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Knows what a real civil war should be Member  |
Portal was the newest thing I've experienced. After that it's all the same with more better graphics.
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Misused handkerchief mender Member  |
Anybody played Viking: Battle for Asgard? I rented it and I think the gameplay is awesome, though the voice acting and script could have used a little work. Mostly a re-working of God of War, with worse voice actors and not as cool magic, but yeah, still pretty fun.
Also, The one person I always wanted to fight with Scorpion is Batman, so that looks like fun...  ********************************************** "You guys are nuts" Homer Jay Simpson Head of the Department of Theoretical and Advanced Methods of Procrastination and Overseer of Laziness Studies at the UUP |
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I would totally love to see Elastic Man vs. Scorpion. Wonder Woman vs. Sonja. Batman vs. just about anyone.
Heck, I'd buy a Batman vs. The Care Bears fighting game. Parrying Care Bear Stares with his batarang and then tearing the little bastards into piles of fluff and tattered fabric. Issues? What issues? There are no issues here. This message has been edited. Last edited by: Dweller in Darrkness, __________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "I am a sexy, shoeless god of war." -Belkar |
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Jonathan Coulton performs Still Alive, the song from Portal, while hooked up to Rock Band.
Huh. So THAT's how far the rabbit hole goes. __________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "I am a sexy, shoeless god of war." -Belkar |
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Knows what a real civil war should be Member |
Lesson Learned: If you wear a fringed cowboy shirt you'll fail in Rock Band! |
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So I'm about 3 hours into Okami. Early impressions follow.
Zelda has a new rival. The feel is very like Zelda. But I love that it isn't another remake of A Link to the Past. It is kindof nice to go exploring and not know that the next chest I open is going to have a boomerang in it. At 3 hours I've mostly exhausted the town fetchquests and I'm on my way to go do something important. Now the game plot is mostly linear, but it doesn't feel that intrusive. Contrast this to Twilight Princess, where at 15 hours I felt like I was still in the tutorial section being led around by the nose by the sidekick and only at 20 hours of gameplay in did I feel like I could actually run around Hyrule field and do whatever I wanted. Two words for that: Not Acceptable. The visuals in Okami are completely unlike anything I've ever seen. Sumi-e and watercolors on rice paper makes for a unique visual effect. I can't imagine how it could look better on the 360 or PS3. Good art design is much more important than more polygons or higher res textures. (See also: Rez, Geometry Wars, Patapon; all great games with minimal graphics) |
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Knows what a real civil war should be Member |
I've started one of the Pokemon DS games. Haven't got into 'the zone' yet.
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Sittin' at the dock of the Bayeaux Tapestry Member  |
Anybody here been playing the new Mario Kart?
 "The other night I dreamed that King George VI was dead, and that Helen Hardinge had somehow or other got herself proclaimed Queen of England, and that I was detailed to go and tell her that it wouldn't do at all; and when I did this, all she said was, 'You see, I am really Queen Mary,' and I said, 'Oh very well' - words to that effect, and woke up. Last night I dreamed that Eisenhower came to stay with us, and he insisted on being put to sleep in the dog kennel, with a collar and chain about his neck." - Sir Alan Lascelles, 19 February 1980 |
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Yahr! Member  |
FTW. ~ Gal-El You don't have to be a basketball player, you can be the president of the United States. ~ LeBron James. |
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Not released in North America until this sunday. But I do hope to pick it up. --------------------- Good Dreams don't come cheap, you have to pay for them. |
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Sittin' at the dock of the Bayeaux Tapestry Member |
 You should send me your friend code when you get it. "The other night I dreamed that King George VI was dead, and that Helen Hardinge had somehow or other got herself proclaimed Queen of England, and that I was detailed to go and tell her that it wouldn't do at all; and when I did this, all she said was, 'You see, I am really Queen Mary,' and I said, 'Oh very well' - words to that effect, and woke up. Last night I dreamed that Eisenhower came to stay with us, and he insisted on being put to sleep in the dog kennel, with a collar and chain about his neck." - Sir Alan Lascelles, 19 February 1980 |
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Did something right Member  |
Break out the dollar bills! Wii!
---------------------------------------------------------- "It really is fun to to stick burning objects into various orifices." "Sorry I haven't been around much, but I am easily distracted by shiny objects." "WEIRD! WEIRDY-WEIRDO-WEIRD! WEIRDOPOTTAMUS WEIRDOSAUR! HIM! YOU! WEIRD!"-Mr. Furious |
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Mario Kart is great! Picked it up a couple of hours ago. Played with random people on the international link up. Lots of fun.
--------------------- Good Dreams don't come cheap, you have to pay for them. |
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More on Okami for Wii.
Overall, this is an excellent adventure game. However, it has a problem with its puzzles. Let me start by talking about game puzzles in general. Stages of solving a puzzle level: 1 Identification: "Oh, this is a puzzle." 2 Determining Goal: "Okay, looks like I need to ___." 3 Exploration: "Let's see if there are any clues around here." Or, "What happens if I do this?" 4 Finding the Solution: "Oh I see! I have to do it this way." 5 Executing the Solution: "Oops. Almost got it last time. Try it again." Occasionally you can do multiple steps in one attempt (like if you get it on the first try after figuring it out, stages 4 and 5 are combined), but generally a good puzzle should result in a few failed attempts, each getting you progressively closer to the goal before you get it right. Okami tends to cut you off around stage 3 and outright tell you what to do. For what should be challenging puzzles it is irritating because it removes all sense of accomplishment for solving it by skipping you over stage 4. For obvious puzzles, where stages 1 though 4 happen in one or two attempts, this is irritating because my failures are usually due to the screwiness of the controls (and the reviews are correct, Okami for Wii's controls are screwy) so I'm already at stage 5 and don't need that kind of help. |
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has been eaten by a grue. Member |
so...anybody get GTAIV yet? the husband is salivating and keeps reminding me of it (even though we can't even discuss getting it for reals until after we get our cc bill).
~ We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But...babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play-world. ~ Elite Special Force Procrastinator, trained in High Arts of Extended Coffee Breaks and Master Linguist of the Water Cooler Conversation |
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Knows what a real civil war should be Member |
Okami on PS2: -Take a step -thirty minutes of exposition -forced tutorials -take another step -eighty minutes of exposition... |
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the Wicked Little Critta Member  |
I just bought Iron Man and it's my first PS2 game in two years. I have to say, I really like it. I have a feeling it's going to be a short game but it's pretty fun. If you're a fan of flight combat or ground combat, you might like it. It seems to have the high production standards that most Sega games have.
Oh and the movie was AWESOME! ----------------------------- Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Additional handling charges may be required. |
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In most dialog screens you now can hit A to get the whole thing to come up at once (rather then scrolling out one letter at a time) and you can hit + to skip a cutscene altogether. I gather these are new features. Concise writing, so that everything a character has to say fits onto one screen, would have improved that a lot. Looking forward to Mario Kart. We'll all have to post our numbers and race together sometime. |
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the Wicked Little Critta Member |
Yesterday, I bought the the PS3 console bundle with Metal Gear Solid 4. I am really tempted to open it to play MGS4, a franchise I love, but I'm not sure I should have it just for 1 game.
It was an impulse buy I admit and I can afford it, but I was wondering if anybody here can recommend keeping it. I'm thinking of just pocketing the $100 gift card they gave me for buying it and sell the console on Ebay. ----------------------------- Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Additional handling charges may be required. |
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I've played a few games on the PS3 and they were all very, very pretty. Not necessarily great, but pretty. I'd keep it.
__________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "I am a sexy, shoeless god of war." -Belkar |
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