The Old XBOX Megathread

[Meacon Keaton]

Is there a story to Portal 2? I was watching Eddie and Ruki play, and it seems fun enough. But is there any rhyme or reason to all the puzzles?

[Ruki]

The single player has an AMAZING story.

You should get The Orange Box to play through the first one, and then play the second one.

The co-op? No story, really.

[Meacon Keaton]

That explains that then. I was watching you two and it was just station to station. Which was kind of cool, but if someone isn't on to play with, would get boring quick. Glad there is a story to go along with it.

[Ruki]

It is probably one of the best written games of all time.

[King Ellis]

I call for some Gears 3 Beta this week before it closes!

[EddieRuckus]

There is a point to all the tests in co-op(you are two robots designed to do tests, because that's pretty much your purpose in the portal games), but yeah, no actual story. Definitely agreed about playing through the first one before doing the second.

And I'd be down for some GoW3 beta action!

[Kaney]

It is probably one of the best written games of all time.

It's far from one of the best written of all time. Without going into spoilers, the twist is very predictable and the secret reveal about Chell was telegraphed way too early. The dialogue, yes, that is some awesome writing, but the story itself is absolutely nothing new.

[Ruki]

It is probably one of the best written games of all time.

It's far from one of the best written of all time. Without going into spoilers, the twist is very predictable and the secret reveal about Chell was telegraphed way too early. The dialogue, yes, that is some awesome writing, but the story itself is absolutely nothing new.

I agree, the twist was predictable....but what was the secret reveal of Chell?

[Maxx]

[Ruki]

Anyone see any reviews for Brink yet? I've tried searching, but no luck (but then again, haven't looked very hard since I am at work).

[Baddar]

Just watch the gameplay for yourself when you get chance - it doesn't make pretty viewing.

[9 to 5]

Brink looks like shit.

[Maxx]

Anyone see any reviews for Brink yet? I've tried searching, but no luck (but then again, haven't looked very hard since I am at work).

Nothing yet, I'm hoping for something from IGN in a few hours.

[Cactus Drags]

I call for some Gears 3 Beta this week before it closes!

Aye.

[Gazz]

It is probably one of the best written games of all time.

It's far from one of the best written of all time. Without going into spoilers, the twist is very predictable and the secret reveal about Chell was telegraphed way too early. The dialogue, yes, that is some awesome writing, but the story itself is absolutely nothing new.

I agree, the twist was predictable....but what was the secret reveal of Chell?

Turns out she's Aeris from FF7, who didn't die after all...

[apsham]

So.. ouch. 1UP.com reviewed Brink, and while they are pretty much always generous with their reviews - gave Brink a D calling it unfinished, broken and frustrating. There aren't many chances for parkour, the maps all bottleneck into the same area causing stalemates, secondary objectives make little to no sense to do and customizing your character has a 10-15 second wait in between changes, serious lag problems because even the campaign mode is hosted on servers going as far as to say it was like "trying to play Counter-Strike on a dialup connection circa 2001".

Edited May 10, 2011 by apsham

[Kaney]

Joystiq panned it as well, you spend time sinking points into a specific role and you end up not using it for 75% of the time because you need an Engineer, not a Soldier or what have you, it's all about numbers rather than skills, it's impossible to defeat an entrenched enemy force etc.

lol at you guys who wanted it. lol at Maxx especially.

[Ruki]

Yeah, reading the reviews it went from a buy to a rental.

[9 to 5]

Called it. Said it was shit.

[Ruki]

So, Blockbuster is holding my copy of Brink, I shall be renting it, play it for a week, then forget about after LA Noire.