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[quote name="affa" post="12092374" timestamp="1410660060"]Telling someone not to play Vice City (and even San Andreas) is crazy talk. CRAZY talk. Sure, the gameplay is slightly archaic compared to modern ones, but both are still very playable and definitely enjoyable.


RE: vita exploit... I really want to do this to play some psp/ps1 games, but i know damn well i'm never going to get to them before the next firmware update and by then i'm going to want to DL stuff so will overwrite my firmware with official stuff anyway. and i already own zhp and gladiator begins because i have good taste.

re: the other vita package exploit (not sure if mentioned in this thread) -- i know i'm a geek because the only reason i want to do this (you can install no-drm 'packages' from other regions) is because i want the damn e-reader they have in japan. i want an ereader on my vita so much. why the heck can't i have one, sony?[/quote]

If the dude thinks the gameplay in MGS 2 is trash, there's no way he'd enjoy Vice City.
 
Backlog_Overload said:
If the dude thinks the gameplay in MGS 2 is trash, there's no way he'd enjoy Vice City.
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BTW, most of the issues I talked about earlier were with the story, dialogue, and constant interruptions. Here's a summary I wrote up elsewhere of some of the actual gameplay elements that were issues (though there were many more):

The gameplay was ridiculously bad with the stupid combination of buttons you had to press in order to do anything. Want to peak around a corner and aim? Press up against the wall, hold R2/L2, hold square to pull out your gun, hit R1 to aim, release square to fire. What the fuck? Also you can't change your mind--once you put your finger on square you have to fire your gun, there's no way out.

Oh, you're fighting the fat man and you need to switch to your cool spray to make the bombs not explode? Run over to the bomb, equip the spray gun which puts you in 1st person mode; shit, you're too far away, unequip the cool spray so you can move again, get closer, re-equip the cool spray, spray the bomb, repeat two more times for the other two bombs. Shoot the fucker one time and he's up and planting more bombs. Repeat all over again.

BTW, the above also applies to using the sniper rifle and a number of other guns. Oh, and Raiden is literally the worst sniper in the world and has to take drugs just to not have crazy amounts of aim drift to the point where the gun is useless. You're usually better off using the pistol instead of the sniper rifle.

Prone and crouching in MGS2 were also terrible. Crouch and then try to move low? Nope, you're going to lay down on the ground and crawl, sucker. And when you crawl it's going to be full body length on the ground sticking out of whatever you were hiding behind, with a huge turn radius so movement is damn annoying.

Cool, you're at the end of the game and fighting the last boss...you know all the stealth and gun shit you've been doing all game? fuck that. Now you're going to use a sword, but it's got a range of 6", so you're going to get kicked around while doing incredibly short-range melee attacks that do almost no damage to the enemy. Sucks to be you.

The above isn't even getting into the constant phone calls and other cut scenes you're forced through. It was rare to go ten minutes of actual gameplay without getting interrupted by bullshit cutscenes that were almost always extraneous. Oh, and you want to save before you proceed to the next area? Guess what, you have to sit through a fucking conversation with your needy girlfriend about stupid shit that has nothing to do with what's going on.
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So yeah...I'm being told that I should give MGS3 a try as people generally like one or the other a lot more, but if I dislike both then the series probably isn't for me.

 
Thermopyle said:
I'm looking forward to tomorrow and finding out if the Target $20 pre-order card applies to all games over $40 again.
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I was gonna see if I can grab Madden 15 by pulling a price match at BB for $40, Preorder card for $20 off, then Cartwheel for another 25% off. That'll be a $15 upgrade cost. Minus what ever I can get in trade for last years edition and some other random games. I figure $10 to play new rosters on old-ish gen is just about right.
 
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I haven't watched any of the current Doctor Who season. I was planning to just watch on Amazon like I did last season. Last season they were charging $2.99 per episode in HD. The day after the premiere aired, I checked and they wanted $8.99 per episode. So I promptly said fuck that.

Edit: I just checked again. The premiere they want $5.99 for SD and $7.99 for HD. The following episodes are $1.99/$2.99 like they used to be. Why the fuck is the premiere so expensive?
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It's movieish length so they are pricing it like a christmas special release instead of a normal episode.

 
So I knew this was going to happen. Now that I have my PS4, and already have access to so many games to play on it, I'm finding it hard to go back to the PS3. I really want to finish a lot of the games I have.
 
Corgstradamus said:
Thermo what was your worst I missed it. Also no one redboxes here? Its been like 7-8 posts and I don't have an answer. WHAT? DO YOU GUYS HATE ME?
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I do redbox, it's due back at 9PM the following day, but I don't know when the clock on the day starts. If it IS 9PM as you said, then if you rented it on Monday at 9:01 then it would be due on Wednesday at 9:00PM. But I've never tried to micromanage it like that, I just rent it the morning of Tuesday so its due back Wednesday by 9:00 PM.

 
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Corgstradamus said:
I was curious about this... are we sure it's the matte finish or are we just going off last gen?
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I was mainly assuming it would be the same as last gen.

So that's all the Assassin's creed: Revelation multiplayer trophies, liars, it definitely took longer than 5 hours. Only have to go to lvl 20 to get the trophy but some of the abilities you get above lvl 20 are OP as fuck (like a smoke bomb that disables anyone in a 7 foot radius while leaving the dropper free to act, or a skill that when used on you doesn't let you do any attacks or use any abilities). The team balancing is also kinda bad, often they would put the lvl 50s on one team and then all the low levels on the other team, that makes the 10 minute match not very fun.

Also annoying if it doesn't find a game of the particular mode you are looking for it dumps you into a similar game type, If you don't want to play that game type you can't quit until it fully loads and inserts you into the match which can take 30-60 seconds. You can create a room to start a match of your choosing, but if no one joins your room in 30 seconds it dumps you into matchmaking again. That makes it quite annoying to get the trophy for playing a game of every multiplayer mode.

 
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ProfessorStotch said:
Joe Dirt quote of the day: "Sonic Racing Transformed is better than Mario Kart and my favorite kart racer of all time."
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ProfessorStotch said:
Joe Dirt: "I tried to get some of my friends to play this Sonic Racing game with me...but they all said they were busy."
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Joe Dirt: "I'm an idiot."
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ProfessorStotch said:
Holy crap guys. If you go to mrninjasquirrel's stream, he has comments on his screen. Every time you type mrninjasquirrel, your comment shows up in a big red block. Easy way to make sure you get noticed! And Matt and I totally aren't abusing it at all.
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Busy night, aye?
 
Finished Braid. Eh, it was alright. Definitely overrated. I've only got one trophy left, the speed run, and I have no desire to go for that right now after spending all day on this shit.

 
pitfallharry219 said:
Finished Braid. Eh, it was alright. Definitely overrated.
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pitfallharry219 said:
Finished Braid. Eh, it was alright. Definitely overrated. I've only got one trophy left, the speed run, and I have no desire to go for that right now after spending all day on this shit.
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The little that I've played of Braid I thought the same thing. I'll probably just use a walkthrough, get a couple trophies and delete.

 
Corgstradamus said:
Okay so anyone here have experience with Redbox? I heard the clock starts at 9pm... so if I am going to rent a couple games should I do it after 9pm and that means that I have until 9pm the next day before I get charged again?
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12:01am is when you want to rent. The game/movie is always due back "by 9pm the next day" so if you rent at 12:01am on Sunday the game won't be due back til 9pm on Monday.

Don't rent at 9:01pm, the game will still be due by 9pm the next day.

 
Obviously not everyone is going to like Braid because it's a challenging puzzle platformer.  But if you like that genre of games, then Braid is the best of the best.

 
The mechanics of Braid are ok, it's the pretense of trying to dress it up in something more "important" and "profound" is what grinds my gears. Too often when a critic doesn't understand something obtuse, their reaction is to say "this is BRILLIANT!" Pretty good, yes, 100's and high 90's? fuck no.

So the one semi-positive review I read of Killzone: Shadowfall ages ago mentioned a personal drone the OWL (a lot of the negative reviews didn't even mention it), and it made it sound like the mechanics of it were quite cool as you could use it to flank enemies, drop down as a shield, give you a burst of healing, act as a decoy, etc. Does the execution of that mechanic not work that well? Or what are the highlights why the campaign is apparently shit.

 
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Time for a bold opinion: Escape Goat is better than Braid. Escape Goat 2 is a big reason I wanted a PS4.

If you like Braid, tyler, play Escape Goat. Stupid premise, but the puzzles and platforming are great.

 
pitfallharry219 said:
Time for a bold opinion: Escape Goat is better than Braid. Escape Goat 2 is a big reason I wanted a PS4.

If you like Braid, tyler, play Escape Goat. Stupid premise, but the puzzles and platforming are great.
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Oh yeah, Escape Goat looks sweet. Can't wait for Escape Goat 2 to hit PS4. Maybe the original will hit PS4 as well, that would be cool.

Escape Goat looks similar to Adventures of Shuggy to me, though admittedly I don't know too much about Escape Goat.

 
God, all of NBC's new shows look terrible.  They seriously look like the spoof shows that 30 Rock came up with in some of their episodes when they were making fun of NBC.

Also, these people in Arcade Fire look like the absolute worst most-hipsterish people I've ever seen.

#SNLrerun

 
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Thermopyle said:
BTW, most of the issues I talked about earlier were with the story, dialogue, and constant interruptions. Here's a summary I wrote up elsewhere of some of the actual gameplay elements that were issues (though there were many more):

So yeah...I'm being told that I should give MGS3 a try as people generally like one or the other a lot more, but if I dislike both then the series probably isn't for me.
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Like it matters now, but you could have used the R2-double-tap unequip to avoid shooting your gun if holding down just Box (i.e., not R1, too).

 
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