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October 27, 2013

Gaming Thread 10/27/2013
— Gang of Gaming Morons!

Well, it's finally done. The production of the Wii has been put to rest. A system that not many people believed in ended up being one of the best selling consoles of all-time. Would have been interesting if Nintendo had supported it the last few years of it's life.

Short week since I'm drunk (Halloween parties and getting old sucks)

News

• It's confusing but Sony released an FAQ for the PS4 when it comes to sharing. I think it means that they're adopting what MS used on the 360 and XB1 but I'm not sure vOv

• Patchnotes for the PS4's day one download. It's not "mandatory" but yeah, it's kinda mandatory. Standard stuff for the most part outside of no blu-ray movie playing till it's updated (more than likely the launch systems are universal so this is used to lock in your region), I'm hoping this is just horribly written but it comes off as you can only do background music with a Music Unlimited account and no low power suspend feature at launch.

• No street dates for the DualShock 4 and PS4 camera so they're out in the wild at your local Gamestop.

• Finally get a release date for the first piece of DLC for Bioshock Infinite, Burial at Sea Episode 1. It's out on the 12th

• Still not a fan of Kickstarter but this intrigues me, creator of the seminal Red Baron game is looking to make a new one (and it's a decent article)

• Well, it's hot as hell, is a power hog and it's really loud but AMD finally beat the Titan with the R9 290X at a $550 price point. Its AMD so I really don't care per say but depending on how Nvidia reacts with their new cards next year, this probably puts the kibosh on me picking up a PS4 next year and just upgrade my tower to go with my planned purchase of a Rift (if it comes out). Or hell, just buy a pair of Google Glasses.

• TitanFall get's a release date, March 11th. They even announced a giant CE that will run you $250.

Not gonna lie, if they slapped Maschinen Kreiger on it, I would buy it

• New X: Rebirth trailer came out. I really can't wait for this to come out.

• Once again they turn to fanservice instead of working with the comics and novels. Ripley's daughter, Amanda (she was in the novelization and the Director's Cut of Alien) is the main character in the upcoming Alien: Isolation made by Creative Assembly (Total War series).

• No headset adapter for the One till 2014. Considering they haven't showed it off yet, I guess it should have been expected but it still sucks

• Battle of the commercials.

PS4

Xbox One

• A quick sequel to the awesome Sid Meier's Ace Patrol as they announced Pacific Skies. That will be a quick download to my iPad when that comes out.

Random Sales
• There is a current PSN sale going on. Frankly, I think the 10/22-10/28 sale is lackluster but the 10/29-11/04 has some gems in it. Fatal Frame 1 & 2 for $4 each ($2 if you're a Plus member) and the Siren remake for $20 ($10 for Plus members). Fatal Frame 3 & 4 and that Spirit Camera game weren't good but man I wish Nintendo didn't now own the IP as the second game is in my personal Top 3 Games of All-Time.

New Releases

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (PC, 360, PS3, Wii U) - Your yearly Assassin's Creed. It can't suck as much as III can it?

Battlefield 4 (PC, 360, PS3) - Game was eh during it's beta and ran like dog doodoo. Think I'll be waiting on picking this up on my PC.

Sonic: Lost World (Wii U) - I really dug Sonic Generations but I own no Wii U. It's been getting decent reviews though

WWE 2K14 (360, PS3) - Never liked the Smackdown games and I don't think I'll dig this one. Ask someone else. LONG LIVE AKI SYSTEMS AND THE FIREPRO WRESTLING SERIES!!!

That's it, I'm out.
The Dude
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Posted by: Gang of Gaming Morons! at 11:14 AM | Comments (81)
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1 Wham!

Posted by: Havedash at October 27, 2013 11:17 AM (BRhGr)

2 Oh shit, the PC version of Deadle Premonition comes out this week on the 29th. $25 is the regular price and $22.50 for preorders

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 11:19 AM (vJdyz)

3 Bam!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at October 27, 2013 11:20 AM (tHXgZ)

4 I found the Wii to be trivially easy to use, mostly because I bought it for the brats and only played it when they nagged me.

It seemed robust, with a nice design.

Why aren't they rolling out the Wii2?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 27, 2013 11:27 AM (oJ5Fd)

5 No "thank you, ma'am"?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at October 27, 2013 11:27 AM (tHXgZ)

6 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 27, 2013 03:27 PM (oJ5Fd) They did last year, the Wii U

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 11:28 AM (vJdyz)

7 I haven't been able to figure this out or find much of anything, for that matter, but do "achievements" actually mean anything?

Posted by: Empire1 at October 27, 2013 11:28 AM (6ZM/5)

8 Once again they turn to fanservice instead of working with the comics and novels. Ripley's daughter, Amanda (she was in the novelization and the Director's Cut of Alien)

Huh?

She was in the one of comic mini-series as well. So, again, huh?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 27, 2013 11:30 AM (xz0nG)

9 Posted by: Empire1 at October 27, 2013 03:28 PM (6ZM/5) Outside of epeen, nope though they talked few years ago about possibly using it as a pseudo currency but that went pretty much nowhere

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 11:31 AM (vJdyz)

10 What's an old sucks?

Also, I once played packman just inside the entry to a diner in 1988. Also, I played Robocop on a Nintendo console in 1992. Why do you waste your time with fake drivel on a tv screen?

Posted by: @ParisParamus at October 27, 2013 11:31 AM (vaNTd)

11 Excellent choice for cosplay pic this week.

Posted by: 政治的な帽子~です at October 27, 2013 11:32 AM (Vk2pI)

12 Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 27, 2013 03:30 PM (xz0nG) Huh? Now, it has been awhile since I've read those Dark Horse comics but I don't remember her in any of them

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 11:34 AM (vJdyz)

13 Daily reminder: Teddy Kennedy is roasting in hell right now.

Posted by: WOW at October 27, 2013 11:36 AM (6j8ke)

14 Do I get that right? They are no longer making the Wii?

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 11:37 AM (zZbNF)

15 What the hell? Werent y'all supposed to post a open thread so that I could vent my frustrations? Or is masturbation supposed to suffice?

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at October 27, 2013 11:37 AM (3ckB0)

16 Hey Gamers. I've finally started Bioshock Infiinite. So far I enjoy it with a few critiques, I gotta run, but I'll post stuff later perhaps.

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No Really!) at October 27, 2013 11:38 AM (GaqMa)

17 Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 03:37 PM (zZbNF) Correct, what stock is left is it

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 11:38 AM (vJdyz)

18 I highly recommend picking up a used Wii (like $70) and doing the easy peaty "letter bomb" hack. That let's you install home brew software, including old console emulators. I use my Wii to play all my old Nintendo games. Too bad I can't find an Odyssey emulator that works.

Posted by: wooga at October 27, 2013 11:41 AM (jgnqm)

19 TheDude -- Thanks much -- now at least I don't feel so stupid.

Posted by: Empire1 at October 27, 2013 11:41 AM (6ZM/5)

20 On topic: I have never played a video or computer game. Not once, not for one second. Ever. From childhood to this day. Not any kind of game. I think I'm the only person on the planet (at least under the age of, say, 60) who can honestly say that.

Posted by: zombie at October 27, 2013 11:46 AM (+cx5n)

21 14 Do I get that right? They are no longer making the Wii? Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 03:37 PM (zZbNF) Yes. But not in the US. Discontinued in the UK and Japan.

Posted by: RWC at October 27, 2013 11:47 AM (LpbKr)

22 Zombie, not even an arcade game?

Posted by: wooga at October 27, 2013 11:47 AM (jgnqm)

23 22 Zombie, not even an arcade game? Posted by: wooga Nope. Never had the slightest interest or urge.

Posted by: zombie at October 27, 2013 11:50 AM (+cx5n)

24 I'd have to say that is pretty damn amazing zombie.

Posted by: RWC at October 27, 2013 11:53 AM (LpbKr)

25 My son is really enjoying Lego marvel heroes. It was supposed to be a Christmas gift but when he brought in the package from the porch he knew exactly what it was and so I gave in and let him have it early.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at October 27, 2013 11:54 AM (RZ8pf)

26 I can't imagine never playing a computer or arcade game. I have been playing them since the old apple 2 star trek game with the asterisks as stars and the letter "E" for Enterprise and "K"for Klingon. I was a girl geek before it was cool to be a girl geek. Damn I am old.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at October 27, 2013 11:57 AM (RZ8pf)

27 Honestly, I must be missing some gene or basic building block of modern humankind, because I can't even grasp the underlying motivation to engage with a machine in a game. Somehow, the purpose of it all completely eludes me. I have actually not been in the presence of computer/video/arcade games very much in my life, either. Over the years I've occasionally seen those big game-things (apparently they're called "arcade games"?) like PacMan, like at kid-themed restaurants, but I don't really remember being closer than maybe 25 feet or actually in the same room as them; my initial reaction was always to make a very wide berth and stay far away from them, as they gave me the willies. I've never seen close-up anyone playing one of those machines; never been close enough to follow what is happening on the screen. Never been in a home where a home-computer game was in use. Ever. I guess I just don't know they kind of people who play them. I think the closest interaction I've had with computer games is noticing that people are playing them on their iPhones while standing shoulder-to-shoulder on crowded commuter BART (subway) trains. But I look away whenever I notice someone doing that. Kind of depressing to witness.

Posted by: zombie at October 27, 2013 12:00 PM (+cx5n)

28 I got Arkham Origins for free with my new graphics card. From what I've played so far it seems to be really no different than Arkham City. Disappointed Kevin Conroy isn't voicing Batman. The storyline seems like they might have taken a little bit of the elements from Batman Year One.

Posted by: buzzion at October 27, 2013 12:02 PM (LI48c)

29 I was a girl geek before it was cool to be a girl geek. Damn I am old. Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at October 27, 2013 03:57 PM (RZ8pf) Sush, you! This is the internet, you are young and look just like a movie star!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at October 27, 2013 12:04 PM (qyfb5)

30 And yes, to join in the above chorus, the "open alternate thread" thing is a really good idea that just seems to have very little momentum. Especially on an all-specialty day.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at October 27, 2013 12:07 PM (qyfb5)

31 Posted by: buzzion at October 27, 2013 04:02 PM (LI48c) Did they at least give Catwoman the unzipped version of her Year One costume?

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 12:08 PM (vJdyz)

32
In other gaming news, Everquest Next Land Mark will be going into beta in November.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 27, 2013 12:10 PM (0IhFx)

33 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at October 27, 2013 04:07 PM (qyfb5) Some reason was thinking we were going to a single open thread that got bumped a lot. I screwed up

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 12:12 PM (vJdyz)

34 I finally got on to GTA Online this weekend on PS3 and it only took a dump a couple of times.

The news about the Red Baron reboot is pretty awesome. That game destroyed my grades in junior high.

Posted by: Chandler's Ghost at October 27, 2013 12:12 PM (9JS/n)

35 Haven't seen Catwoman yet. So far the rogue's that have shown up are Black Mask, Killer Croc, Calendar Man, Penguin, and the Riddler(sorta)

Posted by: buzzion at October 27, 2013 12:14 PM (LI48c)

36 We had this great place in Denver, Celebrity Sports Center, where we would go bowl or swim and play arcade games. And the 7-11 down the street had Star Castle which for some reason I was addicted to. Ok part of the reason was a boy I had a crush on played it too. And pinball. Boy was I addicted to pinball machines.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at October 27, 2013 12:14 PM (RZ8pf)

37 Some reason was thinking we were going to a single open thread that got bumped a lot. I screwed up Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 04:12 PM (vJdyz) It's not just you, Dude. It's just one of those things that demands everyone in a loose coalition change habits. No judgment, just a slight *poke*.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at October 27, 2013 12:20 PM (qyfb5)

38 I don't really have any *news*, haven't added new games to the stable, have played Skyrim a bit with about 100 mods and it's remarkably stable, it does take a little fiddling and you *really* should add One At A Time. I finally got around to adding more appearance mods, the Ethereal Elven Overheaul is *remarkable*, the elves look ten times as good, NPCs too. RaceMenu updates character creation to allow a lot more detail, including height and to some extent body shape. Lovin' running a 7' Khajiit. Immersive armors and weapons so far are very nice, balanced, but leveled and the lower-level armors are mostly ugly. I always end up with the slightly OP but very expensive Hadhafang, it seems. Other than that I've been working on old computers, got a P1 running to test some memory and stuff, picked up a nearly free HP netbook that is now running Mac OSX, stuff like that. Unfortunately a few of my recent Nearly Free computers came from smoking households - like glitter is the AIDS of the art world, cigarette smoke is the AIDS of computers. Some success with taking everything apart and scribbing *everything*, including circuit boards, with a liquid cleaner with bleach additives (too lazy to go look but I think it's arm and hammer). Hasn't hurt any components yet but my fingertips are a little unhappy. Used a pipe cleaner to get under laptop keys. Took care of 95% of the problem but the machines will have to come apart for another cleaning. If I was doing this for money I'd reject almost anything that was exposed to smoke. *Way* too much work.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at October 27, 2013 12:31 PM (qyfb5)

39 I was a girl geek before it was cool to be a girl geek. Damn I am old. Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at October 27, 2013 03:57 PM (RZ8pf) Same here. Dad worked as a tech at HP so computers were part of life even though we didn't have much money. Can't imagine not computer gaming and my kids have been infected early.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 27, 2013 12:36 PM (Pexsc)

40 Other than my daily Ascension games, only real thing that I've been playing has been Marvel Puzzle Quest

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 12:36 PM (vJdyz)

41 Still playing Borderlands 2. Although it feels like cheating when I basically have a howitzer that shoots 'bouncing betties.' Hmmm, unlimited ammo? Yeah, I guess it IS cheating.

Posted by: RWC at October 27, 2013 12:37 PM (LpbKr)

42 Found a new game at healthcare.gov.

Called 'Click and Wait.'

Sorry for the politics. I'm a stinker, I know.

Posted by: Sphynx at October 27, 2013 12:43 PM (OZmbA)

43 So, four generations of PlayStation games and the guy's still living in his parents' house? I'm not sure if that's a worse comment on gamers or English society.

Posted by: notthatGreg at October 27, 2013 12:44 PM (BbFPz)

44 Been playing Hearthstone, it's pretty fun. Makes me wish I could play WoW again but eh, too many kids too bigoted to bear in most servers and I don't like the Pandaria expansion at all. Spent 4 minutes in it, hearthed back to Ironforge and cancelled. Think I'll check out Wildstar when it releases - similar cartoony artwork, sci-fi setting. Purple haired rabbit alien girls with huge knockers. Space ships. Looks fun.

Posted by: Inspector Asshole at October 27, 2013 12:51 PM (1l2Ek)

One of the reasons I much prefer computer gaming to console gaming is that mod creation is pretty fun for me; it's one of the reasons I like Kerbal Space Program so much. While I've dabbled in 3d modeling and texturing for about 10 years, having a clear objective is a great way to build skills. Additionally, most of the "fun" mods for KSP are plugins written in C#, and I've learned a lot about programming from making my own plugins as well. In this way KSP, for me at least, is a much more encompassing game, in that I need to design rocket hardware and software to complete my objectives as efficiently as possible.

Does anyone else develop mods for your games?

Posted by: dudenolongerinsantacruz at October 27, 2013 12:52 PM (pTp+C)

46 As a side point, I just had the most enlightening discussions in EVE regarding the idea of providing security to mining gangs in hisec. To distill it down and spare folks a lot of EVEese, the mechanics of how 'high-security' (HA!) space work actually favor the aggressor (if they don't mind sacrificing a cheap ship) and make defense of mining flotillas nearly pointless--the 'space cops' can't respond fast enough, and if your armed escorts try to, they get blowed up by the authorities. I'm sure there's something to take away from that, but that really belongs in another thread at that point.

Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at October 27, 2013 12:54 PM (m9V0o)

47 Just grinding bounder tokens in LotRO these days. Which is particularly hectic right now, as they're running their Halloween festival (Bilbo's old basement has been converted to a haunted house-it's quite silly). Helm's Deep launches mid November, not that I'm anywhere near a level to play most of it.

Posted by: Methos at October 27, 2013 12:58 PM (hO9ad)

48 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMbVaq5EUyo&feature=c4-overview&list=UUKiDtCzQu_NY7sw5sQm-0ZA

Posted by: Zakn at October 27, 2013 01:01 PM (zyaZ1)

49 Without comment

Posted by: Zakn at October 27, 2013 01:02 PM (zyaZ1)

50 I played a ton of Everquest back in the day. Not entirely sure I want that back in my life. I get enough MMO action through Eve

Posted by: Zakn at October 27, 2013 01:03 PM (zyaZ1)

51 Path of Exile Free on Steam Excellent choice. http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/path-of-exile It really looks beautiful and plays smoothly.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 27, 2013 01:10 PM (IXrOn)

52 Oh wow, a new X universe game. I came in on X3 and spent months on the original release and months after the expansion. I'm getting an urge to fire it up again.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 27, 2013 01:13 PM (ObHhj)

53 >>(more than likely the launch systems are universal so this is used to lock in your region)

Think Blu-Ray is, by design, region free.
Though its possible they're locking in the region for standard DVDs played on this thing.

Posted by: looking closely at October 27, 2013 01:15 PM (eO8aI)

54 Ace of Spades Battle Builder http://www.aceofspades.com/ lulz It's Team Fortress with a Spade, Call of Duty with a Trowel, Battlefield with a Powerdrill. Extremely Hard to Resist.* Side-Splittingly Funny* (Multiplayer). Ruthless, Clever and Fast-Paced.* *sounds suspiciously like minx.cc

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 27, 2013 01:15 PM (IXrOn)

55 anyone trying Path of Exile? downloaded it and spent about half an hour in it looking around the first little outpost on the beach trying to get my bearings. the passive skill tree is huge and intrigued me. not really feeling it yet, don't know what I think so far (again, have spent less than an hour on it). with turbine making all kinds of stupid changes to LoTRO (the only mmo I've played for more than an hour, or wanted to), i'm a bit down on the whole mmo scene atm though, so that is probably affecting my judgement some

Posted by: tintex at October 27, 2013 01:16 PM (n36K8)

56 Posted by: looking closely at October 27, 2013 05:15 PM (eO8aI) Nah, Blu-Ray is locked down into three regions. http://www.bluray-dvd-players.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Region-Codes.jpg

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 01:32 PM (vJdyz)

57 Posted by: tintex at October 27, 2013 05:16 PM (n36K

Game gets much better in hardcore mode

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 01:35 PM (vJdyz)

58 Posted by: Inspector Asshole at October 27, 2013 04:51 PM (1l2Ek) Have to admit that the first thing I do with a toon on WoW (or DDO too really) is turn off general chat.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 27, 2013 02:01 PM (Pexsc)

59 My only gripe about the Wii is that it only had one original Zelda game. Skyward Sword. Twilight Princess doesn't count because it was a GameCube port. Would have liked to see at least two Zelda games on the Wii using Motion plus. Will just have to wait for the Wii U Zelda now.

Posted by: Jawknee at October 27, 2013 02:01 PM (kkxa3)

60 I'm a bit into Act II of the first play-through of The Witcher. It's certainly better than the original NWN, but it's not really doing much for me. In fact, it makes me want to dust off my Planescape: Torment CD and play that, instead. Hopefully, it gets better.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at October 27, 2013 02:30 PM (e4elg)

61 Hey! AC III did *NOT* suck! I logged in specifically to give you what for over that, BTW!

Posted by: Brian Cates at October 27, 2013 02:49 PM (VP4GI)

62 45 Does anyone else develop mods for your games?

I don't *exactly* develop mods; in my case, the relationship actually goes the other way.

Yes, I have a couple of personal WoW mods that I've written for my own use, as well as one that I picked up back in the 2.mumble timeframe and update as necessary to keep it running.

But about the time I started fiddling with WoW mods, I was smack in the middle of designing an embedded system for which I had decided I needed a scriptable front-end to configure the thing. I had been pushing around an idea for a custom FORTH system when Mrs. Chronda asked me to look at one of her mods that was giving her trouble.

WoW mods are written in Lua, a language designed for embedding within a larger application; in other words, it occupies the same space for which I was considering rolling my own FORTH.

As I played with Lua, I discovered that it is no harder to extend than the sort of FORTH system I was pushing around, but *much* more powerful.

So instead of rolling my own FORTH, I plunked Lua into my embedded application and used it as a scripting language to configure and light off the embedded system.

This embedded system needed to communicate over the network with host systems running Windows, so I needed to hammer out a communications protocol and test the network interface.

Not being a Windows programmer myself, I hacked together a personal Lua dialect that did what I needed. It runs as a console application and, in addition to being able to speak on the network, it can track down the console window in which it's running and scribble lines all over it like a Tek4010 that knows how to draw in color.

Over the years, my Lua dialect has grown to allow me to do interactive thingies; the Tek4010-style vector graphics have gotten faster and more capable (I can now draw red/blue anaglyphs) and I've added the ability to process raw keyboard events, so I can use it to build interactive vector-graphic applications.

For example, I recently found myself in need of a way of pushing a physical state (position, velocity, and acceleration) around in a three-space to debug an extension to my embedded system.

I managed to write the whole thing in my personal Lua Windows dialect, stealing the keystrokes and basic ideas behind KSP while showing me the current physical state in a fighter-jet style HUD and situational awareness display drawn using the vector graphics.

Very useful.

So instead of modding my video games, I tend to drag video game ideas into my work...

Posted by: Anachronda at October 27, 2013 02:53 PM (0HMaA)

63 Currently playing several games: 1. ) Splinter Cell: Blacklist. It's awesome. I've played every Splinter Cell game and this one is the best. Goes for a cinematic feel in many scenes and works. Some unexpected humor in the cut scenes that is a nice change of pace from all the dramatic tension. Animations are so well done sometimes you get the impression you are watching real actors and not animated characters. 2. ) Tomb Raider. Has it's moments, but so far not really feeling it. I think I'm about 1/3rd of the way into the game. Brown, muddy and violent. Not really liking the uber-graphic Lara death sequences. 3. ) Halo 3. They are giving copies away for free on XBox Live with a gold membership, so hey, why not? having some fun replaying this one.

Posted by: Brian Cates at October 27, 2013 02:57 PM (VP4GI)

#63

re Tomb Raider, you would have thought the devs hated laura the way they

killed her but having said that, I really enjoyed the game, to me it was just one of the most "fun" games I have ever played

Posted by: rain of lead at October 27, 2013 03:22 PM (J/npG)

65 Yeah, I really dug the reboot of Tomb Raider outside of the usual first day quirks on PC. The only thing I liked in AC3 where the ship battles which does make me interested in AC4

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 03:26 PM (vJdyz)

the upgrade system for ac4 looks really deep, reminds me of farcry 3

got my preorder in for it at gamestop, they had some nice looking swag for the game

Posted by: rain of lead at October 27, 2013 03:32 PM (J/npG)

67 Hope the 3D support is better than what was in AC3

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 03:33 PM (vJdyz)

68 is the pc version out 0n the 29th ore does it come out later?

Posted by: rain of lead at October 27, 2013 03:35 PM (J/npG)

69 Out on the 19th

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 03:36 PM (vJdyz)

cool

youtube is starting to have some gameplay vids of ac4 and it looks FUN!

Posted by: rain of lead at October 27, 2013 03:44 PM (J/npG)

71 We're all going to end up running up the black flag and slitting a few throats, aren't we?

Posted by: Brian Cates at October 27, 2013 03:58 PM (VP4GI)

72 I'll be bagging myself some humpbacks, just this not only in the bars

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 04:00 PM (vJdyz)

73 Yay autocorrect

Posted by: The Dude at October 27, 2013 04:00 PM (vJdyz)

have y'all heard the song by miracle of sound on youtube

they do theme songs for games and the one they did for ac4 is great!

Posted by: rain of lead at October 27, 2013 04:03 PM (J/npG)

I'm looking forward to the 11/15 release of PS4 just because that's the next time I know I'll have a day off. My work schedule has had me working everyday for the last month and a half. The money is nice, but I really need time off. I scheduled a vacation day for the PS4 release. After that I'll be back on until Thanksgiving break.

Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at October 27, 2013 04:04 PM (Yx4EH)

76 Don't know if anyone is still around but if anyone is interested in Origins, wait until it goes to like $19.99. It's gotten better the farther I've gotten into it but damn if the first hour or so didn't feel exactly like the beginning of Arkham City.

Posted by: Adam at October 27, 2013 04:25 PM (Aif/5)

77 Could just have been that they wanted it to be as far from the original Lara as possible. And really she gets her ass kicked all through the game. Sort of a die hard feel to the game I thought. And without her guns and bow she would be dead so it's not like they've made it the bad ass girl that kicks every man she meets ass that Hollywood loves.

Posted by: Buzzion at October 27, 2013 04:26 PM (lhbri)

78 76 Don't know if anyone is still around but if anyone is interested in Origins, wait until it goes to like $19.99. It's gotten better the farther I've gotten into it but damn if the first hour or so didn't feel exactly like the beginning of Arkham City. Posted by: Adam at October 27, 2013 08:25 PM (Aif/5) Yep that's what I said up thread. I'm just at the beginning parts and it's a lot like City. I was going to have it on my Christmas list but I bought a video card at the right time and I'm not turning down a free copy of a game I wanted.

Posted by: Buzzion at October 27, 2013 04:30 PM (lhbri)

79 I prefer PC gaming to console, for a number of reasons, but can't afford to keep upgrading.

Posted by: Empire1 at October 27, 2013 05:06 PM (FwwIw)

@28 I got Arkham Origins for free with my new graphics card. From what I've played so far it seems to be really no different than Arkham City. Disappointed Kevin Conroy isn't voicing Batman. The storyline seems like they might have taken a little bit of the elements from Batman Year One.

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I agree that a lot of the gameplay is a bit too similar. I also felt some deja vu whenever I traveled through "Old Gotham" (i.e. the northern half of the map), which is supposed to be the area represented in Arkham City (though it's not exactly the same, and seems a bit smaller). Kevin Conroy isn't voicing Batman in this one, but he's apparently working on a still to be announced Arkham title by the regular Arkham developers, and written by Paul Dinni (who did the writing for Arkham City). No Catwoman this time around, but I also don't think she'd fit. Batman at the start of the game is still dealing with "regular" criminals as opposed to his usual more colorful rogues gallery. I don't think that the Batman in this game would tolerate a cat burgler as a sometime ally.

The story is decent, with a rather big plot twist (which I managed to spot before the reveal; not sure if that makes it too obvious, or if I got lucky figuring it out). A big part of the story focuses on how Batman's relationships with certain characters developed. Those relationships might not have reached their "modern" form by the end of the game, but you can see the seeds in place. I do have a complaint about the story, but talking about it would reveal the spoiler. And it's not a complaint about the story itself.

The big new element, and one that I haven't tested yet, is the on-line mode. The game comes with a three-way on-line mode - gangs affiliated with either Joker or Bane fight each other in a location capture game, while Batman and Robin go after both gangs.

And as usual, stick around for the credits when you finish the game. A certain someone (who shall remain nameless) sings Patsy Cline, and Quincy Sharpe delivers an interview. There's also a very surprising stinger involving one of the characters in the game and another well-known DC character who, to date, hasn't been seen in any of the Arkham games.

Posted by: junior at October 27, 2013 05:27 PM (wX+eD)

FIREPRO!

Still play it almost daily. Why can't they make games like THAT with the WWE/F rosters instead of this eyecandy crap?

The depth of Firepro is what makes it, not the graphics.

*sigh*

Posted by: VADER TIME! at October 28, 2013 08:39 AM (yg+GO)

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