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Cry Havoc

11-30-2007, 01:38 PM

dude just like i told an old head i worked with the other day who plays WoW I told him i dont have a problem with PC games....but hooking it up to a 52in just isnt worth it, and then to play against other people on 2k or madden or any other game just wouldnt be the same....just take it as a majority or people that play sports games play on consoles....i mean i dont recall a madden tourney going down on PC....unless its in your house....dude when you guys were talking about video cards and how they helped or didnt help your game i didnt say shit...cause i didnt care, just like i dont care about talking about linking up in your in your PC games either i just read it and move on....who ever started bitching should just make another thread for PC games or what not. I dont care if this turns into the quatro thread im still going to try to set shit up if people want that...PC gamers being fags was not meant literally unless I truly stuck a nerve that he didnt hit last night....and for that I apologize

:lmao

Meltdown, aisle 2. Paging meltdown.

Btw, thanks for adhering strictly to the stereotype of the console-junkie. It makes you so much easier to categorize.

If you guys would just keep the number of posts down a bit, it might help a lot. There are PMs available on this board as well.

DarkReign

11-30-2007, 01:45 PM

PC gamers being fags was not meant literally unless I truly stuck a nerve that he didnt hit last night

Youre a child. Enjoy your youth.

....and for that I apologize

:lmao

DarkReign

11-30-2007, 01:49 PM

Here we go.......

I could've easily just named the thread Xbox 360, but I didn't want to discriminate. The PC talk and scheduling is kinda boring, but you don't have to read it. If you need to know about a specific game and can't be patient to read throught the thread, then like said above, go to a reviews site.

Fair enough. But I dont particularly remember having a hardware discussion. I am NOT saying it didint happen, I just seriously dont remember.

Regardless, my point wasnt to discriminate or create problems. But this online scheduling will go on for pages on end with 1 sentence dedicated to time.

You named the thread Videogames, which is all encompassing. I play both console and PC a helluva lot. I am admittedly more prone to PC for various reasons but you dont see me jumping down someones throat about their console favoritism.

What the fuck am I? 14....this is worthless to even discuss, I just realized that. nuff said.

P.S.: it does get annoying when someone brings up a console FPS and all we hear from certain posters is how better PC's are with FPS's. We get it, move on.

Fair. But at least its a discussion about the game, not a schedule for playing the game for 2 pages.

dougp

11-30-2007, 02:28 PM

NEW 360 FALL UPDATE INFORMATION

Long List - http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2007/11/30/december-2007-system-update.aspx

Short List:
AVI, DiVX, Xvid (Xvid is not confirmed.)
Modified Dashboard - supposed to be sped up, new controls
Downloadable XBox Games
Cheaper XBLA Games
Expanded Friends Lists / New Friends Info

DarkReign

11-30-2007, 02:32 PM

I resemble that remark.

Deeek!

:lmao

"resemble"

That, my friend, is a Freudian slip.

Cry Havoc

11-30-2007, 02:36 PM

:lmao

"resemble"

That, my friend, is a Freudian slip.

I'm pretty sure he meant to say resemble. I've heard that said as a comedic jest at those who say, "I resent that remark."

So yeah. Bit o' sarcasm.

leemajors

11-30-2007, 02:38 PM

i talked about video cards once.

Mixability

11-30-2007, 02:50 PM

Fair enough. But I dont particularly remember having a hardware discussion. I am NOT saying it didint happen, I just seriously dont remember.

Regardless, my point wasnt to discriminate or create problems. But this online scheduling will go on for pages on end with 1 sentence dedicated to time.

You named the thread Videogames, which is all encompassing. I play both console and PC a helluva lot. I am admittedly more prone to PC for various reasons but you dont see me jumping down someones throat about their console favoritism.

What the fuck am I? 14....this is worthless to even discuss, I just realized that. nuff said.

Fair. But at least its a discussion about the game, not a schedule for playing the game for 2 pages.

I'm sure there are people who are console fanboys and some that are PC guys. Then there are people who don't give a fuck, like me. The scheduling does take up space, but until a rule is agreed upon how to get a league/tourney together it'll continue.

It would be better, if one person would post a tentative time for a specific game and then people could respond by PM. Is that a good idea?

As far as the fighting goes, :dramaquee , play games, not consoles. I particulary don't like playing games on PC, too many updates, drivers, settings to mess with. I prefer just dropping a disc in the tray and playing.

If I seem inferior to you because of that, fine, but you don't have to regurgitate the same response whenever someone has the same opinion as I do.

We get it, you like pointing and clicking, we like using a controller. Neither is anywhere close to actually shooting a gun. We're both playing a fucking game.

Cry Havoc

11-30-2007, 03:05 PM

It would be better, if one person would post a tentative time for a specific game and then people could respond by PM. Is that a good idea?

Excellent suggestion.

We get it, you like pointing and clicking, we like using a controller. Neither is anywhere close to actually shooting a gun. We're both playing a fucking game.

I like using both, actually, but for different things. I wouldn't use a controller to play an FPS on and I would NEVER use a keyboard and mouse for a fighting or a sports game.

leemajors

11-30-2007, 04:06 PM

We get it, you like pointing and clicking, we like using a controller. Neither is anywhere close to actually shooting a gun. We're both playing a fucking game.
http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/11/31d-tbiJKWL._SS500_.jpg

Cry Havoc

11-30-2007, 04:08 PM

http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/11/31d-tbiJKWL._SS500_.jpg

Unless it has recoil, ejects a burning hot shell casing, weighs at least 5 pounds, and makes a huge boom, it's not much closer to the real thing than a mouse or controller.

Mixability

11-30-2007, 04:08 PM

http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/11/31d-tbiJKWL._SS500_.jpg

Unless that thing kicks back, leaves residue on my hands and shells on the street, it's still a game.

Mixability

11-30-2007, 04:10 PM

jinx

Cry Havoc

11-30-2007, 04:11 PM

Unless that thing kicks back, leaves residue on my hands and shells on the street, it's still a game.

I beat you.

Cry Havoc = Win

Danyo = FAIL

:toast

CuckingFunt

11-30-2007, 04:11 PM

They do have light guns with recoil. They're kind of awesome in a silly way.

Mixability

11-30-2007, 04:12 PM

it's not much closer to the real thing than a mouse or controller.

How do you figure? Tapping a space bar and clicking on a mouse button is pretty close to firing a gun?

I'd much rather use that gun controller for a shooting game, if linked to a nunchuck for the wii instead of the standard 360 pad, it'd be awesome for a FPS.

Mixability

11-30-2007, 04:14 PM

Since I really don't know. How is a FPS played on a PC. Do you just use the keyboard to move and click on enemies to shoot them?

DarkReign

11-30-2007, 04:35 PM

Since I really don't know. How is a FPS played on a PC. Do you just use the keyboard to move and click on enemies to shoot them?

W = Forward
A = Strafe Left
S = Backward
D = Strafe Right

Space = Jump
Shift = Walk/Run
Control = Crouch/Prone

Use mouse to move crosshairs.

Left Button = Fire
Right Button = Secondary Fire/Down the Sights View
Mouse Wheel = Scroll thru available weapons
Middle Mouse Button = Down the Sights View/Secondary Fire

leemajors

11-30-2007, 04:39 PM

Unless it has recoil, ejects a burning hot shell casing, weighs at least 5 pounds, and makes a huge boom, it's not much closer to the real thing than a mouse or controller.
and the attempt at levity fails.

leemajors

11-30-2007, 04:43 PM

i remember the first time i typed +mouselook into the quake 1 console. never looked back. goldeneye had the best console fps controls imo, but the freedom just isn't there. also in addition to what DarkReign said, you can assign other keys to whatever - even specific weapons without scrolling through, which can be incredibly useful, like rocketing someone up in tf2 and shotgunning them in midair.

DarkReign

11-30-2007, 04:43 PM

If I seem inferior to you because of that, fine, but you don't have to regurgitate the same response whenever someone has the same opinion as I do.

We get it, you like pointing and clicking, we like using a controller. Neither is anywhere close to actually shooting a gun. We're both playing a fucking game.

What? When have I ever "looked down" on someone for their gaming tastes? I never said someone is inferior because of their fucking video game preference....

So I make the M+K > Gamepad remark. Big whoop. I am not guessing or making that up, its just true. Theres a reason they havent made a cross-platform game that allows both console and PC players on the same server. It just wouldnt be fair.

But I dont care if peeps want to play CoD4 on the 360. Its their money, their choice. I said that repeatedly as a semi-joke. Not a very funny one, I knew/know that. But a joke nonetheless.

If it makes everyone feel better, I am so out of practice in any FPS, I'd probably get owned by everyone here. I prefer strategy games and RTSs. Both of which do not exist on the console market (outside of Battle for Middle Earth). Dawn of War, Rome: Total War, Civ 4 BtS, Company of Heroes. Also like RPGs and extremely enjoying Mass Effect right now.

Mixability

11-30-2007, 04:59 PM

W = Forward
A = Strafe Left
S = Backward
D = Strafe Right

Space = Jump
Shift = Walk/Run
Control = Crouch/Prone

Use mouse to move crosshairs.

Left Button = Fire
Right Button = Secondary Fire/Down the Sights View
Mouse Wheel = Scroll thru available weapons
Middle Mouse Button = Down the Sights View/Secondary Fire

Wow, I guess it IS all about your own taste, because I couldn't see myself dealing with that kind of control scheme. I guess I just like to get away from the mouse and keyboard when I'm not at work. It seems like running and jumping while shooting would be a chore, at least if you're running at an angle. Because wouldn't you have to press W,A, space and move the mouse and click?

leemajors

11-30-2007, 05:09 PM

Wow, I guess it IS all about your own taste, because I couldn't see myself dealing with that kind of control scheme. I guess I just like to get away from the mouse and keyboard when I'm not at work. It seems like running and jumping while shooting would be a chore, at least if you're running at an angle. Because wouldn't you have to press W,A, space and move the mouse and click?
well you would orient yourself with the mouse and run in that direction, you don't have to run at an angle. strafing one way or the other is like sidestepping. once you get used to the scheme it's easy. something like strafe jumping is way more difficult.

DannyT

11-30-2007, 05:32 PM

I beat you.

Cry Havoc = Win

Danyo = FAIL

:toast

so when are you guys to rematch and play again?

schedule a time....So we can see who wins

I got my money on Danyo...cause he is not on the PC hes on SPURSTALK through his 360 typing with a controller.... :wakeup

DarkReign

11-30-2007, 05:34 PM

I grew up on console shooters like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark.

Never tried a FPS on PC until Soldier of Fortune 2.

Ill never play an FPS on a console if its available for PC again. The difference isnt slight or even gaping, its the Grand Canyon in terms of control and precision. But its a personal taste...PC gaming is dying a slow death, totally true. Console versions of the same game outsell the PC every time.

Just a matter of time before they make a mouse and keyboard (or similar) setup for the consoles, then there wont be an argument anymore.

DannyT

11-30-2007, 05:48 PM

Never tried a FPS on PC until Soldier of Fortune 2.

first FPS shooter I bought on PC back in like 2002-2003 cant member...but that shows you how old I am...my biggest thing is that not everyone can get in on a 24in screen using the keyboard to play a fps or a sports game...thus the need for the 360 on the big screen....dude if youre a loner and have no one to play with then the pc fits you but if you play against people and not just online with fake friends then you see our point

but yes none the less both are still in fact just games....that are being taking far too serious by both sides

dougp

11-30-2007, 07:43 PM

first FPS shooter I bought on PC back in like 2002-2003 cant member...but that shows you how old I am...my biggest thing is that not everyone can get in on a 24in screen using the keyboard to play a fps or a sports game...thus the need for the 360 on the big screen....dude if youre a loner and have no one to play with then the pc fits you but if you play against people and not just online with fake friends then you see our point

but yes none the less both are still in fact just games....that are being taking far too serious by both sidesI was going to stay out of the argument, but seriously ... wtf? That statement is beyond wrong, it was PCs that started people gaming together, and basically what breed XBL. I was playing Doom/Q1/Q2/DN3D long before you were able to network consoles together ...

jman3000

11-30-2007, 07:51 PM

I have a toshiba satellite P205 and i was wondering if there is a way to upgrade my graphics card at a reasonable price. i just bought this thing about 2 months ago for 1500 and it's mainly used for school... but since it can handle decent games i use it for gaming too... problem is i just got back from best buy and they have an upgraded version of my laptop for the exact same price and i feel a bit cheated.

if anybody knows anybody who can do this types of upgrading for a decent price, please let me know.

jman3000

11-30-2007, 07:51 PM

another thing... it's a duo core processor @ 1.66 and 1.67 respectively... are those numbers cumulative for processing purposes?

i know how duel processors work... i just dont know if i have 3.3 ghz of power or just a really fast 1.66.

DannyT

11-30-2007, 07:57 PM

I was going to stay out of the argument, but seriously ... wtf? That statement is beyond wrong, it was PCs that started people gaming together, and basically what breed XBL. I was playing Doom/Q1/Q2/DN3D long before you were able to network consoles together ...

yeah but now you need more then one pc to do that....or laptop and everyone having a laptop is not more then likely going to happen...wheres as in our case you just need one console and 4 controllers and it seems a bit more reasonable....i didnt say what came first because its clear that it was the PC....because I was playing word munch and oregon trail before I was playing mario brothers....we are just talking about different types of gaming and enviornments

Cry Havoc

12-01-2007, 03:01 AM

yeah but now you need more then one pc to do that....or laptop and everyone having a laptop is not more then likely going to happen...wheres as in our case you just need one console and 4 controllers and it seems a bit more reasonable....i didnt say what came first because its clear that it was the PC....because I was playing word munch and oregon trail before I was playing mario brothers....we are just talking about different types of gaming and enviornments

So you're saying you'd rather play on a 1/4th of a screen than have one all to yourself?

Dude, if you really want to be a hardcore multiplayer, you go to a LAN party. There is just no comparison for the amount of fun you can have with other people gaming. It is manic, and it is brilliant. Best of all, you don't have your screen size chopped into a tiny cube (even on a big TV, the comparative area is small). Bliss.

another thing... it's a duo core processor @ 1.66 and 1.67 respectively... are those numbers cumulative for processing purposes?

Relatively speaking, you have a 3.0+ Ghz processor for single applications like gaming. The speeds aren't nearly as important anymore though, what matters is the processor's multitasking ability, in which the core duos are by far the best highly production model chipset around right now.

The bad news is that in nearly every single laptop the graphics card is not upgradeable. I'm almost certain that it's the case with your Toshiba.

You should also note that 2 months is a relatively long period of time in computers. Prices decrease extremely fast, and new systems come out at the same price with superior specs to the old. If you keep looking at the newest thing on the block you're always going to feel ripped off when you compare it to what you currently have.

And to counter any silly console fanboy that may use this response as an opportunity, please keep in mind that despite the claims of Sony about the power of the Ps3, dual 8800 cards from Nvidia absolutely decimate the Playstation in just about every graphical category. When the 9xxx series comes out, consoles will be relegated to a distant 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the visuals department. And that distance will only grow until the Ps4/Xbox 720 is released. So yes, PCs are more expensive. But they also deliver a superior visual experience.

DannyT

12-01-2007, 01:35 PM

DannyT

12-01-2007, 01:36 PM

jman3000

12-02-2007, 02:56 AM

thx cry havoc... i appreciate the info.

Pistons < Spurs

12-02-2007, 09:52 PM

Vivendi to Buy Major Activision Stake (http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071202/vivendi_activision.html)

dougp

12-02-2007, 10:12 PM

Vivendi to Buy Major Activision Stake (http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071202/vivendi_activision.html)Biggest news is the merger of Blizzard and Activision ...

Pistons < Spurs

12-03-2007, 12:23 AM

Just a matter of time before they make a mouse and keyboard (or similar) setup for the consoles

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w231/JamesL007/PS3Tag%20Stuff/FragFXController.jpg

Frag FX Controller (http://www.tripletags.com/post.asp?id=170)

ynh

12-03-2007, 03:22 AM

Dark Love the Redwings theme going.. miss seeing them ever since the NHL went on the hunting network.. or fishing network.. or whatever network it is.

leemajors

12-03-2007, 03:38 AM

maddens and 2k8 is not split into sections when playing multiplayer.....not everyone owns a laptop decent enough to run a game for fps...dude just give it up...please....you talk about taking up space and arguing about how scheduling games is a waste for this thread where do you rank this.....exactly....so back to that tourney....when is it
if it's not split screen there is ZERO advantage to playing it on a console - you will always have better gfx and netcode on a pc.. for multiplayer the only advantage for a console is playing sitting next to your opponent splitscreen.

Slydragon

12-03-2007, 04:15 AM

Have not been in this thread in awhile, I see allot of arguing, so I will step back out. Plus I have never played a pc game before so I am lost.

***back to Call of Duty 4 on Xbox 360***

ATRAIN

12-03-2007, 08:23 AM

I finally bought COD4.......you guys send me a pm with your gamertag so we can do some battle online.

ATRAIN

12-03-2007, 09:48 AM

DarkReign

12-03-2007, 10:23 AM

dude if youre a loner and have no one to play with then the pc fits you but if you play against people and not just online with fake friends then you see our point

Haha....yeah, Im a loner. I was a co-founder of a competitive clan in SoF2 in 2002. I still game with 4 of those people, met nearly all of them at a LAN in Ohio (the guys from Australia and England didnt make it).

I still talk to most of them, played WoW for years with 3 of them...

4 of them have been emailing non-stop about CoD4. 4-5 more days until they get to pwn me and sharpen my skills again....

Mixability

12-03-2007, 10:44 AM

I got my money on Danyo...cause he is not on the PC hes on SPURSTALK through his 360 typing with a controller.... :wakeup

ok?

ATRAIN

12-03-2007, 11:38 AM

I have been thinking about making a spreadsheet with everyone's gamertag along with thier spurstalk user name for our videogame community. I will be including the games you play on live as well. If you want to be on that list send me a pm if you want to be on there. Enigma you sent me a PM already, do you want to be on there?

We have 3 so far, keep em coming.

Ballcox

12-03-2007, 01:47 PM

For anyone interested, been playing ME for about a week-I'm about 14 hours into it at this time.

All I have to say is this game completely rules my life right now, it has been a great fucking game to this point, and one of the best RPG's I've ever played. I'll have to see how it finishes, but this game could move into my top 3 of Baulder's Gate, KOTOR and Oblivion.

The combat takes some getting used to, but having entire galaxies to explore? Just an amazing game and one you will definitely get your money's worth out of.

ATRAIN

12-03-2007, 01:49 PM

dougp

12-03-2007, 01:51 PM

ME?
Mass Effect.

Balls, I don't like how you can't queue up attacks like you could in KOTOR. Really, really frustrating ...

DarkReign

12-03-2007, 02:53 PM

Mass Effect.

Balls, I don't like how you can't queue up attacks like you could in KOTOR. Really, really frustrating ...

Agreed. Also, KOTOR had multiple, viable offensive abilities. to be used situationally.

ME has Singularity, Throw and Lift. Everything else is fluff and not nearly as useful.

Just put the AI on "Active" and buy the Spectre gear (get the rich achievement of $1 million). Combat gets very trivial at that point.

Hank the Tank

12-03-2007, 04:46 PM

i wish they would make a kotor 3. kotor 2's story sucked major ass but i dont think bioware made pt2.

anyway, ME is pretty fuckin sweet! too bad i havent had much time to play it! :bang i hate final exams.

DarkReign

12-03-2007, 05:52 PM

Big controversy at GameSpot over the weekend.

Check out www.joystiq.com (more specifically here (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/jeff-gerstmann))

Summary: The senior editor at GameSpot (Jeff Gerstmann) was allegedly fired over his video review of Kane&Lynch.

Basically, he blasts the game for the piece of shit that it is. The publisher of K&L, Eidos, is none too pleased that the company they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising with basically scrapped their flagship game on the largest, most viewed website on the net.

GameSpot is owned by CNET, which is rumored to have fired Jeff because Eidos had/has threatened to pull future advertising dollars in lieu of this episode.

Obviously, the journalistic implications are clear. Is it true? Who knows. But Gamespot is mum about the whole situation where a simple explanation to the contrary would clear the whole matter up. Why wouldnt they just say "Eidos had nothing to do with this?"

One could speculate that the reason they havent is because they are in negotiations with Jeff.

My conclusion; Jeff's severance package gets a whooooooole lot sweeter, and he takes one for the team and agrees with whatever bullshit GS comes up with.

Its a three part victory:
a) Hes paid handsomely for his silence and capitulation
b) Shows prospective employers that hes a true team player
c) Gets the glowing reference from GS on future resume'

What does he gain from confirming the rumors?

A badge of honor from the gaming community. Thats it.

Because the practice that has looooong been in place in any "media review" format of paying/pimping/perking the reviewer is as American as apple pie.

Ahhhh, corporate whores win again.

Ballcox

12-03-2007, 05:59 PM

^I've always liked the reviews from ign.com

They appear to be very comprehensive and at times are almost too tough in their reviews. One thing for sure, whenever they actually give a review scored at 9.0 or higher the game turns out to be damn good. At least that's been my experience so far.

As for Kayne and Lynch, most all of the reviews for that game have rated the game average at best, with most leaning towards not that good. Can't imagine there would be a such an uproar over a review at Gamespot.

ATRAIN

12-05-2007, 11:40 AM

I have been thinking about making a spreadsheet with everyone's gamertag along with thier spurstalk user name for our videogame community. I will be including the games you play on live as well. If you want to be on that list send me a pm if you want to be on there.

anyone else want to add their info for xboxlive send me a PM, I have 3 of us in there now. I know I have some of you guys on my live account, but forget who you are on here so this would help us all organize tournaments and what not.

stretch

12-05-2007, 11:49 AM

My X-Box live name:

beenieweenie69

TDMVPDPOY

12-05-2007, 11:55 AM

reviews from ign>gamespot

Mixability

12-05-2007, 03:20 PM

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga was pretty kick ass. I had played the original Trilogy, but this one features the prequels too. Alot of collecting, but pretty funny if you're a fan of Star Wars.

DannyT

12-05-2007, 04:38 PM

my son loves the demo si I am going to get him the game for x-mas

bdictjames

12-08-2007, 08:15 PM

Ok guys, share your computer knowledge

I bought this game. I could not resist it, I was buying NBA Live 08 the other day, got a bargain off it and end up spending less 10 bucks off the original price. So with this money, I decided to buy a PC game since I have not had a PC game for well over two years now, and I figured what the heck. I could not afford Command and Conquer and World of Warcraft sadly at that time, so I bought Dungeon Lords for 10 bucks lol. Now here's the problem

I installed it. I click the link, it opens for 1 second, and closes literally. I dont know what to do, please help. PM would be helpful thanks

DannyT

12-09-2007, 03:57 PM

its more then likely your video card but could also be that somehting doesnt meet the minum requirements

Slinkyman

12-09-2007, 07:24 PM

Has anyone played Uncharted yet? So far i'm 3 hours in and loving it, although i'm not thrilled with the shooting. Everything else about the game has been great, a must buy for PS3 owners for sure, especially if you liked the newest Tomb Raider or Prince of Persia.

Hank the Tank

12-09-2007, 08:03 PM

i hate how the fuckin wii is impossible to find. i want to play some mario galaxy.

mardigan

12-09-2007, 08:12 PM

AC isnt playable online?
No it isnt, but its still the shit. Some of the mini missions get kind of boring, but the boss assasinations are the shit if you do them right. Pretty cool game

ATRAIN

12-10-2007, 11:31 AM

so I was at best buy this weekend and they had a shitload of Rockband. I was tempted but didnt buy it yet. I wonder if the price will drop after the holidays??

Mixability

12-10-2007, 11:52 AM

so I was at best buy this weekend and they had a shitload of Rockband. I was tempted but didnt buy it yet. I wonder if the price will drop after the holidays??

Yeah right, with all the returns on defective drums and guitars, I'm sure they haven't seen as much profit as they would like, so I couldn't see a price reduction making sense for them.

ATRAIN

12-10-2007, 12:12 PM

Yeah right, with all the returns on defective drums and guitars, I'm sure they haven't seen as much profit as they would like, so I couldn't see a price reduction making sense for them.

have there been a lot of defects?

Mixability

12-10-2007, 12:45 PM

have there been a lot of defects?

Mine have been fine, but on the boards, I've seen people returning guitars with busted strums and drums with pads that don't respond.

ATRAIN

12-10-2007, 01:26 PM

Mine have been fine, but on the boards, I've seen people returning guitars with busted strums and drums with pads that don't respond.

wow, I guess ill wait till after the holidays for sure now.

jaespur21

12-10-2007, 05:27 PM

i havent heard of any problems with the drums or guitars. I read a couple boards and i asked my brother which reads, some different boards, and he hasnt heard of that problem with the drums either

DarkReign

12-11-2007, 01:43 PM

My basement is finally done, got my rig setup on Saturday.

I played a two day marathon of Crysis. Holy-fucking-Shit this game is Amazing!

Just so I dont sound a fanboy, Crysis does not reinvent the FPS genre. Far from actually. Its not cinematic like Call of Duty, its more a sandbox for you to play in. The only game it compares to is FarCry, which by no surprise, was also created and developed by Crytek.

FarCry was a sleeper in its day. A little known company with no real market advertising released the most technologically beautiful game of its day to much fanfare. That game was FarCry. Tropical island, mutants, AI...the works. With no real advertising, the game was made popular quickly by word of mouth. Crytek developed a special engine exclusively for FarCry, they called it (real imaginative here) CryEngine.

Noticing a pattern with the names? yeah, me too....

Anyway, immediately after FarCry was a commercial success, they started working on the second generation engine (out on a limb with this one......CryEngine2). The first (and only game to date) to use this engine is Crysis.

Oh. My. God.

First and foremost, if your system is anything less than a dual-core processor and a nvidia 8000 series GFX card (or Radeon equivalent), dont bother buying the game. I remember when FarCry came out and ALLLLLL the people complaining about how their rig couldnt run it, bla bla bla...at that time, I wasnt running anything special yet it ran smooth.

Now you hear ALLLLLLL the people bitching about Crysis, and at this point, they are completely justified. This game...alone, will bring any system to its knees. The GFX companies like nvidia and Radeon havent even released the hardware necessary to run this game at high rez with all the bells and whistles turned on (obviously, if youre running a Quad Core and 4 8800 GTXs in SLi, this may not be true, but youre a rich douche and no one likes you anyway).

I have never in my years of gaming, had to tweak every fucking CVAR in the game to just get it run at 20 fps. And my system is no slouch either (Dual Core 3.0ghz, 4 GB of DDR2 RAM, 2 8800GTS in SLi). It still killed my system.

I have a widescreen monitor so I automatically need every game to support widescreen formats (preferably 16:10). Obviously, Crysis does.....but anything above 1024 x 768 seems to require turning and tuning the bells and whistles off or down to run it anything nearing a normal framerate.

Anyway, after much research and literally hundreds of different threads in multiple forums, I found a nice configuration to run it with 20 fps, modest bells and whistles at 1600 x 1050 (dont quote me, but its widescreen). That took me 3 hours.

Then, I started the game. Whew....

Absolutely amazing. Worth every dead end and bout of frustration and then some.

You play as American special forces equipped with the latest in military hardware and technology. The greatest weapon in the game, bar none, is you....and the suit you wear, the NanoSuit. Its gives you a highly customizable experience in what way YOU want to play the game, not the way the devs want players to play the game.

It has 4 different settings quickly accessed on a radial menu via the middle mouse button. The suit has "X" amount of energy available to run the 4 settings and each uses the available energy in different amounts at different rates. Below are the 4 different modes the NanoSuit can initiate;

1) Armor - self explanatory. When hit by enemy fire, your suit acts as a shield, reducing the available energy of the suit before reducing your health.
2) Speed - increases base run speed at no energy cost, but the real sweetness is when you sprint. You move super, super fast but at great expense to available NanoSuit energy.
3) Strength - the most fun of the 4, though a bit unwieldy to use in combat in my experience. Gives you super strength, allowing you to jump incredibly high, pickup and throw objects (and enemies) incredibly far. Its superman lite.
4) Cloak - self explanatory. Think Predator. This is the most useful of the 4, IMO. Moving in cloak reduces the available energy. If you stand still, the energy drop is minimal. Crouch-walking reduces energy slightly faster, but still manageable. Running reduces energy quickly. Sprinting while in cloak will run you out of energy very quickly.

Using the NanoSuit settings is essential. Crysis is not a corridor shooter. You are literally dropped onto an Asian Pacific island in search of a lost research team. The research team found...something. The North Koreans, by way of geographical convenience, are first on the scene and have locked the island down. You are tasked to infiltrate and extract the research team.

Things obviously go to hell pretty quickly. I'll leave the rest of the story for those who wish to play it.

If you like FarCry, you'll enjoy Crysis immensely. Its very free roaming. No battle plays the same way twice. Some games say that and its not exactly true, or the difference between the 2 scenarios is negligible at best. Not in Crysis.

It uses a checkpoint save system (although you can opt to save at anytime) and these checkpoints appear to be area effective.

For example, this being only one of many examples I experienced in my 2-day marathon play session, there was a Korean base in a bay of the island. The bay has a very high, steep cliff on one side, and a rolling hill on the other. I just-so-happened to approach the base from the high side in a Jeep. Being a hybrid runner-gunner type player, subtlety isnt my thing. So I jump out of the jeep, shoot the gas tank on the back which means imminent destruction in 4 seconds. Jump in the driver seat, hit the gas and turbo, start to leap off the side of the cliff and juuuuust as I get airborne, I hit a checkpoint, it autosaves (fucking up my timing for jumping out slightly). I fucked up and didnt jump out in time, but did happen to land on a giant propane tank which made for a nice exit.

The game re-loads from the last save point, this one being in the midst of my best impression of Evil Knievel Fails at the Grand Canyon. Only this time I jump out before impact, but still too high to survive. The jeep hits the propane tank, blowing up the metal awning that covers it into flakes of metal sheeting approaching bullet speeds. Needless to say, the surrounding troops who werent killed by the explosion, were nailed by the debris. Even still, Im a man-pancake at this point, so I have reload.

Im in the air again, now waiting to jump at the last second...high enough to avoid the blast and debris, but low enough to survive. I get 9 out of 10 for the landing. Jeep MISSES the propane tank this time (wind speed or my inertia from jumping out, I guess), but still manages to blow up because I shot the gas tank...oh, and it fell about 400 ft. So, for posterity, I shoot the propane tank because that beauty just cant stay intact after the BS I went thru. Only I didnt exactly find cover from enemy fire, nor did I account for that damn debris again. Between getting shot and taking a pole to the side of my head, I checked out.

Reload. Midair, I jump out in time again, the Jeep barely hits the propane tank setting off a beautiful pyrotechnic display killing everything in the vicinity. I land with negligible damage only this time I immediately switch to cloak. Stay still, wait for the reinforcements to arrive so I can feed em a grenade or 3. Only they never arrive, must have gotten em all. Dead wrong. I killed everything on the ground, this much is true. What I didnt account for was the snipers in the towers overlooking the bay. They seen my "from the top rope" act and shot up signal flares. The reinforcements werent troops, it was a helicopter...and I am out of rockets. Im big fucked. To make matters worse, my Pornos for Pyros routine has leveled the entire area I landed in, so even if there were rockets in one of the buildings, those buildings are currently rubble covered with other rubble. Im being pursued by an attack helicopter with no rockets and no immediate cover in cloak which is making me hard to find, but draining my already depleted energy supply. Im big fucked. Fuck it, uncloak, goto Armor, sprint for nearest cover and hope the gunner is drunk or cross eyed or both. Torn to shreds before I got 10 feet. Maybe should have tried a speed dash, but Im pretty sure my energy would have run out before I made it to cover. Oh well, reload.

3 more times, 3 completely different variations, sometimes a helicopter, sometimes not. Regardless, I saved that particular game at that particular point (named it Knievel) just so I could play it over and over again until I got it right. I did in fact make it a couple of times, but the fun I was having didnt make me feel good about it. I wanted to die, I wanted to be overwhelmed just to play it again and again.

Anyway, I ended up reloading from an earlier point before I jumped the cliff. This time I drove the jeep to the brink of the edge, shot the gas tank, switched to Strength mode and knocked it off the side of the cliff sans me being in the vehicle and used my binoculars to watch the destruction. Oh, glory days. I then used my sniper rifle to pick off the other snipers before they could flare for backup. I used a super-speed jump to clear the beach and land in the water from about a 400 ft fall, which the nanosuit absorbed with no problems. It wasnt as fun, but it conserved ammo, looked awesome and cleared the area. So I went with it.

Just one of many examples that Crysis offers. So many ways to approach the same situation, over and over, with completely different results from the AI and physics engine. Hahaa...writing this reminds me of my first "Oh SHIT!" moment in Crysis. I was busy bringing a helicopter down with rockets, which is normal. But, I guess I didnt account for where the helicopter wreckage was going to land. I was standing on the ground near a large, steep hill full of tall trees. The helicopter was really high (i just jumped from the high hill, so the pilot hadnt lowered his altitude yet). I blew it up with satisfaction, to use a hockey phrase, I was "admiring my pass" when slowly I realized that the mid-air wreckage had fallen in such a way that it skipped off the top of the big trees and started to roll like a log down the side of the hill mowing down the little trees reducing them to splinters. This was really cool to watch but my dumbass didnt see that the wreckage was approaching a jutting rock. The helicopter wreck hit the rock, jumped AWAY from the hill about 30-50 feet and landed....where? Right on my fucking head. I wish I had that on video...I'd make it my avatar. Too cool.

If those explanations dont interest you, then dont bother with Crysis. The game is literally, unequivocally FULL of moments like this. Where the world surprises you, where you cant expect things to be the exact same, that "this guy" will run around "this side" of "that building" at "this time". It doesnt work that way. Sure you can time patrols like that, but once the gun fire starts, all bets are off. Notice I never mentioned the sci-fi aspect of Crysis? There is a reason. That part of the game should be experienced, not portrayed. I'll say this much...many people in Hollywood have tried to portray the "foreign" environment. None have pulled it off quite like Crytek did. Its mesmerizing, yet confusing and disorientating at the same time. Which way is up, left, down, you have no idea. Even when its over, you still dont quite understand where you were and how you got out. Its awesome.

Buy the game if your rig can handle it. If your rig cant, wait until it can, then buy the fucking game.

Tonight, Crysis Multiplayer.

Mister Sinister

12-12-2007, 01:45 AM

So I got my 360 last Friday. I got the 360 Arcade because me=cheap. I also picked up Dynasty Warriors: Gundam like I told myself I would, and it has rocked my fucking SOCKS.

DarkReign

12-12-2007, 10:59 AM

Mixability

12-12-2007, 01:19 PM

Didnt play Crysis MP last night, nvidia released new beta drivers that are going for WHQL certification over the weekend.

I dont know if the drivers are the reason, or the fact that I ran the game in DX9 instead of DX10, but a HUUUUUUUGE improvement in framerate.

My FPS didnt dip below 25 no matter what was happening on screen. Im running it at 1920 x 1200 with all settings HIGH.

Im going to use the crack for DX9 to get the most out of the game tonight.

Not to knock on the PC guys again, but I hate that aspect of PC gaming. Having to deal with drivers and patches and stuff like that. No thanks. But I'm sure the graphics are worth the work you put in.

Pistons < Spurs

12-12-2007, 02:02 PM

jaespur21

12-12-2007, 09:23 PM

So I got my 360 last Friday. I got the 360 Arcade because me=cheap. I also picked up Dynasty Warriors: Gundam like I told myself I would, and it has rocked my fucking SOCKS.

Congratulations. there are many good games for the 360 right now.

Mister Sinister

12-12-2007, 09:26 PM

Congratulations. there are many good games for the 360 right now.
That was the other reason that I decided on a 360 over a PS3, besides cost. But honestly, DW:G was my main motivation. It delivered exactly what it promised, and I couldn't be happier with that.

Mr.Bottomtooth

12-13-2007, 09:11 PM

How much is xboxlive?

After I get the good games for Christmas (CoD4, GH3, 2k8), I'm gonna buy a router and a card to get Live, but how much is it?

Xolotl

12-13-2007, 09:51 PM

How much is xboxlive?

After I get the good games for Christmas (CoD4, GH3, 2k8), I'm gonna buy a router and a card to get Live, but how much is it?

It's 50 for a one year sub, but sometimes you can find the 12+1 sub card which is 13 mo for the same price. I got mine from Gamestop

Mr.Bottomtooth

12-13-2007, 09:57 PM

Thanks.
And I also need some info on where to find cheap routers (4-port at most) and network cables (preferably between 8-15ft).

Xolotl

12-13-2007, 10:23 PM

Thanks.
And I also need some info on where to find cheap routers (4-port at most) and network cables (preferably between 8-15ft).

You can pretty much go anywhere for the cables I don't think theres a price difference I think for that length itd be like $20-25 bucks. You can check places like Altex or Allgen.

But if you dont mind a used one I have one of these

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124001&Tpk=befsr41

It's not wireless but I don't use it anymore so we could work a deal. You can PM me if youre interested anytime

DannyT

12-13-2007, 10:33 PM

are you in san antonio?

I can make you two or three cables if you want for that length or more just let me know

Mr.Bottomtooth

12-13-2007, 10:36 PM

Nah, I'm in Del Rio. About 150 miles west of SA.

DarkReign

12-14-2007, 10:56 AM

Not to knock on the PC guys again, but I hate that aspect of PC gaming. Having to deal with drivers and patches and stuff like that. No thanks. But I'm sure the graphics are worth the work you put in.

I certainly dont blame you. Funny thing, while I was doing all the BS, I thought of this thread.

You console-exclusive folks certainly have a valid point. I dont deny that, never did.

But the payoff was worth it (for me).

DarkReign

12-14-2007, 11:09 AM

I didn't want to 'quote' it as it was such a long piece, but that was a great write-up DarkReign!

Sadly after playing...or attempting to play, the demo, I realized I'd not be buying or playing Crysis till I get a new rig.

It's a shame too, because other than COD4 that was the one game I was looking forward to. :depressed

Well, I dont want to fuck the thread up with a conversation for 2, but I guarantee I can help you run the SP demo.

If you want, PM me your rig specs (processor, amount of RAM, GFX card(s), operating system).

Ill point you to the best available resource in the world. Its a custom config file that reduces the highly-taxing graphical aspects of CryEngine2, while still keeping the less intensive aspects. Trust me, my rig was getting its ass kicked.

But I have already done the legwork to find and implement the proper changes (of which I did nothing, I just had to find the proper forum which had a wonderful member who did ALL the real legwork).

You just create a new file call system.cfg, copy and paste this pre-fabtext file in system.cfg, and voila! If this works for you in the Demo, it will rock for the full game. The full game is even more optimized than the demo (by far).

mardigan

12-15-2007, 05:44 PM

Beat Assasin's Creed last night. Loved the game, but the ending was pretty disapointing.

NASpurs

12-15-2007, 06:26 PM

Pistons < Spurs

12-15-2007, 08:27 PM

Well, I dont want to fuck the thread up with a conversation for 2, but I guarantee I can help you run the SP demo.

If you want, PM me your rig specs (processor, amount of RAM, GFX card(s), operating system).

Ill point you to the best available resource in the world. Its a custom config file that reduces the highly-taxing graphical aspects of CryEngine2, while still keeping the less intensive aspects. Trust me, my rig was getting its ass kicked.

But I have already done the legwork to find and implement the proper changes (of which I did nothing, I just had to find the proper forum which had a wonderful member who did ALL the real legwork).

You just create a new file call system.cfg, copy and paste this pre-fabtext file in system.cfg, and voila! If this works for you in the Demo, it will rock for the full game. The full game is even more optimized than the demo (by far).
I appreciate it...but it won't help much!!!! My rig is just too old. (P4 2.6 (OC'd @ 3.1) 2G Ram 6800GT (AGP.....Yep, still stuck w/ AGP!) Vista Ultimate)

I was able to complete the Demo, but obviously all eye candy was turned off! And it still got choppy at many points!

I also used settings and optimizations from Tweakguides.com

I just need to save up and get up to date!

Viva Las Espuelas

12-17-2007, 01:03 PM

alright. are there any recomendations for my next wii game? besides super mario galaxy. anyone have the Sims Castaway for wii or any other console? how's the lego star wars complete saga?

ATRAIN

12-17-2007, 01:16 PM

alright. are there any recomendations for my next wii game? besides super mario galaxy. anyone have the Sims Castaway for wii or any other console? how's the lego star wars complete saga?

You need to get a real man's console and get a 360 :)

Viva Las Espuelas

12-17-2007, 01:17 PM

You need to get a real man's console and get a 360 :)that's the one thing about the wii. there's no "mature" games, but i still like it. i think the only mature games are the resident evil's.

NASpurs

12-19-2007, 09:00 PM

A game delayed beyond belief... Duke Nukem Forever trailer

cWuteFLUPSY

Xolotl

12-19-2007, 11:05 PM

Has EA always owned Bioware? I thought they were their own studio, but I missed the news how long ago did this happen?

Slinkyman

12-24-2007, 07:16 PM

I bought Eternal Sonata and Mass Effect for my 360. I'm playing Eternal Sonata first since I haven't played a good RPG in a while. Damn games are time killers and with school, good luck trying to beat one in less than 3 months.

Man, I still need to buy some games for my PS3 that aren't also available for the 360. Only two games that I can think of are Heavenly Sword and Ratchet and Clank...

I'd say pass on Heavenly Sword, it's very average. If it wasn't only on PS3 no one would have gave it another look, but might be worth a rent if you're into repetitive fighting games. Ratchets good but after playing every ratchet game i was a little disappointed since it's just the same thing but with better graphics.

If you haven't played Uncharted you need to play that game, IMO it's the best PS3 game yet. Also recommend Warhawk and Unreal Tournament 3.

ATRAIN

12-25-2007, 01:40 PM

Beat Assasin's Creed last night. Loved the game, but the ending was pretty disapointing.

I just got it for Christmas, how long did it take you to beat it?

Mister Sinister

12-25-2007, 01:41 PM

I got 100 bucks from my grandmother. Time for me to get Marvel UA Gold.

Mr.Bottomtooth

12-25-2007, 01:43 PM

Got Rock Band, CoD4, and Live 08 for x-mas.
CoD4 OWNS!!!
Rock Band OWNS EVEN MORRRREEEEE!!!!!!
Haven't played Live 08 yet :lol .

Mister Sinister

12-25-2007, 01:44 PM

I didn't even bother with Live this year. I just went straight to 2k8. :lol Partly because it was cheaper.

Mr.Bottomtooth

12-25-2007, 01:46 PM

I think I'm gonna have to keep it though. It's the first real present my brother's ever given me. It's not like it's complete shit like the previous Live years before anyways.

Mister Sinister

12-25-2007, 01:48 PM

That makes sense. Grr, I wish a best buy was open so I could get UA Gold. I want Venom, Doom, and Magneto, damn it. :lol

Mr.Bottomtooth

12-25-2007, 01:51 PM

:lol
This Christmas was seriously awesome though. No doubt the best one yet.

ATRAIN

12-25-2007, 01:55 PM

I got 100 bucks from my grandmother. Time for me to get Marvel UA Gold.

I got that game, if I get more time I would like to go and get all the heroes at top power.

ATRAIN

12-25-2007, 01:57 PM

:lol
This Christmas was seriously awesome though. No doubt the best one yet.

Are you gonna get live now?

Mister Sinister

12-25-2007, 01:59 PM

I got that game, if I get more time I would like to go and get all the heroes at top power.
I have a copy of it for PS2, but I'm probably going to give it to a friend/sell it. :lol I'm probably going to cheat to get all the costumes right away. Not because of the bonuses, I just like to see them. Is Magnus's AoA incarnation a costume?

ATRAIN

12-25-2007, 02:01 PM

I have a copy of it for PS2, but I'm probably going to give it to a friend/sell it. :lol I'm probably going to cheat to get all the costumes right away. Not because of the bonuses, I just like to see them. Is Magnus's AoA incarnation a costume?

Not sure, I havent played it in a while. My roomate had the game and we beat it in like a week. We did however use the cheat code to unlock the surfer.

Mister Sinister

12-25-2007, 02:02 PM

Not sure, I havent played it in a while. My roomate had the game and we beat it in like a week. We did however use the cheat code to unlock the surfer.
Ahh. I like Magneto's AoA outfit. :lol He had so much goddamn hair in that.

Cry Havoc

12-25-2007, 07:54 PM

Great news!

2k Games has released a new patch for Bioshock (v. 1.1). I downloaded and installed the patch, and the game seems to be running smooth and perfect so far. =)

Mr.Bottomtooth

12-29-2007, 01:33 PM

NEED OF ASSISTANCE PLEASE...

How does the 360 Wireless Network Adapter (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360wirelessnetadapter) work if you don't have a router?

If you need information on my modem, this is the current modem I use:

http://www.perecom.com/DPC2100.jpg

http://www.upc.pl/images/webstar_epc_t.jpg
(ignore the numbers)

resistanze

12-29-2007, 02:27 PM

You would need a wireless network in your home (ie: wireless router) to use the Xbox wireless adapter. Otherwise, there's nothing to wirelessly connect to.

resistanze

12-29-2007, 02:29 PM

Anyone having issues for Xbox Live? COD4 has been a muthafucker to play online.

TheTruth

12-29-2007, 06:07 PM

Yeah, i keep getting booted from the lobby. My buddies say they are having the same problem.

ATRAIN

12-29-2007, 07:45 PM

Live is sucking ass right now!!

jman3000

12-29-2007, 08:53 PM

i need gamer tags.

dont have many online games as of now.... but i need them for later.

T Park

12-30-2007, 03:03 AM

Anybody see the Game Informer with the preview of Ghostbusters?!?!?

Man, I want a GD counter till the day that SOB comes out.

THAT THING LOOKS AWESOME!!!!

The whole getting Murray, and all the rest of the old school peeps to do the voices, the graphics look sick.

I can't wait for that one.

Cry Havoc

12-30-2007, 03:09 AM

Gamespot.com awards Super Mario Galaxy as the Game of the Year.

Other big winners are Rock Band, Call of Duty 4, and The Orange Box.

CuckingFunt

12-30-2007, 03:19 AM

Gamespot.com awards Super Mario Galaxy as the Game of the Year.
I just started this one tonight. It's fantastic, so far.

TheTruth

12-30-2007, 03:48 PM

Yeah, Mario Galaxy was awesome. We rented it and didn't turn it back in for like 2 weeks. Pretty fun game. I'm liking COD4 better though. That game is the shit.

Anyone with a gamertag can add me as a friend. I'm TheApostle1982

resistanze

12-30-2007, 04:35 PM

My gamertag is my username here.

jman3000

12-30-2007, 07:52 PM

jman4421 is my gamertag.

dougp

12-30-2007, 09:15 PM

We need a GT thread. That'd be handy if we had a Tech Forum ...

My GT is dreadpiratedoug

resistanze

12-30-2007, 09:18 PM

Yeah, fuck Live.

jman3000

01-08-2008, 04:51 PM

anybody down for some co-op in crackdown?

i'd like those achievment points.

spyder

01-08-2008, 06:50 PM

Gerryatrics

01-08-2008, 07:01 PM

I'm trying to beat COD4 on Veteran... I now hate this game.

spyder

01-08-2008, 07:26 PM

I'm trying to beat COD4 on Veteran... I now hate this game.

:lol i feel your pain bro

Trainwreck2100

01-08-2008, 07:33 PM

I'm trying to beat COD4 on Veteran... I now hate this game.

I beat the time record for the ship training course, and then I got as far as the level immediately following the tv station stage, I was stuck in that damn station for a day and a half, I beat it ,then I had to return it

Gerryatrics

01-09-2008, 07:21 AM

Alright, finally completed Call of Duty 4 on veteran, including the epilogue. After I grab the last handful of laptops to get the final achievement, I'm not touching the single player portion of the game (except for the AC-130 level, that's all of the awesomeness with none of the suck) for the next year or two. Now on to the Orange Box, that should keep me busy for a while.

DarkReign

01-09-2008, 11:55 AM

I think I have finally caught up to the curve in CoD4 in multiplayer. Took longer than I suspected, but it makes sense in retrospect.

I played SoF2 a lot. It was fast paced, not UT/Quake fast but certainly a subsonic difference than CoD4.

CoD4 is much, much more patient game (for now). You dont run around endlessly killing everything that moves (although there are players who can, but theyre sick).

First, I mostly play Hardcore. I never liked playing shooters that require you to hit someone 5-10x to kill them (cough Halo, UT). 2-3 shots. 1 if you hit em high enough.

CoD4 delivers in that regard. Coupled with the Rank system (new guns, new perks, etc), the MP game is deep.

One problem though, IMO, are the maps. They are all well done, no qeustion. But they are all used for every gametype (TDM, Sabotage, etc) and some are not suited to the various gametypes. On some maps, the defending team in Sabotage is going to win 100% of the time (unless filled with jerkoffs). The attacking has zero chance...I dont care if theyre all elite players and smoke grenades, theyre going to lose attacking a half-decent defense.

This by far is my biggest gripe with the MP game, bar none. Airstrikes and Helicopters. What a complete bullshit addition to the game. I like the UAVs, thats neat. But I hate, HATE, HATE airstrikes and helis. The game is hard enough to play, harder still to comeback from a deficit and near impossible to do anything when the other team has 3-4 dominant players who are racking up the kill streaks, calling in endless helis and strikes. It ruins A LOT of games. If you find yourself on the other end of this kind of cheap ownage, do yourself a favor, go to spectator and wait for the next game. That, or your stats are going to go straight to shit. You can be the best player in the world, with all the nooks and crannies figured out in every map and deadeye aim with near perfect reaction time, and there aint a damn thing you can do about having a fucking bomb dropped on your head endlessly because all your teammates suck. Also, the streaks carry over into the next round. So, the match will begin, and immediately your team is wiped out by an airstrike. Its frustrating and a complete noob way of getting high kill counts.

With that said, I use the shit out of them. I hate it, wish I could find a decent server that disables them, but if theyre available, you better use them. Because if YOU are calling in an airstrike, that means your ENEMY cannot. Only one helicopter can be in the air at a time, as only one airstrike can be called in at a time. So if you have them, use them. Not only for the uber-godlike kill streak to ensue, more importantly, the inability for your enemies to do the same to you.

Other than that, CoD4 has renewed my FPS interest. Excellent, excellent game.

I just hit rank 45 (of 55). Got the Overkill perk (carry two primary weapons) and have finally found my groove playing seriously stiff competition. Im never below 0.500 in K/D ratio and routinely am way above 0.500.

leemajors

01-09-2008, 01:21 PM

Ballcox

01-09-2008, 01:38 PM

Ok, sorry to divert off the COD4 current talk-but I just got the dreaded 3 rings of death on my 360. I've had my 360 for over a year and thought I was good to go, guess not.

So, I've received the shipping box and sent it off today via UPS. My question at this point for my fellow 360 owners who have had this issue:

Is there anything I should do while waiting for the repair? Any precautions I should take? And any other general advice is appreciated.

The part that also really sucks is that I was approaching the last portion of Bioshock when this happened, DAMN! Guess I'll have to wait a few weeks. Thanks in advance for any help/advice.

DarkReign

01-09-2008, 02:20 PM

that sounds really unbalanced and wack. is there any sort of build-up meter or time constraint that determines when an airstrike can be called? i'm still enjoying the hell out of TF2 myself. the limited airstrikes you could call in as a human soldier in quake wars: enemy territory pissed me off, but you could kinda escape them.

No limit. Only limitation is one airstrike at a time, and one helicopter at a time (mutually exclusive...think I am using that right. Meaning, a heli can be in the air AND an airstrike comes at the same time).

Beyond that, it can become a spam fest if a team has 3-4 good players on it.

Airstrike can be called when you reach 5 (or 6?) consecutive kills without dying.

Helicopter can be called when you reach 7 consecutive kills without dying.

leemajors

01-09-2008, 02:29 PM

No limit. Only limitation is one airstrike at a time, and one helicopter at a time (mutually exclusive...think I am using that right. Meaning, a heli can be in the air AND an airstrike comes at the same time).

Beyond that, it can become a spam fest if a team has 3-4 good players on it.

Airstrike can be called when you reach 5 (or 6?) consecutive kills without dying.

Helicopter can be called when you reach 7 consecutive kills without dying.
ugh that sounds terrible. they gotta address something like that in an update.

spyder

01-09-2008, 04:38 PM

to hell with airstrikes..i hate those things also...i'v maybe gotten to do it a few times, but it does suck when it happens to you...i too just got the overkill perk...its sweet

resistanze

01-09-2008, 06:34 PM

DarkReign

01-09-2008, 07:59 PM

I personally have no problem airstrikes and choppers (most of the time). You know when an airstrike is coming so you have some time to react and find cover. I'd say I survive 4 outta every 5 airstrikes. Couple that with the fact people often suck at doing them since they don't have UAV while doing it. Choppers are harder though, but still can be shot down and avoided. I'll admit I disliked them for a long time because I never got any 5 or 7 kills streaks :lol.

I really got into my stride in COD4 MP around Christmas. Before then I'd only usually kill 8-12 people per map with a K/D of around 1.0. Since then I usually kill b/w 18-25 people per map, even as high as 45 (K/D ratio of 2+). Unlocking the P90 also gave me a boost, I use that shit like 70% of the time. Shitty @ long range, though.

Yeah, dont get me wrong. I do OK avoiding the strikes as well, but theyre quite hard to avoid after a round change. And the servers I play on are ultra-competitive (clan servers only). So the clans in-game are usually on coms (not the ingame coms) and have a coordinated attack. They also hoard their airstrikes specifically for the round change.

Helicopters arent as devastating (IMO) as airstrikes. Though, strangely, the fuckin things seem to follow me for some damn reason. Couple that with beyond-moronic teammates that sont shoot the fucking chopper and you have yourself a two part bad situation.

1) youre being attacked by a copter
2) you cant call in a copter until that one is a) shot down or b) times out

Either way, its just annoying. I hate begging teammates to try and win. youve got obvious TDM players playing Sabotage with no inclination to defuse the damn bomb .

Im sure you know what I mean...

TheTruth

01-09-2008, 08:09 PM

I just got finished playing Headquarters on the Shipment level, and there were about 3 guys on my team that only cared about getting there kills. We got smoked overall, but those douches had near 100 kills each.

Xolotl

01-09-2008, 10:29 PM

I just hate when I call a helicopter and the other team seems to destroy it as soon as it arrives

Mr.Bottomtooth

01-09-2008, 10:46 PM

I can't sign in to Live. :depressed
I keep failing the DNS Server test while attempting to sign in.

Xolotl

01-09-2008, 10:58 PM

Live has been having trouble for the past week or 2, it has been very unstable. Supposedly Xbox is working on a way to reimburse people for the time...but from what I've seen its going to be a free game or something from downloads...waste of time for me.

resistanze

01-11-2008, 12:05 AM

Yeah, dont get me wrong. I do OK avoiding the strikes as well, but theyre quite hard to avoid after a round change. And the servers I play on are ultra-competitive (clan servers only). So the clans in-game are usually on coms (not the ingame coms) and have a coordinated attack. They also hoard their airstrikes specifically for the round change.

Helicopters arent as devastating (IMO) as airstrikes. Though, strangely, the fuckin things seem to follow me for some damn reason. Couple that with beyond-moronic teammates that sont shoot the fucking chopper and you have yourself a two part bad situation.

1) youre being attacked by a copter
2) you cant call in a copter until that one is a) shot down or b) times out

Either way, its just annoying. I hate begging teammates to try and win. youve got obvious TDM players playing Sabotage with no inclination to defuse the damn bomb .

Im sure you know what I mean...

I remember when a chopper killed me 5 times in the same attack. Insane. :lol

I don't rely on teammates to do shit. When an enemy hopper is inbound, they never shoot it down. When you call a chopper, they never protect it. I literally follow my chopping chasing enemies with RPGs.

Clans can be a bitch, I agree. Right now I play a strategic run-and-gun style, where I usually end up at the enemy stronghold areas at the beginning of a map before they're even there. It usually results in me starting most maps well and being able to call in choppers. Nothing more satisfying than bombing/knifing a whole clan, though.

Pistons < Spurs

01-11-2008, 12:58 AM

I'm still ticked off that there isn't any CTF in COD4. Domination is fun and what I mostly play, but damn I miss Capture the Flag.

DarkReign

01-11-2008, 11:44 AM

I'm still ticked off that there isn't any CTF in COD4. Domination is fun and what I mostly play, but damn I miss Capture the Flag.

Amen.

leemajors

01-11-2008, 12:06 PM

CTF is pretty much the best mod for FPS' imo. i played it from quake 1 on and was hooked.

Mr.Bottomtooth

01-11-2008, 05:53 PM

What are you guys' best records on the speed test at the beginning of COD4?
Mine is 17.1 seconds.

One of my friends who stays at home and plays COD4 all day has a record of 14.9 seconds. :wow

Slinkyman

01-12-2008, 10:29 PM

Mr.Bottomtooth

01-12-2008, 10:34 PM

my xbox just died and it was not 3 rings but 1 ring. microsoft support tells me that it's not covered under there 3 year warranty and will cost me 100 bucks to fix! Anyway i hang up and call back and tell them it's 3 rings and that's free so my box is on the way. How long does it normally take to get your xbox back? Glad i preordered burnout on ps3.
It's really random. At the shortest it could take 2 1/2 weeks and at the longest 1 1/2 months. I don't have much knowledge about that since I've never had to turn mine in, I'm just basing it on the experiences of some of my friends' 360s.

Xolotl

01-13-2008, 04:39 PM

Has anybody else had trouble of the mission after you beat the game on veteran COD4?? You have to rescue a VIP in 1 minute....holy shit I hate that game now

Mr.Bottomtooth

01-13-2008, 06:18 PM

:lol

Hank the Tank

01-13-2008, 08:32 PM

Has anybody else had trouble of the mission after you beat the game on veteran COD4?? You have to rescue a VIP in 1 minute....holy shit I hate that game now
hahaha.....i beat that after 2 straight hours of pure frustration.....then somebody told me i was lucky cuz it took him 5 or 6.

good luck with that.....it's not fun......but if you can do it then you'll be pumped.

Mr.Bottomtooth

01-13-2008, 08:41 PM

What really fires me up is snappin' them dogs necks! :nutkick:

DannyT

01-13-2008, 10:36 PM

whats the last stage look like....is it the escape part after you snipe ol boy and take out the chopper?
or is there another stage after one...

Xolotl

01-13-2008, 10:50 PM

whats the last stage look like....is it the escape part after you snipe ol boy and take out the chopper?
or is there another stage after one...

It's a level where you have to kill a shitload of terrorists in a minute and save a VIP...its a damn pain in the ass

gylUiKQt_QY&rel=1

jman3000

01-14-2008, 08:07 PM

hey bitches ... truth and a train need to pony up and get tmnt the arcade game.

jman3000

01-17-2008, 02:22 PM

i bought marvel vs. capcom 2 for my xbox like 3 years ago for 15 bucks off ebay and i was curious to see how much it was going for now and it's like $80-90.

:lol

Mr.Bottomtooth

01-19-2008, 01:27 PM

What are the hardest songs for each instrument on Rock Band?

TheTruth

01-19-2008, 02:28 PM

Enter Sandman on Drums is fucking insane.

Mr.Bottomtooth

01-19-2008, 04:20 PM

What I've heard it's Green Grass and High Tides on guitar, and Won't Get Fooled Again on drums.

TheTruth

01-19-2008, 04:21 PM

i was able to play won't get fooled again on medium. i couldn't get through enter sandman. i'll give it another shot later today.

Mr.Bottomtooth

01-19-2008, 04:25 PM

I keep failing Green Grass and High Tides on guitar on expert at like 85% and it's pissing me off. :pctoss

T Park

01-20-2008, 01:41 AM

Hey sorry to interrupt, did anyone see the preview pictures on the Ghostbusters game?

Personally I can't wait till October 7th, it looks FANTASTIC!!!

baseline bum

01-20-2008, 03:41 AM

I finally beat Oblivion after a year and a half. That is by far the longest game I've ever played.

TheTruth

01-20-2008, 10:16 AM

Hey sorry to interrupt, did anyone see the preview pictures on the Ghostbusters game?

Personally I can't wait till October 7th, it looks FANTASTIC!!!
Yeah, my 12 year old nephew is psyched.

jman3000

01-20-2008, 01:43 PM

I finally beat Oblivion after a year and a half. That is by far the longest game I've ever played.
i have about 12 hours put in and im still at level 3 and havent totally cleared out kvatch yet.

baseline bum

01-20-2008, 01:46 PM

i have about 12 hours put in and im still at level 3 and havent totally cleared out kvatch yet.

Took me 150 hours to get to level 37, and I still haven't done the Thieves' Guild or Dark Brotherhood quests.

CuckingFunt

01-20-2008, 01:49 PM

That's just craziness.

jman3000

01-20-2008, 02:04 PM

yeah... i played elder scrolls 3 for like 200 hours and had only scratched the service on the blood moon and imperial city add ons.

DarkReign

01-21-2008, 08:30 AM

I havent even finished Oblivion yet. To be honest, I dont even remember where I am. I know I havent closed one gate yet. I know have the Umbra armor/sword. I know I was making some useful spells and min/maxing my levels quite well.

But if I loaded that game today, I think I'd be pretty lost.

DarkReign

01-21-2008, 08:33 AM

On a side note:

Portal is the shit.

Yeah, I know, Im late to the party. I didnt but the entire Orange Box (already had the HL games and dont have real friends to give them to).

Last night I was bored, so I bought Portal. Holy shit, this game fucking rocks!!!!!

Its a first person puzzle game, hard to explain, oozing with personality. I just cleared the 19 trials and then went to bed. I am very mcuh looking forward to completion tonight and then the commentary replay thru.

I sincerely hope they add maps to this game for years to come. Its a lot of fun.

ATRAIN

01-21-2008, 08:42 AM

hey bitches ... truth and a train need to pony up and get tmnt the arcade game.

I gots that shit man.......im down for some shell shocking!!

ATRAIN

01-21-2008, 08:45 AM

Anyone on here still playing a Franchise on Madden 08? If so does your shit freeze up on you when trying to do the active training from week to week. Its pissing me off, thats the shit I enjoy most. Player progression. Im on Season 5 of my franchise and I can't build up my young rookies because it locks up on that crap.

jman3000

01-22-2008, 12:19 PM

bout damn time.

and im still looking for a buddy to do the complete campaign in gears f war and crackdown.

AZLouis

01-22-2008, 12:22 PM

Slinkyman

01-22-2008, 01:42 PM

Mr.Bottomtooth

01-22-2008, 07:01 PM

GOD DAMN U 360 AND THE TORMENT U BRING WITH URSELF!!!

i just got red ringed. :depressed

CuckingFunt

01-22-2008, 07:07 PM

That's what you get for being lazy enough to think that a word consisting of three letters needs an abbreviation.

Mr.Bottomtooth

01-22-2008, 07:09 PM

That's the first time I actually abbreviated the word you on SpursTalk.
So fuck off.

jman3000

02-04-2008, 09:16 PM

on halo 3 right now if anyones game.

baseline bum

02-04-2008, 11:11 PM

Bioshock is spectacular. I can't believe I waited this long to get it.

DarkReign

02-05-2008, 10:53 AM

Bioshock is spectacular. I can't believe I waited this long to get it.

Yes, yes it is. But I didnt get any replay value from it. Unlike Oblivion, which I am playing again because of you.

baseline bum

02-05-2008, 01:11 PM

Yes, yes it is. But I didnt get any replay value from it. Unlike Oblivion, which I am playing again because of you.

Fucking Oblivion makes me mad as hell. I went and beat the game, did almost all the sidequests, but none of the Thieves' Guild or Dark Brotherhood Quests so that I could get a high reputation to be able to buy all the houses. Now 150+ hours in, a freaking ring I have to steal in a Thieves' Guild quest doesn't spawn, and therefore I cannot advance at all in it.

Oblivion is the buggiest piece of shit I ever played.

DarkReign

02-05-2008, 02:14 PM

baseline bum

02-05-2008, 02:35 PM

360 or PC?

X360 (so no debug console to add the item) :(

Bioshock to me seems like it will have great replay value. For instance, going through the game while using all the different plasmids available. How much fun would the game be hypnotizing Big Daddies to fight all of your enemies (and each other)? I don't consider many even great FPS (such as RB6 Vegas, COD4, COD2, GOW) to have much replay value on SP campaigns, but the variety of ways kill and the different endings based on whether you save the Little Sisters seem to indicate this game will get at least another playthrough from me after I beat it the first time.

jman3000

02-06-2008, 03:06 PM

Fucking Oblivion makes me mad as hell. I went and beat the game, did almost all the sidequests, but none of the Thieves' Guild or Dark Brotherhood Quests so that I could get a high reputation to be able to buy all the houses. Now 150+ hours in, a freaking ring I have to steal in a Thieves' Guild quest doesn't spawn, and therefore I cannot advance at all in it.

Oblivion is the buggiest piece of shit I ever played.
In my first play through that im doing now i have to get some khajit to give me the keys to a well in order to get a ring.

the topic never shows up on her conversation options, thus making the whole mission fubar. pissed me off.

baseline bum

02-08-2008, 04:46 PM

OMFG, Bioshock just keeps getting better and better the further you get into it. So far, it's probably the best non-sports game I've played in 3 or 4 years.

DarkReign

02-09-2008, 02:35 PM

OMFG, Bioshock just keeps getting better and better the further you get into it. So far, it's probably the best non-sports game I've played in 3 or 4 years.

"Would you, kindly..."

DarkReign

02-09-2008, 02:36 PM

X360 (so no debug console to add the item) :(

Bioshock to me seems like it will have great replay value. For instance, going through the game while using all the different plasmids available. How much fun would the game be hypnotizing Big Daddies to fight all of your enemies (and each other)? I don't consider many even great FPS (such as RB6 Vegas, COD4, COD2, GOW) to have much replay value on SP campaigns, but the variety of ways kill and the different endings based on whether you save the Little Sisters seem to indicate this game will get at least another playthrough from me after I beat it the first time.

Oh yeah, theres some definite replay value. Bummer with Oblivion, though.

NASpurs

02-12-2008, 02:07 PM

So I had this little game called "Mass Effect" sitting in my room, collecting dust (I probably need to dust more often). It's been there for a month or so unplayed. Anyway over the weekend I decided to give this game a whirl and I became instantly hooked. It's like crack, I would think. At first I thought it was alright during the first 20 minutes but once you start playing it, you just want to do everything in the game's universe. Everything is so well thought out and so well organized that you feel like you're a part of this world. You become fixated on the screen and before you know it, you have three or four hours under your belt.

Highly recommend it.

Trainwreck2100

02-12-2008, 02:31 PM

Mass Effect will end up being a trilogy, unfortunately EA bought Bioshock so God knows how far they will go to ruin an up and coming franchise

baseline bum

02-12-2008, 03:17 PM

Mass Effect will end up being a trilogy, unfortunately EA bought Bioshock so God knows how far they will go to ruin an up and coming franchise

Bioshock relies on the quality of the story much moreso than any other FPS, and I don't think it can become a successful franchise because of that. I could see Bioshock having one truly great prequel on the strength of the character Andrew Ryan (his character single-handedly makes Bioshock a masterpiece), but the time period is way too short and the universe of Rapture is way too small for a third game.

I've read that Bioshock 2 is going to be about the fall of Rapture from being a once-Utopia, but what options are there for a third game? Helping Andrew Ryan clear out squids and sharks to make the city? Another plane-crash and some other unlucky bastard ventures into the city? The Navy finds it and tries to invade? They all sound lame except for the prequel currently in planning, which has great potential.

DarkReign

02-12-2008, 03:20 PM

Helping Andrew Ryan clear out squids and sharks to make the city? Another plane-crash and some other unlucky bastard ventures into the city? The Navy finds it and tries to invade?

You sir, would make great EA material with all that unoriginal thought there.

Have any other gems of brand-prostitution up your sleeve? We are watching.

note: funny thing is, youre probably dead on with all of them. It'll be Oceania with a BioShock sticker on the box.

baseline bum

02-12-2008, 03:28 PM

So who is developing Bioshock then? Did EA buy Irrational, or are they just going to pawn it off on one of their own development groups? That's hilarious that EA would come crawling back to Bioshock after shitting all over Irrational's bid to get them to publish it a couple of years back.

Bad news though if they did just take over the name. To quote Ken Levine (the lead man at Irrational/2k Boston), had EA agreed to publish Biohock it would have been "just a regular first-person shooter with a boss monster at the end."

http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=77628

baseline bum

02-12-2008, 03:30 PM

You sir, would make great EA material with all that unoriginal thought there.

Have any other gems of brand-prostitution up your sleeve? We are watching.

note: funny thing is, youre probably dead on with all of them. It'll be Oceania with a BioShock sticker on the box.

The whole idea of Little Sisters as medics while Big Daddies go spraying each other in team deathmatch doesn't sound too interesting to me.

baseline bum

02-12-2008, 03:34 PM

Maybe Irrational selling off the rights to the series was their way of giving EA the middle finger for not believing in the initial project. It's not going to do well as a cookie-cutter shooter, and maybe Irrational understood that it would suck as a franchise for the reasons I laid out above. :lol

midgetonadonkey

02-12-2008, 11:21 PM

Anyone here have Call of Duty 4 for the PS3? I just recently got it and have been playing online a lot. Just looking to see if anyone here has it and is wanting to jump online and get an asskicking from the Reverend.

baseline bum

02-14-2008, 02:57 AM

Oh yeah, theres some definite replay value. Bummer with Oblivion, though.

Bioshock will definitely get another playthrough, if only to see the ending if I harvest the Little Sisters instead of save them. Still, that playthrough won't come for a long time, as I have Orange Box and have only played (and beaten) Portal so far.

ATRAIN

03-04-2008, 10:42 AM

Whats everyone playing these days, Xbox360?

Xolotl

03-04-2008, 11:01 AM

Devil May Cry 4, Orange Box, Gonna try Bully, and can't wait till Army of Two

DarkReign

03-04-2008, 11:29 AM

Call of Duty 4, Sins of a Solar Empire, Crysis

ATRAIN

03-04-2008, 11:31 AM

Devil May Cry 4, Orange Box, Gonna try Bully, and can't wait till Army of Two

How is DMC4?

ATRAIN

03-04-2008, 11:33 AM

Anyone try Frontlines?

Hank the Tank

03-04-2008, 12:33 PM

any jrpgs fans in the house?
if so, how is lost odyssey...it looks a tad slow to my taste but im not sure... i havent played a good jrpg since tales of the abyss.

also cant wait for gta4....they better not delay it again.

Ballcox

03-04-2008, 12:50 PM

Just finished bioshock (amazing fucking game), and now I'm finally getting around to playing Rainbow 6/Las Vegas, that game has been fun as hell-can't wait for the next one coming out later this month.

The main game on my radar at this time is GTA IV in late April, that game looks to be REALLY good. :smokin

jman3000

03-04-2008, 01:55 PM

Anyone try Frontlines?
i played the demo. it looked like it would be a decent single player game but a bad ass multiplayer one.... they are too many other games in my sights to purchase before it though.

Slydragon

03-04-2008, 02:18 PM

Bioshock was fun but once I beat it I never touch it again.

Last week I bought, Overlord for my Xbox 360 and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams for my Wii and Assassin's Creed, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction for my PS3. I got about 12 hours on Overlord its a fun game and got about 3 hours on Ratchet also fun, I have yet to touch the other 2 games.

I got till April 29th to beat all four because then Grand Theft Auto IV comes out.
I am not sure if I am going to get Super Smash Bros. Brawl on Sunday. Many Gamestop stores are having midnight launches and also having tournaments that start at 10 pm if anyone is good at that game, I suck at Brawl.

Here's the link

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/ssbb/tournament/default.asp

jman3000

03-04-2008, 02:20 PM

im a smash brothers pimp.

Slydragon

03-04-2008, 02:22 PM

Go play in a tourney and win something then.

ATRAIN

03-04-2008, 02:35 PM

i played the demo. it looked like it would be a decent single player game but a bad ass multiplayer one.... they are too many other games in my sights to purchase before it though.

Yeah I heard that it was a pretty sucky first player but a awesome multi, so who knows. Im going to buy MLB2k8 today.

Mister Sinister

03-04-2008, 07:06 PM

Aaaaaagh, I can't wait for May 14. Soul Calibur IV comes out!

resistanze

03-04-2008, 07:16 PM

How is DMC4?
Just finished it yesterday, it's a solid enough game, but doesn't stand out from the other 3 DMC games.

And because of the way the storyline i constructed it gets (VERY) repetitive in the last 1/3 of the game.

TDMVPDPOY

03-04-2008, 07:28 PM

did you guys heard about the news, EA wanted to buy TAKE2..the clowns who made duke nukem and gta....2b was the offer

Supreme_Being

03-05-2008, 12:51 PM

Anybody here play SecondLife?

mardigan

03-05-2008, 12:59 PM

Bioshock was fun but once I beat it I never touch it again.

Really? After I beat it I must have played through it 10 more times trying to get the alternate ending and finging all the little secrets that make that game the shit. Assasins Creed is the shit as well.

Ive been playing a lot of Half Life 2 since I got the orange box. Cant wait to get Army Of Two.

ATRAIN

03-05-2008, 01:04 PM

Really? After I beat it I must have played through it 10 more times trying to get the alternate ending and finging all the little secrets that make that game the shit. Assasins Creed is the shit as well.

Ive been playing a lot of Half Life 2 since I got the orange box. Cant wait to get Army Of Two.

I have been meaning to go back and kill all the Templars and Collect all the flags in AC. There are some maps on the net but I havent found a good one yet, have you found one Mardigan?

Trainwreck2100

03-05-2008, 01:19 PM

Assasin's Creed was fine till the ending.

ATRAIN

03-05-2008, 01:26 PM

Assasin's Creed was fine till the ending.

What didn't you like? PM me so you don't spoil it for anyone that wants to play it.

DarkReign

03-05-2008, 01:32 PM

What didn't you like? PM me so you don't spoil it for anyone that wants to play it.

AC is a trilogy. So to say the "end" was anticlimatic is an understatement.

Worse than that, the second installation of AC is being developed for..

(drumroll please....)

Nintendo DS

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, idiots do in fact own everything.

Trainwreck2100

03-05-2008, 01:34 PM

AC is a trilogy. So to say the "end" was anticlimatic is an understatement.

Worse than that, the second installation of AC is being developed for..

(drumroll please....)

Nintendo DS

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, idiots do in fact own everything.
I hope to christ it's a prequel.

leemajors

03-05-2008, 01:36 PM

phew, thought you were discussing asheron's call.

ATRAIN

03-05-2008, 01:46 PM

SAtown

03-05-2008, 02:45 PM

Im going to buy MLB2k8 today.

Did you ever get this? If so, was it any better than last years?

ATRAIN

03-05-2008, 02:51 PM

Did you ever get this? If so, was it any better than last years?

Yes I did pick it up and yes it is better than last year. Here is what they added.

January 18, 2008 KOXM podcast, revealed the following new features to debut in 2K8:[2]

* 90 playable real-life minor league baseball teams and players (restricted to players who have had major league experience), including 20 authentic minor league stadiums.
* 2K Cards, unlockable trading cards
* New pitching system in which the pitch type is determined by analog stick movement
* Swing Stick 2.0, a revamped analog batting system which allows an increased variety of batted balls (Baltimore Chops, bloops, dribblers, etc.)
* New ball-throwing system which is also determined by analog stick movement
* More realistic fielding tweaks, and a revamp of double play animation and gameplay.

The official site also included these additional new and updated features:[1]

* Downloadable minor league stadiums
* Revamped baserunning, with more intuitive controls and smarter baserunning AI
* Additional Signature Style animations
* Downloadable Cool Base Uniforms (Xbox 360)

Only problem is that some of the screen transitions from replays and such lag a little, but worth it for any baseball game fan. It takes a while getting the pitching down while using the pitch stick. Also it takes a game or 2 to get used to the fielding with the new field stick as far as throwing to the different bases. The cool thing is if you are fielding a ball and throwing it to second you can change your mind while in wind up and throw to 3rd or home etc...

SAtown

03-05-2008, 03:03 PM

Sounds good, thanks. I'll have to pick it up within the next couple of weeks. I'm not even a big baseball fan but the games are always good. I wish I had a PS3 cuz I hear the Show is amazing

ATRAIN

03-05-2008, 03:12 PM

Sounds good, thanks. I'll have to pick it up within the next couple of weeks. I'm not even a big baseball fan but the games are always good. I wish I had a PS3 cuz I hear the Show is amazing

I used to play MVP baseball from EA a few years ago but I think they dropped baseball from EA. The MLB 2k series are fun. If you get it let me know and ill play you online.

Mr.Bottomtooth

03-05-2008, 06:07 PM

DS blows.

Mister Sinister

03-05-2008, 06:18 PM

DS blows.
I disagree. I love my DS.

Mr.Bottomtooth

03-05-2008, 06:23 PM

I've actually never been a fan of any handheld games.
Except the original Pokemon and Super Mario.

Mister Sinister

03-05-2008, 06:39 PM

I've actually never been a fan of any handheld games.
Except the original Pokemon and Super Mario.
Ahh. See, I'm the opposite, probably because my first system ever was an original Game Boy.

baseline bum

03-05-2008, 06:59 PM

DS is solid. Nintendo has always delivered when it came to handhelds... well, pretty much every kind of system except the shitty Virtual Boy.

Hell, I hated PSP games so much I downgraded the firmware on my PSP, and play NES and Super Nintendo games exclusively on it now (and play it 10x more than I ever did before putting the NES emulator on it).

Xolotl

03-05-2008, 10:46 PM

How is DMC4?

DMC4 what I played was good....I only rented it because I wanted to try it out and I did enjoy it, but Army of Two just came out so I had to buy it and I'm loving that one...of course if you have somebody to play with its much more fun but single player so far isn't bad

ATRAIN

03-06-2008, 02:24 PM

DMC4 what I played was good....I only rented it because I wanted to try it out and I did enjoy it, but Army of Two just came out so I had to buy it and I'm loving that one...of course if you have somebody to play with its much more fun but single player so far isn't bad

I was thinking about buying army of 2, how is the multiplayer?

Cry Havoc

03-18-2008, 12:07 PM

Anyone played Super Smash Bros. Brawl yet?

ATRAIN

03-18-2008, 12:19 PM

Anyone played Super Smash Bros. Brawl yet?

Sort of, I totally sucked and that shit moves really fast.

CuckingFunt

03-18-2008, 12:24 PM

Anyone played Super Smash Bros. Brawl yet?Not yet. I tend to get bored with fighters pretty quickly, so I want to rent it before buying it.

E20

03-18-2008, 12:46 PM

Well, I'm playing Super Castlevania IV.

That is all.

E20

03-18-2008, 01:03 PM

Super Mario Bro. 3 sucks pretty hard.

Viva Las Espuelas

03-18-2008, 01:44 PM

Well, I'm playing Super Castlevania IV.

That is all.ON THE WII?!?!

baseline bum

03-18-2008, 01:46 PM

Super Castlevania IV's pretty badass. SNES had such incredible sound.

baseline bum

03-18-2008, 01:46 PM

ON THE WII?!?!

Why not just download SNES9X and play it on your computer?

ATRAIN

03-18-2008, 01:53 PM

Is Mike Tyson's Punch out available for download on the wii?

Viva Las Espuelas

03-18-2008, 03:03 PM

Is Mike Tyson's Punch out available for download on the wii?i think it is. i wish you could just buy your wii points online intead of buying those stupid cards. maybe if somehow we can connect those cards to global warming it could happen.

E20

03-18-2008, 03:19 PM

ON THE WII?!?!
I'm using an emulator on my comp. (ZSNES)

CuckingFunt

03-18-2008, 03:55 PM

i think it is. i wish you could just buy your wii points online intead of buying those stupid cards. Card? I've always purchased Wii points through the Wii.

E20

03-18-2008, 05:19 PM

BaselineBum if you have PSP be sure to try this game:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKwuYhZZbxY

Dracula X: Rondo of Blood remake of the SNES for the PSP. It looks sick, but I've played the original on SNES and it sorta sucks, hopefully this is better. What's sick about Richter Belmont is all of his super moves, they're all pretty fucking badass, Holy cross, thousand knives, hydrostorm etc..

Mister Sinister

03-18-2008, 09:19 PM

Anyone played Super Smash Bros. Brawl yet?
I have, and Ganondorf plays like I remember. Sku-whee.

Mister Sinister

03-18-2008, 09:20 PM

I'm using an emulator on my comp. (ZSNES)
Good call. ZSNES is probably the best SNES emulator out there. Speaking of, I need to dust off my PSX emulator...

Viva Las Espuelas

03-18-2008, 09:34 PM

Card? I've always purchased Wii points through the Wii.how?

CuckingFunt

03-18-2008, 09:37 PM

how?When you go to the Wii shopping channel, same place you download the games, there's an option to purchase Wii points.

Viva Las Espuelas

03-18-2008, 09:39 PM

When you go to the Wii shopping channel, same place you download the games, there's an option to purchase Wii points.i must not see it. i always see the spot to input your card number. plus i haven't turned on the damn thing since january. it's kinda cool the way it "shows" you that you haven't played your wii.

CuckingFunt

03-18-2008, 09:44 PM

it's kinda cool the way it "shows" you that you haven't played your wii.How is that?

Viva Las Espuelas

03-18-2008, 09:47 PM

How is that?it starts glowing really bright and pulsates.

CuckingFunt

03-18-2008, 09:49 PM

it starts glowing really bright and pulsates.That means you've got updates.

E20

03-19-2008, 03:51 PM

Good call. ZSNES is probably the best SNES emulator out there. Speaking of, I need to dust off my PSX emulator...
What PSX emulator do you use?