Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice I've spotted a few in Choice of the Cat, when I'm not laughing my way through the story, and a few here and there in Mecha Ace and Killing time but on the whole I'd say the writing is mostly good to very good across their own games, the hosted are a diffferent story.Also whoever said Slammed up there originally, yes, go play that if you want a fun wrestling tale. It even got on Rock Paper Shotgun when it was released.Also I'll give a nod to.the Deathless series, those are fantastic ones. Oh and also NOLA is Burning, simply because that has a fascinating setting. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=354079#p354079 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice I do recall some typos in dead man walking, but they didn't spoil the game for me, I liked the different paths and how things worked out, particularly with how your character didn't have to be an idiot, although a few sections were a bit pulpy for my liking, e.g finding your wife gagged and tied up by an escaped prisoner in your house who you then had to fight off. Still I did finish the game, got a good ending and liked the lack random deathtrapes and the descriptions of various monstrous zombie types. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=354053#p354053 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice BerkaZerka did Dead Man Walking, and from the half-hour I played, I am not sure if I'll go back. I found something like twenty-seven typos, sometimes more than one on a page, plus some...rather questionable dialogue. Maybe this is one of those games, like Ground Zero, where you have to plough through mediocre writing for a good overall story. I dunno. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353978#p353978 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
2018-02-26
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AudioGames . net Forum — New releases room : Juliantheaudiogamer via Audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice Hi,Here are my COG/HG favourites:It's killing time: a Story about being an assassin, with lots of interesting twists and good ActionSlammed: Wrestling Story, has awesome writing and a very good StoryI found that The Last Monster Master was kinda weird because I always got the same ending, no matter what I did.Happy gaming.Julian URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353875#p353875 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice Well actually the Battletech/FASA games had full on RPGs back in the DOS days, not the action games currently, so if anything Mecha Ace felt more like an old old Battletech 80s DOS game to me, and it didn't stand up IMHO too the Crescent Hawk games Battletech licensed. That being said it was a fun game, not denying that but I still think it lacked a little somethingEmperion was one I really enjoyed though, the setting and world just grabbed me and sucked me in, and Congress Wolf was very, very intriguing. That being said, Killling Time was also very, VERY good. Come to think of it yes there's bad CoG/HG stuff out there but I disagree on them being bland and generic.Then we get to Fielder's Choice. I'm a huge baseball fan. I like it, but I do feel the core mechanic, the actual pitching, feels too stat reliant. I don't actually like how it says Fastball 50% strike 40% ball 10% in play. That to me makes it too easy to pick the pitch that'll get you an out. If that was hidden, I feel it'd be better.That being said I liked the randomness of the pitching parts but I felt like I didn't have as much control as I expected over the story as a whole compared to other games, it felt like it got off track and lost its focus after a certain (spoiler: Picking your team) point. If it'd have given you the stay with your team for story reasons but give you a range of salaries to negotiate over...I'd have felt better about that personally.That being said I don't feel the stats matter as much as you think, I've had pitches go down to 30 or 35% strike and stilll got 3 strikes in a row with the same pitch.so I do feel something's a little unbalanced there.That being said it's inspired me to start writing a CoG type game in their script, so assuming I get a little bit out.I may throw it up here so you guys can check it out.. Not even started it yet though.Is TFC worth the $? Yes, because it's $2. If it were $5 or $10 I'd say no. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353864#p353864 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice I'm afraid I disagree completely JaceK about the battle descriptions in Mecha ace. After all if your not going to describe a battle what is the point in having one? they gave a real sense of the world and I was totally in it while reading, considering options carefully and really bothered about myself and the people under my command. Then again since once upon a time I did try to novelize the playstation rpg xenogears, I probably have a soft spot for battles between giant robots .MEcha ace had More of a Gundam seed vibe for me than battletech or mech warrior, since battletech is far more about a distant future society where mechs are a part of the culture, where as like Gundam mecha ace happens in a rebellion of earth colonies against an authoritarian earth, also like Gundam there are heroes and villains on both sides and a lot of ideals about battle and honour, though not with the cultural stratification and formal duelling codes that battletech had.Btw, I'm still! waiting for tthat mech fighting audiogame . URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353826#p353826 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice I love choice of the cat.It's probably the largest one they have currently, 60 words or something.All the others I saw had only 10 to 20 words.No matter what you do in choice of the cat, you always end up adopted.I can get it so one of them doesn't like you, but the other still ends up signing the form to adopt you.What do I have to do for the family not to want me?There is also an achievement where you find out how that tomcat next door lost his eye.I haven't managed that one yet.Every time I play, I usually find something new, even if it is something small. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353822#p353822 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice Couple of things here:Ground Zero has some pretty atrocious writing. I love all of the options, and one ending for Ground Zero is actually really bittersweet. But if we're going to talk about writing/story quality, I'm sorry, but let's be real here. If nothing else, Choiceofgames seems to have a better handle on its quality control There are few to no spelling and grammar issues, if nothing else, and no juvenile dialogue. Choice of the Cat, in fact, was written quite well, just as one example.As far as a slider pitcher having a fastball? Virtually all pitchers except dedicated knuckleballers can and do throw fastballs. It might not be their bread and butter pitch, but they're still apt to throw it.And yes, pounding the same pitch over and over is going to lower the chance that it's a strike; that just makes sense, as the tutorial itself said. Exact pitch location isn't gotten into, as that would've been pretty freaking difficult to manage.It's still a neat little game though.And sorry, but no, I'm afraid there'll be no gifting from me. I don't have steam, among other things. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353808#p353808 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice Speaking of Mecha Ace, I got a massive Mechwarrior/Battletech vibe from that, which was awesomely good, though I could do without the long wordy descriptions in Mech and let me blow more stuff up, yeaSlammed is another good one too by the way, also Congress Wolf is oddly addicting, plus the one about being a hitman too...don't recall the name, Killing Time or something like that was good, didn't see that twist coming until it hit, I was going along with the rest of the teamI'll admit I've yet to play all of the ones in that $100 or so mega bundle I got ages ago URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353654#p353654 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice Tried the free trial, I like it so far but what the crap, a slider pitcher with a fastball?Also I had to laugh at the Bulls, given they are a real minor league team, though the Bulls being down 6-1 is accurate.Alright, Jade, feel like gifting me a copy on Steam? I'm interested enough and I'd be greatful if you sleipped a copy my wayOh also had to laugh darkly at the arm injry part, reminds me of a certain Dodgers pitcher. Also, last also, strikeouts feel so satisfying in this but I do find pounding the same pitch to be too simple, in real baseball if you just throw four or five fastballs the batter's gonna get good at timing them, unless they're actually being thown to different locations and that's not being stated. Still, how, how exactly does a slider bounce to the plate, yeesh.didn't know my guy was THAT awful URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353653#p353653 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice Oops yeah I think I might've played the choice of the *insert fantasy creature here* ... a few of them. No Endmaster are responsible for most of the top stories such as Eternal (my absolute favourite), Necromancer, Ground 0 and Susy's strange saga as well as other small works. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353638#p353638 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice Is Endmaster the one who did dead man walking? I did enjoy that one myself, one of the better takes on interactive zombie fiction I've played. Also remember when talking in terms of the cog titles you also have the hg games to consider, that is the hosted games which are games made with the choice script BUT FOR some reason differ enough from the Cog output to be marketed under under another banner. These can very much range in quality, with best efforts that are truly amazing and worst efforts that rather dire. Some of my favourite Hg titles have included fatehaven, zombie exodus, the samurai hyuga games and apex patrol (any game that lets you punt a villain into a captive star has to get my vote), though I will be the first to admit there are lots! of games I haven't played both under the cog and hg banners, including many that have got significant amounts of praise such as the sabres and guns of infinity series which are by the same author as mecha ace, which was all around awesome if you like giant robots . Suffice it to say if you judged all Cog titles by choice of the dragon, which is pretty much just an extende extended demo and not really an ambicious one (albeit it made me laugh a few times), your definitely missing the full range of what is on offer. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353636#p353636 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice They've increased their quality plenty. There're still bad stories around but basically unless you aren't at least trying you get thrown out the window.Needless to say Endmaster is my favourite author on there And interesting, please make a list of the best choice of games because I really need entertainment. I'll def check those mentioned out. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353577#p353577 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice Hmmm even though I've not tried as many of their games as some the last word I'd use to describe games like mecha ace or choice of zombies is bland and generic, even choice of robots and hero's rise had their moments, and the last monster master I found so difficult to play I wound up giving in since I always felt it very personally if I took a choice which upset my monsters . I've played some good games on chooseyourstory, but also unfortunately lots of drek that sounded as if it was written by a ten year old. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353553#p353553 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice Everything I've seen from this company is bland and generic, I haven't tried it out much but if you're looking for some rich storygames and don't even pay money for it chooseyourstory has some seriously good authors. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353523#p353523 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice
Re: New from choice of games, the fielder's choice lol In stark opposition to Dark, I am a pretty big baseball fan. I bought this game. Three bucks? Why not.Here's what I can tell you.1. It's not nearly as deep as, say, Heart of the House or even Choice of the Cat2. It's got a lot of baseball stuff in it. If you're a fan of the game, you'll probably like it. If you aren't, you probably won't.3. There are still a good number of options and choices even though the game is perhaps not as robust as some others I've seen.4. The game does seem a little random at times. This is fine in and of itself; baseball, too, has a good deal of randomness in it. But there are some achievements which are probably going to come down to luck rather than skill or ingenuity to snag.I wasn't blown away by this, but it wasn't bad, either. Played it three times and have unlocked 13 of 23 achievements. I wish those achievements actually did things, but oh well. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353417#p353417 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
