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TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Nov 12, 2012 15:19

Trooper wrote:

They may as well have said Silicon Knights have to go out of business.

They haven't helped themselves by not making a decent game in over 5 years.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

TheVision wrote:

Trooper wrote:

They may as well have said Silicon Knights have to go out of business.

They haven't helped themselves by not making a decent game in over 5 years.

Did you just call Too Human a decent game?

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Nov 12, 2012 17:48

I think I might have done actually.. Hmm..

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Nov 12, 2012 17:48

Too Human wasn't that bad. The weight of expectation made it worse than what it was. I'd say Kane & Lynch was infinitely worse.

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Nov 12, 2012 18:01

I haven't played Too Human but it can't be worse than Kane and Lynch 2. Nothing is worse than that.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 21:59

THQ's been broken up. Where goeth thems?

Quote:

Relic and Company of Heroes
Winning bid: $26.6 milllion - Sega Corporation
Backup bidder: $26.3 million - Zenimax Media

THQ Montreal, with 1666 and Underdog
Winning bid: 2.5 million - Ubisoft
Backup bidder: N/A

Evolve aka Metamorphosis
Winning bid: $10.894 million - Take-Two Interactive
Backup bidder: $250,000 Turtle Rock Studios, Inc.

Volition and Saints Row
Winning bid: $22.3 million - Koch Media GmbH
Backup bidder: $5.4 million - Ubisoft

Homefront
Winning bid: $544,218 - Crytek GmbH
Backup bidder: N/A

Metro, which includes 2033 and 2034
Winning bid: $5,877,551 - Koch Media GmbH
Backup bidder: $5.175 million Ubisoft

South Park: The Stick of Truth
Winning bid: $3,265,306
Backup bidder: N/A

Everyone not on the sale list have basically been told they're fired. Includes Darksiders shite games series, YAY! Plus Wee Wee, I suppose. They're not mentioned. Maybe we'll get a wrestling game with an interface from this century now.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 23:15

Koch Media could have probably got away with a slightly lower bid!

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 23:16

The clue's in their name.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14391

Phew, Metro survives. I reckon that'll be decent.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 23:28

As long as it's still got Nemi.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 23:31

If only Yukes would somehow magically reform and get the WWE license. That would be great.

Runcle · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 23:36

How come south park is so cheap? Isn't it nearly finished and surely it would sell at least 1 million copies. That would make at least $40-50 million.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Runcle wrote:

How come south park is so cheap? Isn't it nearly finished and surely it would sell at least 1 million copies. That would make at least $40-50 million.

Because South Park are going to sue it back off them.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2013 23:47

Runcle wrote:

How come south park is so cheap? Isn't it nearly finished and surely it would sell at least 1 million copies. That would make at least $40-50 million.

Apparently South Park "only" has 2 million viewers in the US.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:39

Medal of Hono(u)r a goner.

Quote:

"Critics were polarized and gave the game scores which were, frankly, lower than it deserved,"

Cunts.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:27

Excellent! The Scouts are introducing a video game design badge.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 16:20

Well, the Boy Scouts of America are.

True fact: when I was 16, I wrote a large part of the revised syllabus for the Scouts' IT badge.

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:05

I saw the Amiga special in this months Retro Gamer the other day. I didn't read it all, but as far as I could see.. it didn't mention Shadow Fighter. What's up with that?

Dimrill · **Posted:** Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:18

Damn, Ron Gilbert's left Double Fine.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 13:21

Ouch. Only 64,000 WiiU consoles sold in the US last month. Xbox360 sells 300,000.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 13:35

Do we know anybody who's actually bought one? Does it actually have any decent games? I'm not being sarcastic, just curious

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 13:40

DBSnappa wrote:

Do we know anybody who's actually bought one? Does it actually have any decent games? I'm not being sarcastic, just curious

WTB, I think.

Bluecup · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 925

Wii U exclusives, then no. It has only had a couple of Nintendo games and downloads at the start and anything else that was going to come out has been delayed or in the case of Rayman is now coming to other consoles.
I'm not worried though. 3DS had a slow start and it is great now. A week doesn't go by without some indie developer announcing plans for Wii U. Plus I don't get though loads of games anyway

I am looking forward to Lego City Undercover next week.

Zio · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6093

That ZombiU is meant to be pretty good, isn't it? I actually really want that game... but can't quite justify spending around £300 on a console purely so I can play it.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 14:59

Zio wrote:

That ZombiU is meant to be pretty good, isn't it? I actually really want that game... but can't quite justify spending around £300 on a console purely so I can play it.

Differing accounts. Apparently there are tricks which rather break it. Its no dark souls.

As for the wiiU, I'm keeping an eye on it, but same as the 3Ds, the region locking puts me off somewhat.

Bluecup · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 925

I think of the poor reviews it did get was due to people scoring it based as a shooter when it is more of a pure survival game.
But I'm too much of a wuss to play it. I'm not really the best person to recommend games to people. I like my games bright and Nintendo-y.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

I have one, got it for £200 at launch (for the premium one) or I probably wouldn't have got it.

It is the box that lets me play Nintendo games.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

"As the newest console, it should be dominating sales and mindshare at this point"

I can't stop being sick.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14501

" WipEout: The rise and fall of Sony Studio Liverpool

The history. The legacy. The end. "

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013- ... -liverpool

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

And it still is, and always has been, a shit version of F-Zero.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38535

It's just like driving down Edge Lane at 5:30.

/Liverpool

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14501

LewieP wrote:

And it still is, and always has been, a shit version of F-Zero.

Code:

You walk into a room , there is a table in front of you with 2 boxes

Box 1 contains the next F-Zero game
Box 2 contains the next Wipeout game

I would choose box 1 , however Wipeout was a series I enjoyed and the fact that Sony Liverpool was made up mainly of Psygnosis staff was just one more reason I was sad to see it go.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:28

RIP Lucasarts.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14501

Dimrill wrote:

RIP Lucasarts.

So no more 1313

List of their games :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LucasArts_games

Although I cant see one of the 'real' startup which would be the one I remember from the Atari / C64 days where you got the LUCASARTS wordy logo with a THX type noise then a little tinkle noise as a star flashed at the top corner of the logo

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:32

I've just been looking through a list of Lucasarts games, and I can kind of see why Disney killed them off. They haven't really done anything good in recent years have they?

The Star Wars games might be better off in the hands of someone else after all.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22314

TheVision wrote:

I've just been looking through a list of Lucasarts games, and I can kind of see why Disney killed them off. They haven't really done anything good in recent years have they?

The Star Wars games might be better off in the hands of someone else after all.

Yup. My first thought was "aww crap" and then I realised that I was lamenting the Lucasarts of old, not the current company.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49236

Man, I loved Outlaws.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14501

Trooper wrote:

Yup. My first thought was "aww crap" and then I realised that I was lamenting the Lucasarts of old, not the current company.

I was looking forward to 1313 - the other question is what do they do about their older titles - there were always talks about an updated version of stuff (I think Tie Fighter / X-wing would work on the ipad ?)

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16585

Bleurgh, no! It would be a fucking travesty on an ipad. If ever a game benefits from decent controls it's that sort.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Trooper wrote:

TheVision wrote:

I've just been looking through a list of Lucasarts games, and I can kind of see why Disney killed them off. They haven't really done anything good in recent years have they?

The Star Wars games might be better off in the hands of someone else after all.

Yup. My first thought was "aww crap" and then I realised that I was lamenting the Lucasarts of old, not the current company.

It would be like being told Codemasters had gone bust. Would be sad but frankly I haven't bought one of their games since about 1994.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14501

markg wrote:

Bleurgh, no! It would be a fucking travesty on an ipad. If ever a game benefits from decent controls it's that sort.

It's been a *long* time since i've played it - but i remember the main controls being the joystick (directions + fire) , and the other parts being targetting / throttle / change weapons / etc etc

I agree that a virtual stick is generally terrible but i cant see why it would break the game ?

(To me X-Wing / Tie-Fighter were just supped up versions of Wing Commander with better missions)

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16585

zaphod79 wrote:

markg wrote:

Bleurgh, no! It would be a fucking travesty on an ipad. If ever a game benefits from decent controls it's that sort.

It's been a *long* time since i've played it - but i remember the main controls being the joystick (directions + fire) , and the other parts being targetting / throttle / change weapons / etc etc

I agree that a virtual stick is generally terrible but i cant see why it would break the game ?

(To me X-Wing / Tie-Fighter were just supped up versions of Wing Commander with better missions)

I guess for the same reason that racing games (amongst nearly all others) are so deeply unsatisfactory when played on a touch screen. To be honest I am yet to actually enjoy *any* kind of action-oriented game on an iPad and given that those are the sorts of games I like I tend to think they are just shitty things to play games on.

I have dozens of supposedly great games installed on mine and I have yet to play anything for more than a few minutes.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14501

markg wrote:

I have dozens of supposedly great games installed on mine and I have yet to play anything for more than a few minutes.

There are things that work really well on a touch screen (Magnetic Billiards!) but most of the ported stuff where they just use a virtual stick are rubbish - the ones that i've seen work well are typically games which had a mouse as the main control method and mouse plus buttons pressing icons on screen maps reasonably well to touch.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16585

Zookeeper! That's about the only game I can tolerate on there. Everything else just feels like a poor relation of something better.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:11

markg wrote:

Zookeeper! That's about the only game I can tolerate on there. Everything else just feels like a poor relation of something better.

I very much agree with this.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:19

No no no. Mobile gaming is the future and everybody loves the fremium model.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32621

zaphod79 wrote:

It's been a *long* time since i've played it - but i remember the main controls being the joystick (directions + fire) , and the other parts being targetting / throttle / change weapons / etc etc

More than sixty discrete controls, including eight just for wingman orders and twelve for target selection.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49236

Yeah, but all you ever used was target nearest, cycle target, speed up, speed down, and shoot the fucker. Oh, and occasionally shield controls to shift shield power to the front when you're doing a head-to-head.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:54

TheVision wrote:

markg wrote:

Zookeeper! That's about the only game I can tolerate on there. Everything else just feels like a poor relation of something better.

I very much agree with this.

unsurprisingly, I agree too.

Although I dont much lime zookeeper either.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:55

Mr Dave wrote:

TheVision wrote:

markg wrote:

Zookeeper! That's about the only game I can tolerate on there. Everything else just feels like a poor relation of something better.

I very much agree with this.

unsurprisingly, I agree too.

Although I dont much lime zookeeper either.

No, I prefer to Lemon it.

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