more character development going on, and the graphics are peachy, but it just hasn't grabbed me yet. I'm going to keep playing it through (at least until I've gotten my $20 worth out of it), but so far I'm not liking it as much.

[rabblerouser]

I enjoyed Doom 3 once I got used to it - it took me 3-4 hours. The atmosphere of the game is great.

At the end of the day though, I would give the nod to Far Cry. The first few levels aren't anything special but the game gets a lot better.

[dropper]

Played them both, finished them both, really enjoyed both. To me, both games were different, but compelling. Several times in both games I just had to stop and look at the scenery.

Found a time that I didn't go the "right" way in Far Cry and ended up sneaking up on a bunch of the enemies. They appearantly had trigger points and just stood there as I killed them.

After Far Cry, I was able to go straight into D3. I had a huge empty feeling when I finished Doom 3. I really got into the game and when completed was almost like a little death. I had spent so much time on these two games. I have a huge need for the next game, which will probably be HL2.

The delay of HL2 is perfect now.

Keith