SoccerDude28

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  1. Must-play PlayStation 2 games

    Action-Adventure: God of War/ God of War 2 Metal Gear Solid series (Metal Gear Solid 1-3) Okami Devil May Cry series (1 and 3. Forget 2) Shadow of the Colossus ICO Killer 7 and Resident Evil 4 (if you don't have a cube) Bully Platformers: All 3 Sly games Kya: Dark Lineage (A brilliant game but highly overlooked) Viewtiful Joe 1,2 Jak and Daxter Ratchet and Clank (1-3. Don't bother with 4) J-RPG's: Final Fantasy XII (haven't played it but got some rave reviews) Dragon Quest 8 Rogue Galaxy Fighting: Tekken 5 Virtua Fighter 4
  2. Half-life 2 - episode one

    From what I understood, Nihilanth was like Breen, a traitor to the world it lives in. It was collaborating with the combine to keep the Vortigaunts on a leash through mind control(and thus they were fighting you in the original Half Life). Once you kill it, you remove that leash and free the Vortigaunts, but the combine don't like that, so they invade both Xen, and then (through the portal Freeman has opened to earth in the Dark Mesa incident) earth. At least that is how I understood the story
  3. Half-life 2 - episode one

    That was the most awesome moment in the game, when I completely knew that this game is special. I also love how if you stay in the dark for a while, then point your flash light towards Alyx, she puts her hand towards her face to block away the light.
  4. Microsoft: hey why not buy a Wii?

    So if I actually liked the PS2 with all its exclusive Ratchet and Clanks, Jaks, ICO's, Shadows of the Collusi, Katamaris, Slys, Gods of War, Metal Gears, Dragon Quests, Guitar Heros, plus all the other great third party support, does that make me a teenager eager to be cool? Talking about appealing to the teenager crowd, how about the Tattoo weilding Moore, or the leather jacket wearing J Allard who enjoys middle stage crouches. Or maybe that MTV unveiling.
  5. Microsoft: hey why not buy a Wii?

    Typical poor little Microsoft. They are doing the same in the Internet space, villifying the market leader Google and even trying to team up with the third giant Yahoo! by making their MSN messenger communicate solely with Yahoo's to fight the big bad wolf. Once the market leader is out of the picture, they will strike hard. Wooohoooo monopoly. There's only gaming that is not owned by Microsoft yet
  6. Sony's E3 Conference Thread

    Sorry for sounding stupid, but I didn't understand this part. Without Wi-fi, does it mean that you can't use the PSP with the PS3? What is a multi-card reader? And what is the impact of not having an HDMI port? Does it mean that you can't run games in HD, or you can't watch movies in HD?
  7. Microsoft's E3 Press Conference

    He said "Available on 360 "from day one" " with exclusive Xbox Live content. He never said (Not available for any other platform on day 1). People will read this sentence, see 360, day 1, and exclusive and think it is an exclusive game. Marketting 101.
  8. Microsoft's E3 Press Conference

    Alan Wake exclusive on the 360 and PC. Now that is one title I am looking forward to.
  9. Microsoft's E3 Press Conference

    There There "Available on 360 "from day one". So presumably it's on the others too. "
  10. Sony's E3 Conference Thread

    Nintendo fanboys shouldn't really worry too much about this controller. It is not a wii controller for sure. It can detect 6 axis of motion, left/right tilt, forward/backward tilt, and up/down, but you can't just move it around like a mouse to point at something, so it lacks the precision of the wii. Also It doesn't understand the notion of depth, so I believe the experiences will definitely be different. I don't believe it is a total ripoff in terms of implementation, although the idea of having motion sensored movement(although there is no sensors) seems like a ripoff. I think what bummed me most about the PS3 over anything else is the price. I thought 400 for the 360 was expensive, so if the PS3 will fail, it will be because of its price point.
  11. e3 predictions

    I predict there will be a lot of virgins at E3... With horrible body odor.
  12. Age of Empires 3 demo

    Did you guys try it? That game looks gorgeous, and on my 6800 GT card, it ran like a dream. I'm really surprised how well it ran, seeing that so many uglier games have had slow downs. Oh and it's fun too Check it out.
  13. Age of Empires 3 demo

    Oh sorry. You can find it in 3dgamers here
  14. Strategy to Go

    I also loved civ 3 and am pumped about Civ 4. They really have done so many things to improve the gameplay. I don't think you should worry about them dumbing it down to be more accessible, because it still is definitely not for everyone. But the additions get rid off the tedious tasks that you had to do like building a road on every single tile, and then upgrading that to a railroad, or having to worry about pollution and cleaning that crap up at the end of the game. That part definitely took a large portion of the time and was not fun. Also it's cool to know that a Phalanx can't destroy a tank anymore. Add to that the civics and religion and I'm totally sold.
  15. Murdoch buys IGN

    Oh no Murdoch seeping into the game industry One major change I can see in IGN. In The babes section, women will wear veils.
  16. Strategy to Go

    Yeah advanced wars was a wonderful game, a huge surprise for me. But I wouldn't hale the DS as the best strategy platform yet, because that is the only really awesome strategy game we have seen on it so far. As far as PC strategy games, Civ 4 is coming in the end of the year. It is complex, but it is the most addictive strategy game ever. Starwars: Empire at war is coming out in Feb 2006, and this is a game by ex-westwood guys + Starwars= hopefully good things will happen. Rise of nations is getting a wonderful sequel as well in a mystic setting. We have Age of Empires 3, and we have company of heroes, a game by the same people who did Warhammer 40K. Oh and if you like Total Annihilation, you've got supreme commander coming up. How's that for a strategy lineup.
  17. Why Games Suck:

    By the way there is a thread a little related to this in AG. It is about this article: here Some quotes of interest to this thread: "Does this mean that developers self-censor, not even bothering to bring their best ideas to publishers because they know they don't have a prayer of getting sold? You bet your ass. There are a lot of very bright and creative people in this field - no lack of them. But business realities trump passion every time.I'm going to bring up that Scratchware Manifesto quote again:" "An industry that was once the most innovative and exciting artistic field on the planet has become a morass of drudgery and imitation" " So there might be a lot of developers having ideas that go beyond an FPS, but they don't even bother with them.
  18. Why Games Suck:

    A game like Tetris is about things falling down, and a game like Katamari is about a big thing rolling up big things, and even bigger things. Can we deny their greatness? When Pajitnov came up with Tetris, it was a kind of a mathematical puzzle he was working on in his free time, when he wasn't working on his computer job. I'm just trying to say that a game really does not have to capture your emotions, to tell a story, or to involve humans to be great. You can strip out all these elements, and still have a great game. Unless you are a narratologist who believes that games should only tell stories. This is my theory of why games suck: 1- Publishers: In a lot of instances, we do not get what the developer intended but what the publisher thinks the market needs. When you get businessmen involved in the creative process, the end result is usually not fun. 2- Publishers: They are flooding the market with the same crap. The way they choose which game they need to fund next is by looking at charts, seeing what sells, and creating a game very similar to that "but with a twist". 3- The gaming demographic: It needs to change. I don't know how but it needs to change. The reason why number 1 & 2 are so prominent is because people keep buying their crap time after time. Until we have smarter consumers, I don't expect things to change significantly.
  19. Why Games Suck:

    But I can argue that Tim Schafer's game doesn't appeal to everyone like you are claiming, judging by its sales. You could blame it on marketting or whatever, but you are yet to prove that it has the wild appeal you are claiming it does. It just could be that the gaming market does not have a strong demand for such original games, even if they had very strong marketting behind them. Maybe that's the reason why nerdy software engineers make First person shooters. Because people want them?
  20. Why Games Suck:

    How about Halo? It's science fiction, a first person shooter, and supposedly a lot of extreme and cool people play it. And who said that nerds like to play FPS. So if girls don't play FPS'es that means all guys are nerds? How about Will Wright. He's the biggest nerd if I have ever seen one, and he has created a game that all girls can play.
  21. Why Games Suck:

    That doesn't mean he is not a nerdy software engineer. Can't nerdy software engineers have other hobbies as well?
  22. Why Games Suck:

    = your own opinion. I love tomb raider (at least the first original one).
  23. Why Games Suck:

    Are you on drugs? Gabe Newell was a nerdy engineer in the windows department in Microsoft, and his company came up with Half Life. Tim Schafer was a computer science major and he is the most beloved gaming figure here in the thumbs.
  24. Further 360 hilarity ensues...

    I think the 360 lacks a very important feature in extremity. A picture of Chris Remo showing his Vans when you first turn it on will make this the most extreme console you will ever buy.
  25. Game Boy Micro? Why?

    I think in the sonic game, sonic goes from the top screen to the bottom screen. So they use both as a gameplay element. I personally am sold on the 2 screen handhelds (I used to love them since the old days of the game and watch donkey kong), and hope that Nintendo keeps going further in that direction.