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  5. Posted

    Yea it would be nice, for sure. I noticed when I search for the level it doesn't show up, but if you search for "KaboomzZz" my halo level shows up (has a picture of a warthog), You can get to my levels through that if needed.

    ...

    Anyway, work tomorrow, if I find my camera I'll try to get a video up.

    Goodluck to everyone else in the contest.

    Holy crap. Consider me amazed.:eek:

  7. Posted

    I completed the demo mission now and I'm still kind of ambivalent about it. The whole level was practically a tutorial -- the game told me everything I needed to do. I sure hope this was meant as a tutorial and not all levels are like this. But on the whole it does seem a notch or two down from the quality of the previous games.

    The whole demo level definitely is a tutorial-- in fact, it's the tutorial level from the full game (which is sort of amazing, considering how much work was obviously put into it.)

    That said, the rest of the levels in the full game are completely different from the tutorial (which makes it a bad choice for a demo...) As far as I've heard, Blood Money is actually the most open-ended of the series. Other points: the stealth/disguise system has been smoothed out from the previous games, which is nice. 47 sneaks more quickly and disguises are more effective. All the levels take place in populated civilian locales (as opposed to the military installations from Hitman 2 for instance.) 47's abilities have been expanded greatly. See: taking human shields; using melee attacks to knock out enemies; THROWING shit (knives, mines, claw hammers, distractions such as coins); being able to carry anything in that case of his (check it out in the demo-- you can hide the shotgun and the mine in the sniper case :yep: ) Plus the graphics are way nicer.. and have you seen the crowd scenes from the full game? Have you SEEN them?? They updated the engine to allow for 3000 realtime characters to populate a level. 47 wading through a crowd, fading into the mob to evade his pursuers... the videos I've seen are amazing.

    Oh yeah, and the story of the full game-- in each mission, 47 is tasked with taking out his target, while also being hunted by other hitmen from an eccentric rival agency! I'm a sucker for outlandish assassins, but the hunter/hunted thing itself is really cool.

    I'm super stoked on the game.. the demo is meant to show off all the mechanics from the game in a relatively controlled environment. It's linear, but you can ignore most of the tutorial prompts if you want. I've been having a blast with it. I loved the first game, and the second and third not so much... I'm really hoping that Blood Money will finally be a real return to form.

  10. Posted

    hey guys check this out:

    Map Contest Winners:

    Grand Prize Winner: (F.E.A.R. skinned Alienware PC) Caverns 11 by LK

    2nd Prize Winners: ( NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series Video Cards)

    Garage by Tyler A.

    Complex 10 by The_One

    Resident Evil by Steve Gaynor

    3rd Prize Winners: (F.E.A.R. Prize Packs)

    Operation Masada by VMan

    Aftermath by Hevoc

    Anyway by Fatal Justice

    Holocaust by Dementia13

    You guys helped get me into the second tier, and I've got you all to thank for the Nvidia card that'll be coming my way! Thumbers across the globe will hold a special place in my heart as I play FEAR at a million frames per second on my sweet new GeForce 7900. Thanks again guys!

    Next time... I'm goin for the gold :mock:

    And also... I'll insist they actually get the name of my map right in the announcement :shifty:

  12. Posted

    they've got time to tighten up the system.. but maybe considering their overall lower financial investment, they can't afford the infrastructure to support an Xbox Live-like matching service.

  15. Posted

    For the first time ever I heard something genuinely funny from Sam & Max, or rather, something I didn't see coming a mile away or thought was predictable in terms of dialogue. I think it's in good hands with TellTale, because it seems to come out really sharp and clever. The trailer was a lot smarter than the old Lucasarts' one.

    I am left completely aghast at how someone can say so many completely wrong things in just three sentences.

  16. Posted

    "[Note: A representative told us that the F.E.A.R. Extraction Point expansion will likely make it into the Xbox 360 game.]"

    Perhaps the instant action mode will make its way into the PC version of the Extraction Point expansion as well?

  17. Posted

    I will have a Wii for the interface alone, and the awesome games that will undoubtedly follow.

    I may be forced to buy a PS3 if Metal Gear Solid 4 and Assassin's Creed are both exclusives. I just won't be able to pass them up.

    I'm not sure why I would want a 360. I don't like Halo.

  23. Posted

    For some reason I 'have multiple profiles associated with this account'. 5 to be exact.

    You are now back in the lead sir. :tup:

    ;(

    I appreciate the sentiment sir! But I just want to make sure any voting stays legit... I don't know what the reaction will be when the admins see my map get five votes from your multiple profiles all back to back... I just don't want to risk disqualification, you know. I'm not just picking on Nick, this is more a general note along the lines of "please nobody create multiple accounts just to vote" or anything like that. Let's have a clean fight, people! Thanks again to everyone who's voted.

    If you want to check out the map without having to register for fileplanet, it's mirrored here as well: http://www.vgpro.com/file/12263_residential_evil.zip.html

    :gaming: