Foolz/ Homr, watching the Finals? I'm backing the Pies. Aftrr a good start VERY sloppy play from both sides, but they tightened it up.  Foolz are you not from StK?

aspro said:

You got a list of them yet? I'd like to see what you have beaten this year.

Over at the ring of fire we all have our lists. Here is mine.

Games Beaten:

1. Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time
2. Bayonetta
3. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
4. Sonic and Knuckles
5. Sonic Advance 2
6. Dragon Age: Origins
7. God of War 2
8. God of War 3
9. Mega Man 10
10. Final Fantasy 13
11. Heavy Rain
12. GTA: Lost and the Damned
13. GTA: Ballad of Gay Tony
14. Phantasy Star 0
15. Sonic Rush
16. De Blob
17. Big Bang Mini
18. Super Mario Galaxy 2
19. Super Mario Bros.
20. Cave Story
21. X-Com UFO Defense
22. Sin and Punishment 2
23. Zelda TP
24. Zelda Alttp
25. Metroid Fusion
26. Donkey Kong Country 2
27. Cursed Mountain
28. Klonoa
29. Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
30. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
31. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
32. Legacy of Kain: Defiance
33. Metroid 2
34. Metroid Other M
35. Super Metroid

Hours Played:

• Ratchet ACIT - 20 hours
• Bayonetta - 56 hours
• Genesis Collection - 7 hours
• Sonic Unleashed - 1 hour
• Dragon Age Origins - 75 hours
• Demos- 15 hours
• Blaster Master Overdrive - 3 hours
• Resident Evil 5 - 27 hours
• Sonic Advance 2 - 2 hours
• God of War 2 - 13 hours
• Final Fantasy 13 - 70 hours
• Mega Man 10 - 5 hours
• God of War 3 - 31 hours
• Heavy Rain - 25 hours
• Super Mario Galaxy - 3 hours
• Big Bang Mini - 6 hours
• Phantasy Star 0 - 15 hours
• GTA: Episodes - 50 hours
• Little Big Planet - 9 hours
• Sonic Rush - 2 hours
• De Blob - 20 hours
• Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 30 hours
• Super Mario Bros. - 2 hours
• Cursed Mountain - 7 hours
• Sin and Punishment 2 - 5 hours
• 3D Dot Game Heroes - 20 hours
• Zelda Twilight Princess - 32 hours
• Cave Story - 5 hours
• World of Goo - 1 hour
• X-Com - 28 hours
• Zelda Alttp - 14 hours
• Metroid Fusion - 6 hours
• DKC2 - 5 hours
• Klonoa - 6 hours
• Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain - 21 hours
• Klonoa 2 - 1 hour
• The World Ends With You - 17 hours
• Soul Reaver - 16 hours
• Soul Reaver 2 - 10 hours
• Defiance - 13 hours
• Metroid 2 - 6 hours
• Metroid Other M - 20 hours
• Super Metroid - 8 hours

Total hours played - 738 hours

Dvader said:

Leo was right, Enslaved demo was pretty damn cool. More on it later.

I got to play it tonight and it was impressive. I must hand it to Ninja Theory, they are one of the best at virtual acting and facial modeling. The cutscenes look superb, the voice acting seems great so it has that side covered. The gameplay fells very Uncharted but replacing gunplay with melee combat. The combat was simplistic, the usual Square and Triangle combos with a block button.

What was most impressive was the camera work, it frames every moment of the action in the most exciting kind of way. When you are attack an enemy the camera moves in with every blow usually ending with a cool cinematic finishing move. During the platforming sections ( handled exactly like Uncharted) you get some shots that are downright jaw dropping. They mastered the art of the epic camera shot.

The trailer at the end of the demo sold me on the game. It looks to be much more than just a simple brawler. I can't wait to see reviews as they should be coming any moment now.

lol, well I got what I wanted. What an incredibly stupid system, though. :X

Edit: same day as Melbourne derby. Fuck you AFL.

Edi2: parklife same day as well lol. Failure.

I'm about to embark on an interesting project.

I just picked up an Xbox Shenmue II, so I can't wait to see what I've missed out on all these years...and if it'll actually be playable on the 360.

Agnates said:

Did you play the first? I think people who play the first appreciate II more. II is more gamey with more stuff to do but it doesn't show what drives Ryo that well, though there are still cool set pieces. The first is my favorite though, it's more adventure-like, you get to know the people in the small town Yokosuka more, etc. It has better atmosphere basically, despite the bad dub (which II on Dreamcast didn't have as they used the Japanese audio, while the Xbox port went back to the same English voice cast). You'll probably need some time to get used to the controls and style, both out of and in fights as the former is unlike modern games and the latter is like a dodgy version of Virtua Fighter. How come you got it though? If you like it you'll just be sad there's no end to the story...

Edit: oh, I forgot II has that digest movie showing the gist of what happened in the first, but it's different playing it. Watch that first though, even if you cringe at the audio, you will need to get used to it for the sequel anyway.

Never played the original, seeing as I never had the means to. I mostly picked it up out of sheer curioisity - I never owned an Xbox back in the day, and it's one of those things I saw recently and thought that it'd be at least worth playing, just to see what all the fuss was about. It'll also be the same excuse if I happen to come across Panzer Dragoon Orta or Jet Set Radio Future. It's also the way I plan to catch up on Oddworld, because the same store had a copy of Munch's Oddysee that I'll need to play one of these days.

There is the digest, but there's also a DVD movie that comes with the game that goes even further. Picking it up used though, it doesn't have it - but I found the full thing (I think - it's 90 minutes long) on Google Video, so I'll brush up on that before I start.

darthhomer said:

Agnates said:

Did you play the first? I think people who play the first appreciate II more. II is more gamey with more stuff to do but it doesn't show what drives Ryo that well, though there are still cool set pieces. The first is my favorite though, it's more adventure-like, you get to know the people in the small town Yokosuka more, etc. It has better atmosphere basically, despite the bad dub (which II on Dreamcast didn't have as they used the Japanese audio, while the Xbox port went back to the same English voice cast). You'll probably need some time to get used to the controls and style, both out of and in fights as the former is unlike modern games and the latter is like a dodgy version of Virtua Fighter. How come you got it though? If you like it you'll just be sad there's no end to the story...

Edit: oh, I forgot II has that digest movie showing the gist of what happened in the first, but it's different playing it. Watch that first though, even if you cringe at the audio, you will need to get used to it for the sequel anyway.

Never played the original, seeing as I never had the means to. I mostly picked it up out of sheer curioisity - I never owned an Xbox back in the day, and it's one of those things I saw recently and thought that it'd be at least worth playing, just to see what all the fuss was about. It'll also be the same excuse if I happen to come across Panzer Dragoon Orta or Jet Set Radio Future. It's also the way I plan to catch up on Oddworld, because the same store had a copy of Munch's Oddysee that I'll need to play one of these days.

There is the digest, but there's also a DVD movie that comes with the game that goes even further. Picking it up used though, it doesn't have it - but I found the full thing (I think - it's 90 minutes long) on Google Video, so I'll brush up on that before I start.

Shenmue 1 and 2 both need to be played IMO

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/25/jiro_ishii_no_ace_attorney/

     Jiro Ishii Says No to Ace Attorney Reports

428 scenario writer only working on Time Travelers.

The answer to today's earlier headline "Is Level-5 Making a New Ace Attorney" is apparently no.

A few hours after posting a mysterious Tweet that some (including sweet innocent me!) took to mean he might be working with Capcom's Shu Takumi on a new Ace Attorney game, Level-5's Jiro Ishii cleared things up with another Tweet: "A misunderstanding seems to be spreading, so let me say that I'm currently working only on Time Travelers."

(Time Travelers, incidentally, is the reason Ishii moved from Chunsoft to Level-5. Read about it here.)

The whole "Gyakuten XX" thing ("Gyakuten" being the first part of the Japanese name for Ace Attorney) in Ishii's original Tweet appears to have just been some sort of little gag with Square Enix's Jin Fujisawa. The two had had dinner the night before, and the Tweet was part of some "thank you" formalities.

Perhaps Ishii and Fujisawa had entertained themselves during dinner with a round of "Gyakuten XX" (admittedly a fun game) and had chosen to continue the game on to Twitter. Little did they know that just a few days prior Capcom's Keiji Inafune had made some comments about working with Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino on a project of some form.

gamingeek said:

Holy crap

A look inside Level-5's new offices

More pics here

Nice joint.

gamingeek said:

SteelAttack said:

gamingeek said:

Holy crap

A look inside Level-5's new offices

More pics here

Nice joint.

This is ridiculous. How much money do these guys make? Swankiest dev house I've ever seen.

Not enough to have a place like that. This should be Kojima's place, or Mikami's.