14 mei 2004

Great games to play

As Frans Bouma shows us in his post, Gran Turismo 4 looks very good. I'm not that much of a racing game fanatic, but it is very enjoyable when played on a 2 by 1 meter screen (think beamer and white wall). To do list:

  • Get out my Microsoft Precision Racing Force Feedback wheel
  • Upgrade my computer's graphic card. (My GeForce3 64MB won't cut it I think)
  • Wait for GT4

In the meantime, here's how I will kill time:

Way back, I had fun racing an oldy, Colin McRae Rally 2. I thought I had some decent times on most of the circuits. Then Ivo (aka DJ Evo) came along and raced me. He crushed my times. I was left crying, he couldn't stop laughing. Well, I had my laughs when he visited my LAN Party part 3. I owned him on Unreal Tournament 2004.

That wasn't what made me laugh though. It was what he said to his girlfriend Anouk: “ I've been playing online all day, with these two guys Paul and Kim. I beat them easily, which is pretty good when playing on the Internet. I just logged out, but I'll give you a demo right now.”. So, he fires up UT2004 again. “Look,  Paul and Kim are still here in this game.”. You figure it out how much online gaming he had been doing.

Always said I would put this noob behavior on my weblog. Well, Ivo, here you go. Sorry.

Comments

# Dennis v/d Stelt said:

FarCry really is a beauty! In the past, lots of games have claimed to be non-linear, but FarCry comes the closest to that as I've ever seen.Although it's still linear, you can occasionly choose different paths through the islands and definitly different paths by boat (or swimming ;). Also the vehicles to choose from is great. I can't remember the name, all of a sudden, but you get to fly with wings, hanging below the wings. One occasion, you get to choose those wings to another island and/or a boat. Funny thing is, behind the boat is a wodden craft (vlot... ;) which you can place a car on. Bring the car to the other island, and you get to choose to enter the island by circling around it to the left, the right, or by a path to the top of a mountain. Really really great!!!

dinsdag 18 mei 2004 11:20
# Alex Thissen said:

I haven't tried FarCry yet. Downloaded it twice (all 503 MB of it), but the zip wouldn't open on both occassions. I will surely give it a try tonight. You certainly wet my appetite, Dennis.

dinsdag 18 mei 2004 11:50
# Paul Gielens said:

Hmm, I find it to cartonish. Half Life and it's modifications still provide superior game play. If you don't mind graphics I guess you should give those a try.

donderdag 20 mei 2004 15:02