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Admiral H. Curtiss posted:^ From what I remember, you're better off just hitting the towers with Scouts or Snipers, but don't quote me on that. Well for the distant ones I am; the ones that piss me off the worst are the ones near the spawn [whose machine guns make it tough for me to take them down with anything but tanks]. Marina's able to consistently whack the far off one dead center... hmm, guess I never DID have her try for the armored one midway down, but I figured "armored == no bullets just tank rounds". Bah it's late, I'm tired from my bitter nerd rage, I'll try tomorrow.
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The Dirty Burger posted:Am I a bad person if the part of the VGAs that got me most excited was Tony Hawk 1+2 being released as a collection in HD? Oh, man, I didn't watch the VGAs. Was this seriously an announcement? Because this makes me excited, too. The Flying Milton posted:Yes because it isn't 1 and 2 being released as a collection in HD, just a few levels updated and put out digitally. Oh, unless this is true. gently caress this. Uggghh, I'm so conflicted.
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Dec 12, 2011 15:11
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I recommend Allstar Yakyukken Battle. Why play popular titles when Japanese dvd players games are judt as good? And they take their clothes off if you win 
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whip posted:I recommend Allstar Yakyukken Battle. Why play popular titles when Japanese dvd players games are judt as good? And they take their clothes off if you win Oh what the gently caress did I just look up. Edit: I got Yakyuu (baseball) mixed up with Yakyukken (rock-paper-scissors) so I was all "What's this baseball game?" and it is not a baseball game no it is not.
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Morpheus posted:Oh what the gently caress did I just look up. 3 strikes and you're out. Close enough
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My 5 year old is into watching skateboarding videos and I was thinking about getting him a game for the PS3 to put under the tree. Since he is only 5 here are the requirements 1. You can just skate around ad infinitum without any sort of timer or anything. He has some monster truck game on the wii that sucks because you get to smash trucks for 1 minute then you get 3 minutes of loading screens, menus, and score screens before you can play again for 1 minute. 2. Somewhat simple controls (I haven't played tony hawk in ages, but I remember tony hawk on the ps2 being pretty simple, just hold down x and let it go to ollie). 3. Bargain bin would be great.
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Dec 12, 2011 17:04
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Begby posted:My 5 year old is into watching skateboarding videos and I was thinking about getting him a game for the PS3 to put under the tree. Since he is only 5 here are the requirements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JqElFb9Uig Because it absolutely matches #1 and #3, and captures the feel of skateboarding videos perfectly. Not sure the controls would be simple enough, though. An ollie is simple, just flick the stick down then up, but the flick controls in general get a little weird if you try anything advanced. Might be worth a try?
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So E3 registration opened today and I got an alumni email saying I wouldn't need to submit my industry credentials again if they hadn't changed. On a lark, I registered and... uh... got my confirmation. Guess I get to go to E3 again? Thanks, Sony contest. The gift that keeps on giving. 
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Fuzz posted:So E3 registration opened today and I got an alumni email saying I wouldn't need to submit my industry credentials again if they hadn't changed. On a lark, I registered and... uh... got my confirmation. Guess I get to go to E3 again?
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Fuzz posted:So E3 registration opened today and I got an alumni email saying I wouldn't need to submit my industry credentials again if they hadn't changed. On a lark, I registered and... uh... got my confirmation. Guess I get to go to E3 again? What are your industry credentials? 
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Dec 12, 2011 21:39
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whip posted:What are your industry credentials? Annoying someone on the internet enough to have a sonic the hedgehog title  That's pretty awesome though (The E3 thing)!
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whip posted:What are your industry credentials? He won a contest last year, and was briefly "That Guy who Takes Video Games Too Seriously, Ruining Them for Everyon Else." He's very well qualified.
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Dec 12, 2011 21:42
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Weird. I was reading a Japanese game blog (borderline nws ads) and someone proposed the top 5 poo poo games of the year, and LA Noire was sitting at #5. Reading the comments it seemed that everyone there was expecting a GTA sandbox game and were extremely frustrated that it wasn't one, and it went into the bargain bin immediately. Over here I remember hearing from early on that that's not what it was about, maybe they didn't get that over there? Incidentally the other four were Sengoku Basara Chronicles (PSP), Winning Eleven 3D (3DS), Naruto Narultimate Impact (PSP) and Ace Combat Assault Horizon (PS3).
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Samurai Sanders posted:Weird. I was reading a Japanese game blog (borderline nws ads) and someone proposed the top 5 poo poo games of the year, and LA Noire was sitting at #5. Reading the comments it seemed that everyone there was expecting a GTA sandbox game and were extremely frustrated that it wasn't one. Over here I remember hearing from early on that that's not what it was about, maybe they didn't get that over there? I think it's more that people expect that kind of game out of Rockstar and are mad when they don't get it. It's a bit annoying, similar to how people get mad about a game from a series not being what they expected it to be, but if it weren't stuck to that hype then it would have been an alright game that nobody would have really complained about.
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Shalinor posted:... on the one hand, I want to recommend Skate: Excellent. Thank you for the suggestion.
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Dec 12, 2011 22:18
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sentrygun posted:I think it's more that people expect that kind of game out of Rockstar and are mad when they don't get it. It's a bit annoying, similar to how people get mad about a game from a series not being what they expected it to be, but if it weren't stuck to that hype then it would have been an alright game that nobody would have really complained about.
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Begby posted:Excellent. Thank you for the suggestion. Yeah, seconding Skate here. It's really only as complex as you want it to be. The basic moving around and jumping off things is dead simple - more intuitive than the Tony Hawk games, I reckon. Fancy moves are very complicated, though. It's meant to be more of a skating 'sim' than others.
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Samurai Sanders posted:If only they had known that Rockstar didn't develop it... I'll admit I didn't know either but hey I haven't looked at the game at all so it's fair that I don't know. Still, there's plenty of people who think that the developer is the same thing as the publisher, at least in English-speaking forums. I have no idea how many times I've seen people think everything Atlus puts out is developed by them, or that New Vegas was done by Bethesda, just to name a couple cases.
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Begby posted:Excellent. Thank you for the suggestion.
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Oh, neat! There's a sequel to Sniper Elite in the works. Trailer here. Due next year for 360/PS3. The original (PC/PS2/Xbox 1) was recently ported to the Wii, and it's really a remarkably underrated game. It's all about sniping - breath, gravity, heart rate and wind speed all need to be taken into account. One of Rebellion's last good games, too. Hoping the sequel manages the same. Hoping the plot is nicely morally questionable again, too. In the first, you played as a US agent, disguised as a German sniper on a mission to assassinate Russians in Berlin during the end of the war so that they don't get their hands on any nuclear research. Dominic White fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Dec 12, 2011 |
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sentrygun posted:I'll admit I didn't know either but hey I haven't looked at the game at all so it's fair that I don't know. Still, there's plenty of people who think that the developer is the same thing as the publisher, at least in English-speaking forums. I have no idea how many times I've seen people think everything Atlus puts out is developed by them, or that New Vegas was done by Bethesda, just to name a couple cases. edit: in fact the first like four comments were "man I expected so much, and I got THIS?!?" as if what was bad about it was self-evident. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Dec 12, 2011 |
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Shalinor posted:If you go Skate, get either 1 or 3. 2 threw in a lot of bullshit security guards that lock down areas of the map until you do X Y Z, which I can't imagine would be fun for a 5 year old that just wants to go grind on that awesome looking bench. Eh, the guards really barely do anything and are easily avoided. 2's city is basically 1 but better plus you can get off your board. Also if his kid really wants to play a loving impossible skating game like I did when I was young get him a copy of Skate or Die.
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If you're going to get Skate 3, it doesn't get any cheaper than it is right now. Skate 3 - $11.99 Today only though. This goes for most of EA's other games too, 40% off today only.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Anyway even leaving aside disappointment stemming from it not being what they expected, how could they have disliked it so much? I have some problems with LA Noire but it is still a triumph of a game in almost every respect. Well, LA Noire is really heavily set in a certain time and place and the gameplay is pretty simplistic and coached heavily in the atmosphere of that time and place. Without the same cultural reference points, it might not have the same impact. (And it's worth noting that a lot of people even in the US *really* hated it.) I also wonder what kind of translation it got. LA Noire is so heavily promoted off its visuals and body language being so "realistic", a bad dub could really throw that off worse than normal. Also, it could just be the fact that someone in Japan who really wanted a western-style GTA game is less interested in what amounts to a slightly more interactive visual novel.
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I'd imagine that LA Noire would have fared a lot better in Japan if they'd marketed it strongly as what it is - basically a grittier, slightly more open version of Phoenix Wright or other such equivalent games.
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ImpAtom posted:Well, LA Noire is really heavily set in a certain time and place and the gameplay is pretty simplistic and coached heavily in the atmosphere of that time and place. Without the same cultural reference points, it might not have the same impact. (And it's worth noting that a lot of people even in the US *really* hated it.) They were probably just pissed about how Cole killed so many Japs in the war.  Edit: and to be clear, because goons are sensitive and freak out, not being racist here, the game uses that terminology.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Anyway even leaving aside disappointment stemming from it not being what they expected, how could they have disliked it so much? I have some problems with LA Noire but it is still a triumph of a game in almost every respect. I felt a lot of the time I had to jump into an accusation just to hear what was said before I could decide whether to press the "be a dickhead" button or to actually put some evidence forward.
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Fuzz posted:So E3 registration opened today and I got an alumni email saying I wouldn't need to submit my industry credentials again if they hadn't changed. On a lark, I registered and... uh... got my confirmation. Guess I get to go to E3 again? The Biggest Dick
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Fuzz posted:They were probably just pissed about how Cole killed so many Japs in the war.
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Samurai Sanders posted:I have some problems with LA Noire but it is still a triumph of a game in almost every respect. I wouldn't call it a triumph. It boasts some really neat technology, but the gameplay was not really that great. The interviews seemed cut and pasted, meaning my character would go from "oh hey" to "gently caress YOU" and then back again without any sort of real reaction from the witnesses. Investigating a scene was just pressing a button around the environment until you found something. The one gunplay section I played before returning the game was loving terrible. I can certainly see how it would appeal to people, and from hearing about it from other people there seems to be a really good story buried in there, but it wasn't my bag at all.
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Fuzz posted:They were probably just pissed about how Cole killed so many Japs in the war. 1942 was released by Capcom in 1984 and is a video game about an American fighter pilot blowing up the Japanese air fleet on his way to Tokyo. 
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EC posted:I wouldn't call it a triumph. It boasts some really neat technology, but the gameplay was not really that great. The interviews seemed cut and pasted, meaning my character would go from "oh hey" to "gently caress YOU" and then back again without any sort of real reaction from the witnesses. Investigating a scene was just pressing a button around the environment until you found something. The one gunplay section I played before returning the game was loving terrible. edit: vvv yeah that's what I went in hoping for, and I got it. My only problem with the game was that it didn't have multiple endings. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Dec 13, 2011 |
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I enjoyed LA Noire a lot. I guess people had different expectations. I kinda knew it was going to be basically the console equivalent to a point and click adventure. I was a big fan of Police Quest and such. I study film so all the references and poo poo was up my alley. A chase scene on the set of intolerance ending with a Griffith last minute rescue was faptastic!
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tooooooo bad posted:1942 was released by Capcom in 1984 and is a video game about an American fighter pilot blowing up the Japanese air fleet on his way to Tokyo. They made up for this by trying to make the most American looking Street Fighter be Japanese 
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Samurai Sanders posted:Surely we can agree that it doesn't deserve to be in the worst five games of the year, right? Definitely not worst, but one of the most over-hyped of the year for me. I can totally see how other people dig it, though.
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whip posted:They made up for this by trying to make the most American looking Street Fighter be Japanese
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Samurai Sanders posted:Actually I found it interesting how he was treated as the only person who saw the enemy as humans in the war. Yeah, I really liked the war backstory in the game. Hell, I really liked all the story in the game.
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Codemasters is releasing Dirt 3.5 and charging $60 for it: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/announcement-trailer-dirt-showdown/724858 At least that is what it looks like to me. I think i'm done with Codemaster racing games over all, i've felt burned on F1 2010, 2011, and Dirt 3 fell way short of what Codemasters promised it would be. The last year, they've just been shoveling out really poor quality games.
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ImpAtom posted:I really don't get this. Does everyone in the world forget the scenes in MGS2 where Raiden got a sword, kung-fu fight ninjas, blocked bullets with his blade and had a battle with a dual-sword wielding doctor Octopus after fighting a bunch of giant robots? Or the sequel where he showed up as exactly the dude he is here and did ridiculous poo poo like beating up guys with a sword he holds in his teeth? What the hell did people expect from a game starring Raiden. Maybe almost everyone who replays MGS2 just does the Tanker section (short and sweet) because playing all the way to the end of Raiden's section (unless you are trying to get dog tags or 'the full experience') is mostly unbearable due to the cheesiness of the dialogue - so I could actually imagine that lots of people really do tend to forget the very end of the game. MUFFlNS posted:I'd love a directors cut of MGS4 but I'd hate for them to remove anything, I'd just want more stuff added in. I was really hoping Peace Walker would have the same sneaking mechanics as MGS4, but I guess that would be impossible on a PSP. TheMostFrench fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Dec 13, 2011 |
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