Comment by Daedalus

2/14/2006 @ 12:02 pm

Goddamn can I even begin to tell you how much I loved this game? Since unless I’m mistaken you’re still on the ninja level, try this for a treat….wait for one to be near a wall then shoot her with the crossbow. The bolt will hit so hard that it will spike her up to the wall. When you then run up and search the body, you will be able to recover the bolt, pull it out of her, at which point the body will fall to the ground in a crumpled heap.

Phenomenal attention to detail.

Comment by Dodongo

2/14/2006 @ 12:14 pm

I’m actually nearly through the Siberia level. If I get the crossbow back, I’ll try to pin someone.

I do enjoy being able to retrieve my darts and ninja stars from the bodies and from walls.

Comment by DevilsAdvocate

2/14/2006 @ 12:29 pm

The first installment was awesome - I never played part two but imagine the voice acting and story were on par with the first go around. Gameplay superb.

Did anyone try Contract Jack? It was more of the same (so a little Ho-hum in the originality dept) but the writing took full advantage of the snarky, black humor possibilities inherent in playing an evil agent to get some good laughs.

Comment by Daedalus

2/14/2006 @ 12:42 pm

My girlfriend played J.A.C.K. and I tagged in for a couple sections…big disappointment. While the graphics were up to snuff and the humor was occasionally there, the gameplay mechanics sucked ass. They ditched the stealth, they ditched the spy stuff, they ditched the gadgets, they ditched the RPG-Lite progression from NOLF2. What they gave you instead were guys (not bosses mind you, but every random goon) that you had to shoot 15 times to get them to go down.

If it had come out before NOLF2 then there might have been some merit to it as a preview of the forthcoming graphical prowess. As a product delivered at least a year after the second game, it was a tragic step backwards in design quality. On top of all of that it was an exceptionally short game whose length was only padded out by the fact that you had to empty a clip into each enemy.

Comment by Brixtone

2/14/2006 @ 1:12 pm

And then they made F.E.A.R….

Comment by Dodongo

2/14/2006 @ 1:15 pm

They really like those abbreviations…

H.A.R.M.

J.A.C.K.

F.E.A.R

Comment by DevilsAdvocate

2/14/2006 @ 6:17 pm

You pwned me! Thats it Daedalus, i challenge you to Contract J.A.C.K. multiplayer……

Or else we could just go on a quest otgether and be friends. Maybe we could pet a unicorn along the way…..see, MMORPGs ARE kinder and gentler. Some people just refuse to admit it.

Comment by Dodongo

2/14/2006 @ 6:39 pm

MMORPGs are gayer. Admit it.

“Petting the unicorn”?

Yep. Just two dudes alone in the woods petting the old unicorn.

Comment by DevilsAdvocate

2/14/2006 @ 11:00 pm

Why does it always have to be about “gay”? I think someone might be repressing something. I personally see nothing “gay” about two men, pretending to be elves, prancing through the magical forest and occaisionally having a swordfight.

See ? Totally not gay.

Um, yeah…..I think i just lost that argument. Moving on….