05-09-2003, 02:22 AM
Hail WarLocke,
I was also in the AC2 beta, and it seems I was turned off as much as you. It was hard, but a friend persuaded me to try it again (Unforunately he reached level 50 and quit when I joined). AC2 has come a long way in creatures/experience/ and questing from beta; but I guess they don't friggin care about the skill system. It's beyond bad right now, so many, many useless and unbalanced/untested skills. The community is definitely speaking out about the skills, but they don't seem to care. Even if they revamp each skill I won't go back now, too disgusted. (BTW, Microsoft seems fairly desperate now; giving a free 15 day trial account. No CC needed either)
Elite Force II didn't seem to interest me either (especially a minor jumping puzzle and lame creatures in start of demo) but after I advanced some; the game really started to pick up. Sure, nothing is totally new, but they execute the game fairly well. Is it absolutely worth buying? I'd say no. Is it worth playing the free demo? I definitely think so. I guess Planetside/Half-Life 2/Doom 3 will serve as the major FPSers.
Knights of the Old Republic also interest me a great deal. Really one of the games I'm looking forward to playing this year (Mainly because it's from Bioware).
I was also in the AC2 beta, and it seems I was turned off as much as you. It was hard, but a friend persuaded me to try it again (Unforunately he reached level 50 and quit when I joined). AC2 has come a long way in creatures/experience/ and questing from beta; but I guess they don't friggin care about the skill system. It's beyond bad right now, so many, many useless and unbalanced/untested skills. The community is definitely speaking out about the skills, but they don't seem to care. Even if they revamp each skill I won't go back now, too disgusted. (BTW, Microsoft seems fairly desperate now; giving a free 15 day trial account. No CC needed either)
Elite Force II didn't seem to interest me either (especially a minor jumping puzzle and lame creatures in start of demo) but after I advanced some; the game really started to pick up. Sure, nothing is totally new, but they execute the game fairly well. Is it absolutely worth buying? I'd say no. Is it worth playing the free demo? I definitely think so. I guess Planetside/Half-Life 2/Doom 3 will serve as the major FPSers.
Knights of the Old Republic also interest me a great deal. Really one of the games I'm looking forward to playing this year (Mainly because it's from Bioware).