Every game I fork out the cash for is inevitably a great game. Maybe I have low standards when it comes to video games. Maybe I'm just a really nice guy.
But I can't see why anyone would say anything bad about DoC. I suppose it's a little easy, but isn't easy > hard? I'd rather enjoy the gaming experience and take in the storyline than struggle through a game's puzzles and boss fights, retrying so many times that I forget why I'm in the frickin' cave/fighting the frickin' guy in the first place.
I guess good fan service for the FF7 lovers but I haven't played FF7 in years and I had to go through the AC recap of it to remember most of the story before I started DoC.
And I'm not sure about the game being as short as everyone says. Is it really that much of a problem? Unless you're finishing it in one sitting (in which case, you could probably benefit from getting out more) you're getting your moneys worth. Remember that a DVD movie is about a third to half the price of a brand new game but only last for 2 hours and all you can do is sit there and watch it. I'm not saying all games should be 4 hours long, I'm just saying that a game being "too short" is a silly point to bring up. Who's to say when a game is "finished" anyway? Is it when the credits roll? After you've finished the extra missions? After you've attempted the hardest difficulty level? After you've successfully completed your own challenge of playing through the game without sustaining damage? If you hated DoC, then it's probably due to the gameplay and the simplicity but don't say it was because it was too short, because if you had liked it, then it would've had the replay value for you to go through it again and again. | 
11-12-2006, 01:27 AM
