hahahahaha awesome work. and seeing as the person that moderated your post as a troll clearly doesnt read till the end of posts before passing judgement, i think its safe to end this post with the comment that the moderator was a fucking moron.
opinion is opinion, sure. but saying the xbox version has better controls is just blatantly incorrect. the game is pretty much designed around having four shoulder buttons so you dont have to try and use the d-pad while also trying to use the analogue stick.
why would I be offended? this makes no sense. OMG WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN.
and I'm sure I had some issues with sound and the game running psycho fast when I last tried. but I'll give it a bash, cheers. I used to LOVE that game, even though it ran at about half a dozen frames a second on my DX2/66.
"Oh btw, do you also whine and scream about DOS games you cannot play anymore?"
I wouldn't go as far as to say 'whine and scream', but I've been hankering for some Syndicate Wars, Ultima Underworld, Blood and X-Com lately, and either the DOS emulators are still struggling with DOS4GW mode, or the games weren't made for a keyboard with a stupid windows key.
So, in summary, WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHH I WANT TO PLAY MY OLD DOS GAMES!!!!
"Gabe Newell - the guy who's company has chosen to make their games NOT portable to any thing other than Windows, is criticizing Sony for making their games hard to port?"
Clearly written by someone that has never had Lance Vance killed by rampaging police for the FUCKING HUNDRED MILLIONTH TIME while trying to get back home after blowing up the shopping mall.
The ramifications for violent actions in games are there, it's just that they are about as serious as the violence itself in the game.
First they try and take violence out of our games, then they try and take out sex, now you're saying they are trying to take the horror element out as well? Man, when will they stop?
That is totally wrong. No one uses the Trade/LFG channels. They spam all their shit in the General chan.
Maybe it's just Blackrock (highly unlikely), but the only two channels I log into are General and Local Defense. 99% of the posts on General are either some moron posting the same LFG/LFM request 5 times every 10 seconds or 4 line enchantment selling spam.
"Buy Even If You're Not A Star Wars Fan" I can understand, you may appreciate the game without appreciating the source, but "Buy Even If you Don't Like Platformers"??? i dont understand this concept. i dont like RTS games, and that doesn't mean i consider buying RTS games that have been rated 9 or 10 out of 10, i maybe read a bit on them (as i would with all games) and then pass them by because i dont like that style of game. just because its a really good example of a genre i dont like doesnt mean im going to want to get it.
To me, a cost of $2000 over four months sounds like free with a rounding error.
To you, I'd like to offer you this fine piece of blank paper, carefully cultivated from err... the vast expanses of... err... my desk. It really is like a jungle out there.
And to you, my friend, it's free. Oh, and the invoice is in the mail.
i'd be curious as to how many other games agree with your strange suggestion that you don't like games that are designed to be challenges. i would argue that games like Starcraft, Metal Arms, GTA and Pikmin are definitely challenging, at least to people that aren't (sigh) hardcore gamers, but then the challenge there is one that is within reach of people that simply play games enough to call themselves a 'gamer'.
games like Ninja Gaiden or Devil May Cry are a level above that, where a generic gaming skill is simply a starting point, and that you actually have to get good at that specific game itself in order to work further into the game. it's a similar requirement of most fighting games, and i think its probably what seperates the more 'full on' gamer from the more 'standard' type. i (am a guy and i) definitely like those type of games, more because they are a challenge and it only increases the sense of achievement when you finish it, and can go back and thrash what once had you ready to put your controller thru the TV screen, because now you are good at that game. its strange cause as i say that its starting to sound more like a 'real life action' version of an RPG, where you level up you skill and what you started out on that was a challenge to begin with suddenly becomes a walk in the park because you have improved your skills as a gamer. or something.
okay, im a "hardcore" gaming nerd, whatever, im just wanted to say that im happy that there is at least one chick out there that thinks that Final Fantasy X is an utter piece of shit. like most of the rest of them.
you're totally right. my girlfriend only heard about world of warcraft from me talking about playing it with friends, and then one day she sat down next to me while i was playing it, planning on how she could shift me from the computer so she could play the sims2, and she seemed mildly interested in walking around and killing squirrels in stormwind.
so i created a new character for her. after five minutes she was hooked, killing stuff with the best of them and loving comparing new armour/damage levels of each new item she found with her old stuff. i think that its that collectability/accessorising aspect that definitely played a bit part in pulling her in, but then, i find that thats a lot of the reason that i play those games myself, to level up, and collect new phat loot, so it's hardly a suprise that the same thing appeals to anyone that gets into the game.
i think a lot of the time girls just need to actually sit down and see what the game is like. it's too easy to just off-handedly dismiss something as crap or nerdy or whatever without actually playing it. also world of warcraft has that n00b/carebear friendly atmosphere of no dealth penalty and no corpse looting, so it's not like a proper challenge that will often turn away girls, and pussy guys that bitch that old style games like UO and the like were too 'unfair'.
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hahahahaha awesome work. and seeing as the person that moderated your post as a troll clearly doesnt read till the end of posts before passing judgement, i think its safe to end this post with the comment that the moderator was a fucking moron.
opinion is opinion, sure. but saying the xbox version has better controls is just blatantly incorrect. the game is pretty much designed around having four shoulder buttons so you dont have to try and use the d-pad while also trying to use the analogue stick.
X-Com. X-Com, X-Com, X-Com ... X-ComX-ComX-Com.
say it until the word has no more meaning (not that it had heaps to begin with).
X-COM ON DS. then i might actually be able to pull myself away from WoW.
also, the Wizardry games and the Persona games would be great. someone gimme a call when they're done.
BOR-ING
how about some extra non 60 areas so putting more than 2 characters thru to the level cap doesnt become incredibly boring after a while.
So when IS the next version of Photoshop out anyway? ;)
so you actaully were going to say something offensive then? :)
So it's a Gearbox port of Valve game, then. Whatever.
why would I be offended? this makes no sense. OMG WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN.
and I'm sure I had some issues with sound and the game running psycho fast when I last tried. but I'll give it a bash, cheers. I used to LOVE that game, even though it ran at about half a dozen frames a second on my DX2/66.
I agree with your points, but
"Oh btw, do you also whine and scream about DOS games you cannot play anymore?"
I wouldn't go as far as to say 'whine and scream', but I've been hankering for some Syndicate Wars, Ultima Underworld, Blood and X-Com lately, and either the DOS emulators are still struggling with DOS4GW mode, or the games weren't made for a keyboard with a stupid windows key.
So, in summary, WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHH I WANT TO PLAY MY OLD DOS GAMES!!!!
"Gabe Newell - the guy who's company has chosen to make their games NOT portable to any thing other than Windows, is criticizing Sony for making their games hard to port?"
sigh
hahahahaha, thanks for the laugh. if i had mod points you would get one.
Well that turned out to not be quite true as Halo was anything but run of the mill ...
... yet. either that your consoles were your first experience with FPS
hahahaha. oh wait, this hasn't been modded as funny
Clearly written by someone that has never had Lance Vance killed by rampaging police for the FUCKING HUNDRED MILLIONTH TIME while trying to get back home after blowing up the shopping mall.
The ramifications for violent actions in games are there, it's just that they are about as serious as the violence itself in the game.
i.e. not very.
Hey, guess what I'm doing right now? Only seeing the Halo movie with KIRK CAMERON.
OH MY GOD BRING IT ON.
First they try and take violence out of our games, then they try and take out sex, now you're saying they are trying to take the horror element out as well? Man, when will they stop?
That is totally wrong. No one uses the Trade/LFG channels. They spam all their shit in the General chan.
Maybe it's just Blackrock (highly unlikely), but the only two channels I log into are General and Local Defense. 99% of the posts on General are either some moron posting the same LFG/LFM request 5 times every 10 seconds or 4 line enchantment selling spam.
Oh for the days of housing and vendors ala UO.
dude thats the funniest thing on this page by a long shot. good work. how does this not have maximum funny points yet.
"Buy Even If You're Not A Star Wars Fan" I can understand, you may appreciate the game without appreciating the source, but "Buy Even If you Don't Like Platformers"??? i dont understand this concept. i dont like RTS games, and that doesn't mean i consider buying RTS games that have been rated 9 or 10 out of 10, i maybe read a bit on them (as i would with all games) and then pass them by because i dont like that style of game. just because its a really good example of a genre i dont like doesnt mean im going to want to get it.
3. You may be caught in a temporal causality loop, doomed forever to repeat the same period of time over and over.
hey, as long as it happens on a sunday night, where i wake up and it's saturday morning again, over and over, i'm fine with that.
inara and the shepard aren't rebels on the run. they are just part of the team.
To me, a cost of $2000 over four months sounds like free with a rounding error.
... the vast expanses of ... err ... my desk. It really is like a jungle out there.
To you, I'd like to offer you this fine piece of blank paper, carefully cultivated from err
And to you, my friend, it's free. Oh, and the invoice is in the mail.
sounds like We'll need an army of super virile men scoring 'round the clock!
i'd be curious as to how many other games agree with your strange suggestion that you don't like games that are designed to be challenges. i would argue that games like Starcraft, Metal Arms, GTA and Pikmin are definitely challenging, at least to people that aren't (sigh) hardcore gamers, but then the challenge there is one that is within reach of people that simply play games enough to call themselves a 'gamer'.
games like Ninja Gaiden or Devil May Cry are a level above that, where a generic gaming skill is simply a starting point, and that you actually have to get good at that specific game itself in order to work further into the game. it's a similar requirement of most fighting games, and i think its probably what seperates the more 'full on' gamer from the more 'standard' type. i (am a guy and i) definitely like those type of games, more because they are a challenge and it only increases the sense of achievement when you finish it, and can go back and thrash what once had you ready to put your controller thru the TV screen, because now you are good at that game. its strange cause as i say that its starting to sound more like a 'real life action' version of an RPG, where you level up you skill and what you started out on that was a challenge to begin with suddenly becomes a walk in the park because you have improved your skills as a gamer. or something.
okay, im a "hardcore" gaming nerd, whatever, im just wanted to say that im happy that there is at least one chick out there that thinks that Final Fantasy X is an utter piece of shit. like most of the rest of them.
you're totally right. my girlfriend only heard about world of warcraft from me talking about playing it with friends, and then one day she sat down next to me while i was playing it, planning on how she could shift me from the computer so she could play the sims2, and she seemed mildly interested in walking around and killing squirrels in stormwind.
so i created a new character for her. after five minutes she was hooked, killing stuff with the best of them and loving comparing new armour/damage levels of each new item she found with her old stuff. i think that its that collectability/accessorising aspect that definitely played a bit part in pulling her in, but then, i find that thats a lot of the reason that i play those games myself, to level up, and collect new phat loot, so it's hardly a suprise that the same thing appeals to anyone that gets into the game.
i think a lot of the time girls just need to actually sit down and see what the game is like. it's too easy to just off-handedly dismiss something as crap or nerdy or whatever without actually playing it. also world of warcraft has that n00b/carebear friendly atmosphere of no dealth penalty and no corpse looting, so it's not like a proper challenge that will often turn away girls, and pussy guys that bitch that old style games like UO and the like were too 'unfair'.