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HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 7:28 pm

You could take a cue from Metroid and have a couple or three boss phases to keep things interesting.....

Post by **Enjay** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 6:37 am

giest118 wrote:6000 health. It's easily taken out by 2-3 close-up BFG shots. Yeah, that makes A LOT of sense, when you think that a Cyberdemon is taken out by the same amount.

Well, that is 2000 more hitpoints than the Cybie.

Massive hitpoints totals do not make interesting bosses - they make incredibly dull ones. Constantly chipping away at a boss' huge hit point total just gets monotonous. Make the boss more interesting - yes, absolutely - change its fight pattern, give it stages/phases, make it have some kind of twist or more varied attacks, some sort of regeneration ability (plus a reasonably obvious way to stop it regenerating and a HP bar so you know what's going on), some helpers etc etc.

Increase its hit points? Nope, that's just dull, dull, dull, dull, dull.

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 6:59 am

HotWax wrote:You could take a cue from Metroid and have a couple or three boss phases to keep things interesting.....

Speaking of metroid, santa has given me prime 2

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:37 am

That's what I have GameFly for.

Macil · Post by **Macil** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 8:44 pm

HotWax wrote:That's what I have GameFly for.

Renting games? That spoils the whole "I own this game" feeling!

@Cutman: Is it just me or is hard to find someone else to actually play that game against in multiplayer? Hopefully Nintendo is adding online abilities to its next set of games/console...

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:05 pm

Agent ME wrote:
HotWax wrote:That's what I have GameFly for.
Renting games? That spoils the whole "I own this game" feeling!

Not nearly as much as it spoils the whole "Oh look my wallet is empty" feeling!

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:40 am

Agent ME wrote:
HotWax wrote:That's what I have GameFly for.
Renting games? That spoils the whole "I own this game" feeling!

So what?

I'm glad I only paid 3 to check out Doom 3 over one weekend instead of paying 50 for it in the store. After 2 days I really had enough of this game and no desire to go on. Result: I saved a lot of money.
I can't rent HL2 (for obvious reasons) and I am not doing a blind buy, so screw you, Valve!

I had too many experiences with bad games and I am not buying anything for that much money unseen.

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:02 pm

Yeah, Steam really seems like a stupid idea, and as much as my opinion differs with Graf on these two games, the very nice thing about renting is just what he says -- if you don't like a game, you haven't lost much, and if you do you can always buy it. With GameFly it's even better. You don't have to rush through the game, you can keep it as long as you want before sending it back, and if you really can't live without that "I own this" feeling, you can use the Keep It(tm) feature to buy the game at a discounted rate, keep the disc you already have, and they'll send you the manual and case in new condition. Nifty! Did I mention you never have to leave the house except to walk to your mailbox and back?

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Macil · Post by **Macil** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:53 pm

Oooohhh.... Sounds cool.... *drools* Just great, I gotta get a new keyboard... whoops, now a new mouse.... AAAHHH!!! ELECTRICITY!!!

Arcane · Post by **Arcane** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:03 am

CIoN.

Steam isn't THAT bad of an idea. I mean, it's the perfect solution to certain computer people who are allergic to sunlight. Like John Romero.

Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:06 am

You better hope he doesn't see that

*OREMOR NHOJ, EM LLIK TSUM UOY EMAG EHT NIW OT*

Too late

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:57 pm

Steam would be great optionally, but having it be an integral part of the install process is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of. Thank god for warez...

Csonicgo · Post by **Csonicgo** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:02 pm

HotWax wrote:Graf is just jealous that he didn't think it up first.

hotwax is probably right.

GeeDougg · Post by **GeeDougg** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:42 pm

Don't bring that back up, please. For once Graf and HotWax agree on something (more-or-less).... BTW I agree with them both. As much as I love Half-Life 2 and want to own it, I think what HotWax said about the whole "Empty Wallet Feeling" is both hillarious and dead true. Of course I personally would rather just save my money and not even rent, but it's still better than a blind purchase as Graf said, and in many ways beats having to download the demo of a game that might be crap anyway.... Wouldn't recommdn it for people with lightweight wallets though....

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:54 pm

The single-game plan for GameFly is around $14 a month. Yes, that's right. 30-odd days for $14. Roughly 46 cents a day. Find that deal at your local rent shack.