Playing Fat Princess now
Still lagging on on-line games, what sucks hard, but they're trying to fix it
It's really fun
One of the best downloadable games there is

And waiting for my pre-order of Fallout 3 Game of The Year Edition

I'm playing Fat Princess too, although it gets pretty old after a couple of games, I suppose it would be better playing with voice and friends...

I am currently(AT LAST) playing all those unreleased Super Mario Advance 4 e-reader levels, on my PSP no less.

Legal because I own a GBA and SMA4

fat princess owns a lot but it's not worth buying a gaystation for

replace fat princess with [name of game] and this statement will remain true

fat princess owns a lot but it's not worth buying a gaystation for

replace fat princess with [name of game] and this statement will remain true

It's not worth getting for that game only (just like any other console isn't worth getting for a single game), but I am of the opinion that there are enough good games worth getting a PS3 for.

Killzone2, Uncharted, Uncharted 2, LBP, Flower, Fat Princess, MGS4, Disgaea 3, God of War III, Infamous, Katamari Forever, The Last Guardian, MAG, ModNation Racers, Motorstorm/Pacific Rift, Pixeljunk games, Ratchet & Clank and White Knight Chronicles.

That's over 18 games, plus any multiplatform title you don't already own on another platform.

It's not worth getting for that game only (just like any other console isn't worth getting for a single game), but I am of the opinion that there are enough good games worth getting a PS3 for.

Killzone2, Uncharted, Uncharted 2, LBP, Flower, Fat Princess, MGS4, Disgaea 3, God of War III, Infamous, Katamari Forever, The Last Guardian, MAG, ModNation Racers, Motorstorm/Pacific Rift, Pixeljunk games, Ratchet & Clank and White Knight Chronicles.

That's over 18 games, plus any multiplatform title you don't already own on another platform.

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A PS3 is worth buying just for the Blu-Ray player. That's insane value for money already.

A PS3 is worth buying just for the Blu-Ray player. That's insane value for money already.

And it's also infinitely cheaper than an Xbox if you plan to play games online.

Not to mention that eventually games will look much better on the PS3 than on the Xbox.

And most importantly gamepads don't require batteries, this might be a minor thing, but me and a very hot chick were playing Xbox at her house at 3am and we we're playing strip street fighter (sounds really cool when you say it out loud), so everytime I beat her she'd take something off, and she only had her bra and thong left and then the ****ing pad ran out of batteries these kind of things make you realize how much better sony is. **** you bill

You should write to MS and complain. That's well out of order; how dare they mess with natural selection like that? Idiots!

Knytt Stories

No clue where to use the red key :/

Knytt Stories

No clue where to use the red key :/


try the red door man

Where? you complete the game and the key is hidden on the Congratulations screen... there is no red door there or anywhere else in the game ._.

me and a very hot chick were playing Xbox at her house at 3am and we we're playing strip street fighter
Part of me refuses to believe that this is true but I hope it is.

And it's also infinitely cheaper than an Xbox if you plan to play games online.

Not to mention that eventually games will look much better on the PS3 than on the Xbox.

And most importantly gamepads don't require batteries, this might be a minor thing, but me and a very hot chick were playing Xbox at her house at 3am and we we're playing strip street fighter (sounds really cool when you say it out loud), so everytime I beat her she'd take something off, and she only had her bra and thong left and then the ****ing pad ran out of batteries these kind of things make you realize how much better sony is. **** you bill

Oh come on, that would never happen.

Girls always win at Street Fighter, everyone knows that.

A PS3 is worth buying just for the Blu-Ray player. That's insane value for money already.

Just because something is much cheaper than the alternatives does not mean buying it is a good idea. I could buy the cheapest airliner engine available, but it would be a totally useless thing to have.

And most importantly gamepads don't require batteries, this might be a minor thing, but me and a very hot chick were playing Xbox at her house at 3am and we we're playing strip street fighter (sounds really cool when you say it out loud), so everytime I beat her she'd take something off, and she only had her bra and thong left and then the ****ing pad ran out of batteries these kind of things make you realize how much better sony is. **** you bill

damn that sucks although gaystation 3 controllers actually are wireless??

damn that sucks although gaystation 3 controllers actually are wireless??

Err... what?

Err... what?

Well, assuming that Playstation 3 controllers are wireless, what is it that they run off if not batteries?

Well, assuming that Playstation 3 controllers are wireless, what is it that they run off if not batteries?

Battery. You can charge them by plugging them to the ps3 or pc.

I found a PS3 + LBP pack for 300€ near my place. The prices are going down so much that it's starting to be worth buying it. Of course, not for one game only, but that's a given for most consoles anyways.

I found a PS3 + LBP pack for 300€ near my place. The prices are going down so much that it's starting to be worth buying it. Of course, not for one game only, but that's a given for most consoles anyways.

Worth? You mean worth as in, affordable for you, or worth as in, Sony were inflating the price to become rich themselves and now its finally on a realistic value price?

One thing is that you find something expensive, because you do not have the means, another completely unrelated thing is that you think it ain't worth the price because you could have better fun with 300 dollars worth of extasis.

Worth? You mean worth as in, affordable for you, or worth as in, Sony were inflating the price to become rich themselves and now its finally on a realistic value price?

A bit of the both. The PS3 is expensive to make, so they weren't really becoming rich themselves in the first place, considering they always lost money from the consoles, regained on games, but now, it's a realistic value price.

And also considering I always loved the customization style that the PS3 is seemingly following. LBP, ModNation racers... Mario Kart Ripoff, yeah, but better done, as far as it seems for now.

I try not to be on any extreme. I'd end up sticking too much to it that I'd end up playing something I no longer enjoy :p

EDIT: Just to quote the whole thing and all.

One thing is that you find something expensive, because you do not have the means, another completely unrelated thing is that you think it ain't worth the price because you could have better fun with 300 dollars worth of extasis.

Basically this. But my main problem is when it was 600 the console alone, without that customization thing I mentioned. Things change, my thoughts toward it does too.

Unfortunally, the PS3 is from far the most expensive console around here
Only a few people owns it, considering that the *****s prefer the 360 because of piracy and the price of the original game would be over $137.00 USD...
I didn't choose the PS3 for the prices, but because I don't get so attracted by 360's thousands of shooters, and Wii's silly little games
In my opinion, the PS3 have much more variety and originallity, and that's why I think it's the best and worth it, being more expensive, cheaper or whatever

And I'm also a customization junkie

Battery. You can charge them by plugging them to the ps3 or pc.
right so my point is that the whole running out of battery thing could still potentially be a problem if you're using a gaystation. just throwing it out there

right so my point is that the whole running out of battery thing could still potentially be a problem if you're using a gaystation. just throwing it out there

Actually, a friend has it, and how it's worked out is quite clever.

When you start to run out of battery, you just plug it into the USB, and it recharges while you play, just that you stop being wireless for a while. Or you can, you know, take a nap or go have a walk, too.

If you want to find flaws on the PS3, I don't have a problem, but I believe this one's not the one you're looking for.

Actually, a friend has it, and how it's worked out is quite clever.

When you start to run out of battery, you just plug it into the USB, and it recharges while you play, just that you stop being wireless for a while. Or you can, you know, take a nap or go have a walk, too.

If you want to find flaws on the PS3, I don't have a problem, but I believe this one's not the one you're looking for.

The Xbox also has rechargeable batteries for the controllers, and it works the same way, charges while you play. The only problem is it's not included with the controller that comes with the console(but they do bundle it with new controllers so it shouldn't be an issue with a second controller). You can still plug in a controller without any battery in it anyway so I don't see what the big problem is.

The Xbox also has rechargeable batteries for the controllers, and it works the same way, charges while you play. The only problem is it's not included with the controller that comes with the console(but they do bundle it with new controllers so it shouldn't be an issue with a second controller). You can still plug in a controller without any battery in it anyway so I don't see what the big problem is.

Carpet burns? I dunno. Incidentally, I have some third-party battery chargers for my Wiimotes that I got from Game, although they're rather inconvenient when it comes to playing while charging unfortunately.

Anyway, I'm not playing a game right now (because if I were I wouldn't be able to post in this thread) but recently I got Super Paper Mario and I've been working my way through that. It's an odd game, because there are lots of fun bits but equally there are some bits that seem deliberately designed to be tedious <spoiler>such as the infamous treadmill that, even if you take all the shortcuts, still takes a couple of minutes to raise the rubees required to bribe that one inmate to tell you the passcode to Mimi's vault</spoiler>. I get the idea that there are a lot of parody elements to the game, and that this is a parody of grinding in RPGs and stuff, but I still don't understand why you'd put something in a game deliberately designed to be not fun.

But other than that, it is a lot of fun (or should I say, "HI-TECHNICAAAAAAAAL!")

Is it Blue-Tek rechargable batteries? I got them and yeah you gotta take 'em outta the plastic grip to charge them :/

I personally prefer an X360, having played a PS3 at a friends house. The games I played weren't too bad, but I just didn't get the same satisfaction I would playing on an X360. I also like X360's features better too.

The PS3 is good though, unlike the wii.

I personally prefer an X360, having played a PS3 at a friends house. The games I played weren't too bad, but I just didn't get the same satisfaction I would playing on an X360. I also like X360's features better too.

The PS3 is good though, unlike the wii.

Why does the Xbox give you more satisfaction?

Is it Blue-Tek rechargable batteries? I got them and yeah you gotta take 'em outta the plastic grip to charge them :/

No, it's Game's own brand. They stay in the controller, it's just you have to plug the controller into a base. Which makes it unwieldly to use the 2 button, and impossible to use a nunchuck.

I personally prefer an X360, having played a PS3 at a friends house. The games I played weren't too bad, but I just didn't get the same satisfaction I would playing on an X360. I also like X360's features better too.

The PS3 is good though, unlike the wii.

I don't think you can enjoy everything the consoles has to offer just by giving a little play at a friend's house and I honestly don't understand this particular part

but I just didn't get the same satisfaction I would playing on an X360

By "I would" you make sound like if you were on your friend's house, same day, same circunstances, same games but only with a 360 instead of PS3, you would, for some weird reason, enjoy more
How this works?!

By "I would" you make sound like if you were on your friend's house, same day, same circunstances, same games but only with a 360 instead of PS3, you would, for some weird reason, enjoy more
How this works?!Well, with Sonic 2006 for example, on the 360 version you can distract yourself from the horrible game by looking at gondolas.

No, it's Game's own brand. They stay in the controller, it's just you have to plug the controller into a base. Which makes it unwieldly to use the 2 button, and impossible to use a nunchuck.

I see, Blue-tek ones are just a rechargeable battery pack that you have to place in a base to charge. There's no extra bulk or length added to the Wiimote.

Well, with Sonic 2006 for example, on the 360 version you can distract yourself from the horrible game by looking at gondolas.

Or do push ups with the controllers

Or do push ups with the controllers
It is 2009 and you have just made a LOL XBOX IS HUGE joke.

The 360's controller is actually not that much bigger (and worlds more comfortable to hold) than the SNES-controller-with-wings that is the Dualshock 3.

For the record, the PS3 is a very desirable console and if I was wealthy I would have bought one by now.

It is 2009 and you have just made a LOL XBOX IS HUGE joke.

The 360's controller is actually not that much bigger (and worlds more comfortable to hold) than the SNES-controller-with-wings that is the Dualshock 3.




It's 2009 and you're still trying to be reasonable on the internet

It's 2009 and you're still trying to be reasonable on the internet
It's 2009 and in that case you can shove your precious lamestation 3 up your **** and see if you can still play warhawk by waving your bum around and maybe contracting your shincter to press the buttons.

It's 2009 and in that case you can shove your precious lamestation 3 up your **** and see if you can still play warhawk by waving your bum around and maybe contracting your shincter to press the buttons.

I'd rather have a lamestation shoved up my ass than a Wii if you see what I mean.

I'd rather have a lamestation shoved up my ass than a Wii if you see what I mean.

If I can't avoid that happening, I'd choose the Wii.

It's smaller.

If I can't avoid that happening, I'd choose the Wii.

It's smaller.

Slim is coming

If I can't avoid that happening, I'd choose the Wii.

It's smaller.

Ok you missed it.

I'm sorry, but was the Wii an allusion to male genitalia?

Slim is coming

It's still smaller.

I think the point we're missing is that nobody wants an Xbox between their butocks.

I'd rather have a lamestation shoved up my ass than a Wii if you see what I mean.

That you like larger things up your ass?

Carpet burns?
Carpet burns? :confused:

That you like larger things up your ass?

Hey, if you're going to have something shoved up your ass, might as well go the whole hog.

Carpet burns? :confused:

If the controllers were plugged in, then the length of the cable would restrict how far they could sit from the telly, so they might have to sit on the carpet (extrapolating from the layout of my own living room). Couple this with:

she only had her bra and thong left

Playing PS1 Metal Gear Solid.
I loved this game, and it's fun to play through again.

im playing world of warcraft trying to find a soul partner

If the controllers were plugged in, then the length of the cable would restrict how far they could sit from the telly, so they might have to sit on the carpet (extrapolating from the layout of my own living room). Couple this with:
Well yes, but the same thing would happen if a PS3 controller ran out of batteries, hence why I said I don't see the difference.

edit: plus the cable is pretty lengthy... unless you have some sort of home theater setup with a huge screen it should be good. And you can always just move the console closer instead. :p

Just because something is much cheaper than the alternatives does not mean buying it is a good idea. I could buy the cheapest airliner engine available, but it would be a totally useless thing to have.

You are right. However, it is also a better Blu-Ray player than many of the more expensive alternatives. If you want a BR player, then the PS3 is a very admirable choice to make.

im playing world of warcraft trying to find a soul partner
i hope it goes well for you and you find that special someone where you least expected to :)

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i take off my wizard hat and robe...
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it's "i put on my robe and wizard hat"

Heh, fail. Ah well, it's a good few years since I read it.

Still, amusing nonetheless.

Where can I find this literary genius, anyway?

edit: Nevermind, I found it. It was sent to me as a .txt file, had no idea there was a whole site dedicated to it. :)

Pyramid, i've played multiple games on the PS3, mainly demo's. Only 2 stood out for me, Ratchet and Clank and Mirrors Edge.

Right, I worded that bit wrong too. I prefer the X360, because of better games in the game marketplace, and it does have good features, like renting movies for a cheap price, downloading music videos, and other stuff like themes (yeah, I know PS3 has them)

I had a look at the PS store on my PS3 and it didn't have stuff that interested me much, and imo the X360 has better games.

Red Alert 2. The Allied campaign. And I know there are newer, fancier, shinier games out there, but Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge are just better! And saying a game is bad just because it's old is a retarded argument! Just think of Worms: Armageddon! It's more than 10 years old and it's still great! *pant* *pant* [/rant]

Yep, Yuri's Revenge is brilliant. Shame the company got bought out by EA who turned the franchise to crap -_-"

Most of the 360's games are also available on the PS3 and vice versa. If it's exclusives you're talking about then fair enough but anyone who only plays platform-exclusive titles is probably a fanboy and their opinion can't be trusted.

To be honest I can only think of one or two 360 exclusives I'd like to play and I'd definitely not buy a 360 for them. LittleBigPlanet, on the other hand...

Do PS3 controllers work on the PC without 3rd party accesories?

I think GlovePIE supports them. Not sure if it works through Bluetooth only or USB too, though, and I can't be bothered to look on your behalf.

Look, at the end of the day, when all is said and done, in 5 years when the 360 has long been at its peak the PS3 will still be accelerating. It happened with the PS2 and it'll happen with the PS3. I'm surprised the slim is out so soon given the potential lifespan of the PS3 but what the heck, it was kinda needed anyway.

Uh, the xbox is leaps and bounds better then the ps2. It's just Sony payed the money to get the games.

In my opinion PS2 games were better than Xbox games towards the end of its life cycle for whatever reasons.

From what I could see, the overall quality of PS2 games climbed throughout its life whereas Xbox games just got more shiny. Literally. It's like they said "well, our games aren't very special so lets add more bloom".

probably because Sony bought all the games and locked companies into exclusive contracts with 'em and also had experience from there Playstation 1. The Xbox was a much more powerful console that was neglected and never reached it's full potential. Have you tried split screen multiplayer games on the Ps2 like the Need For Speed franchise or Burnout* series (* iirc)? bad frame rates and ****acular graphics coupled with laggy controls. The xbox ran the games fine with minimum (if any) quality loss.

That's what they want you to think...

EA isn't the best place to take comparisons from, anyway.

Do PS3 controllers work on the PC without 3rd party accesories?

yes, you just need driveras, most likely ilegal, and if you're in 64x you'll need to force windows to sign them with other 3rd party tools.

yes, you just need driveras, most likely ilegal, and if you're in 64x you'll need to force windows to sign them with other 3rd party tools.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=47051

Not sure that drivers can be illegal but then Sony probably have some fairly strict policies on that so it wouldn't surprise me.

Anyway, there's a link to the info necessary. It doesn't work with Bluetooth, only with USB. I'm about to try it out since I'm already a GlovePIE user. There's no point to it really; I enjoy pointlessness, though.

FYI, the Wii Remote is fun on the PC. I made a GlovePIE script for Worms (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32731&highlight=Wii+Remote) which uses the Wii Remote.

Uh, the xbox is leaps and bounds better then the ps2. It's just Sony payed the money to get the games.

What kind of games,to be more exact?

What kind of games,to be more exact?

Most multi-platform ones?

I'm playing Prince of Persia 2 for DOS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWQt2iSzEXQ

Most multi-platform ones?

Lol. You're a joke. Do you realize it's Microsoft whose been getting previously Sony exclusive games? What Xbox exclusive games has Sony paid to get launched on PS2?

Either way, it's publishers who choose to go multiplataform, since the money paid for exclsuivity right is way inferior to the profit from launching on both consoles nowadays. Back then, it was only worth to sell those rights for PS2, since it was by far the most sold console.

I'm playing Prince of Persia 2 for DOS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWQt2iSzEXQ
I never played that one. I used to have, and loved Prince of Persia 1 back in Ye Olden Days, but I never got my hands on the sequel.

Just did some level editing of POP1, now that you mention it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBh2Ik0MKRg

I was terrible at Prince of Persia.

Ruddy terrible.

A game my friend made on gamemaker.

Do PS3 controllers work on the PC without 3rd party accesories?

There's a bit of setup involved with it, but here's a guide:
1. Download this archive (http://dl.qj.net/SIXAXIS-driver-for-PC-Tools-and-Utilities-PlayStation-3/pg/12/fid/11679/catid/518) and install the filter driver (libusb-win32-filter-bin-0.1.10.1.exe).
2. Unpack ps3sixaxis_en.exe
3. Plug the SIXAXIS into your PC.
4. Run ps3sixaxis_en.exe once.
5. Push the PS button on the SIXAXIS once if it doesn’t see it straight away.

Unfortunately, the motion sensing features aren’t possible on the PC (not yet as least). But still, this is pretty easy way to net yourself a free usable game pad.

There's a bit of setup involved with it, but here's a guide:
1. Download this archive (http://dl.qj.net/SIXAXIS-driver-for-PC-Tools-and-Utilities-PlayStation-3/pg/12/fid/11679/catid/518) and install the filter driver (libusb-win32-filter-bin-0.1.10.1.exe).
2. Unpack ps3sixaxis_en.exe
3. Plug the SIXAXIS into your PC.
4. Run ps3sixaxis_en.exe once.
5. Push the PS button on the SIXAXIS once if it doesn’t see it straight away.

Unfortunately, the motion sensing features aren’t possible on the PC (not yet as least). But still, this is pretty easy way to net yourself a free usable game pad.

This only works on 32x

64x is more complicated, and motion sensor does work.

thanks

How come Tiger Woods on PS3 doesn't let you use the SIXAXIS like a golf club? Or better yet, for God of War 4 they could implement a morning star using the SIXAXIS. Simply plug the USB cable into the SIXAXIS and swing it about the place.

Maybe they're saving that for the magic wand.

Also, I've played TW on Wii with the WM+ and I prefer the gameplay on the PS3 (and the user interface, for that matter) but I do like the Wii version, from what I've played.

Still ticking along with Super Paper Mario.

I died a surprising number of times to Mr. L

Crash 2- and soon the first 2 spyro games :)

FINALLY finished GH3 :p



for God of War 4 they could implement a morning star using the SIXAXIS. Simply plug the USB cable into the SIXAXIS and swing it about the place.

But... that would be awful?

But... that would be awful?
Awful fun!

Yesturday I bought Shadow of the Collossus and 50 Cent Blood on the Sand.

I feel dirty.

50 Cent Blood on the Sand.:eek: get out of this forum. you are no longer welcome.

No scoping with a friend on COD 4 :)

How come Tiger Woods on PS3 doesn't let you use the SIXAXIS like a golf club?

the sixaxis only has one axis of measurement

Lol. You're a joke. Do you realize it's Microsoft whose been getting previously Sony exclusive games?

have you ever heard of 989 studios? sony owned them.their the ones that butchered the twisted metal franchise between TM2 to TMblack and absorbed psygnosis for example. sony cornered the market with the ps1 by making an insane amount of games(half of which sucked by any standard) and buying existing companies. ps1 has the largest game library ever (not counting systems with backwards compatibility). nintendo had a very strict policy on game quality. until the game cube they had a cap on the number of games that could be released in a year by a company. every nintendo product has the nin seal of quality. sony product or xbox pruducts dont. the may say official, but nothing about quality.

now microsoft is winning the ps3 360 battle because they have a stronger market strategy at this point. remember the dreamcast was the better system of the DC/ps1/n64 era (one word: bleemcast), sega has always had a crappy market strategy.

the wii has no competitors because it is so vastly different than the others, which is their strategy, and its finaly working, god knows the gameboy carried them since the virtual boy till now. multiplatform games on the wii are more of a bonus in my opinion.

It has at least 2: x and y

This is demonstrated by the fact that you can tilt left/right and forward/back.

Or do I not understand?

Also, why is it called a SIXAXIS if it doesn't have six axes?

It has at least 2: x and y

This is demonstrated by the fact that you can tilt left/right and forward/back.

Or do I not understand?

Also, why is it called a SIXAXIS if it doesn't have six axes?

ok 2 axis, sorry . its called the sixaxis for aesthetic logo reasons. sony announced they added motion sensing right after nintendo announced what their "revolutionary" new controller was. the sixaxis is kind of a gimmick
i find it annoying to swing your controller to do mundane tasks a single button press could do. there was a controller for the ps1 that had the same thing in place of one of the analog sticks

It can tilt forward, back, left, right, and like a steering wheel.
It has 6 movements there.

That is three axes of movement.
The other three are the left stick, the right stick, and the pressure sensitive shoulder buttons.

Billygoat is wrong.

It can tilt forward, back, left, right, and like a steering wheel.
It has 6 movements there.

That is three axes of movement.
The other three are the left stick, the right stick, and the pressure sensitive shoulder buttons.

Billygoat is wrong.

if your counting all the other analog inputs, your wrong because your not counting a,b,x,y (for lack of triangles and squares)or the 4 dpad directions

i maintain it has 2 axis of motion detection x and y

EDIT:: i looked it up, it can detect turning, tilting sideways, and tilting forward/backwards. thats still only x,y,z. 3 axis

if you count each "analog" stix as axis inputs you have 4 between the 2

:eek: get out of this forum. you are no longer welcome.
Fiddy just wants his skull back man.

You're all wrong. It has six axis: 3 movement axis (forward and back, up and down, left and right) and 3 torsional axis (pitch, roll and... yaw? I'm not fantastic at torsional axis). Anyway, basically it exists in three dimensions, it can detect both movement along and twisting around any of these dimensions, hence: 6 axis

x and -x are the same axis. same with y/-y and z/-z

it cannot sense up/down, strafe left/right, or depth in/out, which would be another 3 axis. the wii does those other 3 using the ir sensor in the tip.

threeaxisixaeerht is just a horrible anagram

x and -x are the same axis. same with y/-y and z/-z

it cannot sense up/down, strafe left/right, or depth in/out, which would be another 3 axis. the wii does those other 3 using the ir sensor in the tip.

threeaxisixaeerht is just a horrible anagram

Did you even read my post? Of COURSE x and -x are the same, that shouldn't even need pointing out. Are you just incapable of understanding the difference between travelling and twisting along an axis?


Also: that's a palindrome, not an anagram.

splinter is right, im wrong on all accounts. i have never played a game that actually used the motion detection for precision movement. just swinging it to do some action like melee.

oops sorry

splinter is right, im wrong on all accounts. i have never played a game that actually used the motion detection for precision movement. just swinging it to do some action like melee.

oops sorry

Yessssss :cool:

remember the dreamcast was the better system of the DC/ps1/n64 era (one word: bleemcast)
The dreamcast was of the Xbox, PS2 and GameCube era. If you're going to compare it to the consoles of the previous era, then of course it'll seem like the best, but you're looking at the wrong generation.

The Dreamcast did have some cool games though.

Also, Nintendo's "Seal of Quality" was actually only awarded to companes that paid their hefty licensing fee, and was actually no way related to quality. The fact that you needed to get Nintendo to put your game onto the cartridges (which was actually the sole reason why they used them) as well as pay them a crap-load of money was really the only reason why the N64 had less shovelware and bad games.

You fell for some shrewd marketing mumbo-jumbo big time. Congrats.

Also, Nintendo's "Seal of Quality" was actually only awarded to companes that paid their hefty licensing fee, and was actually no way related to quality. The fact that you needed to get Nintendo to put your game onto the cartridges (which was actually the sole reason why they used them) as well as pay them a crap-load of money was really the only reason why the N64 had less shovelware and bad games.

But... only Sony have the hardware to burn to UMD and most PSP games are utter cack.

Therefore, since there was less cack on N64, Nintendo's "Seal of Quality" must mean something.

Yes, that's logical.

Or it costs a lot less to get sony to burn games to a UMD then it did to get Nintendo to copy games to Cartridges. Making it easy for cheapo's to get to market.

Also, Nintendo's "Seal of Quality" was actually only awarded to companes that paid their hefty licensing fee, and was actually no way related to quality.

have you ever owned a nintendo related product? everything has it, except for a handfull of bootlegs on the nes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System#Unlicensed_games

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#Seal_of_Quality

as far as the dreamcast being in the 6th gen of gaming it depends on how you define 6th gen, it only shared one year of production alongside any other 128bit systems having preceded the ps2 by 2 years and dieing before the release of the gamecube or xbox. during the dreamcast run, its main competitors where in fact the ps1 and n64, hence their matching multi platform game lineup (not counting dreamcast to gamecube port overs or the few limited run japanese only naomi games for the DC that came out after its demise)


EDIT:: oh and right now im playing Return To Chaos, a dungeon master clone/editor

have you ever owned a nintendo related product? everything has it, except for a handfull of bootlegs on the nes
Of course it does, because you can't legally release the game onto the system without paying Nintendo, which also automatically qualifies it for the Seal. What I was getting at is that the Seal in no way indicates that the game is "quality". Nintendo had no quality control for 3rd party apps at all, save for family-friendly censorship (although to be fair, the cartridges were always well made physically, so I guess you could count that as quality control). The sheer expense of licensing the game priced out a lot of the crap games, but there was no "very strict policy on game quality". None.

as far as the dreamcast being in the 6th gen of gaming it depends on how you define 6th gen, it only shared one year of production alongside any other 128bit systems having preceded the ps2 by 2 years and dieing before the release of the gamecube or xbox. during the dreamcast run, its main competitors where in fact the ps1 and n64, hence their matching multi platform game lineup (not counting dreamcast to gamecube port overs or the few limited run japanese only naomi games for the DC that came out after its demise)
Yeah classifying the Dreamcast generation is a bit shaky, yet it was designed for the 6th generation but was released early to try and get a dedicated fanbase, hence why it shared a lot of it's time with the N64. Also, the fact that Sega pulled the plug on it less than a year and a half after release means that in a way it never got to compete with the other 6th generation consoles. If it's life was as long as other consoles, it's main competitors would have definitely been the 6th generation. I'd class it as 6th generation, but only just. It's probably not worth debating though, thinking about it :p

the seal used to mean something, hence it does not say the word quality anymore. nintendo had to abandon the concept of game quality control to compete with sony and microsofts very aggressive marketing tactics.

yeah the dreamcast was cool.

modern gaming kinda sux imoa

The fact that it was released 2.5 years after the last 5th gen console, but 1.5 years before another 6th gen console, really hammers in the point that it is a 6th gen console.

during the dreamcast run, its main competitors where in fact the ps1 and n64
No, not really. It's main competitor was by far the PS2; a lot companies developing for the Dreamcast had even completely abandoned it as soon as the PS2 came along. Conflict with the N64 was actually rather minimal, and the PS1 didn't even get to play a proper part in the whole thing at all.



And no, the Dreamcast was actually a pretty crappy console. Heck, the fact that it got overshadowed by the PS2's year-early press releases just goes to prove that!




Also, about the seal of quality: it did mean something, in the past. Mainly, just because of Nintendo's ridiculously high censorship policies and because licensing fees were much higher back then. The only actual additional thing that needed to be done compared to making a game on another console was that a publisher was only allowed to make a max of five Nintendo games a year. Since Mature games are certainly allowed nowadays, and licensing fees are more than payable, and the game limit was removed, having the seal doesn't really imply anything about quality anymore, so they just made it the Official Nintendo Seal.

Heck, the fact that it got overshadowed by the PS2's year-early press releases just goes to prove that!

I'm going to be sensible and assume you're not being serious, here. Instead I'm going to assume that you realise how much more interest hardware hype garners over current-gen tech and thereby assume that you're kidding.

sony single handedly destroyed the videogame world. its only fitting that an even eviler company is taking their place. kinda like the sith lol

dreamcast has the best mvs, cps2, and naomi ports.

sony single handedly destroyed the videogame world. its only fitting that an even eviler company is taking their place. kinda like the sith lollittle big planet? that racing game of a similar genre? a good half of their PSN downloadable games? Demon's Souls? the Disgaea series?

sony's proving this generation that they can provide all the same sorts of fun that Nintendo used to provide (and still provides with it's first-party stuff) while still having the power to support the mainstream games as well. Sony may have the worst marketing and R&D teams ever, but the games on their console this time around are really ridiculously good.

Sony may have the worst marketing and R&D teams ever, but the games on their console this time around are really ridiculously good.

Good comment. Totally true

I'm playing Borderlands great game. Also picked up Torchlight, but ain't got enough time for both yet.

As for the console debate, shut up, the Wii was always going to fail, Xbox was always going to try, and the Playstation 3 was always going to come out on top, it just took longer than expected, God of War 3, th Final Fantasies. The Sony console will remain the console with the best games and it plays Blue Rays. Not much else to say.
Yeah, Xbox has its little facebook thing were retards gather, but noone really cares. Sony has their second life bulll**** which is fancier, yet noone cares either.

i was going to go into how sony is losing money with the new slim line still, and how microsoft was losing more money dropping their price to compete.

but then i came across this interview with sonys president/ceo discussing their sceevy business practices. you should be secure in knowing that gaming is sonys top priority

http://video.forbes.com/fvn/intelligent-technology/sony-front-and-center

sorry about the dell commercials

Im playing M.U.G.E.N. Morrigan FTW

but then i came across this interview with sonys president/ceo discussing their sceevy business practices. you should be secure in knowing that gaming is sonys top prioritywasn't that pretty obvious? they're making a ****-load of money from it.

edit: yep. watched the video. he pretty much said "we're making a ****-load of money from gaming, so it's our top focus"

wasn't that pretty obvious? they're making a ****-load of money from it.

i think your "giving obama the nobel" there. that interview discusses the slim ps3 and the marketing strategy that goes with it. up until now they have been bleeding money. why do you think they abandoned the ps2 backwards compatibility, and still make ps2 games and systems? why do you think they are shoving the ps3 into other markets? why are they drifting so far away from hard copy media? what happens when your psp memory is full, can you back them up?

a major point the guy made was that sony has to take a bigger risk than microsoft because they have enough money to wait 10 years for a product to return a profit. and that nintendo knows what they are doing, thats why they "print money". sounds like an excuse of some sort to me.

the guy is insane if he literally thinks putting a ps3 next to digital cameras with up either items sales

i think your "giving obama the nobel" there. that interview discusses the slim ps3 and the marketing strategy that goes with it. up until now they have been bleeding money. why do you think they abandoned the ps2 backwards compatibility, and still make ps2 games and systems? why do you think they are shoving the ps3 into other markets? why are they drifting so far away from hard copy media? what happens when your psp memory is full, can you back them up?

a major point the guy made was that sony has to take a bigger risk than microsoft because they have enough money to wait 10 years for a product to return a profit. and that nintendo knows what they are doing, thats why they "print money". sounds like an excuse of some sort to me.

the guy is insane if he literally thinks putting a ps3 next to digital cameras with up either items salesand you literally don't have ANY idea what you're talking about. seriously.

EVERY console bleed money. the only exception is the Wii. sony went in knowing they'd be losing a ton of money but planning they would make it back up down the road. they're definitely doing that. with the slim now at the same price point as the 360 they'll start making even MORE of that money back.

they're pushing the console into other markets because they're sony. they make phones, TVs, DVD/BluRay players, Cameras, and myriad other digital devices. logically, since they have so much invested in all these other areas, they want their console to be associated with them so that sales of one will boost sales of others.

and how do you figure they're moving away from hard-copy media? he said himself that he's NOT doing that. digital downloads work for smaller games but physical media is required for the larger games released today because download times are just too high. I'm practically quoting him right now, so you're just out of your mind if you took anything else from what he said.

I'll ignore the PSP question because it was completely nonsensible, but as for your point about the other companies? Microsoft is MADE of money. windows is the biggest OS right now, and so microsoft can afford to stuff mattresses with benjamins and supply everyone in middle to upper management with a similar mattress. MS, therefore, doesn't particularly have to care WHAT their sales do, they don't need them. They WANT them, sure, but if things bomb out, what do they really care? Nintendo, on the other hand, needs all the profit they can make from gaming. however, they've been in the business so ridiculously long, they know what gamers want and they know how to provide it. They may opt not to provide the core gamer what they want, but you can't deny that nintendo's sales strategy this time around has been extremely effective. They print money because they know what they're doing so stupid well. Sony's the odd man out here. Sony has a large market in the electronics industry, but their name isn't particularly in the fore-front at all there. they're just another well-known brand. Gaming, for them, is a huge and important source of income, so they have to be careful with what they provide. They have to tie in their gaming product to all their other products so that they can make the most money with it. it's not an excuse, it's simply intelligent business.

^ sums it up well.

they're pushing the console into other markets because they're sony. they make phones, TVs, DVD/BluRay players, Cameras, and myriad other digital devices. logically, since they have so much invested in all these other areas, they want their console to be associated with them so that sales of one will boost sales of others.



Not exactly. The Playstation is what in spanish marketing terms is called "brand separatism". The Playstation is its own brand in the sense that the connection to its mother brand, Sony, is minimal.
No matter how bad or good the playstation does it won't exactly affect Sony's other markets nor viceversa.
This is why things like the Champions League are sponsored by Playstation3 and not Sony when one could argue that by sponsoring it by Sony would also help the Playsation3 noticeabiltiy, it isn't the case.

Yakuza's right here. The Playstation market is far more detached from Sony than, say, the Xbox series is from Microsoft. Sure, the Playstation makes ample use of Sony Electronics... electronics, but profits and marketing are largely kept entirely separate.
'Sides, Sony's hold on the electronic market is still massive!

I'm going to be sensible and assume you're not being serious, here. Instead I'm going to assume that you realise how much more interest hardware hype garners over current-gen tech and thereby assume that you're kidding.
I'm saying that it was overshadowed by PS2's press while it was still very new. It's not a case of the Gamecube being overshadowed by the 360's hype, it's more like if the PS2 was overshadowed by the Xbox1's hype!

sony single handedly destroyed the videogame world.
Last time I checked, they pretty much introduced the (huge) casual market to gaming. Typical teenagers, I mean (y'know, the ones that play "hardcore" games). It made a huge boom in the videogame industry!

....but then again, it could be said that that did destroy the videogame world!

This marketing technique is one of the reasons why Nintendo called their newest "gameboy" the Nintendo DS because the term Gameboy was deataching itself from the term Nintendo, and they didn't want this, since Nintendo has been dominating the handheld market with all its "gameboys", so now it's not the new gameboy your kids want, they want the Nintendo DS.

(this is mere speculation by my part)

I'm playing around with Sauerbraten.
It's quite fun to modify the source code.

Not exactly. The Playstation is what in spanish marketing terms is called "brand separatism". The Playstation is its own brand in the sense that the connection to its mother brand, Sony, is minimal.
No matter how bad or good the playstation does it won't exactly affect Sony's other markets nor viceversa.
This is why things like the Champions League are sponsored by Playstation3 and not Sony when one could argue that by sponsoring it by Sony would also help the Playsation3 noticeabiltiy, it isn't the case.even then they're still owned by the same people and those people will want to use any means of gaining more sales that they can. promoting multiple products their subsidiaries (I THINK that's an accurate way to describe this) create is just one way of doing this. connected directly or no, the idea is to feed off each other to boost sales for the umbrella company as a whole. that's all I really meant.

I don't even want to imagine how a company like Sony is divided up :p

sony reported its largest loss in history this year

Left 4 Dead Twooooooooo

And I have a lecture in 6 hours.

sony reported its largest loss in history this yearwell DUH! their console cost $100 more than the competition and didn't have hardly any games for the financial year this year. they've dropped to competition price now and their games list is growing steadily. they PLANNED to do poorly for the last few years. now they've finally gotten to the point in their plan where they can expect to see some return on the investment.

you really just don't know business at all, do you?

yakuza: the nintendo DS is known to nintendo as the "3rd" pillar of the nintendo universe. it is NOT meant (by nintendo) to be the next gameboy. though it is really is...

well DUH

nothing in the sony 2009 3rd quarter report had anything to do with the playstation division, as they keep that knowledge closely guarded. it specifically refers to their NON gaming markets. hence the focus in the report on their T.V. manufacturing division, and its industry layoffs. do you just post based on favoritism? im a diehard nintendo fan, but i will quickly point out their faults. how many ps2s have YOU owned.

im playing soul caliber on my legal dreamcast emulator

The end of the format wars was probably the biggest thing to impact the ps3. the laser diods would have entered even greater mass production and starting costing much less then before.

im playing soul caliber on my legal dreamcast emulator

Ah, but did you own Soul Caliber for the dreamcast?
If not, it's illegal.

Emulators are never illegal: it's the acquisition of the roms that is illegal, unless you happen to still own the software in question.

Emulators are never illegal: it's the acquisition of the roms that is illegal, unless you happen to still own the software in question.

Myth. Most roms are ilegal because this utopia that when you purchase a game you are purchasing the right to play is only true in 99% of the games on sale.
It's only legal in practice because they cannot prove that it's NOT a backup from your own game. But in theory, it isn't.

Myth. Most roms are ilegal because this utopia that when you purchase a game you are purchasing the right to play is only true in 99% of the games on sale.
It's only legal in practice because they cannot prove that it's NOT a backup from your own game. But in theory, it isn't.

Ah, I see. Very well then.

nothing in the sony 2009 3rd quarter report had anything to do with the playstation divisionthen why in god's name did you even bring it up?!

sony reported its largest loss in history this year

I'm not going to pretend to know what I'm talking about, but... global recession? Surely?

Left 4 Dead Twooooooooo

And I have a lecture in 6 hours.

So how was the demo?

How much more fun is GTAIV with The Ballad of Gay Tony? This much more fun. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaTmPuRLB04&feature=sub) :cool:

So how was the demo?

Only played it through a couple of times, but so far so good. I don't much like the daylight, but it plays very well. The new specials and special commons definitely keep you on your toes, and there's one crescendo where you have to get from one place to another to switch off an alarm, otherwise the hoards just keep coming - it all adds up so you can't use the hide-in-the-corner approach used in l4d, it's back to the crazier pace l4d was when it first came out and you hadn't figured out ways of making it easier. I'm hoping that'll stay.

Also lots more stuff in general - melee weapons are awesome (death by GUITAR) and there's loads more stuff you can use - adrenaline shots, defibrillation pack to revive dead players, and more stuff I've not tinkered with yet.

yeah i own SC and a dreamcast so its ok for me to have the bios even :D

you know how bad ass your country is when it sends the rest of the world into recession along with it.

god i hate sony

you know how bad ass your country is when it sends the rest of the world into recession along with it.
STOP! TALKING! God, that... that... how could you not even understand that other countries went through similar stuff too?!

you know how bad ass your country is when it sends the rest of the world into recession along with it.


Do you understand anything, anything at all, about economics?
At all?

Do you understand anything, anything at all, about economics?
At all?

He's got a point, though. It's not as radical as he's putting it but still.

i tend to over exagerate things when im drunk. this is my birthday week sorry. *burp*

I just downloaded the Fat Princess demo. I was surprised how fun it was. Good chance I'll pick that one up.

I'm playing Uncharted 2

And in all seriousness Uncharted 2 is one of the best games I have ever played in my entire life. If you own I PS3 and haven't bought it yet then you PHAIL.

Also the multiplayer = win.

I'm playing Uncharted 2

And in all seriousness Uncharted 2 is one of the best games I have ever played in my entire life. If you own I PS3 and haven't bought it yet then you PHAIL.

Also the multiplayer = win.

YOU B**CH

I want :(

Hi guys,

Currently i am playing NFS Shift on my New Xbox360.
What about yours.

What's so good about it?

Is it the immersive storyline or the immersive gameplay?

Me? Dawn Of War: Soulstorm. Still really fun! ...except when fighting Chaos, goddamnit!

SPESS MEHREENS!

Also, I plan on getting DoW2 over the weekend. I don't know why I didn't get it earlier.

Is it the immersive storyline
Since when has a Need For Speed game ever had an immersive storyline?

Since when has a Need For Speed game ever had an immersive storyline?plasma, meet sarcasm. sarcasm, plasma.

Since when has a Need For Speed game ever had an immersive storyline?

When it had reasonable gameplay. The bugs the games are riddled with (Need For Speed Undercover is the latest victim) kills any immersion the story can immerse the player with though.

What's so good about it?

Is it the immersive storyline or the immersive gameplay?I would bet it's the immersive immersion.

Actually, that reply was meant to be to super_frea regarding Uncharted 2.

NFS is champion of all things character driven, obviously.

Actually, that reply was meant to be to super_frea regarding Uncharted 2.

NFS is champion of all things character driven, obviously.

Judging by what I've seen of uncharted 2, it's got both immersive gameplay and story.

Yeah, they both seem to be used a lot in conjuction with this game. It's pretty much all I've heard of it. Oh and good multiplayer, apparently.

The multiplayer is specially good because of a freedom on the gameplay I've never seem before on a multiplayer game
The movements are so freely that sometimes you forget that it's a shooter

I'm struggling to pinpoint what it is that makes this game so epicly awesome. I just love the whole Indiana Jones-eque story and the different mishmash of gameplay styles.

The gameplay mechanics from the single player just seem to translate really well into multiplayer as well. I didn't think it would work as well as it did.

I'm struggling to pinpoint what it is that makes this game so epicly awesome. I just love the whole Indiana Jones-eque story and the different mishmash of gameplay styles.

The gameplay mechanics from the single player just seem to translate really well into multiplayer as well. I didn't think it would work as well as it did.

I just love how stealth exists without (for the most part) being explicitly included. Move around behind cover and the enemies don't magically know where you've gone.

Also just tried the online at last, amazing. But why is everyone so rubbish? It seems baby-simple??

Also just tried the online at last, amazing. But why is everyone so rubbish? It seems baby-simple??

WHAT SICK MAN SEND BABIES TO FIGHT ME?

... sorry, couldn't resist.

Playing Dragon Age: Origins on the PC.

First Uncharted 2 and now this. Both of these games are up there with the best games ever made.

I'm playing God of War III demo
It is pretty damn impressive

I've started playing Universe At War now. Just because I've gotten slightly obsessed with Xbox Live PC achievements. I bought the game really cheap, but because I heard about Squat All about it, I completely forgot about it. Until someone brought it up yesterday, thought it sounded rather fun, and the next day I realised "Oh, wait, I HAVE THAT GAME"!

Gamertag is MechPlasma, if you have the game. Woo for cross-platform multiplayer!

I'm about to play Modern Warfare 2 :cool:

Playing Modern Warfare 2 with my friend. It flippin owns.

I'm playing God of War III demo
It is pretty damn impressive

*runs off to go download*

*runs off to go download*

It's already on PSN or someone shared the download?

It's already on PSN or someone shared the download?

Sadly it's not :c I thought it was since you were playing it. Did you get it with the first two remastered?

Sadly it's not :c I thought it was since you were playing it. Did you get it with the first two remastered?

No, one guy who got it, created a PSN account for sharing the demo. They change the password all the time, for safety

No, one guy who got it, created a PSN account for sharing the demo. They change the password all the time, for safety

Fair enough. That's not even out here as far as I know (at least not in the EB games I keep checking. Unless it was released today)

Revival...

I'm playing Pixel Junk Shooter. It's actually really rather good, I would recommend it to any PS3 owner.

Revival...

I'm playing Pixel Junk Shooter. It's actually really rather good, I would recommend it to any PS3 owner.:( I can't afford to buy games.... *cries*

I have been playing Modern Warfare 2 a lot lately. Online, and trying to get all the stars in Spec Op's. Just 15 more and i've got them all. Right now i'm playing it, well, just browsing through the online stats and stuff, because I don't have time for an online match.

Been playing Dragon Age: Origins, a pretty good single player experience, I've already beaten it once and am replaying it with a new character.

A new patch is expected either this week or next week for the PC version, I'm looking forward to it.

A Boy and His Blob (the Wii version) is pretty cool.

Although I still like my pixel art, I do really like the way that 2D games have upped the ante art-wise in recent years.

Absoulty hooked on Fallout Online. No I'm not kidding check it out: Link (http://fonline2238.blogspot.com/)
You will need a copy of Fallout 2, or at least master.dat and critter.dat
Watch out though if you start playing, there's a bunch of PKers running around with minigins. If you see me online my name is Mad_Piper.

Absoulty hooked on Fallout Online. No I'm not kidding check it out: http://fonline2238.blogspot.com/ (Link/)
You will need a copy of Fallout 2, or at least master.dat and critter.dat
Watch out though if you start playing, there's a bunch of PKers running around with minigins. If you see me online my name is Mad_Piper.

link fail. :rolleyes:

Lolol http://fonline2238.blogspot.com/

link fail. :rolleyes:

Whoops, changed the wrong line, oh well Franpa got it, and I fixed it. It's still very much so a beta, and so there are very few quests, but the multiplayer is great considering what they started with.

After three years of trying:

Guitar Hero, Through the Fire and Flames, Expert, complete.

I know this is very, very sad, but I dont even care, I'm just so happy right now.

And exhausted.

:)

I got The Dig off Steam. As well as another copy of Psychonauts and Beyond Good and Evil in the January sale. And Audiosurf.

And Bioshock, but it doesn't want to work on my machine, even though everything else seems to run fine.

Also, well done *Splinter*, I know that's pretty damn hard.

I am about to play Modern Warfare 2 online so I can get closer to 4th prestige.

Bad Company 2. AWESOME game.

also thinking of picking up Arcanum from GOG once I get arranged financially.

C&C4 is a terrible, horrible, nasty thing.

C&C4 is a terrible, horrible, nasty thing.you say that like 3 wasn't :p

So, the last good CnC game is still the last one made by Westwood before they got bought out?

you say that like 3 wasn't :pOk, let me break it down for you. Imagine you had C&C3 and took out all the base-building, resources, tech trees, and locked 99% of all units until you level up your multiplayer rank. You then proceed to pepper the maps with lots of "points" which sides have to capture until they get enough score to win. And what do you get?

You might be inclined to say Dawn of War, but that was a good game. This is just "hey that dow sure is popular, let's steal their concepts and mangle them completely".

I'm playing Deus Ex now, I got it in the sale and didn't play it until now, I like the different strategies you can use.

Just wrapped up the latest expansion(or dlc, whatever) for LBP, the Pirates of the Caribbean pack. The water is pretty good, I was disappointed you can place it like materials, but oh well. The final boss fight is really fun, and a pain to Ace, until you figure out a little trick. Also General Chaos on the Genesis.

Bad Company 2.

WANT. I'm going to preorder it right this second.

I am about to play Modern Warfare 2 once again.

I am about to play Modern Warfare 2 once again.
You really don't have to bring up things like that.





Unless it's in relation to Mother3!

WANT. I'm going to preorder it right this second.Definitely worth it. I intend to buy it the second I can do so.

Star Trek Online. This is the game I've wanted since I was a kid.

At the moment I'm playing:

Borderlands
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta

My Gamespy ID as well as my BF soldier name are globefish23 if anyone wants to play with me.
I'm playing Deus Ex now, I got it in the sale and didn't play it until now, I like the different strategies you can use.
Best game ever.

At the moment I'm playing:

Borderlands
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta

My Gamespy ID as well as my BF soldier name are globefish23 if anyone wants to play with me.

Best game ever.

2nded.

Plus borderlands good game, played through it twice and one of the expansions with an aussie friend of mine during my winter break :D Great fun. I use the desert justice as my gun because thats the coolest name for a gun imo :p.

Right now with school I'm playing a less demanding game with levels. This will be the first time I ever beat theme hospital, I'm on the second last level :D.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta


Is it any good? How does it compare to BF2?

Is it any good? How does it compare to BF2?it's really rather good. it's been too long since I played BF2, so my view of the game is tinted with nostalgia, but I'd say that BC2 is at least within the same ball park.

it keeps the upgrades that were present in 2142, but brings us back the helicopter controls that cause everyone to slam into the ground when they try to fly, and the actually good sound.

the terrain objects are destructible this time, so you can knock down trees and bushes to reveal snipers hiding in them, or take out a troublesome wall if someone's hiding inside of a building.

the points system has been tweaked a bit, so that you now get decent points for assisting (including spotting, which they've improved to be more accurate) others with kills. this makes support roles more rewarding now, which is awesome.

the game mode in the beta is different as well. they made a mode that works like the Quake Wars game mode, where you have bases that one team defends and the other attacks. When the offense takes the base, everything moves down to the next base, and when all 4 or whatever bases are capped, the round is over. it's a fun game mode, but I'm still wanting my classic BF mode.

overall I'm loving the game and it feels much more like BF2 than 2142 did. I haven't played BF2 in far too long to give an accurate comparison, though.

Been in a big Tekken 6 snap lately. I'm getting better, too. Out of my 30 online fights, I won 4! :)

Aliens vs Predator Demo is pretty fun. It's really limited though (8 man Deathmatch only) and things feel a little off. It's really melee focused with the Alien and Predator.
Spent most of the time playing as an Alien and moving is really odd. Wallwalking isn't like the previous AvP games - you sort of semi-wallwalk all the time (auto-transmission between surfaces at slight angles to each other) but have to press a button to move between perpendicular surfaces. It takes some getting used to.
Sounds are a bit off; Aliens don't sound like they ought to (much deeper growls instead of the more sinister hissing) and have insanely long tails. Predators don't look as big either, might just be me though.

Oh yeah, and if you press the "use" key when behind someone you instant kill them and go through a backstabbing murder animation. Most kills as an Alien are earned this way...

i'm really worried about that game because there is at least a 70% chance of it sucking out loud given rebellion's recent history

Modern Warfare 2.


I'm so unoriginal

Is it any good? How does it compare to BF2?
BFBC2 is really nice.
You notice that it's a game coming from the consoles, so it's not that versatile and reduced in some points, but it's the first proper PC Battlefield game since 2006.

The ranking system is similar to the one in BF2142, with a wide array of unlockable weapons and tools, for each class and for all classes.
Also, you will get unlocks much faster, not those large gaps as in BF2.
The best unlock in the beta so far is the mortar strike for the recon class, which is a laser designator to call in mortar strikes. Nice for taking out tanks.

The best thing definitely is the Demoliton 2.0 engine, which basically lets you destroy almost anything on the map.
You really need to adapt you play-style, because now some thin sheet iron won't protect you from tank shells anymore. You'd need a concrete block for that, and even then it won't last long enough for cover.

Don't expect BF3 though (i.e. everything BF2 had ^2), because BFBC2 is clearly more arcade than that, yet not as arcade as BF Heroes.
The most noticeable things here are that there is no prone position (and confirmed that there never will be) and no commo-rose.

The former isn't really a problem, as the game is designed differently, and you can play fine without prone. Also, it'll keep the game at a faster pace and rule out nasty jump-prone tactics in the first place.

The latter is much more of a concern.
While the new object oriented communication button is quite nice (spotting a tank calls for a ride, spotting a medic calls for healing,...) it really doesn't allow you to communicate with your team mates if you are alone on the field and have no one in sight.

Another stupid thing is that there is no classic health indicator bar, but you can rather only tell how badly wounded you are by the blood stain effects on your screen.

Health is slowly recharging BTW, when you are not under attack.


Get a key for the PC beta here:
http://badcompany2.ea.com/beta
Aliens vs Predator Demo
Oh my!
I played that for about 10 minutes before I uninstalled it.

It really lost the eery feeling of the Alien movies, which was the great thing in the first two games.
But now, it plays more like the generic run&gun action shooter.
It seems Rebellion have watched the really lousy AvP movies too much.

Aliens vs Predator Demo.

I can't find a single person to play...

Oh my!
I played that for about 10 minutes before I uninstalled it.

It really lost the eery feeling of the Alien movies, which was the great thing in the first two games.
But now, it plays more like the generic run&gun action shooter.
It seems Rebellion have watched the really lousy AvP movies too much.

It wasn't that bad.
It does feel much more generic though, everything you do turns into some sort of automated animation - climbing over surfaces, transitioning, attacks that cause you to leap forward and try and slice an enemy...
Controlling the Alien isn't as intuitive as previous games (despite all the effort they've gone to to make it more intuitive), melee combat is really hard to get used to - your viewpoint is thrown all over the place and it's very rock-paper-scissors.

I'm still going to keep my pre-order, the single player still looks nice (even if all the automation ruins the fun of control as an Alien, the Predator looks like he may make up for it) and other multiplayer modes look promising. Deathmatch was a terrible idea for a demo.

Deathmatch was a terrible idea for a demo.
Indeed.
They shoudl have used team deathmatch.
Why would any of the 3 species attack their own kind?
Why should have such a game a classic deathmatch mode at all?

Finally got to play and at first I felt just like bonz, but I gave it a few more chances and I actually enjoyed
There's many problems with the movements, specially with the alien, and those execution animations are way too long and almost every time causes your death while you're killing someone

But I had fun playing with the Predator

I've only managed to play a single game as the Predator and tbh I am rather disappointed. The gameplay seems to consist of sneaking up on others and pressing Square and then getting killed because the stealth kill animation takes far too long to complete. Also the level design is as dull as a dishwasher.

I was almost certainly going to buy this game because they really could make the online amazingly fun given the concept.

Majora's Mask (little way into Ikana Canyon)
Ocarina Of Time - Masters Quest (almost done jabu jabu)

Masters quest is what zelda should be, all the time ._. at least for the 3D flavours.

I suck hard at Oot. It's a good game, but I suck at it.

Anyway, Deus Ex' level design is so good it makes my inner game dev cry tears of joy.

Anyway, Deus Ex' level design is so good it makes my inner game dev cry tears of joy.I loved how they designed them so you often had lots of choices, not in a moral good/evil way, but in a "well I can just blast through the guards at the front, or find a sneaky ventilation shaft to enter through, or unlock the back door, or..." way. Makes it really worth replaying to try different approaches.

I loved how they designed them so you often had lots of choices, not in a moral good/evil way, but in a "well I can just blast through the guards at the front, or find a sneaky ventilation shaft to enter through, or unlock the back door, or..." way. Makes it really worth replaying to try different approaches.
Indeed!
Even on my 5th or so replay I found some secret entrances with special loot in the NSA warehouse.

Deus ex is a game I cannot play well because I compulsively need to explore every inch of every level, open every door and grab every item.

That **** takes hours.:p

I have not tried Deus Ex. I think I might try it next week if it's cheap enough. *goes to investigate*

edit: normal Deus Ex or Invisible War?

I have not tried Deus Ex. I think I might try it next week if it's cheap enough. *goes to investigate*

edit: normal Deus Ex or Invisible War?There's only one, I don't know what you're talking about.

There's only one, I don't know what you're talking about.oh. sorry. I must have been suffering the brain worms. I'll have that looked at immediately.

I loved how they designed them so you often had lots of choices, not in a moral good/evil way, but in a "well I can just blast through the guards at the front, or find a sneaky ventilation shaft to enter through, or unlock the back door, or..." way. Makes it really worth replaying to try different approaches.

^^ on the 2nd part of the first level I spent like 10 minutes the first time running around picking up cans and stuff and stacked them all the way to the roof. Seeing as how there were what, 5-6 guards on easy it was a waist of time and yet it was soooo satisfying to be able to do that throughout the game if I wanted to. To solve things my way and not be forced to do it any other way (most of the time). Secret entrances are win.

"I vanted orange - it gave me lemon-lime."

What I like best in Deus Ex is, that you can actually play through the game with only killing 2 persons and one of them can be killed with a killswitch pass phrase, so it's only direct force in the case of a guy is trying to mass murder with a nuclear missile.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/file/250533/28071 (notes at the bottom)

Too bad that they ditched the distinction between kills and knockouts/stuns after the 3rd level.
IIRC, you'll get an extra bonus if you'll go non-lethal in the first few missions.

I don't know if they did it properly in the sequel.
Deus ex is a game I cannot play well because I compulsively need to explore every inch of every level, open every door and grab every item.

That **** takes hours.:p
Yup, and I love it!

In the last room of the training level, you can reach the observation room with Jaime by stacking all crates and barrels. That is, if you haven't destroyed them.
I have not tried Deus Ex. I think I might try it next week if it's cheap enough. *goes to investigate*

edit: normal Deus Ex or Invisible War?
There's only one, I don't know what you're talking about.
Indeed!
The sequel is a prime example of a completely failed console port.
Levels the size of a broom closet with loading after every second door, because the consoles have no memory.
Completely mutilating the RPG system and the menus, because the console controllers have not enough buttons.
Introducing universal ammo for all weapons, because console gamers have brain.

*Blarg*

I still always wanted to play through the game for the story and cliffhangers.
I started playing 3 times, but always quit before I even reached the first real missions.
oh. sorry. I must have been suffering the brain worms. I'll have that looked at immediately.
10 bucks on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/6910/
Ghost;711601']"I vanted orange - it gave me lemon-lime."
That's definetately the best quote in this game.

10 bucks on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/6910/saw that. realizing it's probably better if I DON'T buy it atm. I'm having to spend more than I should be right now already. need to save my money for a bit, unfortunately.

What I like best in Deus Ex is, that you can actually play through the game with only killing 2 persons and one of them can be killed with a killswitch pass phrase, so it's only direct force in the case of a guy is trying to mass murder with a nuclear missile.
Reminds me of NetHack.
http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Pacifist

What I like best in Deus Ex is, that you can actually play through the game with only killing 2 persons and one of them can be killed with a killswitch pass phrase, so it's only direct force in the case of a guy is trying to mass murder with a nuclear missile.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/file/250533/28071 (notes at the bottom)

Too bad that they ditched the distinction between kills and knockouts/stuns after the 3rd level.
IIRC, you'll get an extra bonus if you'll go non-lethal in the first few missions.Yeah in the first few levels there's a lot of attention to detail and every single decision having some impact (DENTON DON'T GO IN THE LADIES ROOM), but I guess they ran out of steam.

There are some mods to balance out the lethal/non-lethal paths and such though.

That's definetately the best quote in this game.

The only thing I liked about IW, despite that *I* haven't played it, is that they follow through with that. On a datacube from the maintenance guy you find out that he essentially did it for the lols.

Found a used copy of Earth Defense Force 2017. :cool:

Found a used copy of Earth Defense Force 2017. :cool:

That reminds me, I've still got to finish up Global Defence Force, but I've lost my PS2 memory card.:(

GDF, is slightly confusing because it's technically the sequel to EDF2017 dispite being released years previously. Turns out EDF2017 is actually a remake of a PS2 title that saw a very limited release in europe as 'Monster Attack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRXrSHAeDpM)'. I hope Sadlot get around to remaking GDF for the 360 someday as it really is a much better game, there's a much larger variety of enemys (there's at least 7 varietys of saucer to EDF2017's 2) and the palewing is a whole heap of fun to play as. Also it's likely only called GLOBAL Defense Force on the box due to some silly legal issue, as in game it's called EDF regardless.

Oh God you got me started now I'm never going to stop oh god have you heard about their latest game which looks like EDF but with valkyries and giants and stuff instead of alien ants it's coming out this year for the wii it's been in development for three years now that's longer than the wii's actually been released god I hope it gets released in europe or I'll have to homebrew my wii into playing multi-region did you know that there was an EDF tactics game released for the playstation? apparently it's really terrible.

Fallout 3 now. Late to the party on that one. Whee, though.

I love my character. Very Gordon Freeman-ish.

That reminds me, I've still got to finish up Global Defence Force, but I've lost my PS2 memory card.:(

GDF, is slightly confusing because it's technically the sequel to EDF2017 dispite being released years previously. Turns out EDF2017 is actually a remake of a PS2 title that saw a very limited release in europe as 'Monster Attack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRXrSHAeDpM)'. I hope Sadlot get around to remaking GDF for the 360 someday as it really is a much better game, there's a much larger variety of enemys (there's at least 7 varietys of saucer to EDF2017's 2) and the palewing is a whole heap of fun to play as. Also it's likely only called GLOBAL Defense Force on the box due to some silly legal issue, as in game it's called EDF regardless.

Oh God you got me started now I'm never going to stop oh god have you heard about their latest game which looks like EDF but with valkyries and giants and stuff instead of alien ants it's coming out this year for the wii it's been in development for three years now that's longer than the wii's actually been released god I hope it gets released in europe or I'll have to homebrew my wii into playing multi-region did you know that there was an EDF tactics game released for the playstation? apparently it's really terrible.

Hey, you just saved me a trip to wikipedia I guess. :p

Hey, you just saved me a trip to wikipedia I guess. :p
After checking wikipedia, the european version of GDF was actually released the same year as EDF by a different publisher, so it's different name was likely due to the D3 trademarking 'Earth Defence Force' before essensial games did.

That is so incredibly stupid.

not playing a game at this precise moment but i play WWP and Team Fortress 2 mostly

Earthbound Zero.

The random encounter rate in this game is absolutely RIDICULOUS (it doesn't have the same monsters-are-visible-on-the-overworld that its sequels did, having the regular Final Fantasy-type random encounter system instead). And the monster difficulty curve is rather rubbish too. It's really not as good as the other two.

Managed to get Dead Space for £7. What a bargain. After playing it for almost 8 hours straight last night i have come to the conclusion that this game is badass. It's also very disturbing, but in a good way. I mean who doesn't enjoy kicking a mutant baby in the face?

Managed to get Dead Space for £7. What a bargain. After playing it for almost 8 hours straight last night i have come to the conclusion that this game is badass. It's also very disturbing, but in a good way. I mean who doesn't enjoy kicking a mutant baby in the face?OH COME ON!

am I the only person who thought Dead Space was the most contrived pile of soulless **** that has ever been spewed out of the wrong end of a gaming company?! the game was so hilariously terrible I could predict when and where everything was going to jump out at me long before it actually ever happened. I mean, ffs, I don't even PLAY horror games and I could see through dead space that easily.

and the controls were a disaster on the PC version, but perhaps it was better on consoles. either way, though, the gameplay was absolutely NOTHING interesting. the interface was clunky, the weapons were only mildly entertaining at best and the monsters were just clones of the same thing thrown at you in a couple different ways, none of which were unexpected or frightening.

UPDATE: I now play mostly Worms World Party and Pirates, Vikings and Knights II

I have been playing Modern Warfare 2 a lot of course.... firing in bursts just mows them down easily.

Anyway, i'm playing this motorbike game on my Ipod.

Been playing God of War in god mode and it has mostly been a breeze. I just reached the end today and realized that 99% of the difficulty lies in the second part of the fight with ares, when you have to defend your family from a ****load of kratos's clones. -.-

I have been playing Modern Warfare 2 a lot of course.... firing in bursts just mows them down easily.

I managed to get a game winning kill jumping off a building and stabbing someone in the air. that was pretty epic.

Been playing God of War in god mode and it has mostly been a breeze.

Well yeah, God mode does make most games very easy.

I managed to get a game winning kill jumping off a building and stabbing someone in the air. that was pretty epic.
I got one by walking up behind a camper and laying a claymore at his feet :D
Also got a headshot with a predator missile :p
Well yeah, God mode does make most games very easy.
*zing*

It's amazing how many people managed to use the crate bug to prestige ten times.

It's also astonishing how bad said people are at the game now the glitch has been fixed.

Bayonetta. It's ridiculous.
Half way through on 'Non-stop infinite climax' mode

How can you be half way through an infinite thing?

How can you be half way through an infinite thing?

You're hilarious

Mostly PS3 games at the mo, Darksiders, MW2 and waiting for my £16.99 Bayonetta to arrive :) Also loving Flower off the psn store, cheap as well.

Playing through Psychonauts - a game i probably should have played years ago. And so far, it's awesome :cool:

Bought it for £1 on Steam. BARGAIN!

Playing through Psychonauts - a game i probably should have played years ago. And so far, it's awesome :cool:

Bought it for £1 on Steam. BARGAIN!YOU, of all people, hadn't played psychonauts before?! color me surprised!

Mr POKEYLOPE!

I hate bridges! Zat was for killing my fathaire! Bridge!

Plants need to be watered because they do not have hands to hold glasses of water.

Although over time, my husband will desire me less sexually, he will always enjoy my pies.

Playing through Psychonauts - a game i probably should have played years ago. And so far, it's awesome :cool:
Finished it yesterday. I really like it but after the Milkman Conspiracy it went a little downlhill until it reached the bottom with the final level.
This level really made me wanna kill a kitten with a wooden spoon.

The final level rocked something fierce. It's my second favourite, possibly for just how scary and out-of-place it felt next to everything else in the game. Sorta like, first you have all these weird acid trips, and then a bad one.

The final level rocked something fierce. It's my second favourite, possibly for just how scary and out-of-place it felt next to everything else in the game. Sorta like, first you have all these weird acid trips, and then a bad one.

well I really hate screaming children and the second part of this level really destroyed my brain until I ragequit the game and just had to wipe it off my harddrive for a whole day.

Outch. My face.

I've never understood all the hate for the Meat Circus. Everyone says it was a huge difficulty spike, but I can't say I had the same experience at all. A few tricky bits, sure, but nothing all that hard or frustrating, and certainly not out of line with the rest of the game. Maybe I'm just strange though. :-/

Besides, how can you dislike anything with music that awesome? :cool:

I've never understood all the hate for the Meat Circus. Everyone says it was a huge difficulty spike, but I can't say I had the same experience at all. A few tricky bits, sure, but nothing all that hard or frustrating, and certainly not out of line with the rest of the game. Maybe I'm just strange though. :-/disagree completely. I tried. I tried for hours and I'm the sort of person who LOVED Demon's Souls for its ridiculous difficulty, but I got fed up with Psychonauts. I've not beaten the game because meat circus was so freakin annoying.

I've never understood all the hate for the Meat Circus. Everyone says it was a huge difficulty spike, but I can't say I had the same experience at all. A few tricky bits, sure, but nothing all that hard or frustrating

The difficulty was okay for a final level. The boss was much too easy but this annoying kid with his bunny was just too much for my nerves.

I beat Meat Circus. :cool: But yeah, it was the most frustrating annoying level in the entire game, pretty much cost me all my candies. I realize this makes it a much more "epic" boss level, but still.

It really shouldn't be that bad, but I guess it's a mix of the really creepy nature, unexpected difficulty spike, constant time limits and fidgety platform controls being pushed to their max (going up the asylum is another example of this). Once you're forced to pretty much fight against time, controls, physics and your loony dad, all bets are off. By comparison the final boss was a breeze, but a welcome one. :p

And the fact that I didn't realize all these wonderful facts from the Double Fine FAQ probably made it harder: :(
What’s up with Meat Circus?

What’s up with Meat Circus is that you’re a sissy. Sure, sure, invisibility is very important when Raz’s dad is trying to knock you off those tight ropes. And your shield will bounce the knife thrower’s blades right into those spinning target wheels. And also you can throw a confusion grenade at that bunny and then just go pick it up, instead of trying to grab it with Telekinesis. Those things are also true. But the main point I’m trying to make here is that first one, about you being a sissy.

Oh wow, I beat it without doing any of those things. Three times now. I feel awesome.

Oh, I used a USB Playstation controller, don't think I could beat it with the keyboard.

Also, it helps to think of Oly's health bar as a time limit rather than an actual health bar, because you're bound to lose most of it before you can reach him at any of the higher circus bits.

Galcon Fusion (http://www.galcon.com/fusion/)

http://www.galcon.com/tmp/thumb/301915f524c5ec7f1e803b418287e44c.png (http://www.galcon.com/fusion/assets/fusion-sp.png) http://www.galcon.com/tmp/thumb/034c2e85a84c5a471496ef65f9a34aba.png (http://www.galcon.com/fusion/assets/fusion-pink-green.png) http://www.galcon.com/tmp/thumb/051cb85a48a6595fc359f21a4caa1c18.png
(http://www.galcon.com/fusion/assets/fusion-bots-not-retro.png)
Fun indie RTS game with nice HD graphics and an old-school interface, 8 different game modes, single-player and online multiplayer.
You send out spaceships to conquer neutral and enemy planets to produce more ships.
Very simple, intuitive gameplay, yet great tactical possibilities.

Also has a command-line based retro mode with even more old-school graphics, that you can toggle in-game. :D
http://www.galcon.com/fusion/images/fusion-bots-retro-140.jpg (http://www.galcon.com/fusion/images/fusion-bots-retro.jpg)

Only €8.09 on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/44200/)!
Demo available too.