Video Games...Discuss Them

[Saya]

HELP!

I loved that area, but it was so disorienting to me. It's also kinda hard to explain what to do especially that area with all the multiple levitating platforms. I think the best thing you can do is check out a walkthrough guide on gamefaqs.

[Skitch]

I just watched a few youtubes of people killing the last boss of Gears. That would be helpful, except the guy never fucking moves, and barely fires his gun for them! For me he walks to wherever I am and smites me! If he would stay put and barely shoot at me I'll bet I could put him down. Hm.

[Scar]

Meesa got a shotgun!

[number8]

What did you do?

I don't understand why people had such trouble killing him I thought he was a piece of cake.

Same. I seem to remember killing him pretty quickly.

[Saya]

Finally some more info on that karaoke 360 game:

Here are the first photos of Lips for Xbox 360 developed by Japanese studio iNiS ( Elite Beat Agents). Scheduled for November 2008, this new karaoke game will be playable with two wireless interactive microphones that react with the player movements and voice. You can also see that the microphones will have light indicators. We hope to get more information of Lips during E3.

I'm a karaoke fan so I'll probably get this. The microphones look great as well.

[D_Davis]

We've turned into pretty big karaoke fans as well. My wife has purchased all of the K-Revolution and Sing Star games for the PS2.

This Lips game should be sweet.

[Sycophant]

There is a game called Princess Debut coming out this Fall and I plan on buying it and playing the shit out of it.

[D_Davis]

There is a game called Princess Debut coming out this Fall and I plan on buying it and playing the shit out of it.

That looks terrible dude.

:lol:

[Sycophant]

That looks terrible dude.

:lol:

Disagree. I think it looks awesome.

[number8]

So what exactly separates Lips from the other Karaoke games?

[Saya]

So what exactly separates Lips from the other Karaoke games?

They say that you can upload your own music in this game and the game will extract the vocals from the songs. So basically you could make your own karaoke songs. No one knows if it's true. But there are karaoke machines that can do this already though. We'll have to wait for E3 for more info.

[Saya]

New screenshots from the new Prince of Persia game. Looking great so far, definitely want to see it in motion.

Pics are kinda big so I'll put them in spoilertags.

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[Morris Schæffer]

Astounding!!! Espesh the first pic.

[Morris Schæffer]

Lol. I'm such a nerd. I just stumbled upon a website that catalogues all Commodore Amiga magazines released over the past twenty years together with awesomely huge pictures of reviews etc...

I recall the first issue I bought. This was CU Amiga by the way. It had a game in there called Fire & Forget 2. So I typed it in the search engine and bingo:

http://amr.abime.net/issue_803

Man, so that was 1988! My first year in high school. Yeah, come to mention it, I recall reading this exact magazine in math class and the teacher giving me a stern warning.

I threw all those magazines away at some point and I've regretted it ever since. Now I can peruse some of those pages again. And I love it!

I think I'd buy some of them again if it was possible.

[Sven]

I know I've already linked to stuff like this in the past, but thought I'd link to another version and reiterate how much I loves my wife.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xig1U1Et6vs

[Scar]

For you PS3 owners and GameStop shoppers:

There is a coupon out there for 25% off used PS3 games at Gamestop.

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthr...uid=0&t=867710

[Saya]

E3 starts tomorrow and Microsoft will be the first one to have their big press conference. Nintendo and Sony are on tuesday. Although there have been a couple leaks, most people expect Microsoft to announce some new stuff anyway. Some of the heavy 360 exclusive rumors floating around: announcement of Dead Rising 2 and the announcement of a new Halo game (Halo: Chronicles?) that will be squad based.

Gamespot rumour:

Source: A source with first-hand knowledge of Bungie's development.

What we heard: Last year, those skilled enough to complete Halo 3 on legendary difficulty were treated to an extended ending of the game after the credits rolled. For those who don't have a knack for Covenant-slaying, numerous YouTube videos depict how, following the defeat of the Flood, series hero the Master Chief is left adrift in space in the front half of the United Nations Space Command (UNSC) ship Forward Until Dawn.

After a brief conversation with the AI Cortana, the genetically enhanced, perpetually armored Chief enters a hypersleep chamber. The cutscene camera switches to an exterior shot, which pulls back to reveal the remnants of the Dawn entering orbit around a mystery planet. As the sun rises on the planet, music swells, and the screen fades to white--and the cut scene abruptly ends.

With that set-up, many assumed that Bungie's next project would feature the Master Chief marooned on a strange planet, struggling for survival--a sort of off-world Far Cry. However, a source with knowledge of the studio's development slate told GameSpot a different story. She or he said sometime this year, Bungie will announce a "darker, grittier" Halo title that doesn't feature the Master Chief at all.

According to the source, the new Halo game will be a spin-off that resembles "a cross between Ghost Recon and Gears of War." It will reportedly tell a "less cartoony" and "more bloody, violent, and grim" tale of a battle between UNSC forces and the pan-racial religious empire known as the Covenant. The game's atmosphere was described as similar to that of the live-action Halo shorts directed by South African filmmaker Neil Blomkamp (pictured), who was to helm the now-stalled big-screen adaptation of the game.

The source says the upcoming Halo game is a tactical shooter that will follow a squad of colonial marines or orbital drop shock troopers engaged in "intense" fighting on the ground. Gameplay details were scant, other than the fact it will reportedly allow gamers to play as an entire squad in co-op mode through the entire campaign. The exact number of co-op players has yet to be finalized, but it could be as high as eight. It is unclear if the new game is the same as the "Halo: Forerunner" project first rumored in 2006.

The official story: Microsoft had not yet responded to requests for comment as of press time.

Bogus or not bogus?: Based on the strength of the source, this is almost certainly not bogus. And with Bungie's teaser last week, news about the game could arrive as soon as tomorrow's Microsoft press conference at the E3 Media & Business Summit.

[number8]

Ghost Recon in Halo universe, eh. Maybe I'd like it better this time, then.

[megladon8]

Doesn't "Halo Wars" come out soon?

[Rowland]

I didn't like Resident Evil 0 much even back when it was released, but I tried playing it again today, and lord, has it aged terribly. So damn lugubrious and bland... I nearly forgot how much RE4 was needed, though I could have used another old-school RE as good as REmake.

[Saya]

I am soooo glad I tried the Too Human demo before blind buying it. What a horrible mess of a game.

[Dukefrukem]

I am soooo glad I tried the Too Human demo before blind buying it. What a horrible mess of a game.

totally agree. I don't know what all the fuss was... i could see this failing from miles ahead.

As for video games, i got my first PS3 trophy last night. Meh.

[Skitch]

I almost bought the legendary version of Halo 3 last night. Best Buy has them for $40.

[Saya]

totally agree. I don't know what all the fuss was... i could see this failing from miles ahead.

As for video games, i got my first PS3 trophy last night. Meh.

I like dungeon crawling games and love loot-heavy games, but this demo really turned me off from this game. I find it hard to think of some positive things about the demo. To be honest, I did not expect to dislike the game so much.

[D_Davis]

I like dungeon crawling games and love loot-heavy games, but this demo really turned me off from this game. I find it hard to think of some positive things about the demo. To be honest, I did not expect to dislike the game so much.

That sucks.

One of my most anticipated games. SK has always delivered, I wonder what happened here?

I still need to try out the demo.