CONSOLE GAMING TALK

[gwa]

I was talking about socom + CoD4

One is VERY taticle, CoD4 is a very fast paced CS style game.

But pro evo and fifa are also VERY different games.

Ones STRICT no nonsense football

the other is a fucking piece of shit.

[Jak The lad]

SOCOM:CONFRONTATION MULTIPLAYER BETA KEYS

PLAYSTATION 3

WWW.EUROGAMER.NET

YOU NEED TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT.

LIMITED BETA KEYS LEFT.

YES I HAVE MINE.

Damn work restricting site.

Prob far too late anyway lol.

[kins83]

Anyone gonna be investing in Star Wars:The Force Unleashed?

I played a demo of this a few weeks back, and I fucking loved it. Picking up TIE fighters and throwing them into groups of enemies is ACE. As is throwing around stormtroopers like ragdolls.

Thoughts?

[diss04]

fifa 08 >> last years PES

[datura]

Anyone gonna be investing in Star Wars:The Force Unleashed?

I played a demo of this a few weeks back, and I fucking loved it. Picking up TIE fighters and throwing them into groups of enemies is ACE. As is throwing around stormtroopers like ragdolls.

Thoughts?

I thought the demo was really boring. It shouldn't have been, but it was.

[kins83]

Anyone gonna be investing in Star Wars:The Force Unleashed?

I played a demo of this a few weeks back, and I fucking loved it. Picking up TIE fighters and throwing them into groups of enemies is ACE. As is throwing around stormtroopers like ragdolls.

Thoughts?

I thought the demo was really boring. It shouldn't have been, but it was.

Scathing. I think it's as boring as you let it get, in that you can kill everybody the same way if you want to, or you can showboat a little bit and make it enjoyable. I take it you won't be investing then mate?

[cal]

Anyone gonna be investing in Star Wars:The Force Unleashed?

I played a demo of this a few weeks back, and I fucking loved it. Picking up TIE fighters and throwing them into groups of enemies is ACE. As is throwing around stormtroopers like ragdolls.

Thoughts?

I thought the demo was really boring. It shouldn't have been, but it was.

Scathing. I think it's as boring as you let it get, in that you can kill everybody the same way if you want to, or you can showboat a little bit and make it enjoyable. I take it you won't be investing then mate?

Kins

I think i'm as excited as you when it comes to this release, until i saw the gametrailers review :/
Dunno what to make of it. My geekheart still want lightsabry goodness, yet there seems to be quite a few things wrong with the final game.

Here's the link: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/39954.html

[kins83]

Anyone gonna be investing in Star Wars:The Force Unleashed?

I played a demo of this a few weeks back, and I fucking loved it. Picking up TIE fighters and throwing them into groups of enemies is ACE. As is throwing around stormtroopers like ragdolls.

Thoughts?

I thought the demo was really boring. It shouldn't have been, but it was.

Scathing. I think it's as boring as you let it get, in that you can kill everybody the same way if you want to, or you can showboat a little bit and make it enjoyable. I take it you won't be investing then mate?

Kins

I think i'm as excited as you when it comes to this release, until i saw the gametrailers review :/
Dunno what to make of it. My geekheart still want lightsabry goodness, yet there seems to be quite a few things wrong with the final game.

Here's the link: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/39954.html

It's a tricky one. It's always easy get caught up in the hype wagon with big games, not to mention big games realted to big franchises...

Can't see that link at work, I'll have a look soon though! I read a review of it in Games TM, and I normally have good faith in their reviews. It scored 7/10, which was a bit disheartening. They did also say that it was a similar kind of game to Ninja Gaiden II, which in my book is quite some praise!!!

[cal]

Gametrailers gave it a 6.9, so that's pretty close to the mark of that other site.

Main issues to them were:

- Force powers not actually that cool to use after a while (you won't be able to swing around all enemies from a certain point) and most of the time that syth smash thing with the electrified sabre just does the job nicely.
- A jedi is something that's mostly feared by troops, yet everybody seems to want a piece.
- Bigger fights (like the AT-ST in the demo) are done using that scripted buttonsequence thing all the time. So not much room for improvisation or ' a harder fight'.
- Re-use of uninspired repetitive scenery
- Quite a few bugs in the final retail version (Gametrailers mentionned the sound cutting out in the endgame movie)
- It's pretty short (7 to 8 hours)

You're probably right when they compare it to Ninja Gaiden 2, but it seems that there a lot less variety in TFU when it comes to combat. Ninja Gaiden sounds like a compliment to me aswell, fucking loved that game (at least the old Xbox one, sickeningly difficult aswell)

Still, pretty convinced i will pick it up when it's released ..

[kins83]

- Bigger fights (like the AT-ST in the demo) are done using that scripted buttonsequence thing all the time. So not much room for improvisation or ' a harder fight'.

- Re-use of uninspired repetitive scenery

- Quite a few bugs in the final retail version (Gametrailers mentionned the sound cutting out in the endgame movie)

- It's pretty short (7 to 8 hours)

Yeah, that AT-ST fight in the demo pissed me off a bit. The first time I played it, I went straight to that QTE. The second time, I thought 'I'll try and defeat it a different way'. 10 minutes l of barrel chucking later, I realised that the QTE was the only way to deal with it.

The scenery issue was touched on in the review that I read. The first few levels are meant to be amazing looking, but apparently, the quality drops as the game progresses. Not good.

Bugs in any final version, particularly for a game with such expectation, is unforgiveable.

I suppose the short life span suggests that it is a DMC type game, playing through a number of times. Still though, that too is a little disappointing.

Hmmmm.....I'm not sure what to do now....maybe worth a hire?

[sinc_vision]

It was fun for a the majority of the demo but i could see it losing it's appeal within about half an hour of play. combining the force powers and using the force push on hanger doors was cool at first but light sabre combat was dull and wooden and force lift targeting was frutrating to say the least, and as the force lift is the best thing on offer that's a bit of a fail really.

here is the issue: every game has a grace period where it can blow you away with some kind of new graphics/physics engine but once that wears off and you adjust to the visuals (ie. they become the norm) you're left with nothing but gameplay, and if that isnt up to scratch then the game is poor, pure and simple. a perfect example of this would be assassins creed (although people who bought it still often live in denial and tell you that it's amazing). so in summary, gameplay > sandboxes/ragdolls/shiny metallic looking things/fire effects/etc.

[gwa]

Im contemplating getting star wars, what platform you on kins?

[datura]

Anyone gonna be investing in Star Wars:The Force Unleashed?

I played a demo of this a few weeks back, and I fucking loved it. Picking up TIE fighters and throwing them into groups of enemies is ACE. As is throwing around stormtroopers like ragdolls.

Thoughts?

I thought the demo was really boring. It shouldn't have been, but it was.

Scathing. I think it's as boring as you let it get, in that you can kill everybody the same way if you want to, or you can showboat a little bit and make it enjoyable. I take it you won't be investing then mate?

Second Sight did telekenesis etc a lot better imho (and 4 years ago). If this game came out 3/4 years ago I would probably have enjoyed it a lot more, but the open nature of the demo level and the fact that you never seemed under any threat just made it boring to me.

Wait for things like Little Big Planet that are truly next gen and boycott this kind of thing that they are trying to flog off the star wars name when it's sub standard. Hopefully Fracture is a lot better.

[whineo]

Cany anyone reccomend a good game for the xbox 360?
other than GTA 4 and Pro evo

[gwa]

EA Skate. Best game EVER MADE.

Lost oddessy is good for a RPG its very simular to FF7 in the battle parts of the game.

Orange box is good too, Portal is a massive head fuck.
Halo as well obviously.

[datura]

Cany anyone reccomend a good game for the xbox 360?
other than GTA 4 and Pro evo

Ninja Gaiden II
Geometry Wars and Braid from XBL
Call Of Duty 4
Project Gotham Racing 4
Mass Effect

are a few.

[cal]

EA Skate. Best game EVER MADE.

QFT

i can spend hours just free-riding

[gwa]

Innit, I spend fucking HOURS on this one line i made that starts off going down a bank with a massive tube, combo'in all the way round the corner and into the mega fun park and then combo all the fucking way right to the end. Best game ever made!

[kins83]

Cany anyone reccomend a good game for the xbox 360?
other than GTA 4 and Pro evo

Bioshock!!! Absolutely wicked game. I've played it through about 4 or 5 times

[felixgash]

EA Skate. Best game EVER MADE.

QFT

i can spend hours just free-riding

Got this, still havent opened it though! Need to get a stand for my tv and all then I'll pull out my PS3 and have a game.