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[youtube.com] GT5 full track list video. It takes 3 minutes to go through all of them. OMG! youtube.com media news Dvader
[youtube.com] Gran Turismo 5 is OUT. Some people have it. Video of some guy playing it. Not a crappy cell phone video, does not look like a PSP game. youtube.com media Dvader
[usatoday.com] USA Today interview with Shigeru Miyamoto usatoday.com news Ravenprose
Activision: Black Ops Will Sell 20% Less than MW2 Activision disagrees with analysts wild predictions. industrygamers.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Ed Fries Says Deep Things About Game Design Former Microsoft Games boss gamasutra.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] New Sony Headset for PS3 Smaller, silver and "clever". eurogamer.net news aspro
Valve: Single Player Here To Stay Hints of future use of passive online (as in Demon's Souls). industrygamers.com news aspro
Cresent Pale Mist, PSN game, trailer. Completely insane, looks awesome, only $6. viddler.com media Dvader
[arstechnica.com] Ars Reviews Golden Eye 007 "...a little bit of a refresh, a little bit of a sequel, and a lot badass." arstechnica.com impressions aspro
[siliconera.com] Namco Slashes Sales Projections Hoping for 300K worldwise for Splatterhouse, only 700K for Dead to Rights. siliconera.com news aspro
Fallout New Vegas Shipped 5 Million at Launch Says Bethesda. gamepro.com news aspro
Koei Founder Takes Back Reins of Company CEO leaves after operating loss triples in a year. andriasang.com news aspro
[gonintendo.com] Official PR: Classic Capcom Arcade Titles Coming to Wii Virtual Console Arcade gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[computerandvideogames.com] CVG seriously screws GG over *facepalm* computerandvideogames.com news gamingeek
[ign.com] Sonic Colors DS IGN review 8.5! But the reviewer doesn't seem to know Sonic very well. ign.com impressions Dvader
[ign.com] Sonic Colors IGN review! 8.5! ign.com impressions Dvader
[gamekyo.com] WET 2 announced gamekyo.com news gamingeek
[vooks.net] Goldeneye 007 Vooks review 9.5 vooks.net impressions gamingeek
Rune Factory producer details andriasang.com news gamingeek
[amazon.com] Endless Ocean 2 for $20 at amazon amazon.com news gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Iwata: Developers pro-active about 3DS computerandvideogames.com news gamingeek
Consumer Reports: Kinect Is Not Racist Problem is with light levels, not dark skin. industrygamers.com news aspro
Armed Robbers Steal Black Ops From GameStop I wonder how they got their training? ripten.com news aspro
[gamespot.com] New Games Releases for Nov 7-14 Black Ops, HAWX 2, Rune Factory 3... gamespot.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Rumor: Sledgehammer's new CoD game will be in space With Marines, space marines. gamasutra.com news Dvader
[playstation.com] Kevin Butler's message for Canada You guys get video service now. playstation.com news Dvader
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] ONM CoD Black Ops Wii Review 9.0, sounds like an excellent version. officialnintendomagazine.co.uk impressions Dvader
[gamesradar.com] Sonic Colors Gamesradar review Its hard, whaaaa I die a lot, whaaa. 7/10 gamesradar.com impressions Dvader
[gametrailers.com] Gametrailers likes Sonic DS though. They are still morons. 7.9 gametrailers.com media Dvader
[gametrailers.com] Gametrailers are a bunch of morons. Sonic Colors review, 6.4 gametrailers.com impressions media Dvader
[gameinformer.com] LA Noire Still In Development Trailer coming this week. gameinformer.com news aspro
Nvidia Releases World's Fastest GX10 GPU Geforce GX 10. 2 Billion triangles per second. ripten.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Microsoft Changes NXE, Indie Games Back Complaints were made about Indie games being hidden in new update. gamasutra.com news aspro
Top Selling Japanese Publishers 2010 Level 5 is #7. 1up.com news aspro
Microsoft Wants Changes to Gal Gun Apparently has problem with shooting "love" at school girls. andriasang.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] VIDEO: Black Ops - 360 vs PS3 eurogamer.net media gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Black ops Wii multiplayer footage computerandvideogames.com media gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Full NGamer Sonic Colours review Colours rockets Sonic closer to the stratospheric heights of past glories and hints at a great future computerandvideogames.com impressions gamingeek
1up review Black Ops A minus 1up.com impressions gamingeek
[gamesradar.com] Gamesradar review Black Ops 9/10 gamesradar.com impressions gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Black Ops review round up computerandvideogames.com editorial gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] CVG review Black Ops 9.3 computerandvideogames.com impressions gamingeek
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] Good quality Black Ops Wii footage Albeit from the lacklustre looking first level officialnintendomagazine.co.uk media gamingeek
[metro.co.uk] Black Ops Metro review 9/10 metro.co.uk impressions gamingeek
[gamasutra.com] What next for Call of Duty? gamasutra.com editorial gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] iPhone getting $30 3D addon eurogamer.net news gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Eurogamer review COD Black Ops HD versions 8/10 eurogamer.net impressions gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Activision wants us to report COD Black Ops Bugs I had the game freeze on me twice eurogamer.net news gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] DC Universe Online images gamekyo.com media gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] Harry Potter 7 screens gamekyo.com media gamingeek
[ign.com] DKC Returns has Super Guide from NSMB No more worries about uber difficulty ign.com news gamingeek
[youtube.com] Full Sonic Colours intro youtube.com media gamingeek
[gametrailers.com] Disneyland Epic Mickey video gametrailers.com media gamingeek
[blogspot.com] Metroid 2 fan remake detailed Demo too blogspot.com media gamingeek
[gametrailers.com] Metroid Other M Being Samus video interview gametrailers.com media gamingeek
[gamespot.com] Udraw Wii Tablet Hands-On Impressions "don’t write this off as another toy for kids" gamespot.com impressions aspro
[joystiq.com] Kottick Explains What Happened With Brutal Legend "he personally had nothing to do with the decision to not publish Brutal Legend" joystiq.com news aspro
Miyamoto Notes How 3DS Will Improve Mario Reflects on the franchise in general. industrygamers.com news aspro
[youtube.com] Gran Turismo 5 7-minute intro video Its not that good. youtube.com media Dvader
EA's Marketing Front Registers Bunch of SSX Domains Conjecture: Kinect game. domaintools.com news aspro
[cnn.com] Can you tell me how to get to Super Mario Street? 2 Blocks South of Sonic Ave. Just West of Legend of Zelda Lane! cnn.com news phantom_leo
Black Ops Sales: 7 Million on Day One Let's see, $60 times 7 million... ripten.com aspro
[eurogamer.net] Boulder Dash set for XBLA revival Get ready for Boulder Dash XL eurogamer.net news robio
[arstechnica.com] Details of Black Ops Press Junket Emerge Helicopter rides, 3 days at a spa, personalized flight helmets and more. arstechnica.com news aspro
Tetris may prevent post-traumatic disorder flashbacks. Is there anything Tetris can't do? discovermagazine.com news robio
Weekly Japanese Sales Charts God Eater Burst still on top. andriasang.com news aspro
White Knight Chronicles 2 First Look andriasang.com media aspro
WiiWare game La-Mulana rejected by Nintendo Big N rejected a game? Wow, must really suck. neoseeker.com news robio
[gameinformer.com] Capcom Re-Organizing R&D "will handle both the roles of marketing and product development" gameinformer.com news aspro
200 game characters remade in Mega Man sprites Cool capcom-unity.com news Dvader
Madden coming to the 3DS Features all 32 NFL teams! How is that a feature. news.ea.com news Dvader
[eurogamer.net] Kinect "incredibly liberating for women" Listen to the Spice Girls whilst reading this eurogamer.net news gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Black Ops PC suffering significant lag issues computerandvideogames.com news gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Microsoft sue Motorola over Xbox patents 360 uses Motorola patented tech computerandvideogames.com news gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] PS3 Black Ops problems reported computerandvideogames.com news gamingeek
[gamasutra.com] Critical Reception: Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops Oh damnit they quote Gertsmann and I agree with him gamasutra.com impressions gamingeek
[gamasutra.com] Iwata: 'No Plans To Immediately Cease' DS Support Following 3DS Debut gamasutra.com news gamingeek
[gamasutra.com] Nintendo Dominates Japanese Game Sales For 2010 Thus Far gamasutra.com news gamingeek
[nintendolife.com] Rumour: HOTD Overkill 2 in development Oh sweet jesus be true nintendolife.com news gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Did Gametrailers review a not final version of Sonic? Rumours, juicy rumours gonintendo.com media news gamingeek
[siliconera.com] Marvelous gets lower sales But makes a profit siliconera.com news gamingeek
[gameinformer.com] Sonic Colours Game Informer review 7.0 - is the Sonic Cycle still here? gameinformer.com impressions gamingeek
[destructoid.com] Epic Mickey Destructoid impressions " Epic Mickey has reminded me what Disney used to represent, and how incredible the studio was " destructoid.com impressions gamingeek
[gamespot.com] Crysis 2 Updated Multiplayer Hands-On We sample nanosuit modules and Ambush, the latest multiplayer map revealed for Crysis' New York-set sequel. gamespot.com impressions news Foolz
[gamespot.com] GS Kinect Adventures! Review 7.0 This motion-based minigame collection is inconsistent, but it gives you a good excuse to start leaping and scrambling around with your new Kinect. gamespot.com impressions Foolz
[gamespot.com] GS Black Ops review 9.0 Call of Duty: Black Ops bears the series' standard superbly, delivering an engrossing campaign and exciting competitive multiplayer. gamespot.com impressions Foolz
[msn.com] Hasbro Enters the 3D Gaming Scene $30, plugs into iPhone. msn.com news aspro
[reddit.com] Reddit Dude Raises Good Point About Black Ops Text appears on menus, "multi-player *free* with each copy of Black ops" reddit.com news aspro
[ign.com] Assassin's Creed: The Fall #1 Comic Book Review - 8.0/10 Finally a good videogame based comic book ign.com impressions robio
[gameinformer.com] LA Noire Trailer Rockstar's open world LA Confidential. gameinformer.com media aspro
[gamasutra.com] Reggie Talks About Importance of Holidays to Nintendo "nearly half of all hardware sales for last year came in the last two months" gamasutra.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Retailer GameStop to Sell Sony DLC In-Store Retailer has similar deal with MS. gamasutra.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] EA Takes Over Star Wars MMO Lucas Arts will no longer be working on it. gamasutra.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Nintendo Characters Unite Will compete against each other in a sport game. eurogamer.net news aspro
Pachter: Wii Continues to Struggle "Apple products are cannibalizing dedicated game handheld sales" industrygamers.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] LA Noire Out Mid 2011 360 version confirmed. eurogamer.net news aspro
THQ CEO: $60 Price Point Keeps People From Gaming "the future of gaming lies in cheaper titles with additional content for sale" industrygamers.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] Viacom Planning to Sell Harmonix Smart move. arstechnica.com news aspro
Zenimax (Bethesda) Buys Starbreeze Founders Starbreeze did the Riddick games. 2 founders split and formed new company. gamepro.com news aspro
Tactics Ogre PSP Getting Three FREE DLC Scenarios Screens from first included. andriasang.com media news aspro
[ign.com] IGN: GoldenEye 007 DS review - 5.5 If only N-Space was allowed to just port the original. ign.com editorial ASK_Story
[eurogamer.net] Eurogamer review Sonic Colours Hell has frozen over eurogamer.net impressions gamingeek
[gamesradar.com] The Mario Roast Watch Mario’s friends and rivals ridicule the plumber’s performance in bed, his weight, and his Italian-ness in this very NSFW video... gamesradar.com editorial gamingeek
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] ONM review Sonic Colours 86% "The best 3D outing in a decade" officialnintendomagazine.co.uk impressions gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] DKC Returns -8 minutes of footage gonintendo.com media gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Black Ops is sub-HD on PS3 and 360 PS3 version has screen tear, 20 FPS lower computerandvideogames.com news gamingeek
World Of Goo Dev to Publishers: Create Indie Teams gamesetwatch.com editorial news Ellyoda
[gamesradar.com] Conduit 2 Gamestop special edition For no extra charge - includes 44 page art book gamesradar.com news gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Assassins Creed Brotherhood Review T3 gives it 5/5 computerandvideogames.com impressions gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Prince of Persia trilogy first 10 minutes computerandvideogames.com media gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Gears of War 3: A refinement or a rehash? computerandvideogames.com impressions gamingeek
[metro.co.uk] Bloodstone Metro review 5/10 metro.co.uk impressions gamingeek
[destructoid.com] Destructoid reviews COD Black Ops for PC 6.0 destructoid.com impressions gamingeek
[destructoid.com] Destructoid: Does COD Black Ops suck? Watch the video to find out destructoid.com media gamingeek
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] ONM: Bond or Black Ops? officialnintendomagazine.co.uk editorial gamingeek
[mcvuk.com] PSP 'the biggest disappointment of 2010' mcvuk.com news gamingeek
[gamefront.de] Sly Collection  trailer gamefront.de media gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] Sly Collection images gamekyo.com media gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] Splatterhouse character renders gamekyo.com media gamingeek
Famitsu review details: Sonic Colours and more 1up.com impressions gamingeek
[flickr.com] Epic Mickey character renders flickr.com media gamingeek
SEGA UK promote Sonic Colours in bizaare fashion Seriously?? 1up.com news gamingeek
[vg247.com] Cuba speaks out on Castro Black Ops mission “What the United States couldn’t accomplish in more than 50 years, they are now trying to do virtually" vg247.com news gamingeek
[gamasutra.com] Sony Makes Push For Latin American Market Looking to operate in 19 countries in the region. Bienvenidos! gamasutra.com news aspro
Capcom Announces Next MotoGP Will be released March 2011. nowgamer.com news aspro
Latest "Warning A Huge Podcast" Available Japanese gaming and news. morningproject.com editorial impressions news aspro
[gamingbolt.com] Making Epic Mickey Wii is daunting Spector says Wii and Nintendo have a history of classic platformers gamingbolt.com news gamingeek
[siliconera.com] Little Big Planet Spinoff Game? "Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves" rated by Australian ratings board. siliconera.com news aspro
Yen Exchange Rate Pummels Nintendo Lost 62 billion Yen due to exchange rate. andriasang.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Dragon Quest VI Europe Launch CANCELLED Probably means US release also out of the picture. eurogamer.net news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Square CTO Talks On Challenges and Japan "Japan is not dead" but dev tech needs upgrades. gamasutra.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Mikami Almost Joined Nintendo Joined Capcom instead for free meal. eurogamer.net news aspro
[gametrailers.com] Donkey Kong Country Returns Video Preview Game Trailers Provides Another Glimpse of the Return gametrailers.com impressions media Agnates
[neogaf.com] Reggie says no Wii HD talk until Wii sells 45 million. In the US alone. Crazy man. neogaf.com news Dvader
Black Ops Destroys UK Sales Record 1.4 million on day one. Cor Blimey. nowgamer.com news aspro
Reggie Loves Killing Slimes Nintendo Boss logged over 200 hours in DQ9. ripten.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Disney CEO: Console Market Facing Obvious Challenges Moving Disney more into social, mobile. gamasutra.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] Modder Applies NSMB Graphics to Mario 3 Why couldn't Nintendo have done this for the All-Star game? arstechnica.com news aspro
Shenmue City Unveil Next Week Yu Suzuki will be in attendence to talk about the mobile game. andriasang.com aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Black Ops PS3 fixes coming computerandvideogames.com news gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Mortal Kombat Sub Zero trailer computerandvideogames.com media gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] UFC Move and Kinect fighter coming 2011 Wait, what? Personal Trainer game? Is this a fitness thing? computerandvideogames.com news gamingeek
[destructoid.com] Gran Turismo Release Date is November 24th, 2010! It is less than two weeks away! destructoid.com news phantom_leo
[kotaku.com] GameStop Customer Shot and Killed During Robbery So, naturally, the commentors take the opportunity to crack jokes and bash GS and Call of Duty. People suck. kotaku.com news phantom_leo
Del Toro THQ trilogy is like Mass Effect mmomfg.com news gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood review - 92 in PSM3  computerandvideogames.com news gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Hardcore Kinect game reveals in 2011 Says MS computerandvideogames.com news gamingeek
[metro.co.uk] Metro review Sonic Colours - 7/10 metro.co.uk impressions gamingeek
Kinect costs MS $55 US / £34 to make Is this good value? eetimes.com news gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Saints Row December reveal for movie eurogamer.net news gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Team Meat can't ever do a PS3 version eurogamer.net news gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Epic Mickey "best looking Wii game ever" Says Spector eurogamer.net news gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Schaefer ready to make Psychonauts 2 computerandvideogames.com news gamingeek
[p-nintendo.com] Nintendo unveil latest Wii Bundle Mario Kart, Donkey Kong VC, Wii Sports and more p-nintendo.com media news gamingeek
[gamekyo.com] Bionic commando 2 re-armed Images and video gamekyo.com media gamingeek
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[neogaf.com] Sonic Colors Dolphin HD shots Bring a tissue with you Vader neogaf.com media gamingeek
[destructoid.com] Destructoid Goldeneye Wii review 8.5 destructoid.com impressions gamingeek
Goldeneye 007 Wii TVG review "The single-player is a breakneck ride through classic Bond territory that makes you feel every bit the spy." totalvideogames.com impressions gamingeek
[giantbomb.com] De Blob 2 Giant Bomb quick look giantbomb.com media gamingeek
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[kotaku.com] Kotaku De Blob preview kotaku.com impressions gamingeek
[gameinformer.com] Game Informer Flips Twisted World review 3.5 out of 10! gameinformer.com impressions gamingeek
[gamespot.com] De Blob 2 interview and preview gamespot.com impressions gamingeek
[ign.com] IGN review Black Ops Wii 7.5 ign.com impressions gamingeek
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[joystiq.com] Conduit 2 Joystiq preview Simply put, there wasn't a single moment where I felt like the game was trying to do something new, mechanically or narratively. joystiq.com impressions gamingeek
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[gamespot.com] New Game Releases Nov 14-21 Colors, NBA Jam HD, Need for Speed, Mario v DK (DS)... gamespot.com news aspro
[destructoid.com] This is How Sega Sees Destructoid's Review Editor. ...and this was sent out BEFORE the review of Sonic Colors! Can you blame them? destructoid.com phantom_leo
[destructoid.com] Destructoid review Sonic Colours 4.5 out of 10 - this is a BS review, trust me destructoid.com impressions gamingeek
COD Black Ops Wii review from iNintendo 86 inintendo.net impressions gamingeek
Civ 5 patch Changes Detailed Improvements to the AI pillaging, among others. bigdownload.com news aspro
[gonintendo.com] Western DQ6 in Purgatory Square tweets that it's not dead, and not alive. gonintendo.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] What's Next For Tomb Raider? XBLA game got best Metacritic rating for a Tomb Raider game. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Peggle Coming To PSP Next Week Have you played it? Discuss in comments. eurogamer.net news aspro
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EDGE mag reviews Black Ops 7/10 ""The game isn’t distinct from its predecessors in any important way, and fatigue sets in quicker than before. The feel-good story will have to wait"" next-gen.biz impressions gamingeek
[youtube.com] Sonic Colours Euro launch trailer youtube.com media gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] CVG: The top 7 FPS ever Time to argue computerandvideogames.com editorial gamingeek
Conduit 2 interview Nintendo asked them to NOT include wii speak bitmob.com news gamingeek
G4TV review Goldeneye Wii - 4 out of 5 "Developer Eurocom put a lot of work into this title, and it pays off many times over." g4tv.com impressions gamingeek
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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:16:03
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gamingeek said:

OK. So. They made some of the events somewhat similar to the N64 version. Doesn't look, feel or play like it though. It's basically Call of Duty: 007.

Alright. I'm man enough *and when it comes to manhood, I have MORE than enough* to admit when I am wrong!

You know what? It STILL doesn't feel like it. There was a weightiness and deliberate pacing to the original that is NOT in this version. It almost feels too quick and floaty. Maybe its the Pointer aspects and the Nunchuk? Don't know. That's not to say its a bad game. .

If you need control help check the thread, I've linked some controls from someone else with my own tweaks and then my own ADS control config.

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That being said, here is an excerpt from the Destructoid Review:

This is far from a complaint at all. If you’re going to ape something, ape the best, and the game actually apes quite well. Controls are tight and responsive and easily adjusted for however you want to play. I did buckle and pick up the golden Classic Controller, and I have to say it’s nice, but in the end I played through most of the game using the Wii Remote and Nunchuck combo. This was the first time I had actually switched between standard and motion controls in a single game, and it’s just hard to relinquish the ease of pointing and shooting (and the fun of motion controlled melees) for thumbsticks."

I don't think they aped the best, because for a start COD is far from the best of anything. Secondly, despite there being a similarity of controls and using cover, the level deisgn, AI, pacing, stealth mechanics, even healthbars and a whole host of other stuff make the game play notably differently from COD single player. And not just different, but better. COD is a shooting gallery, Goldeneye plays more like Halo when the action gets heavy and like Goldeneye when you are being stealthy.

Ravenprose said:

I wonder how many of that 5.6 million were Wii copies?

Wii and PC sales made up 4% of that total with 360 having 60% and PS3 making up the rest.

phantom_leo said:

2. GG and Eggie!

LOL Edge would never buy this on Wii. Only I'm crazy enough to do that. Nyaa

And from the looks of things, the 360 is the only version that works. Destructoid gave the PC version a 6.0 and the multiplayer is broken. Then the PS3 version has its own problems:

Black Ops is sub-HD on PS3 and 360 PS3 version has screen tear, 20 FPS lower

And I had some problems with the Wii version freezing and in general with Treyarch's somewhat shoddy treatment of the Wii version.

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:31:36
IGN Black Ops review:

Black Ops is not just a linear game, but sometimes feels like it's on autopilot. Just one example is when you "guide" the takeoff of an SR-71 Blackbird. I tried to not pull back on the flight stick when the game told me to, just to see if there was any other alternative to taking off, but the Blackbird lifted off on its own.

The artificial intelligence of both your friendly soldiers and the enemies you face is pretty poor. Both friendly and enemy soldiers behave like fools for most of the campaign. I once watched a friendly shoot the back of an armored car that he was using for cover for a solid 20 seconds.

There are also a few design flaws and annoyances, not least of all was a game-ending bug in the first level that made me restart the entire mission. No one else in the office ran into that one, but everyone who'd played Black Ops has run into a major design issue at the Battle of Khe Sanh. The mission never tells you what to actually do and even misdirects you.

Oh dear sweet Jesus Christ:

IGN black ops review said:
Wii players can also look forward to solid first-person shooter controls as both the Wii Remote and Classic Controller are very capable peripherals. I preferred the Classic Controller thanks to the dual analog sticks, but there's no doubt the Wii Remote will find a home with some.

This game has some of the best ADS pointer controls ever, but nah, stick to dual analog.

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:40:31

US sales breakdown

DS - 43.1 million

     Wii - 30.4 million

     Xbox 360 - 21.9 million

     PSP - 17.7 million

     PS3 - 13.5 million

Wii installed base

8.5 million more than 360

     12.7 more than PSP

     16.9 million more than PS3

DS installed base

12.7 million more than Wii

     21.2 million more than 360

     25.4 million more than PSP

     29.6 million more than PS3

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:52:25

26th November, new Wii bundle

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:33:15

Are you asking if it's a good profit?  $100 profit sounds good to me.

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:48:57
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Are you asking if it's a good profit?  $100 profit sounds good to me.

No, good value to the consumer. For the U.S it's a hundred bucks difference.

For the UK it's an $160 difference.

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:12:49

Anyone caught the IGN COD Black Ops review? They savage the single player.

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:29:04
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travo said:

Are you asking if it's a good profit?  $100 profit sounds good to me.

No, good value to the consumer. For the U.S it's a hundred bucks difference.

For the UK it's an $160 difference.

Wow!  Quite a bit of difference.  I would say UK gamers might wanna wait. Of course, I'm waiting as well. Nyaa

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:37:02
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travo said:

Are you asking if it's a good profit?  $100 profit sounds good to me.

No, good value to the consumer. For the U.S it's a hundred bucks difference.

For the UK it's an $160 difference.

Wow!  Quite a bit of difference.  I would say UK gamers might wanna wait. Of course, I'm waiting as well. Nyaa

And Value added tax is going up from 2011 Jan, so it will cost 2.5% more for the UK from then.

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:42:49

My Goldeneye review is up

You what is kinda frustrating? The visuals and level design is really good here. If EA didn't neuter Dead Space Extraction as an on rails game, it could have been a great 3rd person shooter. Based on Goldeneye it's level design and aiming would have kicked ass too. Eurocom made both.

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Also this game has me hankering after some more Bond action. I once rented Nightfire, it was okay but it constantly interupted the gameplay with cutscenes. I will buy that.

Thoughts on other titles I should be looking at?

Rogue Agent?

Everything or Nothing?

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:20:13
ign wii black ops review is a joke  they don't know anything about video games just look at the current top 25 wii games its a joke, but gamespot loves black ops on the wii they gave it a 9.0 and gave goldeneye a 8.5
feel black ops is more of 8.5
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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:03:57
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ign wii black ops review is a joke  they don't know anything about video games just look at the current top 25 wii games its a joke, but gamespot loves black ops on the wii they gave it a 9.0 and gave goldeneye a 8.5
feel black ops is more of 8.5
Not to mention they have the page full of the HD version's videos, for what reason exactly is that? Wtf?

Anyway! Oh God. He's back!
Shenmue City Sees Full Unveiling Next Week
Yu Suzuki and Segata Sanshiro to take the stage at press conference
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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:49:16
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Not to mention they have the page full of the HD version's videos, for what reason exactly is that? Wtf?


          Anyway! Oh God. He's back!
Shenmue City Sees Full Unveiling Next Week

          Yu Suzuki and Segata Sanshiro to take the stage at press conference

he said

The Good

  • Thrilling variety throughout campaign
  • Fractured story creates an intriguing atmosphere
  • New multiplayer currency system is invigorating
  • Combat Training lets anyone enjoy multiplayer excitement
  • Cl assic Controller and voice chat support.

The Bad

  • Short campaign

Online connectivity issues.

and that was the most epic video i have ever seen and if we had ad's like that on t.v in n/a for Sega Saturn it wouldn't have bombed, and hell yes finally news  on shenmue city

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:06:27
You've never seen the commercials?! Fix it! In many he beats people up for not gaming and instead doing useless things like going out to play sports or dance! 19 is his epic, epic ending to save SEGA. It would be sweet to get one where he returns from space to present SEGA's next console, heh. Maybe with a somewhat changed name/persona to match the new system's name instead of Saturn (COSMIC RAYS SIDE EFFECTS)!

This is now the single most epic post thevgpress will ever have.
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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:19:19

i just spent a while on youtube checking out the videos man the death of the sega saturn was  a bit sad, i was always displeased that i never had a chance to own one

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:51:49
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i just spent a while on youtube checking out the videos man the death of the sega saturn was  a bit sad, i was always displeased that i never had a chance to own one

It's a good, but not great system.  I have around 40 games for it, and while there are some gems few hold up.  I think it suffered mostly for having to deal with the developer learning curve on what to do with polygonal graphics and the CD.

In this day and age would I reccomend buying one and hunting down games for it? No, just wait for it to hit some form of virtual console.

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:56:04

Deniro and Pesci in Uncharted movie? Ugh.  Hope you like ham.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-12-de-niro-pesci-for-uncharted-movie

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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:02:11

Meh, the main problem isn't that they don't hold up because they do (as many of them were 2D, like SNK, Capcom and Treasure games - not that there aren't 3D games that hold up). The main problem is that there are either sequels or alternatives (Capcom's beat 'em ups for example), with the exception of in house things like Dragon Force, Panzer Dragoon Saga, and the like, some of which are often too costly. Great system.

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