Sadly, I didn't get to play enough games this year. Just too busy. But I did get to play a few. The game I have probably wasted the most time on is Team Fortress 2. And this is a year late, but I would say Oblivion is the top game I have played this year. It just has so many quests and things you can do...and the polish is amazing. Hopefully I will "beat" Oblivion over break (i.e. do all the guild quests, all the major town quests, get all the artifacts, and complete the storyline). Bioshock and HL2-ep2 were both excellent FPSs. FFXII was good but just didn't hold the magic of some of the past games for me. I enjoyed Portal (and loved Coulton's song at the end) but I didn't find it particularly challenging or engaging until the end. I understand why people love that game but I don't agree that it would be worth $50 alone.
Play the game. When you see how challenging it can be it becomes easy to understand why it would be fun to watch the game played on its highest level. Even if you have experience playing a musical instrument (I play the violin), it still is very challenging.
Just go look on ebay...there are thousands on thousands of them for sale. The reason why no one can get a Wii is because these resellers are buying them in bulk as soon as they can their hands on them. This is inflating the demand for them beyond reality. don't believe me? Just go to ebay and search for the Wii. There are plenty of them out there.
The game is fun at first. But after you start running the level 4 missions over and over again...and realize if you want to get deeper in to the game you have to give up your life...it gets boring fast (unfortunately).
If a game installer (which probably would want root privileges) had used the same name as Linux's boot files and the installer screwed up and overwrote the file in/boot by mistake...the same thing would happen. This is their fault. Period.
?? You want more companies to hire people who cheat the system and then when caught aren't fired? Eve is pretty messed up. Admitting they royally screwed up is nice...but I would like to have more companies not screw up than apologize after the fact.
I never had an issue playing a single player game with Steam. When I do, maybe I can go down that road. Until then, it is a non-issue that people seem to make a big deal about.
The nice thing about Steam is that if I lose or destroy a CD, I don't have to worry about it. I can log in to my account, and download my games to any PC.
What if Valve goes out of business? These games are already cracked on the web, I would just download the cracked version of the game.
I don't think you are being intellectually honest here. Old games already don't work on XP unless you jump through some huge number of hoops and even then you may not be able to get them to work. Just because you have the media does not mean you will have the hardware or software in the future that will be able to play the game anyways. If you are really so worried, you can stick to console gaming and save that for your future offspring
For the great majority of the people Steam is convenient and easy to use. If you want to deprive yourself of quality games, feel free to. But don't tell me where I should spend my money and who I should support.
Slashdot tends to defend the little guy and hate the corporations...so it is natural to get that slant on here. You bring up good points, but it almost feels like you are a Gamespot advocate trying to inject doubt in to the forums.
No. The essential difference is that consoles are fixed hardware while PCs can have many different hardware configurations. PCs tend to be ahead of the curve graphics-wise since they can always be updated while consoles have a 5 year cycle (approximately). Other than that, they are all just computers.
Sorry, but a track ball for your thumb isn't going to be the same as a mouse. The sensitivity would either be too high to prevent fine tune aiming or too low and make it very difficult to turn quickly.
It's a space game...it isn't that hard. There aren't that many ship/starbase models. There are like 5 interiors to starbases that they use over and over again. There are like four types of stargates. It is fine if you like the changes. But to call it innovative...even ambitious, is laughable.
None of them? Really? Well, I can't criticize you...we all have our own preferences. Right now there isn't anything compelling to me on the Wii which probably would be read as blasphemy on here. The Wii certainly is an interesting console and I am all for getting more people in to my hobby. I don't quite understand all the fanboyism though. I like that I have a choice...a lot. And that the choices this time are distinct in multiple ways. No matter what you like, you have to admit it is a pretty good time to be a gamer. I am with the GP that the 360 has the games I want the most right now. I am still patiently waiting for a good deal before I get any current gen console (and I still have to beat Oblivion).
I have been a PC/console/handheld gamer and a long time reader of Slashdot and I have never heard either of those names until now. And if that is all they are, it is no wonder they are forgettable. I'd rather not know who they were.
Congratulations! This has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read on here. And I have been reading for a long long time. I hope you make sure you stay indoors when it is windy...you might be responsible for global warming! We might want to get rid of those nasty tree things too...all they are doing is sucking our wind dry!
What the heck is wrong with you? Some people like to play online games...just because you don't, you call them random losers? Having online games make a lot of sense. I can play with friends I knew from college no matter where they are now. Having friends close by is nice and I enjoy having them over as well.
You might have said "not to be rude" but quite frankly, your post was rude and small minded. Everyone has friends and loved ones. Just because someone is different, doesn't make them losers. Quite frankly I find your attitude discouraging and hope your kids grow up with more tolerance than you have.
Now the big question: How long until major developers (Square, Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, etc.) start integrating elements of this concept into their games?
My bet is on never. There are reasonably good random number generators out there already. If you base it off wifi, then you could potentially make things less random. It is one of those concept that is interesting but offers nothing unique that can't be done already.
You bring up a good point. Any software that is patched could have a kill switch in it now. We must make a firm stand to remove the ability of companies to patch their software! Besides, computers have been around for awhile now...I am sure they have figured out how to create software free of bugs.
What's the point of the American grading system then? It comes from that. Average is 70% in most typical schools and that culture of grading is reflected in the gaming scales. I don't know why people have trouble understanding that.
No it doesn't. It is a puzzle game which lends itself to get incrementally harder so that each puzzle is completable based on knowledge gained from the previous level. It is certainly not satire of the phenomenon. It embraces it.
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Please pay me $5 for posting on Slashdot and misspelling the words "sum" and "fair". Next time, you are going to prison, bud.
Sadly, I didn't get to play enough games this year. Just too busy. But I did get to play a few. The game I have probably wasted the most time on is Team Fortress 2. And this is a year late, but I would say Oblivion is the top game I have played this year. It just has so many quests and things you can do...and the polish is amazing. Hopefully I will "beat" Oblivion over break (i.e. do all the guild quests, all the major town quests, get all the artifacts, and complete the storyline). Bioshock and HL2-ep2 were both excellent FPSs. FFXII was good but just didn't hold the magic of some of the past games for me. I enjoyed Portal (and loved Coulton's song at the end) but I didn't find it particularly challenging or engaging until the end. I understand why people love that game but I don't agree that it would be worth $50 alone.
Play the game. When you see how challenging it can be it becomes easy to understand why it would be fun to watch the game played on its highest level. Even if you have experience playing a musical instrument (I play the violin), it still is very challenging.
Just go look on ebay...there are thousands on thousands of them for sale. The reason why no one can get a Wii is because these resellers are buying them in bulk as soon as they can their hands on them. This is inflating the demand for them beyond reality. don't believe me? Just go to ebay and search for the Wii. There are plenty of them out there.
The game is fun at first. But after you start running the level 4 missions over and over again...and realize if you want to get deeper in to the game you have to give up your life...it gets boring fast (unfortunately).
If a game installer (which probably would want root privileges) had used the same name as Linux's boot files and the installer screwed up and overwrote the file in /boot by mistake...the same thing would happen. This is their fault. Period.
?? You want more companies to hire people who cheat the system and then when caught aren't fired? Eve is pretty messed up. Admitting they royally screwed up is nice...but I would like to have more companies not screw up than apologize after the fact.
I never had an issue playing a single player game with Steam. When I do, maybe I can go down that road. Until then, it is a non-issue that people seem to make a big deal about.
The nice thing about Steam is that if I lose or destroy a CD, I don't have to worry about it. I can log in to my account, and download my games to any PC.
What if Valve goes out of business? These games are already cracked on the web, I would just download the cracked version of the game.
I don't think you are being intellectually honest here. Old games already don't work on XP unless you jump through some huge number of hoops and even then you may not be able to get them to work. Just because you have the media does not mean you will have the hardware or software in the future that will be able to play the game anyways. If you are really so worried, you can stick to console gaming and save that for your future offspring
For the great majority of the people Steam is convenient and easy to use. If you want to deprive yourself of quality games, feel free to. But don't tell me where I should spend my money and who I should support.
Slashdot tends to defend the little guy and hate the corporations...so it is natural to get that slant on here. You bring up good points, but it almost feels like you are a Gamespot advocate trying to inject doubt in to the forums.
No. The essential difference is that consoles are fixed hardware while PCs can have many different hardware configurations. PCs tend to be ahead of the curve graphics-wise since they can always be updated while consoles have a 5 year cycle (approximately). Other than that, they are all just computers.
Your concept is just flamebait.
Sorry, but a track ball for your thumb isn't going to be the same as a mouse. The sensitivity would either be too high to prevent fine tune aiming or too low and make it very difficult to turn quickly.
It's a space game...it isn't that hard. There aren't that many ship/starbase models. There are like 5 interiors to starbases that they use over and over again. There are like four types of stargates. It is fine if you like the changes. But to call it innovative...even ambitious, is laughable.
Seek professional help.
None of them? Really? Well, I can't criticize you...we all have our own preferences. Right now there isn't anything compelling to me on the Wii which probably would be read as blasphemy on here. The Wii certainly is an interesting console and I am all for getting more people in to my hobby. I don't quite understand all the fanboyism though. I like that I have a choice...a lot. And that the choices this time are distinct in multiple ways. No matter what you like, you have to admit it is a pretty good time to be a gamer. I am with the GP that the 360 has the games I want the most right now. I am still patiently waiting for a good deal before I get any current gen console (and I still have to beat Oblivion).
I have been a PC/console/handheld gamer and a long time reader of Slashdot and I have never heard either of those names until now. And if that is all they are, it is no wonder they are forgettable. I'd rather not know who they were.
Congratulations! This has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read on here. And I have been reading for a long long time. I hope you make sure you stay indoors when it is windy...you might be responsible for global warming! We might want to get rid of those nasty tree things too...all they are doing is sucking our wind dry!
What the heck is wrong with you? Some people like to play online games...just because you don't, you call them random losers? Having online games make a lot of sense. I can play with friends I knew from college no matter where they are now. Having friends close by is nice and I enjoy having them over as well.
You might have said "not to be rude" but quite frankly, your post was rude and small minded. Everyone has friends and loved ones. Just because someone is different, doesn't make them losers. Quite frankly I find your attitude discouraging and hope your kids grow up with more tolerance than you have.
Now the big question: How long until major developers (Square, Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, etc.) start integrating elements of this concept into their games?
My bet is on never. There are reasonably good random number generators out there already. If you base it off wifi, then you could potentially make things less random. It is one of those concept that is interesting but offers nothing unique that can't be done already.
Look on the bright side...figuring out how to boot your computer again is more fun than actually playing Eve (I kid, I kid).
You bring up a good point. Any software that is patched could have a kill switch in it now. We must make a firm stand to remove the ability of companies to patch their software! Besides, computers have been around for awhile now...I am sure they have figured out how to create software free of bugs.
What's the point of the American grading system then? It comes from that. Average is 70% in most typical schools and that culture of grading is reflected in the gaming scales. I don't know why people have trouble understanding that.
I wince every time I see that commercial. I figured it was made by people who want to scare kids away from making games.
If it is selling out everywhere, why it would it matter to them to send more to one place then another?
I almost went to school there. Good thing I chose MSU instead. Go Spartans ;)
No it doesn't. It is a puzzle game which lends itself to get incrementally harder so that each puzzle is completable based on knowledge gained from the previous level. It is certainly not satire of the phenomenon. It embraces it.