The Gamer's Quarter

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

Dang, they were still working on this?
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject:

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Hey, Lestrade, The director for SH5 will be the director from SH1, and Siren 1&2. Honestly, the engine has never been that great for SH games, the only problem is that it may not look as good as previous SH games have. Either way, if the right people are on the project in the right places, the people developing the engine/game aren't the most important.

Also SH5's main protagonist is a war vet: Jacob's Ladder's main protagonist is a war vet. SH1's main inspiration is Jacob's Ladder: SH1's director is SH5's director. Don't get too down about the US dev team, there's still hope. Also, for a bit I thought that the icon for SH5 was the same that the prisoner drew on the wall in SH2, but we looked up a texture rip of it, and it's not the same unfortunatly.

Everyday Shooter = amazing. One reason I'm glad for my PS3 (plus the whole hardware emulation thing). The best part is that Everyday Shooter was demoed at IGF using a 360 controller hooked up to a PC.
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SuperWes · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:10 pm Post subject:

can we just never use the term "gamer" again, please?
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:17 pm Post subject:

how awesome would it be if we just called ourselves "the quarter"? i posit that it might be pretty awesome.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

The Player's Quarter

nahhh, we're not that kind of man!

(the quarter does have a ring to it though, unfortunatly it sounds more like a club then)
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

Lestrade · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject:

dhex · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject:

JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

SuperWes · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:10 pm Post subject:

So I've been thinking more about the PS3 Press Conference and I think the thing I liked about it was the lack of sequels and established franchises. Sure, most people bought PS3s because of the Playstation brand name, but Sony's not relying on established brands to sell their games. The same cannot be said for either Microsoft or Nintendo, and in many ways Nintendo's the worst offender.

-Wes
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SuperWes · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:27 pm Post subject:

Mr Mustache · . Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 167 Location: Queens

Wii FIt seemed pretty original and not a sequel.
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject:

but it's not designed for serious manly man gamers like wes i mean that's obvious c'mon
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:40 pm Post subject:

here we have a prime example of the phenomenon i have taken to calling the "wesism".
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ryan · . Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999

I have to say, I'm pleasantly surprised by Golden Axe. Aside from being really happy there's the option to turn smoothing off, the controls feel so much more responsive than on the PS2 Genesis collection version. A better experience overall, I'm finding.
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject:

hidden subtext in trailer reveals metal gear solid 4 as ps3 exclusive. 5000% true.
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SuperWes · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject:

What are you guys looking at? It seems like there's some kind of crazy Nintendo fanboy subtext going on here that I totally don't get. Are you guys seeing something that I'm not? From what I can see, these are the original titles:

Nintendo - Wii Fit

Microsoft - Mass Effect, Too Human, Lost Odyssey, and Bioshock (sort of) (This doesn't count download-only games like Space Giraffe)

Sony - Folk's Soul, Lair, Heavenly Sword, Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Infamous, and Eye of Judgement (This doesn't count download-only games like Echochrome, Pixel Junk, and Everyday Shooter.)

Am I off base in this assessment? Is Nintendo showing something that I overlooked? Yeah, The Killzone comment is a definate Wesism, but it's based on the fact that the new one looks like such a big departure from Killzone 1. Then again, the same could be said about Mario Galaxy, so we'll leave both of these out.

-Wes
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Wes, outside of Infamous all of those games had been shown (or already released in Japan). So they're not really announcing anything. They seem to have just as much original IP as MS, if not less total. The thing is not that I'm having some kind of favoritism towards another company: they all sucked pretty bad.
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

ryan · . Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999

I've gone through the press releases a few times and can't find any mention of upcoming PS Network stuff regarding PS One titles. There are a handful of games that I wouldn't mind buying, and the $6 price tag is just right for me, so I was hoping to hear a bit more of that. A lot of the press releases just restarted portions of others, hopefully I just glossed it over. Was there any word on this?
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Lestrade · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:37 am Post subject:

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Lame and far-fetched as that is, I do think that's the sort of thing Hideo kojima would do. I'm not convinced it isn't real!

also, Super Smash bros. has an Animal Crossing Stage!!

'The Simpsons Game' has a collection sub-quest throughout the game where you collect videogame cliches. So during the boss fight when you jump into the giant robotic Lard Lad's ass-hatch, you collect cliche no.5: 'obvious weakness'. This is brilliant. I wonder if the last one will be 'pointless collection sub-quest'.

Somehow I'm finding things to be excited about this E3!

ApM · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:51 am Post subject:

According to their website, the Simpsons Game is coming out on every platform ever!

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

That's weird!
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Yeah, they're making all the jokes about games that no-one's thought to make yet! Games are pretty much virgin territory for their kind of satire.

SuperWes · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:12 pm Post subject:

aerisdead · . Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Wes;

Microsoft in general has had more Brand New IPs released on the Xbox than Sony even has lined up. There's possibly more on XBLA alone than on the PSN and PS3 combined. One of the stats from that interview with the Sony Guy on that CNN Network crap was a stat that said: "100 games on the PS3, 15 exclusive." While I don’t know off hand, I’m going to guess that of the 15 exclusive 90% are either sequels or derivative (Resistance= Call of Duty + Fifth Element). Of the entire current library flOw is the most interesting, and it’s not even that fantastic at that.

Outside of that you have a bunch of “news” about games that have been sitting on the shelf since before the PS3’s launch, or were announced months ago. Little Big Planet is still their most compelling game in their entire line up, with a few curiosities which are getting lukewarm impressions (Lair).

Honestly, of the entire show so far, Everyday Shooter is the best news coming out of the show. Everything else is like getting a pat on the back for something you already got recognition for previously. It’s just filler.

Wii Fit bores the crap out of me and is a little despairing honestly. Of the “big three” none of them had anything that was worth holding an entire press conference for.

EDIT: Basically, all I'm saying is that Sony is just as bad as anyone else is.
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

ApM · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject:

Lestrade · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:16 pm Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject:

Six · . Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 313 Location: montreal

returds?

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

That's what I thought.

I think Wii Fit is a bloody good idea, as a business move. I imagine in Japan it'll become the Wii's equivalent to Brain Training (i.e. a system-selling phenomenon). It remains to be seen if it'll be all that popular in the rest of the world, though.

dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject:

Tim · . Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 54 Location: Millersville, MD

Metroid Prime 3 Developer "Walkthrough"

Looks good! Though it makes me want a 2.5D Metroid game in that same style.

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject:

SuperWes · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject:

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

Hey, if it was actually still available in stores, I'd buy it ok, gosh.
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dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject:

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

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dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject:

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

It's a shame the game won't have that degree of self-awareness.

Lestrade · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject:

I don't really know what I meant by "'turd" either, but I'm glad it has led to both laughter and learning.

My wife is playing TokiMemo: Girls' Side for DS right now and it's kind of disturbing.

I was a bit disappointed to learn earlier today that MP3 is going to use Hunters-style locations. Man, that really bugs me. It looks more like a combat game set in a (very) vague Metroid style now, as opposed to an actual Metroid game. I like the Wiimote-enabled ball jump though.

Man, who else here wants to see a beautiful 2D Wii Metroid?

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

Am I the only one who noticed that Samus and Ridley have a Gandalf and Balrog fight at the end of the trailer?
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