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gamingeek said:

Updating

 great cover.  reminds me of the first concept shots with the dark and moody art.... when the game held so much promise

Updates done.

Microsoft: "Kinect gives us an additional five years".

Thoughts?

So on top of Having all the Mass Effect 2 DLC packs & extra characters lined up for the week of Sept. 14th when I get my new Xbox, I also have these badass motherfuckers ready to go. Gonna be a fun week:

gamingeek said:

Updates done.

Microsoft: "Kinect gives us an additional five years".

Thoughts?

If they really believe that, they're insane. For one thing, its not going to sell that much. For another thing, only certain people are interested in a motion camera. Another 5 years through a device that's basically for people that don't make up 98% of Xbox's demographic?

I mean I could see it if nobody else was going to release a new console within the next 5 years. Then obviously, just through lack of options. But as soon as a new console hits, people are going to start moving to the next big thing....so what's MS gonna do? Ignore it and focus on the dance game market until 2015? Not likely.

gamingeek said:

Eurogamer hands on Castlevania LOS

At alternating moments Consolevania: Lords of Shadow resembles Devil May Cry without the tongue-in-cheek machismo swagger, Shadow of the Colossus without the steed and sword, God of War without the gore. It takes inspiration from these games with unexpected self-confidence. It's garbed in fantasy presentation that calls to mind Tolkein and del Toro. It's got a spark, creative impetus and dramatic touch about it that the Castlevania series has lacked for some time.

Also the new Medal of Honour Screen looks soooo much like COD.

http://www.gamefront.de/archiv08-2010-gamefront/5410.html

Sounds exactly like what I'm hoping for from this game.

gamingeek said:

Eurogamer hands on Castlevania LOS

At alternating moments Consolevania: Lords of Shadow resembles Devil May Cry without the tongue-in-cheek machismo swagger, Shadow of the Colossus without the steed and sword, God of War without the gore. It takes inspiration from these games with unexpected self-confidence. It's garbed in fantasy presentation that calls to mind Tolkein and del Toro. It's got a spark, creative impetus and dramatic touch about it that the Castlevania series has lacked for some time.

Who is this Tolkein character you speak of?

I like this

More traditional Castlevania gameplay has not been ignored. Levels have alternate routes and hidden items – you can grope for their secrets on your first run through, but you must often return with better abilities in order to reach them. There are puzzles, involving matching runes or rotating plinths and other such familiar staples. There's rather a lot of platforming, too, climbing around mossy, vine-covered ruins or using the grapple to swing between between stonework ledges.

The game's first boss, the Ice Titan, combines fighting and platforming in a really quite masterful riff on Shadow of the Colossus. As Gabriel enters the frozen Oblivion Lake, snowflakes sticking to and melting on the screen, an enormous creature of ice and stone rises from beneath. Dodging its massive fists, you wait for the opportunity to climb up onto its body and smash the rune seals hidden on its gigantic form, holding one of the shoulder buttons to hang on for dear life as it tries to shake you off.

edgecrusher said:

So on top of Having all the Mass Effect 2 DLC packs & extra characters lined up for the week of Sept. 14th when I get my new Xbox, I also have these badass motherfuckers ready to go. Gonna be a fun week:

All that would take me a year to finish.

phantom_leo said:

Dvader said:

Holy crap ^ !!!!

Agnates said:

Holy crap ^ !!!!

edgecrusher said:

gamingeek said:

Updates done.

Microsoft: "Kinect gives us an additional five years".

Thoughts?

If they really believe that, they're insane. For one thing, its not going to sell that much. For another thing, only certain people are interested in a motion camera. Another 5 years through a device that's basically for people that don't make up 98% of Xbox's demographic?

I mean I could see it if nobody else was going to release a new console within the next 5 years. Then obviously, just through lack of options. But as soon as a new console hits, people are going to start moving to the next big thing....so what's MS gonna do? Ignore it and focus on the dance game market until 2015? Not likely.

I think it depends on what they mean. If they mean they will just continue selling 360 as a low cost console whilst at the same time, maybe in a couple of years, launch a new console then yeah.

If they expect Kinect to somehow tide people over till 2015 before they release another console - just no.

phantom_leo said:

SPECTACULAR GAME ALERT ! ! !  :

If you have a PS3, download it NOW. If you have a 360, download it this week.

JUST. DOWNLOAD. IT!

Name another BEAUTIFULLY ANIMATED game where you can knife guys to death, drink beer and butcher Luchadores and you get a pass...

...IF NOT, GET. TO. DOWNLOADING. N-O-W ! ! !

I saw a couple of reviews today, said it had some problems but was mostly worth it.

I haven't even watched this yet but the pic caught me off guard.

This article is cool:

All About the PlayStation 1's Design Sony designer Teiyu Goto discusses the system, the controller, and the weird symbols on the buttons.   

NEWS

What was so hard about coming up with a controller? "The Super NES was a huge hit at the time, and naturally we wanted SNES gamers to upgrade to our system," Goto said. "That's why the management department didn't want the controller to be a radical departure -- they said it had to be a standard type of design, or gamers wouldn't accept it."

Ignoring management's request for a flat, Nintendo-like pad, Goto came up with a design that had grips on both ends and showed it to Norio Ohga, Sony's president at the time. "I still clearly remember him saying that 'the control stick is the most important part of any game,'" Goto recalled. "Ohga flies airplanes and helicopters, so he used the term 'control stick' to talk about the controller. He really liked the grips on the controller because it let him get a 3D-style grasp on the situation."

Management, however, was still pretty hostile. "They told me that the grip design was simply no good, that gamers wouldn't like it," Goto said. "We did wind up switching to a flatter controller design, and that survived all the way to the point where it was time to start making molds. Just around then, though, we had a 'creative report,' an internal presentation where assorted groups showed their current in-progress work to the top brass. During that report I showed off the flat controller design, explaining that this is how game consoles work right now, and Ohga was totally livid at me. 'This is no good! Change it! What was wrong with what you showed me earlier?' It was a huge boost for me, him saying that in front of everybody -- it made me feel like I had it right all along."