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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Rman on September 05, 2008, 02:20:02 AM

Title: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Rman on September 05, 2008, 02:20:02 AM
Clearing out the backlog

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And going back to an old friend....
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Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 05, 2008, 02:25:53 AM
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Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Joe Molotov on September 05, 2008, 02:31:45 AM
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Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Beezy on September 05, 2008, 02:37:29 AM
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Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: JustinP on September 05, 2008, 02:39:46 AM
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Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: drohne on September 05, 2008, 02:40:03 AM
MUST FORCE SELF TO FINISH NG2

MUST THEN FORCE SELF TO PLAY GTA4
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 05, 2008, 02:43:26 AM
I suck at NG2, I traded it in to run from the shame of being worthless. I suck at most fast action games these days. OLD PEOPLE
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Enl on September 05, 2008, 03:19:05 AM
Tales of Vesperia- Sweet and tasty! Like milk duds or whoppers.

Rom Hacks- Back into digging for hidden gems.

Hacking- Going through several editors trying to find the right game to make my own. Always had a thing for making 2d games.

Gunner's Heaven- Tiesto suggested this a couple of weeks ago and was shocked that I never heard of it. Can't wait to play it!

Castle Crashers- If I can get an online game going maybe I'll be able to play this again!
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: bork on September 05, 2008, 05:08:06 AM
Lotsa fightin' n' shootin' n' slashin'

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Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: bork on September 05, 2008, 07:00:37 AM
Brave Vesperia!

Lytey, watch out, I have read reports that Orochi has the worst load times in the history of the Musou series! May be worth waiting for the dashboard upgrade so you can install it on HDD at least.

It's fine.  A little long, but doable.  About eight seconds to get to a battle from the final selection screen.

I AM considering "retrying" the PS2 version again however.  I don't remember it having as much slowdown as the 360 version.  Might end up getting it back instead if it's not as bad.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: bork on September 05, 2008, 07:12:22 AM
Koei logo to Title screen- 5 seconds
main menu to story select- 2 seconds
Final select screen to story- 2 seconds
story to map- 5 seconds
map to play screen- 5-8 seconds (I remember 8 seconds before but I loaded up a save game and it did it in 5)

Not too bad if you ask me.

EDIT: I think the initial load must be the longest.  Cleared the previous stage and the next one loaded up in only 3 seconds.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Kestastrophe on September 05, 2008, 08:15:07 AM
Mercenaries 2- rented it and beat the first 2 missions. Pretty fun so far, but nothing special.

Too Human- trying to get more achievements 
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Bocsius on September 05, 2008, 08:54:55 AM
I have the last two levels to finish this replay of Halo 2. After that, who knows. Might just be movies. Maybe Amped 2?
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Greatness Gone on September 05, 2008, 09:07:49 AM
Tales of Vesperia and Fallout 2.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: cool breeze on September 05, 2008, 09:26:22 AM
IU and Vesperia.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 05, 2008, 10:00:18 AM
provided that the tropical storm doesn't knock out power/internets, then a weekend of warhammer online beta
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Tucah on September 05, 2008, 10:10:15 AM
Viva Pinata DS
Suikoden, and if I finish it, Suikoden II
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: GilloD on September 05, 2008, 10:11:01 AM
VP2.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: tiesto on September 05, 2008, 10:55:14 AM
IU, and Wild Arms 3.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Tauntaun on September 05, 2008, 11:32:28 AM
Some more DOD:Source and that might be about it.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Grecco on September 05, 2008, 11:36:19 AM
Viva Pinata (The old one) and probably some Rock Band
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on September 05, 2008, 11:40:38 AM
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Picked it up last night.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: hyp on September 05, 2008, 01:04:07 PM
Infinite Bumdiscovery
Castle Crashers
Geo Wars 2
Bionic Commando Rearmed

:rock xbla
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: CajoleJuice on September 05, 2008, 02:54:57 PM
TF2
Castle Crashers
Geo Wars 2
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Beezy on September 05, 2008, 03:00:50 PM
TF2
Castle Crashers
Geo Wars 2
Hey, PM me or send me a message on Live when you wanna play Castle Crashers. I'll be home all day most likely.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 05, 2008, 03:07:51 PM
I really only wanna play CC, but I'm sick of replaying the same levels since it rarely saves. I'll definitely get some in with the gf on Sunday tho

The Last Guy has ruined me for everything else right now.  After that replay X-Com

Yea, I had never even heard of that game but it's groovy as fuck.

Did you snag my shit yet?
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 05, 2008, 03:12:40 PM
Yup.

Take your time, but if something new comes out I'm gonna change my pw so I can add my credit card info.

We can keep tagging it off and on whenever we want to swap shiz tho.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: cool breeze on September 05, 2008, 03:19:22 PM
I totally forgot about the SOCOM beta.  I will be playing that also.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on September 05, 2008, 03:38:49 PM
I should probably get more progress with NG2 in. I don't understand it. It's a pretty decent game, and I have fun while I'm playing it, but I just never have any motivation to actually start playing.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 05, 2008, 04:01:52 PM
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Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: cool breeze on September 05, 2008, 10:07:32 PM
I got into the Battlefield Heroes beta and the SOCOM beta, and so far one of them isn't very good (Hint: It's the one I'm not supposed to talk about).

Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 05, 2008, 10:12:51 PM
Some X-Com: Apocalypse and Lost Odyssey.

And Spore if I can find it tomorrow.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: cool breeze on September 05, 2008, 10:47:08 PM
Surprisingly SOCOM beta is pretty good.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 05, 2008, 10:48:29 PM
Is this a qore thing or open?
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: duckman2000 on September 05, 2008, 10:49:49 PM
Crackdown and COD4. What a generation.

Surprisingly SOCOM beta is pretty good.

I assume all the beta codes are long gone? :(
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: cool breeze on September 05, 2008, 10:51:27 PM
I got in the SOCOM beta by preordering, but I also am supposed to be in through the Qore episode.  If Qore gives you a code, then I will give that out here, but you need to wait until the 11th or something like that.

Graphically the game is pretty bad, but it runs smooth, so can't complain.

Oh, and fantastic sixaxis usage.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: duckman2000 on September 05, 2008, 10:52:54 PM
Wicked. I just got done playing a few missions of the original Ghost Recon, so graphics quality is not much of a concern. Performance would be, so that's good to hear.

What's the sixaxis usage like?
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: cool breeze on September 05, 2008, 10:57:25 PM
When you stop moving, you basically tilt it to lean around corners, lean low, or poke your head up.  You can even set it so it has dynamic horizontal something...basically, even if you are holding the controller is a weird way, it will recognize that it is the middle if you stop moving.

And people are actually talking, and by talking I mean they are doing some crazy deep plans about how to fight the enemy.  I just saw a sniper asking for targets to pick off.  It isn't a few people either, it is a lot of people, and this is on a random server in the beta.  Ridiculous.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: duckman2000 on September 05, 2008, 11:14:17 PM
Sounds awesome. I don't think I've come across a game this generation in which people were actually devising deep plans, let alone following through with them.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 05, 2008, 11:21:52 PM
I am going to binge on the id Software super pack

nom nom nom
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: jiji on September 05, 2008, 11:22:52 PM
Backlog for me, as usual. NGB rocks.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: cool breeze on September 05, 2008, 11:52:57 PM
Sounds awesome. I don't think I've come across a game this generation in which people were actually devising deep plans, let alone following through with them.


Yeah, it was really surprising for me.  I don't want to make that many generalizations here, but they did speak with a southern accent and did use military terms and all that.  I do question how much these tactics helped when I topped the scoreboard by going Rambo on the enemy.

Two more things I left out/didn't know before.  First, you can dance on your enemies corpse (I died doing the robot on someone...).  Second, and I don't know how deep this is, but environments can be destroyed.  Cars and things like that can be destroyed, then there was a bridge that got destroyed in front of me as I was about to pass it.  I know this bridge wasn't some scripted trap or game mode since I did pass it several times already, and it was team death match.

 
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 06, 2008, 01:35:23 AM
Surprisingly SOCOM beta is pretty good.

oh shit

forgot about this. I got that episode of qore from PSM so I'm in the beta.


looking forward to playing it. I used to be a Socom nerd but dropped out after 2. Them Socom dudes are about as hardcore as console shooting fans can get.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: brawndolicious on September 06, 2008, 03:15:30 AM
I'm playing Stranglehold right now but I'll also try and finish off Grid this weekend.  Makin' for a lot of testosterone.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: archie4208 on September 06, 2008, 10:41:53 AM
Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 2 and Suikoden 2.

:bow Hacked PSP :bow2
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 06, 2008, 12:32:50 PM
Suikoden II so good on psp, I should put it back on mine and grind some POTCH
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Enl on September 06, 2008, 12:45:38 PM
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Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Joe Molotov on September 06, 2008, 12:51:16 PM
Suikoden II is good anywhere. Best RPG :bow2
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 06, 2008, 01:20:35 PM
God of War II id think, do something without guns, then do something with guns again, then something without. Im going for the last gundam achievement this morning.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: muckhole on September 06, 2008, 01:24:02 PM
I really need to open my copy of Tales for the 360, but I think the reality is that I'll be X-COM'ing it up any chance I get this weekend.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Positive Touch on September 06, 2008, 03:25:59 PM
I am going to binge on the id Software super pack

nom nom nom

does this come with dangerous dave?  'cause that game was fucking awesome.


i'll be finishing up on my big boss rank MGS4 run (finally), then i think i'll try to get back into ninja gaiden sigma.  of all the things they choose to copy off of dmc, why did they have to pick the stupid way the game forces you to go through easier difficulties to get to the hard ones?  


edit: i second picking god of war 2.  one of the most epic games ever made, and damn fun to boot.  plus it still looks good as fuck
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Eric P on September 06, 2008, 04:51:56 PM
open war beta tomorrow

rawr
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: The Sceneman on September 06, 2008, 09:18:37 PM
Etrian Odyssey 2 - back to this after a hiatus of a few weeks. Just made it to the 5th stratum

BC: Rearmed - done all the challenge rooms (well all the ones required for the achievement anyway) so getting fucked up the ass on Super Hard

Infinite Undiscovery - wow, just wow

And I just picked up Saints Row for like 20 bucks while grocery shopping. Cant wait to play it. I hear its really good  :-*
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 06, 2008, 10:21:47 PM
i'm playing moh rising sun right now

hahaha, i forgot how bad this game is, it's the absolute worst of the moh series - enemies that spring out of nowhere and kill you with two swipes of their swords in a banzai charge, crappy graphics, mongoloid ai, HIDDEN SAVE POINTS (if i were a reviewer that would be an automatic 3 rating for me, i mean, seriously, what moron thought that was clever)

there has yet to be a decent WWII fps set in the pacific, fingers crossed for cod world at war

Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 06, 2008, 10:53:06 PM
man, 360 bc kind of sucks

i've been messing around with xbox games off and on all day, and most of them stutter and skip and are just generally glitchy as hell, it's really annoying

i may have to rebuy some of my favorites on ps2
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Trent Dole on September 06, 2008, 11:09:30 PM
That reminds me, I was going to ask you distinguished fellows if there's any place that has a rundown on how well the various BC X1 games run on 360. I think such a site has been mentioned here before. Snagged some points today since some of the Katamari DLC is reduced and plan on attacking Bioshock tomorrow since it's rainy as fuck here.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Eric P on September 06, 2008, 11:15:10 PM
WAR opened early

i've been playing that
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 06, 2008, 11:20:41 PM
man, 360 bc kind of sucks

i've been messing around with xbox games off and on all day, and most of them stutter and skip and are just generally glitchy as hell, it's really annoying

i may have to rebuy some of my favorites on ps2

Yeah, PS3 BC sux now too tho, unless you got the AWESOME unit
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 06, 2008, 11:40:30 PM
That reminds me, I was going to ask you distinguished fellows if there's any place that has a rundown on how well the various BC X1 games run on 360. I think such a site has been mentioned here before. Snagged some points today since some of the Katamari DLC is reduced and plan on attacking Bioshock tomorrow since it's rainy as fuck here.

Almost all of the ones I own have framerate problems (especially when there is a lot of action onscreen), fmv stutters, and varying graphical quirks

they are playable, but the problems are noticeable


Yeah, PS3 BC sux now too tho, unless you got the AWESOME unit

i got a 60 gig right before they quit making them, but if it ever craps out i am probably screwed

Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 06, 2008, 11:43:20 PM
That reminds me, I was going to ask you distinguished fellows if there's any place that has a rundown on how well the various BC X1 games run on 360. I think such a site has been mentioned here before. Snagged some points today since some of the Katamari DLC is reduced and plan on attacking Bioshock tomorrow since it's rainy as fuck here.

Almost all of the ones I own have framerate problems (especially when there is a lot of action onscreen), fmv stutters, and varying graphical quirks

they are playable, but the problems are noticeable


Yeah, PS3 BC sux now too tho, unless you got the AWESOME unit

i got a 60 gig right before they quit making them, but if it ever craps out i am probably screwed



Ditto :( I should probably stop using it to watch normal dvds all the time :( :(
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 06, 2008, 11:45:03 PM
it has awesome upscaling, though

Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 06, 2008, 11:46:14 PM
good thing its a good dvd/bluray/ps2 game player, or id be mad!
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 06, 2008, 11:50:19 PM
home
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Post by: MrAngryFace on September 06, 2008, 11:51:01 PM
lol
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: The Sceneman on September 07, 2008, 02:10:48 AM
wow Saints Row is really fun, really good jokes too. Recruiting ho's lolz

defintely shits all over GTAIV. How did R* get that shit so wrong? No one cares about losers like Nico, we want pimp cups and 40's and ballaz etc.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 07, 2008, 02:34:46 AM
Saints Row 2 should rock
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: JustinP on September 07, 2008, 03:35:50 AM
No one cares about losers like Nico, we want pimp cups and 40's and ballaz etc.
god damn you're a huge fucking taco. 
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: demi on September 07, 2008, 04:24:53 AM
why? Saints Row trumps GTA4 and pees on it

Saints Row 2 will decimate it and make it irrelevant
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 07, 2008, 04:38:29 AM
I really hated GTA4's cast. It felt like Ico, running around saving his shitty fat ass.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: demi on September 07, 2008, 04:42:50 AM
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Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: JustinP on September 07, 2008, 05:04:20 AM
irrelevant to each game's overall quality, Nico > any of the shit i've seen in saint's row 2 vids.  it's the most basic of stereotypical gangsters.  like quarter machine homiez level of uninteresting mundane crap. 
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: cool breeze on September 07, 2008, 10:21:53 AM
Characters in GTA4 sucked big time since you had to deal with them constantly.  You would hate anyone if you had to take them out to bowling while playing this game on your leisure time.  And Nico got the back draft of the suck from being such a bitch about it.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 07, 2008, 10:30:22 AM
who got dating sim in my sociopathic sandbox game
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: JustinP on September 07, 2008, 02:06:52 PM
Characters in GTA4 sucked big time since you had to deal with them constantly.  You would hate anyone if you had to take them out to bowling while playing this game on your leisure time.  And Nico got the back draft of the suck from being such a bitch about it.
i'd say that has much less to do with the characters themselves and more with the game design.  i would think replacing GTAIV characters with saint's row characters and putting you through the same dealings would only make matters worse -- much worse.  saint's row characters aren't any better just because you don't go bowling with them. 
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: demi on September 07, 2008, 02:18:13 PM
i am not from dah uh amerrrrica
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: cool breeze on September 07, 2008, 02:27:40 PM
Characters in GTA4 sucked big time since you had to deal with them constantly.  You would hate anyone if you had to take them out to bowling while playing this game on your leisure time.  And Nico got the back draft of the suck from being such a bitch about it.
i'd say that has much less to do with the characters themselves and more with the game design.  i would think replacing GTAIV characters with saint's row characters and putting you through the same dealings would only make matters worse -- much worse.  saint's row characters aren't any better just because you don't go bowling with them. 

Well, yeah.  You are basically supporting my point there.  GTA4 ruined what could have been potentially interesting characters if they didn't go into all the bullshit gameplay involving them.  Volition knew not to go into that shit because it isn't fun to do.

Just go watch the Ronin Saints Row 2 trailer, it pretty much sums up why Saints Row has fun characters.  They explain a plan to slowly and boringly infiltrate some place, but then you have Johnny '8 inch dick' Gat saying that they should forget the plan and go in guns blazing  :gun

In short: Saints Row characters = catalysts to provide player with enjoyment, fun, or entertainment.  GTA4 characters = bog down gameplay with tedious never ending babysitting missions.
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 07, 2008, 02:49:05 PM
Bully is probably Rockstars best group o characters
Title: Re: What's on tap this weekend?
Post by: Positive Touch on September 07, 2008, 09:57:18 PM
RARARARARARARAAAFFAGAG;GA=GGGHGATTAATATFGH

anyone who had any involvement in act 3 of mgs4 should be fired and blacklisted from all gaming companies.  this shit is beyond stupid