Silent Hill Turbo HD II
I was trying to make fun of how Silent Hill had lost its way but I ended up making fun of fighting games. Whatever.
Deus Ex and The Treachery of Labels
Deus Ex Mankind Divided was a clumsy, tone-deaf allegory that thought it was clever, and it managed to annoy people of all political stripes.
The Best of 2012
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2012.
Shamus Plays LOTRO
As someone who loves Tolkein lore and despises silly MMO quests, this game left me deeply conflicted.
Self-Balancing Gameplay
There's a wonderful way to balance difficulty in RPGs, and designers try to prevent it. For some reason.
Goodness! You didn’t say anything negative in that entire sidebar. Who are you and where’s Shamus?
I am really enjoying this series, just a real damn shame you can’t use the existing L4D maps.
Well, you could bluescreen it, but that adds quite a bit of work, and is probably obvious.
I love my Boomer so much. I’m getting pretty decent at the long range belching, just gotta work on getting close for when I blow up.
I need to learn how to play Versus. The learning curve is incredibly steep. Very unlike a valve game. I’ve tried it a couple of times and I think I have yet to do ANY damage to a survivor. Some day I’ll go in there and I’ll win the tank raffle. That will be awesome.
They should totally do a Survival-Versus mode, though. How sweet would that be?
Yeah, they’re annoying, but ultimately useless if you find a corner and spam the push. I will take a THOUSAND of those fat bastards over ONE smoker. I HATE those guys. GOD I hate them!
@Factoid, Survivor vs. would be amazing. Might have to throttle back the tanks though, but still, unending spawns? Brilliant!
Also, learning curve for Vs isn’t that bad, it is just difficult to get near a tight knit team. Coordinate, and you will do fine.
I’m with the Punning Pundit. It’s been days on end without a vitriol-filled post in which Shamus pisses all over some game company for doing something stupid. I think I’m getttiiing th shakekssss;lkrf
@Neil Polenske: That’s not really true in Versus. By blinding the survivors and calling a horde which impedes movement, the Boomer is great for opening an assault on the survivors. (Not to mention the melee fatigue present in Versus.)
@Neil Polenske: Push does a small amount of damage, so constantly pushing a Boomer is actually not a very good idea, as it will eventually blow up in your face.
Agamo: He was referring to the pushing the common infected.
RedClyde has it, though. A well-placed Boomer is the lynchpin of almost any successful Versus strategy.
I agree that boomer is one of the most important specials. Not that he does great damage ( not usually ) but without the chaos he creates the attack of others is almost impossible.
So many games lost just because boomer was killed easily and others didn’t stand chance.
Also as finishing stranded lying survivors he’s best. someone’s on ground and puked, he’s dead soon if others are occupied ( usually with tank ).
Plus it’s fun to express your feelings by puking on a friend :-D
*blooorf*
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Anyways, nice. :D
Very nice. Thanks for this.