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I finished Sleeping Dogs and while I liked the game as a whole the ending kind of falls apart. Mostly because of the way they make Pendrew the villain. Its kind of hard to care about the character when he's barely in the game. Probably because of how expensive Tom Wilkinson was as a voice actor. I also thought the way they split the ending missions into too many parts kind of killed any momentum.
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Something I only learned about after 5 years with a ps3. PSN will not allow players to use xXx in their names, as far as I know. I am both sad and happy. There is something funny about making a silly xXx5nipa420xXx tag for fun to totally grief people with. I am looking long term and in retrospect and loving this, 'filter' but I am amazed this hasn't been mentioned before.
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Aug 26, 2012 13:55
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Good Will Punting posted:Most of the complaints I've read were petty bullshit from bad writers He means here, on the site. A lot of people excited for it were disappointed. muscles like this? posted:I finished Sleeping Dogs and while I liked the game as a whole the ending kind of falls apart. Mostly because of the way they make Pendrew the villain. Its kind of hard to care about the character when he's barely in the game. Probably because of how expensive Tom Wilkinson was as a voice actor. I also thought the way they split the ending missions into too many parts kind of killed any momentum. That's like a trademark of the genre though.
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Aug 26, 2012 16:04
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Good Will Punting posted:Most of the complaints I've read were petty bullshit from bad writers, and I take video game criticism with a grain of salt anyway. This series is one of my favorites and even if it isn't perfect I'm still gonna enjoy the hell out of it. Apparently you missed the thread on this forum full of complaints from people just like you (and me).
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Aug 26, 2012 16:12
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muscles like this? posted:I finished Sleeping Dogs and while I liked the game as a whole the ending kind of falls apart. Mostly because of the way they make Pendrew the villain. Its kind of hard to care about the character when he's barely in the game. Probably because of how expensive Tom Wilkinson was as a voice actor. I also thought the way they split the ending missions into too many parts kind of killed any momentum. TBH I havent got the game yet but when I saw he was doing a voice I assumed right away.
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Aug 26, 2012 16:33
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I just watched the movie One Hour Photo and it blows my mind how the family's house is exactly what Heavy Rain based their design on. I had the same feeling about Max Payne 3 after watching Man on Fire. edit: David Cage is an unoriginal piece of poo poo. Housh fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Aug 26, 2012 |
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Aug 26, 2012 16:37
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the truth posted:Apparently you missed the thread on this forum full of complaints from people just like you (and me). Yeah I rarely read this forum so I did and just assumed you were talking about the slew of negative reviews. Apologies. Maybe they'll improve on some of the issues with a patch or with the DLC. 
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Aug 26, 2012 16:40
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Housh posted:edit: David Cage is an unoriginal piece of poo poo. As opposed to every other game developer who is just a wellspring of exciting new ideas, none of which were cribbed from movies or books (mostly movies).
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Aug 26, 2012 18:55
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Housh posted:I just watched the movie One Hour Photo and it blows my mind how the family's house is exactly what Heavy Rain based their design on. I had the same feeling about Max Payne 3 after watching Man on Fire. If you're talking poo poo about Heavy Rain then I'm going to cut you. It might not hit the mark for everyone, but drat it tried for the gold alright.
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Aug 26, 2012 19:16
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Housh posted:I just watched the movie One Hour Photo and it blows my mind how the family's house is exactly what Heavy Rain based their design on. I had the same feeling about Max Payne 3 after watching Man on Fire. Parkingtigers posted:If you're talking poo poo about Heavy Rain then I'm going to cut you. It might not hit the mark for everyone, but drat it tried for the gold alright. It tries to be a futuristic crime procedural, a noir detective story, Saw, and whatever you want to call Madison's chapters and there's such a disconnect between these scenes that the whole thing never gels together. Jayden's partner, the guy at the junkyard, and the Evil Doctor are so absurdly over the top that the game begins to feel like satire but I know it isn't. A True Jar Jar Fan fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Aug 26, 2012 |
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Aug 26, 2012 19:20
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Parkingtigers posted:If you're talking poo poo about Heavy Rain then I'm going to cut you. It might not hit the mark for everyone, but drat it tried for the gold alright. I enjoyed the game and bought it day 1. I just feel butt hurt because I remember being astonished by the design of the house you wake up in at the beginning. I thought Cage and friends were geniuses in art and design by creating that house until I watched One Hour Photo. I'm disappointed.
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Aug 26, 2012 19:21
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Enjoyed it while I played it, kinda disgusted at it looking back. Enormous plot holes, creepy stuff with Madison, David Cage being an rear end in a top hat ect.
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Aug 26, 2012 19:42
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Housh posted:I enjoyed the game and bought it day 1. I just feel butt hurt because I remember being astonished by the design of the house you wake up in at the beginning. I thought Cage and friends were geniuses in art and design by creating that house until I watched One Hour Photo. I'm disappointed. Eh, it's more of just a typical Frank Loyd Wright inspired design that One Hour Photo itself was using than it was Heavy Rain ripping it off.
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Aug 26, 2012 19:47
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Parkingtigers posted:If you're talking poo poo about Heavy Rain then I'm going to cut you. It might not hit the mark for everyone, but drat it tried for the gold alright. Trying for the gold doesn't excuse landing in the sewer, sorry. Heavy Rain tried some stuff but its overall execution was abominally bad. The fact that even the developer asked people not to play it more than once is a sign of how badly flawed it is. A good film (which HR was trying to mimic) can be watched more than once and be improved by it. Heavy Rain's replays just point out how massively full of plot holes and lacking in meaningful choice it is. ImpAtom fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Aug 26, 2012 |
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I enjoyed Heavy Rain, but I won't argue that it wasn't deeply flawed in some significant ways. Making the re-watch/re-play comparison to a movie isn't fair, though. Cage advocated not replaying the game in order to preserve the 'integrity' (such as it is, anyhow) of the experience. When you replay the game, you can see all the 'rigging' and plot deviations and the 'game-ness' of it all. That's not exactly a problem movies have. The more apt comparison would be of spoiling a magic trick diminishing it's impact. Not that I'm saying that Heavy Rain is magic, but I believe that's the sense Cage meant it in -- not "don't play my game more than once so you won't see how full of holes it is" (even if it is actually full of holes).
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Aug 26, 2012 20:43
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The problem is though that the game was really presented at most points as an interactive story where every little thing you did would effect something. It was presented as a game you could replay alot. The earliest thing I heard about it was that your characters could die at any given time and the story and would go on, and your characters could die in a few scenes, it wasn't nearly as open as they were presenting it as being. If the game cheats it alot that's fine, but to present a game as being full of options and then telling people not to replay it so they don't see all the ways that it's not is really lame.
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ChetReckless posted:I enjoyed Heavy Rain, but I won't argue that it wasn't deeply flawed in some significant ways. Making the re-watch/re-play comparison to a movie isn't fair, though. Cage advocated not replaying the game in order to preserve the 'integrity' (such as it is, anyhow) of the experience. When you replay the game, you can see all the 'rigging' and plot deviations and the 'game-ness' of it all. That's not exactly a problem movies have. If that's true the game wouldn't have things that encourage you to replay it, such as trophies for various different endings.
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I don't even really care if there aren't actually a lot of options when replaying as long as the illusion of choice is well done. I care more that no matter what you do the writing and story are terrible.
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second-hand smegma posted:I've got a 60GB that needs a new power supply. I actually like my slim better. What reason is there to hold onto a launch PS3 when all the good games are pretty much available digitally? I mean, besides the fact that it looks shiny...
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^^^ I've used two different USB hubs with my PS3 for years without a problem. Try buying a hub that isn't an off-brand, I guess.Scyron posted:Something I only learned about after 5 years with a ps3. PSN will not allow players to use xXx in their names, as far as I know. Sony's censorship has always seemed random and silly to me (not that I'd want to name myself anything with xXx in it). Sony censors Home heavily (I think they want to keep it PG or something) to the point that it can be funny. Anything even approaching a swear word is asterisked out, even "hell." When Home first launched, the word "hello" would appear as "****o." Yet one of the preloaded macros is the word "hello." Why they never noticed during testing that their own "hello" macro actually said "****o" is a mystery.
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So uhhh I finally got to really playing Assassin's Creed 2 yesterday and holy gently caress how did I let this game sit and collect dust so long.  It is amazing. It's like Italian Saboteur with a really awesome plot structure/method of delivery. I had no idea that the game was... erm, like this? I dunno, I expected something else for some reason, but this is awesome. This game is so good.I need to go watch the LP of AC1 so it makes a little more sense, but it's pretty cool so far. Ezio's dad just got whacked, which actually surprised me, didn't really see it coming, of course neither did Alberti when I shanked him in the kidneys.  e. Is "wall climbing rooftop adventure" an official genre? Because now I've got AC, Infamous, Saboteur...
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Code Jockey posted:So uhhh I finally got to really playing Assassin's Creed 2 yesterday and holy gently caress how did I let this game sit and collect dust so long.
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Code Jockey posted:I need to go watch the LP of AC1 so it makes a little more sense Don't bother, just read the summary on Wikipedia or something. AC1 has very little relevant story in it.
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Cbouncerrun posted:Don't bother, just read the summary on Wikipedia or something. AC1 has very little relevant story in it. Silence you. Geop's LP of AC1 is excellent.  Did anyone else get a R&C Full Frontal Assault beta code yet? Just got mine in the mail.
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Yup, just got mine. Loading it up now.
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I was wondering if someone had suggestions for a game for PS3 or on PSN that would be good for someone who has never played games. I thought Journey might be good but I'm not sure it would have the same impact on someone who has never played games and is used to constant voice communication. Another thought I had was Plants Vs Zombies which will probably be my starting point. Any other good suggestions? Preferably nothing super violent and with some charm to it if possible.
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Xeras posted:I was wondering if someone had suggestions for a game for PS3 or on PSN that would be good for someone who has never played games. I thought Journey might be good but I'm not sure it would have the same impact on someone who has never played games and is used to constant voice communication. Another thought I had was Plants Vs Zombies which will probably be my starting point. Any other good suggestions? Preferably nothing super violent and with some charm to it if possible. Critter Crunch, Tomba!, and Klonoa might fit the bill. Critter Crunch is a puzzle game with a lot of charm. Klonoa's a PS1 "2.5D" platformer that is pretty easy overall except for some late-game stuff. I have no idea how hard Tomba! is but you're a caveman and there are pigs and it's regarded as one of the gems of the PS1.
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DangerKat posted:What are the thoughts on Sony's official wired headset? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3344834
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Xeras posted:I was wondering if someone had suggestions for a game for PS3 or on PSN that would be good for someone who has never played games. I thought Journey might be good but I'm not sure it would have the same impact on someone who has never played games and is used to constant voice communication. Another thought I had was Plants Vs Zombies which will probably be my starting point. Any other good suggestions? Preferably nothing super violent and with some charm to it if possible. Heavy Weapon  One stick to move, other stick to shoot. It's not that violent, unless shooting down aircraft and explosions all over the place is a bad thing. Peggle is another good one. It's super-easy to control and understand what's going on.
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Yechezkel posted:Peggle is another good one. It's super-easy to control and understand what's going on. Peggle is a good one. First game I bought the Mrs when I got my PS3, and she had an absolute blast [she'd never played it on the PC]. Trash Panic, if you want them to never speak to you again.
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Xeras posted:I was wondering if someone had suggestions for a game for PS3 or on PSN that would be good for someone who has never played games. I thought Journey might be good but I'm not sure it would have the same impact on someone who has never played games and is used to constant voice communication. Another thought I had was Plants Vs Zombies which will probably be my starting point. Any other good suggestions? Preferably nothing super violent and with some charm to it if possible.
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Samurai Sanders posted:AC started the whole thing didn't it? Infamous and Saboteur are both from two years later. Haha, I suppose so. Well, that's me I guess - if it doesn't have "Yakuza" in the title I don't play it until it's several years old, and things get jumbled up. e. Also Xera, dunno if this is a good fit but I'm positively addicted to Chime, which is a fun game with pretty much no learning curve [put down blocks, make squares, cover entire board], great soundtrack, and is pretty fun. e2. AC2chat: Ahahaha holy poo poo its-a-me, Mario! Code Jockey fucked around with this message at 08:04 on Aug 27, 2012 |
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On the subject of Heavy Rain, I really loved the game but after getting the Platinum I exhausted all the options available and so I haven't played it too often since (It all feels fresh in my mind) One criticism I have about the game is that it is too generous with the players, which is both good and bad, in terms of giving that last minute opportunity to survive and in some scenes despite the threat of death seeming present you can't die at all (Butterfly Trial with Ethan is a good one). If the game had the same threat level as the last chapters all throughout it the whole thing would be a lot more intense on repeat playthroughs.
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Platted Amalur. Another plat of a lovely game.  I just played the Papo & Yo demo. Isn't the main gimmick of the game supposed to be you guiding that monster around? There is literally none of that in the demo. Why would you base your game around a gimmick like that and then not put it in the demo? It makes no sense. The only impression of the game that I got from the demo is that it's an underwhelming platformer. It's a shame.
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...! posted:Platted Amalur. Another plat of a lovely game. What was your total game time to plat? I'm playing through at the moment but I really can't be arsed with the odd side quests. Can you just do the main quest/faction quests and be done with it?
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There's some lovely grinding trophies, like that 500 kills with skills (or something like that), collect 10 of each ingredient, and that object destroying one. And I think "lovely game" is hyperbole, the combat was almost worth the price, IMO. Space Kablooey fucked around with this message at 13:47 on Aug 27, 2012 |
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...! posted:Platted Amalur. Another plat of a lovely game.
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