Might I just point out that Hitman 2 (the last one I've played) was incredibly replayable. When I wasn't doing the missions over and over taking the many different paths in said levels, I was collecting all the weapons.
Other than that, everything you said I agree with. There is definitely a heart-stopping thrill connected to the stealth games that I find keeps them fresh.
It reminds me of one time when I was playing Splinter Cell 1 and had pissed away all of my ammo and was reduced to trying to headshot people with the spy camera from 3 feet away.
seriously though, you've struck the pitch into the stratosphere with that! (well, atleast in modern games such as WoW)
Take for example, a friend of mine told me he was rolling a new character and I should do the same, so I did. 3 weeks later he's level 60 and I'm level 11 and taking some serious flak over it too. . . I'm such a noob and all that funk.
I've lost my point now, but I suppose the question to ponder is which one of us is getting the best value out of the game? Is it him for being uberleet with the phat lewt, is it me for the sheer number of dumb chuck norris jokes I hear (and sometimes giggle at) in the noob areas?
BB1 totally had 2 player, I remember I used to haul unexpected ass by taking the rapier, kicking sand in their face, then stabby stabby right in the eye socket. . . well, that was until someone took the nodachi and cut me in two.
I only wish my xbox PSX emulator actually worked. . .
Man, it would be sweet if someone made a game that uses all of the music instrument controllers in tandem. . . get a guy wailing on the guitar hero, another one banging out the rythm with the donkey kongas, get some of that samba di amigo for style. . .
top it all off with a microphone and a keg of beer and a video camera and you've got enough blackmail material for an early retirement!
I've been both an avid PC and Xbox gamer for quite some time and I'm starting to see my newfangled controller skills creep up on my well established mouse/keyboard skills.
I mean, sure the controller is cumbersome but with a little training I think it can be just as good as mouse/keyboard in the right situation. I won't deny the fact that mouse/keyboard can out snipe a controller, but in CQB I bet a controller could whup some ass.
I doubt I'd buy a $5000 PS3 if it had 3 cell chips. . .
What has been said is that the PS3 will be fairly expensive with one cell processor, a BR drive, and some other funky stuff at a major loss of $$$. Are you suggesting that Sony would decide to increase the power and the cost of an already questionably expensive system?
So I know you're saying to not tally anything up until the PS3 is released which is a very good thing to say, but don't go making your argument even harder to defend!
"virtually the same as their PS2 cousins."
personally, I think that's where it dies. To me the PS2 really doesn't look all that great anyway, I mean sure pre-rendered cutscenes look nice but then you get into the game and the visuals are balls.
Don't get me wrong though, I love some games for the PS2. Just not the graphics.
thus is slashdot.
actually I made it a goal to collect all the literature in the game, but 3 mid-sized stolen houses filled with books later I gave up. The most notable books for me I think were "trial by fire" (I think thats the name, its a 6 part series) and "ABC's for Barbarians" only because I found it and read it at like 4:00 in the morning playing "Co-op" with a friend (we were both playing our own games) and the fact that it was 3 pages, A, B, and C.
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I played it on xbox and all I did was wiggle the stick and jump, eventually you make it out of ANY possible stuckness, and you level up your athletics like 3 times:P
unfortunately that doesn't work. . . If Big Pharm doesn't like whatever government deal they get, then they just pack their bags and move to someplace else.
The only real way to fix that is to make a global legistration for it. . .
A friend of mine sat in the que for one of the PvP places (I think It was something like warsong gulch?) for 30-some hours, that was kind of crazy. . . but I haven't had much experience with queues to get into a server. . .
what with their all star killer lineups: PS1 was the SNES killer PS2 is the dreamcast killer killzone the halo killer killzone 2 the halo 2,3,4,and 5 killer PS3 the 360 killer PS3 the Revolution killer PS3 the beef killer (ps3grill) PS3 the cancer killer PS3 the router killer PS3 controller the Revolution killer
There's plenty of killers, but I'm not seeing a lot of body bags. . .
everyone always says that sony lost one major format war, but the truth is they lost 2. . . I'm still trying to find out what happened to the alphamax. . . its too bad that Sony swept that one under the carpet without anyone realizing it.
All I can ask is, is TFA a joke?
it's awesome, I laughed hysterically at every one of them.
#1 is a parody of the PS2
#2 is just plain mental. Only one console has ever NOT wanted a killer app, and that console was the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_(game_sys tem)
#3 is a parody of the PS2
#4 is just dumb
#5 I couldn't read anymore, due to the hysterics.
believe what you want, but when the Gestapo err sorry the homeland security comes to your door claiming that the color of your house is offensive, I'll be basking in Canadian sun while you're slaving away at a deathcamp.
so that is taking things to extreme but the whole concept is that once they get away with something, they'll try something a little riskier, and on, and on, until they have enough power to tell you that your house is the wrong color, or that the grass on your lawn isn't long enough, or that you can only wear socks on mondays, or anything. If you've given them enough power eventually it'll bite you on the ass.
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Might I just point out that Hitman 2 (the last one I've played) was incredibly replayable. When I wasn't doing the missions over and over taking the many different paths in said levels, I was collecting all the weapons. Other than that, everything you said I agree with. There is definitely a heart-stopping thrill connected to the stealth games that I find keeps them fresh. It reminds me of one time when I was playing Splinter Cell 1 and had pissed away all of my ammo and was reduced to trying to headshot people with the spy camera from 3 feet away.
you're just a noob :P joking. . . I'm an A, too.
seriously though, you've struck the pitch into the stratosphere with that! (well, atleast in modern games such as WoW)
Take for example, a friend of mine told me he was rolling a new character and I should do the same, so I did. 3 weeks later he's level 60 and I'm level 11 and taking some serious flak over it too. . . I'm such a noob and all that funk.
I've lost my point now, but I suppose the question to ponder is which one of us is getting the best value out of the game? Is it him for being uberleet with the phat lewt, is it me for the sheer number of dumb chuck norris jokes I hear (and sometimes giggle at) in the noob areas?
*insert witty comment in here*
BB1 totally had 2 player, I remember I used to haul unexpected ass by taking the rapier, kicking sand in their face, then stabby stabby right in the eye socket. . . well, that was until someone took the nodachi and cut me in two.
I only wish my xbox PSX emulator actually worked. . .
Man, it would be sweet if someone made a game that uses all of the music instrument controllers in tandem. . . get a guy wailing on the guitar hero, another one banging out the rythm with the donkey kongas, get some of that samba di amigo for style. . . top it all off with a microphone and a keg of beer and a video camera and you've got enough blackmail material for an early retirement!
I'll challenge that. . .
I've been both an avid PC and Xbox gamer for quite some time and I'm starting to see my newfangled controller skills creep up on my well established mouse/keyboard skills.
I mean, sure the controller is cumbersome but with a little training I think it can be just as good as mouse/keyboard in the right situation.
I won't deny the fact that mouse/keyboard can out snipe a controller, but in CQB I bet a controller could whup some ass.
I doubt I'd buy a $5000 PS3 if it had 3 cell chips. . .
What has been said is that the PS3 will be fairly expensive with one cell processor, a BR drive, and some other funky stuff at a major loss of $$$.
Are you suggesting that Sony would decide to increase the power and the cost of an already questionably expensive system?
So I know you're saying to not tally anything up until the PS3 is released which is a very good thing to say, but don't go making your argument even harder to defend!
Oh, sorry I didn't mean to confuse but I meant PS games in general, not GTA.
to be fair I enjoyed the GTA games, but I too have grown tired of the GTA series.
"virtually the same as their PS2 cousins." personally, I think that's where it dies. To me the PS2 really doesn't look all that great anyway, I mean sure pre-rendered cutscenes look nice but then you get into the game and the visuals are balls. Don't get me wrong though, I love some games for the PS2. Just not the graphics.
thus is slashdot. actually I made it a goal to collect all the literature in the game, but 3 mid-sized stolen houses filled with books later I gave up. The most notable books for me I think were "trial by fire" (I think thats the name, its a 6 part series) and "ABC's for Barbarians" only because I found it and read it at like 4:00 in the morning playing "Co-op" with a friend (we were both playing our own games) and the fact that it was 3 pages, A, B, and C.
Let me be one of the first to suggest James Wagner Au take on the role of Captain Obvious.
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thank you. . . the possibilities of me successfully quoting a movie are three thousand seven hundred and twenty to one.
obligatory quote:
it's as if millions of voices cried out at once, and then silenced.
I played it on xbox and all I did was wiggle the stick and jump, eventually you make it out of ANY possible stuckness, and you level up your athletics like 3 times :P
unfortunately that doesn't work. . . If Big Pharm doesn't like whatever government deal they get, then they just pack their bags and move to someplace else.
The only real way to fix that is to make a global legistration for it. . .
I don't care what fuel it uses, I want a motorcycle that runs entirely off of my ball sweat. now that's a combustion engine!
A friend of mine sat in the que for one of the PvP places (I think It was something like warsong gulch?) for 30-some hours, that was kind of crazy. . . but I haven't had much experience with queues to get into a server. . .
FP
what with their all star killer lineups:
PS1 was the SNES killer
PS2 is the dreamcast killer
killzone the halo killer
killzone 2 the halo 2,3,4,and 5 killer
PS3 the 360 killer
PS3 the Revolution killer
PS3 the beef killer (ps3grill)
PS3 the cancer killer
PS3 the router killer
PS3 controller the Revolution killer
There's plenty of killers, but I'm not seeing a lot of body bags. . .
everyone always says that sony lost one major format war, but the truth is they lost 2. . .
I'm still trying to find out what happened to the alphamax. . . its too bad that Sony swept that one under the carpet without anyone realizing it.
All I can ask is, is TFA a joke? it's awesome, I laughed hysterically at every one of them.s tem)
#1 is a parody of the PS2
#2 is just plain mental. Only one console has ever NOT wanted a killer app, and that console was the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_(game_sy
#3 is a parody of the PS2
#4 is just dumb
#5 I couldn't read anymore, due to the hysterics.
didn't you read that other slashdot article about the tinfoil hat making it easier for the government to read your brainwaves?
So you're saying his nuts came out of millions of years of extremely high pressure and temperature?
I'm not much of a table top RPGer but I always went by the acronym DM, as GM has too many parallels in the real world. . .
BOOM headshot!
believe what you want, but when the Gestapo err sorry the homeland security comes to your door claiming that the color of your house is offensive, I'll be basking in Canadian sun while you're slaving away at a deathcamp.
so that is taking things to extreme but the whole concept is that once they get away with something, they'll try something a little riskier, and on, and on, until they have enough power to tell you that your house is the wrong color, or that the grass on your lawn isn't long enough, or that you can only wear socks on mondays, or anything. If you've given them enough power eventually it'll bite you on the ass.