Anyone that knows me very well at all, knows that I refuse to give certain game companies my money anymore. As a consumer, I feel it's not only my right, but a responsibility to speak to these companies in the only language they seem to understand - money. I don't part my wallet for several companies, and one of them is EA.
I was a little interested in Titanfall, so I did what I usually do and waited until I could purchase it used at Gamestop, and so I finally got to play what EA would have you believe is the game of the fucking century. It's fun. Period. Full stop.
The first thing that happened was an expected one - server glitches. Seems every new game that comes out kills the ever loving shit out of servers in the first few weeks - and this was no exception. After a few hours of playing Enemy Within, I checked the servers again, and hey, look at that, back online.
Anyway, the campaign (if you can accurately call it that) is basically playing as both sides of whatever space conflict we are a part of (I honestly have no idea what most of the story is, because they literally do all of the plot points as recorded voices over your headset as you play) and they have 10 missions each - which will give you a feel for the game itself pretty well. So, the campaign is the tutorial albeit an extended one.
Once the campaign is over, Titanfall is just deathmatch with mechs. Now to some, that is game nirvana, and hey, if you like it, this is probably the game for you. There are some truly exciting moments and some pretty cool gameplay to be had. Me, not so much. I'm not a team deathmatch kind of guy. I kind of want to do it every now and then - and I usually get my fix in GTA online, where I can also do a shit ton of other things in between that occasional desire to team deathmatch.
If your ultimate online gaming experience is killing the other humans online with you in a virtual capacity, Titanfall is your huckleberry. If you're too young to get that reference, fuck you. If you want more plot or story, I'd skip this one. It's truly a case of whatever floats your boat.
Showing posts with label GTA Online. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GTA Online. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Multiplayer done right. GTA Online
So, I purchased GTA V a couple of weeks ago, and since I didn't have internet at home, I was unable to partake of their online offering, though I'd heard many tales about how good it was, how bad it was, and how many problems there were with what probably amounted to server overload.
Yesterday, I got my home internet turned back on.
I cannot even properly express how incredible GTA Online is.
That was easily the most fun I've ever had in a multiplayer environment, with Left 4 Dead a distant second place.
The online Los Santos is amazing, and there is so much to do. For the first time in a very long time, I lost track of time, and I didn't get to bed until almost 2 am. I regret nothing.
I only knew it was as late as it was because my significant other came out of the bedroom (she'd been asleep for several hours) and told me she was hungry. One quick trip to Jack in the Box, and I was back in the sandbox - but realizing that I was only going to get about 4 hours of sleep, I relented and put the game away.
Let me see if I can try to lay it out, realizing of course that I can't give this the proper emphasis to get across how insanely fun it all was.
First up was the character creation screen. A couple of adjustments and there was my character on a plane flying into Los Santos, to be greeted by Lamar (one of the lesser characters in the story mode). I created a female character, because why the hell not? My gamertag makes it obvious that I'm male, so it probably looked a little weird to a few folks, but who cares? I was playing a female protagonist in a GTA game! I might've enjoyed that a little more than I should have. Oh well. Onward.
Lamar took me to a street race - obviously a thinly veiled tutorial, but I came in 3rd, so it was cool. I did notice a lot more wrecking in the online world than in the story mode, but I think that's to be expected from human players when compared to AI NPC's.
After the street, Lamar got a call, and asked me and the person standing next to me if we were interested in a job. We both accepted, and we were on our first heist, holding up a liquor store. My partner in crime got gunned down by the cops because we took too long (I intimidated the store clerk by shooting the bottles behind him and he moved a lot faster to empty the register). As I tried to leave the store and get into my getaway car, another player came running up to my crime scene, and began shooting at me with the cops! I made quick work of him, but the police then killed me. I still managed to get a screen that stated I'd completed the mission, because I did manage to rob the store, even though I got killed trying to escape.
I then respawned, and followed Lamar's directions over my phone and GPS to an NPC that had another job for us - stealing drugs from a rival crew. My cohort and I accepted again, and made our way to what was obviously a drug deal going down, where we killed everyone then stole their drugs, and drove back to our employer.
After that, things got interesting. I was alerted that I was now able to choose missions for myself, and encouraged to explore the world. Which I promptly did. I noticed no lag, no loading problems, and I really did press the issue, trying out every option that I could think of. The quick job function on my phone worked great, I was able to accept invitations to missions from others I'd been playing with. I turned on the passive function so I wouldn't be killed, because people will gun you down, as is only right in a GTA game. I banked my money in an ATM, used part of the tutorial to claim a default car, and put insurance and a tracker on it. I played a survival with someone named ActorKurtRussell, and we managed to survive all 10 waves, for which I got an achievement. Somehow, I doubt he was really Kurt Russell. If it was, that guy is one hell of a gamer.
After all of this, the real bottom line is this:
I had a BLAST playing this game. I can't wait to play it again. If you take nothing else from this post, take that. Because you can take it all the way to the bank, in Los Santos.
Yesterday, I got my home internet turned back on.
I cannot even properly express how incredible GTA Online is.
That was easily the most fun I've ever had in a multiplayer environment, with Left 4 Dead a distant second place.
The online Los Santos is amazing, and there is so much to do. For the first time in a very long time, I lost track of time, and I didn't get to bed until almost 2 am. I regret nothing.
I only knew it was as late as it was because my significant other came out of the bedroom (she'd been asleep for several hours) and told me she was hungry. One quick trip to Jack in the Box, and I was back in the sandbox - but realizing that I was only going to get about 4 hours of sleep, I relented and put the game away.
Let me see if I can try to lay it out, realizing of course that I can't give this the proper emphasis to get across how insanely fun it all was.
First up was the character creation screen. A couple of adjustments and there was my character on a plane flying into Los Santos, to be greeted by Lamar (one of the lesser characters in the story mode). I created a female character, because why the hell not? My gamertag makes it obvious that I'm male, so it probably looked a little weird to a few folks, but who cares? I was playing a female protagonist in a GTA game! I might've enjoyed that a little more than I should have. Oh well. Onward.
Lamar took me to a street race - obviously a thinly veiled tutorial, but I came in 3rd, so it was cool. I did notice a lot more wrecking in the online world than in the story mode, but I think that's to be expected from human players when compared to AI NPC's.
After the street, Lamar got a call, and asked me and the person standing next to me if we were interested in a job. We both accepted, and we were on our first heist, holding up a liquor store. My partner in crime got gunned down by the cops because we took too long (I intimidated the store clerk by shooting the bottles behind him and he moved a lot faster to empty the register). As I tried to leave the store and get into my getaway car, another player came running up to my crime scene, and began shooting at me with the cops! I made quick work of him, but the police then killed me. I still managed to get a screen that stated I'd completed the mission, because I did manage to rob the store, even though I got killed trying to escape.
I then respawned, and followed Lamar's directions over my phone and GPS to an NPC that had another job for us - stealing drugs from a rival crew. My cohort and I accepted again, and made our way to what was obviously a drug deal going down, where we killed everyone then stole their drugs, and drove back to our employer.
After that, things got interesting. I was alerted that I was now able to choose missions for myself, and encouraged to explore the world. Which I promptly did. I noticed no lag, no loading problems, and I really did press the issue, trying out every option that I could think of. The quick job function on my phone worked great, I was able to accept invitations to missions from others I'd been playing with. I turned on the passive function so I wouldn't be killed, because people will gun you down, as is only right in a GTA game. I banked my money in an ATM, used part of the tutorial to claim a default car, and put insurance and a tracker on it. I played a survival with someone named ActorKurtRussell, and we managed to survive all 10 waves, for which I got an achievement. Somehow, I doubt he was really Kurt Russell. If it was, that guy is one hell of a gamer.
After all of this, the real bottom line is this:
I had a BLAST playing this game. I can't wait to play it again. If you take nothing else from this post, take that. Because you can take it all the way to the bank, in Los Santos.
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