Video Games...Discuss Them

For some reason, I started thinking about my Wii and how it is becoming insanely proficient in the area of dust gathering. So then I started to think about what software to get for it and I sort of settled on Metroid Prime: Corruption. God I love the first game, but Echoes I never really gave a chance.

Although I still need to play Metal Gear Solid 4, but I'm waiting for the Dual Shock 3 to be released in Europe. Should be July.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune I'll probably also squeeze in somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Morris Schæffer

For some reason, I started thinking about my Wii and how it is becoming insanely proficient in the area of dust gathering. So then I started to think about what software to get for it and I sort of settled on Metroid Prime: Corruption. God I love the first game, but Echoes I never really gave a chance.

Although I still need to play Metal Gear Solid 4, but I'm waiting for the Dual Shock 3 to be released in Europe. Should be July.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune I'll probably also squeeze in somewhere.

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All three of those games are AAA titles. Uncharted is an incredible action adventure game that incorporates duck and cover gameplay beautifully. It's so easy to use.

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Originally Posted by Dukefrukem

All three of those games are AAA titles. Uncharted is an incredible action adventure game that incorporates duck and cover gameplay beautifully. It's so easy to use.

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How is the level design in Uncharted? Would you compare it to the first Tomb Raider with lots of thrilling acrobatics to reach new areas? Perhaps more similar to Metroid Prime with ingenious level design necessitating the use of brain cells to decipher and figure out the environment?

Any fan of the "Metroid Prime" series is a friend of mine.

Great purchase, Morris!

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Originally Posted by Morris Schæffer

How is the level design in Uncharted? Would you compare it to the first Tomb Raider with lots of thrilling acrobatics to reach new areas? Perhaps more similar to Metroid Prime with ingenious level design necessitating the use of brain cells to decipher and figure out the environment?

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Actually, it does a better job than any of the Tomb Raiders (and I've played them all) about creating an acrobatic pathway to your final goal... and Uncharted does a much better job of making it more realistically built into the environment. It's just as linear as any Tomb Raider, and looks much much more beautiful. It has amazing voice acting....

And the best thing about the game for me was the main character Drake, looks, sounds and acts just like Nathan Fillion does. I'm a huge Nathan Fillion fan so it was a lot of fun playing as him. There's also a twist in the game that happens 3/4 of the way through.

As I was looking through reviews, searching for intelligent commentary on the wonderful experience that was The World Ends With You, I found myself a little irritated at the constant repetition of reviewers' claims that this was going to be a hot new franchise for Square Enix. While I actually love it just as much as the best Final Fantasy games, the idea of a sequel leaves me cold. The game itself is a self-contained experience. Sure, I wouldn't mind seeing some of the gameplay mechanics and design philosophy carried into future products, I don't feel that every good game needs to become a new flagship title.

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Originally Posted by megladon8

Any fan of the "Metroid Prime" series is a friend of mine.

Great purchase, Morris!

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Advanced controls are a bit floaty; Walking in a straight line not so easy. Promising start though. Love the arm movements to click stuff. Brilliant!

Is the "Alone in the Dark" guy modelled after Keanu Reeves?

Because damn, those advertisements all over the web keep making me think there's a new movie coming out or something.

I'm playing Uncharted and sad it's already coming to an end.

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Originally Posted by megladon8

Is the "Alone in the Dark" guy modelled after Keanu Reeves?

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dunno, but anyone picked this up?

I was getting all kinds of excited for Final Fantasy Tactics A2 just the other day, thinking I might actually splurge and pick it up this week.

Then, Shiva Stella over at Gamespot wrote:

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"One of Grimoire's setbacks is the amount of time that it takes to accomplish even the simplest of tasks, with most quests lasting 45 minutes to an hour, although there is a handy quicksave feature. Grimoire also sports a steep learning curve for both its combat and micromanagement elements, and is a bit slow to pick up because you spend the first 10 to 20 hours mastering basic abilities, unlocking classes, and gathering equipment to play the jobs that you want."

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That's why I never finished the first Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. Beautiful game but it just took too damn long to do anything. If I need some FF strategy, I'll be going for Revenant Wings.

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Originally Posted by KK2.0

I'm playing Uncharted and sad it's already coming to an end.



dunno, but anyone picked this up?

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I have at the top of my gamefly queue.

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Originally Posted by Morris Schæffer

For some reason, I started thinking about my Wii and how it is becoming insanely proficient in the area of dust gathering. So then I started to think about what software to get for it and I sort of settled on Metroid Prime: Corruption. God I love the first game, but Echoes I never really gave a chance.

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Prime, like Super Metroid, was arguably the best game for its console. I will say that Echoes had a somewhat blah "dark world," but the different zones and increased focus on cinemas, along with the still-excellent gameplay, made it a great sequel - just not as great (and ball-blastingly original) as Prime.

I need to get a Wii, if only to be Prime, Echoes, and Corruption. I've heard the Wii remote is damn near perfect for the game.

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I've been playing A Link to the Past lately, and I don't remember it being this easy. Not that I'm upset or anything. It's refreshing to play an adventure game from Nintendo that doesn't make me feel like a total moron.

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Originally Posted by KK2.0

I'm playing Uncharted and sad it's already coming to an end.



dunno, but anyone picked this up?

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Yeh i played it and beat it. It's about 7-9 hours of gameplay if i remember correctly.

In comparison, it took me 22 to finish MGS4.

Oh man, something is up at Blizzard. There is a countdown to something on their sites. Will they finally announce Diablo 3? We'll find out in a couple days. :)

My bet is it's diablo 3

WoW for iphone

The guys at DiabloII.net think it's Diablo3 as well.

http://www.diabloii.net/n/667423/dia...ncement-at-wwi

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With this week's speculation over the Blizzard teasers, more and more reports in the media, and numerous tips coming direct us at IncGamers from reliable inside industry sources in the past 24 hours, we now have confirmation from inside sources to say that Diablo 3 WILL be announced on Saturday at WWI Paris 2008.

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It's about time! (if it's true...) :P

Damn...it's too bad that "Alone in the Dark" apparently sucks. Hard.

I was looking forward to this one.

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Originally Posted by megladon8

Damn...it's too bad that "Alone in the Dark" apparently sucks. Hard.

I was looking forward to this one.

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I think I'm still going to give it a spin--probably in the form of a rental or at a budget price down the line. Allegedly, the Wii controls work surprisingly well, and I'm intrigued enough to give it a go.

Zero Punctuation: Metal Gear Solid 4

The review is pretty much spoiler free and I think kinda tame for his doing.

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Originally Posted by Sycophant

I think I'm still going to give it a spin--probably in the form of a rental or at a budget price down the line. Allegedly, the Wii controls work surprisingly well, and I'm intrigued enough to give it a go.

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yeah my copy from gamefly is coming tomorrow. i like to play the games i'm interested in and make my own decisions instead of letting reviews influence me.

Yesterday, I was reminded of the fact that many years ago, I had designed Darkwing Duck RPG for the OHRRPGCE. I was surprised to find I still had a copy with me. Yeah, it sucks.

But lately, I've been thinking about getting back into video game design, which is what I spent most of my teenage years doing and haven't touched in about five or six years. Right now, I'm really obsessed with the idea of implementing game mechanics based on characters' interactions with their environments and emotionally and morally challenging narratives. I've got some real ideas that I think I need to refine and see if I can find someone to work with on them.

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Originally Posted by Saya

Zero Punctuation: Metal Gear Solid 4

The review is pretty much spoiler free and I think kinda tame for his doing.

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that guy is a writing genius

That's a pretty horrible review. It's amazing that people are still complaining about the same things after 10 years. Wah-wah, long cutscenes, with every single Metal Gear Solid game. You'd think they would have known by now that this would be the case, and that they don't have to play it if they don't want to, or they could skip them if they want to. What did people expect? And to say that the game is meaningless and doesn't say anything is just dumb. And wrong.

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Originally Posted by Milky Joe

That's a pretty horrible review. It's amazing that people are still complaining about the same things after 10 years. Wah-wah, long cutscenes, with every single Metal Gear Solid game. You'd think they would have known by now that this would be the case, and that they don't have to play it if they don't want to, or they could skip them if they want to. What did people expect? And to say that the game is meaningless and doesn't say anything is just dumb. And wrong.

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Obviously you've never watched any "Zero Punctuation" before.

He only gives games bad reviews. It's his schtick.

Don't take it so personally :P