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N1 just announced Classic Dungeon 2 for March 24th release. Will have several orders of magnitude more loot and jobs.

Pretty cool. I really liked CD but it just didn't have enough content for a full game. Give it tons more loot and other improvements and you'll have a kickass a-rpg rogue.

Oh and BlazBlue CS II for PSP.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3547 on:** December 20, 2010, 10:49:29 AM »

even magus doesn't care enough to respond. N1 is sooooo going out of business in March.

magus · « **Reply #3548 on:** December 20, 2010, 10:54:54 AM »

ahahahahahahahahahah

yea i didn't like cladun that much,it really didn't feel much like a N1 game to begin with,upon reading such a news my reaction was more along the lines of "heh....."

besides do we even know anything about it other than it's happening? does it looks different? is there a less annoying system to the magic circle? it's even harder for me to care when i don't even know stuff like that

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #3549 on:** December 20, 2010, 02:06:24 PM »

so they're re-releasing Hydrophobia with a ton of tweaks, and at a price of 800pts rather than the original's 1200pt asking price.
[youtube=560,345]hyPBZG9e8wE[/youtube]

I wonder how owners of the original release will feel about this.

demi · « **Reply #3550 on:** December 20, 2010, 02:07:27 PM »

Original owners get an update.

That said, I am definitely picking it up now.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3551 on:** December 20, 2010, 02:11:29 PM »

reminds me of how they overhauled Alone in the Dark for the PS3 version.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #3552 on:** December 20, 2010, 02:14:12 PM »

Alone in the Dark was a pretty good game. Terrible controls and horrible, horrible ending tho.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3553 on:** December 20, 2010, 02:15:25 PM »

Cool. I always wanted to try that one but the mixed reviews turned me off at the time. I'm much more willing to buy in at that price.

iconoclast · « **Reply #3554 on:** December 20, 2010, 02:17:38 PM »

It's cool that they're addressing all of these complaints, but it seems like they're just trying to polish a turd.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3555 on:** December 20, 2010, 02:18:02 PM »

Quote from: InfectedGib on December 20, 2010, 02:14:12 PM

Alone in the Dark was a pretty good game. Terrible controls and horrible, horrible ending tho.

I stopped playing it the second time they expected me to drive around and burn bushes.

I played it on PC and apparently they changed the PS3 version a lot based on criticism. There were plans to patch the 360 version, but at that point no one cared anymore.

Philip Cardgage · « **Reply #3556 on:** December 20, 2010, 02:47:55 PM »

yep, gonna get it now

Bebpo · « **Reply #3557 on:** December 20, 2010, 03:53:41 PM »

Quote from: iconoclast on December 20, 2010, 02:17:38 PM

It's cool that they're addressing all of these complaints, but it seems like they're just trying to polish a turd.

.

Didn't the original get like a 3/10 from some site?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #3558 on:** December 20, 2010, 07:09:42 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on December 20, 2010, 10:49:29 AM

even magus doesn't care enough to respond. N1 is sooooo going out of business in March.

has magus ever paid for a game? He pirated Braid ffs when he could have paid 1 CENT for it

The Sceneman · « **Reply #3559 on:** December 20, 2010, 07:11:50 PM »

Quote from: InfectedGib on December 20, 2010, 02:14:12 PM

Alone in the Dark was a pretty good game. Terrible controls and horrible, horrible ending tho.

THE FUCKING UNIVERSE

Alone in the Dark has one of the greatest line of dialogue ever in a game:

"I don't know about your stone, and FUCK YOU ANYWAY!"

those crazy euros

magus · « **Reply #3560 on:** December 20, 2010, 07:25:01 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on December 20, 2010, 07:09:42 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on December 20, 2010, 10:49:29 AM
even magus doesn't care enough to respond. N1 is sooooo going out of business in March.

has magus ever paid for a game? He pirated Braid ffs when he could have paid 1 CENT for it

well i do have some early DS games like yoshi touch & go (which i bought as a play-asia special) or pac-pix (which was also bought second hand) i have a disgustingly high score on yoshi touch & go something along the lines of 13.000 meters... and i S ranked every pac-pix stage

Diunx · « **Reply #3561 on:** December 20, 2010, 09:37:48 PM »

What the hell! the red dead zombie thingy is an actual physical game? I thought it was a dlc or some shit but today I saw the box at a store.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3562 on:** December 20, 2010, 10:05:45 PM »

It's roughly the same as Episodes from Liberty City, in that it is technically DLC but doesn't actually require the original game to play.

demi · « **Reply #3563 on:** December 20, 2010, 10:33:03 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on December 20, 2010, 09:37:48 PM

What the hell! the red dead zombie thingy is an actual physical game? I thought it was a dlc or some shit but today I saw the box at a store.

It is DLC. You dont play the full RDR, just that particular DLC.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3564 on:** December 20, 2010, 10:45:03 PM »

I posted this on gaf because I think out loud a lot and don't usually write it.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=25020503#post25020503

Quote

I bought Broken Sword DC on steam today for $2.50 and I started thinking about how nice it'd be if I could play it at home on my PC and then continue playing it when I'm traveling on my iphone and then resume back on my PC again.

Then I started thinking about how games really should give you copies on multiple platforms when you buy them. When you buy a movie these days you get the blu-ray to watch at home, the digital version to watch on your pc or phone or on the go, and the dvd version to watch elsewhere. Games should head in that direction. I can't count the number of console games I've rebought on the PC or portable systems just for accessibility at some point later. But I understand publishers wouldn't want to do this because they'd worry about lost sales from people selling off the versions they don't use or giving them to friends. But then you could make the same case about blu-ray combo packs with dvds and digital copies too.

In an ideal world you would buy a game and get access to every incarnation of it whether it's phone/console/pc/mac/handheld and their saves would all use cloud saving and so you could play anywhere and resume elsewhere.

But the world is not ideal and that's not going to happen.

So I got to thinking, what else can games do to go in the consumer appealing direction that movie combo packs have gone?

Well, these days almost everyone has a phone. Whether it's Android or Windows Phone or iphone. Most gamers have a phone and phone gaming/apps are taking off in a big way. So why not have phone features in your games? If your game is graphically simple enough like Broken Sword of many indie games, have cloud saving and let the players seamlessly go from one save on their PC/Console to resuming the game on their handheld and then vice-versa.

If your game is more technologically advanced and won't run identically on a phone, then figure out a creative way that the user can do something useful and fun with their save while they're out. For example let's use Gran Turismo 5. Imagine if you could download a phone app that let you log into your GT user profile with your current save and play B-spec races on your phone while you're out and about (for those who don't know, B-spec racing is where an AI races for you and you just give them some directions). It could just show dots on the map of the track that represent the cars and you give your commands. This way you could finish races and circuits away from home and then when you get back to your PS3 you'll have all the experience points, credits, and prize cars waiting for you.

Another example is Halo. Imagine a phone app that lets you build levels in the Forge while you're out or spectate on games your friends are currently playing. Imagine jumping on and seeing a 2d map with icons and you watch your buddies playing a match and can chat with them during it.

Even if your game doesn't have anything currently that you could integrate into a phone app. If this took off then you could start making extra low-fi gameplay systems that would be your phone app and what a user could do with your game while away from the title.

I think if advertised right, this could really help sell games as people would think it's cool that they can play the game at home and when they're out. It seems like a way gaming could take a positive step forward.

just my thoughts.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #3565 on:** December 20, 2010, 11:57:51 PM »

A CV HD rebalancing patch went up the other day. Stuff costs less mana and skeletons are able to slide, open chests, and get rezzed when the gold chest gets opened.

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #3566 on:** December 21, 2010, 09:37:46 AM »

Ahaha DA2 looks and sounds horrible. What exactly was wrong with the originals direction? Didn't it sell extremely well? Looks like Jade Empire all over again. I'm just hoping this is bad marketing because the first games marketing was horrendous.

demi · « **Reply #3567 on:** December 21, 2010, 10:25:35 AM »

DA2 sounds like they're addressing what was garbage about the first one. Can't wait.

Robo · « **Reply #3568 on:** December 21, 2010, 10:47:46 AM »

Quote from: demi on December 20, 2010, 10:33:03 PM

Quote from: Diunx on December 20, 2010, 09:37:48 PM
What the hell! the red dead zombie thingy is an actual physical game? I thought it was a dlc or some shit but today I saw the box at a store.

It is DLC. You dont play the full RDR, just that particular DLC.

It does, however, come with the full and complete (up to this point) multiplayer.

archie4208 · « **Reply #3569 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:14:04 AM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 21, 2010, 09:37:46 AM

Ahaha DA2 looks and sounds horrible. What exactly was wrong with the originals direction? Didn't it sell extremely well? Looks like Jade Empire all over again. I'm just hoping this is bad marketing because the first games marketing was horrendous.

"But before they could put the hammer on the nail with the style, the combat had to be re-tooled to make it eye-catching. In the past, numbers and statuses would fill the screen and possibly befuddle the player on what truly was taking place when participating in the battle. Now, Dragon Age II takes that all away"

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #3570 on:** December 21, 2010, 11:28:05 AM »

bahahahahaha

to be fair, numbers displayed on the gui are optional now

Bebpo · « **Reply #3571 on:** December 21, 2010, 02:47:43 PM »

Most of the Graces DLC costumes are stupid, but Haseo outfit is pretty hot. I might actually pay $4 for that whenever I sit down to play F.

I want a new .hack game already :X

magus · « **Reply #3572 on:** December 21, 2010, 03:26:27 PM »

i liked .hack concept a lot but i never finished neither the original or gu... the episode structure was so distinguished mentally-challenged,especialy in GU where most of the episode are compromised of horrible non-plot to drag the game around long enough to fulfill the quota....

was the psp one any good?

Bebpo · « **Reply #3573 on:** December 21, 2010, 03:38:22 PM »

never played it because it seemed like a spinoff entry without a lot of work done on it. I hear it's alright. If they never make another .hack game ever I might just play it for my .hack fix.

demi · « **Reply #3574 on:** December 21, 2010, 03:58:00 PM »

WKC Online > .hack

Why pretend when you can have the real thing?

magus · « **Reply #3575 on:** December 21, 2010, 04:26:52 PM »

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3363431&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1

gotta love SA let's play

Bebpo · « **Reply #3576 on:** December 21, 2010, 05:16:49 PM »

Quote from: demi on December 21, 2010, 03:58:00 PM

WKC Online > .hack

Why pretend when you can have the real thing?

Level 5 games are never better than anything else!

magus · « **Reply #3577 on:** December 21, 2010, 05:48:31 PM »

i liked dark chronicle

but rogue galaxy.... it kinda starts off good with a nice premise and a cool combat system but then all your characters get insta-win attack and the plot starts to pull cliche after cliche out of his ass and the whole game crash in such an horrendous manner that mere words cannot describe it

just for you... borean who has never played rogue galaxy and doesn't understand how stupid rogue galaxy gets

spoiler (click to show/hide)

- turns out that jaster is some sort of super warrior who literaly goes super saiyan
- of course kisala is a princess of a lost planet
- jaster let the bad guy escape for no reason at all,bad guy then proceed to kill the hero father for a random dramatic scene
- desert claw who helps you at the beginning of the game while being all mysterious and cool is actualy your real father
- you then go kick your mother ass for reason i can't clearly remember
- to stop the bad guy from awakening some ancient evil your party member have to get power from their hearts which basicaly amounts to watching cutscenes involving some very forced dramatic scenes about their personal issues,it might work for some of the serious character but when they have to invent something on the spot for character that amount to little more than comic relief like jupis or simon,it feels horrible rammed in

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also this dialogue totaly happens

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Albioth: After all the Drigellums have been collected, go see Yuvan. He will
forge your Drigellums into a single sword--
It will become the ultimate weapon, crafted from the combined strength
of your hearts.

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3578 on:** December 21, 2010, 06:21:55 PM »

Perfect example how Sony has screwed up with their Move advertising or awareness.

My older brother calls me and tells me he has just picked up a Wii for his wife and asking how to hook it up. Both of them are the very definition of the most casual of casual gamers by playing things like Facebook games and etc.

He already owns a PS 3 though. So I tell him there is a device for that called the move which is more precise and will allow him to use the hd graphics on his PS3. He neither knows about the move nor cares when I inform him of this.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #3579 on:** December 21, 2010, 06:25:12 PM »

no shit. move fails because it's not wii, simple as that. ps3 gamers want ps3 games + blu-ray; casuals aren't impressed by move because it just looks like a janky wii rip-off.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3580 on:** December 21, 2010, 06:48:46 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on December 21, 2010, 06:21:55 PM

Perfect example how Sony has screwed up with their Move advertising or awareness.

My older brother calls me and tells me he has just picked up a Wii for his wife and asking how to hook it up. Both of them are the very definition of the most casual of casual gamers by playing things like Facebook games and etc.

He already owns a PS 3 though. So I tell him there is a device for that called the move which is more precise and will allow him to use the hd graphics on his PS3. He neither knows about the move nor cares when I inform him of this.

haha yeah. on the other hand, microsoft has done a pretty good job. my parents, whose knowledge of video games amounts to: my son plays them -and- duck hunt on the nintendo, were about to buy me kinect for christmas because of one of those morning news/talk show programs. I managed to figure it out before they made the mistake of buying something I don't want at the moment, and couldn't even play if I did, and stop them. But I thought it was funny that they were aware of it and only assumed I haven't bought it because it was expensive.

oh, and the other Kinect related story was overhearing two kids begging their mom to buy Kinect for them. Sony

since no one knows about the move, no one will be disappointed when they don't get one...or do.

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #3581 on:** December 21, 2010, 09:10:21 PM »

We saw a kinct commercial, my father and I, and he tried to argue that it was better than buttons.

MCD · « **Reply #3582 on:** December 22, 2010, 04:15:39 AM »

Invite your father here.

magus · « **Reply #3583 on:** December 22, 2010, 04:29:46 AM »

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/12/22/monolith_recruit/

ehy it's another game that only bebpo gets to play

bebpo! *shakes fist*

maxy · « **Reply #3584 on:** December 22, 2010, 09:24:58 AM »

http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/1047465/Offensive-PlayStation-Move-ad-banned-ASA/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH

Trent Dole · « **Reply #3585 on:** December 22, 2010, 10:05:38 AM »

PUNCH TEH NEGRO
WHITE IS COMING

magus · « **Reply #3586 on:** December 22, 2010, 10:32:25 AM »

GOTY 2011

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

GOTY 2011

iconoclast · « **Reply #3587 on:** December 22, 2010, 12:28:18 PM »

Too bad Microsoft got Gal Gun censored.

I might buy it once it's <$30. I gotta get Idolmaster L4U one of these days too.

magus · « **Reply #3588 on:** December 22, 2010, 01:48:30 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

archie4208 · « **Reply #3589 on:** December 22, 2010, 01:52:51 PM »

How long until the C&D letters are doled out?

magus · « **Reply #3590 on:** December 22, 2010, 02:01:14 PM »

well this thing has been going forever so i guess as soon as they get ready to release the thing

The Sceneman · « **Reply #3591 on:** December 22, 2010, 07:31:50 PM »

Quote from: Trent Dole on December 20, 2010, 11:57:51 PM

A CV HD rebalancing patch went up the other day. Stuff costs less mana and skeletons are able to slide, open chests, and get rezzed when the gold chest gets opened.

skeletons getting loot is bullshit, those losers shouldn't get anything

The Sceneman · « **Reply #3592 on:** December 22, 2010, 07:39:58 PM »

Quote from: magus on December 22, 2010, 10:32:25 AM

GOTY 2011

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

GOTY 2011

looks pretty good, and wtf at 4:19

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #3593 on:** December 22, 2010, 10:24:40 PM »

Just beat BTTF Ep1

I think 2-4 hours is being extremely kind to this, I finished it in about 1 hour and i'm terrible at Adventure games.

It was pretty good overall, but the animation was terrible at times. I'm talking PS2 level of animation, and lots of audio problems. It's weird to go from Poker Night which had amazing lip syncing technology to this where everyone seems kind of...robotic.

It's great otherwise. Puzzles are nice, story was awesome, all the references are amazing

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Except the mario one

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. I have one major problem though...

END GAME SPOILER

spoiler (click to show/hide)

It seems like they're going to be sticking with 1931 throughout this first season, boooo

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Otherwise I liked it a lot, shame for the technical problems though.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3594 on:** December 23, 2010, 12:13:51 AM »

Errr, you finished it in an hour? I played an hour and I felt like I was maybe getting to the middle. Seemed like it'd be about 3 hours probably.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I convinced past version of Doc to build the rocket and now I need to get fuel and serve the subpoenas

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MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #3595 on:** December 23, 2010, 12:14:44 AM »

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Thats near the end, you do about three more small things and then you're done. The small things are super fun though.

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Bebpo · « **Reply #3596 on:** December 23, 2010, 12:15:31 AM »

Weird. Telltale adventure games are usually about 4-6 hours long. I wonder why this is so short in comparison. Maybe they had to rush it for xmas?

Well I guess I will finish it tomorrow

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #3597 on:** December 23, 2010, 12:17:39 AM »

I think they had to. There's missing lines of dialogue and shit, it sucks.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #3598 on:** December 23, 2010, 12:19:00 AM »

gamefly just sent me metroid other m

time for me to see for myself how badly ninja theory destroys a well loved franchise.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #3599 on:** December 23, 2010, 01:43:50 AM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on December 23, 2010, 12:19:00 AM

gamefly just sent me metroid other m

time for me to see for myself how badly ninja theory destroys a well loved franchise.

That game really fucking sucks. Why can't they just make a 2D Metroid on a home console?

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