Re: The "other game thread"

by **The Z** Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:57 am

WOOOB WOOB WOB WOB WAWA WAAWA WWAAW WAW!!

by **Thelos** Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:17 am

Man, for the full first minute I thought that was a trailer for the new Deus Ex game. Or some remake of the old one. Huh.

Well then. Lets talk Zelda.

Mind you I have been a frenzied fan of this series ever since I started playing videogames. In some ways Ocarina of Time was my first videogame. Well, besides the odd PC adventure like Space Quest, King's Quest and Monkey Island. OOT was the first epic-class adventure game I played, though. "Zeldafan" is pretty much my Gamer's identity.

And now IGN is hyping this thing like its the last Wii game that will ever be. The sad thing is that they're probably right. There hasn't been one proper Wii motion plus game yet, and this is looking to be the only one we'll ever get, not counting the Wii U. In my eyes that means that this game will be the only proper Wii game, ever. The one game that realises the system in the fullest. The last and only Wii game.

This game needs to justify my Wii purchase. If it fails, all I'll have to show for it is Super Mario Galaxy, and I'll have to conclude that the system was a failure for my target audience, something I have been vehemently denying for years now.

I'm hyped beyond comparison for this game on both the rational and emotional level. Ratio and nostalgia blend together in the perfect desire-cocktail, and we must havess its. The character designs, the music, the sound effects, the enviroments - its too much, O Lord its too much! 18 November cant come quickly enough!

Here's the latest trailer. Since reviews are playing trough the game now, expect to see various previewy content showing up the coming month. Unleash the Hypemonster!

http://uk.ign.com/videos/2011/09/29/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword-opening-trailer

by **Morinth** Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:50 pm

I love Zelda... :> I remember I managed to get my Wii on release day, delivered to my house. While everyone's in a frenzy trying to get one as all the stores sold out in the space of a few hours. Then my mother tortured me saying I couldn't play until Christmas. So I spent all of Christmas day playing Zelda, to fuck with family time.

I have them all. Very Happy

Love the original nintendo cartridge. Gold and shiny, compared with the boring grey cartridges. XD

by **Quin** Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:51 pm

Raghtul wrote:WOOOB WOOB WOB WOB WAWA WAAWA WWAAW WAW!!

Jesus christ that is a RUUUUDE CHOOON

by **corleth** Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:12 pm

woob-woob dubstep. how original. when will these plebs realise that shitty compressed oscillating low-freq bass-lines do not make up for a lack of talent. it's too simple to just sit here and make fun of terrible bro-step because it's of no value. i ain't even mad.

by **Lini** Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:34 pm

Raghtul wrote:WOOOB WOOB WOB WOB WAWA WAAWA WWAAW WAW!!

What is this and what have they done to Syndicate?

Although...I admit I'm not actually complaining. Seems like an interesting little game.
Here's the original for nostalgia's sake.

by **Quin** Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:45 pm

Corleth wrote:woob-woob dubstep. how original. when will these plebs realise that shitty compressed oscillating low-freq bass-lines do not make up for a lack of talent. it's too simple to just sit here and make fun of terrible bro-step because it's of no value. i ain't even mad.

Dont imply there is dubstep and dubstep, all the dubstep is dramaticly simple in the end
though I agree that all Skrillex does is bark, I liked the buildup a whole lot more then the actual drop Mad

by **Lini** Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:20 pm

Welp.

Portal 2 is -50% on Steam at the moment. I guess I've postponed buying the game long enough.

by **Saevir** Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:39 pm

Lini wrote:Welp.

Portal 2 is -50% on Steam at the moment. I guess I've postponed buying the game long enough.

Yes you have :p

by **Lyniath** Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:29 pm

Spent two hours in school playing the BF1942 demo installed on half the machines. Is hilarious when nobody is any good and the other 2 people keep teamkilling.

by **Muzjhath** Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:30 pm

I miss BF1942... Used to be a killer Medic/Pilot in that game... Ah, the Glory days of organized LAN parties of 100-150 people with two full 20 man servers of that game.

by **Morinth** Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:00 pm

You know those absolutely awful teams you get on LoL?

Why do I always end up with them? Sad

by **The Z** Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:04 am

Desert Combat was such a wonderful thing for BF 1942. Barely played the regular game. Battlefiled 2 got some love as well, but it wasn't nearly as much fun as DC. After that, the last game in the series I played would be Bad Company 2, if not counting those very few days with BF - Vietnam.

Tried the beta of the third game on PS3. Decent fun, but it just doesn't feel right without fancy PC features, like chat and whatnot. So won't be returning to that still. Currently *kinda* interested in RAGE, but with Arkham City pre-ordered and Uncharted 3 coming in next month...maybe once it's on sale!

by **Ehrfürchtige Bennedict** Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:00 am

Football Manager 2012 <333333

by **Vyrinn** Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:43 pm

Magic the gathering. (:

by **The Z** Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:13 pm

Awsum.

by **Malchiel** Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:41 pm

Very cool!

by **Flo** Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:19 pm

by **Kristeas Sunbinder** Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:49 pm

O__O.... by the sunwell.... who needs mmo's?

by **Dharum** Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:14 pm

Mass of Effect: Modern-Warfare?
We will see...

I can't be the only one who thinks Bioware has been going down the drain during the last year starting from DA2 mainly?

by **Muzjhath** Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:29 pm

I think a small co-op mode is more likely than multiplayer battles.

And aside from the lazyness with "dungeons" DA2 was still a great game.

by **Dharum** Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:34 pm

Mhm. Guess for me the whole thing is more about DA1 being pretty ok game, but DA2 was something very very different.

One of the few games I just couldn't bring myself to finish, no matter how hard I tried. The plot and characters... yehhh.

Also with TOR looking very much like WoW-clone-slapped-with-Starwars-but-done-wrong.
(I don't mind MMOs copying WoW because it is the most succesfull on the market, but you have to do it right atleast, instead of making things look, well, bad.)

ME1 had good story and decent amount of likeable chars. ME2 had worse story but was better gameplay wise but was also a clusterfuck of characters and DLCs.

ME3 is just looking more simplified version of the both with the story going somewhat silly. Still I have some hopes for it.

DLCs, DLCs everywhere though.

by **Chase - Esou** Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:43 pm

Copying WoW is fine but spending 300 million $ doing so? Cutscenes and voice acting are nice features but won't keep people staying subscribed to an MMO really. Also I hope that picture where there's a dialogue option to flirt with a droid is fake T_T

by **Lini** Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:50 pm

Oskar wrote:Also I hope that picture where there's a dialogue option to flirt with a droid is fake T_T

I'm sure this joke has been done before but meh...
The "other game thread" - Page 3 Do-not-fist-android-girls

by **Flo** Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:26 pm

Hi Everyone

Today BioWare and the Mass Effect 3 team are very pleased to announce 4 player co-op multiplayer missions and the Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War system for Mass Effect 3 on the PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

4 player co-op multiplayer

Join your friends in the all-out galactic war to take Earth back. The universe of Mass Effect expands with the addition of new co-op multiplayer missions, playable over Xbox Live, PSN and PC internet. Players can choose from a variety of classes and races, form an elite Special Forces squad, and combine their weapons, powers and abilities to devastating effect as they fight together to liberate key territories from enemy control. Success in multi-player will have a direct impact on the outcome of the single player campaign, giving players an alternative method of achieving ultimate victory against the greatest threat mankind – and the entire galaxy – has ever faced.

Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War

As a bonus to the campaign, BioWare is introducing the Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War system, a new way for players to manage and experience the galactic war from multiple fronts, including a new 4-player co-op mode. The key to saving the galaxy is the “Galactic Readiness” level, measured by Commander Shepard’s ability to apply
every possible asset – people, weapons, resources, armies, fleets – in the final battle against the Reapers. Players can impact their game’s Galactic Readiness level in multiple ways via the Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War system, including multiplayer. Other platforms and interfaces will be announced in the coming months. It is important to note that the system is entirely optional and just another way players can have control over your game experience – it is still possible to achieve the optimal, complete ending of the game in Mass Effect 3 through single-player alone.

F.A.Q.

Why include 4 player Co-op multiplayer in Mass Effect 3?

Being able to explore and fight alongside your friends in the Mass Effect universe has always been something we thought would be fun and compelling, and many players have asked for it for a long time as well. Mass Effect 3 is the best place for us to introduce multiplayer through co-op because of the premise of the game – all out galactic war.

Why only 4 player co-op? What not a versus mode?

We have always maintained that we would only add multiplayer into the Mass Effect series if it made sense and did not compromise the power of the single player campaign. Fighting together against a common threat was the multiplayer experience that made the most sense for Mass Effect 3. The way we have designed co-op as a wayto take control of key conflict zones in the galaxy is a natural extension of the premise of Mass Effect 3.

Why did you decide not to include it as a part of the main campaign?

Our priority and focus with Mass Effect 3 has and always will be to deliver a complete and satisfying single player experience.

Does the addition of co-op multiplayer missions impact the scope or quality of the single-player experience?

No. A dedicated team from our recently formed BioWare Montreal studio has been focused on creating the multiplayer game features while the main game continued to be developed by the team in BioWare Edmonton. Both teams are integrated under the same leadership group that produced Mass Effect 1 and 2, led by Casey Hudson. BioWare remains dedicated to delivering one of the most amazing single-player campaigns gamers have ever experienced.

How did developing multiplayer impact the single player game?

BioWare is dedicated and focused on delivering an engaging, fun, and action-packed experience for Mass Effect 3, one that lives up the BioWare standard. To reach that level of quality, last year BioWare opened a studio in Montreal that is home to designers, programmers, engineers, and other developers. Both studios work together as partners, lead by the core Mass Effect team, unified in a single vision. Under the direction of Casey Hudson and other team veterans, both studios make contributions to both the single player and multiplayer modes in Mass Effect 3. Rest assured that no compromises were made to either of these modes in the development of Mass Effect 3.

Which characters can I play in co-op multiplayer? Can I play as Commander Shepard?

Commander Shepard’s part in the war will take place in the single-player campaign, as will that of other beloved characters in the franchise such as Garrus, Ashley, and Liara…these characters do not appear in the multiplayer missions. In multiplayer, players will create custom characters to fight on different and unique fronts in the war. This will include the ability to play as favorites like Turians, Krogans, Asari and more… each with their own unique set of abilities.

What if I don’t like multiplayer – will my experience be negatively impacted?

Mass Effect 3 is a complete, standalone game that will deliver a satisfying story experience, even if you choose not to try multiplayer. The Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War system and all of the individual components are meant to complement that amazing game and can be enjoyed on their own or as part of the Galaxy at War experience.

What if I am not good at / do not like multiplayer? Will my readiness rating go down?

ME3 is a story about a war against overwhelming force where the most you can hope for us survival. The more you do to fight that war, the more you can change that story into a more optimistic one. You can reach the highest levels of success in the single player experience alone, but Galaxy at War gives you alternative ways to get there. It’s about choice, and allowing players to find their own ways to stay immersed in the Mass Effect universe.

Will you be adding any additional maps or modes through DLC?

We can’t comment on specifics right now, but can confirm that we are planning on having DLC for Mass Effect 3.

Do save games from ME1 or ME2 impact the co-op multiplayer missions?

No.

Do characters level up in co-op multiplayer? What is the progression system?

Character progression, weapon upgrading and leveling up is present in co-op. We’ll release more information on this topic in the months leading up to launch.

Is there more info about the other platforms of Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War?

We are not going into details about the other components of the Galaxy at War at this time except to say we are designing each to make sense for that platform. Each component will be able to affect a player’s “Galactic Readiness” level in a different way. Again, participation in any or all ME3:GaW elements is entirely optional.

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