The Evil Computer Games thread

Colm! · 13-06-2010 12:17am

Davidius wrote: »

Oh hi guys what's going on in this thread?

lol idling

look at my shiny halo

ironictoaster · 13-06-2010 8:56am

In other news,

Earthworm Jim HD is on XBLA. Why didn't I know this earlier???

13-06-2010 1:04pm

creggy wrote: »

In other news,

Earthworm Jim HD is on XBLA. Why didn't I know this earlier???

YES! Thanks for the heads-up. What a game.

Ginja Ninja · 13-06-2010 1:38pm

Craguls wrote: »

I want this, they need to hurry up.

*cries* NOOO!!! I haven't played MGS4 yet,please don't let me fall two games behind,I'll crack and buy them both and a PS3 just to feed the addiction.

I may have an unhealthy love for the Metal Gear series

D4RK ONION · 13-06-2010 1:40pm

Bought this for a 10er on Steam. Niiiiice

phlegms · 14-06-2010 6:46pm

Watching Microsoft's E3 conference live on the web as I do every year. I'm such a horrible nerd..

Jay P · 14-06-2010 6:53pm

I played Pro Evo 5 all day on the PS2, and I ordered GTA:Vice City off CDWOW. Huzzah!

Professey Chin · 14-06-2010 8:21pm

phlegms wrote: »

Watching Microsoft's E3 conference live on the web as I do every year. I'm such a horrible nerd..

Well..............that was absolutely sh!t

phlegms · 14-06-2010 8:30pm

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Well..............that was absolutely sh!t

Yeah it was. Can't remember them showing off any actual games :pac:

D4RK ONION · 14-06-2010 9:55pm

Jay P wrote: »

I played Pro Evo 5 all day on the PS2, and I ordered GTA:Vice City off CDWOW. Huzzah!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKYQ5ibxslI

Jay P · 14-06-2010 11:32pm

D4RK ONION wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKYQ5ibxslI

Um...no? I just appreciate good games. Also, the video cable for my 360 is broken.

But news!

360 250GB "Slim" hands-on, full details. Bonus: it's sexy
By Ben Kuchera | Last updated about 2 hours ago

At an event after the Microsoft keynote, members of the press were presented with tables complete with wrapped presents. The idea? We all unwrap the new Xbox 360 250GB (the official name) and explore what makes the new system so special. Here's what is inside the package.

First off, it comes packed with a smaller, but still proprietary, 250GB hard drive. WiFi is built in, using the 802.11n standard. Two USB ports are hidden behind a flap on the front of the device, with three extra USB ports in the back for a total of five. The power supply is much smaller, and we were told the system uses much less power. To make sure no one mixes and matches the power supplies, there is an all-new adaptor for the 360 250GB.

The 360 250GB in all its glory. Note my busted iPhone

Underneath the side vent lies the new, smaller 250GB hard drive

The rear of the system. Note the new port for the power supply

More detail of the ports. A total of five USB ports, powered connector for the Kinect, and a dedicated audio line... no more breakout boxes!
I put in a copy of Alan Wake and turned it on using the new touch-buttons... very similar to what you get with the PlayStation 3. The system was on, but it made almost no noise. The game loaded. Silent. I'm used to using my 360 in my home office hooked up to a computer monitor, where it sounds something like a jet taking off. This is bliss.

A new AV port in the back also cuts down on the wires when the Kinect is involved. Plug the Kinect into that port, plug the 360 into the wall, and you're all set up. Owners of the now-classic 360 will have to plug the Kinect into the wall using a separate outlet.

We were told the system has taken years to develop, and it shows: it's a thoughtful, refined system, and at $300 it's a good value. This is the 360 you've always wanted.

Oh, except for the HDMI cable. It still doesn't come with one of those.

An Xbox that will actually work! Even if it is 5 years late...

Jamie Starr · 15-06-2010 2:22pm

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=14mb8k9&s=6

If this Goldeneye game is real, ewwwwww.

Davidius · 15-06-2010 6:09pm

So...new Zelda, eh?

Jako8 · 15-06-2010 6:12pm

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Should be fun.

It's the first Legend of Zelda game to be specifically designed for the Wii since Twilight Princess was just ported from the Gamecube.

sock puppet · 15-06-2010 6:29pm

Davidius wrote: »

So...new Zelda, eh?

Nintendo are so creative and original. That said I'll still get the game.

Did Nintendo announce anything else? I've pretty much stopped playing computer games the past couple of years but I'd love to see a new F-Zero game. A new Fire Emblem or revamp of the Advance Wars series would be nice too.

Jako8 · 15-06-2010 7:19pm

sock puppet wrote: »

Nintendo are so creative and original. That said I'll still get the game.

Did Nintendo announce anything else? I've pretty much stopped playing computer games the past couple of years but I'd love to see a new F-Zero game. A new Fire Emblem or revamp of the Advance Wars series would be nice too.

Epic Mickey which is a new Mickey Mouse game in which they hope to take Mickey in a whole new direction. Looks pretty cool. Also, Donkey Kong and a Kirby game.

The big announcement was the new 3DS and a new Kid Icarus game for it.

Colm! · 15-06-2010 7:58pm

A new kid icarus game? That's not the highlight.
http://users.skynet.be/fa036594/FACT_E3_UpcomingGames_3DS.pdf

Persona
Resident Evil
Street Fighter
The Sims
Bomberman
Contra
MGS
Professor Layton
A Boy and His Blob
Animal Crossing
Kid Icarus
Mario Kart
PAPER MARIO!
Starfox 64
Sonic
Dragonquest
Final Fantasy
Kingdom Hearts
Dead or Alive
Ninja Gaiden
Saints Row
Assassin's Creed
TC Rainbow Six
TC Splinter Cell
Batman

..the 3DS. it will be glorious.

EDIT: Did I forget to mention... GOLDENEYE REMAKE FOR THE WII COMING OUT THIS YEAR? With online mode. Dreams do come true :')

sock puppet · 15-06-2010 8:04pm

Colm! wrote: »

PAPER MARIO!
Starfox 64

:eek: Hooray!

Davidius · 15-06-2010 8:06pm

Colm! wrote: »

EDIT: Did I forget to mention... GOLDENEYE REMAKE FOR THE WII COMING OUT THIS YEAR? With online mode. Dreams do come true :')

I'm feeling fairly pessimistic about that one. Something tells me it won't be much better than average.

Professey Chin · 15-06-2010 10:07pm

TWISTED METAL BITCHES!!!!:D

Colm! · 15-06-2010 10:15pm

Twisted Metal? I approve.
Jak\Ratchet\Sly mashup game for the PS move? I approve.
Child of Eden? I approve.
Everything Nintendo did today? I approve.

Everything else is "meh", tbh. Even DJ Hero 2. (although I am judging DJ Hero 2 based on the fact DJH2 has Deadmau5 and Lady Gaga in the trailer, as opposed to DJH1 which had awesome tracks like Gorillaz and Martin Gaye)

phlegms · 15-06-2010 11:06pm

The Nintendo conference blew me away, after a few years of neglect they are finally returning to the core gamer. Lovely stuff.

Professey Chin · 15-06-2010 11:13pm

phlegms wrote: »

The Nintendo conference blew me away, after a few years of neglect they are finally returning to the core gamer. Lovely stuff.

TBH the more im thinking about it the less impressed I am.
Nintendo really need a new IP.Im holding judgement on the 3DS until I can use one

syncosised · 15-06-2010 11:30pm

They might be porting Ocarina of Time to the 3DS! There's no meme for how happy this makes me!

http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=127080

Banjo Fella · 15-06-2010 11:44pm

syncosised wrote: »

They might be porting Ocarina of Time to the 3DS! There's no meme for how happy this makes me!

http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=127080

Holy mother of mercy! That's just amazing! If you follow the link on that page you'll find screenshots of the Lylatwars remake as well. Between all of this, the new Zelda game and the new Golden Sun... wow, we'll really be spoiled for choice when these come out! Nice one Nintendo.

D4RK ONION · 16-06-2010 12:27am

Listen guys. Rock Band 3 is going to be jaw droppingly awesome. That's all you need to take from E3 really

By the way if ye want to see almost all the trailers and announcements, Game Trailers seems to have all of them up, in HD too. Burnout: Hot Pursuit remake is looking sexy, and natal kinetic looks like it might actually be worth it's weight in plastic :P. MAYBE

Jay P · 16-06-2010 1:49am

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

TWISTED METAL BITCHES!!!!:D

Oh. Em. Gee.

I was literally just thinking about that game today! Though I think it was Twisted Metal 2 I had... I don't remember a whole lot, except for the guy who drove around on those two big massive wheels, and you could shoot his arms off...

Davidius · 16-06-2010 2:23am

syncosised wrote: »

They might be porting Ocarina of Time to the 3DS! There's no meme for how happy this makes me!

http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=127080

Could just be a tech demo.

It seems that I'm one of the few people who isn't all that excited about the 3DS. The launch line-up seems to mostly made up of games I've played plenty of before. It seems fairly likely that Metal Gear Solid's just a remake of MGS3 (if it's not a port++) which would be a real shame. Would it really be too much to have an original MGS on a Nintendo system? Forgetting the Game Boy Color one.

Jamie Starr · 16-06-2010 6:49pm

Yeah, the 3DS seems cool, but the real question is: will it come with one of these?

Not impressed with the new Zelda- I thought they were going to do something a bit newer with it...

In other news I think I'm going to trade-in Red Dead Redemption and buy Mario Kart Wii with the money from it. I think it's a smart move.

Colm! · 16-06-2010 9:24pm

Yeah, new Zelda actually disappointed me...

But Ocarina of Time 3D = all is forgiven, Nintendo. EVERYTHING

even Wii Sports Resort!

17-06-2010 10:15am

Colm! wrote: »

Yeah, new Zelda actually disappointed me...
But Ocarina of Time 3D = all is forgiven, Nintendo. EVERYTHING even Wii Sports Resort!

Never wii sports resort.

Colm! · 17-06-2010 12:17pm

I know Portal 2 is old news, but.. that trailer.Awesome ending.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1UZcSw3_BY

A Neurotic · 28-06-2010 1:52am

Just slew my first Colossus. Feels good guys.

D4RK ONION · 28-06-2010 2:45pm

Currently playing through Ghostbusters. Pretty damn good and I've had a few stand out moments so far. If you see it cheap somewhere you should def. pick it up!

Ginja Ninja · 28-06-2010 3:42pm

A Neurotic wrote: »

Just slew my first Colossus. Feels good guys.

don't it just? I don't want to spoil it,but the last one is literally an epic battle[he's big even by collossi standards]

I'm rekindling my love for soulsilver as I wait for TF2 to update[only 17 days left :pac:] and just got my 8th badge,stupid dragons and they're being awesome

D4RK ONION · 30-06-2010 12:10am

Team Fortress 2 is currently €6.79 on steam! Loads of us here already own it, so pick it up and give us a game

Banjo Fella · 30-06-2010 12:37am

Played through Super Mario World again over the past few days. Such an awesome game, plenty of Yoshi-based goodness! Finding all those secret exits was tough, though, forgot about an alarmingly large number of them.

D4RK ONION · 30-06-2010 1:12am

I've been playing that game since before plenty of the users here were born!

Banjo Fella · 30-06-2010 1:18am

^ That reminds me! While playing, I was thinking about how comforting it is that Mario will always be older than me, still having adventures.

D4RK ONION · 30-06-2010 1:23am

Wow, just wow! DO WANT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ-qLFxeBjE

A Neurotic · 30-06-2010 2:05am

Just finished Colossus. Now yearning for the next title from Team Ico, The Last Guardian.

Heartwarming friendship between young boy and monstrous abomination animal thing. Looks amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4E0e-ZCn14

D4RK ONION · 30-06-2010 2:19am

A Neurotic · 30-06-2010 2:29am

I called it when first watching the trailer :pac:

Ginja Ninja · 30-06-2010 9:28am

D4RK ONION wrote: »

Wow, just wow! DO WANT

[/YOUTUBE]

same as.That game will be so much nicer to play if there was a witty sidekick making the odd comment every now and then,the lack of dialogue gets a bit boring IMO

also,apparently Portal 2 will include a motivational death ray device for improving staff moral

Davidius · 05-07-2010 9:42pm

For TF2 players.

Ginja Ninja · 05-07-2010 9:48pm

Davidius wrote: »

For TF2 players.

so,the golden wrench isn't just a rumour? balls to that.Engineers don't need an on-the-spot stun weapon AND tool

Davidius · 05-07-2010 10:03pm

Ginja Ninja wrote: »

so,the golden wrench isn't just a rumour? balls to that.Engineers don't need an on-the-spot stun weapon AND tool

The golden wrench is exactly the same as the regular wrench except a cosmetic change to people it kills. On a kill it turns their body into a statue but it doesn't do it if you only hurt them. Doesn't really matter that much because there's only 100 to get in a game with 30k players and Europeans have nearly no chance at getting them.

Ginja Ninja · 05-07-2010 10:08pm

Davidius wrote: »

The golden wrench is exactly the same as the regular wrench except a cosmetic change to people it kills. On a kill it turns their body into a statue but it doesn't do it if you only hurt them. Doesn't really matter that much because there's only 100 to get in a game with 30k players and Europeans have nearly no chance at getting them.

oh my mistake,the trailer I saw showed them hitting once and turning them to gold.I assumed it was a "Golden gun" effect.

Why would engineers need an update?they're one of the most balanced classes,if they got a Razorback they'd be perfect IMO

Davidius · 05-07-2010 10:23pm

Ginja Ninja wrote: »

oh my mistake,the trailer I saw showed them hitting once and turning them to gold.I assumed it was a "Golden gun" effect.

Why would engineers need an update?they're one of the most balanced classes,if they got a Razorback they'd be perfect IMO

Suppose it's pretty much mandatory since they updated all the other classes.

Engineer has a weird balance to him. He's really good against newer players but without a team backing him up he tends to get destroyed by more experienced players using combat classes, especially Demomen. It doesn't help that he's really limited in 5 control point maps. However it's hard to change him because of how much he effects the game.

It's also kind of boring at times having to babysit the sentry because you know as soon as you leave to give some combat support with your own weapons, a Spy is going to come along and destroy everything.

Ginja Ninja · 05-07-2010 10:34pm

Davidius wrote: »

Suppose it's pretty much mandatory since they updated all the other classes.

Engineer has a weird balance to him. He's really good against newer players but without a team backing him up he tends to get destroyed by more experienced players using combat classes, especially Demomen. It doesn't help that he's really limited in 5 control point maps. However it's hard to change him because of how much he effects the game.

It's also kind of boring at times having to babysit the sentry because you know as soon as you leave to give some combat support with your own weapons, a Spy is going to come along and destroy everything.

He's a support[well defence] class,He's meant to be crappy by himself,but in a team he's a very important member.Even against experienced players

A fully set up engineer[dispenser+sentry] and a sniper with cover[like in goldrush near the red base] is hard to move,a decent sniper can pick off the long range stuff[snipers and soldiers] as he has a base to aim at/heal and the sentry stuff can mess up the mid range stuff with a shotgun to back it up.

I may like playing an engineer :rolleyes:

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