Random Gaming Talk Thread

[cool breeze]

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trailer for Rodea the Sky Soldier.  3DS/Wii from Prope.

[EmCeeGrammar]

Just wanted to announce that after becoming a follower of GiantBomb, I want to marry Jeff Gerstmann. That's all.

Ewww.  Vinny's got the looks, Ryan the personality, and Brad the voice. Why would you want the dismissive petty one that might as well not be ther e?

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trailer for Rodea the Sky Soldier.  3DS/Wii from Prope.

Man, I like games that empower you with flight but I don't think I can get past these atrocious character designs. Its the Bayonetta syndrome!

[Bebpo]

What's up with Yuji Naka having the worst character designs in his games?  Even the human cast in Nights is embarrassing for the most part.

[EmCeeGrammar]

Chu chu rocket is cool in an abstract way.

[Bebpo]

Chu Chu Rocket art is great.  I think stuff that isn't human-like is fine in his games, but his human-ish characters always look :barf

[EmCeeGrammar]

Very nice and thorough analysis of why Mother ain't ever happening outside of Japan ever again.\
http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/02/earthbound-legal-issues/

[Bebpo]

Very nice and thorough analysis of why Mother ain't ever happening outside of Japan ever again.\
http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/02/earthbound-legal-issues/

This is distinguished mentally-challenged and there's stuff like this in every game that comes out in the US

pretty weak excuse-wise.


I think Mother 3 didn't come over simply because Nintendo looks at the jrpg market in the US and sees maybe 50-100k potential sales max and they go "lol, not worth it".  Which is the same reason why they didn't bring over Soma Bringer and may pass on Xenoblade and even Last Story.  Jrpg genre is a fairly niche market in the west and jrpgs are the most expensive games to localize, those two opposing factors make money-sensitive companies like Nintendo or Namco just not bother. 

[EmCeeGrammar]

I don't think you read the whole article.  It's mostly about why Earthbound hasn't come to the virtual console and won't.  We can extrapolate from there why Nintendo doesn't want to bank on this franchise.

[Bebpo]

I read all the little changes they had to make for fear of lawsuits and that they're afraid to release it because it might cause someone to sue them.  Was there more than that?

[Raban]

Just wanted to announce that after becoming a follower of GiantBomb, I want to marry Jeff Gerstmann. That's all.

Ewww.  Vinny's got the looks, Ryan the personality, and Brad the voice. Why would you want the dismissive petty one that might as well not be there?

I don't especially care for Ryan, and Brad just reminds me too much of people I know irl who game. Vinny is awesome too, but every time a game comes up Jeff says exactly what I'm thinking, word for word. This was especially true during the GOTY podcasts. Also, 8.8, never forget.

[Positive Touch]

6.8 is the true 8.8

[Smooth Groove]

basically, any game under 9.0 is trash

[maxy]

From EG

Hack and slash series Ninja Gaiden is known for its brutal difficulty – but with the third game in the series developer Team Ninja plans to make the action more accessible.

"Team Ninja's aim with Ninja Gaiden 3 is twofold: to be the number one 3D action game of the time, and secondly, the main character is Ryu Hayabusa. They're the two things we're focusing on," Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi told Eurogamer.

"Then, providing excitement, which is not only from the difficulty. That's just one of the elements. It's more like having excitement from fighting an exciting boss. That is what we needed."

Ninja Gaiden 3 is being developed without the aid of Tomonobu Itagaki , who quit as Team Ninja boss in 2008.

Gamers and critics have described NG3 as a reboot and an attempt by the new Team Ninja to make its own mark on the series Itagaki so loved.

"With the previous Ninja Gaidens, you were playing and you were excited, but it was more about putting the controller into the TV screen or something," Hayashi said. "That kind of excitement we were focusing on and aiming for. So that's why for you maybe it was too difficult at that time.

"That's one of the elements. We're not focusing on it, but focusing on providing excitement."

So, is Ninja Gaiden 3 easier than 1 and 2?

"Not easy," Hayashi replied, "but it will enable more people to play. More accessible. We don't plan to have Ninja Gaiden 3 only for the really good, skilled people."

 
  Hayashi

 :'(

[iconoclast]

Hayashi is a scrub. Lead Team Ninja and the NG brand to ruin quickly please. Get it out of my mind for good.

And it's not like NG2 is only for the really good, skilled people (besides Master Ninja). Acolyte is babby easy.

[Don Flamenco]

QTE Flying Swallows plz 

also, ryu should be trying to save america from the sand peoples so i can feel like a man

[chronovore]

irony beginsExcellent! Way to go! What a nice way to defend the cause of cheering up games in general, and to encourage rational, equitable dialog with the game publishers about what you want: BY REPLYING WITH NEEDLESS INVECTIVE IN A FORUM THEY'RE UNLIKELY TO EVEN READ.
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Even if his misdirected retort was intended to be ironic, it lacks any clear cues denoting it as such. What a cock.

Your first time to UK Resistance?  You should be taking that site as seriously as, like, the Onion.  Maybe less seriously.

Yeah, it's my first encounter with that site.

Really? Are you saying that his retort was irony? I guess it requires familiarity with their "style" or a sublime sense of sarcasm.

[demi]

incoming BUT IM NOT ON THE INTERNET LIKE U

[demi]

Atlus is bringing over Dragon Knight Saga. Awesomeeeee

[archie4208]

That game has been available for months. 

[demi]

I'm not sure what you mean.

[Himu]

FUCK HAYASHI

[maxy]

http://www.eurogamer.pt/videos/the-last-story-18-minutos

[magus]

ehy oscar i seems to understand that you actualy played this saga 2 game so i have a question...
i seems to understand that i can randomly raise my defense by using shields which would be quite lame and boring since it would just make battle drags longer.... does it really work like that?

also is there any way to learn any healing spell? i lucked out and my monster learned one but i would like a more stable way to heal myself

[demi]

You dont have to keep using Shields. Just use it once. Also DEF has a super rare chance to increase for Humans.

Read GameFAQs they give good tips. I took a browse while at work.

It's still a Kawazu game though...

[magus]

i did take a trip to gamefaqs but there were no guide related to the remake and i'm not sure the rules from the original apply here too

[demi]

A guide? Do you honestly need a guide for this game? Just look into how the stats work and play.

You are such a casual magus.

[magus]

Just look into how the stats work

...and that's why i would need a guide to begin with

[demi]

All you need is on the GameFAQs board.

[EmCeeGrammar]

Disney don't want to be in this business anymore. They'd rather make flash game sites centered on Disney Channel properties.

[Himu]

SUIKODEN FOR PSP

[Himu]

NOOOOO IT'S FAKE? I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF

[Mr. Gundam]

It's ok Himu-chan, you can save the money you would've spent on a new Suikoden title and blow it on Suikoden pachislot!

[demi]

I picked 2 Human M, Esper M, and Mecha

Already regretting Mecha... lol.

I could never get into these back then. I just prefer SaGa 3 much more.... since it resembels a real game.

[Rman]

This is distinguished mentally-challenged and there's stuff like this in every game that comes out in the US

pretty weak excuse-wise.


I think Mother 3 didn't come over simply because Nintendo looks at the jrpg market in the US and sees maybe 50-100k potential sales max and they go "lol, not worth it".  Which is the same reason why they didn't bring over Soma Bringer and may pass on Xenoblade and even Last Story.  Jrpg genre is a fairly niche market in the west and jrpgs are the most expensive games to localize, those two opposing factors make money-sensitive companies like Nintendo or Namco just not bother. 

I don't know, they do bring the odd RPG over, like Glory of Heracles and Magical Starsign, and they seem to now be English players' only hope for DQ games.  I'm inclined to believe the official line on Mother 3, which is that it simply came out too late in the GBA's lifespan to be worth releasing overseas.  They had just done Tales of Phantasia's English release, which was a sales disaster, and around the same time, they opted to localize Starsign, so unless they have a crazy vendetta against Mother (which the fans would like to believe but uh  ), I think it's simplest just to believe what they said on it: they didn't think it would fare well so far past the DS/PSP's release.

I always thought that Nintendo was just to burned by Earthbound flopping, a game that they put a pretty big effort to localize, thought the marketing was terrible.  I remember new copies being cleared out at Kmart for 10 dollars at the time.  I regret not buying them, especially at the price they go for now.

[Bebpo]

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Game looks alright.  I like the lighting, but some of the art direction choices are ugly like the giant red crystals that don't fit in at all.  Then again I'm guessing they're some sort of gameplay thing that is supposed to stick out.  Dunno.  Also what's up with all the CoD text popping up every 3 seconds when you shoot stuff.  Ehh, I don't want that to be the future of all FPS games in MP.

Will probably pick it up when it hits $30 unless the reviews sell me on it at full price.

[magus]

i picked 1 monster 1 male human 1 female esper and 1 mecha and what's wrong with mecha's? i gave one a speed crystal and a saber and he always murder a monster in combat before anything else can happen,that's a pretty good thing if you ask me

[Stoney Mason]

Variety’s reporting that Disney has restructured into a digital-only publisher, and will now eschew retail and packaging.“As part of setting a strategic direction for future success in the digital media space, the Disney Interactive Media Group today began a restructuring process,” read a statement to the site.It follows claims that 700 jobs had been lost at the company, with Epic Mickey developer Junction Point also seeing lay-offs.Disney saw some large core releases in 2010, with Black Rock’s Split/Second, Epic Mickey and Propaganda Games’ Tron Evolution all shipping.Propaganda has since closed.The studio’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned, canned late last year.Despite Epic Mickey selling 1.5 million in the US, Split/Second and Evolution bombed in terms of sales.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030809

[iconoclast]

Now we'll never get to see if Black Rock figured out how to make a good racing game with Split Second 2.

[fistfulofmetal]

Game looks alright.  I like the lighting, but some of the art direction choices are ugly like the giant red crystals that don't fit in at all.  Then again I'm guessing they're some sort of gameplay thing that is supposed to stick out.  Dunno.  Also what's up with all the CoD text popping up every 3 seconds when you shoot stuff.  Ehh, I don't want that to be the future of all FPS games in MP.

Will probably pick it up when it hits $30 unless the reviews sell me on it at full price.

KZ3 is a rare case that i actually only care about playing the multiplayer. i found the single player campaign in KZ2 to be boring but the multiplayer had a good feel to it. i much preferred it to any of the other console multiplayer fps games on the market.
this looks pretty good. will rent fo sho

[magus]

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GREATEST FPS EVAH!

oh and also

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it's a cellphone game

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[maxy]

Gaming analyst Michael Pachter has branded the Gamers’ Voice organisation a ‘crybaby’ following news it’s to report Activision to the Office of Fair Trading over the buggy PC and PS3 versions of Black Ops.

Last week, Gamers’ Voice told IncGamers it’s to report the publisher to the government agency after it was ‘inundated with complaints’ from gamers.

We asked Michael Pachter for his views on how Activision will react to the news and he replied: “They sound like a crybaby to me.

”All games are buggy, some more so than others. Have you tried Fallout: New Vegas? Buggiest game ever.

“I suppose this helps to explain why the game sold only 20 million copies instead of 25 million, and why it received only a 90 metacritic rating instead of 95 (sarcasm intended, in case you didn't pick up on it).

“If people don't like it, they can take it back to retail for a refund. Most bugs are patched within a reasonable time, and any serious gamer expects bugs.”

Pachter went on to say it’s the role of the gaming press to report bugs, stating: “It's the role of game reviewers to lower scores if they see bugs, and the role of the gaming press to report on buggy games. Consumers have many ways of discovering how good a game is before they buy, and publishers usually act quickly to patch bugs. I own the 360 version, and it wasn't particularly buggy, but I suppose I am more tolerant than most MPs (those ARE my initials).”

The outspoken analyst then went on to claim the move by Gamers’ Voice is a way for MP Tom Watson, who founded the organisation but has no involvement in it now, to grab attention.

Pachter said: “In my view, this is a blatant stunt by a politician to grab attention. He should probably pay more attention to keeping gaming jobs in the UK than to pissing off a large company that can create or eliminate UK jobs.”

http://pc.incgamers.com/News/26716/pachter-brands-gamers-voice-a-crybaby-over-black-ops-threat
 

Pachter 

[EmCeeGrammar]

I'm sorry Pacther, I don't expect copious bugs and performance issues from my Nintendo games 
Pokemon just has competitive exploits!

[Mr. Gundam]

Namco Bandai is having some fun with the JRPG fanboys over at Twitter and Facebook. It appears that Tales of Graces F might be coming to North America... but I'm sure it's more likely going to be a Pac-Man kart racer puzzle game or something.

[EmCeeGrammar]

It makes the most sense.  Apparently the NA Wii and 360 tales were market tests that failed. This might be them testing the ps3 market after things like Demon Souls performed admirably.   I wanna say Valkyrie Chronicles did alright outside of Japan too, but I might be utterly wrong about that.

[Himu]

How was ToV 360 NA a failure? It did like 150-200k the first month. Did they really expect a million seller? 200k is standard jrpg fare in America and in many ways, I'd say it's pretty good for a jrpg as niche as Tales.

[The Sceneman]

lol, the Wii game is the one that tanked, don't try and bring the 360 into this Emcee 

the Wii enjoys some atrocious third party sales, I wonder why

[naff]

Woah. This guy is SERIOUS distinguished mentally-challenged fellows.

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[Don Flamenco]

translation of the japanese:   Because don't start it with a box; feces ゲー

[ferrarimanf355]

Now we'll never get to see if Black Rock figured out how to make a good racing game with Split Second 2.

demi celebrated the closure of Bizarre Creations over the failure of Blur, so karma's a bitch, eh? 

[Mr. Gundam]

New PS3/360 game from Platinum called Max Anarchy. Action game with an online component. Main character from Mad World makes an appearance.

[EmCeeGrammar]

lol, the Wii game is the one that tanked, don't try and bring the 360 into this Emcee 

the Wii enjoys some atrocious third party sales, I wonder why

They both sold approximately the same amount.  And Namco hasn't really sent any other tales over after that.  Like I said, there's some weird contingent on the ps3 that makes games like Demon Souls successful and Namco might be interested in testing the ps3 market with Graces F.

[EmCeeGrammar]

How was ToV 360 NA a failure? It did like 150-200k the first month. Did they really expect a million seller? 200k is standard jrpg fare in America and in many ways, I'd say it's pretty good for a jrpg as niche as Tales.

Its fine you think that way. Apparently its not good enough for Namco.

[magus]

NOOOOO IT'S FAKE? I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF

clearly better than the real thing!
anyway it doesn't have anything to do with konami suikoden,it's an irem game,i remember when it started as an april fool,here's the original april fool page
http://www.irem.co.jp/contents/gallery/aprilfool_01/index.html

i guess going bankrupt makes you do foolish thing

[chronovore]

Disney don't want to be in this business anymore. They'd rather make flash game sites centered on Disney Channel properties.

There's that, plus iPhone/iPad, Android/ChromeOS, and whatever their continuing kid-oriented online MMO directive ends up being.

It's really sad though; Blackrock made some seriously competent games, and I can't help but feel this is what happens EVERY time a major media company decides they want in on the booming videogame business. They get in, staff up, give it two or three years, and then close up shop on everything.

[magus]

apparently they just announced a new shiren game where you capture shiren monster's like PMD and it's for cellphone

brb going to kill myself together with himu

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whatever happened to slime? did he just change nick or what?

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[Mr. Gundam]

Namco Bandai is having some fun with the JRPG fanboys over at Twitter and Facebook. It appears that Tales of Graces F might be coming to North America... but I'm sure it's more likely going to be a Pac-Man kart racer puzzle game or something.

One more week of trolling even though it's more than likely Tales of Graces F. Namco will make their announcement next Wednesday.

[demi]

PS3 owners jerking off over a Wii port

Desperate ass niccas. Buy a 360 already...

[EmCeeGrammar]

Yeah cus 360 is where you need to be for new Tales games.

[archie4208]

I am receiving FF13 and Nier via Goozex in a few days.  I'm hoping Resonance of Fate comes soon so I can complete the hat trick of weeaboo. 

[AdmiralViscen]

Bored, catching up on thread

Propaganda games is now dead and i blame AdmiralVisen and his burn on Turok PS3   

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/19/propaganda-games-shuttered/