If I could have only one thing for Christmas it would be General Gaming Thread #18

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I've been meaning to play Okami. I'll probably just rent the Wii one. It looks really good.

It's snowing up here like crazy! Word up!
 
[quote name='jimfoley16']I've been meaning to play Okami. I'll probably just rent the Wii one. It looks really good.

It's snowing up here like crazy! Word up![/quote]

Okami is really good, I'd like to see what they do with the Wii version.
 
I can't wait til' Okami on Wii... Really looking forward to replaying the game.

Out of all the 2D metroid games... I like Super Metroid and Metroid Zero Mission the best... Fusion is close behind though, and then theres the original.

I remember when I was 5 and I first beat Metroid... that would have to be the first real feeling of accomplishment I've ever had from beating a video game... I didn't draw maps or anything like that or have a strategy guide... I just went through the game by memory... It was a totally new experience for me and it helped me to appreciate/become more addicted to games... It's a game that I will credit for my passion in video games as long as I'll live... :)
 
tag... I´ve been so fucking busy this weekend with getting an art show together with some friends and tonight saw the results... it turned out so good that the show I´m doing with the same people next week will be eve crazier better. plus I´m typing this on a girl I highly respect and may ask out that was in the show since I´m staying the night with her at her place... so so far so good.

so in terms of gaming... got mass effect citadel missions all done and now will focus more on the space missions, and then work on main story... easily the best game i´ve played on the system aside from every extend extra extreme and skate.
 
My friend ruined Okami for me so I never played all the way through it. He wouldn't shut up about it being the greatest game ever and stuff. So eventually I played it and I'm like "meh"

Kinda ironic since I'm the reason he bought it in the first place. I bet he wouldn't have played it ever if it wasn't for me telling him too.
 
[quote name='jimfoley16']I've been meaning to play Okami. I'll probably just rent the Wii one. It looks really good.

It's snowing up here like crazy! Word up![/QUOTE]

I remember when one of my Cousins told the exact same thing. Turns out it snowed like 4 inches. Where as in good ole B-Lo it snows at least a foot or so every other day (with the other day usually being some sort of freak heatwave, rainstorm, Tsunami, Tornado or Monsoon :lol: )

Really liked Okami, then my PS2 died, then other stuff happened, then I waited for a price drop that never came, now I'm looking forward to the Wii port. Hopefully Capcom plays it smart and makes the MSRP $29.99.

Good night, sweet GGT.
 
[quote name='Chacrana']Sigh... seems like Vista is truly worthless. I'm gonna go with XP again just because I know I can rely on it.

hankmecrankme, how do you get the DX10 effects in Crysis when you're using XP? That's really the only thing I need to know to justify reverting.[/QUOTE]
http://www.crysis-online.com/forum/...673785685a349&topic=11837.msg204082#msg204082

There you go. Sorry I took so long. I actually changed the low settings (1) so I could run a custom mix of high and very high. I had everything on very high except for textures. They look about the same, but it stutters less. Just overwrite the (1) setting with the (4), then low will actually be very high.

What happened with Vista? I used it for a while, until it stopped mounting my flash drive. I'm waiting for the service pack, then I'm going to try it again.
 
To celebrate University of Hawaii's come-from-behind victory against Washington, I will now play some Mass Effect.
 
[quote name='whoknows']I want something to play online with others. That help?[/QUOTE]


then go with UNO... probably the most social and active Live game out there...
 
Did I ever mention in here that I fuckin LOVE Vampires?

I'm buying the rest of the Vampire Hunter D novels to feed my obsession... The first volume of the manga just came out too... It got a US release before being serialized in Japan... which is pretty odd...

I'm still mad though about the shitty PS1 game lolol...

I watch all kinds of vampiric/occult anime too... Hope nothing is wrong with my head...

One time I was at the San Diego Comic-Con late at night... like 11 PM, setting up the gaming room for the Tekken tournament we were having the next day... and a group of goth dressed individuals came up to me and asked me if I wanted to roleplay 'vampire the masquerade' with their group... I politely declined. I draw the line somewhere lolol....

Freaks...

(No offense if any of you roleplay and stuff)... :)
 
[quote name='Silent Assassin120']Hey Zew my g, what did you think of the end of AC?[/QUOTE]
Wasn't a big fan, but I'm hoping it all builds up to an even better sequel, now that the cats out the bag.

[quote name='-Never4ever-']Don't you mean Okami rips TP? Yeah, Okami could very well be the better game, but they both dropped around the same time and while both featured canine shenanigans, Zelda kinda did the whole pseudo-action RPG long before Okami. :razz:[/QUOTE]


Nah, TP came out 3 months later. I really enjoyed everything about Okami, while the only thing I liked about TP was Midna.

I'm sure it wasn't a direct rip-off, but playing TP afterwards just had thinking about how much Okami did stuff better.
 
I actually played a bit of Vampire Masqurade D&D type games rarely with friends back in my geeked up D&D days... then again, my D&D character back then was raised in a whorehouse, who married a whore who turned out to be an angel being sent to protect my character who danced with badgers and had his dog killed by the guy who made the badger dance by an oversized cockroach... just ordinary stuff.
 
Is it wrong my little sisters current favorite games are Hitman Blood Money, Persona 3, and Assassins Creed? (Mainly watch me play, but I let her try sometimes just for fun :p )
 
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[quote name='MarkMan']I'm buying the rest of the Vampire Hunter D novels to feed my obsession... [/QUOTE]
Eh, have you read a couple books first? I liked the first one, but the 2nd one turned me off the whole series. Every action scene boiled down to "D did something so fast that you couldn't see it, then the other guy did something so fast that you could hardly see it, then D did something so fast though you couldn't see it. THE END"
 
[quote name='gunm']Ha! And Foley thought I bought more games than anyone here. :)

I finally got off the Citadel last night. Tonight I begin my
spectre
work.[/quote]

Where are you heading first?
 
[quote name='hankmecrankme']http://www.crysis-online.com/forum/...673785685a349&topic=11837.msg204082#msg204082

There you go. Sorry I took so long. I actually changed the low settings (1) so I could run a custom mix of high and very high. I had everything on very high except for textures. They look about the same, but it stutters less. Just overwrite the (1) setting with the (4), then low will actually be very high.

What happened with Vista? I used it for a while, until it stopped mounting my flash drive. I'm waiting for the service pack, then I'm going to try it again.[/QUOTE]

Well, the first problem was that Gears of War ran into an issue so that I couldn't play it. That's a big fuckin' problem. The bigger problem, however, was that it kept giving me a message that some display driver bullshit has stopped working. I looked it up and it turns out that it's a Vista only problem and there's no fix. Thought about it for a second and realized "oh wait, this is fucking stupid." So I threw XP on there (I'm on XP right now) and I'm hoping it's functional... which it fuckin' should be.

On the bright side, though, when I did have Vista, Crysis configured itself to run in Very High mode with all the DX10 stuff, and it was running fine at the 360 resolution (1280 X 720 or something). Does the very high mode in XP give you all the DX10 effects then?

Oh, and I'm not sure you want your OS mounting your flash drive. That's just... gross.




edit: Oh yeah, and you PS3 owning sons are in for a treat when Unreal Tournament 3 comes out. Holy shit is that game fun. I like that in the PC version, you don't need to have the disc in to play the game. It's such a pick up and play game that's perfect for killing like 10 or 20 minutes (or hours if you really want) so being able to simply click on the game and play it without anything further is nice.
 
2 things...

Markman, did you ever read I Am Legend if you're into vampires? That novel is incredible.

And Zew, is that from Persona 3? I don't really like jRPGs but I think I might dig that, gonna give it a shot over Winter Break I think.
 
In between rounds of CoD online, and Tomb Raider Anniversary, Ive been playing Asteroids. I actually spent the $5 for it.

The revamped games are crap tho, I only play the classic games. I think Im one of the very few who have bought it tho, noone on my friends list has it, lol.

And on the PS2 front, lots of Firepro mixed with not nearly as much KoF XI.

The Wii has been neglected recently, which sucks, cos I really want to give some lovin to Galaxy.
 
[quote name='linkpwns']Where are you heading first?[/quote]

I'm in Artemis Tau.
I went to find the marines and now I'm in some mining colony exploring the mines. I think it's where Liandra is. At least that's where I left off last night.
 
This Activision / Vivendi merger isn't good... I'm afraid the quality of Blizzard games will slip. I wish they had at least released SC2 first :/
 
Went back to Half-Life 1. It is a bad, bad game. First of all, whoever invented the controls for climbing ladders in PC FPS should be shot. Repeatedly. In the testicles. There is no way to reliably and safely get on and off of ladders at all times. And the oversensitive controls guarantee that once you're off the ladder (by accident,) you'll be flying far enough away from it that you won't be able to catch it again until you've splattered on the floor below.

And for some reason this game gives you no time to react to humans shooting at you. If you can see them, they're already draining your life, at a ridiculous rate. You can kill one as soon as it pops around the corner in one shot at close range, and it has still somehow drained 20% of your life before dying. Bullshit. Then there's also the joy of using the keyboard to hit three nonadjacent keys at once, spreading your hand into a claw, just to crawl-jump in a hole.
 
[quote name='pete5883']Went back to Half-Life 1. It is a bad, bad game. First of all, whoever invented the controls for climbing ladders in PC FPS should be shot. Repeatedly. In the testicles. There is no way to reliably and safely get on and off of ladders at all times. And the oversensitive controls guarantee that once you're off the ladder (by accident,) you'll be flying far enough away from it that you won't be able to catch it again until you've splattered on the floor below.

And for some reason this game gives you no time to react to humans shooting at you. If you can see them, they're already draining your life, at a ridiculous rate. You can kill one as soon as it pops around the corner in one shot at close range, and it has still somehow drained 20% of your life before dying. Bullshit. Then there's also the joy of using the keyboard to hit three nonadjacent keys at once, spreading your hand into a claw, just to crawl-jump in a hole.[/quote]

it's easy to bash a game for it's gameplay mechanics that almost 10 years old huh?
 
[quote name='SL4IN']it's easy to bash a game for it's gameplay mechanics that almost 10 years old huh?[/QUOTE]
Yep. But how did everyone love it at the time? Have they come up with any better FPS controls since then?
 
[quote name='pete5883']Yep. But how did everyone love it at the time? Have they come up with any better FPS controls since then?[/quote]

half-life's controls aren't bad in the first place, and half life 2's controls are very tight and refined.
 
Played some more Chrono Cross this morning and finally got back to where I was a year or so ago before my save file was corrupted (about 10 hrs in).

I also renewed my City of Heroes account to check out some of the new content that was just added. I do like that they finally added weapons customizaton, and some of the new story threads are pretty fun. Hopefully they will have their winter event before my subscription expires.
 
[quote name='gunm']
I'm in Artemis Tau.
I went to find the marines and now I'm in some mining colony exploring the mines. I think it's where Liandra is. At least that's where I left off last night.
[/quote]

I first hit
Hanshan Port

But now I'm pissed off. I just got out of the part where
you drive the buggy to get to where the Matriarch is. So, I got inside. I died 3 times trying to get through the first room. I spent 30 minutes on that fucking dumb puzzle for turning the power back on. Then I fixed the line on the roof. I then got up the the part with the reactor, died at the hands of two of the geth destroyers, and died, and now I have to restart my frickin thing from the first room after I got out of the buggy. I'm fuckin' pissed!
 
Im dying to play more games.
I have a paper to write when I get home.
Probably play mass effect and get back to persona 3 this week, or super paper mario, or AC.

Help. To.Many.Games.
 
[quote name='jimfoley16'] is that from Persona 3? I don't really like jRPGs but I think I might dig that, gonna give it a shot over Winter Break I think.[/QUOTE]
Yes.

Persona 3 is the shit.
 
pete: Yes I've read the second book... I enjoyed it, it was different from the first, which what made me like it more...

Jim: Yes I've checked it out... I'm kinda skeptical how the movie will be handled by Hollywood... I mean if they run it to the end it won't make for a good flick... or will it? Then again the Omega Man starring Mr. Heston wasn't bad.. Then again it wasn't 100% accurate to the novel... o well lol... I still need to watch the first I Am Legend flick... "The Last Man on Earth"....

Yes, Persona 3 is the shit. I'm hoping I get FES early.

Oh yea, lil' news tidbit... BIG PS3 fighting game is coming out in May(or close to it). I won't say what, rather can't say.
 
[quote name='MarkMan']

Yes, Persona 3 is the shit. I'm hoping I get FES early.[/QUOTE]
Wait a damn minute, are you telling me that an English release of FES is definitely coming out?!!
 
[quote name='MarkMan'] Jim: Yes I've checked it out... I'm kinda skeptical how the movie will be handled by Hollywood... I mean if they run it to the end it won't make for a good flick... or will it? Then again the Omega Man starring Mr. Heston wasn't bad.. Then again it wasn't 100% accurate to the novel... o well lol... I still need to watch the first I Am Legend flick... "The Last Man on Earth"....

Oh yea, lil' news tidbit... BIG PS3 fighting game is coming out in May(or close to it). I won't say what, rather can't say.[/QUOTE]

First, I only saw the Omega Man a long ass time ago, but I remember being okay. I haven't seen The Last Man on Earth either. From the trailers and everything I've seen so far, they've definately taken some liberties, but I'm still looking forward to it. I'm a big Will Smith fan and optimistic about the project.

As for the big PS3 fighting game, I wish I knew haha. I had my PS3 all lined up to be eBayed on the 11th, but now... goddamn it. Hopefully the news comes out before then.
 
[quote name='zewone']Wait a damn minute, are you telling me that an English release of FES is definitely coming out?!![/QUOTE]
It was pretty much confirmed awhile back. Several voice actors had announced they were voicing characters in it.
 
That art book delay for Persona 3 must have been TERRIBLE lol...

I remember I was ready to pick it up at retail(have been playing a review build prior to that), then I heard about the art book thing... I'm like WTF!?
 
[quote name='MarkMan']That art book delay for Persona 3 must have been TERRIBLE lol...

I remember I was ready to pick it up at retail(have been playing a review build prior to that), then I heard about the art book thing... I'm like WTF!?[/QUOTE]

MM, knowing my tastes in fighters, do you think it's worth it for me to keep my PS3 around?
 
[quote name='MarkMan']That art book delay for Persona 3 must have been TERRIBLE lol...

I remember I was ready to pick it up at retail(have been playing a review build prior to that), then I heard about the art book thing... I'm like WTF!?[/QUOTE]
The delay is the reason I didn't get it at release. I was planning to grab it on it's original release date.
 
I trying to finish up Skate, hopefully tonight after work. You still play Rolento? I'd like to see some of you videos.
 
[quote name='jimfoley16']MM, knowing my tastes in fighters, do you think it's worth it for me to keep my PS3 around?[/quote]

Nope...!

+ The PS3 will be easy to find and can only get cheaper/have better deals down the road...

+ you have a 360 right? The only fighter that's coming out on PS3 other than Tekken 6/Soul Calibur 4 that is worth getting (to me) is SSF2T HD... But that'll be on 360 anyways...
 
[quote name='MarkMan']Nope...!

+ The PS3 will be easy to find and can only get cheaper/have better deals down the road...

+ you have a 360 right? The only fighter that's coming out on PS3 other than Tekken 6/Soul Calibur 4 that is worth getting (to me) is SSF2T HD... But that'll be on 360 anyways...[/QUOTE]

Yeah, and SC4 is still multi-platform right? Cause I'll just get it for 360 since I have a stick for that anyway. I may pick up another PS3 by the time Tekken 6 is out but I doubt it.

I think I'll just sell it. The only thing that could probably convince to pick up another PS3 down the road is if for some god awful reason Street Fighter 4 was exclusive to it.

Thanks for the quick reply.
 
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