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Author: | GazChap [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:25 ] |
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Quote: Oo, that reminds me;I still don't have Le Mans 24 Hr for the Dreamcast. I would try and do it, too. I'm so crazy. WEC Le Mans was a fantastic game on the CPC. Horrendously under-rated, if I remember. |
Author: | CUS [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 14:09 ] |
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Pete said it well - it's based more on the movie Stalker than the Roadside Picnic novel, though (I'm about half-way through the latter, and thus far I do definitely recommend it). I have the DVD of Stalker, which I've been saving for a 'special occasion'. Might watch it tonight... If I get bored enough this afternoon I'll re-type my pretentious 'first impressions' thing on Stalker again, Pupil, because it was ace, typically of my awesome self. GazChap - no relation, sadly, but yeah, I had the Speccy version of WEC Le Mans and it was a rather ace little racer. |
Author: | NervousPete [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 14:30 ] |
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CUS wrote: I have the DVD of Stalker, which I've been saving for a 'special occasion'. Might watch it tonight... If you haven't seen it then I think you'll like it. It's a slow burner though, and not an easy watch. It's like Last of the Summer Wine but with the three duffers manically depressed and searching for the meaning of life in a wasteland of dilapidated industrial buildings and overgrown wilderness. Hold on, that is Last of the Summerwine. Also recommend: Russian Ark - I saw it at the cinema and its one of the most mind-blowing films ever, but possibly only if you see it on the big screen. |
Author: | Cras [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 14:32 ] |
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Anyone who thinks that the game conjures up even a fiftieth of the atmosphere of the film is a nutter. This includes both RuySan and CUS, both of whom are the wrongest people ever about STALKER. |
Author: | MrD [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 14:38 ] |
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It reminds me of DarkBASIC. |
Author: | NervousPete [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 14:41 ] |
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Craster wrote: Anyone who thinks that the game conjures up even a fiftieth of the atmosphere of the film is a nutter. This includes both RuySan and CUS, both of whom are the wrongest people ever about STALKER. STALKER is a film throughout which you go "Whu?" and sit confused. And then a week later suddenly feel incredibly obsessed about and dream night after night and are compelled to watch it and rewatch it. Also, watch the making of interviews. There's a very tragic and deeply sad story behind the making of STALKER, that puts 'OMG Brandon Lee!' etc sadly into the minor mishap category. |
Author: | CUS [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 14:48 ] |
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Aye - I've read the Wikipedia page on the film Stalker, and it really is a doomed affair. I'm quite certain I'll love the film, which is why I've been putting it off for so long - since about this time last year, in fact! Irregardless of the game in comparison to its source material, it's hugely atmospheric and good and unlike anything else I've ever played. |
Author: | AceAceBaby [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 15:15 ] |
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nervouspete wrote: three duffers manically depressed and searching for the meaning of life in a wasteland of dilapidated industrial buildings and overgrown wilderness. Down-hill, in a bath on rollerskates? |
Author: | NervousPete [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 15:23 ] |
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AceAceBaby wrote: Down-hill, in a bath on rollerskates? Such out of control baths were a constant hazard for myself and my peers growing up in Holmfirth, we were always told at school to look both ways when crossing fields. |
Author: | Cras [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 15:25 ] |
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CUS wrote: Irregardless of the game in comparison to its source material, it's hugely atmospheric and good and unlike anything else I've ever played. See - what did I say? Wrong. |
Author: | NervousPete [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 15:35 ] |
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CUS wrote: Irregardless... Hold on, 'irregardless'? *Aiee!* (Hurls self out of window Billy Fan stylee) |
Author: | myp [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 15:40 ] |
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Irregardlessly, I must depart from this topic. |
Author: | CUS [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 15:52 ] |
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Aaiee! Sorry. Myo, are you leaving because I said the evil word, or because we've had a page of Stalker dsicussion. Both are valid reasons I suppose, but you really should try Stalker. |
Author: | myp [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 15:54 ] |
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I'd love to play STALKER, but I do not have a PC that would run it. Will a 360 release ever happen, do you think? It's because you said the word, that's why. |
Author: | CUS [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 16:12 ] |
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A STALKER 360 release is supposed to happen this year sometime - hopefully including the 'Clear Sky' expansion/prequel that's coming out on the PC before then. However, given how long it took for the PC version of STALKER to come out, I wouldn't count on it. |
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