The Off-Topic Lounge: Epic Masterpiece Version

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Jaysonguy

Wooooow.

The parking meter countdown is pretty sweet though, easy to lose track of time if you're with friends

Hey Gabu, your explanations for Epic Mickey were pretty spot on to what Warren Spector said in this article highlighted in this thread:

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27523041&tag=topics%3Btitle

Your name isn't Warren is it?

WOW, GOOD THING WE DON'T HAVE A DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROBLEM HERE

Tis the *&#&*# season

Jaysonguy

Hey Gabu, your explanations for Epic Mickey were pretty spot on to what Warren Spector said in this article highlighted in this thread:

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27523041&tag=topics%3Btitle

Your name isn't Warren is it?

roboccs

You know the saying, great minds think alike. :P

I have no idea how No More Heroes 2 scored lower than the first... I was floored by how much better Im liking the second, and I really enjoyed the first!

I have no idea how No More Heroes 2 scored lower than the first... I was floored by how much better Im liking the second, and I really enjoyed the first!

WreckEm711

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I have no idea how No More Heroes 2 scored lower than the first... I was floored by how much better Im liking the second, and I really enjoyed the first!

starwarsjunky

I would agree on the boss difficulty, but the style, visuals, soundtrack, feel of the game overall was greatly improved for me

[QUOTE="starwarsjunky"][QUOTE="WreckEm711"]

I have no idea how No More Heroes 2 scored lower than the first... I was floored by how much better Im liking the second, and I really enjoyed the first!

WreckEm711

I would agree on the boss difficulty, but the style, visuals, soundtrack, feel of the game overall was greatly improved for me

I have no idea how No More Heroes 2 scored lower than the first... I was floored by how much better Im liking the second, and I really enjoyed the first!

WreckEm711

[QUOTE="WreckEm711"]

I have no idea how No More Heroes 2 scored lower than the first... I was floored by how much better Im liking the second, and I really enjoyed the first!

JordanElek

[QUOTE="WreckEm711"]

I have no idea how No More Heroes 2 scored lower than the first... I was floored by how much better Im liking the second, and I really enjoyed the first!

JordanElek

[QUOTE="JordanElek"]

[QUOTE="WreckEm711"]

I have no idea how No More Heroes 2 scored lower than the first... I was floored by how much better Im liking the second, and I really enjoyed the first!

garrett_duffman

I agree with the first gettin an 8, the minigames and overworld were horrible.

With that being said, I would give No More Heroes 2 a 9 BECAUSE it scrapped the overworld. It was a completely pointless breakup of the great fighting, and a time waster to get to even worse side-jobs. The minigames in NMH2 are FANTASTIC, and i can jump right into them. It got rid of everything I didn't like in the first and improved everything I liked :)

Oracles of Seasons... man that game is so good. Though I'm ready to beat this and move on to Oracle of Ages. I haven't played these games in years.

Anyone else looking forward to Uncharted 3 in the desert? It could not rip off Indianna Jones harder but I don't care. It's going to be awesome.snowman6251

I'm completely indifferent to the Uncharted series, beat the first two, I wouldnt rate them as high as they've been given. They are really polished cinematic experiences, but as far as fun gameplay.... meh.

[QUOTE="snowman6251"]Anyone else looking forward to Uncharted 3 in the desert? It could not rip off Indianna Jones harder but I don't care. It's going to be awesome.WreckEm711

I'm completely indifferent to the Uncharted series, beat the first two, I wouldnt rate them as high as they've been given. They are really polished cinematic experiences, but as far as fun gameplay.... meh.

[QUOTE="WreckEm711"]

[QUOTE="snowman6251"]Anyone else looking forward to Uncharted 3 in the desert? It could not rip off Indianna Jones harder but I don't care. It's going to be awesome.snowman6251

I'm completely indifferent to the Uncharted series, beat the first two, I wouldnt rate them as high as they've been given. They are really polished cinematic experiences, but as far as fun gameplay.... meh.

Oh I love Drake and the story, the gameplay just bores me to the point of not wanting to play it aside from a rent. I'm really not a fan of cover shooters, so that would be the main reason, its just such a shame to have such stunning levels and such boring combat :P

I agree with the first gettin an 8, the minigames and overworld were horrible.

With that being said, I would give No More Heroes 2 a 9 BECAUSE it scrapped the overworld. It was a completely pointless breakup of the great fighting, and a time waster to get to even worse side-jobs. The minigames in NMH2 are FANTASTIC, and i can jump right into them. It got rid of everything I didn't like in the first and improved everything I liked :)

WreckEm711

But yeah, the organization and minigames in NMH2 are SO much better than the first game. The overworld and mission structure in the first game are simply a hassle, and any sense of exploration is misleading because there's nothing to discover apart from the floating balls.

Oracles of Seasons... man that game is so good. Though I'm ready to beat this and move on to Oracle of Ages. I haven't played these games in years.

commonfate

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Oracles of Seasons... man that game is so good. Though I'm ready to beat this and move on to Oracle of Ages. I haven't played these games in years.

JordanElek

They're fantastic but as far as handhelds are concerned Minish Cap is my favorite. I've played that game so many times. Still, I no longer have a DS (my dogs chewed it up) and I never played the Zeldas for those, though I surely would have by now if I still had it.

Just got my first perfect victory on Taksunoko vs Capcom :D Used Batsu and Tekkaman... i love this game.

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="JordanElek"] Because the first was overrated here. NMH has WAY too many flaws to earn a 9.0. It seems comparable to Epic Mickey in that regard, but Epic Mickey scored low. If there's ever a sequel, the score can reflect any improvements over the first. That wasn't possible with NMH2 because the score left no room to reflect improvement.

WreckEm711

I agree with the first gettin an 8, the minigames and overworld were horrible.

With that being said, I would give No More Heroes 2 a 9 BECAUSE it scrapped the overworld. It was a completely pointless breakup of the great fighting, and a time waster to get to even worse side-jobs. The minigames in NMH2 are FANTASTIC, and i can jump right into them. It got rid of everything I didn't like in the first and improved everything I liked :)

[QUOTE="JordanElek"]

[QUOTE="commonfate"]

Oracles of Seasons... man that game is so good. Though I'm ready to beat this and move on to Oracle of Ages. I haven't played these games in years.

commonfate

They're fantastic but as far as handhelds are concerned Minish Cap is my favorite. I've played that game so many times. Still, I no longer have a DS (my dogs chewed it up) and I never played the Zeldas for those, though I surely would have by now if I still had it.

I need to pick up the Game Boy games again. I started playing Links awakening and liked it a lot but then went away to college and forgot about it, I should pull that game out again but then I realized I played it "improperly" if you catch my drift...

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[QUOTE="JordanElek"] Those games are generally underappreciated. Most people either haven't played them or completely forget about them when talking about Zelda games.

roboccs

They're fantastic but as far as handhelds are concerned Minish Cap is my favorite. I've played that game so many times. Still, I no longer have a DS (my dogs chewed it up) and I never played the Zeldas for those, though I surely would have by now if I still had it.

I need to pick up the Game Boy games again. I started playing Links awakening and liked it a lot but then went away to college and forgot about it, I should pull that game out again but then I realized I played it "improperly" if you catch my drift...

Of course. How do you think I have every single game I could possible want for NES, SNES, all variations of the GameBoy and Nintendo 64? What are you looking at? Of course I actually have them!

:P

But which part am I joking about? :o

Hey Jordan, where are you blowing up this year's off topic lounge and starting the new one again? You mentioned it in the last few weeks but can't remember what you said. I looked back a few pages and can't find it.

If I'm not mistaken, we had a lot less posts this year.

Hey Jordan, where are you blowing up this year's off topic lounge and starting the new one again? You mentioned it in the last few weeks but can't remember what you said. I looked back a few pages and can't find it.

If I'm not mistaken, we had a lot less posts this year.

roboccs

Hey Jordan, where are you blowing up this year's off topic lounge and starting the new one again? You mentioned it in the last few weeks but can't remember what you said. I looked back a few pages and can't find it.

If I'm not mistaken, we had a lot less posts this year.

Oracles of Seasons... man that game is so good. Though I'm ready to beat this and move on to Oracle of Ages. I haven't played these games in years.

commonfate

The first promotional poster for Transformers 3: Dark Side of The Moon here:

Should have put spoilers. I didn't know there'd be explosions..UCF_Knight

I absolutely lmao'd

The Yogi Bear promo poster is better:

No photoshopping necessary. I think I'm late to the party on this one, though. The Bombcast introduced me to it, and of course they mentioned Fireplacing on WiiWare later in the podcast, to which Vinny added the tagline "Good people come in fireplaces."

And yeah, last year's OT Lounge had about twice the number of posts.

I bought Dragon Age Origins in some special edition pack with the DLC. Buying this right before finals was definitely NOT a good idea. I can already tell this is going to suck me in harder than Fallout did and that was pretty bad in terms of me putting off things.snowman6251

And this is a really cool hockey story:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Quebec-Nordiques-fans-set-to-invade-Nassau-Colis;_ylt=AgWeG.k4LrTM4TkZDDYNhq97vLYF?urn=nhl-294338

I really hope that both Quebec and Winnipeg can get themselves a team. If I had a choice, I would hope the Nordiques would come back. I used to like them as a kid when they started to build a winner in the late 80's or early 90's. I remember watching them in the playoffs on Hockey Night in Canada. Then they move to COlorado and win the cup soon after. I'd be so bitter.

-Crawl out of the xbox 360 lounge- Well after much reflections i decided to spend 200$ on a red Wii in January in order to honor Mario and just to satisfy my old school self, of course there's emulator but it doesn't beat playing on a TV.

There's already a couple of games i have in head but i'll see in due time. -crawl away- ;D

[QUOTE="snowman6251"]I bought Dragon Age Origins in some special edition pack with the DLC. Buying this right before finals was definitely NOT a good idea. I can already tell this is going to suck me in harder than Fallout did and that was pretty bad in terms of me putting off things.roboccs

[QUOTE="roboccs"][QUOTE="snowman6251"]I bought Dragon Age Origins in some special edition pack with the DLC. Buying this right before finals was definitely NOT a good idea. I can already tell this is going to suck me in harder than Fallout did and that was pretty bad in terms of me putting off things.snowman6251

I traded in Origins and Awakening for the ultimate edition :P (ended up being cheaper than just buying all the DLC) I cant standddd rogue, and I'm forcing myself to play through as a mage.. I highly prefer warrior :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSTLDel-G9k

^This is the single worst commercial I have ever seen. Period.

The VGAs are awful, as usual. The Arkham City trailer was great though - Hugo Strange is going to be in it - as well as TDK Returns.Haziqonfire

The obviously scripted jokes were embarassingly bad.. Didn't agree with a lot of the winners, but given the target audience for that show, doesn't really matter anyways :P

[QUOTE="snowman6251"][QUOTE="roboccs"] I've been eyeing Dragon Age Origins a lot. Hopefully I'll get some gift cards for Christmas and pick it up soon. WreckEm711

I traded in Origins and Awakening for the ultimate edition :P (ended up being cheaper than just buying all the DLC) I cant standddd rogue, and I'm forcing myself to play through as a mage.. I highly prefer warrior :P

Dragon Age has done something I can't recall another game ever doing. It made me feel guilty. There was a dude locked up who could potentially join my party so I went to ask the local priest if I could have the key so he could be released into my custody and atone for his crimes by fighting some darkspawn with me. She was the first character I wasn't able to persuade into obeying me so I ended up having to threaten a priest to get this dude for my party. My ally got pissed at me and I got the character but felt kind of bad about it. Well done Dragon Age. Well done.snowman6251

[QUOTE="snowman6251"]Dragon Age has done something I can't recall another game ever doing. It made me feel guilty. There was a dude locked up who could potentially join my party so I went to ask the local priest if I could have the key so he could be released into my custody and atone for his crimes by fighting some darkspawn with me. She was the first character I wasn't able to persuade into obeying me so I ended up having to threaten a priest to get this dude for my party. My ally got pissed at me and I got the character but felt kind of bad about it. Well done Dragon Age. Well done.roboccs

I saw Roger Waters perform The Wall live yesterday.

Verdict:

HOLY **** BEST ****ING SHOW EVER

OMG