Dvader said:

Edge please remove that face from your avatar, thanks.

gamingeek said:

Who said anything about less conceptual effort? No, whilst production of the current game is ongoing you have a separate team working on new concepts and gameplay, story and art direction for the next game. Then the production of the next game hits the ground running.

The only thing they greatly change from game to game is the art style. The basic gameplay has been the same more or less since the N64 days. So if they made a new one based on this model every say two years, it would get boring as hell.

I played through the first mission of a game just now, that I've always wanted to check out since 2003 but never have.

PN03 on the Gamecube.

First off let me say now, this game deserved a sequel just based on how hot the chick is. I mean, hottest Capcom chick ever....she's like a slutty Jill Valentine in a hot future suit. The actual is isn't that bad. It feels like a futuristic Devil May Cry, but not as well thought out. There was potential here. The one thing that I don't like so far is the controls...very strange. If they had designed the controls in a more standard way the game would be much better. But I did enjoy the beginning. Hopefully there's some variety to the levels...we'll see.

Also, nice that the game actually runs in widescreen. Hell most Wii games didn't do that. Nevermind Cube. Will play more.

edgecrusher said:

I'd also rather have that 2nd team you're talking about work on a completely different franchise. Nintendo needs to break out of the Mario and Zelda reliance. I know they have other stuff obviously, but you know what I mean.

edgecrusher said:

I played through the first mission of a game just now, that I've always wanted to check out since 2003 but never have.

PN03 on the Gamecube.

First off let me say now, this game deserved a sequel just based on how hot the chick is. I mean, hottest Capcom chick ever....she's like a slutty Jill Valentine in a hot future suit. The actual is isn't that bad. It feels like a futuristic Devil May Cry, but not as well thought out. There was potential here. The one thing that I don't like so far is the controls...very strange. If they had designed the controls in a more standard way the game would be much better. But I did enjoy the beginning. Hopefully there's some variety to the levels...we'll see.

Also, nice that the game actually runs in widescreen. Hell most Wii games didn't do that. Nevermind Cube. Will play more.

Loved that game back in the day.  I'll often consider playing it again, but that hasn't happened by lack of time.  Yes, I have not found the time to play a short game a second time in over 15 years...

The levels are hugely repetitive though, to the point where chambers are reused multiple times throughout the game.  The combat is super stylish.  There's nothing like dodging the impact of a heat-seeking missile by just sidestepping a split-second before it strikes, or being near missed by a matter of inches by lasers as they zap past you on either side.  Boss battles were good fun as well.

Well, yesterday's Steam Link multiplayer test was succesful.  I think that in about 4 hours play, I noticed some artifacting only once.  What was more obvious however, was the utter lack of small local multiplayer games on Steam that don't involve jumping around in a 2D plane.  My friend, being the hermit that he is, isn't too fond of one less dimension and precision platforming.  In the end we ended up getting black and white bushido.  It's a fast 2D brawler in the vain of smash bros, if smash bros gave you only one standard attack with one hit kills.  The gimmick is that the background is monochromatic, as are the players and AI characters, meaning that you'll need to be keeping a good eye on where everyone is at all times.

It was pretty good fun.  Matches are fast and it's easy to succumb to just having one more go.  Not sure if it's something we'll be returning to often though.

SupremeAC said:

Well, yesterday's Steam Link multiplayer test was succesful.  I think that in about 4 hours play, I noticed some artifacting only once.  What was more obvious however, was the utter lack of small local multiplayer games on Steam that don't involve jumping around in a 2D plane.  My friend, being the hermit that he is, isn't too fond of one less dimension and precision platforming.  In the end we ended up getting black and white bushido.  It's a fast 2D brawler in the vain of smash bros, if smash bros gave you only one standard attack with one hit kills.  The gimmick is that the background is monochromatic, as are the players and AI characters, meaning that you'll need to be keeping a good eye on where everyone is at all times.

It was pretty good fun.  Matches are fast and it's easy to succumb to just having one more go.  Not sure if it's something we'll be returning to often though.

The reason I recommended Lara Croft Guardian of Light is because not only is it cheap now, but it basically plays like Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance. Really good co-op game.

The fuck just happened in Agents of Shield? Ditching those two for a pilot. Bollocks.

SupremeAC said:

Eurogamer has an article about 'useless machines'.

Fixed.

**Oh c'mon now! You know that's what you were expecting to see!**

phantom_leo said:

Fixed.

**Oh c'mon now! You know that's what you were expecting to see!**

Yeah, my first reaction was that it'd be an article about certain consoles as well.    But that gif trumps everything.  I could watch it for hours on end.