So... what's the best area? - by juveli
juveli on 22/3/2004 at 15:19
What do you think is the best portion of the game? For my own surprise, it seems that the VersaLife base in Antarctica is one of the most polished. Map loading is not breaking immersion so badly (there's only interior/exterior load), many different enemies (templars, greasels, karkians, turrets), Alex usually is fully upgraded at this point & all in all level design is nice.
Other opinions are much welcome. :)
driver on 22/3/2004 at 17:23
Yeah, the arctic base was the best IMO. Mostly for the fact I was reminded strongly of 'The Thing' (the Film, not the Game). It was a very creepy atmosphere and very well done.
tomi1kenobi on 23/3/2004 at 03:48
I'll go with Antarctica as well. It was creepy allright, especially the VersaLife base plus you had more room to move around, in comparison to those ridiculously tight urban levels. The only downside with that location is that it's borderline frustating if trying to go stealthily without Cloak. But, on the positive side, there were lotsa armored Templars to blow up with Spydrones:cool: That'll teach them.
David on 23/3/2004 at 07:29
Yeah, that was a good level. So there I was in Antarctica, merrilly wandering round, wandered round a corner straight into two bad guys and happy shot them, carried on my merry way, turned round a corner, bumped into something and went "EEK" and merrily shot it to shit.
It was a penguin >:|
Janch0r on 27/3/2004 at 17:22
I've enjoyed both the Cairo mosque and arcology, the mood of a "divided" city was somehow special.
Burdcheese on 28/3/2004 at 19:37
I tend to like the bigger city areas better, though tragically Cairo is no Hong Kong
MechLean on 29/3/2004 at 07:11
Cairo first time around. (Although lost its charm on replay.) Everything came together nicely, and things just flowed. Immersion was best overall here. (Maybe because level transitions made more sense?)
BlackCapedManX on 30/3/2004 at 03:33
I hated cairo, the thought of being somewhere flat with no snow is downright terrifying to a snowboarder. Incidentally I liked Seattle more than antarctica, mostly because it had interaction (other than that with grays)... though the JC bit in antarctica was astounding, load of fun, trippy fun.
theImmortalThief on 31/3/2004 at 07:02
I vote for Cairo. Compared to most other parts of the game it had better side plots and secondary missions, it was overall welldesigned and it had more of a feeling of a city. I hardly felt like I was walking through a city while in seattle or Germany, Cairo was only a little bit better.
I really missed that city atmosphere of Hong Kong in this game.:(
foldy on 8/4/2004 at 04:23
I wasn't too crazy about any particular location in the game, but I suppose I'd go with Seattle (although it felt like a damn shopping mall).
It felt like there was just more to see and do there.
