On March 15th, 2010, a scant 16 months after release, EA pulled the plug on the Mercenaries 2 multiplayer match-making servers. Because this was the only method to create a multiplayer game (the game does not support LAN or direct IP connections), the game now has no functioning multiplayer component.
The AI in Far Cry 2 seems like some of the best I’ve seen in a what is primarily an action game. Perhaps examined on an individual NPC level, the AI isn’t actually that good; however at a higher level, especially with multiple NPCs interacting with each other, they (usually) give the appearance of being [...]
A boat. Why did this game have to start with a boat? It brought back better forgotten memories of all the terrible missions in the GTA series that involved boats. The water here sure is a lot more shiny, though.
I finished Act I in Titan Quest. I didn’t have much trouble with the Telkine; just used my usual boss “technique” of Battle Standard and whale away, occasionally quaffing a potion. The loot I received wasn’t that great. I recently went from sword & shield style to dual-wielding axes. The skill point buy-back feature in [...]