lol theXtReMe1, I've been sitting here this afternoon tweaking reverbs in a mixdown for a thing I'm doing, so it's interesting hearing someone talk about that in regards to sound for a videogame. You're right though, it doesn't sound authentic and definitely takes away from the immersiveness!
Sorry to hear that MNGamer-N. I've been a long time PC (and more recently Xbox) gamer, but bought a GTA V PS3 bundle with The Last of Us late last year. No hardware issues yet... I hope they get back to you with a new one.
With my first 360 about 2 years ago, I made the mistake of buying one on eBay. I later found out it was one of those "repaired" red ringed ones, and only last a few weeks. I spent a long time going through all those repair guides - overheating...
I think it's a great idea. The only downside is that if real life calls, leaving the game with your character in a bad spot might result in death when you log back into the game.
"Presentation is far from lavish – the commentator rattles off the same ten-or-so sentences during every battle"
I don't remember any commentary when I was playing?
Oh, no apology needed! :-)
I was just curious, I love post-apocalyptic movies and just the title "Angel of the North" sounded promising!
That sound is like music to my ears, Grindlefly ;-) Except in the game Turbo Outrun, where frequent loading errors would result in a loud alarm sound and flashing screen which scared the hell out of me as a kid. ;-)
So many games on the front of magazines back then. I got all I could get my hands on, Crash, Your Sinclair, Sinclair User etc. Really good times! :-) The same goes for the Amiga era!
Technician Ted was a good one, I remember it being quite a difficult platformer though! Fond memories of Dynamite Dan, and Odd Job Eddie which I got bundled with my speccy.
No doubt it was a Speccy you had back in the day with a username like that, Technician Ted! ;-)
Still remember when I got that game on the covertape of Crash magazine!
Angel of the North, is that a movie? I'm not seeing it on the list.
I remember getting Bart vs The Space Mutants on Christmas day with my Amiga 500+ Cartoon Classics pack. Good times!
An amazingly difficult game though. The appeal of walking around Springfield was great though. Going up to the phone box to prank call Moe. Riding a skateboard down the street.