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Very Disappointed in Requiem - max_flax - 09-07-2008
I have just completed Requiem and I am very upset and dissappointed with the expantion. According to the interviews I read, Requiem was suppost to tie episodes one and two together.
Requiem is nothing but a nine level obstical course with tedious puzzles being so hard it's rediculous. There is no story, no adventure, and no fun. The game ends with another rambling from Red and that's all there is.
I was hoping that there were going to be more computers to access, just like in Black Plague. Better yet, the game would be more fun if the player can access some web pages stored in the Santuary's computer server, just like in the game Dark Fall.
The only interesting level in the game was the surface base. And that's it.
So dissappointed.
RE: Very Disappointed in Requiem - Tommy Gun - 09-08-2008
Look, you gotta like puzzle games to play requiem, and the scripting was great.
Still ,look at it this way, would you rather keep playing b.p and overture and not know what requiem was about, or would you buy it and see what it's like?
RE: Very Disappointed in Requiem - Im_Sexy - 09-10-2008
max_flax Wrote:I have just completed Requiem and I am very upset and dissappointed with the expantion. According to the interviews I read, Requiem was suppost to tie episodes one and two together.
Requiem is nothing but a nine level obstical course with tedious puzzles being so hard it's rediculous. There is no story, no adventure, and no fun. The game ends with another rambling from Red and that's all there is.
I was hoping that there were going to be more computers to access, just like in Black Plague. Better yet, the game would be more fun if the player can access some web pages stored in the Santuary's computer server, just like in the game Dark Fall.
The only interesting level in the game was the surface base. And that's it.
So dissappointed.
You are with me. Waste really.
RE: Very Disappointed in Requiem - 242 - 09-11-2008
max_flax Wrote:I have just completed Requiem and I am very upset and dissappointed with the expantion. According to the interviews I read, Requiem was suppost to tie episodes one and two together.
I can't imagine what you hoped for concerning tieing episodes one and two together?
It's all pretty clear as it is after Black Plague, and they're tied pretty well. From readables it's very clear who is every of the characters, what happened with them, etc.
I haven't played Requiem yet, but I just love HARD puzzles, so I guess I'll like it.
RE: Very Disappointed in Requiem - WindexGlow - 09-11-2008
The game was only $10 dollars, so it was well worth it.
Plus if you actually paid attention, you would have figured out the general storyline.
RE: Very Disappointed in Requiem - 242 - 09-12-2008
Just finished it ~5.5 hrs, I liked it. Of course, it's worse than Overture and especially my favorite Black Plague, but it's a small add-on after all, not new chapter. Puzzles could be seriously harder though, they were pretty straightforward for the most part, I never thought hard or stuck.
Anyway, thanks for this little nice addition.
RE: Very Disappointed in Requiem - max_flax - 09-14-2008
Tommy Gun Wrote:Look, you gotta like puzzle games to play requiem, and the scripting was great.
Still ,look at it this way, would you rather keep playing b.p and overture and not know what requiem was about, or would you buy it and see what it's like?
But Requim does not tell me anything about the story or any characters in the b.p. and overture. You only get random quotes by Red and that's all. therefore its a waste of time.
Also, solving puzzles if the Third reason I play these games. First and most of all, I love exploration. Secondly, I like interaction, which includes dialog and story.
RE: Very Disappointed in Requiem - max_flax - 09-14-2008
WindexGlow Wrote:The game was only $10 dollars, so it was well worth it.
Plus if you actually paid attention, you would have figured out the general storyline.
yes I have figured out the general storyline. I just wanted more details and other tidbits about the characters and stuff going on in the background of the crisis.
RE: Very Disappointed in Requiem - barba - 09-16-2008
I hate requiem...............
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RE: Very Disappointed in Requiem - Kedjane - 09-17-2008
I think I beat Reqiuem in 2,5-3,5 hours.
I knew it was going to be "abstract" and more of a puzzle adventure, so I was expecting this, really. I thought it would be like the nightmare section of Black Plague, with the dog and arm puzzles. It really is how IGN sais it though: the levels are too loosely tied. You visit completely different areas by teleportation, bring no objects from one to another and there are even no enemies or other characters that follow you through the levels.
Some more character encounters and such would have made it better, look at Silent Hill 4. You visit several different worlds that have no relation whatsoever, save for the graphical styling. However, since there are notes, items, characters and enemies that follow you through all the worlds the game still feels tied together well.