Board 8 > transience's video game topic -- whatever

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time for a summer drought. here are your big releases for the summer:

6/21 Shadows of the Damned
7/26 El Shaddai
7/26 Catherine
8/23 Deus Ex 3

I think that's it. thank goodness for stuff like summer of xbla, huh? October and November are going to be absolutely swamped but the summer is just a dead zone this year.

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aw yeah, Shadows of the Damned next week.

And hey, sometimes summer blockbusters do have great, likable characters, even if they aren't the deepest plots(Jack Sparrow, Indiana Jones, Marty McFly/Doc Brown, the cast of Aliens, etc). I like to think Uncharted is in that vein.

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Couldn't get this in before the topic closed!


I love the characters. Uncharted has better characters than most games. Nate's right up there with Yuri for me. As far as the story, its fun to follow, but it's not as interesting in the same way Assassin's Creed or Metal Gear Solid are. It's not a continuous, developing storyline with a lot of twists and mystery, although UC1 and UC3 seem like they're going to be more closely linked together than UC1 and 2 were. For the most part, the stories begin and end in a single game. They're fun to follow, though, and the presentation is unmatched.

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Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

So I decided to give Fable 2 another shot the other day and I'm actually liking it a lot this time around. I think the first time I was approaching it like a Bioware game, when really it's a lot more like a Bethesda one.

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I'm totally cool with it. I like Uncharted's story and its characters are alright. I just don't get the idea of looking forward to some Drake/Sully drama. I'd much rather look forward to an epic battle on a plane or trying to steal something from a boat. you know, things not really about the plot and more about just action.

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Oh, I'm definitely looking forward to the big, inevitable plane crash (UC3's version of the train wreck, I'm sure) that we're seeing in the trailers, but Drake and Sully are awesome and I don't mind seeing more of them. I doubt we're going to be seeing 10 minute cutscenes or anything.

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All of it is good! They're going in a good direction with the story and characters in UC3, but hanging from a plane in mid-flight will be great, too!

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There's going to be an English demo of Catherine soon. I haven't seen when Atlus plans to get the demo up on PSN though.

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In other news, Outland keeps getting better. It's doing some tricky things with the light/dark mechanic now, fun times.

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Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Not enough Human Revolution hype in here.

I've got 4 purchases set that aren't on the list :(

and maybe a 5th I'm not quite sure on that one

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are you in Underworld still, HM?

Deus Ex got surprisingly negative reactions during e3. I get the feeling it was a bad demo to put in a trade event.

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Okay, I need to take advantage of this free month of PS+ on my PS3. What's some good, free stuff I can get? I picked up Streets of Rage 2 last night. Need to find someone I can do some online co-op with!

Too bad I won't be able to use it anymore after the month is up. Kinda lame.

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I hear Braid is cheap. get that if you haven't. you should like it.

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I played Braid a few months ago when it was like $5 on Steam.

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tag.

I'm actually glad for the summer slowdown so I can focus on my backlog.

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I'm in the City, nearly to the point where I can fight third boss.


Sonic 2 was free last week. Don't believe it is anymore. I got Streets of Rage 2 yesterday. Free games the best.

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Shadows of the DAMNED

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Man, Battlefield 3. Hello next-gen.





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Hello boring campaign mode.

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lol playing Battlefield for campaign

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It will launch for $350 with some Wii Sports s***. I bet my life on it. Damn, that KoolAid guy is awesome - NGamer64

City the best part of that game. so good.

prepare for the best Zelda boss ever

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Bioshock Infinite, continuing to look incredibly intriguing and on a level of story/setting creativity that isn't seen very often in gaming.

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I didn't know HR was panned at E3. From what I've seen it looked solid.

OH MAN

JUST ALL THESE DRESSES FOR ALICE

DRESSES EVERYWHERE

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I didn't know HR was panned at E3. From what I've seen it looked solid.

People who played it at E3 said it was Alpha Protocol but worse.

Very well could have been a bad demo, though.

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Boss #3 too good

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Are they finally remaking FFVIII?

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Sony's saying Vita support will match PS3 support going forward. They mention that one big mistake they made with the PSP was shifting resources away from it after a couple of years, which hurt it in the long run.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/307548/news/sony-ps-vita-matching-ps3-product-pipeline/

"Speaking before E3, Sony's head of WorldWide Studios Suhei Yoshida told us that the company's decision to concentrate much more on PS3 software than PSP titles was a "mistake" and hurt the handheld."

"We are doing about the same number of titles [on Vita as on PS3] so that means a lot," he stated. "One of the things we didn't do to well to support PSP was that right after PSP came out we moved on to working on the PS3 launch titles."

"We tried to back it up a couple of years ago but there was a time where we were not offering enough PSP content. So going forward we do not want to make the same mistake so we always look at the balance that we are doing in support of both PS3 and NGP."

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You forgot Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3.

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I did

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DR. FOOTBALL FACTOR AUGH

I want my PSV

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I think GT's Duke review is the last of the major review sites

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-duke-nukem/716476

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so Outland is superb, so far. I'm really bad at this color switching, though.

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HR was probably a bad demo. It's been getting nothing but praise everywhere else. I wish I had a computer capable of playing the 10 hour alpha build that got leaked - everyone says its terrific.

Beat AC2 tonight...that was some ending. Great game. Not sure if I'll dive right into Brotherhood after I finish up L.A. Noire or wait a bit.

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transients posted...
I did

Well now you remember.

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TheRock ~ Death By Misadventure, Not Suicide
"Would've liked to see that." - Ayuyu on my boner

Just beat the first boss in Outland... these are gonna get really cool, aren't they?

gimme mah dark power

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man el shaddai and catherine the same day? that's cruel.

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UC characters are ok. they aren't asked to do much. I feel like ND didn't handle UC2's ending very well, sadly. Hoping for a recovery in UC3.

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wat really, goddamn, thats my monies in the PSP trustfund gone.

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bosses in Outland are ridiculously good. I really hope they do a sequel or DLC or something because I'd love some more of that.

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zizzy
DR. FOOTBALL FACTOR AUGH

top summer game PSN version of Castlevania HD

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Bosses keep getting better in Outland. They're really good.

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been to boss 4 yet? that was my favourite, though I only fought it once whereas I've fought the others multiple times in speed runs.

sotc zone

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zizzy
DR. FOOTBALL FACTOR AUGH

Getting close. I'm a ways into Sky, boss will be coming up soon, I think. This area has had a nice increase in difficulty, a lot trickier than City.

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Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

yeah, game has a great difficulty curve. I think the last level goes a little bit beyond the fun difficulty and starts feeling like a grind. that's why I like City - it's not too tough and it encourages some on-the-fly switching that makes traversal really fun. after that it becomes more of a puzzle figuring out how to get past everything and the pace slows down a bit. still good though.

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zizzy
DR. FOOTBALL FACTOR AUGH

Holy crap this boss

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Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Played some more Brotherhood. It started off kinda fast, but now it's slowed down since Ezio's trying to build a base of sorts in Rome.

I have taken out a few Borgia Towers, which has been a blast (literally, oh ho ho ho). Can't beat mini-assassination missions followed by blowing stuff up!

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Tagging this topic, and I really need to remember to get Outland.

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