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for anyone who is interested in a historical/tactical first person shooter i present to you THE REGIMENT

i for one am rather excited about this game... sure it doesnt compare to the graphics of Doom 3 or Half Life 2 but we all know that doesnt make a game... cough cough doom cough...

brief synopsis: Based on briefings and scenarios supplied by S.A.S. veterans, The Regiment is a tense, accurate simulation of close quarters combat. Lead four-man teams in assaults on terrorist strongholds. Rescue hostages held at gunpoint. Recreate the deadly climax to the Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980. Fight battles in Britain's corridors of power in a daring rescue at the Houses of Parliament or tackle the nightmare scenario of a terrorist takeover of a subway system.

here are some screenshots of the game....
they hardly do it any justice...
i would suggest checking out the trailer for the game first...

i find it to be a very interesting game and it will definatly take on a cult following in the game world...

http://images.3dgamers.com/screenimages/games/regiment/shot19.jpg
http://images.3dgamers.com/screenimages/games/regiment/shot23.jpg
http://images.3dgamers.com/screenimages/games/regiment/shot25.jpg
http://images.3dgamers.com/screenimages/games/regiment/shot29.jpg

for more information about this game and to download the trailer, click here!
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I'm not much into history games, but playing out the embassy siege sounds fun.

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Is anybody interested in the Lego Star Wars game?
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I've played all of the earlier Lego games, they were pretty mediocre but mildly amusing, I expect this to be more of the same.
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I'll wait until the reviews, and if it's decent, I might rent it.



BTW, has anybody heard of the video of the guy from Japan beating Mario III in just 11 minutes? I thought I read somewhere that it was faked. Does anybody know anything about this??

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Haven't heard anything, but the Star Wars Lego game sounds pretty cool. I may have to get that.

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I've found a few forum discussions that said it was a hoax, but nothing official.

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BTW, Bossk, yes I was referring to metal gear solid three when I wrotw MSG3. Sorry typo...
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I'll wait until the reviews, and if it's decent, I might rent it.



BTW, has anybody heard of the video of the guy from Japan beating Mario III in just 11 minutes? I thought I read somewhere that it was faked. Does anybody know anything about this??


I'm pretty sure he was using an emulator to do this.
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I think I saw a patron watching a video of the guy beating Mario 3 in 11 minutes.

Whether its an emulator or not, I couldn't tell you, but the game just flew by. Level 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, Fortress, then Whistle right to Level 8. After that, its just run, fly and jump past every bullet and cannon ball.
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I searched some forums and consensus is that it was done on an emulator by recording and saving the records. It took over 40000 re-records spliced together to get everthing perfect and was done almost frame by frame in some places. How the sound and status bar at the bottom were kept acurate, I have no idea whatsoever.

The man who supposedly did it said he never intended it to be reguarded as legit, but rather wanted to show what was theoretically possible for a perfect player.

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I thought the guy simply cracked the game's code and manipulated it as he saw fit. But Chaltab's probably right.
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There is also a version of Super Mario 3 that is very similar...not sure on the time for that one though.

And yeah, everything i heard was its an emulator, multiple takes, and also that he used macros to do double jumps and such. I didnt hear about any 'statement' from the creator though.

either way its still looks damn cool

there is also some tetris one and that one shows a side by side of they guy playing...its damn impressive

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I saw that on ebaumsworld. That guy was good... he decided where a piece was going to go before it even dropped into the arena.

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Star Wars Lego game? Really?
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I searched some forums and consensus is that it was done on an emulator by recording and saving the records. It took over 40000 re-records spliced together to get everthing perfect and was done almost frame by frame in some places. How the sound and status bar at the bottom were kept acurate, I have no idea whatsoever.

The man who supposedly did it said he never intended it to be reguarded as legit, but rather wanted to show what was theoretically possible for a perfect player.


Not really. He basically did it with an emulator, using the emulator's saving points - if he missed, he just went back to where he last saved. At the end, he had the whole perfect game recorded (I've seen this video and it's not 100% perfect, he loses about 2 seconds at the second stage in World 1).

There's a legion of players who try to break speed records at games, I've seen some videos and it's insane... My favorite is the guy who finished Half Life 1 in about 30 minutes (exploiting map and game bugs).
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You basically just said "Not really" and then expanded on what I said...

Seriously: how was your post disagreeing with mine?

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I've been playing Sid Meier's Pirates! and I suggest that anyone that enjoys action/adventure games and especially if you loved the old Pirates! game to go find a copy of it and play it.
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I might get it whenever I get the motivation to haul all my here-worthless computer games up to my dad's house.

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Currently playing:

Advance Wars 2. I fogot how fun that game can be.

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Currently Playing:

Gran Turismo 4

Conclusions I have drawn:

I suck at racing.
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Agreed. Grand Turismo is too sim for my tastes. I'm more of a MarioKart/Fzero/Waverace kind of gamer.

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Yeah, I agree.

Its much more exciting to play something like Rallisport Challenge or even Colin McRae, but GT4 does have some strong points.
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I love the GT games. I'd actually consider buying a PS2 just to play them. For me it's basically that so much attention is paid to racing mechanics. But the real reason is the 60 fps. Why oh why does Microsoft make their racing games at 30 fps????
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