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      One of my favorite games. One time I was able to dismember a guy completely before his body hit the ground.

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      Came here to leave the same comment! I have such distinct memories of Gunman, but could never remember the name of the game.

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      I absolutely loved Oni. I didn’t own a copy for a while but I’d play it round a friends house once a week… Those fighting mechanics just felt so tight (for the time) and the gun play was weighty and responsive.

      Shame to hear about the fate of Oni 2 from here, I had no idea

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        Boo rockstar. That game’s mechanics were some of the most fun I ever experienced. It was absolutely crying out for a sequel.

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        Or, Angel Studios became Rockstar San Diego and they made Red Dead Revolver instead.

        But I admire your hate version.

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          Rockstar is pretty shitty to devs, but okay, the Midtown Madness devs did have a glow up because they were under new management

          I just recenly learned about Oni 2s leaked prototype existence and I’m salty that they piecemealed that IP into oblivion… HOWEVER…Oni’s engine would become the RAGE engine that powers and gave life to GTA IV, Red Dead Redemption, GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 (…and perhaps GTA VI…?)

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            Oni still had better hand to hand combat gameplay than all of those games though 😅

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            That’s interesting, I didn’t know it was the basis for the Rage engine. Thanks.

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    Bungie’s Oni was really good for the era. Right before halo and when they were still releasing games for Mac. Think I still have that disc in storage somewhere alongside my Mac copy of Halo CE.

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      It was one of the early games I got for the PS2.

      I didn’t really like it tbh. Ammo was way too sparse. Don’t think I ever finished it.

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      There were quite a few games using the same formula (and improving on it), to the point where I feel Desperados would be my favorite in that genre, not Commandos itself.

      I still remember having to reparation my drive and reinstall windows, upgrading from fat16, because commandos wouldn’t fit on either partition.

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        Going through Desperados 3 after wastelands myself. Shadow tactic up next.

        For me Xcom mechanics is goat. For all my life I’d been into RTS, rise of nations kind.

        Commandos remaster is on the way. Maybe I’ll pick it up to remind myself of childhood horrors

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      Loved commandos. They’re making a new one. There is a demo out. Probably launched next year.

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      I seriously don’t think this game gets enough credit. It basically invented the combat system used in a bunch of AAA titles today. Like the Batman games. Sure they have been refined and improved it, but it was revolutionary at the time.