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Raban · « **Reply #4680 on:** March 10, 2011, 10:47:14 AM »

Bastion for XBLA is set for this summer

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

demi · « **Reply #4681 on:** March 10, 2011, 10:55:07 AM »

Looks gay.

Himu · « **Reply #4682 on:** March 10, 2011, 12:07:17 PM »

Quote from: magus on March 10, 2011, 07:15:41 AM

http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=31849&sid=6829416baa21aafea007f6b03f3b5b5a

hollywood gaming

have to sign in

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #4683 on:** March 10, 2011, 12:18:06 PM »

Quote from: Edge 226 reviews

Dragon Age 2 - 6 (DAO got 5 from edge btw, as did the Witcher, so this is an improvement!)
Homefront - 5
Bulletstorm - 9
Test Drive Unlimited 2 -7
Pilotwings Resort - 6
Nintendo Dogs+Cats - 7
The 3rd Birthday - 7
The Last Story - 8
Total War: Shogun 2 - 9
Motorstorm Apocalypse - 8
Pixeljunk Shooter 2 - 8
Yakuza 4 - 7
SpaceChem - 9
Fight Night Champions - 9
Gods Eater Burst - 6

Hells to the yeah!

btw, I can scan the Demon's Soul cover story if y'all want.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4684 on:** March 10, 2011, 12:35:58 PM »

They reviewed The Last Story?

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #4685 on:** March 10, 2011, 12:38:50 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 10, 2011, 12:35:58 PM

They reviewed The Last Story?

yeah, import review

magus · « **Reply #4686 on:** March 10, 2011, 01:59:13 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on March 10, 2011, 12:07:17 PM

Quote from: magus on March 10, 2011, 07:15:41 AM
http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=31849&sid=6829416baa21aafea007f6b03f3b5b5a

hollywood gaming

have to sign in

ah fuck
it's on the frontpage just scroll down a little

http://selectbutton.net/

Himu · « **Reply #4687 on:** March 10, 2011, 02:00:30 PM »

i have no clue what you're even referring to. what's on the front page?

magus · « **Reply #4688 on:** March 10, 2011, 02:05:19 PM »

"i need you guys to make something for me"

those are all trailer quotes
it's just missing "THIS SUMMER....." to truly get the hollywood effect

Himu · « **Reply #4689 on:** March 10, 2011, 02:10:53 PM »

Purple Filth · « **Reply #4690 on:** March 10, 2011, 06:17:11 PM »

NPD preview guys

http://twitter.com/aarongreenberg

Quote

@NPD reports that Xbox 360 was #1 again in Feb w/ 535K sold, biggest non-holiday month ever, up 27% YOY

poor Methodis

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4691 on:** March 10, 2011, 06:35:12 PM »

Year of the PS3 postponed to next year again.

iconoclast · « **Reply #4692 on:** March 10, 2011, 06:41:45 PM »

Edge is such a crap magazine and I'm convinced that most of their fans are complete sheep (not directed at anyone here). They try so hard to be "above" the likes of IGN, but in reality they are no different. Every review I've read from them has been awful (eg. Sin & Punishment 2, MvC3).

It just irks me that catch-all gaming forums place all of their stock in Edge and dismiss other mainstream publications.

/rant

Third · « **Reply #4693 on:** March 10, 2011, 08:09:43 PM »

Quote from: iconoclast on March 08, 2011, 04:41:50 AM

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Best looking game of 2011

Can't wait to buy it.

That's awesome. But there's too much action in it. Was hoping it to be an adventure. Looks more like a DMC thing.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #4694 on:** March 10, 2011, 08:42:41 PM »

I signed up for True Achievements finally. My "true" gamerscore is 90k, 30k more than my actual. cool, I guess?

maxy · « **Reply #4695 on:** March 10, 2011, 09:34:17 PM »

There is some EA/Bioware/DA/forums drama going on

Ban on forums=game not playable

demi · « **Reply #4696 on:** March 10, 2011, 09:40:22 PM »

> pc gaming

archie4208 · « **Reply #4697 on:** March 10, 2011, 09:45:36 PM »

Bioware is doing that kid a favor.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #4698 on:** March 12, 2011, 08:50:43 AM »

[youtube=560,345]Ysq_k-uoKus[/youtube]

Why is it so fast?
What's up with all the aoe spells?
Why isn't the camera pulled back more?
Why is he playing like it an action game?
Why does the environment look like shit?

Seriously Obsidian, I am disappoint. Pre-order cancelled.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4699 on:** March 12, 2011, 09:20:53 AM »

herpa derp Dragon Age 2 derp

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Outside of the ability to do a rolling dodge and some controls tweaked for controller, the gameplay looks pretty much similar to Dungeon Siege 2.

[close]

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #4700 on:** March 12, 2011, 10:26:25 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 12, 2011, 09:20:53 AM

Outside of the ability to do a rolling dodge and some controls tweaked for controller, the gameplay looks pretty much similar to Dungeon Siege 2.

You could probably say the same thing about DA2 compared to DAO. Funny how people can be outraged for one, and completely nonchalant about the other.

demi · « **Reply #4701 on:** March 12, 2011, 11:22:54 AM »

Nailed it, Gib. Lots of blatant bias going around... sickening.

maxy · « **Reply #4702 on:** March 12, 2011, 12:19:37 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4703 on:** March 12, 2011, 12:27:47 PM »

Quote from: InfectedGib on March 12, 2011, 10:26:25 AM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 12, 2011, 09:20:53 AM
Outside of the ability to do a rolling dodge and some controls tweaked for controller, the gameplay looks pretty much similar to Dungeon Siege 2.

You could probably say the same thing about DA2 compared to DAO. Funny how people can be outraged for one, and completely nonchalant about the other.

At this point, I think that's the least of the complaints about DA2.

magus · « **Reply #4704 on:** March 12, 2011, 05:12:21 PM »

http://lparchive.org/Breath-of-Fire-IV/Update%2001/

breath of fire iv was one of the few rpg i missed back in ye olde psx era but reading this it looked like a good one...

cool breeze · « **Reply #4705 on:** March 12, 2011, 06:07:10 PM »

I remember now why I don't use netflix on my PS3.

Turn on, try to launch app. NO YOU GOTTA UPDATE PS3 FIRST. ok, ~10 minutes.
System restarts, try to launch app. NO YOU GOTTA UPDATE THE APP FIRST. ok, ~2 minutes.
Try to launch app again. NO THIS NEW UPDATE ISN'T VERIFIED BECAUSE IT'S NEW; BACK TO PC AND VERIFY IT.

ah fuck you I'll just output my PC video to my TV

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4706 on:** March 12, 2011, 06:59:09 PM »

Quote from: magus on March 12, 2011, 05:12:21 PM

http://lparchive.org/Breath-of-Fire-IV/Update%2001/

breath of fire iv was one of the few rpg i missed back in ye olde psx era but reading this it looked like a good one...

Breath of Fire 3 and 4 were top-tier RPGs on the PS1. It's an utter shame that the series died after 5.

magus · « **Reply #4707 on:** March 12, 2011, 07:01:00 PM »

i played 3,i really loved the spritework (like seriously it's the most kickass sprite work i have ever seen in an rpg) but i remember the rest of the game being somewhat flat...

i think i stopped playing quite close to a minigame where you have to make sushi or something like that...

demi · « **Reply #4708 on:** March 12, 2011, 07:07:49 PM »

I'd hardly call it top-tier... 3 was a complete chore up to Adulthood. The "slave escape" arc was just so aggrivatingly boring I dunno how I did it the first time.

Himu · « **Reply #4709 on:** March 12, 2011, 08:59:08 PM »

I haven't played 3 or 4.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #4710 on:** March 12, 2011, 11:39:32 PM »

Beat 3, never played 4. 5 was god-tier.

demi · « **Reply #4711 on:** March 12, 2011, 11:59:11 PM »

4 was nice to look at, but I never got too far. It was a typical war-torn plot and I lost a lot of interest, and the other characters werent that interesting to me... but I would definitely like to go back to it.

magus · « **Reply #4712 on:** March 13, 2011, 08:52:38 AM »

5 was awfull,an entire game working to piss off the player...

1) the latest game to require the incredible resident evil technology of "needs an item to save" having a limited number of saves it's incredibly stupid especially when i have to lug around an item when....

2) i have an incredibly limited inventory space,why? where they scared i could broke the game by carring 3 unidentified useless items instead of 2? this is even more frustating when later on you do get more inventory space,why not have the player start with all of it?

3) it takes forever to reach a save point,like it takes at least 45 minutes of game to reach the next one,you have already placed a limitation on save with those stupid save token so why you needed to put another one by making save point so rare? oh oh and here's a kicker,i know that you can quick save the game but in the PAL version of the game YOU CAN'T! ISN'T THAT THE BEST THING EVER? AND THEY TRY TO MAKE UP FOR IT BY GIVING MORE SAVE TOKEN TO TRULY SHOW HOW DEEP THEIR HEAD IS UP IN THEIR ASS!

4) i don't care how big the time limit is,having one is stupidstupidstupid,i take my sweet time when playing rpg and knowing that heading down an hallway cost me precioussssssssss D-Ratio is infuriating

5) their solution? HAVE THE PLAYER RESTART THE GAME AND THROW SOME EXTRA CUTSCENE AS A BONE,DUDE WE ARE A GENIUS! this is even more excruciating when you know they did that because the whole game is piss short

6) and before you tell me how awesome combat is,don't.... by all mean maybe it gets better later on but up where i played,nina places a trap,the enemy steps on it,lin push the enemy away and the process repeat over and over until the enemy is dead

a game so obtuse you think kawazu had his hand on it

Diunx · « **Reply #4713 on:** March 13, 2011, 11:17:15 AM »

I played all the BOF games except V and can never make it pass one hour in any of them, most boring rpg series after Golden Shit.

Diunx · « **Reply #4714 on:** March 13, 2011, 11:20:10 AM »

Quote from: magus on March 13, 2011, 08:52:38 AM

5 was awfull,an entire game working to piss off the player...

1) the latest game to require the incredible resident evil technology of "needs an item to save" having a limited number of saves it's incredibly stupid especially when i have to lug around an item when....

2) i have an incredibly limited inventory space,why? where they scared i could broke the game by carring 3 unidentified useless items instead of 2? this is even more frustating when later on you do get more inventory space,why not have the player start with all of it?

3) it takes forever to reach a save point,like it takes at least 45 minutes of game to reach the next one,you have already placed a limitation on save with those stupid save token so why you needed to put another one by making save point so rare? oh oh and here's a kicker,i know that you can quick save the game but in the PAL version of the game YOU CAN'T! ISN'T THAT THE BEST THING EVER? AND THEY TRY TO MAKE UP FOR IT BY GIVING MORE SAVE TOKEN TO TRULY SHOW HOW DEEP THEIR HEAD IS UP IN THEIR ASS!

4) i don't care how big the time limit is,having one is stupidstupidstupid,i take my sweet time when playing rpg and knowing that heading down an hallway cost me precioussssssssss D-Ratio is infuriating

5) their solution? HAVE THE PLAYER RESTART THE GAME AND THROW SOME EXTRA CUTSCENE AS A BONE,DUDE WE ARE A GENIUS! this is even more excruciating when you know they did that because the whole game is piss short

6) and before you tell me how awesome combat is,don't.... by all mean maybe it gets better later on but up where i played,nina places a trap,the enemy steps on it,lin push the enemy away and the process repeat over and over until the enemy is dead

a game so obtuse you think kawazu had his hand on it

Well, after reading that I guess I'm not touching V, sounds fucking awful.

magus · « **Reply #4715 on:** March 13, 2011, 11:33:17 AM »

diunx as i said the NTSC game version of the game does feature a quick save feature that let you turn off the game whenever you want so there is that

i should also maybe elaborate a little more on the D-Ratio,basicaly you have a god mode button but everytime you push off this button,you increase your D-Ratio,when you reach a D-Ratio of 100% it's instant game over,the D-Ratio also increase while doing other stuff like walking and fighting,but it increase in really small increment (like 0,01 for every turn you spend in battle) still it's a quite arbitrary limit and as i said if you break it there is nothing else to do than restart the game

each time you restart the game,you do keep your loot,skills and some experience so there is also that but still it's so

magus · « **Reply #4716 on:** March 13, 2011, 02:22:59 PM »

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-08-hyperdimension-neptunia-review/comments?comment_start=50

the comment makes the whole thing even more funny

it's a shame that queen's gate is never going to come here,the shitstorm would be so awesome

tiesto · « **Reply #4717 on:** March 13, 2011, 02:33:39 PM »

Quote from: magus on March 13, 2011, 02:22:59 PM

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-08-hyperdimension-neptunia-review/comments?comment_start=50

the comment makes the whole thing even more funny
it's a shame that queen's gate is never going to come here,the shitstorm would be so awesome

Feminist men complaining about sexism and mysogyny has to be one of the most laughable things on the planet. Especially since 90% of those people are just acting that way to get into a woman's pants

Bebpo · « **Reply #4718 on:** March 13, 2011, 03:07:10 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on March 13, 2011, 11:20:10 AM

Quote from: magus on March 13, 2011, 08:52:38 AM
5 was awfull,an entire game working to piss off the player...

1) the latest game to require the incredible resident evil technology of "needs an item to save" having a limited number of saves it's incredibly stupid especially when i have to lug around an item when....

2) i have an incredibly limited inventory space,why? where they scared i could broke the game by carring 3 unidentified useless items instead of 2? this is even more frustating when later on you do get more inventory space,why not have the player start with all of it?

3) it takes forever to reach a save point,like it takes at least 45 minutes of game to reach the next one,you have already placed a limitation on save with those stupid save token so why you needed to put another one by making save point so rare? oh oh and here's a kicker,i know that you can quick save the game but in the PAL version of the game YOU CAN'T! ISN'T THAT THE BEST THING EVER? AND THEY TRY TO MAKE UP FOR IT BY GIVING MORE SAVE TOKEN TO TRULY SHOW HOW DEEP THEIR HEAD IS UP IN THEIR ASS!

4) i don't care how big the time limit is,having one is stupidstupidstupid,i take my sweet time when playing rpg and knowing that heading down an hallway cost me precioussssssssss D-Ratio is infuriating

5) their solution? HAVE THE PLAYER RESTART THE GAME AND THROW SOME EXTRA CUTSCENE AS A BONE,DUDE WE ARE A GENIUS! this is even more excruciating when you know they did that because the whole game is piss short

6) and before you tell me how awesome combat is,don't.... by all mean maybe it gets better later on but up where i played,nina places a trap,the enemy steps on it,lin push the enemy away and the process repeat over and over until the enemy is dead

a game so obtuse you think kawazu had his hand on it

Well, after reading that I guess I'm not touching V, sounds fucking awful.

BoFV is the best BoF. Don't listen to magus

Himu · « **Reply #4719 on:** March 13, 2011, 03:28:53 PM »

BoF5 is one of the best rpgs created.

It goes alongside SMT:N, VP2, P3/4, FF12 as among the best rpgs of last gen.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #4720 on:** March 13, 2011, 08:18:03 PM »

I kinda take back a lot of my beef with the ME2 soundtrack, some of it is fucking spectacular:
[youtube=560,345]VTsD2FjmLsw&feature=related[/youtube]

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4721 on:** March 13, 2011, 08:27:10 PM »

I told you guys:

http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=33514.msg1276082#msg1276082

Powerslave · « **Reply #4722 on:** March 14, 2011, 12:00:41 AM »

magus

dude you're my bro, BoF 5 is one of the most infuriating games I've ever played. Everything you wrote is spot on. I remember having so much difficulty reaching save points and kept dying or got stressed out that a strong enemy would approach me because I didn't have much health left anymore and I was out of healing items which happened oh so much. And that limited inventory slots was outrageous, it was like 10 things max or something? Holy shit.

You'll notice that it's mostly people who don't like or haven't played the previous BoF's (3 and 4 in particular) who love that PIECE OF SHIT game the most. Having said that I can't understand people who don't like BoF3 and 4. They're like the perfect classic jrpgs, especially 3. The game is stuffed with fun stuff to do, the music rules, the battle system kicks ass, you got minigames all over the place and it's fun to explore towns and dungeons. You simply don't like jrpgs if you hate this game :/

pilonv1 · « **Reply #4723 on:** March 14, 2011, 04:46:55 AM »

Disaster Report 4 Cancelled

Motorstorm Apocalypse delayed indefinitely in NZ+Japan

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #4724 on:** March 14, 2011, 08:18:43 AM »

is this real? cus its hilarious

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #4725 on:** March 14, 2011, 08:35:18 AM »

Oh. My. GOD!

I wanna use it as an avatar but the dimensions suggest that it has already been claimed!

pilonv1 · « **Reply #4726 on:** March 14, 2011, 08:53:01 AM »

pretty sure VOOK is using it

tiesto · « **Reply #4727 on:** March 14, 2011, 09:11:49 AM »

Quote from: Powerslave on March 14, 2011, 12:00:41 AM

magus

dude you're my bro, BoF 5 is one of the most infuriating games I've ever played. Everything you wrote is spot on. I remember having so much difficulty reaching save points and kept dying or got stressed out that a strong enemy would approach me because I didn't have much health left anymore and I was out of healing items which happened oh so much. And that limited inventory slots was outrageous, it was like 10 things max or something? Holy shit.

You'll notice that it's mostly people who don't like or haven't played the previous BoF's (3 and 4 in particular) who love that PIECE OF SHIT game the most. Having said that I can't understand people who don't like BoF3 and 4. They're like the perfect classic jrpgs, especially 3. The game is stuffed with fun stuff to do, the music rules, the battle system kicks ass, you got minigames all over the place and it's fun to explore towns and dungeons. You simply don't like jrpgs if you hate this game :/

BOF3 is fucking sick, although it's a bit heavy on the fetchquesting and has some infuriating parts (the desert and getting cooking supplies for the mayor)... how could one hate a game where you get to fight a wiseass Dolphin who speaks in an Aussie accent?

5 was good for what it was, though. It was certainly unique. If Capcom was to make a new BOF, I wouldn't mind either a traditional game or a Dragon Quarter-esque game.

Bebpo · « **Reply #4728 on:** March 14, 2011, 01:08:57 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on March 14, 2011, 04:46:55 AM

Disaster Report 4 Cancelled

I'm not going to debate on whether that was the right decision or not. But from a business perspective, IREM is so fucked right now. They can't spend 2+ years on Bumpty Trot 2 PS3 and then cancel it and move the staff to ZZT4 and spend 2 years+ on that and then cancel that too and still stay afloat with the only games their actually releasing being stuff like R-type Tactics and Dokidoki Suikoden catfight stripping game.

I'm honestly going to be surprised if they don't file bankruptcy in the next year :\

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #4729 on:** March 14, 2011, 01:39:55 PM »

Was Bumpy Trot 2 ever officially canceled?

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if ZZT4 resurfaces in 2012 or something. I know they're saying it's canceled, but stranger things have happened and IREM really needs to make money somehow.

Bebpo · « **Reply #4730 on:** March 14, 2011, 01:47:37 PM »

Never canceled officially, but canned unofficially.

http://www.irem.co.jp/company/recruit/outline.html
Interesting enough, Irem has 220 staff on its salary. First of all, how is that possible when they barely make any games. Second of all, how is that possible when they barely make any money. I sense a scam going on somewhere....

tbh, I think ZZT4 was a mess and nowhere near finished/working/fun. Irem hasn't released an HD game yet after struggling on them for 4 years now. I think it might've been out of their league and the game might have been in limbo and it made more sense to cancel it after what just happened then continue to work on it.

Maybe the staff will go back to Bumpy Trot 2? I dunno. I honestly don't see how they're going to stay afloat.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #4731 on:** March 14, 2011, 01:53:17 PM »

Irem seems like a company that would do pretty well on the DS and Wii, but they haven't released a single game for either.

cool breeze · « **Reply #4732 on:** March 14, 2011, 01:55:41 PM »

Irem put out a few games on the PSP, right? I think it was a remake of an old platformer or something

yeah, hammerin hero was published by Atlus in America

according to wiki, they also released Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3: Kowareyuku Machi no Kanojo no Uta

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #4733 on:** March 14, 2011, 05:51:05 PM »

This sums up an argument I was having with Himuro in one of our dumb zelda threads

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #4734 on:** March 14, 2011, 06:24:46 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=26485987&postcount=148

BLAREREAKLAJAKLHGALKJFALKJFALKFJaaaaaaaaaaaaaAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRJGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

This is my hell, folks.

Himu · « **Reply #4735 on:** March 14, 2011, 06:29:58 PM »

Quote from: EmCeeGrammar on March 14, 2011, 05:51:05 PM

This sums up an argument I was having with Himuro in one of our dumb zelda threads

(Image removed from quote.)

I've read that comic, but doing that with the game in question (DDS2) makes no sense to me.

It devolves the game to the most essential bare ingredients of gaming and would make the game boring.

I can understand that you can enjoy games in the most simplest form, and while I can too, I enjoy a full experience.

The only games where I skip the cutscenes are games like Klonoa or Mario or something, where the story is so trivial it doesn't matter.

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #4736 on:** March 14, 2011, 06:36:07 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on March 14, 2011, 06:29:58 PM

It devolves the game to the most essential bare ingredients of gaming

You say this like its a bad thing!

Himu · « **Reply #4737 on:** March 14, 2011, 06:38:45 PM »

I like playing what a developer intended.

DDS is a dungeon crawler. The dialogue and cutscenes break up the dungeon crawling with a breather. By taking out the cutscenes and dialogue the game is now no more evolved than a game made in 1990.

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #4738 on:** March 14, 2011, 06:48:24 PM »

Developers intend a lot of things. Often undesirable. I see no reason to play something as 'intended' by someone else.

Himu · « **Reply #4739 on:** March 14, 2011, 06:51:39 PM »

because it's not the full product. if i pay for something, i want the full product.

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