Winter Orgy: 2009, The "Doesn't Quite Make up for this Crappy Summer" Edition

[Azazel]

You're steadfastly choosing to miss the point entirely,

Why are you deciding to be a dickhead now?

I said I'd wait and see about MW2, mostly to see if the SP flaws are addressed since I have no real interest in it's MP. Schild jumps on that to be a big man on the internet for a few posts and start an argument about nothing. The discussion sidetracks into why I don't have wet panties in apprehension for MW2's MP. You apparently lack the reading comprehension to understand both the YMMV part and the part where I don't give a fuck what you or anyone else chooses to buy on day 1.

Now fuck off and talk about games instead of acting like a failed troll.


Oh, and I'm sure that Batman's reading of files and audio logs will be so much, SO much more than atmosphere and flavour and just totally change the way he moves through the Linear levels in Arkham Asylum to beat up the Joker's goons and several ebil super-types. Because he's a Detective.

[Rasix]

Such an angry little elf.

[Azazel]

 

[Lucas]

[Hindenburg]

Oh, and I'm sure that Batman's reading of files and audio logs will be so much, SO much more than atmosphere and flavour and just totally change the way he moves through the Linear levels in Arkham Asylum to beat up the Joker's goons and several ebil super-types. Because he's a Detective.

Levels aren't linear.

Ooops.

Now fuck off and talk about games instead of acting like a failed troll.

[Margalis]

Call of Duty and Battlefield both suck and the ultra-generic realistic FPS genre has been played out for a decade.

Enemy Territory was pretty good though. 

[schild]

Call of Duty and Battlefield both suck and the ultra-generic realistic FPS genre has been played out for a decade.

Enemy Territory was pretty good though. 

Obvious Troll Bait is Troll Bait.

[Sophismata]

Oh wow, I think I knew that Majesty 2 was getting made but I didn't know it was, like, actually getting made. Without knowing anything about it, that is the most compelling title on the list for me and I have no idea why.

Indeed, I reacted in the same way. Just checking over their website, I'm quite impressed. Especially the way they explain the game (and dev notes), as well as the general humour. This'll be a definite purchase for me.

[Hoax]

I think the Batman lovefest is strange, I tried the demo.  I can't enjoy any of the cool atmosphere stuff because why wouldn't I use xray detective vision mode which means nothing looks cool and I feel like a predator.

Also Batman's walking/running animation is awful and I always hated the very spikey batears costume design in the comics and in this.

Combat is pretty awesome though, so I can see how its a good beat em up, GOTY though?  I just don't get it.

re: detective batman
Audio files.  lol.  Psych profiles. LAWL.  You people are nuts.

The only BF/CoD game I can even remember is the futuristic one w/ mechs, I still didn't buy it but I ALMOST bought it.  I think it was the insta prone button that turned me off but I might be remembering things wrong.  I'm w/ Marg on the ultra realistic generic trash comment.

[sidereal]

Oh hay I missed a list party!

Day 0:
Majesty 2

Day 1:
Borderlands
Dragon Age

Gamefly:
Assassin's Creed 2
Disgaea 2

The convenience of Steam + 3 beers:
Champions Online
Left 4 Dead 2
Football Manager 2010 (Not on your list!)

[NiX]

re: detective batman
Audio files.  lol.  Psych profiles. LAWL.  You people are nuts.

Both of which are in the game and are fucking awesome.

Edit: For clarity.

[Samwise]

I think he's saying you're nuts for liking that stuff.

[Sky]

I think he's saying you're nuts for liking that stuff.

It's Hoax, so I take it as a compliment.

[Aez]

I found out you get a free copy of Majesty gold if you preorder majesty 2 from gamersgate.

Majesty gold come with this requirement :  

Only with nVidia 94_24 driver or less.

Anyone can help me with this one?  I can't figure out if I can or can't play it with my nvidia geforce 7900 with updated drivers.

Also :
Anyone else getting more and more annoyed at steam?  It's like they're turning into a discount bin with very few AAA titles on release.  I tough it was one of the highest profit margin place for developers.  Apparently it will be on steam. It's strange that you can't preorder yet.

[Yegolev]

Majesty gold come with this requirement :  

Only with nVidia 94_24 driver or less.

Anyone can help me with this one?

I can help in one way:

[ezrast]

I found out you get a free copy of Majesty gold if you preorder majesty 2 from gamersgate.

Majesty gold come with this requirement :  

Only with nVidia 94_24 driver or less.

Anyone can help me with this one?  I can't figure out if I can or can't play it with my nvidia geforce 7900 with updated drivers.

I tried it. There's a problem with the music files that causes the game to freeze, but deleting them made it run just fine. Sound effects still work. Running with a GeForce 9800 with recent drivers.

[sidereal]

Leave my gold. . aloooooooooooone.

I played the hell out of Majesty 1.  So much that I don't even need to install it anymore, I can just play it mentally.

[Velorath]

Best Buy has a Buy 1 get 1 half off sale for 360 games going on right now (for games under $79.99).  Looking around on their website it looks like preorders for Assassin's Creed 2, Modern Warfare 2, Halo ODST, Forza 3, Dragon Age, Brutal Legend, Red Dead Redemption, Final Fantasy XIII, Blur, Mini Ninjas, and Split/Second are also eligible.

[Velorath]

God of War 1 and 2 being released as God of War Collection sometime during the holiday season, on blu-ray in 720p and at 60 fps.

[NiX]

God of War 1 and 2 being released as God of War Collection sometime during the holiday season, on blu-ray in 720p and at 60 fps.

For $40 US. Pretty sweet deal!

[Trippy]

Wet demo is available on PlayStation Store now.

Aiming is a bit tough, even when slowed down, since she doesn't auto-track enemies so if you don't have any in front of you you have to flail around until you can spot one.

Don't have much confidence that the developer A2M, given their history, can make a good game overall but the demo isn't bad.

[schild]

It's mostly hard to trust them because A2M means Ass to Mouth.

[Yegolev]

Aiming is a bit tough, even when slowed down, since she doesn't auto-track enemies so if you don't have any in front of you you have to flail around until you can spot one.

Don't take this the wrong way, but you have admitted you are not so great with the thumbstick aiming... so otherwise would the demo be worth the bother of trying?

[Trippy]

The game has an auto-assist feature with your primary gun so you don't have to be so precise with when shooting at a single target. What I was referring to was simply rotating your view so you can actually see somebody to shoot at, not any sort of precision aiming which I do suck at on consoles. (There's also a way to split your fire between two targets since you are dual wielding pistols. To hit the second target you do need to aim more precisely.)

The game goes into "Bullet Time" whenever you do special movement moves (jumping, sliding on your knees, running on walls, etc.). When you are in that mode your movement path and body facing are essentially "locked" and you can't alter your trajectory without leaving that mode. The only way to change your view while in that mode is through the aiming thumbstick. But if there's nobody in front of your "body facing" when you go into slo mo you have to hunt for a target using only the aiming thumbstick. On shooters that use thumbsticks as opposed to mouse & keyboard you tend to use the movement stick a lot to help with your aiming. Since you can't do that in this game when in slo mo it feels more awkward, at least to me, to find things to shoot at. This is what I meant about flailing around until you can see somebody to shoot at.

The slo mo can actually get annoying at times like when you do a special move and hit an obstacle you just sort of sit there going nowhere for a while until the slo mo turns off. In any case the claim that you can shoot in any direction while your body is facing another direction does in fact work (assuming you can find the target, see above) and looks good to (i.e. appropriately "cinematic").

The game is basically the video game version of a Hong Kong Bullet Ballet movie using lots of Bullet Time. If that sounds appealing it's easy enough to download the demo to give it a try.

[Trippy]

It's mostly hard to trust them because A2M means Ass to Mouth.

That and their raison d'être up until this point was making crappy movie tie-in games.

[Yegolev]

OK, I get it, makes a lot of sense.

On shooters that use thumbsticks as opposed to mouse & keyboard you tend to use the movement stick a lot to help with your aiming.

I don't do this, left-stick is for moving and right-stick is for aiming, so sounds like this one is for people like me.  Actually in many cases, I use the left to move my avatar forward and the right camera-swing to steer.

The game is basically the video game version of a Hong Kong Bullet Ballet movie using lots of Bullet Time. If that sounds appealing it's easy enough to download the demo to give it a try.

Sounds fantastic actually.

[NiX]

Sounds fantastic actually.

Did you play Stranglehold?

[Yegolev]

Sounds fantastic actually.

Did you play Stranglehold?

Just this morning in the shower.

[Trippy]

Sounds fantastic actually.

Did you play Stranglehold?

I tried the demo. They have a very similar game play style, unsurprisingly. Stranglehold is infinitely cooler cause it's, well, Chow Yun-Fat, but Wet does have the ability to shoot in directions independently of your body facing.

[NiX]

Just this morning in the shower.

God damn, that got me. Co-workers think I'm crazy now.

[Segoris]

Sounds fantastic actually.

Did you play Stranglehold?

Just this morning in the shower.

 

[Segoris]

The slo mo can actually get annoying at times like when you do a special move and hit an obstacle you just sort of sit there going nowhere for a while until the slo mo turns off. In any case the claim that you can shoot in any direction while your body is facing another direction does in fact work (assuming you can find the target, see above) and looks good to (i.e. appropriately "cinematic").

The game is basically the video game version of a Hong Kong Bullet Ballet movie using lots of Bullet Time. If that sounds appealing it's easy enough to download the demo to give it a try.

I agree when in slow motion running into objects is annoying. People are shooting at you while you're still sliding but going no where...bleh. I would have liked it that ended the action, but with how many objects were in the levels I can understand why they didn't.

The aiming I didn't find bad at all, it's a normal console shooter. When 2 enemies are around, the left hand gun auto aims and you control the right hand gun with the right stick, hold down fire and both guns shoot. I'm not very good with console shooters but I found this one to be a bit easier then some since once you enter slow motion you only need to use two functions 1) Fire and 2) Aim, in no particular order. At first I was still holding down slide, jump, or wall run while trying to aim and fire. My right hand was hating me for that, until I found out just tap the action button and it will continue until the action finishes. Also, right before the action ends you can push another action and it will automatically start the next action to help keep killing chains going.

The game is basically the video game version of a Hong Kong Bullet Ballet movie using lots of Bullet Time. If that sounds appealing it's easy enough to download the demo to give it a try.

This is so very true, I think in that sense they did a good job though. I'm not some huge fan of these types of movies and I still enjoyed the demo.

As a side note I really dig the sound track.

[Sky]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYOV8uu17t0

[Morfiend]

Any words on Section 8?

[schild]

Any words on Section 8?

I played the beta, it was totally uninspired.