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I keep hearing about Bioshock being turned into a film. It's one of those things that I'd love to happen, but will probably be shit.

i dont like bioshock, there i said it.

  On 4/7/2012 at 2:03 AM, kaen said:

i dont like bioshock, there i said it.

duush

  On 4/6/2012 at 2:00 AM, Npoess said:

Yeah, I remember that bit. It seemed to have lots of great moments like that. The intro was also a pretty stand-out moment/sequence. Can't think of a game since HL2 that had such a great introduction to a game.

Bioshock definitely stands out as one gaming's greatest masterpieces, imo. Especially the first hour or two.

  On 4/5/2012 at 11:24 PM, Pennywise said:

The graphics are much better in Bioshock. Yeh it's a better game. I like the new hacking system and trap system in B2. The thing that is lacking for me in B2 is atmosphere, something B1 did so well. In Bioshock you can spend ages just walking around enjoying the place. In B2, you couldn't really do that.

The sound design in BioShock 2 is pretty fucking amazing though. I spent a lot of time just standing under water dripping onto my helmet. I did not like that they decided to go for the obvious philosophy to wrap the story around in BioShock 2.

  On 4/6/2012 at 11:55 PM, Pennywise said:

I keep hearing about Bioshock being turned into a film. It's one of those things that I'd love to happen, but will probably be shit.

It got cancelled. Gore Verbinski wanted it to be an R-rated movie and a pretty damn expensive movie as well, but the studio didn't dare to make an expensive R-rated movie so... yeah...

  On 4/5/2012 at 11:13 PM, Gary C said:

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout

 

Fallout is free for 48 hours on GOG.

Thought I'd bump this in case people missed it. Just nabbed it myself.

  On 4/7/2012 at 5:06 PM, Squee said:

It got cancelled. Gore Verbinski wanted it to be an R-rated movie and a pretty damn expensive movie as well, but the studio didn't dare to make an expensive R-rated movie so... yeah...

I dont get it. Maybe it's just my limited knowlegde about the film industry, but there's been plenty of r-rated movies that's been huge hits at the box offices, right? And Bioshock is a pretty gory game, so I don't see how they could not make it r-rated.

I actually kind of wanted to see a movie based on it, I think it's one of the few video games franchaises that could be turned into a good movie if it was handled by the right people. I'm not familiar with Gore Verbinski though.

studios hate spending lots of money on r-rated stuff now because it narrows the viewership even more and chance for profit, its why they will probably release prometheus as pg13 in the states, fuck off if that happens in europe. actually just fuck everything about ratings, they should be a guideline not strict fucking laws.

Oh god. Please tell me Prometheus is not going to be pg13. I had no idea. America and their stupid censorship.

(off-topic, sorry)

its been rumoured that fox are pushing for it, ridley has also said that he has prepared decent cuts for it and isnt too worried

i think its ridiculous.

  On 4/5/2012 at 9:51 PM, kaen said:

i just pre-ordered Legend of Grimrock, its an old school dungeon crawler type game and it looks fucking amazing, i get nostalgic vibes having watched some reviews of it.

 

trailer:

 

[youtubehd]xmSJ1iFx5zA[/youtubehd]

 

gameplay:

 

[youtubehd]jBYsyjTgDwg[/youtubehd]

 

and totalbiscuit doing a first impressions:

 

[youtubehd]dzIiXx-8BHc[/youtubehd]

i know this is just oldschool gamesplay with a facelift, but I can't help but want to play it. looks frickin sweet. hopefully it has more cleverly designed dungeon-puzzles then just randomized room complexes

also intrigued to play Fallout seeing that deal on GOG. I've only played Fallout 3, but would like to play the previous games in the series. plus they should run well on my laptop.

apparently there may be a sequel for the original game (Wasteland) through kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2

  On 4/8/2012 at 2:04 AM, viscosity said:

i know this is just oldschool gamesplay with a facelift, but I can't help but want to play it. looks frickin sweet. hopefully it has more cleverly designed dungeon-puzzles then just randomized room complexes

Ill let you know after the 12th :D

in other news, i just bought the witcher 2: 2.0 bells and whistles edition. ive had so many recs to play this that i just blindly bought it, better be fucking good!! its 14GB!!!

I'm playing WATMM.

It's fun because most of the NPCS are as stupid as grand theft auto 1.

  On 4/8/2012 at 7:54 AM, StephenG said:

I'm playing WATMM.

 

It's fun because most of the NPCS are as stupid as grand theft auto 1.

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GPA: 4.0

Trying to get into HON or LOL. Everyone I know is playing one or the other.

  On 4/8/2012 at 7:50 AM, kaen said:

in other news, i just bought the witcher 2: 2.0 bells and whistles edition. ive had so many recs to play this that i just blindly bought it, better be fucking good!! its 14GB!!!

Holy shit what a beautiful game, nothing has pushed my system like this for a while!

http://travis.aristomatic.com/games/RiverCityPubCrawl.html

"Someone made something very similar to Journey but with more beer and less emotion"

- petermolydeux

  On 4/8/2012 at 2:04 AM, viscosity said:

  On 4/5/2012 at 9:51 PM, kaen said:

i just pre-ordered Legend of Grimrock, its an old school dungeon crawler type game and it looks fucking amazing, i get nostalgic vibes having watched some reviews of it.

 

trailer:

 

[youtubehd]xmSJ1iFx5zA[/youtubehd]

 

gameplay:

 

[youtubehd]jBYsyjTgDwg[/youtubehd]

 

and totalbiscuit doing a first impressions:

 

[youtubehd]dzIiXx-8BHc[/youtubehd]

 

i know this is just oldschool gamesplay with a facelift, but I can't help but want to play it. looks frickin sweet. hopefully it has more cleverly designed dungeon-puzzles then just randomized room complexes

 

 

also intrigued to play Fallout seeing that deal on GOG. I've only played Fallout 3, but would like to play the previous games in the series. plus they should run well on my laptop.

 

apparently there may be a sequel for the original game (Wasteland) through kickstarter http://www.kickstart...ile/wasteland-2

Reminds me of stonekeep!

Downloading Counter Strike: Global Offensive, curious.

Should probably get back to Skyrim.

  On 4/9/2012 at 5:23 PM, Squee said:

Should probably get back to Skyrim.

I've recently been playing a game called Serato Scratch Live. Every time I go to someone's house they have it and I've given it a few sessions.

Basically, it's a rhythm game where you match up the colors of two 'tracks' and it creates music. The controls are easy, and the interface is very pretty. Great graphics.

My only beef with it is that the game's way too easy. I know this is an old man complaint though, as everything is way easier now than they were in the past. In SSL, though, it's so easy to match up the colors that it loses its fun pretty quickly. I play a game all the time that's very similar but has no waveform HUD, and it's practically a totally different game. Much more challenging and rewarding skill-based gameplay. Unfortunately, that game can't be played on a laptop, so I see why SSL is so popular.

Gameplay 6/10

Way Too Easy

Graphics 8/10

Very Pretty Colors, Nice Easy-To-Use Interface

Sound 3/10

The sound is very 'digital', with a general texture that's very unpleasant on the ears at high volumes, even if people choose the analog controller. Also, even though this game lets you choose your own soundtrack, most of the things I've heard while I've seen other people play have been atrocious.

Overall 5/10

It's fun for a little bit, but overall I see the easiness of this game as a paradigm shift in the genre that will only get worse with future titles.

Hah, full marks for that

Recently, the laser/DVD drive on my Xbox failed. Sort of ok, because my time has become less and less dedicated to gaming, and more to other things.

However, because everything else works, I can still play downloadable games I've purchased (or might purchase). Revisited:

Ninja Gaiden: Black

Holy fuck what an awesome game - it is somewhat difficult to believe this was an original XBOX title, as it shits over most every other action/hack and slash out there today.