Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Sudden Attack

I was actually a bit pleasantly surprised with this game. Considering how old it is (apparently the first MMOFPS, if I recall correctly) the graphics aren't actually that bad. You can feel this game a lot more than games like CrossFire or Combat Arms. There's definitely a small amount of weapons, and the game seems pretty basic.
One thing to note is that tt seems to have errors from time to time, such as a couple times while patching, although it did eventually succeed, and once while I tried running it just now. It also doesn't Alt+F4 so you have to use some other method if you want to minimize it for some reason.
At first, the game actually seems like a decent option. One thing that disappoints me a bit is the fact that you get a few weapons to start with but unlike some of the other games, nothing you can really rent a weapon with. You can rent for 1, 7, or 30 days. One thing that really discourages me is that sniping is very basic...and there's a one-shot-kill gun. It's quite expensive and is bolt action gun but still....no sway, no bullet drop, just aim, click, get kill. At least, it SEEMS like it should be that fucking easy, but somehow it's not. People manage to kill me instantly when I don't even see them, or when I'm unknowingly exposing a tiny sliver of my body, and yet I've clicked while aiming mid-chest and not hit them. I don't know if it's lag or what. It FEELS like it's lag but you don't really FEEL it as much - you just notice it, like "Oh wow, I apparently got shot while I was COMPLETELY behind cover" or "Oh, apparently I got a headshot while reloading" or "Oh, I wasted bullets on a corpse apparently" or even, as mentioned above, "Oh, I guess shooting someone in the middle of the chest isn't enough to make the shot...maybe bullets randomly go astray like they sometimes do in Op7 seemingly, no matter the "Accuracy" of the gun." Killing people is a hardly recognizable feat, and while sometimes it feels like you should have killed them half a magazine ago due to headshots, other times it feels like you just barely clicked and got a kill straight to the chest. I can't really stand this game any longer but if you love sniping and camping then this is definitely the game for you. Oh, and random grenades that SEEM like they were thrown right in front of you, just for you, although the only realistic explanation is pure luck. I hate the feeling that you just died and no amount of skill or equipment would have changed that.
Also, be careful - bodies can't pass through each other, so you can actually get stuck in some hairy situations because of a teammate. I haven't gotten killed because I couldn't retreat because a teammate was blocking me yet, but if I play any longer, it's only a matter of time, and that would piss me off to no end if a teammate was the cause of my death. Really, the only reason this isn't in the reject list is because if you like the idea of a one shot, one kill sniper rifle without needing headshots, this would probably suit you well.

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