The Gamer's Quarter

Lestrade · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:15 am Post subject: X06: Witty Subhead Here

So I'm anxiously awaiting the Xbox 360 news to be unveiled any moment now in Spain. I've heard certain rumours and I'm hoping to hell they're true.

That being said, the fact that you lucky fucks with 360s can go online today and play mutliplayer online Doom just kills me. I fucking want to get a system yet again. I absolutely love the port of Ultimate Doom/Doom II that came with the special edition of Doom 3 for Xbox—Doom still constitutes some of my best deathmatch moments, and this port is PC-perfect and controls like a dream on the original 'box.

But now I'm envious, because I can't play my version online, and over-the-'tron, full-screen classic Doom is some of the greatest shit ever as far as I'm concerned.

More posts as more news is announced! Join in!

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Lestrade · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:02 pm Post subject:

Doom on XBLA today, mofo!!!!

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SuperWes · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:10 pm Post subject:

Lots of amazing shit happened today that makes me happy to own an Xbox (and thus, happy to be an American). Check this shit out:

Peter Jackson Working on New Halo Game

Halo RTS by Ensemble Studios, creators of the "Age of Empires" franchise announced

Two Exclusive GTA4 Eposides Coming to 360 Live

Unnannounced Splinter Cell an Xbox 360 Exclusive

BioShock No Longer Coming to PS3 (At Launch)

Project Gotham Racing® 4

The beloved "Banjo-Kazooie®" franchise will breathe new, high-definition life on Xbox 360 exclusively from famed developer Rare Ltd

PC/360 Cross-Platform Marvel MMO Coming from Microsoft Game Studios

Doom is Live on Xbox Live Now and Sensible World of Soccer is coming

360 HD-DVD for $200 in U..S. bundled with the Universal Pictures' blockbuster film Peter Jackson's "King Kong" on HD DVD and the Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote.

Peter Jackson is one of my all-time favorite directors, so to hear he's working on a Halo game is almost enough to talk me into playing all the way through the games in single player!

-Wes
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Lestrade · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:19 pm Post subject:

800 points. No news on anything else.

FUCK I want an Xbox 360 now. GODDAMMIT!

Also, HD DVD player comes with King Kong! That's a fucklot better than S.W.A.T.!

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:20 pm Post subject:

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Lestrade · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:29 pm Post subject:

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject:

AHEM!

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

JAPAN!

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:47 pm Post subject:

Mister Toups · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject:

I'd just as soon get a standalone player once they become cheap/affordable.

Also way to copy your news from Kotaku, Wes.
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SuperWes · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject:

Mister Toups · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject:

Way to... shut up!
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Lestrade · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:33 pm Post subject:

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Lestrade · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:51 pm Post subject:

I should also mention that XBLA Doom supports up to 1080i resolution—pretty nice if you're playing split-screen!

Shit, I'm going to go play my Xbox 1 copy of Doom and pretend like I have a 360 and three loving friends... *sniff*

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject:

Holy Crap

Guitar Hero 2 for the 360 with theoretically wireless controllers and downloadable songs.

That's just as significant as any of the other announcements they've made.

-Wes
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Lestrade · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:43 pm Post subject:

Bonus downloadable songs = good! GT:HD-style no-content disc with mandatory downloadable songs = bad! Which is it?

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:59 pm Post subject:

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

What would be really clever is if they packed the barebones version on the console's HD and made the bulk of the content a la carte.

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Lestrade · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:01 am Post subject:

On another note, holy shit Assassin's Creed. When's the release date for this? The Xbox is finally justifying itself to me. Wow, does this both look visually and mechanically impressive.

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Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

Aw, I still hugely want to play Assassin's Creed but that video just made it look like the technology still isn't there. The NPCs still wander randomly; doing 180s and pinioning around on a point looking silly. The "pushing people out of the way" mechanic doesn't seem that special (can't you even do that in GTA3?) although the guy playing it was clearly loving it; the assassin looked like he was participating in a mosh pit and no one seemed to care much.

The climbing is YES though. That's what Shadow of the Collossus needed, and precise collision detection.
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purplechair · . Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 378 Location: in my pants

The stuff about all the Halo spin-offs makes me sad.

As does Peter Jackson.

That is all.

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Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

[quote="Shapermc"]

Lestrade · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:40 am Post subject:

Why did I get quoted there? MISQUOTE! MISQUOTE!

simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

It looks good, but I hate that rule of thirds thing that it and SotC do. It looks nice and all when you're riding straight, but when I want to turn right and my vision to the right is completely cut off, it's just plain annoying.

I'm going to be way too poor for this generation. I think I'll just upgrade my PC.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:59 pm Post subject:

Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

To play all the games I missed this last generation, that is. All it really needs is more RAM, a new video card, and a little love.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:24 pm Post subject:

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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

are we talking rule of thirds as in the frame composition rule of thirds? I haven't thought of the Agro sections in this way, but it's interesting. Simplicio or Swimmy, does either one of you want to expand on those sentences?
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Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

I always had to take manual control of the camera to raise it so I could see what I was doing anyway.

Ha, I'm not sure what happened with the misquote. You can clearly see the tag was meant to be Shaper!
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simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

Thanks!
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