Real Life: The Full Review

Eli · July 20, 2003, 11:45

http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/fea...usworld/1.html

Solver · July 20, 2003, 13:31

DinoDoc · July 20, 2003, 14:10

It needs more patching.

Main_Brain · July 21, 2003, 02:59

Support is crappy and without Fog the Framerates would be too
:P

DrSpike · July 21, 2003, 05:59

Funniest thing I've read for days.

alva · July 21, 2003, 15:21

pfff, crashes all the time, spells never seem to work for me, the monytairy system is way unbalanced and the graphics wear down waaaay to fast.

DrSpike · July 21, 2003, 15:29

NERF THE CLEVER PEOPLE!!!

muxec · July 25, 2003, 08:23

The greatest programming project ever took only 7 days. We are trying to debug the ****ing thing until now.
Morale: design before you implement.

P.S: It would be good to use in apolyton trolling contest.

child of Thor · July 25, 2003, 08:56

My God! sounds GREAT

where can i get it

(i wanna look like sgt.peppers

)

april was a while ago right??

muxec · July 25, 2003, 09:02

Real Life is copyrighted. Dont forget this.

child of Thor · July 25, 2003, 09:21

By God?

Harry Seldon · July 25, 2003, 10:33

Very thought-provoking, although I personally think Morrowind is the more realistic or the two.

CivPatriot · July 25, 2003, 11:01

One of the funnier review parodies I've seen, can imagaine some hardened gamer reading about this and thinking?

And what about replayability? All I get is one shot? You have to be kidding me I want my hard earned dollars worth!!! I want it to be turned based none of these rush decisions, its a game of strategy not action or adventure!!!

Then you ahve people complaining about the lack of cheats, or how attempting to often sends you to jail, on and on. No easter eggs(other than during easter). You don't get to see the end game credits, etc.

DrSpike · July 25, 2003, 11:46

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Originally posted by CivPatriot
One of the funnier review parodies I've seen, can imagaine some hardened gamer reading about this and thinking?

And what about replayability? All I get is one shot? You have to be kidding me I want my hard earned dollars worth!!! I want it to be turned based none of these rush decisions, its a game of strategy not action or adventure!!!

Then you ahve people complaining about the lack of cheats, or how attempting to often sends you to jail, on and on. No easter eggs(other than during easter). You don't get to see the end game credits, etc.

You've got enough material there for a follow-up article.

CivPatriot · July 25, 2003, 12:36

And a possible sequal to the game Real Life: The Afterworld- Heaven or Hell.

can see the reviews now.....

DrSpike · July 25, 2003, 12:38

Is that one of the rare games where your decisions and character in the prequel actually affect gameplay in the sequel?

lord of the mark · July 25, 2003, 15:52

Problems with this game:

1. Play is unbalanced - some characters start with more resources, better families, better bodies or "personalities" than other players.
2. Rules are way too complicated. Remember Sid Meiers " if it aint fun, dont put it in"
3. Similarly while most decisions are trivial, a few key ones can decisively impact the course of gameplay
4. Needs a much better manual - rules are very unclear, and appear to change frequently - strategies that used to work well no longer do.
5. Not as addictive as you might expect - I hear thousands leave the game voluntarily every year, and many more would but find discontinuing too much bother.
6. On the other hand, if you play it intensely, are willing to accept and even embrace surprise, enjoy the variety and suspense without worrying about the fairness of the rules set,and can tolerate the micromanagement, it can be a very enjoyable and rewarding game.

Ben Kenobi · July 25, 2003, 22:50

Quote:

Is that one of the rare games where your decisions and character in the prequel actually affect gameplay in the sequel?

ROTFLMAO

Even rarer, you can't buy the sequel until you have finished the original game.

No one even gets to see the sequel except in very rare occasions.

DinoDoc · July 25, 2003, 23:11

Check your PMs obiwan!

Sirotnikov · July 29, 2003, 06:40

This should appear in the OT as well, no?

DrSpike · July 29, 2003, 07:14

I think it's better here.

Grumbold · July 29, 2003, 08:21

Like with all the other MMOG's if you foolishly look at the game forums you will risk finding yourself swamped in a tide of self pitying bile ridden posts from people who just want everyone else to share their misery. My advice is to get on and play it your way

lord of the mark · July 29, 2003, 10:31

Quote:

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
This should appear in the OT as well, no?

of course its better here, siro. I mean really.
Ani od lo melech. I mean the whole point is that Real Life (TM) is a game, and should be discussed as one.
Ani od lo melech.
Ergo, we can have more interesting discussions here, where we normally discuss games.
Ani od lo melech.

and of course, pardon my dik-duk.

muxec · July 29, 2003, 11:54

Lord of the mark, you would better write +1 without explaining in Hebrew why dont you want to post in offtopic.

lord of the mark · July 29, 2003, 14:58

Quote:

Originally posted by muxec
Lord of the mark, you would better write +1 without explaining in Hebrew why dont you want to post in offtopic.

well i thought it was funny. which means it had real content unlike, say, posting a number. And the english parts were ontopic, and straightforward, so from an anglophone point of view, it was an on topic post, with just a little foreign gibberish thrown in. By adding the hebrew i was pointing out what should be obvious anyway, but adding a touch of humour (the humour largely coming from use of a language that siro would know, but that others could be expected not to know. Thus making fun of the whole plus a number thing.

(i will again point out, in case ANYONE is listening, that I do not make Plus a number posts, or one word posts without content. If i really wanted to just get to king with no effort, there would be many places to put "I agree" posts here and on other on topic forums i frequent. I have carefully avoided doing so - if however the powers that be want to reduce me by the number of posts i have made to this thread, i would not complain - though i would be disappointed)