Hammer of Dawn
I was playing more Gears of War last night--finally got to use the Hammer of Dawn, which is a laser-designator activated sattelite weapon that becomes available from time to time during the game.
The most interesting part is where you have to use it to kill a Berserker, but first you have to lure it outside so the satellite can hit it. I died a lot because I would try to get the satellite to lock on while the Berserker was charging at me. That part has a time limit because the satellite is only available to Marcus for another 7 minutes. I found it interesting because at least for me, the time limit was incredibly generous (I killed the Berserker with about 3:30 left). Normally time limits in shooters are my bane (witness some of my COD4 posts), but this one was easy. If I'm ever crazy enough to try Gears on a harder difficulty level, I'll be curious to know whether part of the balancing is decreasing the time on the clock.
My wife swears I hate the game, but I like it. It's just really tense. She was watching me for a bit last night and we both commented on how Epic really nails the horror movie vibe. So it's a game I'm finding I only want to play in limited increments.
So when I had had enough, I played Halo 3 multiplayer for the first time in a while. They had grifball back, but I always ended up on crappy teams, so I stopped. Lag still remains an issue. Maybe it is my connection, I dunno. I'm considering upgrading from 1.5Mb/sec to at least 3.
The most interesting part is where you have to use it to kill a Berserker, but first you have to lure it outside so the satellite can hit it. I died a lot because I would try to get the satellite to lock on while the Berserker was charging at me. That part has a time limit because the satellite is only available to Marcus for another 7 minutes. I found it interesting because at least for me, the time limit was incredibly generous (I killed the Berserker with about 3:30 left). Normally time limits in shooters are my bane (witness some of my COD4 posts), but this one was easy. If I'm ever crazy enough to try Gears on a harder difficulty level, I'll be curious to know whether part of the balancing is decreasing the time on the clock.
My wife swears I hate the game, but I like it. It's just really tense. She was watching me for a bit last night and we both commented on how Epic really nails the horror movie vibe. So it's a game I'm finding I only want to play in limited increments.
So when I had had enough, I played Halo 3 multiplayer for the first time in a while. They had grifball back, but I always ended up on crappy teams, so I stopped. Lag still remains an issue. Maybe it is my connection, I dunno. I'm considering upgrading from 1.5Mb/sec to at least 3.
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