General Video Game Discussion

Now that's a game series I don't care for and before you asked if I played some of the games, well, yes I did and I didn't feel like playing them more for some reason, they don't seem to be for me despite liking arcade racers. More power to you if you get more though.

I also didn't like Burnout Paradise as much as Burnout 3 and Burnout Revenge either.

As for GTA and Saints Row, a lot of things can be debated. Like polish, GTA wins in that area, the 1st 2 Saints Row games had some polish issues while Saints Row 3 is by far the most polished game in the series and it isn't even close. Older GTA games didn't have great enemy a.i., but in GTA4 and it's expansions, enemies actually take cover for once and that's impressive in an sandbox game. Saints Row enemies never take cover and the difficulty mainly comes form the damage they do to you, not really their tactics, and it's cool to toggle between Easy, Normal and Hard anytime. Gunplay wise Saints Row beats down GTA, last gen GTAs didn't have great controls for shooting but GTA4 finally allows us to manually aim our guns while in third person and moving for once. Saints Row has perfected it since the 1st game and the series is still better overall in that!

Activities also go to Saints Row, so many good ones. The most creative one being that Insurance Fraud one, purposefully hurting yourself to get money is hilarious and hasn't been done in games really. But the most fun one is Mayhem, nothing is more fun than having unlimited ammo and killing and blowing everything up, it makes you feel so awesome doing that.

Fun fact: Batman Arkham City is the 2nd Batman game to allow Batman to grab two enemies and bash their heads together, the 1st being Batman Returns on the SNES, and that game is a great beat em up that I do recommend if anyone wants to play it.

Here's a thing that I don't get: Why do people bring up old games that scored higher than newer ones when it comes to standards, definitely when the newer game plays better than the older game. What confuses me is how a game that earns a 9.0 in the 90s could actually mean it's still a 9.0 today: It just doesn't work that way. Gaming standards increase, so it makes even less sense.

I agree with you about Burnout Paradise. I like the game, but not as much as Burnout 3 and Burnout Revenge.

And yeah, I've always preferred the side-missions that Saints Row has to offer over the ones from GTA. Maybe I'll find GTA V the best GTA game yet though. I'll just have to see. Maybe GTA could also have side-missions like those.

Well, some people just rate games soley for how it was in their time when they rate it today. Is that what you mean?

I agree with you about Burnout Paradise. I like the game, but not as much as Burnout 3 and Burnout Revenge.

And yeah, I've always preferred the side-missions that Saints Row has to offer over the ones from GTA. Maybe I'll find GTA V the best GTA game yet though. I'll just have to see. Maybe GTA could also have side-missions like those.

Well, some people just rate games soley for how it was in their time when they rate it today. Is that what you mean?

TAMKFan

Yes, pretty much, but when they start comparing it to today's games I do have to question that considering how advanced games are now compared to the past. I still play and enjoy those old games and only rate enjoyment and what they have done for their time, but I wouldn't compare it to something that outclasses it because I don't see that being fair, might be just me though.

Just found this:

Can't wait!

Looking nice. I should start following GTA V more. I'll be sure to watch the new trailer too.

Well, when I'm comparing games, I really just tend to go with what I enjoy more now, rather than how the game was for it's time.

Well, when I'm comparing games, I really just tend to go with what I enjoy more now, rather than how the game was for it's time.

TAMKFan

Yeah, since it's also harder to judge the game for it's time if you weren't there playing it when it first came out.

I hope to find some good deals for games on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's a few games I have in mind to for on those days.

You can go to this site and find deals.

GTA 5 will have 3 different protagonists to play as, now that's awesome and a nice change! There's info on what various activities will be in the game as well and it's said the game world is massive, more so than RDR and even previous GTAs like San Andreas, this game will be huge.

Thanks. I already found some deals there I'm interested in.

Yeah, I heard about that earlier. The three playable characters is a really good idea and I look forward to seeing how that works out. Also, I heard that the map is actually supposed to be bigger than all those games combined.

If this is true then wow: I hear you can switch between the 3 characters at anytime during missions even.:shock:

That would be pretty cool. But I also heard that each character will have their own missions.

It's obvious that would happen since I read about them having their own activities too. I guess this may be the longest GTA yet.

Also, great news:

It would be weird if it wasn't the longest GTA game yet with how big the map would be.

Nice. I'll be checking out that gameplay.

More GTA5 info that will excite us!

• Los Santos includes a downtown area, a gang-infested southern district, and the prosperous areas in the hills.
• Map open from beginning, with the exception of some protected areas.
• The countryside extends to farmlands, deserts, villages, mountains and a deserted coastal region called Blaine County, where Trevor lives.
• The countryside is teeming with life in the form of dynamic missions and animals.
• There is differing accounts between articles, but it is stated that the world will be three to five times the size of Red Dead Redemption.
• 'Radar Love' by Golden Earring was heard on a radio station.
• Missions are accompanied by a score that complements the in-game radio stations.
• Players can get some quick cash by knocking-off Gruppe-6 security vans.
• Each character has their own set of unique skills; Franklin is a good driver, Trevor flies the planes and Michael is a versatile "smooth-operator."
• Still being implemented are a lot of "expensive toys" to spend your hard-earned cash on.
• With scuba gear, the player will find themselves exploring underwater caves.
• Multiplayer is said to be very different, and very exciting.
• Single player and multiplayer are being developed by separate teams.
• The 'switch menu' is a radial menu similar to 'Red Dead Redemption's' weapon wheel.
• A fully functional wildlife ecosystem.
• The story will revolve around six heists.
• Use the phone to call up the other protagonists to hang out with.
• There are multiple different endings in the storyline which depend on the choices you made throughout the game.
• The storyline takes around 25 hours to complete.

Holy crap this game may make me stop playing Halo 4 often.

Just found this info, this sounds awesome!

In addition to this, Rockstar will be overhauling the casual encounter system that will be in GTA 5. This system will expand on the interactions between random pedestrians that are approached. This time they are fully mo-capped, they've got a lot more to say, and you can interact with them a little more. There's a far greater array of them along with just huge numbers of other pedestrians and other systems, so it should feel like it's a lot easier to meet people and stumble into interaction as well if you want to.

Nice to hear that about the countryside. Maybe it'll be pretty interesting. And nice that the whole map will be open from the beginning this time. One thing I didn't like about past GTA games is that you had unlock them first.

GTA5 Trailer 2

Oh my, what a nice trailer!

Also, it looks like Mega Man may come back to handhelds and consoles!

Mega Man X9, make it happen

Looking good.I also seen some screenshots of the game and they have really nice sights and makes me look forward to the game more so.

And nice. I'm hoping for a Mega Man X9 too. Instead of making it a more old-school style game like Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10 though, I want it to be more similar to X8, but with improvements. I also want to see Mega Man Universe uncancelled.

I want Mega Man X9 to be in 2D, but with beautiful graphics like modern games, for some reason I prefer Mega Man to be 2D. If they go 3D I hope for not just good graphics but art direction to go with it's graphics.

Videos of Zeus and Ares gameplay from next year's God of War. Multiplayer still looks like a gory Power Stone, and there's nothing wrong with that.

Which is one of the reasons why I said it should be like X8. X8 had 2D gameplay and 3D graphics and I want X9 to be like that too. I also prefer Mega Man in 2D, gameplay-wise.

I know X8 had 2D gameplay, but I would love to see 2D graphics for X9 as well, just seems better for Mega Man for some reason, or cell shaded like X7/Command Mission. Technically I wasn't the big fan of X8's art direction for it's 3D graphics, even though it's the best looking Mega Man X game tech wise.

Even though art direction is subjective and a preference, I would like it for it to look like this:

or cell shaded. I don't mind 3D graphics at all, I just prefer 2D graphics for some reason.

You know howCapcomdid that Super Street Fighter II Turbo Remix graphical style? If any Mega Man games looked liked that it would be amazing. This is a great comparison between old and new:

Really? I thought you quite liked this 2.5D thing. But anyway, I doubt X9 would use 2D graphics. After all, most 2D games these days are actually 2.5D anyway. I prefer 2.5D overall, but I don't mind traditional 2D.

I like 2.5D, I just want Mega Man X9's art more like Command Mission than X8 because I find it more visually appealing.

To me certain games are just made for certain art directions and dimensions. Though going from 2D to 3D is never a problem as long as it's done right. Mario going 3D was the best thing to happen to the series when we end up with the Super Mario Galaxy series. Latest BloodRayne game was in 2D even though I prefer BloodRayne in 3D like the 1st 2.

The generalconsensus of Sonic is that he works well in 2D and 2.5D than 3D. While there are some bad 3D Sonic games, the hate for them is a bit too much. Sonic 06 is still playable though I question some glitches and the PS3 version's framerate at times. Sonic Heroes is hated on for some reason even though that's a good game. People tend to hate on Sonic and the Secret Rings, but I actually liked that game.

Oh come on Sony! Free for only 2 weeks? I'm not a fan of limited timed free DLC either. It's not true free DLC for everyone since for those who get it later will probably have to pay for it.

Yeah, the Super Mario Galaxy series is great. I'm a big fan of those games.

As for Sonic, I like Sonic Heroes a lot. The game actually doesn't seem to get as much hate now. It got a lot more hate back in the day. And yeah, there's a glitch in Sonic 2006 where Sonic gets stuck while snowboarding and one where Knuckles and Rouge have a hard time jumping off the wall. The game was rushed though.

Wow, that sucks. I probably won't have the game before then.

I now wonder when the next Sonic game will come. And by that I mean a platformer.

I heard about a new Sonic game coming in 2013. I hope they'll continue the shift between 2D and 3D that's been in the more recent games like Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations. And I hope to see the return of more playable characters than just Sonic, such as Knuckles, but have his gameplay resembles Sonic's more like in the Genesis games.

I heard about a new Sonic game coming in 2013. I hope they'll continue the shift between 2D and 3D that's been in the more recent games like Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations. And I hope to see the return of more playable characters than just Sonic, such as Knuckles, but have his gameplay resembles Sonic's more like in the Genesis games.

TAMKFan

I remember enjoying playing as Tails in the old games. Is he still in any of the newer ones?personeyperson

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I heard about a new Sonic game coming in 2013. I hope they'll continue the shift between 2D and 3D that's been in the more recent games like Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations. And I hope to see the return of more playable characters than just Sonic, such as Knuckles, but have his gameplay resembles Sonic's more like in the Genesis games.

mitu123

Anyone here that has tried out the new Hitman game?The_Last_Ride

Has anyone played the new Devil May Cry demo that's on PSN and XBL? I actually thought it was decent.

Has anyone played the new Devil May Cry demo that's on PSN and XBL? I actually thought it was decent.

mitu123

I haven't yet, but I should go do that. Maybe I already will have by the next time you post here.

It seems 2 hack n slashers come out in January, both Devil May Cry and Anarchy Reigns.

In February there's Metal Gear Solid Rising Revengeance, and while it's Metal Gear, it plays nothing like one as it's made by the Bayonetta devs and looks to play more like Bayonetta(you know, fast hack n slash) from what's been shown.

Anarchy Reigns is another game I would like to try.

Dead or Alive 5 just arrived here earlier and I've been enjoying it.

I don't really have any mains in the game yet. I'm currently going through Arcade mode with all the characters. Maybe I'll also record a gameplay video, which I also wanted to do with Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Soul Calibur V, but haven't done so yet.

I want to try that sometime. I have it's prececessor and it's about as good as the Mario Kart games.

I don't really have any mains in the game yet. I'm currently going through Arcade mode with all the characters. Maybe I'll also record a gameplay video, which I also wanted to do with Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Soul Calibur V, but haven't done so yet.

TAMKFan

I want to try that sometime. I have it's prececessor and it's about as good as the Mario Kart games.

TAMKFan

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I don't really have any mains in the game yet. I'm currently going through Arcade mode with all the characters. Maybe I'll also record a gameplay video, which I also wanted to do with Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Soul Calibur V, but haven't done so yet.

mitu123

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I don't really have any mains in the game yet. I'm currently going through Arcade mode with all the characters. Maybe I'll also record a gameplay video, which I also wanted to do with Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Soul Calibur V, but haven't done so yet.

TAMKFan

Yeah, she's one of my favorites too. But as of DOA5, I find the two of thehottest characters to be Helena and Tina. Coincidentally, they are both blonde hair girls. I also find Kokoro to be one of the hottest characters in addition to those two.

Anyone notice this?

Wow, a new Yoshi game on Wii U?

I loved Yoshi's Island and like the underrated Yoshi's Story!

Anyone notice this?

Wow, a new Yoshi game on Wii U?

I loved Yoshi's Island and like the underrated Yoshi's Story!

mitu123

That's interesting about the first and last issues of Nintendo Power having those similarities. And yeah, I heard about that new Yoshi game too. I hope it'll have standalone Yoshi playable like in Yoshi's Story.

I am wondering why Yoshi didn't get more games to himself either since his games are enjoyable.

Yeah, same here. So far, Yoshi's Story is the only platformer Yoshi game where you play as standalone Yoshi.

And while Nintendo's at it bring back F-Zero and Star Fox.

I also hope to see a Super Mario Galaxy 3 on the Wii U.

That's like the perfect game for the system considering how the Wii U controller works.