Might be, but many throws in martial arts work like that. If you're the receiving end, you need to go with it or things will break. So playing along you essentially avoid the critical hit and take lesser damage.Originally Posted by Lukasz
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Finally finished Jamestown (after getting it in the HIB eons ago). Short game, but just the right length, I think. I spent 4 hours total on it according to steam, but at least 2.5 of those hours must have been spent just trying to beat the final level. Good game, though.
Also playing "Avernum 4." I like it over all, but it's probably the weakest of all the spiderweb games I've ever played (especially when it comes to plotting, which is really taking its sweat time to do anything interesting).
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Actually, Saints Row's character generator helped me to discover that deep down I am actually a strong black woman who rocks her afro puffs proudly whilst defiantly holding her fist up high to the facists.
Who knew?
Last edited by Juan Carlo; 25-05-2012 at 09:33 AM.
Seems like you ve never been on the receiving end! Most of them have nothing to do with choreography unless you are doing a show or something.
I thought Jamestown was a very good length. I beat it in about 4 hours too (with some of that time spent on the challenges) and I think I could go back and do a good run in about an hour now. It helped that the last level ate up all the patience I had left for the game; those moving environmental pieces really pissed me off. Comparatively, I wouldn't want to go back and play Tyrian 2000 for score, but I'll definitely play Jamestown again at some point in the future.
One of my housemates just bought an Xbox 360, so the first thing I did was rush to the store and buy Red Dead Redemption, pretty much the only console exclusive I've been sad about missing. I managed to put in a few hours yesterday and it is indeed excellent.
On the PC, I am unexpectedly enjoying Assassin's Creed: Revelations. I picked it up in the recent Steam sale, kept away for a while by AC fatigue, but I think I chose the right moment to jump back on because I'm having a blast. So far there have been no, uh, assassinations, but the game as a whole does seem to emphasize stealth slightly more than the previous versions, which I like. Constantinople is an awesome and beautiful city, the music is excellent, and the hookblade is a fun addition to the free-running. Rock on AC3!
I also purchased Defender's Quest from the Because We May sale. I've only played a handful of maps, but I've liked it so far. Well worth the $3 if anyone's curious. Plus, there's a demo!
I loved Red Dead, but I also experienced the signature "Rockstar-slump" that I have in every game since Vice City. Their mission structure and game length needs work, I think. It's easy to eventually lose interest and it can feel tedious. I usually come back about a year later to finish.
A lot of it is telling yourself you don't need to do every single sidequest/activity in those games. Do what you want then get out. In GTA4 I quickly stopped giving a crap with regards to all friend/dating missions and just played the main quest, shooting the occasional pidgeon. No idea if this is possible in Red Dead but I'd be surprised if you couldn't just play the main game.
Unlike the GTA3 series or GTA4, Red Dead's world feels a lot more alive so you feel more compelled to explore it. You can just get on a horse, find an area with nice scenery and let the soundtrack play. Just trotting around on your horse gives the world a vibrancy the GTA games lack.
khaz: I agree. I've never been a fan of the GTA games, but the Western setting is incredibly well-realized here. Just riding your horse around and watching the sunset is a pretty amazing experience. The soundtrack is fantastic, as well.
It's all about balance/counter-balance, isn't it? A smaller woman can *easily* take down a larger guy if she gets him in the right position.
Depends on the martial art - that move in your gif is near to impossible to execute in real life conditions but ordinary nuts-kick is highly effective no matter how big your opponent is..
Unless he's a giant eunuch. Then you're fucked.
Or if he's wearing a cup.
Besides being a move that requires a fair amount of fortune to actually work, the sort of attack depicted in the gif is a huge liability in actual real world scenarios - like any scenario where you're fighting more than one person - congratulations, you have just positioned yourself on the floor with some dude on top of one of your legs. Prepare for a kicking. Regardless of the fact that there are things a smaller person can do to help even the odds, the larger person has the advantage of being larger, which never stops being an advantage.
Don't know any people wearing a cup to restaurant/bar/cinema/whatevs.. Except for actual training/organized fight it is rather uncomfortable to wear every day and I thought we are talking real-life scenarios now..
I'd agree with him, actually. The vast majority of martial arts are designed to be good at fighting other people who use that martial art - the focus is on scoring points and being viable in competitions within a strict set of rules and what have you; very few styles focus on practical situations and self defence. People who practice 'flashy' martial arts and score well in their spars don't like to hear this, though. Take Krav Maga for instance, it's usually banned in competitive settings because it does not care for such things, it is all about self defence whether that be using nearby household items, eye gouging, groin kicking, whatever. It doesn't try to look flashy or do overly complex moves that only work in a large room when the person knows it's coming and you're standing on a mat, it focuses on self defence.
That's not to say there aren't martial arts that are good for self defence in addition to sport, such as muay thai, but yeah. I'm sort of getting the feeling this may be slightly off topic though...
I'm playing Day Z and trying to play Diablo 3, but since I've started a little late, finding someone to play it with who isn't already far ahead has been a lot more difficult than I anticipated.
Last edited by Sidian; 25-05-2012 at 08:32 PM.
I have a 10 and a 14 and my friends are all level 35+. I hate playing the game by myself. Feel free to add, though bear in mind that I'm in the States:Sabrage#1941
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