At 7/18/08 09:06 PM, Jaketheclonetrooper wrote: I'm thinking of getting Marathon: Durandal or Rez HD.

Save the other 800 for Braid. It looks absolutely orgasmitastic.

At 7/18/08 06:08 PM, neoblent2 wrote: THE TOP GUN THEME SONG ON GH3 IS THE BEST SONG EVER! LOL.

Call me an asshole, but there's a perverse pleasure in picking it for an online match and whammying every note into a horrible dissonant howl.

Because everyone loves lists, here's my personal favorites of E3:

Rock Band/ Guitar Hero: World Tour - I'm digging World Tour's song creator and its subtle additions to the "hitting circles in time" formula so I'l probaby pick that up for the whole set. Still, Harmonix has really stepped up their song selection from RB1, both in terms of quality and quantity. 84 on disc songs 20 free dlc songs and the fact that I can probably borrow the RB1 disc from a friends to get all of those is an incredible deal.

Prince of Persia - It looks like more of the same gameplay that kept me hooked during last generation's PoP trilogy, but I'm really digging the style change from gritty action to fantastic story book. It also looks like they've nailed the "no death" formula so that it's approachable yet you're not going to waltz through it without developing a strategy.

Mega Man 9 - How can anyone with a soul hate on old school Mega Man?

Resident Evil 5 - Call it cautious optimism, I like the RE4 formula, but this looks like another step away from horror and towards action. Plus, the story still sounds shitty, which doesn't work without the b-horror backdrop. I'm sure it'll be tons of fun even if it's not quite what I want it to be.

Fallout 3 - Maybe it's not everything that purists want it to be, but I personally think the Oblivionishness will play well with the Fallout world. Plus, 100+ hours of post-apocalyptic awesome is pretty awesome.

His utter uselessness is what makes him so great. One of my favorite things to do in Brawl was run around the map ringing his bell while everyone else chased my two-dimensional ass down trying to shut me up. Plus standing off to the side and raining down flaming bacon on eveyone else while they're tangles in a rumble is always great. Sometimes it's not just about kicking everyone's ass.

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It's a neat app, and despite the simplicity I can see there being some enjoyment to be had with it. It's just that it's possibly the worst thing that Nintendo ould have possibly shown to cap their E3 conference with. But hey, the teams that make Zelda and Mario are working on new games. That's a big announcement, right?

Checked out the Too Human demo, it's not terrible and it has some interesting ideas but I wasn't really digging it. The combat feels a little one-dimensional, almost button massing for idiots. Too lazy to jam on X? Just hold the stick towards an enemy. There's some nuance, but I can see it getting old. They've also really lost me by adopting the utterly idiotic no death philosophy which I don't get. Where's the drive to level up when you can just die and immediately go back to a boss that's obviously tougher than you? Where's the drive to take advantage of a game's strategic elements. The only punishment is that you generally spawn away from the battle and have to run back to it and it appears that there are some spots where you miss out on loot by dying. Couldn't get a good feel for the storyline. I hope the demo isn't the start of the game because I had no clue what the fuck was going on or who was who and what their purpose was.

Also tried Tales of Verperia and was similarly unimpressed. Although I've never been a Tales fan so I wasn't expecting to be blown away.

After X? That makes one official Final Fantasy game (unless you want to count the MMO FFXI in with the rest) that you've found sub-par. Couldn't hurt to have a little more faith in the series than that.

At 7/15/08 04:25 PM, zimzap wrote: My biggest problem with Sony's presentation was the complete lack of excitement and charisma in the presentation. It was almost as if they didn't believe what they were saying. They could really learn something from Steve Jobs on how to give a good presentation.

Honestly, you don't say, "Hey, you guys like God of War, right? Well here's the first trailer," before showing it. You just let it roll and when the camera pans onto Kratos standing triumphantly over crumbling ruins the audience realizes what's just been announce and they go wild.

All three conferences were at least a little on the boring side. Microsoft's was decent for the first half hour even though all the games shown were well known and not all exclusives. They then went to announce a bunch of casual games and updates that were pretty much just reaction to shit that Sony and Nintendo were already doing. The ability to take a party into different dashboard functions and games is pretty cool though. I just wish they had more up their sleeves than FFXIII, it's a major announcement, but they could have used a new AAA exclusive or two.

Nintendo's was almost entirely casual oriented, but honestly Miyamoto could have casually walked onto the stage, hands outstretched, gripping the Wiimote and, pausing momentarily midstage to turn to the audience to say, "New game. Wii Mow Lawn," before walking off and ending the conference, and the Wii would still sell like it was filled with shiny gold dubloons.

Sony's conference was probably the best even though it ran a little long and was poorly paced. They showed the most games and honestly, that's all I was looking for. They took some of the holy shit moments out of the few big announcements at the end, but still they did the best job of making their console look like it's going to have more exclusives and just more games in general.

At 7/15/08 01:32 PM, Jerkapotamus wrote: If Nintendo casualizes Zelda, sort of like they did with Windwaker but worse.

Windwaker's actually my favorite Zelda game.

At 7/15/08 01:21 PM, DirtySyko wrote: The Wii MotionPlus is all right, but it would have been a lot better to hear future plans for the use of it instead of just the new Wii Sports game. Let us know why we need to buy this new device. Telling us about one game isn't a very good selling point. For all we know the majority of games won't even take advantage of this device.

I'm always wary of optional devices like that and how heavily devlopers will adopt them, but I actually think this will catch on. The Wii fanbase seems to love mini game compilations, especially when they come packed with a doo-dad. I'm sure huge number of people will probably buy Wii-sports Resort.

I'm a little upset with the DS coverage, GTA on the DS could have been the biggest announcement of the conference, but they glossed over it in favor of talking about airport, cooking, and baseball stadium apps. I was hoping to at least get a roll of footage that showed the games that are coming out within the next year.

At 7/15/08 01:08 PM, lazydoctor wrote: This is painful... I want to cry, man.

It sounded like the Mario theme was playing as someone slipped me a roofie and I slowly slipped off into rape-ville.

Wow, Sanjaya is really beating on those drums like an mentally hadicapped child with ADHD.

At 7/15/08 12:48 PM, fawnret wrote: gta ds.......hmm.....never thought I would hear the words grand theft auto and ds in the same name.

The Gameboy Color had a version of GTA so it's not unprecedented.

At 7/15/08 12:45 PM, Jerkapotamus wrote: Also, who the hell decided to use this lady so much? Why can't Reggie do it all like in years past?

Because girls like video games too. Even incredibly saccharine and uninteresting ones.

At 7/15/08 12:22 PM, SlipperyMooseCakes wrote: Don't care Nintendo. Yeah you're on top you surprised the world and raped our women and old people.

Games plz nao.

You're saying Powerpoint presentations aren't exciting enough for you? I'm on the edge of my seat.

At 7/15/08 12:08 PM, Jezuz wrote: Wow holy shit we care lady.

Whatever, we're all just waiting for the last ten minutes for whatever bombshell announcement they have in store.

At 7/15/08 12:03 PM, BlueFlameSkulls wrote: ITS ON NOW

They've got a drop-screen showing people of all ages enjoying fantastic Nintendo products and some up-beat techno, but I don't think it's officially started.

At 7/15/08 12:01 PM, Deadly-Shadow wrote: The time is done, but there's no video playing. Is anyone else having this problem?

Never depend on an E3 conference to start on time. The only truism in the video game industry.

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At 7/15/08 11:26 AM, DasUberCow wrote: Yeah, you dont have to get so pissed of just because i was trying to make a point.

Anyway, most people are calling Square Enix the "Judas of video gaming". I can see why. As soon as its announced for the 360 they also announce that it wont be on 360 in the Far East proving how trustworthy and loyal they are.

It's not anything against Sony or PS3 owners, there's just a large market for them to reach on the 360. Put yourself into their shoes. You're spending years of time and tens of millions of dollars making Final Fantasy XIII and you want to get the biggest possible return on your investment. Would you make your fans who own a PS3 feel all warm and cuddly becuase the game is exclusive to them or do you make it available to the widest audience possible?

As for the 360 in Japan? I guess there's just no profit in releasing it for the twelve people there who own the system.

1. AC/DC Let There Be Rock 1970s -
23. Foo Fighters Everlong 1990s
26. Jane's Addiction Mountain Song 1980s
27. Jethro Tull Aqualung 1970s
30. Journey Anyway You Want It 1970s
31. Judas Priest Painkiller 1990s
32. Kansas Carry On Wayward Son 1970s
39. Megadeth Peace Sells 1980s
40. Metallica Battery 1980s
43. Motorhead Ace of Spades 1980s
45. Norman Greenbaum Spirit in the Sky 1960s
48. Pearl Jam Alive 1990s
49. Presidents of the USA Lump 1990s
52. Red Hot Chili Peppers Give it Away 1990s
59. Soundgarden Spoonman 1990s
61. Steely Dan Bodhitsattya 1970s
62. Steve Miller Band Rock'n Me 1970s
66. Tenacious D Master Exploder 2000s

Songs that immediately grab me as awesome although you never know, sometimes songs you really wanted turn out bland and sometimes songs you would have never though of playing are fantastinc. In any case it's a huge jump over the limp soundtrack of the first Rock Band. I've always hesitated to buy it because, even though I could technically buy DLC to make it the kind of game I want to play, I don't want to dump another forty bucks right after the initial purchase.

There's also the ability to import Most of the RB1 songs.

I wonder what the limitations are on that. Can I just borrow a friend's disc and import them or have they figured out a way to limit it to one disc? If so I'm definetly getting at least the disc (if they don't make some major improvements to the seriously terrible peripherals).

At 7/14/08 01:30 PM, Jezuz wrote: Can't wait for the MS one to start...should be now right?

E3 conferences always start late. I think Microsoft is generally the most punctual of the big three, but I wouldn't set my watch by them.

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At 7/14/08 01:12 PM, 7794 wrote: MICROSOFT'S CONFERENCE STARTED AT 10:30 AM, OBVIOUSLY ITS OVER NOW.

Are you trying to make a joke?

I don't get it. Isn't the Wiimote already supposed to emulate 1:1 movement? Is Nintendo going to charge people for an attachment that makes the Wiimote perform the way they promised it would when it was originally unveiled?

Whoo, won my first online match of Civ Revolution, an economic victory with the Spanish. I got very lucky too, one of the people I was against was well on his way to a technological victory and was in the lead in all categories except economy when he lost his connection and dropped out. I guess they don't set the AI for online matches very high because it did a piss poor job of handling the advantage. Fortunately when I got to 20k I wasn't hit very hard. Only the two AI-controlled nations realized what was going on and limpy attacked me, completely ignoring the city that I was building the world bank in.

Also, a big thumbs down for a complete lack of online-centric achievements. After a four and a half hour marathon I think I deserve something to commemorate my efforts.

And he even teabags the enemy he just pretend-killed. That kid is my new hero.