Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is OUT! Metascore -97

[Chojin]

i read all of zomboid's posts in what i imagine the voice of his avatar to be

[stevetothepast]

Originally Posted by Phoenix Gamma

Microshock MORE LIKE MICROCOCK, RIGHT GUYS?

AM I RIGHT?

Game looks alright. Uncharted bugged me in a few places. I'll wait for it to go on sale.

HEY! that's what I call him. But secretly I am hoping for it to catch on.

[Microshock]

*sap sap sap sap* *shoop shoop shoop*

[stevetothepast]

Originally Posted by Sam

FUCKING HELL

[Microshock]

*swindle pindle goop* *shweeeeeeeng*

[LordSappington]

Call me crazy, but a game advertised to be 'just like a movie' sounds pretty gay to me. I don't want to watch some crazy-badass scenes; I want to play the crazy-badass scenes.

[The Leader]

So wait, is Microshock really Jonathan Clement?

[Microshock]

Originally Posted by LordSappington

Call me crazy, but a game advertised to be 'just like a movie' sounds pretty gay to me. I don't want to watch some crazy-badass scenes; I want to play the crazy-badass scenes.

You do. For example, the whole train sequence, you have full control or when the building you're in is being toppled down, you're playing it all

The cutscenes are there for story, they dont make you sit there and not be playing the awesome things. Doesn't mean the cutscenes dont have great stuff in it though

Commercial's weird though, don't know why they want to make it sound like MGS4, i think they want to show it off as a huge big hollywood movie type of experience

Get a good squad for multiplayer, its miles better than being by yourself in a team of some random people, i guess that can be said about any game

[Zomboid]

Originally Posted by Chojin

i read all of zomboid's posts in what i imagine the voice of his avatar to be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-nGPYU1XmE

It's hilarious now that he's the new host of Unsolved Mysteries. I watched a bunch of episodes pretty much just for that.

[stevetothepast]

dennis farina hosts unsolved mysteries???

I'd like to see that.

[Wiffles]

I is playing it. Its mindblowing! <3<3<3 Drake

[bigtimecow]

Originally Posted by Microshock

You do. For example, the whole train sequence, you have full control or when the building you're in is being toppled down, you're playing it all

i guess i don't understand how these are even cutscenes then. unless they're parts of the game in which you have control but your actions have no consequence (like how you can walk during a cutscene/conversation in assassin's creed but it makes no difference to what happens). in which case, there's nothing great about that

[Microshock]

No it's not like that. Cutscenes are cutscenes in this game, things you cannot interact with. The official term for what im talking about is Active Cinematic Experiences, for example, theres a part in the game where you're running down an alleyway from an oncoming truck, so instead of it being a cutscene of you just watching it, youre playing it and actually shooting and being able to move the way you want

Easiest way of saying it is that instead of watching something cool happening, you're making it happen

[Dimnos]

So its basically just like the rest of the gameplay but the camera angle is a bit different?

[Microshock]

Why would it be like that? I only named one particular scene since it was in the trailer and i don't want to spoil the more exciting stuff

If youre talking about the core gameplay, no it doesn't change but i was talking about that youre actually playing these scenes you usually expect to be in a cutscene

[Dimnos]

I was thinking it might be like that part in the first game. Where your in the temple on the wood bridge as the pillars along the side of the room collapse. The control and gameplay are no different than when you are normally playing. The only thing that has changed is the camera angle but its more "cinematic".

[Microshock]

I..guess? This has Drake more involved in the actual moments though, I don't really remember that sequence from the first game, but was he actually a part of it?

[Dimnos]

Well he was running for his life. I guess thats why I thought of it when you mentioned the truck. Your running left and right along this bridge jumping gaps trying to get to the end before you get flattened.

I know there are a few other parts of the first one where the camera angle changes in a way not normal to gameplay for an added cinematic affect but you still have full control of Drake. That is just the only one that comes to mind right now.

[Microshock]

Yeah. I emphasized it because bigtimecow assumed it was just you allowing to control Drake during cutscenes.

But it's not like that at all. Sometimes the cutscenes quickly transition into sequences you play though, near the end of the game

[Dimnos]

Damn. You already beat that shit?

[Microshock]

I've had it since last Friday, I live in NYC man, land of broken street dates for every product

[Dimnos]

Well I suppose you should have it beat in that time.

[Dr. Boogie]

Originally Posted by Microshock

If youre talking about the core gameplay, no it doesn't change but i was talking about that youre actually playing these scenes you usually expect to be in a cutscene

So there's really no difference in these scenes, apart from your own expectations about when you should or should not be controlling Drake?

[Microshock]

I don't know why its so hard for you to understand this

But ok i'll explain it one more time. This is an awesome fucking game, and it has amazing moments in it where epic shit happens. Bam. EXPLAINED.

[Dr. Boogie]

Wouldn't it have been quicker for you to just type "yes"?


What I quoted was the end of your explanation to Dimnos. You said that in the game, you will be playing scenes you would expect to be cutscenes. My question is, what is so remarkable about that? Just the spectacle, and knowing you're in control, or what?