ambitious PC games rarely come without a number of problems. boiling point, an amalgamation of first-person shooter and role-playing game, is no exception to this rule by sending so many issues that are impossible to play out of the box. The game developed by Deep Shadows is free of crazy errors, with frequent falls, routine corruption store files disappear non-player characters that makes it impossible to complete the quests, and more extreme rarity, as is the ability to destroy a police station with a crossbow only. A recent patch eliminates the error, and most of the search for rare and graphics to save, but now the game is still proud unrefined. So I caveat emptor. Note that this is for all intents and purposes, a beta, and even with the patch. Thus, the computer fails, see CPN open drink containers invisible, traffic pileups meeting, because the artificial intelligence drives worse than a fleet of little old ladies, and so on. But having said that, a critical point is still an attractive game, because there is nothing even remotely like this on the market. Deep shadows elaborated Standard Grand Theft Auto to form a hybrid open-shooter type more varied missions, more interesting environment that the genre has seen in years. While the plot is so derivative that has to feed a dozen action movies - play as Saul Meyers, a former French Legionnaire dedicated to investigate the disappearance of his daughter Lisa journalist for a fantastic American nation South called Realia - the project exceeds Arnold Schwarzenegger starting Command and Far Cry Crytek. Basically, this is the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas jungle, perhaps with a bit of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind tossed in for good measure. From the center of the village Puerto somba, take a roundabout way to find your girl involved subscribe to jobs that are distributed by the local bus station, the government, the mafia, rebels, CIA agents, bandits and indigenous groups and hiking in the jungles in search of adventure and ways to earn some money. Money is the main driving force here, because everyone has his hand in this stereotype corrupt banana republic. For tips on the disappearance of Lisa, must pay 1,200 pesos here, there are 20,000 pesos,
and so on. By accepting these awards mercenaries usually does not cost money, but as members of the clan tend to remember the French command that killed a bunch of his friends. Make the bully working for corrupt police, and make friends with the government at the expense of its relations with the rebels and bandits. Reverse tactics and sacrifices for the good will of the government to accompany to the Communists and thieves. This means that you can not keep everyone happy. It also means that it will probably not be able to
complete all the quests available in one passage through the game, which increases the replay value. This is a good thing, in part because there is no other choice for many players, but at the same time takes Boiling point partisanship too far. Accidentally shot a civilian, for example, and is a view walking. crouching grandmothers recently helps to cross the street begin to throw grenades, and average citizens suddenly become murderers. Each walk down the street turns into a scene from The Wild Bunch. This constant harassment is annoying in a short time and dramatically increases the difficulty of the missions, as can be framed by the grandmother of dynamite and neighbors pistol-packing when attacking a guerrilla truck or workshop bandit drugs. battles are not treated very well by the game engine, either. Unclear exasperating checks periodically, everything feels a bit off. The movement and the goal is never quite fluid, although things get better as the game progresses and that the improvement of both the quality of their weapons and basic statistics Meyers, applying their skills with machine guns, pistols and the like. Enemies seem to be able to run faster than bullets, so it is difficult to align a zip between attacks the lid open and take. Moreover, even the topless thugs can get a good six or seven laps to go down, so that you can lose all the clips to individual enemies. Ammo is cheap offer local arms dealer and, curiously, fruit is on the highway, but the management of their shots remains crucial, since it is easy to run out of bullets in confrontations with these characters Speedy Gonzales. The group also degrades, which rags risk shot guns should be maintained or repaired in the middle of a melee. driving controls are another cause for complaint. Despite the fact that the integration capacity of the tool in automobiles, helicopters, tanks and adds depth to South boats Saul adventure (although you need to fill the tank is overkill touch of reality), Deep Shadows has done a poor job in engineering. Driving a car, for
example, is so sensitive that it takes a good half hour to walk the streets of the city to be able to maneuver around a single corner without sideswiping a lamppost, much less navigate to land clearing roads in the countryside . Better vehicles with better handling is available as you progress in the game, but the controls are simply tolerated. For what it's worth, the NPC drivers seem to have the same problem, judging from the number of times you can get through them stuck on poles and walls. There are other peculiarities of the design difficult to handle. inventory management is very annoying, thanks to a system that forces you to confirm each transfer equipment. It even has a thin atomic number of the balls moving. This makes it impossible to loot corpses of ammunition in a shootout as the additional steps usually take just enough time to take a bullet in the head. The system only has a map X generally to refer to all mission areas, leaving no idea if the target is above or below its current position. Since many of the missions involves winding interior stairs corridors, this can lead to some confusion. And some setpoints not appear on the map. While roads and service stations are represented by icons, key points of the city, such as the arms dealer shop and motels, missing in action. Some aspects of the plot is poorly constructed well. Arnold Vosloo Mom and The Mummy Returns, uh, reputation plays Meyers flatly reciting lines with little emotion. Some of the secondary characters are better, but many lines in dialogue trees many game do not match their captions, and talks often branch off in directions that make no sense. Only one of the dozens of examples suddenly asks a man on the street, if
there are spies in the city with absolutely no thought of the CIA in Puerto Somba. These moments seem that dialogue options were cut from the game in the last minute in order to speed up the talks at the expense of clarity. Just listen to the dialogue is difficult, too, because the talks buried beneath the music and ambient effects. Okay, that's a lot of complaints. boiling point is higher than its share of flaws, but at the same time is also very attractive (and almost impossible to stop the game) because of the incredible world opening game. After the release of the design level by level standard launcher is a joy in itself. As the GTA series has shown, that there is something very addictive to be released in a living and breathing world in which to learn to explore their adventures. Realia is absolutely huge, too, including more than 240 square miles of land. first-class machine with something like a Pentium IV 3.0 and a video card class 9800- 6800 or to appreciate all they need, but if you are equipped for it, the scenery is gorgeous. Lush jungle landscape and visual environment overall reduction (courtesy of those suitable as oxidized from the side of the car touches the road) convey the atmosphere of a country in South America, on the sidelines of the Third World status. No load times, either, so you can drive from one end of the map to another without missing a second of immersion in the world of a loading screen game. However, the initial costs are very large, and there are enough breaks and hiccups that suspending your disbelief is not transparent. objectives of the mission are also very different. A moment that could take a photo of the Mayor meeting with an unsavory character, and the next could bomb a military base to kill a colonel rogue, couriering a pipe of peace from a local tribe, delivering mysterious packages the CIA, or blowing up a drug shipment - the targets are all over the place,
and do nothing times. They are also free to design innovative strategies that do not involve always leaving more carriers in their passage from Charles Manson. This diversity keeps the game feeling fresh throughout the 50 or more hours of play is necessary to complete a race through the home. About the only real problem with the missions is not established with sufficient instructions or covered with scenes or events that bring their adventure to a successful conclusion. Usually all you need to get a good job is a message that says "sub-mission accomplished." For example, when the plant drugs on citizens led by the police chief, who did not get to see this person actually stopped; the role comes to an end as soon as the medication dropped to the bedside of the victim. In general, the boiling point is a great idea poorly executed. But if Deep Shadows puts serious work in the coming patches (according to the company website, version 2.0 is already in the works), this work in progress might be one of the best shooters of 2005 and could become a real source of inspiration for designers of shots in the future.
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