The most astonishing thing is the sheer amount of misinformation involved, the fact that stuff like 'super mario 16' were released as a suposedly licenced products is staggering.
Street Fighter III: Mario Edition was released as a supposedly licensed product too!

The funny thing is that Nintendo did eventually sign a contract with Steepler (which created the Derby, if you missed that) that let them be the sole distributor of the SNES in Russia! Weird, eh?

The funny thing is that Nintendo did eventually sign a contract with Steepler (which created the Derby, if you missed that) that let them be the sole distributor of the SNES in Russia! Weird, eh?well if they're gunna do it anyway, you may as well try to make it official.

Ironically thay shut down in 1996 because their licensed carts were being massively undercut by Pirate versions.:p

This is as old as the Hills by this point, but:

http://startrekdom.blogspot.com/2007/06/captain-kirk-mr-spock-and-jfk-rejected.html

Gene Roddenberry's original script for Star Treck II (and III and IV) is scarry similar to the Red Dwarf episode 'Tikka to Ride'.

Wierd.

Skyrim v1.4 beta update is available now. http://www.bethblog.com/2012/01/23/now-on-steam-beta-update-for-skyrim/

Hey, question: what opinions do you guys have on Desura?

At the moment, it's fairly holding its own because of indie games, but I really don't see it being a decent competitor to Steam anytime soon. Even if they can match prices, Steam's big appeal is in its ridiculous sales.

Hey, question: what opinions do you guys have on Desura?

At the moment, it's fairly holding its own because of indie games, but I really don't see it being a decent competitor to Steam anytime soon. Even if they can match prices, Steam's big appeal is in its ridiculous sales.I've heard of it, but only vaguely.

Steam's doing a great job in both sales and personality. Valve is running things a way that makes most of the gaming community happy. Doesn't matter if Desura matches the prices or even beats them, Steam is going to stay on top because the guys behind it have been consistently awesome to us.

Except for the whole Episode 3 thing. I don't even want a release date, I would just be happy with an overall un-release period of time. Something like "it's not coming out this year, no", so I can stop having mini-heart attacks every time I see the HL logo in a news article before noticing it has nothing to do with ep3/hl3. :(

I've heard of it, but only vaguely.

Steam's doing a great job in both sales and personality. Valve is running things a way that makes most of the gaming community happy. Doesn't matter if Desura matches the prices or even beats them, Steam is going to stay on top because the guys behind it have been consistently awesome to us.

Yes, Steam is awesome to everywhere but Australia, lets all praise them for there 99.9% price markups! (Batman: Arkham City is still $99.95 and our "Special" on the game during the holidays was a 50% off reducing the cost to what the USA are normally charged for it)

Desura isn't really a competitor, just an alternative. A lot of indie games have trouble getting into Steam and Desura gives them all open access. And hey, the more applications give me a convenient way to install and manage my games, the better! (application's a bit iffy though)

Yes, Steam is awesome to everywhere but Australia, lets all praise them for there 99.9% price markups! (Batman: Arkham City is still $99.95 and our "Special" on the game during the holidays was a 50% off reducing the cost to what the USA are normally charged for it)
Steam doesn't make the prices, the publishers do.

Steam still has this offline mode bug. I'd really like to play my games offline.

Steam still has this offline mode bug. I'd really like to play my games offline.

What exactly happens? And have you tried installing steam again from scratch? Steam's offline used to be a bit glitchy, but I've not had any problems on any machine I've used for quite a few years now.

It works fine on my laptop. You just have to set the program to remember your password or not sign off when you set your computer to sleep.

What exactly happens? And have you tried installing steam again from scratch? Steam's offline used to be a bit glitchy, but I've not had any problems on any machine I've used for quite a few years now.
Start steam offline, says it fails to connect and gives you the option to start offline, click that button, different message says it fails to connect and doesn't give an option.
Most people don't get this problem, but a good few do.

Start steam offline, says it fails to connect and gives you the option to start offline, click that button, different message says it fails to connect and doesn't give an option.
Most people don't get this problem, but a good few do.

Ah. Tried the old delete client.blob trick that clears up most of the failing to connect errors?

I think the current Steam beta fixes it, not 100% sure though as I dunno where Steam places changelogs for there beta.

Ah. Tried the old delete client.blob trick that clears up most of the failing to connect errors?

Tried pretty much everything. I've installed Steam several times on both computers and I still get the error on both.

What's that Steam beta? Where can you download that and is it safe?

I have the opposite problem, where if Steam loses connection during Online mode then I have to explicitly switch it to Offline mode or it will get stuck trying to start any game. :p

Tried pretty much everything. I've installed Steam several times on both computers and I still get the error on both.

What's that Steam beta? Where can you download that and is it safe?
In Steam > Settings you can opt in undergoing betas. It is as safe as any other beta, that is it probably won't explode your computer but it will be buggier than normal.

Oh, figured out something: it doesn't work in offline if, while last running it, Steam stopped running unexpectedly. If I close Steam normally, it works fine offline.


Which is a problem, since the only time I want to start Steam offline is when my computer just crashed.

And the beta doesn't help.

Ubisoft has announced Rayman Origins for PC. Retail copies will be completely DRM free.

I must have woken up in the wrong dimension today.

Hopefully it's true this time *cough*fromdust*cough*.

I've read there will probably be no online multiplayer... If that's true, Wii might be the better option anyway (can't get enough gamepads for offline multiplayer)

So I just visited Kotaku for the first time in months.

Where did Tim Rodgers come from? Can he go back there please?

Two of his delightful articles were on the front page, one an extensive 10-part essay about how he didn't like the new Zelda. Part one was 'I don't like the wii'.

The other article was a facinating insight into what videogames might smell like.

He's been around since forever, he just very rarely writes articles short long essays.

You also missed another of his recent gems: "Why The Apple Trackpad Might Be The Best Videogame Controller Ever Made".

I've noticed a series of completely retarded articles of late, are they all attributable to that guy? I haven't been paying attention to names.

Ubisoft has announced Rayman Origins for PC. Retail copies will be completely DRM free.

I must have woken up in the wrong dimension today.

Hopefully it's true this time *cough*fromdust*cough*.

Cool, I was considering the game but now I'll wait it out.

Call me sad or whatever, but...

http://i41.tinypic.com/2nulgxv.jpg

Was landed with a craptacular team too.

Also Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc HD has been confirmed for March 21st on PSN and XBLA

http://www.vg247.com/2012/02/01/rayman-3hoodlum-havoc-hd-remake-hitting-march-21/

:D

Ah yes. Should be similar to Ultimate Mayhem: The very same game with different graphics.

Actually, I can't spot the slightest difference between Rayman 3 and Rayman 3 HD. What is it that makes games "HD" anyway?

Actually, I can't spot the slightest difference between Rayman 3 and Rayman 3 HD. What is it that makes games "HD" anyway?They have higher definition of graphics. Specifically in terms of resolution. This makes games look much better unless you are using an archaic cave mon(itor), which apparently you are.

It is possible to run Rayman 3 at any resolution you want anyway. Anything apart from that? "Higher definition of graphics" apparently doesn't include number of polygons or texture resolutions.

It is possible to run Rayman 3 at any resolution you want anyway. Anything apart from that? "Higher definition of graphics" apparently doesn't include number of polygons or texture resolutions.having it be possible to display an image at any resolution and having an image that IS a certain resolution is a completely different thing. If you draw a worm at 500x500, you can immediately blow it up to 5000x5000, it'll just look like crap. HD games are created with display optimized for the higher end.

He's likely refering to the PC version of Rayman 3.:p

What is it that makes games "HD" anyway?
Marketing, of course.

I'm going to have to agree with you, actually. It does look like it's just going to be another "Same 3D graphics but with new lighting" thing. The difference between this and WUM, of course, is that this one isn't claiming to be more than a HD release rather than... what WUM was hyped to be.

Call me sad or whatever, but...

http://i41.tinypic.com/2nulgxv.jpg

Was landed with a craptacular team too.

But will any amount of kills dull the pain of having the name "nSaniiitY?"

But will any amount of kills dull the pain of having the name "nSaniiitY?"
It's a self-fulfilling name, isn't it?

It is possible to run Rayman 3 at any resolution you want anyway. Anything apart from that? "Higher definition of graphics" apparently doesn't include number of polygons or texture resolutions.Well HD is the resident buzzword for "the game looks nicer", much like 3D is now the resident buzzword for "you can use 3D glasses in it". So yes, like movie re-releases, it just means it'll just get a new coat of paint like blowing up and sharpening the textures, improving the lighting, adding some new-fangled effects, etc.

Sure it sounds cheap, but porting alone is pretty costly (who knows where that old codebase has been) and actually improving the graphics quality would require them to pretty much remake all the models and textures from scratch (you can't just arbitrarily "increase the polygons of a model"), redo any cutscenes, tweak the engine to compensate for the new stuff, etc. And by then you might as well just do a new game. :p

Still if you want a comparison, here's the best screenshots I could find:
Old version (http://www.insidemacgames.com/images/rayman3_010_l.jpg)
HD version (http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/screenshots/Rayman3HoodlumHavoc/R3HD_X360_Screenshots_06_720.jpg)

Lol they look exactly the same oh and a good example of what is meant by "HD" these days would be a comparison between Earth Worm Jim Gold Edition (Windows95 version) and the Xbox Live Earth Worm Jim HD game.

much like 3D is now the resident buzzword for "you can use 3D glasses in it"
Funny how 3D was once the buzzword for "it's made with polygons and not sprites".

That is, ugly polygons that were made of a few triangles.
I'm waving my fist at you, Lara Croft's tits from Tomb Raider 1. :mad:

But will any amount of kills dull the pain of having the name "nSaniiitY?"

Its unique and I personally like it.

Wasn't 'Nsanity' a Crash Bandicoot game?

Wasn't 'Nsanity' a Crash Bandicoot game?

Twinsanity is the crash game you're thinking of, Nsanity was an island in Crash Twinsanity.

Still if you want a comparison, here's the best screenshots I could find:
Old version (http://www.insidemacgames.com/images/rayman3_010_l.jpg)
HD version (http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/screenshots/Rayman3HoodlumHavoc/R3HD_X360_Screenshots_06_720.jpg)

I can't even tell which of the two versions is supposedely the "HD" one

having it be possible to display an image at any resolution and having an image that IS a certain resolution is a completely different thing. If you draw a worm at 500x500, you can immediately blow it up to 5000x5000, it'll just look like crap. HD games are created with display optimized for the higher end.

Yeah, I know. Much like every classic game, this one had some active fans making unofficial patches. Mostly graphical updates (custom resolutions).

I can't even tell which of the two versions is supposedely the "HD" one.....then you're blind? the colors are much sharper on the HD one, as are the models and textures. everything looks WAY clearer.

Club Nintendo members from the US: you can now get Majora's Mask(among other games) (https://club.nintendo.com/rewards.do;jsessionid=2BDD3923E79327FEEB4AC2C01291 1A22) on the Wii for 150 gold coins. That is all.

And of course, I completely forgot to redeem it in time. :(

And of course, I completely forgot to redeem it in time. :(haha, loser. I'm on my way to the desert temple right now :cool:

.....then you're blind? the colors are much sharper on the HD one, as are the models and textures. everything looks WAY clearer.

What

Maybe you find that because one of the screenies is smaller making the textures look less pixelated

There is absolutely no difference

But will any amount of kills dull the pain of having the name "nSaniiitY?"
I laughed :D
Its unique and I personally like it.
I cried :(

Its unique and I personally like it.
To put it bluntly, the problem with that kind of name is that it looks ridiculous. "Insanity" is a very overused name, spelling it differently gets the same reaction from spelling any word wrong, and I presume I don't have to tell you how bad using wrong characters in a name (aka: using capitals where there shouldn't be, or replacing letters with characters that look like letters) makes you look.

Essentially, it makes you look like you wanted to have a unique and special name, but lacked even the most remote amount of creative ability to be able to come up with a name that's in any way meaningful.


And now that I have formally explained why that name is bad, I now feel justified in mocking you about it, mister xxxShAdWmOoNxxx

What

Maybe you find that because one of the screenies is smaller making the textures look less pixelated

There is absolutely no difference
There's a... slight difference in colours between the two pictures, but it's very slight. When you realise that the HD pic just has a higher contrast all-around, it's hard to say how much of it has actually changed in-game.

That being said, I have literally no idea what he meant by the models and textures being sharper.

That being said, I have literally no idea what he meant by the models and textures being sharper.textures looks better by my eye. Models look sharper due to the higher contrast.

The bird silhouettes in the distance look different in the HD one, that's pretty much the biggest difference I can see between the 2 pictures.

Looks like they didn't ever bother to upscale the HUD elements and just scaled the SD ones up. Dat score counter.

To put it bluntly, the problem with that kind of name is that it looks ridiculous. "Insanity" is a very overused name, spelling it differently gets the same reaction from spelling any word wrong, and I presume I don't have to tell you how bad using wrong characters in a name (aka: using capitals where there shouldn't be, or replacing letters with characters that look like letters) makes you look.

Essentially, it makes you look like you wanted to have a unique and special name, but lacked even the most remote amount of creative ability to be able to come up with a name that's in any way meaningful.

Lol sorry I've joined a clan with 2 other people called nVaniitY and nDiizzY, didn't know it weren't allowed.

You rarely see names with insanity, and most names on xbox don't mean anything. FearCrads, Zerkaa, and ZzirGrizz for example, 3 VERY known xbox players yet their names mean nothiing.

textures looks better by my eye. Models look sharper due to the higher contrast.

I think the lack of anti-aliasing probably has a large part to play in that.

Lol sorry I've joined a clan with 2 other people called nVaniitY and nDiizzY, didn't know it weren't allowed.

You rarely see names with insanity, and most names on xbox don't mean anything. FearCrads, Zerkaa, and ZzirGrizz for example, 3 VERY known xbox players yet their names mean nothiing.

What is it like to live life without an ounce of self-awareness?:p

What is it like to live life without an ounce of self-awareness?:p

...The hell?

...The hell?I would like to take this moment to applaud you on your perfect response. I kind of want to screencap this and frame it :cool:

Oh dear. Just tell me what the hell he means

I just found this and I'm sharing it here because it's pretty damn awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ls7oOxUBbYQ

Oh dear. Just tell me what the hell he means
He means you don't even realize how silly you look.

He means you don't even realize how silly you look.

Oh right. Nobody in a lobby with me is going to diss my name anyway, because I'm a tank, so whatever.

Shadowmoon!! Stop being tit!!

Oh right. Nobody in a lobby with me is going to diss my name anyway, because I'm a tank, so whatever.Shadowmoon, you're the gift that just keeps on giving. kinda like syphilis.

Shadowmoon, you're the gift that just keeps on giving. kinda like syphilis.

True that, I give people bare slaps on CoD like a badman

I just found this and I'm sharing it here because it's pretty damn awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ls7oOxUBbYQ

Nostalgia! This makes me remember of all the anime shows I used to whatch when I was younger - and their awesome theme songs, the one of One Piece (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq_x74RG68Y) being my favourite :p (Yes, it's the German version, I prefer it to the original (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NokxznEqHk). Posting it anyway for reference.)

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/02/07/double-fine-schafing-at-the-bit-to-do-psychonauts-2/

Tim Schafer reveals that he'd love to make a Psychonauts sequel, but publishers won't give it the time of day. All he needs is a few million dollars.

Step forward Markus 'Minecraft Millions' Presson.

If this comes to fruition I will never complain about Mojang's awful business practices again.

Awful business practices? What?

Awful as in incompetent and penny-pinching.

Minecraft has sold millions of copies, obviously instead of contracting a profesional company to translate what little text the game has we'll crowd-source it for free!

*fails to check translations and releases development snapshot full of N-words*

'Indie charm' is also not a real reason to have a full development team.:p

If this comes to fruition I will never complain about Mojang's awful business practices again.
With Erik Wolpaw gone though, there's the question of how good it'll actually be. Considering that the writing is pretty much the entirety of Psychonaut's popularity.

Well then, all they have to do is get Valve involved too. :p

If there's one comapny you can trust to hit it out of the park with the writing it's DoubleFine.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure

START PLEDGING, YOU INSIGNIFICANT INSECTS. :mad:

No way, I'm calling bull**** on this...


...shadowmoon has GOT to be one of the other regulars trolling. He is TOO PERFECT not to be

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure

START PLEDGING, YOU INSIGNIFICANT INSECTS. :mad:I have! thanks for the tip!

No way, I'm calling bull**** on this...


...shadowmoon has GOT to be one of the other regulars trolling. He is TOO PERFECT not to be
or maybe it's just a child posting on a children's video game forum

Children should not be allowed to participate on the internet. GET OFF MY LAWN YOU STUPID KIDS. :mad:

Also, just wanted to share that Double Fine's kickstarter has already surpassed the halfway mark. 200k in just about four hours. :cool:

Holy **** it's already fully funded.

The EU signed the ACTA yesterday

We are doomed

Holy **** it's already fully funded.It's already double funded, at this rate they'll have enough for a whole series.

A Double Funded Double Fine is the best type of Double Fine.

A Double Funded Double Fine is the best type of Double Fine.completely agreed.

Now it's triple-funded. What are publishers even good for?

Le me, a day before this Double Fine Adventure thing was announced when we were talking about Nachos' offer to fund Psychonauts 2:

[15:17:43] <KRD> Wait, why does Schafer need a publisher?

Guess he doesn't after all.

Looks like Black Ops 2 is a certainty.

I'm glad they added more prestiges to mw3, got to 10th way too fast... and the new map from what I've played is pretty good, new highrise pretty much. And highrise was an awesome map.

got to 10th way too fast...

And that's a problem because?

And that's a problem because?

Never said it was.

I just said I got 10th too fast, so its nice to have more ranking to do, although I'm speeding through it again, almost 12th aha. Prestiges may even go up to 20... that's pretty crazy, PC has 20 prestiges at the moment so consoles should get the extra 5 prestiges to total to 20 soon

Huh, one of the articles mentioned bringing BLOPS2 to a new console, which everyone likley jumped at saying Xbox 720 or PS4. My guess, Vita. If it was the other two we would have heard a lot more about it.

Edit: Which after some reading is correct. Although I still won't buy one, it's a lot of money for a device I won't use much, as with an iPhone, I don't feel a need for more portable games. Sure these ones on Vita will be much more advanced and look pretty, but it's also more expensive and more bulk for my pockets which I don't need. What do you all think?

I barely used my PSP and I can't see the Vita being any different.

I wants it. :I

Pokemon: Black & White 2 announced for DS with enhanced support for DSi and 3DS.

http://serebii.net/smash0212.jpg (Large image)

http://serebii.net/kyuremforms2th.jpg

http://pokebeach.com/2012/02/pokemon-black-2-pokemon-white-2-announced-on-pokemon-smash

The logos sort of sugest that they're merging the expected 'Grey' version with the inevitable Gen 3 remakes.

So that actually works out as one less pokemon game than expected.

Yeah, it's... really weird. To have two sequels instead of one.. And to call them Pokemon Black/White Version 2 (http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-black-version-2-and-pokemon-white-version-2/) instead of making them look like new games.

And to switch the mascots for the two games. As in, Zekrom was the mascot for White but is going to be the mascot for Black Version 2, and vice versa.

The logos sort of sugest that they're merging the expected 'Grey' version with the inevitable Gen 3 remakes.

So that actually works out as one less pokemon game than expected.
The Black mascot is electric, and the White mascot is fire.

Plus, I doubt they'd merge them with the Gen3 games without making that public four months away from release.

I don't agree with ACTA completely, they shouldn't kill the internet as we know it with their over the top rules, but I however am against piracy and vote only for closing torrent sites and similar.
On topic, what do you guys think of Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning?

When I was younger I always wanted all the new stuff :[

No way there are going to be enough games beating any PC one to justify buying that Vita thing.


So what's in the new Pocket Monsters game this time? Apart from, of course, more Pokemen, and probably another some-team-steals-pokemen-in-order-to-take-over-the-world-or-something-similarly-evil story?

Also, did they completely run out of colours now that they had to put a two behind existing colours? (After reusing Gold and Silver plus Diamond and Pearl which aren't actual colours imo)

I don't agree with ACTA completely, they shouldn't kill the internet as we know it with their over the top rules, but I however am against piracy and vote only for closing torrent sites and similar.

I don't believe ACTA is acta-ally going to be real. I just can't imagine they are going to close every site just because someone could use it to illegally share copyrighted materials. Such as YouTube which is legally used by many firms for advertising.
I've also heard one of these ACTA authors already accidentally used copyrighted materials on their blog or something.

On topic, what do you guys think of Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning?

I kinda like the demo but I'm waiting on the price to drop to ~$40 or less before buying the full game. $60 is bleh considering how buggy the demo was. Demo suffered from momentary pausing/freezing and LOD problems where detailed textures would load on objects as you almost touch the objects rather then transitioning to the higher detail textures smoothly at a distance.

Also I dislike the demo being restricted both in content and playing time, choose one or the other, not both.

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Yeah, it's... really weird. To have two sequels instead of one.. And to call them Pokemon Black/White Version 2 (http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-black-version-2-and-pokemon-white-version-2/) instead of making them look like new games.

And to switch the mascots for the two games. As in, Zekrom was the mascot for White but is going to be the mascot for Black Version 2, and vice versa.


The Black mascot is electric, and the White mascot is fire.

Plus, I doubt they'd merge them with the Gen3 games without making that public four months away from release.

The legendary pokemon are (apparently) 'White and Black Kyurem' this time, god knows what elements they're meant to represent. Besides, thunder is represented by the colour yellow in this series.

Not to mention the prominent gemstone texture.

The legendary pokemon are (apparently) 'White and Black Kyurem' this time, god knows what elements they're meant to represent. Besides, thunder is represented by the colour yellow in this series.
White Kyurem and Black Kyurem are forms of Reshiram (white legendary) and Zekrom (black legendary) respectively*. I'm guessing it's meant to be some sort of corruption-esque thing, considering Kyurem represents absolute zero to the other two's energy motifs.
And normally yes, electricity is yellow, it's not for Zekrom. Everything from promotional art to cutscenes gives him blue lightning.
...or, to think of it a different way: Zekrom glows blue in his in-battle animation, while Reshiram glows red.


*Well actually I can't say that for sure - they could be two forms of Kyurem instead. Either way...

Not to mention the prominent gemstone texture.
Yeah, I don't know what that's about.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown first in-game footage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3uHHmTSDCvA)

I need a new pair of pants.

Rayman Origins can now be pre-ordered on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/207490/?snr=1_7_suggest__13). And if you do so, you get a free copy of Rayman 2 to play instantly!

There's no online multiplayer but that was to be expected. There's also a demo available you can try now.

I'm really surprised about the similarities between New Super Mario Bros. and this game :O

Rayman Origins can now be pre-ordered on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/207490/?snr=1_7_suggest__13). And if you do so, you get a free copy of Rayman 2 to play instantly!

There's no online multiplayer but that was to be expected. There's also a demo available you can try now.

I'm really surprised about the similarities between New Super Mario Bros. and this game :O
I really enjoyed MSBWii as a party game, but I felt the lives and unforgiving checkpoint system really held it back. In a game where you're given 5 lives every time you run out, you shouldn't have to wait for the end of the level to play again.

And you certainly shouldn't lose all your progress in a world because all four players hit 0 lives at the same time. Especially as you get kicked out of the level and given more lives if the last player remaining has any lives left at all. The way we played the lives counters essensially became set of random numbers between 0 and 5.

Ironically when I played the single player I had 40 lives at all times.

Rayman's forgiving checkpoints and infinite retries make it a much better party game, and the timetrials provide plenty of single-player back to the begining challenge without wasting your time.

Also it looks well lush and I was never a fan of MSMB's lazy pre-rendered look.

Agreed, also the multiplayer mode of New Super Mario Bros. Wii doesn't work very well as players would keep killing each other in a mix of intentionality and accidents. Plus losing a life when one player is off-screen. I really wish the DS had a co-op multiplayer for NSMB giving each player an own screen.

From what I've seen in the demo on Steam the checkpoints seem very well placed, there's a lot less frustration in multiplayer mode yet it's still fun and challenging. I was only surprised by the huge level of similarity. When you die, you turn into a bubble, you can carry other players, you can wall jump, slide etc. The combat system is a little different though.

I think the countless, needless mp deaths were the most fun part of NSMBWii. There's nothing funnier than having only one guy left close to the end of a difficult level only to have him die from something stupid and forcing everyone to start over from the checkpoint. :3

Arg I'm just bitter that we got a multiplayer gameover and had to replay half of world 5 (the worst world). I bet most people don't even realise that's a thing that can happen.

A few times those cool moments with one guy left ended prematurely because they had zero lives land it was time to bubble.:p

Maybe I should have played the game with different people then. It was usually one of my friends and both his and my brother. He got really annoyed each time we failed at a difficult level because of "pvp" kills. Of course I did understand him but it really killed the fun. And actually I got bored after trying the same level five times in a row anyway. Single player was a lot more fun.

Also... Rayman's simply cooler.

I found Rayman Origins pretty easy, although 100% on it was a challenge, especially speed running the levels at the end. Not too hard though, and it was fun to do too.

Rayman's forgiving checkpoints and infinite retries make it a much better party game, and the timetrials provide plenty of single-player back to the begining challenge without wasting your time.

What? 3rd level of the demo you start off, dive into water, swim to the right, get chased by 2 giant Lagiacrus that tear the level up behind you, spend 30 to 60 seconds constantly dodging them while making progress to the right through chaos and carnage the monsters create and if you make any mistake at all then you get sent back to the very beginning of the level. Not fair at all imo, though from what I hear the multiplayer (Local only, unfortunately) makes the game significantly more fair.

And NSMB Wii multiplayer is fun simply because of the carnage and it's pretty hard to lose at a level unless you all end up trying to murder each other in hilarious ways... ahhh wonderful memories :) I love watching people JUST miss the flag pole, as in the time for them to reach it after you've reached it runs out.

What? 3rd level of the demo you start off, dive into water, swim to the right, get chased by 2 giant Lagiacrus that tear the level up behind you, spend 30 to 60 seconds constantly dodging them while making progress to the right through chaos and carnage the monsters create and if you make any mistake at all then you get sent back to the very beginning of the level. Not fair at all imo, though from what I hear the multiplayer (Local only, unfortunately) makes the game significantly more fair.


1) That's a section from late in the game.
2) A checkpoint during a short chase sequence is a dumb idea.
3) There's a checkpoint at the end, just before the boss battle.

A minute of gameplay between checkpoints isn't exactly unforgiving.

(Netplay just doesn't work for platformers. LBP had horrible floaty controls to make up for the fact that the game only had a lose idea of where you were meant to be on screen. It's also nice when online multiplayer doesn't ruin a game's local multiplayer for once.)

Apparently Game has two weeks to turn around it's fortunes otherwise it faces administration. Yet another blow to the company after EAs refusal to supply them with Mass Effect 3. Would be a shame to see them go as I have grown up with their extortionate prices and... wait a minute I have Amazon and Ebay now... SCREW GAME!

Also in other news Mass Effect 3 rocks my socks. I know a lot of people are complaining about ME3's day 1 DLC and how much EA sucks, but the gameplay more than make up for it so far.

Although Mass effect made the headlines, they also stopped stocking Nintendo, Ubisoft (and probably more publisher's) titles. Also all their Sony games have massive 'property of sony until purchase' stickers on them.

GAME's only hope of survival at this point is being bought out by GameStop, a comapny that's pulled out of the UK like 3 times now. :p

Also GameStation is owned by GAME too, so say goodbye to pretty much every dedicated videogame retailer in Britan's highstreets.

Although given their current 'spring sale' (read: emergency fire sale) now's actually a really good time to shop at GAME.

Their website is down though...

None of this affects the Australian GAME shop right?

Their website is down though...Works for me: http://www.game.co.uk/en/games/xbox-360/spring-clean/?cm_sp=offers-_-mint-_-360
None of this affects the Australian GAME shop right?
It depends, while the international branches operate independently, the UK branch is the main HQ, so if it collapses it will probably have ramifications everywhere.

In other news, the Double Fine Kickstarter (tinyurl.com/doublekick) hit $3,000,000 earlier today!

That's near enough the budget Grim Fandango had (not accounting for inflation).

It's sort of mad to think that evey copy sold once the game is released will be pure profit. This has to be the most exciting thing to happen to videogames in a long time! Crowdsourcing come save us from the the AAA blockbuster mentality!

In other news, the Double Fine Kickstarter (tinyurl.com/doublekick) hit $3,000,000 earlier today!

That's near enough the budget Grim Fandango had (not accounting for inflation).

It's sort of mad to think that evey copy sold once the game is released will be pure profit. This has to be the most exciting thing to happen to videogames in a long time! Crowdsourcing come save us from the the AAA blockbuster mentality!
It's over with $3,335,325 + $120,000 from external backers, so in the end they got $3m more than they asked for. :eek:

Their celebration live stream was amazing.

I wonder when the likes of EA Games or Activision suddenly want to pull of something like that.
Million-dollar rich CEOs live streaming from their penthouse offices, asking to pay them money in advance for the next Sims or Call Of Duty... :p

On that note, there is now a kickstarter for a new Wasteland RPG (the predecessor of Fallout) by the original developers: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2

That is what I like to see! I'll add my support for that.

I'm gunna LAUGH when the CoD-type CEOs try to kickstart their projects. That would be just about right....

But for now, I'm glad to see some actually interesting games being tossed up on the service. an old-school RPG game to add to the adventure title from Double Fine? abso-freakin-lutely!

I'm gunna LAUGH when the CoD-type CEOs try to kickstart their projects. That would be just about right....
It's quite that bad, but there's this HARDCORE TACTICAL SHOOTER (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/355932838/crowdsourced-hardcore-tactical-shooter) kickstarter that's been going since the start of the month.

It's pretty vague on what exactly seperates a potental 'hardcore CQB tactical shooter' from the latest Ghost Recon or Ranbow Six titles, and it's run by a guy who 'worked on Tom Clancy titles and Halo Reach'.

The goal is to gather enough money to impress investors, rather than fund the game itself. There's also a lot of guff about 'crowdsourcing development', even inviting 'gold level suporters' to submit game content.

It's not doing so hot, with only $40k of it's $200K target and 17 days left.


But yeah, it really didn't take long for someone to try and fund what is essensially a AAA military shooting game.:p

It's far from your average AAA military shooting game tho. His description actually reminds me a lot of the original Rainbow Six, that game was ****ing awesome and is definitely something you don't see this days.

Dick Smith in Australia has a massive game clearance sale that started today, I ended up getting nothing though due to bad luck and that there was strictly extremely limited stock. Several good games are/were being sold for PSP, Wii, DSi, Xbox 360 and PS3 for $15 or less and they were selling DSi for $20, PSP 3002 for $40 and a 320GB PS3 for $200 (Included Fifa 12).

The sale lasts multiple days and the company can't advertise it due to extremely limited stock being available (Some consumer law or something). They can't advertise it in-store or magazines/catalogs etc.

If you can't access there website due to heavy traffic, try there mobile website here http://m.dicksmith.com.au/, only games and consoles are part of the sale.

Dark Souls officially announced for PC. Will use Games For Windows Live.

http://files.sharenator.com/fuuuuu_The_Worlds_Hardest_Game_3-s343x268-95358-580.jpg

I didn't even know Dark Souls had multiplayer.

I didn't even know Dark Souls had multiplayer.

It's the sort of multiplayer that involves being randomly lied to or murdered by ghosts.

Co-op is fun too.

I just hope people still buy this game. Them porting the game to pc and even going so far as to add extra content, just because fans asked for it is pretty amazing, even if they completely screwed up their choice for online platform.

Am I the only one who has nothing against GFWL?

Am I the only one who has nothing against GFWL?

Pretty much.

Am I the only one who has nothing against GFWL?
Microsoft themselves have been trying to slowly fade out the thing for a while now. At this point, not only does it not have its own site (now it's a part of xbox.com), but it doesn't even have its own troubleshooting FAQ anymore!


I'm gonna go ahead and guess that this port isn't going to be so good. Just a guess, though.

http://www.shacknews.com/article/73526/free-radical-co-founder-shares-battlefront-3-cancellation-details

Welp, that's a depressing read. :(

TL;DR version: Lucasarts contracted Free Radical to make Starwars Battlefront 3 and 4, then canned both games when the first was almost ready to hit the shelves, effectively killing an awesome British developer.

Additionally Crytek Uk (the remenants of Free Radical) have anounced that they're not working on Timesplitters 4 afterall.

Blops 2 trailer is up. I gotta say, this one actually looks interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=U_4P6JaUH5U

Blops 2 trailer is up. I gotta say, this one actually looks interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=U_4P6JaUH5UI give you a mild interest for the setting, but I love how they tagged it as 2025. Cause it's totally plausible that we'll have autonomous walking mechs running around in 10 years' time, and enough reliance on them that we can rally a coup against their regime.

I take it you didn't watch the video, then. It appears to be down, which is a shame. Needless to say, it wasn't the real thing. :p

Yeah most people I know shrugged it off from the start, you can tell how people feel about Blops if you can't even get them hooked on a mock trailer. :p

I take it you didn't watch the video, then. It appears to be down, which is a shame. Needless to say, it wasn't the real thing. :pI can still watch it, although now I need to login for some reason.

So, Sony's new mascot fighting game.

Sure, we could talk about how it's basically Smash Bros. with (what are very nearly) health bars, how Sony has squat-all notable mascots, or how bloody awful the visual style is, but I have a better question:


http://www.gamedynamo.com/images/galleries/photo/2264/playstation-all-stars-battle-royale-ps3-screenshots-trailer-news-2.jpg
Did Dan Quayle decide on this title, or did they genuinely not know how to spell "battle royal"? Because I sure as hell don't think it's referencing the book!

Black Ops 2 looks sick as, can't wait... and as a plus, zombies is back in it too.

Also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3tedlWs1XY&feature=g-all-f

The actual trailer.

Black Ops 2 looks sick as, can't wait... and as a plus, zombies is back in it too.

Also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3tedlWs1XY&feature=g-all-f

The actual trailer.
Horses in 2025 warfare?
Reminds of this:

http://i.imgur.com/Mft2W.jpg

Horses in 2025 warfare?
I presume it's going to be related to "l33t hackers have taken over our cars" somehow.

Looks sick man I can't wait. :D

I take it you didn't watch the video, then. It appears to be down, which is a shame. Needless to say, it wasn't the real thing. :plol, sorry. I watched the real one and commented on that. I'd just assumed you linked to it. I should've known better.

So, Sony's new mascot fighting game.

Sure, we could talk about how it's basically Smash Bros. with (what are very nearly) health bars, how Sony has squat-all notable mascots, or how bloody awful the visual style is, but I have a better question:


http://www.gamedynamo.com/images/galleries/photo/2264/playstation-all-stars-battle-royale-ps3-screenshots-trailer-news-2.jpg
Did Dan Quayle decide on this title, or did they genuinely not know how to spell "battle royal"? Because I sure as hell don't think it's referencing the book!

Royale is the french adjective for Royal. I was curious about this my self since there's also the Indie Royale bundle.

I can still watch it, although now I need to login for some reason.

There is an age limit now. (Not because of the violence shown, Heaven forbid! Most likely because of the gay scenes.)

*Edit* I love those gusy for releasing their games on fancy dates.

Skyrim: 11.11.11
Blops 2: 11.13.12

I presume it's going to be related to "l33t hackers have taken over our cars" somehow.

Sections of the game are set in the 1980s, spesifically in central america. That's where the horses are.

Also BLOPS had the best multiplayer in the series, and it looks like they'll be incorporating all the good ideas from MW3 this time around.


Edit: jesus, 'Battle Royale' is a wrestling term for a bout with a bunch of participants. See also the Japanese novel, manga and film of the same name. It's a common spelling and by far the least dumb thing about the game. (the inclusion of a Fat Princess who loves cake is the dumbest thing about the game)

Edit: jesus, 'Battle Royale' is a wrestling term for a bout with a bunch of participants. See also the Japanese novel, manga and film of the same name. It's a common spelling and by far the least dumb thing about the game. (the inclusion of a Fat Princess who loves cake is the dumbest thing about the game)
How are they gonna compete with Nintendo without at least one silly princess mascot? :p

(alternative response: they need at least one female cheesecake (ha see what I did there) to balance out all the brute manly men characters)

I wonder if they'll let you use your own customized sack-boy if you own LBP/LBP2... that would be kinda cool. :p

Cause it's totally plausible that we'll have autonomous walking mechs running around in 10 years' time, and enough reliance on them that we can rally a coup against their regime.

The mech there could easily be Boston Dynamics "Bigdog" project given another ten years. I mean, look where it is now. It's got the walking part down, autonomus is where its headed, all it needs is to be made bigger, given guns, covered in armor and boom, blops2 robot.

all it needs is to be made more complicated and well beyond the technical specifications that allow it to exist and balance itsself while moving in the most complicated way that is physically possible, aka walking, and boom, blops2 robot. OOOOooooh. Well when you put it like that it makes so much more sense.

Right. Because everyone knows cutting edge technology, is still cutting edge in ten years. There will be zero advancement from now, till next decade, what with 2012 and all.

Right. Because everyone knows cutting edge technology, is still cutting edge in ten years. There will be zero advancement from now, till next decade, what with 2012 and all.

If it's taken 10 years to get a robot (prototype! with external power!) to walk, we might have commercial walking robots in 10 years, but a big-huge-stompy gun robot thing is unlikely.

The little I know of these games makes me suspect realism isn't top of the agenda.

Well, it actually has its own power source at this point, and is slated for military trials in June. I don't think we'd see commercial first, since as with most new technology, the military wants it first. If those trials are successful, it would be battlefield ready in a year and a half.

Did Dan Quayle decide on this title, or did they genuinely not know how to spell "battle royal"? Because I sure as hell don't think it's referencing the book!

hahahaha look at you

Like free games on Steam? Of course you do, you cheap bass turd.
Get a free copy of Midnight Club 2 by joining Rockstar Games official group (http://steamcommunity.com/games/rockstargames/announcements/detail/1045078427175199696) before next tuesday.

Like free games on Steam? Of course you do, you cheap bass turd.
Get a free copy of Midnight Club 2 by joining Rockstar Games official group (http://steamcommunity.com/games/rockstargames/announcements/detail/1045078427175199696) before next tuesday.
"The offer is not available to users who already own Midnight Club 2."

Booo! :mad:

http://www.humblebundle.com/
BEST. HUMBLE. BUNDLE. EVER.

http://www.humblebundle.com/
BEST. HUMBLE. BUNDLE. EVER.

Top contributors
1.@HumbleBrony Bundle - $3,000.00


dafuq ?

Welp, Time to own a third copy of Psychonauts.

Also it's woth dropping a tenner on this for Bastion's soundtrack alone.

http://www.humblebundle.com/
BEST. HUMBLE. BUNDLE. EVER.
Yes, very much so.

The high "Beat the minimum" price for Bastion is totally worth it, by the way. That game is brilliant!

dafuq ?
"So, what is the Humble Brony Bundle? A way for bronies to come together and create a fund to buy one big copy of the Humble Indie Bundle. By pooling our resources we can support charities, indie gaming, and show how generous bronies are!"
They raised $16,000 for Humble Bundle 4 (being the biggest contributer there by a wide margin), and another $8,000 across the bundles after that one.
It's, y'know, pretty cool.

"So, what is the Humble Brony Bundle? A way for bronies to come together and create a fund to buy one big copy of the Humble Indie Bundle. By pooling our resources we can support charities, indie gaming, and show how generous bronies are!"
They raised $16,000 for Humble Bundle 4 (being the biggest contributer there by a wide margin), and another $8,000 across the bundles after that one.
It's, y'know, pretty cool.

Well that makes a lot more sense. Without thinking much about it I thought it was a single person to spend 3,000 bucks on that bundle.

Doesnt Notch usually dominate the Humble Bundle leaderboards with his Minecraft Millions?

Fake edit: yep, he's beaten the Ponie lovers by a single cent.

OOOOoooooh my god. That pack is glorious!

Doesnt Notch usually dominate the Humble Bundle leaderboards with his Minecraft Millions?

Fake edit: yep, he's beaten the Ponie lovers by a single cent.

Now they have beaten him by one cent again.

Ridiculous.

Nintendo will be holding a pre-E3 webcast thing about the WiiU tomorrow(June 3rd) at 6PM EST here (http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo_direct;jsessionid=F6B71CB9C8EA73F2B8C8347 63A0ED270). :cool:

Here's to hoping it doesn't suck. :3

http://www.humblebundle.com/
BEST. HUMBLE. BUNDLE. EVER.
IMO, it's only the second best one.
For me, the second Humble Bundle was the best, because they added the whole first one as a bonus midway for everyone who beat the average. Otherwise I would have missed the first one.

So, E3 2012:

This is the next generation of controllers from Nintendo. (http://i.minus.com/i3SXaK20eBjxk.png)

Revolutionary, isn't it?

Oh, Plasma. Someone hasn't been paying attention.

Oh, Plasma. Someone hasn't been paying attention.
Why do you do this, Squirminator? Why can't you just be helpful and say what the problem is?

So, E3 2012:

This is the next generation of controllers from Nintendo. (http://i.minus.com/i3SXaK20eBjxk.png)

Revolutionary, isn't it?
Look at this scrub who missed the real revolution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKLWEQqTzQQ). :cool: in really cheesy ads

Why do you do this, Squirminator? Why can't you just be helpful and say what the problem is?

I think it's more fun to watch you try to figure out the problem for yourself. Y'know, like a grown-up!

Oh look, an E3 conference by Microsoft that isn't painful to watch.

A lot of stuff I don't care about(basically everything service related they showed), but I can see the appeal for a lot of people. Smart Glass has potential. Then again, so did Kinect, so not holding my breath here. :rolleyes:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/06/04/watch-playstations-e3-press-conference-live-right-here/

Sony's conference starts in about seven minutes for those interested.

This. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ye1r2u5bOA)

No you. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNCnuQM1S0A)

I.... I don't know how to say this, but... Black Ops 2 actually looks good...



:eek:WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!:eek:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2012-rayman-legends/731281

Ryman Legends looks amazing.

Also the current humble bundle now includes Super Meatboy and Braid!

No you. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNCnuQM1S0A)


Here's the trailer with a bit more gameplay.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2012-rayman-legends/731281

Ryman Legends looks amazing.I'm glad there are still developers out there that know what 2D platformers are all about. :)

I'm glad there are still developers out there that know what 2D platformers are all about. :)

I see what you did there ;)

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2012-rayman-legends/731281

Ryman Legends looks amazing.

First you got me really hyped. I kinda expected a 3D platformer instead of Rayman Origins with improved graphics, but it looks gorgeous anyways :)

Yeah Rayman Legends looks amazing, but its wii- u only for gods sake! completed Rayman Origins to 100% achievements and wouldn't mind DLC or a new game on Xbox360.

And Black Ops 2... well... yeah.

Yeah Rayman Legends looks amazing, but its wii- u only for gods sake!

That seems to be the point really. I can hardly spot any difference between Origins and Legends concerning gameplay and graphics - except for Murphy whom you control using that Wii-U thing.

That seems to be the point really. I can hardly spot any difference between Origins and Legends concerning gameplay and graphics - except for Murphy whom you control using that Wii-U thing.Well it's a platformer, I imagine any changes will be in the details.

The graphic style is very different though, much more of a detailed-smooth-shaded-type thing instead of the previous simple-sharp-cel-shaded-type thing. If that makes sense. :p

The graphic style is very different though, much more of a detailed-smooth-shaded-type thing instead of the previous simple-sharp-cel-shaded-type thing. If that makes sense. :p

Yeah what they did was take the old simple-sharp-cel-shaded-type thing and add some shadowing to it. The frames, animations and even screen transitions and the HUD are exactly the same as in Origins.

The CEO of Crytek put out this tweet:


I had 2 interviews that provoked this question, how big is the Timesplitters Community? Let me hear you!! TS2 rocks, one of my alltime favs! (https://twitter.com/#!/RealtimeCevat)


So far there's been a huge response! If you're a Timesplitters fan and would like to see a sequel or at least a HD rerelease, get on twitter and tell that man you love those games!

So far there's been a huge response! If you're a Timesplitters fan and would like to see a sequel or at least a HD rerelease, get on twitter and tell that man you love those games!

There was talk of a Timesplitters 2 HD re-release before Free Radical Design went bust, which I would have definitely bought. I really hope the community response is enough to kick them in to action because I have been waiting for those pesky little monkeys to make a reappearance for far too long.

Only two and a half hours left. (http://www.teamfortress.com/pyromania/) Anyone excited for this? Hope you are.

I'm really not.

I'm really not.

Have it anyway, the crazy stuff. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I&feature=player_embedded)

I'm not sure what I just watched

An excellent video. That's what.

Okay so this is very confusing:
All Dawn Of War games are on sale right now on Steam - all of them are 75% off. Dawn Of War Platinum is a bundle consisting of Dawn Of War Gold plus Dark Crusade. Now here are the prices:

For the US (or whatever country Steam thinks my browser is set at), the price of Gold is $5, and the price of Platinum is $7.50.
For Germany, the price of Gold is €3.75, and the price of Platinum is... also €3.75.
For Ireland, the price of Gold is €5, and the price of Platinum is €2.50.


What the hell is up with these prices?!

For Ireland, the price of Gold is €5, and the price of Platinum is €2.50.


What the hell is up with these prices?!
Values are reversed in Ireland:
Platinum < gold < silver < bronze < potatoe
;)

So, I could do with more Steamy action. I only have 1 game on there at the minute (L4D2) and very few people to play with.

If you like, send me a friend request thing. I'm iratecorpse on Steam.

So, I could do with more Steamy action. I only have 1 game on there at the minute (L4D2) and very few people to play with.

If you like, send me a friend request thing. I'm iratecorpse on Steam.

Download some of the free to play games available there. Best one to start with: Team Fortress 2 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/). Don't miss out on playing this gem!

Sent you a friend request.

I'm on steam as MrPhillby if anyone feels like adding me.

Is anybody playing Dota 2?
If so add me - XGraveDigger15X or just post your username and I'll add you, I could sure use more people to play that game with! :)

I'm addicted to buying indie game bundles. :(
So far, I have bought every Humble Bundle, Indie Royale, Indie Gala and BeMine Bundle.

Therefore, I have several duplicate game keys left, all redeemable on Steam.
I even have a gift code for the whole BeMine3 Bundle.

Anyone want to trade something for Steam games that I don't have yet?
Or maybe all the new weapons from the recent Pyromania update in TF2?

Here's the list:
----------------------
1x The Ship
1x Osmos
1x Defense Grid + 4 Map packs
1x Steel Storm Burning Retribution:
2x Beat Hazard
1x Beat Hazard Ultra DLC
1x Plain Sight
1x The Ball
1x Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
1x The Void
1x Trauma
1x Airmech (Beta key)

1x BeMine3 Bundle (http://groupees.com/bemine3)

Send me a PM if you're interested and show me what you have to offer!
So, I could do with more Steamy action. I only have 1 game on there at the minute (L4D2) and very few people to play with.

If you like, send me a friend request thing. I'm iratecorpse on Steam.
Here's an up-to-date list with all current free (or free-to-play) games available on Steam:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=851573

Also, I sent you a friend request.

Free to play games listed on the Steam Store. http://store.steampowered.com/search/?snr=1_4_4__12&term=#genre=Free%20to%20Play&advanced=0&sort_order=ASC&page=1

For some reason doing an advanced search on Steam Client yields 31 results with all of them listed as Free To Play while the exact same search on there Store via a web browser yields 78 with various amount not free... presumably that includes costly DLC.

Killing Floor Update! Sideshow event returns (yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy, insanely annoying clots, and husks with nebulous head hitboxes) and five new guns! Guns which are weirdly high-tech looking and I'm pretty sure are community made, which I PRAY TO GOD IS NOT A SIGN OF THE TF2 INFECTION but anyway here are my impressions on the new stuff.

The new medic gun has some weird science/black magic display which shows the ammo and dart levels on it, which is sort of interesting. Loads 30 rounds with better firepower but worse stability than the MP5, or so it seems to me, which I guess is interesting. Has a holographic sight like the Bullpup, so I guess it'll be good for impromptu sharpshooting. Didn't note the weight, but it seems like it'd be worth carrying alongside the MP5 maybe. The most expensive medgun.
The new AR is an approximate SCAR equivalent, but is actually more expensive. Magazine size is the same, but it seems to trade the SCAR's jaw-dropping close-to-mid-range power for greater long-range stability. I'm not totally sure what I think of it yet. Carrying one and an AK seemed to work pretty well for me, but I dunno if it'll be worth trading away the SCAR's "point and they die" effect.
The new shotgun is apparently also made of science and outer space because it features a head-scratching ability to toggle between a close and wide pattern spread. Price falls between the pump-action and combat shotguns for some reason. Is pump-action, but reloads with a magazine, so it's really pretty nice actually. I suppose it's good to finally have something besides the AA12 to fire such a nice tight spread.
The MK23 (Director's Commentary: You may also know this as the USSOCOM!) is here too. Same price as the Handcannon, but half the weight unless dual wielded. Noticeably less powerful per shot and reloads slower, but fires faster, has a longer magazine, and retains the penetration ability. I can see this being an excellent sidearm choice, but for an actual sharpshooter, still not a handcannon.
Finally, sharpshooters also get a proper sniper rifle. M99 I think it was. It's pretty much the LAW for sharpshooters - even more blast-your-entire-universe-off power than the Crossbow, holds even fewer bullets, and yeah it costs 500 pounds for all 25 rounds you can carry. Also it only leaves one spare weight block. But yeah, horrifyingly powerful. I haven't had a chance to play with this too much, but I look forward to putting it to some fleshpounds in some real online play.

Also the game claims to have been optimized in some fashion, but runs quite a lot worse for me. This makes me sad.

(Also this was my first post in this thread. Huh.)

Edit: I guess I can rest assured that even if KF was planning on filling up with weird period-incorrect fan-made crap like TF2, at least it'd be balanced, have things like correct reload animations, and generally act like part of the game instead of chintzy ****ty mods, and they won't try to get $45 out of you to get one.

Mechwarrior Online looks promising, and after my last disappointing experiance with MMO's leaves me glad MWO is free-2-play.

Morning Campers! Are there any forum members playing the Arma 2 Day Z mod? Most fun I've had with a game for ages. I find it Incredibly hard playing on your own though, most especially at night. I much prefer playing with friends, but this is mainly due to the fear of perma-death.

Recently I experienced a Gang war between two rivals gangs of around 10 members a piece. I simply waited from afar for everyone to die and then snuck in sharpish, dropped a few zombies, robbed the decent loot, Sniped the last guy in the face and got the f outta Dodge! For anybody who has seen the movie No Country for Old Men it was very similar experience to the beginning of that film, minus the $2 million. Another time I manage to steal weapons from two snipers facing Cherno without them even realising. I then proceeded to shoot them in the face with their own weapons, before they even had an opportunity to move from their prone positions MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously if you haven't played this game yet, I definitely recommend it. Just don't trust anybody unless it's someone you know. The amount of time I've thought somebody was friendly, spent several hours with them, only to be shot in the back of the head is ridiculous. The average person becomes a b*stard during a Zombie Apocalypse, myself included.

I've only read about it because I wasn't planning to buy Arma II any time soon. I'm very much interested in the mechanics; how does it work? Do you start a match with a number of players and the game ends once everyone is dead? Or are there a couple of servers which you can join, log-out whenever you want and where you have to start anew when you die?

I've only read about it because I wasn't planning to buy Arma II any time soon. I'm very much interested in the mechanics; how does it work? Do you start a match with a number of players and the game ends once everyone is dead? Or are there a couple of servers which you can join, log-out whenever you want and where you have to start anew when you die?
The game is set in a persistent world with real day-night cycle, so you can switch servers and still preserve all your stats/inventory/location, but you can only interact with people on the same server as you or it'd get insane. :p There are no set goals, you pretty much are just out in a zombie apocalypse trying to survive as long as you can. The fun mostly comes from the absurd situations you hear / get into.

You start out with nothing in a random location and have to fend for yourself with nothing but your wits, and the game randomly spawns zombies / items / weapons / vehicles for you to find. It's easier if you get a group of friends but trying to meet up is a pain since the spawns are random, the map is huge and there are very few reference points.

There are various kinds of zombies, but they all have the same goal of spotting you and mauling you to death, and they're attracted by sight and sound, so you can either stealth around them or just go murdersome. You also gotta watch out for other players since 99% want you dead given the looting potential. Whenever you die you start over with a clean slate.

Finally you have various stats to keep track of like temperature / food / water / blood (which can only be treated with the right items), as well as status changes like bleeding out, breaking your bones, going into shock or passing out, all just making your life harder.

The mod is still seriously in alpha so there's a lot of glitches and not much content, but as long as you take it in stride you can have a lot of fun.

I started playing it last week. Been playing it a group of 4-5 with friends over skype. Alone is kind of dull, but in a team it quickly becomes fun, and very exciting when you encounter other players.

The developers of DayZ have a lot of plans for the final release, which is said to be a Stand-Alone title that should be out around September, or at least before Christmas. Dean Hall the creator is talking of implementing underground complexes and base building, allowing a lot more features for grouped play, other than just attacking other players. They also intend to improve all the little details such as the animations, glitches and even possibly add something like ragdoll physics in the final release. This is of course all speculation of what he would like to achieve with the game, but it bodes well for the next updates.

I need to stop reading kotaku. (http://kotaku.com/5932081/has-glados-from-portal-invaded-the-olympics)

I need to stop reading kotaku. (http://kotaku.com/5932081/has-glados-from-portal-invaded-the-olympics)
GaMeInG JoUrNaLiZm

Game journalists like Brian Ashcraft are incompetent ****wits.
Someone should make a blog, posting and archiving crap articles about "gaming" like that.

Doesn't Kotaku Core already remove the rubbish articles from Kotaku?

Here is my experence with kotaku core today:

1) go to kotaku core.

2) find the website in the completely unnavigable 'traditional view'. most of the page is taken up with an article from last week.

3) I click on the eyeball drop down and select the much more sensible 'blog view'. I find myself on the regular kotaku site. there is an article about peanut butter.

also:
http://i.imgur.com/bCwYrl.jpg (http://imgur.com/bCwYr)

Doesn't Kotaku Core already remove the rubbish articles from Kotaku?

Kotaku Core is nothing but a ****ty tag search. Doesn't let you browse the site in blog view so it's absolutely useless.

Serious in-depth break down of the new CODBLOPS2 multiplayer trailer over here! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyO5WJYRDHU)

Black Ops 2 is looking sick as

I agree, it looks like a sick ass.

PS Vita get!

Pros:

-Gorgeous
-Awesome
-Really awesome

Cons:

-OLED's are prone to burn-in, more so than Plasmas(according to Wikipedia)

But seriously, everywhere I looked all I saw was praise for the Vita's gorgeous OLED screen, and not a single mention of a burn-in issue. It's not really too bad, it's only barely noticeable when viewing it on low light conditions and displaying large areas of flat, dark colors. During normal use(playing games, watching videos) it's practically impossible to see it. But it's only going to get worse with time. I just hope devs are aware of this and avoid persistent, bright hud elements on their Vita games. :P

Do you at least have a 3G provider? No company picked it up here, so only the Wifi model is a available. That's what put me off getting one in the end.

Nah, I got the Wi-fi model. I'm perfectly okay with not having 3G.

Cons:

-OLED's are prone to burn-in, more so than Plasmas(according to Wikipedia)
I don't find anything about burn-in, only generally a shorter lifespan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED#Disadvantages

One would assume that after LCD and LED technologies, there wouldn't be a new one that has the old problems of CRTs again.

I don't find anything about burn-in, only generally a shorter lifespan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED#Disadvantages

One would assume that after LCD and LED technologies, there wouldn't be a new one that has the old problems of CRTs again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_burn-in

Because of the more rapid luminance degradation of current organic compounds used in OLED-type displays, OLED is even more susceptible to burn-in than plasma.

I like VALVe's way of storytelling for this game. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4cfo0f88Ug) Even if the co-op mode isn't going to work out too well, the comics and this video already paid off in my book.

Even if you play Team Fortress 2, I'm not sure whether you understand the above video if you aren't paying attention to the game's story. I could explain it briefly I guess but I'm too lazy for now.



Also, the the next post (#5971) will introduce us to page 200 of the vggabbing thread, so YOU'LL BETTER MAKE IT SOMETHING SPECIAL.

Just because you said that,

Anyone else getting NHL13?

:P

I like VALVe's way of storytelling for this game. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4cfo0f88Ug) Even if the co-op mode isn't going to work out too well, the comics and this video already paid off in my book.

Even if you play Team Fortress 2, I'm not sure whether you understand the above video if you aren't paying attention to the game's story. I could explain it briefly I guess but I'm too lazy for now.


I'm not a TF2 player, but I really do enjoy watching all the promotional videos and comics valve put out for the game.

Although haven't there been robots in the game forever? For the German players at least. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=710Xi4JkK_s)

Although haven't there been robots in the game forever? For the German players at least. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=710Xi4JkK_s)

Many German versions of Valve games feature robots as a replacement for mortal human NPCs, that's right, but not this time around. Those low violence body parts in TF2 called "silly gibs" aren't all robot parts, by the way, and just because there is no gore at all doesn't mean the characters in the German version are robots...

I mean, I can see where that argument comes from, so... would you argue Looney Tunes characters are gods because they don't die whatever harm you cause to them?

Thought so :p

Black Ops 2 multiplayer looking awesome, apart from hearing the inclusion of Ghost and Cold Blooded. Yay! people sweating in corners again with these perks.

Many German versions of Valve games feature robots as a replacement for mortal human NPCs, that's right, but not this time around. Those low violence body parts in TF2 called "silly gibs" aren't all robot parts, by the way, and just because there is no gore at all doesn't mean the characters in the German version are robots...

I mean, I can see where that argument comes from, so... would you argue Looney Tunes characters are gods because they don't die whatever harm you cause to them?

Thought so :p
Yes but if I saw Daffy Duck bleed oil then explode into a bunch of clockwork parts I might be forgiven for reaching a conclusion.

Black Ops 2 multiplayer looking awesome, apart from hearing the inclusion of Ghost and Cold Blooded. Yay! people sweating in corners again with these perks.
Ghost will now stop working if you stand still, which means campers will now have to shuffle around like mental patients in their tiny rooms to remain hidden. This will not stop them, just like the removal of auto-aiming for a couple of seconds after scope-in won't stop you quickscoping.

Also stop playing TDM if campers annoy you. At least in the objectve based modes the entire enemy team can't decide to hole up in cupboards and still win.

In terms of actual awful perks, I'm immensely glad to see Second Chance completely absent for a change!

I'm trying to remain sceptical after I got excited over MW3 last year (what a pile of crap that game was), but BLOPs is by far my favorite COD and treyarch look like they've put a lot of effort into changing up the multiplayer.

Also dolphin diving and tomahawks are back!

Yes but if I saw Daffy Duck bleed oil then explode into a bunch of clockwork parts I might be forgiven for reaching a conclusion.

The TF2 characters don't bleed oil, you just see yellow sparkles when they get hit. That's, as far as I am aware of, a stylistic device used in comics and cartoons as well. And that might be what got you confused you here, too. It's in fact not clockwork parts, but bolts, hamburgers, rubber ducks, inflatable animals, elastic springs, boots, car signs, canned beans etc. All sorts of random things.

(EDIT): Yes, it's looking quite different in-game than in that video. I never whatched the German Meet the Soldier and saw that black gore, that's indeed weird :confused:

On a different note, I don't see the big difference between Duffy Duck bursting into bolts, hamburgers and rubber duckies after being blown up or Duffy Duck losing his beak after being shot by a shotgun in the face. Really, it's just both cartoon violence.

Good god, thurbo, it was a joke. Stop being so anal about it.

Good god, thurbo, it was a joke. Stop being so anal about it.

You haven't had to play Half-Life fighting robot soldiers and cyber ninjas

This is dead-serious

You haven't had to play Half-Life fighting robot soldiers and cyber ninjas

This is dead-serious

Sure it is... and it's pretty sad too.

Do you think in Germany the censorship it's so repressive even due to WWII (look only at the German version of Wolfenstain 3D)?

Sure it is... and it's pretty sad too.

Do you think in Germany the censorship it's so repressive even due to WWII (look only at the German version of Wolfenstain 3D)?

I have frankly no idea. Concerning video games, German politicians just don't like to see a certain red fluid that circulates throughout human bodies all over places it just doesn't belong.

But it's mostly a matter of different socio-cultural standards. Vioelence (and extreme right-wing symbols) may be a no-go here, but nudity and sexual innuendos in games are not quite as much of an issue as in the United States, for instance.

Also stop playing TDM if campers annoy you. At least in the objectve based modes the entire enemy team can't decide to hole up in cupboards and still win.

I'm more a Demoliton person, and play some HQ and Dom ocasionally too, and you still get them and they still corner camp, but oh well. HC Search is the worst for them I'd say, and any other hardcore mode.

I have frankly no idea. Concerning video games, German politicians just don't like to see a certain red fluid that circulates throughout human bodies all over places it just doesn't belong.

Which is bizarre, since I've seen a German safety video that's full of blood, guts, dismemberment and impaillings. All in an effort to inform you of warehouse safety.

Didn't Germany just un-ban Doom due to its cultural significance?

Didn't Germany just un-ban Doom due to its cultural significance?

Yes; it is now only really of historic or scientific interest and will not appeal to 'vulnerable youngsters'. Or some bull**** like that.

Wolfenstein 3D is still censored; although I wonder if their censored version also alters the level layouts :D.

Which is bizarre, since I've seen a German safety video that's full of blood, guts, dismemberment and impaillings. All in an effort to inform you of warehouse safety.
Unfortunately Gabelstaplerfahrer Klaus is not a real safety video, but a short film parody of one.

Didn't Germany just un-ban Doom due to its cultural significance?

Cultural significance? Where the heck did you hear that?

Every few years, the German Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons re-examine banned games whether they can still be considered as harmful. Doom was mainly unbanned since "with today's standards and its pixelated graphics, which can neither be classified as detailed nor realistic, it no longer suits a pattern of behaviour for infants". Basically, "Between modern violent games infants probably don't make much out of Dooms outdated graphics". More basically, "Violence lies in the eye of the beholder".

So much for "cultural significance"... I'm not sure whether games are considered to be cultural assets yet, unlike films. That may be because of their bad influence on infants and most games focusing on "Here's a gun, now shoot the bad guys" in a more or less brutal representation.

Unfortunately Gabelstaplerfahrer Klaus is not a real safety video, but a short film parody of one.

Well now I'm deeply saddened. Of course I never looked into the origin of that video.

We had a little misshap trying to flip an ATV back on it's wheels in DayZ last Sunday. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSDmvZ07fw

TF2 is dead to me because valve gabe newfat dumb money bux sellout heck crud map full of darn pole vault over the pile of dumbStupid... frickin'... TF2. Suddenly making a game mode that is actually good. Making me want decorative ****.

I'd like to hijack this thread briefly to let you know that the Kickstarter to produce the first season of my webseries, PortsCenter, is now in it final 48 hours. We're trying to raise $4,200 to produce 13 episodes, including an episode which will look at various Worms ports over the last two decades.

Watch the pilot - there's an [uncensored version with NSFW language (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UsiB2hzyb8)] and a [clean version with the foul language bleeped out (http://youtu.be/bX4iK2sbpPI)]. If you like it and you're at all able to contribute, please [head over to the Kickstarter and make a pledge (kickstarter.com/projects/BenPaddon/portscenter-a-webseries-about-change-and-video-gam)]. Thank you.

Stupid... frickin'... TF2. Suddenly making a game mode that is actually good. Making me want decorative ****.

What game mode in that game isn't good?

Watch the pilot - there's an [uncensored version with NSFW language (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UsiB2hzyb8)] and a [clean version with the foul language bleeped out (http://youtu.be/bX4iK2sbpPI)]. If you like it and you're at all able to contribute, please [head over to the Kickstarter and make a pledge (kickstarter.com/projects/BenPaddon/portscenter-a-webseries-about-change-and-video-gam)]. Thank you.

Oh by the way :D (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bYFtIAkFbyY)

What game mode in that game isn't good?All the ones that have you using TF2 weapons against TF2 players with their TF2 weapons. You know, that miserable, convoluted, bloated train wreck that used to be a well-thought-out and balanced game. Then sold out -- sold out repeatedly, in escalation -- and is now played primarily by badly-supervised 13-year-olds who think they are funny, and pretty much none of the game's original theme, feel or balance are even close to intact with the colossal inundation of community-made weapons that mostly make no sense thematically and pretty much had stats slapped onto them, usually pretty overpowered at the outset and then backed down later, in order to get people to pay for new things.

So, all of them. Except MvM is fun. And the moronic battery of weapons is more forgivable if you're using them cooperatively against robots.

Disclaimer: My opinion on the game is pretty much still where it was when I declared it dead to me probably a couple of years ago, which is pretty shortly after I acquired and renamed a new-at-the-time Claideamh Mor, so not long after the engineer update. I might try playing competitively again for a few minutes soon, but I do not expect this opinion to change.

Honestly I don't notice the imbalance that the new items bring very much. It's still whoever has the best angle of attack and shoots first that tends to win. Besides, the game has always been chaotic. What annoyed me was that you got items randomly where before I had to work at getting them which was much more fun. Also the "spam" that comes with the items, crates and crap.. It's just a messier experience. Anywho, I don't think developers should change their game that much. You end up with a completely different product than what you paid for.

What game mode in that game isn't good?

CTF is pretty dull; 2Fort in particular is terrible.
Capture Point is uninspired, but there's progression.
Payload isn't too bad, but it's not really any better than CP.
The Rocket one is dumb.

All of the maps are fairly claustrophobic and the overall gameplay is... silly. It's not bad it's just not great.
TF2 has no competitive edge to it at all, it's a casual game you can play to have a bit of fun and that's it. These days that attracts a lot of players (see CoD since Modern Warfare). It once achieved this whilst being pretty streamlined. Now it's thrown away it's sleek finish and become this bloated monster whilst gaining nothing in return.

TF2 has no competitive edge to it at all, it's a casual game you can play to have a bit of fun and that's it.

Just like Worms?

I didn't know there was a problem with a game being not competitive.

I just got Riven off of GOG. In the first ten minutes I got further than when I tried playing it when I was ten, haha. No patience back then.

That memory of the Myst series being impossible from when I was a kid has held me back from trying to play it again, but I finally played through Myst (realMyst) last weekend. Glad I did :)

I just got Riven off of GOG. In the first ten minutes I got further than when I tried playing it when I was ten, haha. No patience back then.

That memory of the Myst series being impossible from when I was a kid has held me back from trying to play it again, but I finally played through Myst (realMyst) last weekend. Glad I did :)
The problem with Riven is that you're solving big puzzles in a large world, rather than small puzzles in bunch of little worlds. It sort of looses a lot of focus that way. I still love it to bits, even though I never got anywhere at all in it.

Just like Worms?

I didn't know there was a problem with a game being not competitive.

There isn't anything inherently wrong.
TF2 is a lot shallower than Worms and in the world of shooters, I would like to say it's outclassed but the only modern shooters that are actually good are... well I can't think of any. The modern incarnation of CounterStrike comes closest I guess; I personally don't take to CS very well but it's definitely superior to the competition. There's also Quake Live, which is essentially Quake III and is perhaps where the remaining top shooter players have found themselves.

And yes, Worms does have it's flaws, even W:A and WWP; both were somewhat bloated although in a way that allowed rather extensive customisation that facilitated community innovation and gametypes that endured for a long time. Further Worms games made attempts at being more streamlined with varying degrees of success.
In terms of competitive play, Worms is miles ahead of TF2, but a number of things will always hold it back (a heavy influence from Random Number Generators comes to mind). This says a lot more about TF2 than it does about Worms.

The best FPS game is either Blood, Quake or Unreal Tournament. I can't stand most modern FPS games and there weird ass physics and competitiveness.

Co-op > For fun > Competitiveness.

Quake

Quake 1 is the best! :D