Saturday, July 29, 2000

A.T.'s Top Four -- 1:01 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Since it's a slow news day, I thought I'd post my Top Four Games That I'd Buy Right Now If I Had Money (which I don't, so it's kind of moot, but still nice to think about). All of this is based on demos I've downloaded and played:

#4--KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child

When I first was told about this game, I thought it was the dumbest concept I had ever heard. Now that I've played the demo, I'd like to play the full version. Guess you can't judge a game by its title, eh?

#3--Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force

I'm not a Trekkie, so I figured I'd have no use for this game. The Borg level in the demo convinced me that this is a worthwhile game even if you don't follow the show.

#2--MDK2

This silly but visually impressive game is a nice change of pace from my usual diet of first-person shooters. The humor and the (sometimes wacky) puzzle solving got me hooked.

#1--Soldier of Fortune

Yep, this one's a little older. I liked it so much that I actually put time in trying to figure out why the patch kept crashing my system. It's one of the few demos I've played all the way through several times. The violence can be a bit much for me at times, but that can be adjusted.

Three games whose demos convinced me NOT to get the games are Daikatana, Starlancer, and Deus Ex, but all for different reasons. Daikatana was crossed off my list for obvious reasons that don't need to be repeated. Starlancer seemed like the old Wing Commander "fly to the waypoint, blow everything up, repeat" formula a bit too much. Deus Ex seems like a GREAT game, but my computer is going to need a serious upgrade before I have enough horsepower to run it. My poor TNT cries and begs for mercy every time I try to play it.

The Master comments: What I don't understand is WHY your machine suffers so running Deus Ex. You have about 10% more machine than I do, with the same graphics chipset, and mine runs Deus pretty well. I just wish my keyboard wouldn't die every 10 minutes and force me to unplug/replug it. Oh, and the occasional system freeze while playing kinda sucks too. Otherwise Deus has been WELL WORTH my $40. :-)

A.T. Hun comments: My only guess is that it has something to do with AGP. It may be trying to use AGP on my system and the TNT doesn't do it well. One of these days I'll figure out how to disable AGP and try it again.

News for 07/29/2000

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