logo Sign In

Video Games - a general discussion thread — Page 17

Author
Time
Post link
Its seems like there are also overly long pauses between waves of enemies in certain parts of the game too.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
Author
Time
Post link
If they had somesort of pointer or radar blip telling you where to go, it would be really helpful. I constantly end up running around shooting regenerating Forerunner drones for ten minutes and often die because I didn't see that obscure door/pathway/piston over there in the dark corner.

4

Author
Time
Post link
Yeah, those damn pistons.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
Author
Time
Post link
I've been gone a while:

Yeah. Who ever heared of PISTONS being used as a door in a game?

4

Author
Time
Post link
I have no idea.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
Author
Time
Post link
!!!!!!

Gamespot's GAME OF THE YEAR awards are in!!!

and the big winner is...


World of Warcraft... Wow. The consoles really got screwed over on that one. Actually. I can't believe Paper Mario 2 got gamecube GOTY and that Burnout III got Xbox GOTY.... There's three unexcpecteds.

PS2 was GTA SA, no surprise there.

GBA's GOTY went to Astro Boy, also not surprising.

4

Author
Time
Post link
world of warcraft was not unexpected, that game is fantastic!
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Qui-Gon Jinn (R.I.P.)
Author
Time
Post link
I'm struggling to think of a Game of the Year at all for the GameCube - which makes me very sad...

Any ideas?

A little patience goes a long way on this old-school Rebel base. If you are having issues finding what you are looking for, these will be of some help…

Welcome to the OriginalTrilogy.com | Introduce yourself in here | Useful info within : About : Help : Site Rules : Fan Project Rules : Announcements
‘How do I do this?’ on the OriginalTrilogy.com; some info & answers + FAQs - includes info on how to search for projects and threads on the OT•com

A Project Index for Star Wars Preservations (Harmy’s Despecialized & 4K77/80/83 etc) : A Project Index for Star Wars Fan Edits (adywan & Hal 9000 etc)

… and take your time to look around this site before posting - to get a feel for this place. Don’t just lazily make yet another thread asking for projects.

Author
Time
Post link
Metroid Prime 2?
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
Author
Time
Post link
Either that or Paper Mario 2.

This has not been a great year for the GC.

4

Author
Time
Post link
What's weird is that it still feels like Ninja Gaiden just came out....and that was in March.
Which is the more foolish, the fool (the OT) or the fool who follows (the PT)?

"Stay back, or Mr...Fett gets it!"
Author
Time
Post link
I've just finished MGS3 and I've got to say that I haven't gotten such a great sense of satisfaction for beating a game like I did for MGS3 since I beat MGS2 back in the day.

This is definitely a must buy for everyone, you won't regret it(except maybe Chaltab).

Now to work on getting further into KOTOR II...
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
Author
Time
Post link
Had MGS2 on Xbox...hated it. Must have been the controller, having to click the joystick just to pull out your gun...but I"m always willing to give it and the other games a chance someday.
Which is the more foolish, the fool (the OT) or the fool who follows (the PT)?

"Stay back, or Mr...Fett gets it!"
Author
Time
Post link
MGS on XBox just doesn't work, besides the fact that the controls were all wrong, the version for the XBox was by far the inferior version because MS shipped it way too early and as a result it was full of bugs and lacked many game-play modes that its PS2 counterpart had with few bugs.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
Author
Time
Post link
I just could never get used to the controls on the Xbox one. I got Metroid Prime 2 for xmas. My first new GC game in almost two years.
40,000 million notches away
Author
Time
Post link
The only part I don't like about MGS3 is that they didn't include a Demo theater like they did in The Twin Snakes, which means I'll have to play through the game again to see the cutscenes(probably Kojima's point of not including one).
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
Author
Time
Post link
Originally posted by: TheSessler
I've just finished MGS3 and I've got to say that I haven't gotten such a great sense of satisfaction for beating a game like I did for MGS3 since I beat MGS2 back in the day.

This is definitely a must buy for everyone, you won't regret it(except maybe Chaltab).

Now to work on getting further into KOTOR II...


I still mentally kick myself for buying TwinSnakes everytime I count my money.

4

Author
Time
Post link
*points his finger at chaltab and makes his best imitation of helson.

ha ha!
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Qui-Gon Jinn (R.I.P.)
Author
Time
Post link
Helson? A mix between Hanson and Nelson?

"Ha-ha! Mmm bop! Ha ha!"
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
Author
Time
Post link
I was reading about Halo 2 where someone from Bungie explained the pop-up during the cutscenes. Supposedly the flickering/pop-up is because Halo 2 uses the in-game engine to create the cutscenes, rather than pre-rendered ones. Apparently they made this decision because pre-rendered cutscenes would require loading screens, which they said they felt would "detach the player from the flow of the game". And pop-up doesn't???
40,000 million notches away
Author
Time
Post link
What's this Pop Up you are talking about? I just played Halo 2 for the first time this past weekend and loved it. Please explain.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
-------------------------
Kevin A
Webmaster/Primary Cynic
kapgar.typepad.com
kapgar.com
Author
Time
Post link
Well, it's arguably just nit-picking, but it still kind of bothers me. Basically, any time a new cutscene begins, there is pop-up for about a half-second. Within this half second, whatever the image is, it shows up in layers. For instance, when it cuts to Miranda Keyes in the bridge of her ship, the only thing visible on the screen is an animatic/skeleton, then her face gets filled in, then the wall behind her gets filled in, then anything else in the backround gets filled in. All this takes place sporadically over the course of a half second. Yes, it's only a half second, so what's the big deal? But once you start noticing it, it gets annoying (at least to me). My question though was whether or not this is preferrable to a loading screen.
40,000 million notches away
Author
Time
Post link
Hmm... I never noticed it. Granted I didn't play the game long (only three levels; and I got to drive that big-ass tank across the bridge. Sweet!), but I don't recall seeing it happen. Maybe I just glossed over it or, since we may have known it was a cut between, I may have been talking to my friend at the time. C'est la vie. I'm not sure which I'd prefer.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
-------------------------
Kevin A
Webmaster/Primary Cynic
kapgar.typepad.com
kapgar.com