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Been playing Shadow of Mordor all week, ridiculously fun... Haven't touched Destiny since I picked it up tbh. The "nemesis" system the Uruk legions use is really cool, combat is like a more aggressive faster paced Arkham City, the visuals are gorgeous even the Uruks are wonderully grotesque and detailed. On top of this the story (from what I've gotten through of it) is pretty damn cool too. It's super addicting, and has all the right elements to become one of the bigger sleeper hits of the year. I'm not even a huge LotR fan, this game is just awesome.

  On 10/3/2014 at 10:08 PM, Roksen Creek said:

"Ex Wipeout Devs team up with The Designers Republic™ to create a new AG Racer -‘Formula Fusion’.

 

Middlesborough, UK –Oct. 03, 2014 – R8 Games Ltd and The Designers Republic™ announced today that they will be joining forces to develop a new spiritual successor to Wipeout; Formula Fusion. Combining decades of development and design expertise, Formula Fusion will represent the next big leap forward for the genre onto next gen consoles."

 

https://www.facebook.com/R8Games/posts/810636365625560

"q2 2016" :(

  On 10/4/2014 at 1:39 AM, data said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 7:57 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 7:52 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Alien Isolation sure got shit on, can't we make a decent Alien game??

I wasn't surprised - as good as it looked, the gameplay is what will make or break an Alien game.

 

 

 

got shit on? 84% on gamerankings, 79 at metacritic. a bunch of 8-9/10s.

 

 

lol IGN

 

Review scores: the best way to see how someone else feels about something. I've always found it interesting how much faith people can put into a single review(er), or even the notion that the meta will derive a laser-sighted accurate summary from a cadre of reviewers with different backgrounds, opposing expectations and whatever else. Reading a review from a single site is the same as sitting with the opinionated bloke who's always down the pub on a quiet weekday evening, who is certain his opinion is always right. Reading a grab bag from metacritic is like being stood in the middle of the same pub but on a Friday night, filled to the rafters while a cacaphony of various discussions rings around the room.

The best way to use sites like metacritic is to read reviews with the worst scores, it's certainly more effective/enlightening to read someone pick out the negative aspects of something, at least they're likely to be marginally more honest than those heaping the praise on (unless they're going out of their way to trash something).

  On 10/4/2014 at 7:45 AM, ghOsty said:

Been playing Shadow of Mordor all week, ridiculously fun... Haven't touched Destiny since I picked it up tbh. The "nemesis" system the Uruk legions use is really cool, combat is like a more aggressive faster paced Arkham City, the visuals are gorgeous even the Uruks are wonderully grotesque and detailed. On top of this the story (from what I've gotten through of it) is pretty damn cool too. It's super addicting, and has all the right elements to become one of the bigger sleeper hits of the year. I'm not even a huge LotR fan, this game is just awesome.

I'm glad I'm not the only one enjoying it this much.

I never get tired of free DLC from old Nintendo

  On 10/4/2014 at 9:41 AM, jasondonervan said:

 

  On 10/4/2014 at 1:39 AM, data said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 7:57 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 7:52 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Alien Isolation sure got shit on, can't we make a decent Alien game??

I wasn't surprised - as good as it looked, the gameplay is what will make or break an Alien game.

 

 

 

got shit on? 84% on gamerankings, 79 at metacritic. a bunch of 8-9/10s.

 

 

lol IGN

 

 

Review scores: the best way to see how someone else feels about something. I've always found it interesting how much faith people can put into a single review(er), or even the notion that the meta will derive a laser-sighted accurate summary from a cadre of reviewers with different backgrounds, opposing expectations and whatever else. Reading a review from a single site is the same as sitting with the opinionated bloke who's always down the pub on a quiet weekday evening, who is certain his opinion is always right. Reading a grab bag from metacritic is like being stood in the middle of the same pub but on a Friday night, filled to the rafters while a cacaphony of various discussions rings around the room.

 

The best way to use sites like metacritic is to read reviews with the worst scores, it's certainly more effective/enlightening to read someone pick out the negative aspects of something, at least they're likely to be marginally more honest than those heaping the praise on (unless they're going out of their way to trash something).

 

reading comments is good too. This whole preorder thing doesn't work with that though. heh, something borderline like an aliens game though, come on, you've got to be suss about it going in to the whole thinking about buying process. Guess you guys are just more obsessed with the franchise than i am.

picked up new 32 inch tv for bedroom , mario kart 8 and another pro controller.

yeah, i was thinking about getting a 42" for my bedroom, they are so damn cheap now, it's like you can't not buy one.

I use a 42" screen as the monitor for my computer. I feel like the Maxell guy. Gettin' my eyeballs blown away.

32 is perfect for my small bedroom, i sit about a meter and a bit away on my bed.

anyone else playing Hyrule Warriors? it's mostly fan service but it's great fan service

  On 10/5/2014 at 3:58 AM, Rubin Farr said:

anyone else playing Hyrule Warriors? it's mostly fan service but it's great fan service

not yet. my friend was pretty stoked about getting it... i might see him soon he probably has picked it up.

uuuu.

ps vita went from sitting in living room for a few days. turned it on today and it looks a little like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P35x4z21vkQ

  On 10/5/2014 at 12:35 AM, delet... said:

reading comments is good too. This whole preorder thing doesn't work with that though. heh, something borderline like an aliens game though, come on, you've got to be suss about it going in to the whole thinking about buying process. Guess you guys are just more obsessed with the franchise than i am.

Still best Alien franchise-related game:

I am being serious - it was tough as nails but had atmosphere for days (if you let your imagination fill in the blanks), and had a team dynamic that was way ahead of its time. But don't just take my word, see what Crash magazine thought of it back in 1987.

This is the version I was used to, no idea what I was doing when I played it (I was about 9 or 10):

The PS1 game was awesome

Sometimes, your love of a franchise/character/etcetera can make you enjoy a game that is technically pants or repetitive. Not that I know whether the Aliens game in question is pants, mind you.

Yeah, that's why fanboys are blind to the fact that every game after MSG1 is unplayable, nonsensical garbage.

  On 10/5/2014 at 8:08 PM, autopilot said:

Yeah, that's why fanboys are blind to the fact that every game after MSG1 is unplayable, nonsensical garbage.

MSG3 is still amazing.

Yeah aside from the controls, camera, level design, AI, cutscenes, combat, & dialogue it's pretty great.

was playing canon spike yesterday on Dreamcast

  On 10/5/2014 at 8:45 PM, NorthernFusion said:

 

  On 10/5/2014 at 8:08 PM, autopilot said:

Yeah, that's why fanboys are blind to the fact that every game after MSG1 is unplayable, nonsensical garbage.

MSG3 is still amazing.

 

I also enjoyed Monosodium glutamate 3: Salt Eater

Randomly bought Shadow of Mordor (PC) on the weekend, tbh I didn't actually know anything about the game until last week! Glad I took the plunge, the combat is suitably crunchy and it looks gorgeous.

Not sure about new Alien, tempted to wait that out until it goes cheaper...

Elite Dangerous still great, took myself off to a low intensity combat zone and got stuck into some shooty dogfighting for a change (have mostly been running cargo). Really intense battles, so much fun. Game is lush/IDM as furk, probably a contender for one of my games of the year, even though it is still in beta.

Yeah gonna order Alien Isolation via psn tonight, I guess after midnight it will can be purchased

  On 10/6/2014 at 11:13 AM, arvy Ictal said:

Yeah gonna order Alien Isolation via psn tonight, I guess after midnight it will can be purchased

Should be available to preload by now. I bought Driveclub (digital) last week, I think that's out on Wednesday here so should be preloading today/tomorrow.