Random Gaming Talk Thread

[Bebpo]

so you guys know how ps3 has slow wireless download speeds for a lot of people?
How do you improve this?  It's so slow on my brother's ps3 that any auto-patch for a game fails because the download is taking too long or it loses connection.  So he can't patch any of his games and now he can't play heavy rain because he's running into constant freezes and needs the patch that fixes it.

[iconoclast]

Otomedius Gorgeous might be coming to America:

In February we wondered if is Konami seriously thinking about localizing Otomedius after discovering a US registered trademark for Otomedius Gorgeous. The answer appears to be yes.

Two tipsters sent an e-mail telling us GameStop is taking reservations for Otomedius Excellent. I followed up by walking into a GameStop and reserving a copy. According to the retailer, Otomedius Excellent is available for Xbox 360 and scheduled to come out on September 8. It’s a full price game at $59.99. We realize retail listings aren’t always accurate and the dates or price may differ, but a game this obscure wouldn’t be appear in a database as an error, would it?

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/05/14/gamestop-taking-reservations-for-otomedius-excellent/

Nice timing since I've been thinking of importing it.

[naff]

Goodrich stressed the team’s focus on the game’s narrative, and that’s encouraging. “This is not a game about politics; it’s not a game about operational planning or any of that. We don’t care why the guys are there; it’s just, they’re there: let’s honor them and let’s support them and let’s respect what they’re doing and show that in this medium -- tell a story.”

http://www.destructoid.com/be-the-scalpel-and-the-sledge-in-medal-of-honor-166562.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/experiencing-the-afghan-war-in-medal-of-honor-173587.phtml

First Medal Of Honour preview I've read, set in Afghanistan it's using different engines for the multiplayer and singleplayer with single player being locked at 30+ fps giving them more leeway graphically and I assume the online multiplayer won't look quite as good but run smoother. Afghanistan can be strikingly beautiful in places, here's hoping this doesn't become a big celebration for shades of brown. 

[Kestastrophe]

omg, why has no one brought this to my attention:

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

[Third]

so you guys know how ps3 has slow wireless download speeds for a lot of people?
How do you improve this?  It's so slow on my brother's ps3 that any auto-patch for a game fails because the download is taking too long or it loses connection.  So he can't patch any of his games and now he can't play heavy rain because he's running into constant freezes and needs the patch that fixes it.

That sounds horrible. I also run on wifi with the Ps3. But I've never had any speed issues.
All game updates should be offered online. I'm sure downloading the updates from the (original) site and putting them on an usb stick takes less time than downloading them from PSN...

[Raban]

omg, why has no one brought this to my attention:

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

I'm glad this didn't turn out to be vaporware.

[bork]

Otomedius Gorgeous might be coming to America:

In February we wondered if is Konami seriously thinking about localizing Otomedius after discovering a US registered trademark for Otomedius Gorgeous. The answer appears to be yes.

Two tipsters sent an e-mail telling us GameStop is taking reservations for Otomedius Excellent. I followed up by walking into a GameStop and reserving a copy. According to the retailer, Otomedius Excellent is available for Xbox 360 and scheduled to come out on September 8. It’s a full price game at $59.99. We realize retail listings aren’t always accurate and the dates or price may differ, but a game this obscure wouldn’t be appear in a database as an error, would it?

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/05/14/gamestop-taking-reservations-for-otomedius-excellent/

Nice timing since I've been thinking of importing it.

That's awesome.  The price is way too high and the game will bomb for sure, but that's awesome nonetheless.  Although if you can play J360 games, you can get it for like $25-$30 new now.

[chronovore]

omg, why has no one brought this to my attention:

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

I'm glad this didn't turn out to be vaporware.

Yeah, my sentiments exactly. At one point I even contacted the dev about localizing it for Japan, but it was clear that they were about to receive a lot of money from a major publisher instead. I was super happy to hear that this wouldn't die on the vine.

[magus]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

OOOOOOOHHHHHHH MMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDD
THEY ADDED IDLE ANIMATION,IT'S LIKE I'M IN THE FUTURE! 1995 CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH!

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i laugh at you atlus fan for cheering when they added idle animations to strange journey

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[Raban]

Ugh. Fuck you, GameFreak. Make Drill Dozer 2.

[Beezy]

What was your previous name, startselect?

[ferrarimanf355]

Blur or Split Second? I'm about to pay off my preorder for the PS3 version of Blur, but the Split Second demo is pretty awesome. I'm conflicted...

[Bebpo]

I think it comes down to your focus.  Blur seems to be pushing the online multiplayer as its main element.  Whereas SS seems more all around racer like Pure.

I didn't like either demo enough to pay full price and since racing games drop hard and fast I'll get them both at $20-30.

[demi]

Split Second, duh

[ferrarimanf355]

Split Second, duh

I dunno, man, IGN complained that the AI gets frustrating as the game goes on. If other reviewers complain about that, then I'll get Blur instead.
[youtube=560,345]SSbBvKaM6sk[/youtube]

[demi]

Reviewers will complain about Blur for the same thing

[ferrarimanf355]

Reviewers will complain about Blur for the same thing

If the PGR games are anything to go by, I trust that Blur won't have that problem.

[Raban]

What was your previous name, startselect?

Raban?

[Beezy]

What was your previous name, startselect?

Raban?

Oh ok, i can't keep up with these name changes.

[magus]

so scribblenauts sequel has officialy announced with screenshots but i'm not going to post anything because that prick over at gaf doesn't need any more attention than he got

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looks the same

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alright fine here is the stuff,but you owe me one
http://www.allgamesbeta.info/2010/05/super-scribblenauts-officially.html

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if this ever get nominated as e3 game of the show again,i'm going to quit gaming

[bork]

Well, looks like the PSPirates have come out on top once again-- the two "uncrackable" games Godeater and Kingdom Hearts BBS have both been made playable on CFW PSPs.

[magus]

in the last galaxy trailer it has been shown that...

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there is a level which resembles world 2 of super mario 64,nintendo? nostalgic genius or master of recycling? you decide bore!

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oh and kingdom hearts has been announced for a september release... i guess that means they cracked the game just in time

[TakingBackSunday]

How the fuck is master of recycling when

a) it's apart of a level called the Throwback Galaxy
b) the last time anyone's actually played it was in 19-fucking-96

[Raban]

How the fuck is master of recycling when

a) it's apart of a level called the Throwback Galaxy
b) the last time anyone's actually played it was in 19-fucking-96

Nintears, so delicious

[naff]

Split Second, duh

I dunno, man, IGN complained that the AI gets frustrating as the game goes on. If other reviewers complain about that, then I'll get Blur instead.

It's the fact that there is oldschool rubber banding like Mario Kart. Just means that cars are always on your tail even if you're playing really well which is because the game is about owning dudes with powerplays and if there's noone around who are you gonna own? I've also heard mention of the AI going from always on your tail to just completely destroying you over and over in later levels. I'm still going for Split Second though... Once it's cheap of course.

[magus]

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truth is i think it's cool because OMG nostalgia but at the same think it's lame because they just recycled a level in what's supposed to be "a sequel full of idea's!" tough it's more lame than cool so you guys can cry all you want

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[archie4208]

I downloaded the Settlers 7 demo and it is pretty fun, but UBI's DRM makes me :'(.  I wish they'd patch it out so I can buy the game without a nanny constantly behind me.

[maxy]

Sucky news,click on it if you liked FF13

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The various Versus trailers that we've seen since FFXIII's multiplatform switch have made it clear that this particular FF game would be PS3-only worldwide. But CEO Yoichi Wada was less firm on this stance during a Q&A session that concluded an investors meeting today in Tokyo.

As reported at Impress Watch, when asked if it would be best to give Versus a multiplatform release on Xbox 360, Wada replied "We'll be looking into it internally until right before the formal announcement."

The question was asked in relation to Final Fantasy XIII and the possibility of the game's Xbox 360 release having helped to extend sales overseas.

By "formal announcement," Wada is presumably referring to the proper unveiling of Versus. While we've seen plenty of trailers for the game, most recently via a short teaser clip at December's Jump Festa event, Square Enix has yet to show gameplay footage outside of some camera-grabbed teaser footage that was shown at last year's Tokyo Game Show.

The game's formal unveiling is widely expected to take place at next month's E3 expo in Los Angeles, although director Tetsuya Nomura has given some hints that it could come later.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/05/18/ff_versus_xiii_multiplatform/

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[ferrarimanf355]

Split Second, duh

I dunno, man, IGN complained that the AI gets frustrating as the game goes on. If other reviewers complain about that, then I'll get Blur instead.

It's the fact that there is oldschool rubber banding like Mario Kart. Just means that cars are always on your tail even if you're playing really well which is because the game is about owning dudes with powerplays and if there's noone around who are you gonna own? I've also heard mention of the AI going from always on your tail to just completely destroying you over and over in later levels. I'm still going for Split Second though... Once it's cheap of course.

If it's like Mario Kart, the most unfair racer in the world, then I'll certainly pass. Blur for me then!

[The Sceneman]

I bought my PS3 because Sony have always provided very polished and far superior games. As far as a console goes... retardBox claimed to have the best graphics.... so sony went and made a bluray console.... the Wii claimed 'motion controllers'..... so sony 1-uped and invented the Move, which will be far more accurate with the camera included.

So when the survey says people are buying the PS3 for the bluray... it's for the quality, not for movies. Anyone with a brain would choose PS3 over the vegetable shaped shootBox any day.

  nearly punched my monitor reading that!

[Damian79]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Xenoblade battle system needs to eb flashier imo.  You cant tell what they are doing is special moves.

[naff]

      
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Remember this!? It's been made into an outrun style game for the appstore

[Beezy]

holy wtf

How is that on youtube? How is that an iphone game?

[Beezy]

Xenoblade battle system needs to eb flashier imo.  You cant tell what they are doing is special moves.

Agreed. It's good to see an all out rpg that actually looks fun for the Wii though.

[Third]

Xenoblade looks pretty good for a Wii game. The game has an awful hud though. Way too big and all over the place.

[naff]

holy wtf

How is that on youtube? How is that an iphone game?

I once showed this to a bunch of friends at a party who are usually pretty open minded about lewd stuff but they were totally not impressed. I was like BUT ITS AMAZING!! But I think I lost them at the poodle pooping on the drivers tongue.

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

I was hoping the game would be more a collection of shitty minigames like the video but it's just an outrun clone for iPhone. Still it looks allright, but a cheap downloadable collection of minigames would've been so much better  :'( To see the artists from the vid go to town on a game would have been cool.

[Raban]

     
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Remember this!? It's been made into an outrun style game for the appstore

Thank you for reposting this. I love this video so much. I remember the GAF thread and people were acting so disgusted. I love it. I love all of it.

[TakingBackSunday]

[youtube=560,345]iiRKP5zJqQE[/youtube]

fucking yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Nostalgia

[ferrarimanf355]

[youtube=560,345]Zn4EzBwiwSk[/youtube]

So awesome. 

[MCD]

[youtube=560,345]iiRKP5zJqQE[/youtube]

fucking yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Nostalgia

nintendo isn't even hiding it anymore...

[TakingBackSunday]

all I hear is "wah wah I hate fun"

[iconoclast]

It was fun.

15 years ago

[Great Rumbler]

[youtube=560,345]iiRKP5zJqQE[/youtube]

fucking yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Nostalgia

nintendo isn't even hiding it anymore...

That Super Mario 64 was awesome? Why would they want to hide that in the first place?

[Himu]

Even I'm excited, cuz Mario 64 - the most overrated game of all time - will finally be in a far superior game.

[Himu]

holy wtf

How is that on youtube? How is that an iphone game?

I once showed this to a bunch of friends at a party who are usually pretty open minded about lewd stuff but they were totally not impressed. I was like BUT ITS AMAZING!! But I think I lost them at the poodle pooping on the drivers tongue.

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

I was hoping the game would be more a collection of shitty minigames like the video but it's just an outrun clone for iPhone. Still it looks allright, but a cheap downloadable collection of minigames would've been so much better  :'( To see the artists from the vid go to town on a game would have been cool.

[TakingBackSunday]

I'm mostly excited because Bob-bomb Battlefield, the best track in all of Mario history other than Gusty Garden Galaxy, is getting a wonderful fully orchestrated arrangement.  Squueeeee

[Himu]

I'm mostly excited because Bob-bomb Battlefield, the best track in all of Mario history other than Gusty Garden Galaxy, is getting a wonderful fully orchestrated arrangement.  Squueeeee

It is a fab song.

[Himu]

Mario 64 with an actually good camera

[MCD]

Mario 64 is the only good 3D Mario.

this is just rehashed garbage.

[TakingBackSunday]

oh suck a fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

[Himu]

Mario 64 is the only good 3D Mario.

this is just rehashed garbage.

mario 64 is the only good 3d mario and yet you're shaking your fist at a mario 64 level in galaxy

I love MCD

[MCD]

hey

i sold my wii

[iconoclast]

Did you know Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow is out? Me neither.

[magus]

Dragon Quest IX release date has been announced
July 11

[Himu]

Did you know Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow is out? Me neither.

Is that the action rpg

[brawndolicious]

     
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Remember this!? It's been made into an outrun style game for the appstore

that has to be japanese.

[Raban]

[youtube=560,345]iiRKP5zJqQE[/youtube]

fucking yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Nostalgia

I love how the N64 and DS versions have textures that are more detailed

[Himu]

     
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Remember this!? It's been made into an outrun style game for the appstore

that has to be japanese.

american

[iconoclast]

Did you know Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow is out? Me neither.

Is that the action rpg

yeah, the one by tri-crescendo. it's supposed to be pretty good, IIRC.

[Himu]

it looks great imo

how much?