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by EricLewis
Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:37 pm
Forum: Receiver
Topic: Receiver: Wow. I love it!
Replies: 34
Views: 28860

Re: Receiver: Wow. I love it!

Could you fine folks at Wolfire
PLEASE FIX THE DOORWAY LAG??
It kills me so often and so unnecessarily...
(although it is funny when I run from an enemy, hit doorway lag, it snaps back to real-time and I am flying in the air.)
please please please :cry:
by EricLewis
Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:39 am
Forum: Receiver
Topic: Receiver: Wow. I love it!
Replies: 34
Views: 28860

Re: Receiver: Wow. I love it!

OK, now after four weeks of playing Receiver, I realize that FLYING TURRETS are the hardest "difficulty setting" I have ever seen. They have path-finding A.I. and less than 10 percent of their surface can be damaged. They move faster than the player at full sprint and can see around corner...
by EricLewis
Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:10 am
Forum: Receiver
Topic: Receiver: Wow. I love it!
Replies: 34
Views: 28860

Re: Receiver: Wow. I love it!

I am still playing it, and have got NINE tapes. That was EXTREMELY HARD - I had to: 1.) learn to change and load magazines on the run 2.) crouch-dodge-run the flying drones 3.) jump into unusual places - around buildings, between doorways (over warehouses :shock: ) 4.) pick off HORDES of spawned tur...
by EricLewis
Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:25 am
Forum: Receiver
Topic: Receiver: Wow. I love it!
Replies: 34
Views: 28860

Re: Receiver: Wow. I love it!

Has anyone ever gotten all the tapes? I don't want a spoiler or anything... just curious to see if it's even possible. The flying turrets are tough - if I hear them beep, I hit Q to holster my weapon and then tap W like crazy to run out of there. Once I pass a doorway, I wait and shoot them while th...
by EricLewis
Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:50 am
Forum: Receiver
Topic: Receiver: Wow. I love it!
Replies: 34
Views: 28860

Receiver: Wow. I love it!

I don't know what it is, but this game truly resonated with me... The procedural levels are perfectly sized- allowing real suspense between the drones. The music brings me back to Mann's Manhunter and Cronenberg movies from the eighties and forces a dystopian, empty feeling inside and weirdly also i...