Boiling Point: Road to Hell

ChoGGi · May 25, 2005, 10:32 PM

no ones mentioned it so i figured i should

its a very fun game reminds me of gta, but in the jungle. lots of rpg elements (plants fish snakes to kill and sell).
theres cars, boats, airplanes, helicopters, and attack boats. you have to get a book to learn how to use one of them first, you also have to keep a supply of extra tires (you can steal them from other cars) in case you run across a shootout happening in the road (you get to fix your own tires).
the main mission is finding your daughter. you have to do the side missions to get enough money to do the main mission. lots of side missions

you can get upgrades for your weapons (lots of weapons) to increase the firing range.

first screenshot is the city you start out in

one of the first things to stick out is the size of the freaking map.
i tried to slap it together, it isnt the greatest. the green parts are where i have been.

heres me driving down the road (you can have third person for driving, i perfer first)

one of the many camps

your char profile and inventory screen

now the bad things:
its a bit buggy.
your car likes to disappear at times (i notice it happening after you finish vehicle training and some missions).
flying people.
dialogs cut out randomly.
its goes slowwwy unless you tweak the game options a bit (turning off dynamic shadows and glowing helps, i dont play with any aa at the moment)
i havent had it crash yet though

edit: i forgot to mention no loading screens (if you ignore the first one, plus quickload is pretty quick).
a patch is also out its said to fix the disappearing cars (along with other stuff).

bake15 · May 26, 2005, 06:06 AM

i must admit it does look good, i think im gonna wait and see if the patch works out most of the bugs though.

fireball · May 26, 2005, 08:11 AM

I had a look on gamespot at this and I must say, it does look quite interesting.

ChoGGi · May 26, 2005, 12:57 PM

the patch has fixed the problem with disappearing cars

i havent noticed any hovering people yet, but im not looking too hard.

***Zardon*** · May 26, 2005, 01:01 PM

i like the look of this indeed.

How does it play?

***Zardon*** · May 26, 2005, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChoGGi

the patch has fixed the problem with disappearing cars

i havent noticed any hovering people yet, but im not looking too hard.

any links for the patch, I dont see it anywhere.

ChoGGi · May 26, 2005, 04:12 PM

what do you mean plays?
ftp://ftp.infogrames.net/patches/boi...IL-UPDATE1.EXE

edit: theres a big faq about the game here
http://www.boiling-point.net/index.p...=xenusfaq.html

***Zardon*** · May 26, 2005, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChoGGi

what do you mean plays?
ftp://ftp.infogrames.net/patches/boi...IL-UPDATE1.EXE

edit: theres a big faq about the game here
http://www.boiling-point.net/index.p...=xenusfaq.html

I meant does it play well. is it a good game...

ChoGGi · May 26, 2005, 04:35 PM

its a very good game

bake15 · May 26, 2005, 04:36 PM

i think the patch is US only.

NAZ2222 · May 26, 2005, 05:45 PM

wow i didnt know the game where allready out, i was hopping for some time now!! i love to drive hellycopters!! can my 9800 pro get it to max????

ChoGGi · May 26, 2005, 06:04 PM

you probably need to turn down the graphics, a fast harddrive is also good, and lots of ram.
heres my game.ini, might help run the game better
http://www.savefile.com/files/1525861

***Zardon*** · May 27, 2005, 01:31 PM

Well after reading about the game and this thread I went out and bought it. what a mistake that was.

This game is so bug laden its incredible, glitches galore, and the control system is terrible as well. the cars handling is just so poor and the overall atmosphere just sucks. even with the patch!

As for the sound, its not even 5.1 digital - its a piss poor stereo and with my audigy 2ZS and creative gigaworks sounds like arse, terrible audio, and the voice acting is awful too

I was really looking forward to this but its just a total disappointment. purchase with caution.

pr0digal jenius · May 27, 2005, 01:41 PM

Why would anyone publish a PC game in plain old stereo these days?

***Zardon*** · May 27, 2005, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

Why would anyone publish a PC game in plain old stereo these days?

lol I think thats the least of the games worries. even if the background noises are 3x as loud as the people are you talking to.

so far ive seen.

rats in buildings moving about 1 foot back and forward at around 100 mph, quite funny.

Car collison detection is off by a mile, the tyres even go INTO the road as you move around.

Your character can walk partially into walls and when you enter or leave the car depending on the angle, his head actually goes right through the car frame.

The audio pops and crackles in certain areas, and the engine is extremely poorly optimised. ive tested this game on 3 systems and a more complex engine such as Doom3 runs 5x faster.

The more I play this the worse it gets, but im deinstalling it now, its terrible.

bake15 · May 27, 2005, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

lol I think thats the least of the games worries. even if the background noises are 3x as loud as the people are you talking to.

so far ive seen.

rats in buildings moving about 1 foot back and forward at around 100 mph, quite funny.

Car collison detection is off by a mile, the tyres even go INTO the road as you move around.

Your character can walk partially into walls and when you enter or leave the car depending on the angle, his head actually goes right through the car frame.

The audio pops and crackles in certain areas, and the engine is extremely poorly optimised. ive tested this game on 3 systems and a more complex engine such as Doom3 runs 5x faster.

The more I play this the worse it gets, but im deinstalling it now, its terrible.

ahh thats a shame, it had so much promise

never mind gta-sa is out in 2 weeks

ChoGGi · May 27, 2005, 03:23 PM

hmm i guess i have lower expectations from games

digitalwanderer · Jun 3, 2005, 12:45 AM

Bugs withstanding, I like it.

mantra · Jun 10, 2005, 05:58 AM

what kind of video card should i buy ?
this game for me is a crap, i tried x700 & x800 and i can't play well , sure i have p4 3.6 and a 1 gb of ram

ChoGGi · Jun 10, 2005, 08:43 AM

turn off shadows and glow. 2 gigs would be better for this game.
also defragging the partition its on will help out.

mantra · Jun 10, 2005, 10:32 AM

thanks I will do , bye the way it's pretty nice buggy ..

TJ- · Jun 25, 2005, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Well after reading about the game and this thread I went out and bought it. what a mistake that was.

This game is so bug laden its incredible, glitches galore, and the control system is terrible as well. the cars handling is just so poor and the overall atmosphere just sucks. even with the patch!

As for the sound, its not even 5.1 digital - its a piss poor stereo and with my audigy 2ZS and creative gigaworks sounds like arse, terrible audio, and the voice acting is awful too

I was really looking forward to this but its just a total disappointment. purchase with caution.

Thats all i needed to know...