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post Oct 17 2011, 05:36 AM

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QUOTE(Fatimus @ Oct 16 2011, 09:30 PM)
In This Thread : People who played Battlefield for long time keep demanding the game to be more real and complain if it doesn't, while games like Arma series and Operation Flashpoint floating around in front of them.

Incomprehensible.  rolleyes.gif  whistling.gif
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Lulz. tongue.gif

To be honest nostalgia has more to do with old games being better rather than any actual improvement in quality.


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post Oct 17 2011, 08:06 AM

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QUOTE(Angel of Deth @ Oct 17 2011, 05:53 AM)
NFS 1 - 3 are better than current NFS. Gameplay is much more fun, soundtrack fit the mood well; i prefer those instrumental BGM rather than some rock, techno, pop music that used widely in the series today. And the graphic still looks great with Glide enabled on modern PC.

OT: thanks to GoG, now i can fully immersed myself with 3Dfx on Planet of Death (1997), back then it seems like nobody couldn't afford decent Voodoo graphic card, hence stucked with inferior directx5 - 7 direct3D.
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I don't play racing games, so yeah, I'll give you that one.

FPS don't age well though. Well, they do, but they cater for hardcore fans. (I still play DooM occasionally. Romping through E1M1 never gets old.) Shooting sprites may be fun, but I much prefer actual 3D shooters.
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post Oct 17 2011, 04:00 PM

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QUOTE(nipaa1412 @ Oct 17 2011, 03:35 PM)
Hands up who thinks Sim tower is funtastic!
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I still need to work my way to 5-star! biggrin.gif I somehow always floundered by the time I reach 3-4 stars.
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post Oct 18 2011, 10:20 AM

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QUOTE(Angel of Deth @ Oct 18 2011, 05:38 AM)
During the good ole' days, i remember Ubisoft released free DLC for POD. The game originally came with 8 cars and 16 tracks from the OEM version, but later you can updated it to version 2.0 / Gold which added another 15 vehicles and 19 tracks. And also Ubisoft released free vehicles and tracks at their website, so total of official tracks for the game was 35 and 44 for vehicles. That was huge number for a racing game even in today standard. That was still not included others unofficial and fan made car and track. All of 'em for free.

This game for me deserve a HD remake but knowing how video game industry work this day, i expect there will be very limited amount of vehicles and tracks for retail product and those additional stuff / DLC will be released in several package with each one cost at least $10... and also with all those DRM.
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Eh, somebody else who actually remembered THAT game. I thought I was the only one who played it. (It came free with my PC.)
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post Oct 18 2011, 10:31 AM

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QUOTE(Angel of Deth @ Oct 18 2011, 10:27 AM)
You have Intel MMX? How much does it cost back in those day? It is like I7 in 1996 - 1997. I can't afford it at that time, still stuck with 486 until 2000 finally changed to K6-2, but at that time POD was old news, everybody turned to Counter Strike including me.
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Rm 7k+. A pretty penny indeed.

I still have it. And it still runs. tongue.gif (the PC I meant. The game is lost somewhere.)
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post Oct 18 2011, 01:05 PM

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QUOTE(Angel of Deth @ Oct 18 2011, 10:37 AM)
RM7k? that was serious amount of money, never thought it was that expensive. Is it came with 3Dfx Voodoo graphic? I heard voodoo was rather expensive but no other can challenge it at that time. My cousin MMX came with Matrox Mystique 2MB, i doubt that costed same as yours. And why you still keep it? For old game?
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That time? Nah, it came with 2MB S3 Virge. It was a Packard-Bell, brand inflation probably contributed to the price.

I keep it because it seemed like a waste to throw it away. tongue.gif

 

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