Metalheart Reviewed

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Silencer

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LoadedInc have gotten a review of Metalheart, with some rather disturbing, if not heretic judgements. Not that I think M:RR is swell, but...:<blockquote>Metalhearts is presented in an isometric view; much like an RTS game. However, Metalhearts is an RPG at heart character interaction and terrain at the core of its gameplay. This view is however detrimental to the style of play the game was designed for as many important quest items are obscured from view and people can be well hidden behind terrain in the foreground. Only special upgrades such as x-ray vision permit you to see what’s hiding behind buildings and other obstacles. This is all very well and good for strategy in fights and evasion tactics in hostile situations, but when you are trying to find someone specific for a quest that you only know is there by clicking on them accidentally you know the gameplay mechanics are flawed.</blockquote>Don't like iso? Yeah, like, excuse me for your innately low PE rank.

Link: Metalheart: Replicants' Rampage review at LoadedInc

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Seems to me like the guy isn't criticizing isometric view itself, but rather Metalheart's implementation of it.
 
People who think it's cool to link to pop-up JavaScript rather than the screenshot itself should be burned on a stake.

I tried to open multiple screenshot as background tabs, only to see the links were no actual links but javascript.

If you want to make a javascript trigger, style it with a pointer cursor and give it an onmouseup event (and make sure it can be activated with keys as well) rather than putting the javascript into the href of an anchor.
Obviously using JavaScript is unjustified in this case anyway, because all it does is open the screenshot in a neat little window that fits the size of the image, which is BULLSHIT.

Bad webmonkey, no banana.

GTFO.
 
Kharn said:
I'm not sure what Ashmo is talking about
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THIS.

Using JavaScript like that was totally hip in 1999.

The generated code isn't exactly satisfying either, especially considering what a mess you have to go through to reach it in the first place:

Code: 
<html><head><title>ScreenShot</title></head><body leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 bgcolor='#ffffff' TEXT='#E2E294'>[img]pics/gallery/screens/24.jpg[/img]</body></html>

Someone deserves a buttrape.
 
well, it's a fairly accurate review

i couldn't finish it - i finally uninstalled it a couple days ago to reclaim HD space.
 
Geez Ashmo, such a Code Nazi! :lol:

All I want to know is most of the dialogue in teh javahovee page thing in funny skwiggles? :wink:
 
What do you expect of someone who renders websites manually with pen and paper by looking at the sourcecode?
 
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