Video Games - a general discussion thread — Page 230

Wife was working late, so I played some 360 last night. Just as I was about to get bored, 3PX gets on! Not only that, he was playing LEGO Star Wars getting the same achievements I needed! So I helped him and his girlfriend get the "play online with someone" achievement and his girlfriend taught me how to do unblockable attacks for me to get that achievement.

I also redownloaded and played some Portal, to hype me up for Portal 2 next week. I mentioned getting the game to my wife, and she's going to let me preorder it tonight for the Gamestop bonus whatever (I don't even care what it is).

Well... at least someone is playing Assassin's Creed 2.

Went to Gamestop to preorder Portal 2 (I get some multiplayer skin or something). Then my wife came in and looked at the games on sale. "Look, Assassin's Creed 2, you should get it." we don't get games often, so getting two in a week is really different for us.

I still don't follow why someone has to be playing AC2...

doubleofive said:

Wife was working late, so I played some 360 last night. Just as I was about to get bored, 3PX gets on! Not only that, he was playing LEGO Star Wars getting the same achievements I needed! So I helped him and his girlfriend get the "play online with someone" achievement and his girlfriend taught me how to do unblockable attacks for me to get that achievement.

Wife was working late, so I was playing with myself on the 360. Just as I was about to get off, 3PX gets online! Not only that, he was splitscreening with his girlfriend on LEGO Star Wars and he wanted me to join in! I helped his girlfriend finish her achievements on it and she showed me some things I'd never seen before!

I DID IT ALL FOR YOU, FRINK!

I was kind of hoping your poor old heart couldn't take that much innuendo in one post...

CP3S said:

doubleofive said:
BTW, we didn't get the 3DS. Mrs. O'Five decided she would rather have a 250 CC scooter than another game system. We will probably get one closer to the release of OoT:3D.

There are not any good launch titles for the 3DS. They really should have made sure OoT:3D was ready for launch day, I think it would have increased sales a lot. Every 3DS title out right now is pretty generic or a rushed 3Dized port of something. Lego Star Wars III for the 3DS is just the DS version in 3D, the Resident Evil game is just a reworked and ported version the dumb mercenaries multiplayer mode from the console versions. Nothing for on the 3DS as if yet really stands out. Every systems needs at least one game really worth having for early adopters, the 3DS failed miserably on this point.

Meanwhile, I saw a small child holding a DSi XL the other day... I wanted to bonk him on the head, take it, and run. Does that make me a horrible person?

xhonzi said:

Well... at least someone is playing Assassin's Creed 2.

doubleofive said:

I still don't follow why someone has to be playing AC2...

CP3S said: 

Xhonzi, I don't need anymore of your CRAP! I'll get around to playing AC2 when I get around to it, so why don't you just stop gettin' all up in my business and stuff!

;)

 

Hmm, that reminds me... I really need to play Assassin's Creed 2.

I didn't mean a majority of someones should be playing AC2 or anyone on these boards.

I'm actually a little jealous of both of you.  I'm really enjoying ACB, but AC2 was such a joy to play for the first time.  ACB is a great follow-on, and I think it's marginally better than AC2, but I miss a few things from AC2 and it was such a huge improvement over AC1.

doubleofive said:

We actually played with one at Gamestop last night. I was SUPER-impressed with the 3D effect, but we looked at the games and weren't impressed. However, OoT3D and StarFox643D will change our minds in a hurry.

Really?  I'm a 3D nut/apologist and I wasn't that impressed with the autostereoscopy.  Perchance it was because the Gamestop 3DS was tethered to the display- so I couldn't hold it as naturally or as steadily as I would have otherwise.  But I found sublte shifts of my head to, at best, wreck the 3D effect or, at worst, invert it.  It reminded me much more of a "3D" Slurpee cup or a "3D" TV Guide cover than actual 3D video (you know, with those horrible glasses).  I'm not a fan of 3D glasses, but I guess I figure they are (and will continue to be for the forseeable future) better than any alternatives.  It continues to surprize me what people are willing put up with just to avoid glasses.

xhonzi said:

doubleofive said:
We actually played with one at Gamestop last night. I was SUPER-impressed with the 3D effect, but we looked at the games and weren't impressed. However, OoT3D and StarFox643D will change our minds in a hurry.

Really?  I'm a 3D nut/apologist and I wasn't that impressed with the autostereoscopy.  Perchance it was because the Gamestop 3DS was tethered to the display- so I couldn't hold it as naturally or as steadily as I would have otherwise.  But I found sublte shifts of my head to, at best, wreck the 3D effect or, at worst, invert it.  It reminded me much more of a "3D" Slurpee cup or a "3D" TV Guide cover than actual 3D video (you know, with those horrible glasses).  I'm not a fan of 3D glasses, but I guess I figure they are (and will continue to be for the forseeable future) better than any alternatives.  It continues to surprize me what people are willing put up with just to avoid glasses.

doubleofive said:

xhonzi said:

doubleofive said:
We actually played with one at Gamestop last night. I was SUPER-impressed with the 3D effect, but we looked at the games and weren't impressed. However, OoT3D and StarFox643D will change our minds in a hurry.

Really?  I'm a 3D nut/apologist and I wasn't that impressed with the autostereoscopy.  Perchance it was because the Gamestop 3DS was tethered to the display- so I couldn't hold it as naturally or as steadily as I would have otherwise.  But I found sublte shifts of my head to, at best, wreck the 3D effect or, at worst, invert it.  It reminded me much more of a "3D" Slurpee cup or a "3D" TV Guide cover than actual 3D video (you know, with those horrible glasses).  I'm not a fan of 3D glasses, but I guess I figure they are (and will continue to be for the forseeable future) better than any alternatives.  It continues to surprize me what people are willing put up with just to avoid glasses.

I had to bend my body at an odd angle to see the display copy, and yes I guess it did remind me of the old type of 3D, but those cups never shot a Haduken at my face.

I was hunched over the low display, trying to see the effect which was difficult.  I made a snarky comment to another guy in the store:

ME      : I guess this display is made for someone a little shorter than I am.
GUY    : Huh?  What are you talking about?
CLERK: You can take it off of the stand.  It's just tethered.
ME      : Oh.  <gently pulls it off the stand>  Yep, sure enough.

xhonzi said:

I was hunched over the low display, trying to see the effect which was difficult.  I made a snarky comment to another guy in the store:

ME      : I guess this display is made for someone a little shorter than I am.
GUY    : Huh?  What are you talking about?
CLERK: You can take it off of the stand.  It's just tethered.
ME      : Oh.  <gently pulls it off the stand>  Yep, sure enough.

Don't worry, you get in a fist fight fairly soon later.

The game is long but it does get more interesting than 'moving your feet and arms'. Although there is a bit like that later on, but it involves undressing a lady, so it's not all bad.

Also you meet an annoying british prick (And coming from a british guy......that means.......something.....?) but he's only in the present and not the future..

See! There ya go! :)

To be honest I kinda felt as you felt when the bit with the 'moving baby' bit. But having played the first assassin's creed, I was happy that it, at least, gave you something to do in the cutscenes. The cutscenes in the first game were boring and annoying.

Wait until you get a sword, fun fun!

CP3S said:

EDIT: I just got done slowly following my mother through the city while she lectured me then accused me of having vaginas as my only outlet

Shouldn't that be classed as an 'inlet'?

The game does get more action eventually, but it's more to do with the story and the characters.