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Post by Liek on Jan 16, 2004 17:15:17 GMT -5
I'll be writing a review for this soon, what with the lack of much school next week. For now, read this review, and you'll know why I like this game. www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages3/561353.aspWhy did I make this thread? Whenever theres a new review up, it gets a thread. I guess this is a preview.. Or I just felt like making a thread. Long story short... review soon! |
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Post by BELETH the Mighty on Jan 16, 2004 19:32:35 GMT -5
That may not be necessary...I've heard from several sources now that it sucks.
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Post by Liek on Jan 16, 2004 19:55:59 GMT -5
Yes... and many sources probably did not play the game for more than 10 minutes.
On the surface, you have a pretty average game here. After a bit of play (around an hour,) I couldn't stop playing. After awhile, I realized how great the level designs are, how solid the control and game engine are, and how much fun it is. You don't even need to know what a warhammer is to enjoy this, the developers made sure that it plays very much like every other shooter on the market (mostly like Halo, I guess.)
But I guess this game is hit or miss. I read many reviews calling this terrible, but a few (the one I linked to and 2 others) called this game great. We get alot of FPSs these days, and most reviewers are pretty anxious to slap down a score and go play something else. Overall, this game is vastly underrated.
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Post by scott on Jan 18, 2004 18:28:13 GMT -5
I played the demo,and enjoyed it.Sure,it didn't do too much different that any other FPS in that one level,but it wasn't bad,and it was fun.I'll rent it sooner or later.
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Post by Raptor_18 on Jan 19, 2004 21:22:11 GMT -5
That looks pretty sweet
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Post by Liek on Jan 22, 2004 12:06:12 GMT -5
Alright, I'm done with the review. It only took me forever...
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Post by scott on Jan 22, 2004 21:15:27 GMT -5
Hmmmmm pagebuilder is being stupid,it should be up tomorrow morning sometime.
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Post by foehammer on Jan 22, 2004 21:21:48 GMT -5
I must re-iterate the point: Fire Warrior kicks total ass! It might seem average to those not indoctrinated to Warhammer 40K but if you are ... it'll feel a lot different than a tabletop game and not translate very well. I must say I agree with the linked review, the sound helps a great deal. Who would have thought a game with no background music could work? They should all be like that (by they I mean FPSs).
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Post by scott on Jan 23, 2004 12:00:52 GMT -5
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Post by JadeGriffon on Feb 13, 2004 19:30:50 GMT -5
I play Warhammer 40k, Tau actually (the army the main character is a part of, for those of you who don't play 40k). I was thinking about getting it for PC, since I don't have a ps2. A few things stopped me: bad reviews, the fact that all other video games based on Games Workshop games also got bad reviews, and the fact that I prefer console shooters to pc shooters (yes, we do exist) especially considering my pc isn't all that great at gaming. Instead, I just got some shooters for my Xbox for about the same cost of firewarrior.
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Post by Liek on Feb 15, 2004 22:04:00 GMT -5
I play Warhammer 40k, Tau actually (the army the main character is a part of, for those of you who don't play 40k). I was thinking about getting it for PC, since I don't have a ps2. A few things stopped me: bad reviews, the fact that all other video games based on Games Workshop games also got bad reviews, and the fact that I prefer console shooters to pc shooters (yes, we do exist) especially considering my pc isn't all that great at gaming. Instead, I just got some shooters for my Xbox for about the same cost of firewarrior. Since you play 40K, you are cool in my book. If you live around here and feel like it, I guess a game could be arranged. In case you would like to know, I play Imperial Guard (about 2500-3000 points including both regiments,) Ork Speed Freeks (1500 points) and Ulthwe Strike Force (about 1200 points.) Yeah, this game got trashed by most reviewers. I am under the belief that most of the reviewers did not play the whole game. GW games have been bad in the past, unfortunetly, and reviewers probably didn't play with an open mind. |
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Post by JadeGriffon on Feb 16, 2004 0:10:52 GMT -5
Since you play 40K, you are cool in my book. If you live around here and feel like it, I guess a game could be arranged. In case you would like to know, I play Imperial Guard (about 2500-3000 points including both regiments,) Ork Speed Freeks (1500 points) and Ulthwe Strike Force (about 1200 points.) Yeah, this game got trashed by most reviewers. I am under the belief that most of the reviewers did not play the whole game. GW games have been bad in the past, unfortunetly, and reviewers probably didn't play with an open mind. Unfortunantly I live a long ways from you, Wyoming. It seems like lots of people who review a game don't play much of it. All the time on ebgames.com I see a reviewer say (type?) they played it for 10 minutes then traded it, and gave it 1 star. Of course these aren't professionals. Maybe the game would've gotten better reviews if the reviewers played 40k? I don't know, maybe GW games should just stay on the table and in print. I wonder how Warhammer Online will turn out. |
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Post by foehammer on Feb 21, 2004 1:56:54 GMT -5
Reviews of 10 minutes of video games are a waste of more things than I care to list right here. While it is possible that 40K players might give Fire Warrior better reviews and would be more likely to own/have played all the way through it, it's a great game with or without background knowledge beforehand. Two great games in a row would be unprecedented for the Warhammer universe, the number of consumer whore players it would probably attract would be astounding ... but i digress. Fire Warrior kicks ass.
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