To be fair, before Max Payne was bald he had short dark hair, so really he just transitioned from one overused character cliche to another.
Wait, short dark hair is a cliche? On its own, or in very specific character archetypes (personality wise)? Be careful how you answer because I'm so ready to call bullshit. :P
Only if it's an irreverent 20-something voiced by nolan north
To be fair, before Max Payne was bald he had short dark hair, so really he just transitioned from one overused character cliche to another.
Wait, short dark hair is a cliche? On its own, or in very specific character archetypes (personality wise)? Be careful how you answer because I'm so ready to call bullshit. :P
Only if it's an irreverent 20-something voiced by nolan north
I was kinda interested in using the PSV as my entertainment system (Game system? Get outta here!) but with the latest reveal on the lack of internal storage and the insane prices on memory cards I've changed my mind.
I bet the next revision will have SD card support or something.
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Werewolf2000adSuckers, I know exactly what went wrong.Registered Userregular
Max Payne in a modern third-person shooter could be good. It all depends on whether he's locked in there with them, or they're locked in there with him.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
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L Ron HowardThe duckMinnesotaRegistered Userregular
As long as there's no trail of blood to follow with a baby crying non-stop in the background ...
Your jib: I like the cut of it.
Those levels are the worst.
The rest of the game is superb though.
This game looks like it takes itself too seriously, so I doubt there will be anything cool like all the Twin Peaks references from the only real Max Payne games there are.
Yes.
I went there.
I was kinda interested in using the PSV as my entertainment system (Game system? Get outta here!) but with the latest reveal on the lack of internal storage and the insane prices on memory cards I've changed my mind.
I bet the next revision will have SD card support or something.
Probably not... Sony loves, loves, loves their proprietary formats.
While the ability to stream video games as you're playing them will be nice, I'm not sure the best strategy to fight smartphones is to copy their exact same features.
To be fair, before Max Payne was bald he had short dark hair, so really he just transitioned from one overused character cliche to another.
Wait, short dark hair is a cliche? On its own, or in very specific character archetypes (personality wise)? Be careful how you answer because I'm so ready to call bullshit. :P
Also, fuck paypal right in it's ass. Microtransactions are a stupid moneygrubbing idea and they've chosen the greediest payment company on the planet to handle them.
... Wait what? O.o
In response to short dark hair being a cliche:
Images like these (with other characters) are all over the internet.
In response to PayPal sucking shit:
Wikipedia has a pretty good list of criticisms, but the reason I've boycotted them was because a friend of mine runs a website where she sells products that can be paid for via PayPal. She launched a new product, it was featured on a popular website, she got a shit ton of orders, and PayPal froze her account. This meant she couldn't actually pay the supplier for her product, and she had a fuck of a time dealing with PayPal to get her account unfrozen.
The best part is that this is a common occurrence if your account sees a large amount of deposits in a short period. As in, it happens all the damn time.
edit: Beaten with the hair, but I present to you this:
This interview with the new head of Rare oughta wake up this sleepy thread.
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No big surprise to the studio’s new leader, Scott Henson, a 16-year Microsoft veteran who was given the role of overseeing Rare last October.
“We didn’t fall off the map. We might have changed and evolved. Our focus is different, but we haven’t fallen off the map.”
For gamers, it’s easy to think otherwise. That’s what happens when a company goes from working on some of the biggest video game franchises (Donkey Kong Country, Banjo-Kazooie) to the aforementioned Ghoulies.
“Fallen off the map is interesting when you sell over three million units,” said Henson. “I like that falling off the map. It’s great success in this industry.”
To be fair, Rare has done what many studios can only dream of, creating a successful IP praised by reviewers and loved by millions, something it’s made a habit of in its 26-year history.
“If you look at what Rare has done,” Henson continued, “whether it was Killer Instinct in the arcade or Donkey Kong Country and pushing pre-rendered graphics, they always innovate as a studio. That has stayed the same.”
“The studio created a new beloved franchise in Kinect Sports. There’s more than three million people that have this in their homes, playing and loving it. The difference is we started from scratch, instead of something people know, like Donkey Kong.”
What about living up to Microsoft’s $375 million?
“We absolutely have. We delivered as much to the platform as any other studio. With the success of Kinect Sports and what I believe will be a successful Season Two, I think Rare lived up to its potential.”
That, of course, is debatable. If anything, Rare has finally hit its stride, first with the Avatars- a project Henson says “goes far beyond anything the studio has ever done”- and now with Kinect Sports and its promising sequel.
His biggest challenge, though, is to put the company back into the mind of our friend on the plane, who like many gamers, clings to Rare’s past instead of what appears to be a promising future.
“It’s a new day,” said Henson. “We’re excited about Season Two and it’s something to celebrate. The title itself is about connecting people to video games. It’s a new Rare. It’s an exciting place to push boundaries for what’s possible.”
Nintendo this week officially confirmed that it's planning to release a cradle add-on that will give the 3DS handheld another circle pad analog. Some might think it's an odd move for the leader in handheld gaming, but Call of Duty publisher Activision appears to be supportive of Nintendo's decision.
In a phone conversation today with IndustryGamers, Activision Publishing boss Eric Hirshberg called it a "smart move."
We specifically asked Hirshberg if Activision intended to support 3DS with more shooters since a second analog would make it more compatible with that genre and other genres that might fit better on the Sony's PlayStation Vita.
"Your thinking is very similar to mine. It does make the hardware more relevant and compatible to the style of games we make," Hirshberg responded. "I don't have anything to announce in relation to that, but I think it was a great move and it opens up that platform to more styles of games."
Perhaps we'll see a dual-analog supported Call of Duty on 3DS in the not so distant future?
Someone on 2ch postulated that there's a very exploitable market of people in their 20s/30s who grew up with RPGs that simply aren't being catered too. More importantly it highlights how early failures with the ineptly localized 360 and hopelessly casual Wii have sent the wrong signals, and made them overlook how much the PS3 userbase wants jRPGs. Specifically, I think if Mistwalker were on board with PS3 they'd be one of the most successful developers in Japan.
Anyway, amazing numbers of Xillia. I wonder how low 3DS will drop before stabilizing?
I think the closest thing we had to an SNES/PSX era JRPG was Lost Odyssey. God I'd kill a man to have Squareenix make/publish games like they did then.
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Mostlyjoe13Evil, Evil, Jump for joy!Registered Userregular
I just watched the Nolan North is in Every Game series and my eyes (ears?) have been opened.
I think the closest thing we had to an SNES/PSX era JRPG was Lost Odyssey. God I'd kill a man to have Squareenix make/publish games like they did then.
Go play Xenoblade. It completely blows Lost Odyssey out of the water.
I follow vidja games pretty damned closely, but I'll be arsed if I can remember anything about Bodycount. Or even that I knew it existed.
Literally the only other evidence I have ever seen for Bodycount's existence prior to reading this is that it is one of the covers that scroll by in current GameFly commercials. And when I saw it, I said to myself "What the hell is Bodycount?"
Bodycount received generally mixed to negative reviews, with a score of 53 and 51 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, respectively, on Metacritic. GameSpot gave Bodycount a 5.5 out of 10 rating. They praised the fun of skillshots, a few fun guns and appealing environments but criticized the flat gameplay, a short 6 hour campaign, atrocious enemy AI and limiting multiplayer modes. IGN gave Bodycount a 6 out of 10 rating. They praised the several fun moments within the campaign as well as the gun fights but criticized the game for limiting what a player can do as opposed to what the game expects the player to do. They also stated that it lacks polish and entertainment value of video games it's trying to mimic.
I'm guessing it didn't sell well. Hence the layoffs.
What is the videogame version of a Red One camera? More cheap indy productions seem to me more likely to produce something decent than less AAA monsters. You have to kiss a lot of frogs and if you only get a frog a year to kiss you are likely to be disappointed.
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I'm really glad I sold my copy last year, long before this came out. Though I regretted selling it almost the instant it hit the mail.
I hope I can play this again soon. Stupid work and school.
I gave up both PDS and RS a few years ago.
It was difficult.
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ShadowfireVermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered Userregular
The wife and I have been going through our games selling the most expensive ones. I already told her that I refuse to sell PDS or Suikoden 2. Just not going to happen.
I relented on Popful Mail and the strategy guide in return... also, both Lunar games for Sega CD. It was fair.
The wife and I have been going through our games selling the most expensive ones. I already told her that I refuse to sell PDS or Suikoden 2. Just not going to happen.
I relented on Popful Mail and the strategy guide in return... also, both Lunar games for Sega CD. It was fair.
Not cool. I would have taken Popful Mail off your hands. :P
My game collection is the one area of the house my wife has agreed to never mess with. That's my section of the house.
Suikoden II is one of the aboslute best RPGs of all time brother.
So much wrong in this post it's overwhelming.
Suikoden I and II are one of the best RPGs of all time. They should totally be played as a pair.
True, true....especially since in Suikoden II your party should always include the unlocked McDohl. The dude is an absolute beast and has one of the best runes you can use, the Soul Eater.
The wife and I have been going through our games selling the most expensive ones. I already told her that I refuse to sell PDS or Suikoden 2. Just not going to happen.
I relented on Popful Mail and the strategy guide in return... also, both Lunar games for Sega CD. It was fair.
Not cool. I would have taken Popful Mail off your hands. :P
My game collection is the one area of the house my wife has agreed to never mess with. That's my section of the house.
We're both selling some games to pay off some debt. She sold Earthbound, EVO, and Super Mario RPG, so it's only fair I sell some of mine.
Popful Mail hasn't gone up yet, but it will soon.. with the guide it's worth quite a bit, so good news for us. Albert Odyssey and Magic Knight Rayearth may hit ebay soon, too.
And on that note... how about those video games not going up in value anymore? I mean.. anything recent. It makes a lot of sense, sure, but it's kind of depressing. :P
Edit: Suikoden 5 was alright, though the conversations were really slow. And I liked Tierkreis well enough.
DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
Well...with Digital distribution making it a lot easier to get old games at non-rape prices it is to be expected.
Not to mention remakes/releases.
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ShadowfireVermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered Userregular
I was more talking about newer titles not being rare. You don't really have those limited run titles anymore. The only companies that are selling games with limited runs are producing just enough to fill the demand.
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I mean, look at how many fucking characters have hair
It's overdone is what it is
The only thing more cliche is the number of character that don't.
I bet the next revision will have SD card support or something.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
Those levels are the worst.
The rest of the game is superb though.
This game looks like it takes itself too seriously, so I doubt there will be anything cool like all the Twin Peaks references from the only real Max Payne games there are.
Yes.
I went there.
Probably not... Sony loves, loves, loves their proprietary formats.
While the ability to stream video games as you're playing them will be nice, I'm not sure the best strategy to fight smartphones is to copy their exact same features.
sucks seems like there was zero marketing for it
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In response to short dark hair being a cliche:
Images like these (with other characters) are all over the internet.
In response to PayPal sucking shit:
The best part is that this is a common occurrence if your account sees a large amount of deposits in a short period. As in, it happens all the damn time.
edit: Beaten with the hair, but I present to you this:
I'm not going to explain my joke.
http://www.industrygamers.com/news/rares-scott-henson-we-didnt-fall-off-the-map/
http://www.industrygamers.com/news/nintendo-3ds-second-analog-a-smart-move-says-activision/
...man, the devs really do hate monkeying around with new control schemes.
Kinect Sports is great stuff too, today's Eurogamer preview of 2 sounds even better;
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-14-kinect-sports-season-2-preview
Anyway, amazing numbers of Xillia. I wonder how low 3DS will drop before stabilizing?
I think the closest thing we had to an SNES/PSX era JRPG was Lost Odyssey. God I'd kill a man to have Squareenix make/publish games like they did then.
Go play Xenoblade. It completely blows Lost Odyssey out of the water.
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Man. Released... what? Year and a half before LA Noire and looks tons better?
Also, it's terrible.
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I'm really glad I sold my copy last year, long before this came out. Though I regretted selling it almost the instant it hit the mail.
I hope I can play this again soon. Stupid work and school.
I gave up both PDS and RS a few years ago.
It was difficult.
I relented on Popful Mail and the strategy guide in return... also, both Lunar games for Sega CD. It was fair.
Not cool. I would have taken Popful Mail off your hands. :P
My game collection is the one area of the house my wife has agreed to never mess with. That's my section of the house.
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So much wrong in this post it's overwhelming.
Suikoden I and II are one of the best RPGs of all time. They should totally be played as a pair.
True, true....especially since in Suikoden II your party should always include the unlocked McDohl. The dude is an absolute beast and has one of the best runes you can use, the Soul Eater.
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Shame, I wanted a proper continuation to 3.
We're both selling some games to pay off some debt. She sold Earthbound, EVO, and Super Mario RPG, so it's only fair I sell some of mine.
Popful Mail hasn't gone up yet, but it will soon.. with the guide it's worth quite a bit, so good news for us. Albert Odyssey and Magic Knight Rayearth may hit ebay soon, too.
And on that note... how about those video games not going up in value anymore? I mean.. anything recent. It makes a lot of sense, sure, but it's kind of depressing. :P
Edit: Suikoden 5 was alright, though the conversations were really slow. And I liked Tierkreis well enough.
Not to mention remakes/releases.