aspro said:

I just bought Dead Space Extraction, so I think my Third-party "Core" Wii game credibility dues have now been fully paid up to date.  I have Overkill, Madworld, Conduit, LKS, BoyBlob, NMH, Muramasa... am I missing any?

 Depends if you got them for Hobo price or not

Endless Ocean 1 and 2? Zack and Wiki? Rabbids Go Home, De Blob, the proper and decent version of Silent Hill Shattered Memories?

Agnates said:

http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/53700/prince-of-persia-the-forgotten-sands/videos/princepersia_trl_devdiary2_31710.html

Looks good, imo. Some of the environments were bland and made me think it's way below the screenshots but others are spot on. Seeing it in full 60 fps should make it look better too, like RS2. Promising, for now. Definitely a cheap looking production though, kind of a shame for its potential.

 The video feed is so poor it looks like a PSP game. Lets hope some kind soul youtubes the HQ video. Going off of eyes on impressions from journalists it looks really good. 

aspro said:

Yeah, saw that on the news last night.  Crazy.  And no-one was injured thankfully.

 This is how we drive in England.

aspro said:

I just bought Dead Space Extraction, so I think my Third-party "Core" Wii game credibility dues have now been fully paid up to date.  I have Overkill, Madworld, Conduit, LKS, BoyBlob, NMH, Muramasa... am I missing any?

I see no Rune Factory: Frontier mentioned here.  Mrs. Aspro would love it.

robio said:

aspro said:

I just bought Dead Space Extraction, so I think my Third-party "Core" Wii game credibility dues have now been fully paid up to date.  I have Overkill, Madworld, Conduit, LKS, BoyBlob, NMH, Muramasa... am I missing any?

I see no Rune Factory: Frontier mentioned here.  Mrs. Aspro would love it.

 I have the two DS games.  There is a Wii one?  Must have come out on my Lost Weekend period.

While you are here, did you see the story I posted a few days ago about Harvest Moon coming to the browser? Marvelous is working on it.

aspro said:

robio said:

aspro said:

I just bought Dead Space Extraction, so I think my Third-party "Core" Wii game credibility dues have now been fully paid up to date.  I have Overkill, Madworld, Conduit, LKS, BoyBlob, NMH, Muramasa... am I missing any?

I see no Rune Factory: Frontier mentioned here.  Mrs. Aspro would love it.

I have the two DS games.  There is a Wii one?  Must have come out on my Lost Weekend period.

While you are here, did you see the story I posted a few days ago about Harvest Moon coming to the browser? Marvelous is working on it.

The Wii one is Rune Factory: Frontier and it is by leaps and bounds the best one of the series.  I considered it the best game I played last year. It came out in NA last year, but I think the PAL version was only released last week.  It's a fantastic game.  Most of the same cast as the first one as far as the girls go, but in an entirely new location and a new supporting cast as well.

And I did see your news story about Harvest Moon for the browser.  I can only assume Marvelous wanted to get in on Farmville's action since that's like THE biggest game in the world among the casual crowd. Can't say I'm excited about it, but who knows maybe it'll be good.

robio said:

aspro said:

robio said:

aspro said:

I just bought Dead Space Extraction, so I think my Third-party "Core" Wii game credibility dues have now been fully paid up to date.  I have Overkill, Madworld, Conduit, LKS, BoyBlob, NMH, Muramasa... am I missing any?

I see no Rune Factory: Frontier mentioned here.  Mrs. Aspro would love it.

I have the two DS games.  There is a Wii one?  Must have come out on my Lost Weekend period.

While you are here, did you see the story I posted a few days ago about Harvest Moon coming to the browser? Marvelous is working on it.

And I did see your news story about Harvest Moon for the browser.  I can only assume Marvelous wanted to get in on Farmville's action since that's like THE biggest game in the world among the casual crowd. Can't say I'm excited about it, but who knows maybe it'll be good.

 Yeah I share your skepticism.  It kind of cheapens the franchise IMO.

Iga_Bobovic said:

Foolz said:

Dvader said:

edgecrusher said:

Anyway, "its a good time to be a gamer".

It is, it really is. I should try to play nothing but 9 score games this whole year, I bet I can and still have way too many games to play. We have reached the point where so many games are perfectly polished, everything is well designed. And yet nothing feels that new or different.

Take GoW3, I am loving it. Visually its on a different level than anything I have seen before but it plays for the most part just like GoW2. So even though what I am watching is incredible what I playing still feels like what I played 3 years ago. Even though GoW3 has moments that is more epic than any game I can think of it somehow feels safe, it's kind of crazy. A lot of games feel that way. The visual aspect is going to reach a cap, a point where no matter how impressive it isn't enough to sustain a full generation.

That's because you don't play many Wii games.

Yeah Vader, if you keep playing the same type of games over and over again things will feel a bit familiar.

The are plenty of games on the Wii, DS, PC and even the PS3 that do things differently.

I dont want to play different genres, I want my favorite genres to feel different. If the Wii actually had different action games, or different platformers (and it does, Mario Galaxy) or different action/adventure games then I would be all over it, but its usually the same stuff, and usually worse.  I want that feeling a got when I first played RE4, that brand new kind of shooter. Or the first time I played Prime. Or something like MGS where each game feels very different from the last and it always surprises me.

Don't count on that. Sony must have filled Kojima's pockets to go exclusive on PSP, to try and give the dying Go a bit of air.

Not happening. The PSP Go was stillborn.

Dvader said:

I have such hatred for the PSP right now after I watch those MGS Peace Walker vids. Why in the hell is Kojima putting all this effort into that, a PSP game are you kidding me.  You create a co-op MGS experience, you add so many new gameplay elements and items and you WASTE IT ALL ON THE PSP!! ARRRRRRRGGHHHHHH!!!!

This better come to the PS2.

Quit being a baby and buy a damn PSP and 360.  There are plenty enough good games on the PSP.

SteelAttack said:

Don't count on that. Sony must have filled Kojima's pockets to go exclusive on PSP, to try and give the dying Go a bit of air.

Not happening. The PSP Go was stillborn.

 I always held the belief that the Go was a trial balloon and not a serious product.  Kind of like the DSi XL.  It's just the top shelf version of the PSP, and at the same time they wanted to see how far they could push digital distribution before they get too much into developing the PSP2.

(All speculation obviously).

aspro said:

SteelAttack said:

aspro said:

Dvader said:

I have such hatred for the PSP right now after I watch those MGS Peace Walker vids. Why in the hell is Kojima putting all this effort into that, a PSP game are you kidding me.  You create a co-op MGS experience, you add so many new gameplay elements and items and you WASTE IT ALL ON THE PSP!! ARRRRRRRGGHHHHHH!!!!

This better come to the PS2.

Quit being a baby and buy a damn PSP and 360.  There are plenty enough good games on the PSP.

He dislikes portables.

I guess.  I can't judge him, until a couple of years ago I avoided handhelds as well (as serious game platforms).  But now, I'll never go back.  Handhelds are great for when you can't sit in front of your couch.  

It's funny. When I gave my daughter a DS Lite, I thought I would go crazy buying all kinds of games for it, but it didn't happen. Just not my thing. I tend to get some eyestrain and headaches easily, and trying to focus on a tiny screen just worsens things.