Rei no Otaku gets the hat trick with General Gaming Thread #9!

I was listening to GamesRadar's TalkRadar podcast the other week and someone there mentioned that when they first saw Darksiders at some event the people behind it pitched it to them as the first in a series, with each game focusing on a different horseman. So that doesn't surprise me.
 
[quote name='dallow']That official headset is great. Sounds as good as quality USB headsets, not the usual BT stuff.
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Does the ME2 CE come wrapped in plastic?
I saw a copy at Best Buy but I suspect it's a return since there's no plastic on the outside. (game is in a hard shell though)
I'm just worried the codes are used.[/QUOTE]
No, it's not wrapped in plastic. It has a paper-y light cardboard on the outside wrapped around one small steelbook and the artbook packaging.
 
[quote name='CaptainJoel']No, it's not wrapped in plastic. It has a paper-y light cardboard on the outside wrapped around one small steelbook and the artbook packaging.[/QUOTE]
Thanks! Someone else told me it at least has those little clear plastic stickers to show it hasn't been opened. True?
 
[quote name='dallow']Thanks! Someone else told me it at least has those little clear plastic stickers to show it hasn't been opened. True?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it goes over the top of the case to keep the steelbook and artbook inside the cardboard. It also has one of those green stickers on it that you have to cut or peel off so you can actually open the game case and you're very welcome, Dallow. :D
 
Well I have MAG in the house

It's a really fun game. People are just as much of loud assholes on PSN though. I dunno why everyone acts like it's a live only thing..

Dunno if I should get a headset or not.. Maybe if I can find that socom bundle somewhere.

I ordered Stalker:Call of Pripyat today.. Pretty excited for that. Hope it's better than clear sky was.
 
[quote name='corrosivefrost']If you like finding out meaningless details about the actions of your former choices that ultimately have no effect on the story or gameplay, then yeah, sure, I can buy that.[/QUOTE]
:roll:
 
[quote name='corrosivefrost']If you like finding out meaningless details about the actions of your former choices that ultimately have no effect on the story or gameplay, then yeah, sure, I can buy that.[/QUOTE]

:roll:

Hey folks. Almost done, not quite out of CAG shutout just yet though.
 
[quote name='DarkNessBear']:roll:

Hey folks. Almost done, not quiet out of CAG shutout just yet though.[/QUOTE]
The Illusive Man is really your father!!
 
fuck

Game is awesome though. Forget what I said originally... it was my CAGassburgers kicking in. ALTHOUGH, I still stand by my original sentiments of improving instead of removing... but still AMAZING!
 
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[quote name='Rei no Otaku']:roll:[/QUOTE]

You know full well that the details of your import are little more than cosmetic.
No missions/assignments become available/unavailable depending on your previous choices. The story finds ways to compensate for your choices so that anything you chose doesn't really affect your game play. The game is full of it.

Is it neat? Sure.

Does it mean anything? You're full of shit if you claim it does.
Now could ME3 be different? Maybe. I sure as hell hope so.
And as a final argument, could your decisions in ME carry to ME2 so that they actually have an impact in a Mass Effect game? That would be excellent. But I seriously doubt it. ME3 will be marginally better than ME2 at this, at best.

Now don't get me wrong, ME2 is a good game. [Other nits aside] The import your choices feature is pretty much a Molyneaux moment.
 
[quote name='corrosivefrost']You know full well that the details of your import are little more than cosmetic.
No missions/assignments become available/unavailable depending on your previous choices. The story finds ways to compensate for your choices so that anything you chose doesn't really affect your game play. The game is full of it.

Is it neat? Sure.

Does it mean anything? You're full of shit if you claim it does.
Now could ME3 be different? Maybe. I sure as hell hope so.
And as a final argument, could your decisions in ME carry to ME2 so that they actually have an impact in a Mass Effect game (ME3)? That would be excellent. But I seriously doubt it. ME3 will be marginally better than ME2 at this, at best.[/QUOTE]
I could argue using evidence such as Gianna Parasini, Helena Blake, etc. But I'm just too tired right now. You've been ridiculous about ME2 since it came out, and that's pretty much that.
 
[quote name='whoknows']Woah woah.

No need to argue. One of you send me your 360 along with ME1 and 2 and I'll settle this argument for you[/QUOTE]
:rofl:

That made me laugh. Just for that I'm seriously tempted to send you one of my 360s XD
 
[quote name='corrosivefrost']You know full well that the details of your import are little more than cosmetic.
No missions/assignments become available/unavailable depending on your previous choices. The story finds ways to compensate for your choices so that anything you chose doesn't really affect your game play. The game is full of it.

Is it neat? Sure.

Does it mean anything? You're full of shit if you claim it does.
Now could ME3 be different? Maybe. I sure as hell hope so.
And as a final argument, could your decisions in ME carry to ME2 so that they actually have an impact in a Mass Effect game? That would be excellent. But I seriously doubt it. ME3 will be marginally better than ME2 at this, at best.

Now don't get me wrong, ME2 is a good game. [Other nits aside] The import your choices feature is pretty much a Molyneaux moment.[/QUOTE]

I didn't read all of your post. But, does it mean something? Uh - with that logic non of this means anything... I love it. I don't need to defend my reasons for it either. Suck a nut.
 
[quote name='Rei no Otaku']:rofl:

That made me laugh. Just for that I'm seriously tempted to send you one of my 360s XD[/QUOTE]

Haha, I try :p
 
[quote name='whoknows']Woah woah.

No need to argue. One of you send me your 360 along with ME1 and 2 and I'll settle this argument for you[/QUOTE]

I peek into the GGT to see this brilliant joke. Totally worth coming in here for.
 
[quote name='CaptainJoel']Yeah, it goes over the top of the case to keep the steelbook and artbook inside the cardboard. It also has one of those green stickers on it that you have to cut or peel off so you can actually open the game case and you're very welcome, Dallow. :D[/QUOTE]Thanks, just what I needed to know. Can't believe a local store actually has a copy!

[quote name='seanr1221']KAZUMA BITCHES!![/QUOTE]So badass.
A lot of people hate that specific trailer though. I even like the song!

[quote name='whoknows']Woah woah.

No need to argue. One of you send me your 360 along with ME1 and 2 and I'll settle this argument for you[/QUOTE]
Classic whoknows!

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Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!!

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Sonic 4!
 
[quote name='DMK']Sonic has always been shit, even back at the beginning.[/quote]I have to admit, I never liked Sonic back then either. I liked the idea of the game though but I couldn't get into it.
 
I just started Dragon Age. I don't get how Bioware games are so "AAA" having such low-budget trimmings. The health bar, which regenerates in big chunks for some reason, is pretty ugly, and the menu system isn't much to look at. I make something my active quest, and arrows for other quests still show up on the map? Weird.

And why do they put the subtitles at the top of the screen? It's pretty much always blocking part of someone's face.
 
+old visual style
+2D
+No Shitty Friends

-Episodic
-Homing Attack
-Animations
-It's modern Sega

I predict average at best. Will probably still try the demo.
 
[quote name='Dr Mario Kart']Sonic has always been shit, even back at the beginning.[/QUOTE]


*high five*



also episodic = I don't care. episodic games fundamentally suck.
 
[quote name='Dr Mario Kart']Sonic has always been shit, even back at the beginning.[/QUOTE]

FALSEHOOD.

Sonic 2 was, is and forever will be awesome.

Don't know why they've made the new one Episodic, that sounds a bit stupid.
 
[quote name='benjamouth']FALSEHOOD.

Sonic 2 was, is and forever will be awesome.

Don't know why they've made the new one Episodic, that sounds a bit stupid.[/QUOTE]

dollar dollar.

[quote name='Dr Mario Kart']Sonic has always been shit, even back at the beginning.[/QUOTE]

You don't get enough credit for being a troll, you know that?
 
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Very interested in it being a new Sonic, but I'll probably wait to buy it until I can get the episode packs/seasons on the cheap. I am very interested in it, though.

Hey, anyone else going to download the AVP demo? I'm downloading it now and it looks pretty sweet.
 
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Played some more ME2. Think I have all the anomaly quests done--all systems at 100%. Only halfheartedly scanned for minerals since I'm not at over 50K Element Zero, 400K Iridium and 300K Platinum and Palladiums, so I doubt I'll need anymore this playthrough.

Now to get on with the IFF quest and get the game finished up.


As for the discussion about the effects of importing a character, I loved it personally. From running into minor characters from sidequests in the first game, to more major decisions like how you dealt with Wrex, the council etc.

It's nothing mindblowing, but does make it feel more like one long, continuous game where what you're doing is having some impact on the universe. Vs. series where the games totally stand alone.



[quote name='dallow']I have to admit, I never liked Sonic back then either. I liked the idea of the game though but I couldn't get into it.[/QUOTE]

Same here, I've never liked the series. I always prefered more slow paced platformers with an emphasis on exploration and finding hidden exits etc. like the Mario series. Sonic has slower moments, but those are generally just straight platforming where you're slowing down to jump from moving platforms etc., not slowing down to explore.
 
I remember the last time Sega made a Sonic the Hedgehog game
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Looks like Ubisoft lost the Naruto license for the Xbox 360, as Namco just announced Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 for PS3 and Xbox 360. They now own the license for Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo systems.
 
I'm starting to get the feeling it's not possible to get
Wrex, Kaiden or Ashley
on your team for ME2...bullshit, Bioware.
 
That is the case, and a minor nitpick I have with the game. But I have a feeling such characters play a larger role in ME3.
 
[quote name='Rei no Otaku']I could argue using evidence such as Gianna Parasini, Helena Blake, etc. But I'm just too tired right now. You've been ridiculous about ME2 since it came out, and that's pretty much that.[/QUOTE]

I'd love to hear this argument. Because the import stuff is straight cosmetics. Period. Giving me a different cutscene or changing a character somewhere is not "consequences". It doesn't change the core gameplay or flow of the story. It's merely a sprite swap with some different dialogue. Be sure to tell me how saving Kaiden instead of Ashley opened up a whole different set of side missions you'd never see otherwise... or how saving the council vs. letting them die does anything besides change the interactions when you go to the citadel to tell people you live. I'd love to hear how the council gives you unlimited funding and the full support of the spectres to fight the reaper menace.

Dragon Age does it better. Choose to destroy the Anvil, you get Dwarves in your party. Choose to save it, you get an army of Golems. Choose to spare Loghain? Alistair leaves your party. Deny Morrigan her request? Leaves. These choices change the characters that are available to you and make it impossible to have everyone in your party.

Choosing to let the Rachni live, choosing to let the council die, choosing ashley over kaiden, had no change on the gameplay of ME2. For fuck sake, look at JSP's post up there -- you can't recruit the people you save... that would be an impact. Having the Rachni army available to you to fight a war, that would be an impact. Having a message from the Rachni queen is not an impact. It's a parlor trick. It's neat, but it does NOT change the game in any way other than a character stops you and you get to have an extra bit of dialogue. You can piss off your crew and lose loyalty, but none of them abandon you... about the only thing even close to an impact is that you can (Samara Loyalty spoiler)
swap Morinth for Samara and she has slightly different abilities[/spoilter]. But guess what? Importing a game has NO impact on whether or not you get that choice, unless you count the extra paragon/renegade points you could receive.
 
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[quote name='corrosivefrost']I'd love to hear this argument. Because the import stuff is straight cosmetics. Period. Giving me a different cutscene or changing a character somewhere is not "consequences". It's merely a sprite swap with some different dialogue. Be sure to tell me how saving Kaiden instead of Ashley opened up a whole different set of side missions you'd never see otherwise... or how saving the council vs. letting them die does anything besides change the interactions when you go to the citadel to tell people you live. I'd love to hear how the council gives you unlimited funding and the full support of the spectres to fight the reaper menace.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, again it doesn't make a huge difference.

But I love running into minor characters and seeing what's happened to them as a result of how I dealt with them in the last game, having Wrex in the game or not etc.

It gives a sense that what you're doing is having some impact. Vs. most series of games that stand alone and sidequests are nothing but a bore done to get EXP, money and loot and never to think of them again.

It's nothing mind blowing, but it's a nice little touch and is part of what is making Mass Effect my all time favorite game series. I play it for the story and dialogue primarily, so I get a lot out of having decisions from the first game referenced in this one. I don't need it to have huge impacts on the plot, or opening up different sidequests personally. Some of that could cool, but really love the little touches of running into minor characters, having decisions on which characters survive etc. continue through the series.
 
[quote name='Chibi_Kaji']They already said only a few party members from ME will join your crew.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I avoided pretty much everything about the game, so I missed that. I think they should have at least had your romance choice from the first game be in your party. But you can stay loyal to them by not doing a romance this time, so that bodes that they'll be back for the 3rd game probably--at least under certain decision circumstances.
 
[quote name='dmaul1114']Yeah, again it doesn't make a huge difference.

But I love running into minor characters and seeing what's happened to them as a result of how I dealt with them in the last game, having Wrex in the game or not etc.

It gives a sense that what you're doing is having some impact. Vs. most series of games that stand alone and sidequests are nothing but a bore done to get EXP, money and loot and never to think of them again.

It's nothing mind blowing, but it's a nice little touch and is part of what is making Mass Effect my all time favorite game series. I play it for the story and dialogue primarily, so I get a lot out of having decisions from the first game referenced in this one. I don't need it to have huge impacts on the plot, or opening up different sidequests personally. Some of that could cool, but really love the little touches of running into minor characters, having decisions on which characters survive etc. continue through the series.[/QUOTE]

See, you get it. It's a nice touch. It's neat. But I'm pretty sure (just like the load message says for ME2 imports to ME3) that the changes were supposed to be more than cosmetic changes. Running into
Ashley vs. Kaiden
on Horizon doesn't seem like any sort of impact... but I think they were afraid that there would be a huge backlash if certain things in the game were only available to players who (1) played ME, making certain decisions and then (2) imported that character... doing anything other than what they did would hurt sales, I'd wager... and that's not a good thing for anyone.

They say in the load screens your actions in ME2 could have dire consequences in ME3. Do I believe it? Not at this point. Did I take the cautious route anyway? Yup.
 
[quote name='dmaul1114']Yeah, I avoided pretty much everything about the game, so I missed that. I think they should have at least had your romance choice from the first game be in your party. But you can stay loyal to them by not doing a romance this time, so that bodes that they'll be back for the 3rd game probably--at least under certain decision circumstances.[/QUOTE]

The only reason all of them won't join your party is because Bioware wanted to make sure certain party members would be around in ME3.
 
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