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DiRT 2, has held my attention for a long time now. Played the Demo of Mafia II on Steam and fancy getting it. Still playing FIFA 10 on 360 and pumped for 11.
Just Cause 2 is the antithesis to Mafia 2 in regards to free roaming.
I've clocked about 100 hours and have barely done any of the main story line. It has a few shortcomings, but overall it's an enjoyable game. Looks great with Eyefinity too.
And yeah, Mafia 2 is a good game that could have been a great game, had they not obviously cut so much out of it. It makes you wonder if the content was cut just to make more money from DLC content, or whether they had their fingers up their bums for the last seven years
Runs damn well too - In game settings maxxed @ 1920x1200 with APEX on medium. It bogs down a little in heavy gunfights because of the physx+no nvidia card, but not enough to warrant turning it off.
It is a good game. It felt very Bioshock-ish in some ways though.
Although, the Russian aspect didn't feel Russian enough. It felt like an alternative CCCP where the Russians weren't actually Russian.
The texture streaming bug was a minor PITA too.
Game looked much better the second time around with this - Playwrite: Singularity automated streaming texture patch
There's also the official patch addressing the issue as well - Download Singularity Patch 1.1 - This is the latest patch for the game Singularity - Softpedia.
Bottom line... Streaming issues gone
Well... we are talking time manipulation, ergo changing the course of history so....
Left4dead 1-2
shellshock 2
call of juarez
prince of persia
re install resident evil 4
waiting on max panye 3 to come out
Sherlock homes a detective game
Cool - I'll have to replay with that streaming fix.
As for changing the course of history, well, the game world Russians were like that before any time manipulation.
So I'm going to have to go with 'a conscious decision for easy accessibility for a target demographic' than time manipulation
It's a pity though, because realistically, it did hurt the atmosphere of the games setting.
The S.T.A.L.K.E.R series was a little too Russian and inaccessible, but Metro 2033 did a pretty good job of capturing the atmosphere of the locale whilst retaining accessibility.
Finished Mafia 2 chapters,enjoyed it alot but was a bit short and no free roam...well there is but you need to download a mod for it so its unnoficial...and resets some of your stats!
Im hoping the new DLC for Mafia 2 wont cost alot,If it does i wont bother buying it.
I was thinking of re-installing GTA IV,ive never done all the missions!