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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Fig-D wrote: »
    I dunno seems kind of dangerous knighting someone with a lightsaber...


    I'd expect it to be even more dangerous if you're Sith - am I the only one who sees them sometimes taking a swing to see if their apprentice is on the ball enough to see it coming and block it?

    Darth Dickwadius.

    Like the jedi were any better.

    The original movies made them sound so cool, too.

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  • ToyDToyD Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    So I happened upon a news article today that listed the release date of this game as April 1. Much before the current Gamestop website list of 9/9. Any confirmation of this? This game looks quite nice and I plan to pre-order at the least.

    Edit: Link to my source, a C|Net preview of the game.
    http://reviews.cnet.com/4660-9020_7-6841120.html?tag=ms

    Once the preview starts, the text description says the game hits store shelves April 1.

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  • DolbyDigitalDolbyDigital Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    ToyD wrote: »
    So I happened upon a news article today that listed the release date of this game as April 1. Much before the current Gamestop website list of 9/9. Any confirmation of this? This game looks quite nice and I plan to pre-order at the least.

    Edit: Link to my source, a C|Net preview of the game.
    http://reviews.cnet.com/4660-9020_7-6841120.html?tag=ms

    Once the preview starts, the text description says the game hits store shelves April 1.

    Preemptive April Fool's joke, perhaps?

    Not believing any dates till it's on the shelves.

    P.S.: DO WANT.

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  • DixonDixon Screwed...possibly doomed CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    ToyD wrote: »
    So I happened upon a news article today that listed the release date of this game as April 1. Much before the current Gamestop website list of 9/9. Any confirmation of this? This game looks quite nice and I plan to pre-order at the least.

    Edit: Link to my source, a C|Net preview of the game.
    http://reviews.cnet.com/4660-9020_7-6841120.html?tag=ms

    Once the preview starts, the text description says the game hits store shelves April 1.

    Preemptive April Fool's joke, perhaps?

    Not believing any dates till it's on the shelves.

    P.S.: DO WANT.


    Damn that would be amazing if it came out April...thats like half a month, but I highly doubt it...I wish I was wrong. Anyway I can't wait for this game I had so much fun with outcast and academy

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  • GuekGuek Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    lots of info on the wii version of the game along with quite a few screens. overall impressions seem to be pretty positive.

    dunno if i'll pick this up for wii...if i have a 360 by the time this comes out, i'll likely just get that.

    this:
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    pic of the wii version looks pretty cool though. the others...meh

    Guek on
  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Rancor HI5!!

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited April 2008
    It looks like a hippie was sick on Jedi Academy.

    Tube on
  • LaonarLaonar Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    whens this come out for xbox 360??

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Laonar wrote: »
    whens this come out for xbox 360??

    "September 2008" last I checked.

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  • LaonarLaonar Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    wow they pushed it back again.. i remember seeing march... back in say november. I hate game companies taht do this... but usually it fixes what is wrong with the game...

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Laonar wrote: »
    wow they pushed it back again.. i remember seeing march... back in say november. I hate game companies taht do this... but usually it fixes what is wrong with the game...

    It used to bother me, until I realised that I'd rather play a finished, working, polished game than something rushed out to appease the customers.

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  • blue powderblue powder Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    so excited oh my goddddddd

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Another new video here.

    Fig-D on
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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    God the fact that lightsabers dont cleave guys in twine makes it look retarded.

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2008
    God the fact that lightsabers dont cleave guys in twine makes it look retarded.

    yes


    jesus christ I fucking HATE batsabers

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  • VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Sam Witwer has such anger issues.

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Heh, new 7 minute video. Lots of Wii footage.

    Looks like crap.

    EDIT (days later): Eh, you be the judge of that. I've been spoiled by the PS2 and Wii's first and second party offerings.

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  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Fig-D wrote: »
    Heh, new 7 minute video. Lots of Wii footage.

    Looks like crap.

    Only in terms of graphics.

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Fig-D wrote: »
    Heh, new 7 minute video. Lots of Wii footage.

    Looks like crap.

    Only in terms of graphics.

    The animations look like crap as well.

    I'm not a graphics over gameplay person but I'm sick of developers just not even trying to push what the Wii is capable of. I'm still hoping releases like Galaxy and Brawl (but especially Galaxy) will convince the companies making games for the Wii that PS2 / PSP ports just aren't going to cut it. At very least do something stylistically different. In my opinion they really should have gone with the realistic look for the 360 and PS3 and tried a style similar to the Clone Wars animated series for the Wii. Wind Waker is one of the best looking games of the Gamecube in my opinion, imagine a cell shaded Force Unleashed game on the Wii. It's almost too perfect.

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  • AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Fig-D wrote: »
    Heh, new 7 minute video. Lots of Wii footage.

    Looks like crap.

    Only in terms of graphics.

    I cannot see a reason, based on what I've seen of this, to not get the 360 or PS3 versions instead. They look much better, novelty motion controls will not be sufficient for me to get the Wii version and I really hate to admit this, but how ass that looks really does detract from what they are trying to achieve with the game.

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Goddammit PS2. Why do you have to ruin everything?

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Goddammit PS2. Why do you have to ruin everything?

    For a system that was so good to me, it sure likes to crap down my throat every once in awhile in this new generation of consoles.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    "We knew we wanted to put it on as many platforms as possible..."

    *BLEEP* YOU!

    -Sincerely, a PC gamer who just wants another JK game.

    subedii on
  • AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Goddammit PS2. Why do you have to ruin everything?

    It's not the PS2's fault that the Wii was made with so little power under the hood. Developers can extend their market by what, 6 or 7 times, simply by making the game for the PS2 and porting it to the Wii and/or PSP, rather than just making a Wii version. If the Wii was a bit more powerful, they couldn't do that, and we wouldn't see this kind of garbage happening over and over again.

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  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I have to be honest...it doesn't really look like shit. It doesn't look as top notch as the 360/PS3 versions but it doesn't look utterly appalling.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited April 2008
    It looks fine. The PS2 version looks incredible considering. Look, the Wii has butkus under the hood. That's fine, because it's not supposed to, but you can't have it both ways. You can't go "Wii is awesome because it's innovative and doesn't need great graphics!" and then go "aww man these graphics suck".

    Tube on
  • Cynic JesterCynic Jester Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    The physics emulation in the PS2 version look astounding. Really impressive.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    It looks fine. The PS2 version looks incredible considering. Look, the Wii has butkus under the hood. That's fine, because it's not supposed to, but you can't have it both ways. You can't go "Wii is awesome because it's innovative and doesn't need great graphics!" and then go "aww man these graphics suck".

    The problem is that many of the PS2 ports look worse than gamecube games; staying with the star wars analogy, RS2 looks better than 90% of the games out for the Wii and that was a freaking launch game. That said, TFU for the wii actually doesn't look half bad. At least as good a Battlefront 2, if a bit sparser.

    Also,
    subedii wrote: »
    "We knew we wanted to put it on as many platforms as possible..."

    *BLEEP* YOU!

    -Sincerely, a PC gamer who just wants another JK game.
    This

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    subedii wrote: »
    -Sincerely, a PC gamer who just wants another JK game.

    Mother fucking yes, please. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 was the most awesome multiplayer game ever with a huge community. There were so many maps and mods, and they continued to be made well after the game's life. I really want them to just make a new one with awesome mod support and multiplayer.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    It looks fine. The PS2 version looks incredible considering. Look, the Wii has butkus under the hood. That's fine, because it's not supposed to, but you can't have it both ways. You can't go "Wii is awesome because it's innovative and doesn't need great graphics!" and then go "aww man these graphics suck".

    Yes.
    The whole sodding point of the Wii was a cheaper, more affordable console that wasn't about raw processing power for graphics, but instead a focus on potential for innovative gameplay. Don't take it as a personal insult when the cocking thing doesn't have the best graphics.

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  • AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    darleysam wrote: »
    It looks fine. The PS2 version looks incredible considering. Look, the Wii has butkus under the hood. That's fine, because it's not supposed to, but you can't have it both ways. You can't go "Wii is awesome because it's innovative and doesn't need great graphics!" and then go "aww man these graphics suck".

    Yes.
    The whole sodding point of the Wii was a cheaper, more affordable console that wasn't about raw processing power for graphics, but instead a focus on potential for innovative gameplay. Don't take it as a personal insult when the cocking thing doesn't have the best graphics.

    That's not the point. There are multiple gamecube and PS2 games with far better graphics than displayed in that video. I wouldn't expect the Wii to have better graphics than the PS3, but I would expect it to look better than an average Dreamcast game, considering it's several times more powerful than the Gamecube.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Dashui wrote: »
    subedii wrote: »
    -Sincerely, a PC gamer who just wants another JK game.

    Mother fucking yes, please. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 was the most awesome multiplayer game ever with a huge community. There were so many maps and mods, and they continued to be made well after the game's life. I really want them to just make a new one with awesome mod support and multiplayer.

    One of the few games where 1v1 matches were a really popular game mode (Duelling). Plus the force powers made CTF a lot more tactical.

    The sheer number of mods was pretty awesome. Didn't someone recently complete a mod that completely re-vamped the sabre combat and remade scenes from the movies? And allowed you to easily create your own custom fights with dozens of NPC's all over the place?

    subedii on
  • ArcSynArcSyn Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    darleysam wrote: »
    It looks fine. The PS2 version looks incredible considering. Look, the Wii has butkus under the hood. That's fine, because it's not supposed to, but you can't have it both ways. You can't go "Wii is awesome because it's innovative and doesn't need great graphics!" and then go "aww man these graphics suck".

    Yes.
    The whole sodding point of the Wii was a cheaper, more affordable console that wasn't about raw processing power for graphics, but instead a focus on potential for innovative gameplay. Don't take it as a personal insult when the cocking thing doesn't have the best graphics.

    I don't think it's a complaint about having the best graphics, it's a complaint of laziness.
    Graphically, IMO:
    PS2<GC<XBox<Wii< 360/PS2

    Yet we aren't seeing XBox quality graphics, we're getting the worst of LAST gen, not even the worst of THIS gen.
    Games like Galaxy and Brawl show us what we should be getting, yet 3rd parties are too stupid (smart?) to do this, probably because they know it will sell anyway..

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    So wait, is there a different video to what I'm watching? Because I'm seeing a small, compressed video on gametrailers that likely tells you nothing about how the final game actually looks running at a proper resolution on a tv screen.

    But I'm a graphics whore so I bought a 360.

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  • DixonDixon Screwed...possibly doomed CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    darleysam wrote: »
    So wait, is there a different video to what I'm watching? Because I'm seeing a small, compressed video on gametrailers that likely tells you nothing about how the final game actually looks running at a proper resolution on a tv screen.

    But I'm a graphics whore so I bought a 360.


    I'm a graphics whore to but I'm not sure to get it for the 360 or hold out for the PC version...I mean come on, how could they do this to us! We got their asses off the ground!

    Dixon on
  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I guess I'll rent both versions because while I like the pretty, the ability to actually make a force push motion and have that actually work is way too much incentive to not at least play it.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Dixon wrote: »
    darleysam wrote: »
    So wait, is there a different video to what I'm watching? Because I'm seeing a small, compressed video on gametrailers that likely tells you nothing about how the final game actually looks running at a proper resolution on a tv screen.

    But I'm a graphics whore so I bought a 360.


    I'm a graphics whore to but I'm not sure to get it for the 360 or hold out for the PC version...I mean come on, how could they do this to us! We got their asses off the ground!

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  • apotheosapotheos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2008
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    That's not the point. There are multiple gamecube and PS2 games with far better graphics than displayed in that video. I wouldn't expect the Wii to have better graphics than the PS3, but I would expect it to look better than an average Dreamcast game, considering it's several times more powerful than the Gamecube.

    If by several you mean...2? This looks better than a number of GameCube games, and if you fathom for a moment the horsepower behind their engine mechanics - thats where a lot of the horsepower is going - it starts to make sense.

    apotheos on


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  • SithDrummerSithDrummer Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Fig-D wrote: »
    Heh, new 7 minute video. Lots of Wii footage.

    Looks like crap.
    Oh look, yet another baddie with the saber staff. And whoever made the "lightbats" comment is right on.

    SithDrummer on
  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    The fact that they're making the underlying stuff work at all on the Wii is actually pretty impressive.

    Basically they're focusing on the gameplay, which is what you bought the Wii for remember, and people complain.

    I feel completely entitled to laugh sarcastically at anybody who does this.

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