System Wars Lounge V.65: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Edition

@davillain-: I've been meaning to watch the first episode... Did it premiere yet? I know they streamed the first episode a few weeks early.

Getting further and further into The Witcher 3, it is breath taking at how mediocre real time combat is in "RPGs".

@Slashkice: You played Halo and Gears already?

I assume you're talking about Star Wars episode 7 right? LA was doing a world premier first but the rest is actually December 18 worldwide release.

@davillain-: My bad... Nah, I was talking about The Expanse... I hate this replying thing, because sometimes you forget what the shit you said lol.

@Slashkice: Skip the Xbox 360

I second what @charizard1605 said... There isn't much exclusive-wise on the 360 that I could really see being up your alley @Slashkice. The system was just a multiplat beast.

There is Tales of Vesperia.

As well as Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon.

@lundy86_4: Amazon only show one episode of Expanse like last week when I watch it. It was pretty interesting but it feels like way too little to judge the show on.

Great effects and a more realistic approach to space travel than most shows. There is a scene where a starship basically has no gravity until it starts moving and then another scene where everyone has to strap in and even get pumped full of some kind of tonic because the ship has to turn around and the G-forces are extreme. Seems like an interesting plot overall. Basically Earth and Mars are in a cold war. The Earth has a ton of people but Mars appears to have more advanced technology and has a mysterious vibe to it. The actual series start tonight on sy-fy.

@Slashkice: I'd also recommend Fable II (I like it, just don't go in expecting, like, Zelda from it). Infinite Undiscovery was another one, it's not the best game in the world, but it probably wouldn't hurt to at least give it a try.

Ninja Gaiden 2?

Dead Rising
Ninja Gaiden 2
Viva Pinata 1 and 2
Banjo Nuts and Bolts
Ace Combat 6
Geometry Wars 2

Filler:
Crackdown
Dead or Alive 4 (not because it wasn't good, but because sequel)
Prey

Well I'll gladly list my Xbox 360 exclusive games that I play my life time with 360 and there not military shooters ether.

• Alan Wake
• Lost Odyssey
• Blue Dragon
• Crackdown [don't play the second one, it sucks]
• Fable remaster/Fable 2

That's pretty much it but the rest are Halo and Gears that over flooded Xbox 360.

Of those, Alan Wake and Fable remaster are on PC, and Slash already said if something was available anywhere else and he wanted to play it, he had played it on the other platform.

Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon I had already listed. I did forget about Crackdown, though.

@Slashkice: I'm not gonna pretend it was a good game lol. it just wasn't an offensive one, and I got some reasonable mileage from it. This was like 8 years back though, so who knows how it has held up. I'd still recommend Fable II (don't get III, III is trash), and yeah, Crackdown is another one you could maybe look into.

@Slashkice

I'll +1 the Dead Rising recommendations (It's never been ported? Huh, thought otherwise for some reason) and throw in Rockstar's second-best game ever: Table Tennis. :|

Oh yeah, Dead Rising is exclusive and great.

I don't know I didn't play 3, I ran with the narrative that **** Geo Wars 3, because Geo Wars 2 is the shit. #MaximumIntegrity

@Slashkice: One thing I need to mention about Ninja Gaiden 2 vs Sigma 2 on PS3. Xbox 360 version feature just dismembering red blood which was consider the uncensored version, while Sigma 2 took the blood out and replace it with purple mist.

@charizard1605 One more thing I forgot to mention, ever play Ninja Blade? It's a Xbox 360 exclusive, similar to Ninja Gaiden in a kind of way but that game is underrated gem of a game but I had fun though.

Honestly, not much :P

I see hat you're probably not too enthusiastic about buying Gears and Halo. I can't make a case for Gears, but one Halo game I'd still recommend you to play is Halo: Reach. It has an excellent campaign, probably one of the best I've seen in a first person shooter. It turned me into a Halo believer (Halo 4 promptly turned me into a cynic again though).

I'd say Fable 2 and 3. 3 is a bit iffy since a lot of people say plenty of bad stuff about the game, and though I personally enjoyed it, I can see where they're coming from- they're all valid criticisms. But Fable II is a game 360 owners should definitely play. Absolutely lovely game, one I enjoyed every minute of.

But yeah, I guess those are the only ones I can think of. Maybe you should skip the 360 :P

In other news: Geoff Keighley is thinking of burning down Konami's HQ building.

@Slashkice: Oh yes, Lost Odyssey, Dead Rising and Ninja Gaiden II as well. Forgot all about those. Haven't played Tales of Vesperia, but I've heard good things about it.

Add Fable II to that list if you DO end up buying the 360, you won't regret it :D

I'll say this man, as someone in your position earlier this year. If it's under $100, and you consider yourself a fan of video games, just do it, even if you're not going to play the system much. The sheer ability to pull it out at any time to play it whenever a games deal comes along, along with whatever small amount of exclusives you'll play on it that you wouldn't otherwise is worth it.

I myself ended up picking up a One instead of a 360 for the third time, but BC helped.

Tales from the Borderlands crashes at start up.

**** PC gaming.

There's some good SHMUPS in the XBLA store like Radiant Silvergun, Bangai-O, Espgaluda, Mushihimesama Futari or Deathsmiles if you're into those.

I'm sure there are other good stuff on the XBLA store that im forgetting. But the store was the big reason why I got the console.

lolLaptop

@illmatic87: saw the issue on Telltale's site. They needed you to go into windowed mode first.

Just finished Fate Stay Night Unlimited blade Works

10/10 anime great story, amazing soundtrack, great characters, breathtaking animation and oh did i mention the epic story

dat opening tho!

Star Wars Spoiler Warning Chrome extension is awesome.

Nice

Enjoy the best Borderlands game, the best Tales game and the best Telltale game since Sam & Max Season 3. >:[

INCOMING FLOP!!!!!

Ok so since I just beat FO4, and I beat TW3 a while back, I can now determine which one is better: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. goty, no question. Better story, better characters, better open world. Fallout 4 probably has more content and a better combat system, but the story is just balls.

So Bayo's coming to smash. I hope a complete version of that game is a soon to be thing :P

Okay, 16 hours into Final Fantasy X. Just did the Wendigo boss fight after the Macalania Temple.

Solid 8.5/10 so far.

That's too high..........

I think it's a little more in the 8.4 range tbh

Wow, that salt_the_fries thread lol.

It's all part of my smear campaign.

I mean dude, it was an obvious dupe. A few of us told him. And he even knew it. The discussion was alive and well in the other topic, despite the title.

I just never expected that response from Salt lol. When I first saw the thread, I figured surely it must be a joke alt.

Yeah, I don't know what's gotten into Salt lately. He used to be a good poster, but lately the quality of his posts has plummeted. His threads in general are either trollbait trash (which unfortunately can't technically be modded) or clear violations of the ToU (which can be and are).

I suppose this place just got to him.

System Wars is in top form tonight, really.

Charizard needs to get banned asap. Biggest douche in the history of SW, and I knew SNIPER.