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What the gently caress, Awful?
SamBishop fucked around with this message at 19:40 on Aug 20, 2012 |
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I told you to edit the post, not re-post it!
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Aug 20, 2012 05:40
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axleblaze posted:I honestly thought Fantavision was pretty terrible and am kind of confused at the sudden praise. It was barely worth the dollar I paid fir it. How much did you play of it? It's a game that gets better as you get better at the mechanics, and like I said, where it really shines is in multiplayer. Samurai Sanders posted:Wasn't it basically a launch game that went down to like $1 almost immediately? Yep, it was a launch game and was priced at just $20 even then, as there's not a ton to it (though there was no multiplayer in the JP version). The price plummeted when everyone passed up "that dumb fireworks" game and went straight for Madden, Midnight Club, Smuggler's Run, TimeSplitters, Tekken Tag Tournament, Ridge Racer V and SSX. Man, for all the poo poo the PS2 got at launch, that's actually a pretty decent set of day one games. Spaz Medicine posted:I LOVE Sky Odyssey. I sold it eight years ago and I'm still kicking myself. You are a good person for loving that game, and don't feel bad; even good people do bad things from time to time (I had to sell mine too after the dot-com crash and I'll never find a new copy for cheap because Activision ran off like six copies). ...! posted:So THQ has jumped into the online pass poo poo with Darksiders 2. They're going on my boycott list for that, but given that they're speculated to be about to have to close anyhow, I feel even less bad about it than usual. :\ They've been doing that for quite a while, actually (I think it started with the 2011 WWE game, but gently caress if I know for sure since I hate everything related to wrestling, especially the lovely games). The difference with Darksiders is that none of the stuff is really needed, but it's enticingly supplementary. You'll still get the full game, but you don't get the Crucible and you can't do the whole item gifting/messaging system (which means you can't technically Platinum the game, by the way). At least it's not chopping content from the main storyline, so you're still getting a couple dozen hours of game.
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Aug 20, 2012 05:42
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drat Soundshapes is loving dope.
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Aug 20, 2012 05:43
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NESguerilla posted:drat Soundshapes is loving dope. Indeed. The first record is fun and all but the jump in quality from the first to the second is incredible. I still need to play it alot more though.
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Aug 20, 2012 05:44
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The Beck album is like digital drugs. By far my favorite, but the Superbrothers ones are awesome too.
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Aug 20, 2012 05:50
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Have they fixed the servers? I spent like three days making a level when the game first came out and then couldn't upload it for another two days so I got frustrated and haven't touched it since. 
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Aug 20, 2012 06:28
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I didn't see a thread about it, so I assume this is a good place to talk about the upcoming Way of the Samurai 4 release? It's releasing on PSN this Tuesday for $40. I absolutely loved the first one on PS2. One of my favorite games of all time. 2 and 3 were also pretty enjoyable. Although they severely lack funky fresh afro samurais. They make up for it with a better combat systems and the ability to screw the entire story and chop fish/make rice cakes all day long. So, wondering if anyone knows how 4 is gonna turn out?
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Aug 20, 2012 07:16
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Dawnfire posted:So, wondering if anyone knows how 4 is gonna turn out? Sanders reckons that reception to it on Japanese message boards has been very poor, but that's not going to stop me getting it in the slightest.
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Aug 20, 2012 09:10
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Stelas posted:Sanders reckons that reception to it on Japanese message boards has been very poor, but that's not going to stop me getting it in the slightest.
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Aug 20, 2012 09:14
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Oh, my bad! That's slightly more legitimate, yeah, but I never got the chance to play any of the other Way of the Samurai games, so I'm pretty determined to check out what's up with it anyway. I've encountered my only real problem with Sleeping Dogs - some of the later drug busts get really dull when you've got to punch your way through twenty guys. Get into a decent rhythm (instakill the brawlers, take out the grapplers, take out everyone else) and it still takes a little too long.
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Aug 20, 2012 09:17
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I just completed Uncharted 1, after having loved Golden Abyss on Vita. I liked it and all, but I thought there were way too many firefights, which were kinda hard (I am bad at games) even on easy, and the jet ski section was really annoying to control. Looking forward to 2 and 3 though! Also completed MGS4 and now I don't know what to do with my life.
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Aug 20, 2012 09:21
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Elec posted:Also completed MGS4 and now I don't know what to do with my life. Download the Digital Database for MGS4 and then read it all without falling asleep. (You will fail at this.)
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Aug 20, 2012 10:18
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Ah, the elusive triple post. This site has an edit button, you know.  quote:you can't technically Platinum the game That's what pisses me off about it. (Cue a bunch of smartasses talking about how trophies are meaningless. I know they are, but I like them anyway, dammit.) I'm not about to pay $10 for a couple of trophies. The gaming industry really needs to give up on the whole online pass thing. At least I'm following through on my convictions and refusing to buy any new game from companies that do this. THQ will only be getting rentals and used sales from me (if they survive for much longer).
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Aug 20, 2012 10:28
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The point isn't $10 for trophies, it's $10 so that developers get some money out of used games. If you buy the game new, you'll get a pass with it and it'll cost the same that it always would have if it was new. Hopefully the only difference will be that retailers have to lower the price of used games to (old_price - $10) to compensate for the online pass, meaning that people playing online will be out the same money they were before and people playing offline only will save 
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Aug 20, 2012 10:40
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That's pretty much what Gamestop does already. "I hate online passes so much I exclusively put myself in the two situations where they affect me" is an interesting plan.
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Aug 20, 2012 11:07
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Aphrodite posted:That's pretty much what Gamestop does already. This is the last post of yours that I will ever answer because I feel like I'm just feeding a troll when I do. If you're not trolling, you're really dumb. Think about it for a minute. I don't exclusively rent games. I buy several new games a year and none of those will be from companies that have implemented online passes in any of their games. This is not hard to grasp but it seems like you're being purposely obtuse.
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Aug 20, 2012 11:22
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...! posted:At least I'm following through on my convictions and refusing to buy any new game from companies that do this. That's fair enough if you feel that way, and kudos for sticking to your convictions, but I have a feeling that in a couple years you're not gonna have many options for games to buy that don't have some form of online pass to punish the used game market. The funny thing is that despite their reputation amongst gamers being quite poor, I can honestly see Activision being one of the last companies to adopt that strategy. I think Call of Duty will be the only major shooter franchise that doesn't require an online pass pretty soon.
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Aug 20, 2012 11:43
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Stelas posted:Sanders reckons that reception to it on Japanese message boards has been very poor, but that's not going to stop me getting it in the slightest. Samurai Sanders posted:Not messageboards, rather Amazon.jp user reviews. They're the most reliable thing I have to go on for import games...but that's not really saying all that much. http://www.amazon.co.jp/product-reviews/B0061ZTG58 This is what I can sum up from Google Translate. - Game locks up during the first lap/playthrough often enough for it to be mentioned in multiple reviews. Happens randomly and requires a soft reset. Getting conflicting reports that the "PLUS/The Best" version comes pre-patched to fix this. Hopefully the XSEED/North American version is already patched. - The torture minigame when you get arrested is terrible. It's pretty easy to get arrested when breaking the law/messing around so expect to go through it often. - Framerate suffers at times. - Normal difficulty is much harder than previous WotS games (?) - A single playthrough/lap takes longer than previous WotS titles. (?) - Some characters cannot be killed or aren't killable at certain points in the game. In WotS games, if you want a NPC's unique sword you have to kill them or there's some related side quest. - The Heat system has been changed somehow and Amazon reviewers don't like it. Dawnfire posted:I didn't see a thread about it, so I assume this is a good place to talk about the upcoming Way of the Samurai 4 release? It's releasing on PSN this Tuesday for $40.
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Aug 20, 2012 12:18
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...! posted:This is the last post of yours that I will ever answer because I feel like I'm just feeding a troll when I do. If you're not trolling, you're really dumb. Think about it for a minute. I don't exclusively rent games. I buy several new games a year and none of those will be from companies that have implemented online passes in any of their games. This is not hard to grasp but it seems like you're being purposely obtuse. Exclusively in regards to those games, genius. It's masochism. It's funny.
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Aug 20, 2012 12:31
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SamBishop posted:Yep, it was a launch game and was priced at just $20 even then, as there's not a ton to it (though there was no multiplayer in the JP version). The price plummeted when everyone passed up "that dumb fireworks" game and went straight for Madden, Midnight Club, Smuggler's Run, TimeSplitters, Tekken Tag Tournament, Ridge Racer V and SSX. Man, for all the poo poo the PS2 got at launch, that's actually a pretty decent set of day one games. Yeah, that is a lot better than I remember being talked about when the PS2 first launched. Also worth noting that Fantavision was originally just a tech demo.
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Aug 20, 2012 12:35
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Gyoru posted:Hopefully the XSEED/North American version is already patched. I want to say XSEED are good at making sure this happens, but to be honest I can't cite any specific examples so much as a general feeling, so I might be entirely wrong. The rest of it I can't say I'm too worried about though I guess I'm getting worryingly used to PS3 frametrate drops. I'm used to Yakuza games, so not being able to kill NPCs doesn't even make me blink for a moment.
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Aug 20, 2012 12:45
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Gyoru posted:http://www.amazon.co.jp/product-reviews/B001OI242O Believe it or not but we actually had a whole conversation like back in January about these Amazon Japan reviews for WotS 4. Someone translated the no.1 received review here
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Aug 20, 2012 12:57
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RichterIX posted:Do you have RGB full-range set to "on" in your display settings? It's inappropriate for most HDTVs and it crushes the poo poo out of blacks. I have no idea! I'll dig around and see, thanks for the advice. EDIT: Seriously, thanks a lot dude! That one change has made games that were nigh on impossible to play in night settings to perfect. second-hand smegma posted:I have no idea why anyone would do this. 3 is the better game. 2 has the better campaign. Even if you don't care about the order and flow of the story (which you should), the set-pieces and multiplayer in 3 are still far superior, and it is definitely the game to go out on. Ah, whoops. Silly me, eh? I've seen the majority of one and two via LP (and completed GA on Vita) and knows what happens in both but yeeeah thinking about it... Didn't get that far into 3 though, so I'll just play through 2 instead. Thanks, again, for the advice (and that other dude who said the same thing). Calexio fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Aug 20, 2012 |
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Aug 20, 2012 13:55
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Stelas posted:I've encountered my only real problem with Sleeping Dogs - some of the later drug busts get really dull when you've got to punch your way through twenty guys. Get into a decent rhythm (instakill the brawlers, take out the grapplers, take out everyone else) and it still takes a little too long. ... and how on earth are you instakilling brawlers? I've got most of melee unlocked, and the best I can do is counter->exploit opening. I always end up going after the generic dudes first, just because I can actually take them down fast. (usually by throwing them over a railing  )
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Aug 20, 2012 16:05
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Shalinor posted:... and how on earth are you instakilling brawlers? I've got most of melee unlocked, and the best I can do is counter->exploit opening. I always end up going after the generic dudes first, just because I can actually take them down fast. (usually by throwing them over a railing Once you learn the backroll move, you can use it on an enemy and get an instant "stealth" kill from behind by grappling.
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Aug 20, 2012 16:10
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Also one of the later upgrades gives you some amazing skills when your Face Meter is active in fights. My favourite is the fact that you can use the grapple button to just walk up to a guy with a weapon, and disarm him and attack him with his own knife all at once. It's very satisfying.
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Aug 20, 2012 16:13
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Shalinor posted:... and how on earth are you instakilling brawlers? I've got most of melee unlocked, and the best I can do is counter->exploit opening. I always end up going after the generic dudes first, just because I can actually take them down fast. (usually by throwing them over a railing I might have the name wrong, but to me brawlers are the guys that block a lot? They're completely open to being grabbed, so you just grab them and run at the nearest shining orange object. Bam, instakill. I save all the situational kills for those guys, since everyone else is pretty easy to take out or else absolutely cannot be grappled. e: Also, the stun knee generally gives me very good results, and as mentioned the backwards grapple is a great thing. Stelas fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Aug 20, 2012 |
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Aug 20, 2012 16:37
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Stelas posted:I might have the name wrong, but to me brawlers are the guys that block a lot? They're completely open to being grabbed, so you just grab them and run at the nearest shining orange object. Bam, instakill. I save all the situational kills for those guys, since everyone else is pretty easy to take out or else absolutely cannot be grappled. Is there any way of dealing with the big fat dudes that grab you? The only fights I have difficulty with are when they throw multiples of those at you. I end up doing a lot running back and forth, just trying to not let them gang up behind me. EDIT: Also, it is totally awesome that this is a big sandbox game with a melee combat system that merits this much discussion. I freaking love Sleeping Dogs. I could never get into Yakuza, but this, this I can do. Shalinor fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Aug 20, 2012 |
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Aug 20, 2012 17:22
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Shalinor posted:Is there any way of dealing with the big fat dudes that grab you? The only fights I have difficulty with are when they throw multiples of those at you. I end up doing a lot running back and forth, just trying to not let them gang up behind me. They don't block at all, so the best way I've found is to just pick one and wail on him until he falls over, then repeat. The wide knockdown roundhouse doesn't knock them down, but usually does a good job of pushing them and any other people around them far enough back. And try to get out of the habit of button mashing triangle to get out of their holds, as half the time it'll cost you dearly. I... haven't learnt that part yet. The problem I keep having is with guys with melee weapons, I always forget that they'll usually go in for a second and then a third strike in quick succession. So if I get hit once I'll usually get hit the other two times as I throw a punch.
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Aug 20, 2012 17:27
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Just platted Sound Shapes. A++, awesome game. Death modes were all p. hard, but rhythm memorization and persistance worked out for me in the end. Community levels are pretty hit and miss. The highest rated section is all lovely Zelda and Mario "remixes". There are cool levels if you look, but I've had better luck in "Most recent ", fwiw. Will probably play with the editor pretty soon. I'll report back if anyone is interested.
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Aug 20, 2012 18:05
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Calexio posted:I have no idea! I'll dig around and see, thanks for the advice. EDIT: Seriously, thanks a lot dude! That one change has made games that were nigh on impossible to play in night settings to perfect. No problem, I had this issue when I first got my PS3 in like 2008, basically because I went "This seems like a good option to turn on  " without actually looking up what it did. I think it's an option that really only applies to computer monitors.
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Aug 20, 2012 18:08
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Thumbquat posted:Community levels are pretty hit and miss. The highest rated section is all lovely Zelda and Mario "remixes". There are cool levels if you look, but I've had better luck in "Most recent ", fwiw. Yeah, when I first got into the community section, I saw TLoZ music and thought it might be impressive if someone properly creative had done it. It was a slope up, and then back down, and it played the first aprt of the Lost Woods song from OoT. And that was it. There are definitely some neat ones on there, though. I saw one (I think it was posted by a goon) that was a combination office/volcano level that was pretty neat.
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Aug 20, 2012 18:12
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SpacePig posted:Yeah, when I first got into the community section, I saw TLoZ music and thought it might be impressive if someone properly creative had done it. It was a slope up, and then back down, and it played the first aprt of the Lost Woods song from OoT. And that was it. Yeah, I can only assume the way to go is to "follow " some cool users and do it that way. Trouble is finding the cool people, I guess.
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Aug 20, 2012 18:36
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Much hyped, but ultimately flawed PS3 game Tokyo Jungle is coming to the US. For a mere $14.99. Much better than the original MSRP of $50 in Japan.
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Aug 20, 2012 18:56
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Harlock posted:but ultimately flawed PS3 game Tokyo Jungle Please elaborate... I'm interested in the game conceptually, but I know nothing about how it actually turned out.
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Aug 20, 2012 18:58
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zenintrude posted:Please elaborate... I'm interested in the game conceptually, but I know nothing about how it actually turned out.
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Aug 20, 2012 19:01
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For $15 I can forgive a game a lot if it means I get to run around post-apocalyptic Tokyo as a brave and fearless pomeranian dog.
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Aug 20, 2012 19:17
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Harlock posted:Much hyped, but ultimately flawed PS3 game Tokyo Jungle is coming to the US. For a mere $14.99. Much better than the original MSRP of $50 in Japan. Whoa, for $15, I can get in on that. Awesome price.
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Aug 20, 2012 19:34
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Hey guys, looking for a game suggestion. My PS3 broke, and as a consolation Sony offered me a free first-party game of my choice when I pay for the repair. Anyone have suggestions on which game I should choose? Anything from this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_published_by_Sony_Computer_Entertainment#PlayStation_3 Pretty sure the only game on there I own is GT5. I like all genres, but I usually don't care for pro sports games and I don't have a Move.
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