Random Gaming Talk Thread

[magus]

WORST JOKE EVER

[Diunx]

lol even my work mail signature looks more professional than that, pretty badly made fake.

[Himu]

Was FFX-2 any good?  Looks too cheesy for me.

FFX-2 owns. It's supposed to be cheesy, the game is a satire of the jrpg genre and specifically Final Fantasy games. It's just lighthearted fun adventures with the best FF job system yet. Great quests, lots and lots to do. Love that game.

The only people who dislike FFX-2 are people who take their Final Fantasy too seriously and take everything in the game as face value.

[Joe Molotov]

lol even my work mail signature looks more professional than that, pretty badly made fake.

What gives it away is that it said they're going to made Chocobo raising fun. Obvious fake.

[maxy]

Fuck that shit.

Are you talking about my post,good sir?

The article that I linked has a bit misleading headline

In an interview with games™ magazine, Sweeney expressed concerns on the slow load times and restrictions that mechanical media exposes.

“Spinning mechanical media is truly an awful distribution scenario for gaming”

“Spinning mechanical media is truly an awful distribution scenario for gaming,” said Sweeney. "Accessing a random piece of data takes up to a quarter second. NAND-based flash memory access times are measured in nanoseconds. Many of the limitations in current-gen games derive from the hardware’s inability to load random-access data quickly.”

The technical director concluded: “I’d expect mechanical media to play no role in future devices.”

Fast flash media ftw

No need to reinvent the wheel,just use USB 3.0(it will be in next gen consoles anyway,no extra cost there)

[magus]

lol even my work mail signature looks more professional than that, pretty badly made fake.

What gives it away is that it said they're going to made Chocobo raising fun. Obvious fake.

YELLOW? RESET! YELLOW? RESET! YELLOW? RESET! MALE GREEN? RESET! YELLOW? RESET!

oh the memories the memories :'(

[magus]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

you know korean gaming always puzzled me,you see developers going about the horror of piracy! increased development cost! *gasp* SECOND HAND MARKET! yet these guys keep cranking games over and over and over and they are always F2P MMORPG that looks better than certain wii games (obvisouly i'm not talking about the puzzle bubble video above),how are they able to do that? don't korean ever get sick of playing MMORPG? why the fuck they are able to do decent online and a big developer like nintendo is not?

[Powerslave]

yeah Oscar, teach that dumbass himu a lesson

[Powerslave]

btw classic Sonic aka the only REAL Sonic ftw

hope they throw that faggotass modern design out of the window for good

[archie4208]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

you know korean gaming always puzzled me,you see developers going about the horror of piracy! increased development cost! *gasp* SECOND HAND MARKET! yet these guys keep cranking games over and over and over and they are always F2P MMORPG that looks better than certain wii games (obvisouly i'm not talking about the puzzle bubble video above),how are they able to do that? don't korean ever get sick of playing MMORPG? why the fuck they are able to do decent online and a big developer like nintendo is not?

The developers complaining about piracy and used games usually aren't the same ones churning out F2P titles. (mostly because the F2P publishers have learned to make profitable games) 

[Great Rumbler]

Piracy and used games sales really aren't issues when you're talking about F2P games [since the money comes from people buying in-game doodads not from game sales].

[archie4208]

Piracy and used games sales really aren't issues when you're talking about F2P games [since the money comes from people buying in-game doodads not from game sales].

And spending far, far, more than if it were a $60 title.

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Not angry at Riot, no sir. 

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[Great Rumbler]

Also, those F2P games, while appearing glossy on the surface, tend to have incredibly repetitive, incredibly bland gameplay, aside from a few exceptions.

[naff]

Angry Birds is now the best selling PSN game... Ever

[Beezy]

PSN

[Himu]

FFX-2 owns. It's supposed to be cheesy, the game is a satire of the jrpg genre and specifically Final Fantasy games. It's just lighthearted fun adventures with the best FF job system yet. Great quests, lots and lots to do. Love that game.

The only people who dislike FFX-2 are people who take their Final Fantasy too seriously and take everything in the game as face value.

Ehn, I found it annoying and tiresome.  It was like an entire game made up of the irritating sidequests that I never do in FF games.  Great battle system but I need more than that to go on.

The only people who like FFX-2 are people who like to have sex with young Brazilian boys.

You're acting like sex with brazilian boys is a bad thing. :colbert:

I like the quests. Getting all the crimson sphere was a blast, and doing things out of order was great and it has amazing replay value.

Let me correct what I said, the bulk of people who think FFX-2 suck are people who have ridiculous expectations or take their games/rpgs too seriously. There are people who have actual legitimate complaints, like you, but those are few. People usually only ever critique the game on aesthetic choices only. "They turned Zanarkand into a tourist attraction? They have defiled my game!" when that's the whole point, for example. And it really goes to show how superficial and close-minded a bulk of the fanbase truly is.

[magus]

give up himuro,you just like all the bad final fantasies

[Himu]

big words coming from an ff13 supporter

[magus]

well there is always FF13-2 to ruin it up,i can't wait for the sidequest where lightining has to make two giant turtle mates

http://www.egapon.jp/

FIIIVAAAAAAAHHHHHH

[Himu]

Hopefully FF13-2 owns

Sorry, Magus. If you haven't noticed, all of my favorite FF's barring 4, are games that feature heavy customization and the user taking control of every aspect of the game: 5, 6, 8, 10-2, 12, and tactics. These are the games with the spreadsheets, the customization, the numbers, the exploration, that role playing satisfication of building a team of dudes with my own mind. I love that aspect of rpgs, and these games represent that ten fold.

[Joe Molotov]

Angry Birds is now the best selling PSN game... Ever

yearofplaystation.com

[Himu]

Yeah, like it's not popular everywhere else.

[pilonv1]

I swear 50%+ of this thread is useless jibberish about Final Fantasy

[Bebpo]

I swear 50% of this thread forum is himuro/magus

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I enjoy reading himuro/magus gaming blog 

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[The Sceneman]

Himuro vs. Magus: JRPG cockbutt debate 2011

whoever wins, we all lose

[iconoclast]

Some guy on XBL sent me a message pretending to be my cousin. Seriously, who does that?

[naff]

http://www.egapon.jp/

 

[pilonv1]

I swear 50% of this thread forum is himuro/magus

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I enjoy reading himuro/magus gaming blog 

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they should start a blog called himagus, where the logo could be a haggis with a giant cock

[Robo]

Some guy on XBL sent me a message pretending to be my cousin. Seriously, who does that?

"cousin" is just slang for friend, bro.

[archie4208]

A new Humble Bundle is available.  It only has Frozenbyte games in it, though.

[Stoney Mason]

Looks like Socom 4 is getting very middling reviews not that I expected anything differently.

[demi]

Some guy on XBL sent me a message pretending to be my cousin. Seriously, who does that?

"cousin" is just slang for friend, bro.

Uh, wtf. Are you guys brothers?

[iconoclast]

Some guy on XBL sent me a message pretending to be my cousin. Seriously, who does that?

"cousin" is just slang for friend, bro.

I've never seen anyone use "cousin" as friend. "cuz" (cus? cous?) is more like it, and regardless, since I was confused I asked the guy if he was my cousin and he said yes. And, well, he's not.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Some guy on XBL sent me a message pretending to be my cousin. Seriously, who does that?

"cousin" is just slang for friend, bro.

Uh, wtf. Are you guys brothers?

"brother" is just slang for black person, daddio

[Stoney Mason]

Looks like Socom 4 is getting very middling reviews not that I expected anything differently.

Is this the Zipper one?

yeah

[pilonv1]

another underwhelming Sony first party game? Must be a Tuesday

[magus]

http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/game/psp/gkh/index.html

this game is going to be so kickass

[maxy]

Some UK data


Full list of the Top 40 best-selling entertainment products in 2010:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops [Activision Blizzard] – 3,266,298
2. Avatar [20th Century Fox] – 3,001,769
3. FIFA 11 [Electronic Arts] – 2,390,231
4. Toy Story 3 [Walt Disney Studios] – 2,082,461
5. Progress (Take That) [Universal Music] – 1,933,205
6. The Twilight Saga: New Moon [Entertainment One] – 1,889,187   
7. The Twlight Saga: Eclipse [Entertainment One] – 1,334,490
8. Inception [Warner Home Video] – 1,328,290
9. Just Dance [Ubisoft] – 1,305,338
10. 2012 [Sony Pictures] – 1,298,705
11. Crazy Love (Michael Buble) [Warner Music] – 1,289,304
12. Now That’s What I Call Music 77 [EMI Music/UniversalMusic] – 1,255,006
13. The Hurt Locker [Elevation Sales] – 1,247,604
14. Up [Walt Disney Studios] – 1,236,066
15. Sherlock Holmes [Warner Home Video] – 1,217,637
16. Red Dead Redemption [Take-Two] – 1,135,559
17. The Fame (Lady Gaga) [Universal Music] – 1,104,504
18. The Hangover [Warner Home Video] – 1,024,546
19. Alice In Wonderland [Walt Disney Studios] – 943,220
20. Shrek Forever After - The Final Chapter [Paramount] – 928,726
21. Wii Fit Plus [Nintendo] – 920,811
22. Just Dance 2 [Ubisoft ] – 903,866
23. Loud (Rihanna) [Universal Music] – 881,588
24. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood [Ubisoft] – 880,755
25. The Defamation of Strickland Banks (Plan B) [Warner Music] – 867,698
26. Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang    [Universal Pictures] – 831,572
27. Iron Man 2 [Paramount] – 826,595
28. Wii Sports Resort [Nintendo] – 818,554
29. Now That’s What I Call Music 76 [EMI Music/UniversalMusic] – 807,764
30. Sunny Side Up (Paolo Nutini) [Warner Music] – 807,751
31. The Element of Freedom (Alicia Keys) [Sony Music] – 806,340
32. Lungs (Florence & The Machine) [Universal Music] – 789,847
33. District 9 [Sony Pictures] – 781,336
34. Halo: Reach [Microsoft] – 781,331
35. Alvin & The Chipmunks – The Squeakquel [20th Century Fox] – 781,327
36. Clash Of The Titans [Warner Home Video] – 766,681
37. Sex And The City 2 [Warner Home Video] – 765,961
38. Recovery (Eminem) [Universal Music] – 764,875   
39. Sign No More (Mumford & Sons) [Universal Music] – 746,461
40. Come Around Sundown (Kings of Leon) [Sony Music] – 729,001

Total: 47,472,262 units

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/43951/COD-is-UKs-biggest-entertainment-product-of-2010

[Beezy]

Florence & the Machine

[iconoclast]

Trouble Witches Neo! is coming out on April 27, yo. http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/04/13/trouble_witches_date/

April reinforces itself as Month of the Year

[cool breeze]

The demo for El Shaddai (is there a thread?) is out in Japan in supposed to be out later for Americans.

It's that artsy action game with Brad Pitt circa Troy wearing designer jeans.  Sounds interesting!

[Raban]

The demo for El Shaddai (is there a thread?) is out in Japan in supposed to be out later for Americans.

On 360?

[naff]

It's that artsy action game with Brad Pitt circa Troy wearing designer jeans.  Sounds interesting!

The label (I forget the name) actually produced those jeans from the game in Japan and sold out in an hour or so

[magus]

Takaki, who you might know as the producer-cum-director of the Half-Minute Hero games, says that he first thought of creating a Nintendo 3DS title back in April 2010.

In less than half a minute of this thought, he came to the conclusion that people wanted breasts represented in 3D. And thus, he began work on a design document for such a game.

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201104/images/00042354/FIH5UF6eohO2r6VX974194yaz3nz4e53.html

JAPAN!

[maxy]

Polish game budgets

Copy-paste from vgcharts,much better than gaf for legit sales data articles...posted on forums

There was quite interesting article on Bulletstorm but for us most interesting thing are development budgets mentioned for games developed by Polish companies.

http://polygamia.pl/Polygamia/1,96455,9355367,Bulletstorm___osobista_porazka__Najwiekszy_hit_ever_.html?bo=1

Sniper Ghost Warrior 3M PLN = 750k euro (for X360 and PC version)

Call of Juarez 2 Bound in Blood 30M PLN = 7500k euro

Witcher 1   - 25M PLN = 6250k euro

Witcher 2 - estimated to cost similarly as TW1

Bullestorm - over 20 millions of USD, likely to cost 80M pln (20M euro)

Maybe some polish nerd can see if translation is good

[iconoclast]

Kagura = 3DS killer app


I am excite for the El Shaddai demo. Game looks unbelievably good but they need to sell me on the gameplay.

[chronovore]

The demo for El Shaddai (is there a thread?) is out in Japan in supposed to be out later for Americans.

On 360?

Planned for next week in Japan, somewhat later for UNWORTHY GAIJIN-SAMA!

[Raban]

The demo for El Shaddai (is there a thread?) is out in Japan in supposed to be out later for Americans.

On 360?

Planned for next week in Japan, somewhat later for UNWORTHY GAIJIN-SAMA!

I tried to download it on my Jap account but it's Gold only

[Mr. Gundam]

I tried the El Shaddai demo. Looks great and the one-button combat was more complex than I thought it would be.

[magus]

http://blog.esuteru.com/archives/2932251.html

disturbingly sexualized caricatures of young girls 2!

[archie4208]

But the gameplay is so deep and they are 40,000 year old demons. 

[magus]

oh yea i forgot to add

Compile Heart has another collaboration with ex-Capcom executive Keiji Inafune. You can ask Inafune questions on this site and he might answer you in the Keiji Inafune Hyperdimension Life Counseling corner.

http://www.compileheart.com/neptune_mk2/soudan/form.htm

A MAN WHO'S NOT SCARED OF

[choco parfait]

Too bad Neptune itself is a horrible game, regardless of the loli consoles.

[Diunx]

I just heard a guy say that kinect is MS's biggest achievement in 20 years, smh.

[The Sceneman]

Windows 3.1 > Kinect

[Cravis]

The extended Twisted Metal trailer looks awesome. The Juggernaut is going to be badass in multiplayer.

[magus]

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[Raban]

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[magus]

the pic is showing a japanese retailer putting a super mario reminder in what looks like an attempt into moving more 3DS unit

the JIS art just says "PLEASE MARIO COME QUICKLY!!!" in a parody of a scene from dragon ball,i tought it was funny but i guess i should have explained it first

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unless i missed something since i got all of that just by using babelfish translate

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[magus]

http://redwagongames.com/Mays-Mystery/

PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE SHITTY EURO CLONE