Polizei
06-11-2008, 01:46 PM
I have never, ever, played a game that could build suspense like this game can.
In November, I formatted my rig and forgot to move my save file over, so I lost it. I just started playing this again recently, and now I'm much further along than I was before. I've avoided places that I knew scared the **** out of me, like the first walk into X18 (I think?) where you get to the bottom of the steps and the boxes start floating... yeah, I got out of there quick.
I've done just about everything I can to prolong my time out of places like that... done about a million "jobs" for the barkeep and that trader guy at the Cordon. I've just gotten sick of murdering people with their "I don't like this guy, so no one would miss him if he died..." jobs, so now I'm finally going down to find Strelok's stash at the Agroprom. I've been down here before on my first run through the game, encountered one 'sucker and one of those psychosis things on my way out, so I know what I'm going to find on my way through it this time, but still, the suspense and the atmosphere get to me. :rolleyes::(
I was on my way to the Lair of the Bloodsucker on my last run through the game, so I wasn't too upset when I formatted over my save file. ;)
Anyone else agree? The suspense in this game is fantastic, as much as I hate it. Overall, the game isn't that scary, but the suspense makes it so.
To give you guys an idea of how the suspense affects me, the first bloodsucker I found when I was looking for Strelok's stash, I found it while playing the game half asleep, 3am, in the dark. I looked at the weird wavy clear object coming towards me... I moved in closer to my monitor to see if it was an anomaly or not. The 'sucker appeared, and I flipped backwards out of my chair. While I was laying on my bedroom floor making sure I wasn't having a heart attack, the POS killed me. :rolleyes:
In November, I formatted my rig and forgot to move my save file over, so I lost it. I just started playing this again recently, and now I'm much further along than I was before. I've avoided places that I knew scared the **** out of me, like the first walk into X18 (I think?) where you get to the bottom of the steps and the boxes start floating... yeah, I got out of there quick.
I've done just about everything I can to prolong my time out of places like that... done about a million "jobs" for the barkeep and that trader guy at the Cordon. I've just gotten sick of murdering people with their "I don't like this guy, so no one would miss him if he died..." jobs, so now I'm finally going down to find Strelok's stash at the Agroprom. I've been down here before on my first run through the game, encountered one 'sucker and one of those psychosis things on my way out, so I know what I'm going to find on my way through it this time, but still, the suspense and the atmosphere get to me. :rolleyes::(
I was on my way to the Lair of the Bloodsucker on my last run through the game, so I wasn't too upset when I formatted over my save file. ;)
Anyone else agree? The suspense in this game is fantastic, as much as I hate it. Overall, the game isn't that scary, but the suspense makes it so.
To give you guys an idea of how the suspense affects me, the first bloodsucker I found when I was looking for Strelok's stash, I found it while playing the game half asleep, 3am, in the dark. I looked at the weird wavy clear object coming towards me... I moved in closer to my monitor to see if it was an anomaly or not. The 'sucker appeared, and I flipped backwards out of my chair. While I was laying on my bedroom floor making sure I wasn't having a heart attack, the POS killed me. :rolleyes: