New Games Thread

[moose]

I made a bridge like thing
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=423674

[JonnydaJibba]

Nice. What an addiction game.

[M3n2c3]

I haven't tried it yet. . . heck, I just finally finished Metroid Prime 3 and Bioshock.

Is this anything like The Incredible Machine?

[sperry]

Originally Posted by M3n2c3

I haven't tried it yet. . . heck, I just finally finished Metroid Prime 3 and Bioshock.

Is this anything like The Incredible Machine?

It's very much like the incredible machine.

[100_Percent_Juice]

Originally Posted by M3n2c3

heck, I just finally finished Bioshock.

Did you save or harvest???

[M3n2c3]

Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice

Did you save or harvest???

Saved 'em all. I even got the bug in Neptune's Bounty and ended up saving an extra one.

Originally Posted by sperry

It's very much like the incredible machine.

Then it's probably best that I not try it until I'll have some free time. . .

[Nick Koan]

New TF2 feature of Sandvich for the Heavy (which replenishes health and makes you super vulnerable).

Also comes with new "Meet the Sandvich" video.

http://kotaku.com/5039075/heavy-gets...-still-waiting

[JonnydaJibba]

[gloat]justgotrockbandfor40bucks!!![/gloat]

[100_Percent_Juice]

2 guitars?

[JonnydaJibba]

Well the retail set only comes with one... so no. Broken-ish strummer on the guitar but everything else works fine. But I have a GH2 360 guitar. I was really only interested in the drums. The guy also sold me a 27 inch TV for 20 bucks.

[Double Phister]

Originally Posted by JonnydaJibba

[gloat]justgotrockbandfor40bucks!!![/gloat]

What did you get and in what condition? I have an additional PS3 special edition sans guitar that I need to get rid of and haven't taken the time to see what the going rate is.

RB2 preorder is in.

[JonnydaJibba]

It's in good condition. Minus what I said about the guitar. I got it off CL and it was the lowest price I have EVER seen for the package. I pretty much robbed the guy I think.

[tysonK]

omg. The FORCE: Unleashed Demo was fun has hell!

[Nick Koan]

damn, I need to go download that.

[JonnydaJibba]

Originally Posted by tysonK

omg. The FORCE: Unleashed Demo was fun has hell!

Fun, except for Lucas ruined yet another almost cool game.

[Bob Danger]

Originally Posted by JonnydaJibba

Fun, except for Lucas ruined yet another almost cool game.

Explain yourself.

[JonnydaJibba]

Well because it's Lucas Arts, it's rated Teen. Because it's rated Teen, there is no blood or rolling of the heads. Using your lightsaber involves hitting one button. If you push others after you hit the saber button a couple times, you will do a different attack. But it's mostly just mashing X or whatever button it is. It was so hyped up to being an amazing game that I had high expectations, hoping even that it would be a departure from typical Lucas games, but it's not really. It's worth renting though. At least check the demo out for yourself.

[tysonK]

does blood really make a game that much better?

[JonnydaJibba]

Well Bobby did tell me that a lightsaber wound would not leave blood due to cauterization. However, lightsabers fuck shit up. They don't hit people like a baton.

Have you seen or played any Ninja Gaiden? How about Gears of War? Those games have proven to me that yes, blood does make everything so much more satisfying.

But it's not the blood that is holding this game back. I don't know what exactly it is, maybe it was my high expectations (that every preview I read made me have), but the game doesn't deliver imo.

[Bob Danger]

Originally Posted by JonnydaJibba

Well Bobby did tell me that a lightsaber wound would not leave blood due to cauterization.

Why don't I remember telling you that?

[100_Percent_Juice]

Originally Posted by Bob Danger

Why don't I remember telling you that?

You were probably talking in your sleep.

[M3n2c3]

Originally Posted by JonnydaJibba

Well because it's Lucas Arts, it's rated Teen. Because it's rated Teen, there is no blood or rolling of the heads. Using your lightsaber involves hitting one button. If you push others after you hit the saber button a couple times, you will do a different attack. But it's mostly just mashing X or whatever button it is. It was so hyped up to being an amazing game that I had high expectations, hoping even that it would be a departure from typical Lucas games, but it's not really. It's worth renting though. At least check the demo out for yourself.

Jonny, watch the video at the end of the demo again. It hints at the odd dismemberment (actually, it even hints at cleaving someone in two at the very end). It also showcases things like force gripping stormtroopers followed by spearing them with a lightsaber throw, and tossing your lightsaber right in the eye of a Rancor. Judging by the upgraded force powers due later on, I think the game will be plenty dark and violent as you cut a swath through Wookies, Rebels, Imperials, and more, and if I correctly remember the preview that I read, you actually begin the game playing as Vader.

Besides, Jedi Outcast was rated teen, and it featured random dismemberment by lightsaber and a sniper rifle that disintegrated targets when fully charged. I think Force Unleashed will be right on par. I also think in the case of Star Wars games, there is really an obligation to keep them rated T. Yes, the original Star Wars fans have grown up, but the series continues to appeal to new generations. Star Wars is fun without being needlessly violent, and should remain that way - there are other M-rated games available. I should also point out that Force Unleashed handles lightsaber violence no differently from the movies. I see no need to deviate: Star Wars movies should not be Kill Bill; thus Star Wars video games should not be Ninja Gaiden.

And I'd say the argument that blood makes games more satisfying or appealing is purely subjective. I avoid games like Ninja Gaiden because I do not care for the volume of gore that they seem to revel in - in fact, I played the Ninja Gaiden 2 demo and thought that while the combat was kinda fun, the gore was a real turn-off. I walked away from the demo feeling slightly ill both physically and emotionally.

That's not to say I want no blood, but I want it there simply to add to the immersion, not become the showcase. Games like Assasin's Creed, Bioshock, and Half-Life 2 are good examples that I see sitting on my rack right now. . . they do have blood, but it's used in moderation to get the point across (or in the case of Bioshock's level design, to add to the unease in the environment).

Back on the subject of Force Unleashed itself. . . my favorite part of the demo was right about 2/3 through, when your support tells you they've launched TIE Fighters against you. As you traverse the walkway, the support arches can be force-gripped and bent out in the path of the strafing TIEs. BOOM!

[JonnydaJibba]

Weak!

[M3n2c3]

Yeah. . . I don't like horror movies either, so maybe my perspective on violence is biased.

[JonnydaJibba]

I think the real problem I have isn't with the game itself. It's with the periodicals and websites that touted this game as the best of the year, even of this gen of gaming. They hyped it up so much that I expected something different. So the error is on my part.