The Thing or Rogue Spear

TeraHertz · 2003-12-20, 10:52 AM

I bought Rainbow Six Rougue Spear Platinum Pack Edition, and The Thing.

I don't want to open the celophane wrapers.

I'm going to give one to my Dad (50 year old Gamer? Yes, they exist), but I don't know which. He loves Medal of Honour and Wolfeinstein's style of play, and doesnt really care for stratedgy kind of crap much. He likes to just load up, kill stuff, then switch off. He doesnt play online, and he's not a serious gamer.

Which would you recommend I give him?

Veteran · 2003-12-20, 11:15 AM

Good God man, return The Thing if you possibly can.

Possible replacement titles would include Call of Duty, The Black Mirror (a good dad type game) and Beyond Good and Evil.

But as for The Thing, it starts out looking great and turns to shit right quick.

TeraHertz · 2003-12-20, 11:22 AM

He has call of duty. Is the thing really that bad?!

[edit]
fk it, I'll give him both. Can't loose that way.

Continue to comment if will everyone.

Veteran · 2003-12-20, 11:54 AM

It bills itself as a thrilling challenge, until you realize that your squad turns into the Thing based purely on random chance.

For example, you save the game, and then go down a corridor. Your squaddie turns into the Thing. Then you restore the game and go down the corridor and he's just fine.

There's absolutely no correlation between your guys getting infected and anything that actually happens in the game. It's pure bullshit.

But if someone didn't care about strategy or fairness, it would be semi-decent eye-candy. If it was real cheap, it's ok. I bought (and subsequently returned) it when it was $50 and I was mighty glad to get my money back.

Doppler · 2003-12-20, 11:54 AM

No one cares in the planetside forum.

Veteran · 2003-12-20, 12:05 PM

Kudos on your free post, Doppler. Apparently you care just enough to buff your post-count by one.

SilverLord · 2003-12-20, 01:00 PM

I think this thread should be in the Lounge.

Never played The Thing, but Rogue Spear is a very good game but it requires sneakiness, as Rogue suggests.

TeraHertz · 2003-12-20, 01:52 PM

Yes, possibly it should be in the lounge, and I don't mind if it's moved.

Otherick · 2003-12-20, 04:41 PM

i played rainbow Six Rouge Squadron ONCE and thought it was more for the hard core gamer, and in my opionon both are bad for the as u say "load up, kill stuff, then switch off", i would suggest maybe Halo (PC) or maybe wait for UT 2004 or get him UT 2003 both very shoot first think later games except for maybe Halo.

Vick · 2003-12-20, 06:33 PM

Halo PC sounds like an awsome choice, the single player owns.

Fenrys · 2003-12-20, 07:03 PM

+1

MuNsTeR · 2003-12-21, 02:49 AM

get freedom fighters

TeraHertz · 2003-12-21, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by Vick

Halo PC sounds like an awsome choice, the single player owns.

Don't make me beat you.

Halo PC is an average game at best. It's the first game I have returned in years and years. The overall impression : shit.

Fragmatic · 2003-12-21, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by TeraHertz

Don't make me beat you.

Halo PC is an average game at best. It's the first game I have returned in years and years. The overall impression : shit.

I second that notion, it's only good online for the Warthog driving, but they didnt even change it to standard steering for the PC, pure sloppyness.

The engine is shite, sure, its got copious amounts of eye candy, but I could pour tar down the side of a building and that would run faster and smoother. Even top spec systems struggle to run it.

To be honest, The games just a run and gunner, blow stuff up, move on. The missions are pretty linear, and the lack of varience in the buildings is as bad as planetside, but at least its done for a purpose in ps.

As Johnny the human torch would say - "Flame On"

ViperGTS · 2003-12-21, 10:05 AM

Back to Thing or Rougr Spear.........I have the thing.....very hard game. Ammo is very scarce. Never played rouge spear only its stand alone expanshin pack Black Thorn...I guess there there the same.....