After reading the whole topics posts I cant believe that Age of Conan only got mentioned several times.
Ya I also noticed that. I am also surprised about how many people have never even heard of it when I bring it up to people. I just learned of it about several months ago and started really following it the past couple months and to me it looks amazing. With WAR being delayed to fall now I have seen alot of people talking about playing AoC till WAR releases. If AoC turns out to be as good as us AoC fans are hoping I bet alot of people will stick around even after WAR finnaly gets released. I think and hope AoC is going to be a big hit but who knows.
I sure see alot of posts here about spore. Looks really cool and everything but it's coming from EA, does that concern anyone else besides me? I can't buy the game because I am commited to never buying an EA product ever again even if it's the greatest game ever and only published by them and produced and maintained by an amazing company just owned by EA.
Why would people be concerned about your commitment to EA?
If it is going to be good, people will buy it en masse. I am cautious about it though (and that is because its from EA), I will not be in line buying on the first day but if the game is received well, and I like what I see, I do not care who is publishing it.
I just bought Crysis (found it at good discount value) and it's a fine game, also published by EA. It's not all rubbish what they do, but they do deserve my cautious attitude as I've been burned a few times in the past as well.
The things that gives me a lot of hope about spore is they pushed back the release date. Also the demo of spore on the iPhone given 2 weeks of work was amazing. Seems they are working more on porting rather than gameplay because gameplay issues were mostly resolved. That tells me that they are making sure it is a major bug free release. I think EA knows spore will be their next major franchise to replace the SIMS so it had better be great.
I'll definitely give AoC a go. I've played a few MMOs and my favorite, by far, was lineage II. That game has basically imploded due to botting/farming and I'm hoping that AoC will be a good substitute. I'm hoping that it is as chaotic and raw as L2 - the gameplay trailers make it look pretty nutty.
I sure see alot of posts here about spore. Looks really cool and everything but it's coming from EA, does that concern anyone else besides me? I can't buy the game because I am commited to never buying an EA product ever again even if it's the greatest game ever and only published by them and produced and maintained by an amazing company just owned by EA.
EA gave me Battlefield 2, and for that I am eternally grateful
may i say Alan Wake again?
plus black mesa: source, and far cry 2.
Want to do the whole 5 games in order when black mesa and episode 3 come out: Black mesa: source, Half Life 2, ep1, ep2 & ep3.
I just know deep in my bones that the gman wont be defeated or even confronted at the end of ep3, but hey ho.
Alan Wake looks good but if they don't do Max Payne 3 I will be very dissapointed.
And HL2 Episode 3, hell yea. it sooo will be awesome. I just feel that Valve will make another great game with a killer ending that leaves you both satisfied and confused asking lots more questions.
Um this is the PC Gaming forum. Not PS3. Besides PS3 sucks. Just a lower grade rip off of PC hardware.
My buddy got a PS3 when it first come out and spent the ridiculous price. Even now he admits it being the biggest waste of money, he also has a 360 and a Wii and plays them both considerably more than his PS3. Doesn't take much though to figure out the playstation this time around his definitely not doing do great. Then again it gets a little victory with blue-ray winning but still on the gaming end its kind of lacking.
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My buddy got a PS3 when it first come out and spent the ridiculous price. Even now he admits it being the biggest waste of money, he also has a 360 and a Wii and plays them both considerably more than his PS3. Doesn't take much though to figure out the playstation this time around his definitely not doing do great. Then again it gets a little victory with blue-ray winning but still on the gaming end its kind of lacking.
Agreed. I just hate when people use the "PS3 has Blu-Ray built in" argument for why its better than anything else. For a gaming console, the movie section doesn't matter. Same with PC. Although a HTPC does matter there but its better than a PS3 cuz you can have like 41TB HD in a RAID0 for a 4TB Tivo. Can PS3 do that? I think not.
And I didn't know that it was a PC Gaming forum, sorry. but why the PS3 sucks ? I think that the ps3 don't sucks!!
To come back to the topic, I find call of duty 4 great!!
Thats your opinion. In my opinion any gaming console is much more inferior to the PC. All they do is use PC technologies such as HDMI, CPUs, GPUs, USB, and the list just goes on and on and on. And then the PC gets crapped on for games by the developers since they only care about money. If PC gaming were to have died, consoles would never have had the technology to push their gaming this far.
Also I really despise most foreign goods as they are taking over the world. They are cheaper made and usually cheaper quality. I had a pair of Sony(Japanese) headphones mad in China(ironic really since they hate eachother) and one of the headphines broke in less than a month of use.
On th topic, I was looking forward to C&C3: Kanes Wrath and its out and have it so yaya!!!!!!!!
Of course, pc is better than a ps3, and anything else. BUt just in the market of console (x360, ps3,wii) I prefer the ps3, i hate people who say ps3 sucks. Nowadays every nextgen console is good. Just different
Of course, pc is better than a ps3, and anything else. BUt just in the market of console (x360, ps3,wii) I prefer the ps3, i hate people who say ps3 sucks. Nowadays every nextgen console is good. Just different
PS3 sucks!
All kidding aside, looking at a purely interface level, the PS3 is hands down the worst of the three. On a games selection level it is worse than the 360 by a long shot and, in my opinion, worse than the Wii by a slim margin. In the value add department, it wins handily with it's built in Bluray and free online, but for me at least, these are not reasons why I buy a games console. Generally the only multiplayer I tend to play is with friends at home.
For my purposes, the PS3 sucks and for anyone looking to play games I would recommend the 360 for it's vastly superior library, interface, and online functionality.
Also I really despise most foreign goods as they are taking over the world. They are cheaper made and usually cheaper quality. I had a pair of Sony(Japanese) headphones mad in China(ironic really since they hate eachother) and one of the headphines broke in less than a month of use.
Wow, soon as you said that I had a flashback of all the PS2's I've worked on over the years. Electronically/Mechanically the Playstation 2 was the biggest pile I have ever seen. I lost track of how many lasers I had to clean and in the rare instances replace... (They had talk of using separate lasers but ended up putting both on a cheap one, they burnt out often too from normal use.) Not to mention I believe since release all the way to the last one there are about 14 different Playstation 2's.
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WHAT? They are porting FF8 to the PS3? And why would you look forward to that? That game was terrible.
So true, I've beaten 7/9/10/10-2/12 and they all were great(7 my favorite, Cmon' nothing beats the Cid Highwind of 7) I was able to reach the boss of 8 at a very low level I believe around low 30's I forget, but it was nearly impossible to beat. I even got to the very last form of the end boss but that's when I died. And it's not one of those bad trys, I literally went mad and tried at least thirty times NO exaggeration at all. So I decided the hell with it and tried to leave to lvl up(BTW which is horribly broke, in all other FF's I have never seen the exp gain so broken.) The bad thing was I was stuck, no way out, no way to get items or power up and the last save outside was a awhile back so I just gave up. I didn't like the use of the 'summon's and combat just seemed clunky.
BTW EVE online is having a new big expansion, I want to check that out...
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Wow, soon as you said that I had a flashback of all the PS2's I've worked on over the years. Electronically/Mechanically the Playstation 2 was the biggest pile I have ever seen. I lost track of how many lasers I had to clean and in the rare instances replace... (They had talk of using separate lasers but ended up putting both on a cheap one, they burnt out often too from normal use.) Not to mention I believe since release all the way to the last one there are about 14 different Playstation 2's.
Not to mention that the early versions PS2's lasers would slowly go bad. First they would stop reading CDs/PS1 disks. Then DVD movies. The PS2 disks. Every one did. I just don't like Sony products. They are cheap and low grade. Can anyone say exploding laptop battery or DRM screw up?
Alan Wake looks good but if they don't do Max Payne 3 I will be very dissapointed.
Now why would you prefer a Max Payne 3 over something like Alan Wake?? The Max Payne story has been told. Sure, you can vary on it, tweak it to a slow sequel death, as so many developers do these days once they've produced a winner but I have infinitely more craving for a new piece of art from a developer that has proven itself time and again than yet another sequel.
As a developer studio can only handle so much work at a time, this idiotic demand for more sequels is competing with new stories and innovative gameplay. Please stop it and your disappointment will be gone when Alan Wake hits the stores. You won't even remember Max Payne after that, if only as an nostalgic afterthought.
Now why would you prefer a Max Payne 3 over something like Alan Wake?? The Max Payne story has been told. Sure, you can vary on it, tweak it to a slow sequel death, as so many developers do these days once they've produced a winner but I have infinitely more craving for a new piece of art from a developer that has proven itself time and again than yet another sequel.
As a developer studio can only handle so much work at a time, this idiotic demand for more sequels is competing with new stories and innovative gameplay. Please stop it and your disappointment will be gone when Alan Wake hits the stores. You won't even remember Max Payne after that, if only as an nostalgic afterthought.
For some Alan Wake will fill the void that Max Payne was but for others it wont. Thats like Valve stopping HL2 after Episode 3 and coming out with another game. Not always will it fill the void trust me.
Only reason why I wiould like to see another Max Payne is that the storys are always sooo good. Alan Wake looks good but I would still like to see what Max Payne 3 would be. If it be the death of Max Payne then so be it but I would like to see another Noir with such nice effects. Plus bullet time always makes me feel good.
But who knows. I know a lot of good games are set for 2008. Spore, we already hace C&C3 Kanes Wrath which is interesting cuz it begins after C&C2:Teberian Sun and goes from the rebuilding of NOD to the end of C&C3 and beyond. I also wounder what happened to the Orange Tiberium and the Ion Storms. Oh well. I guess we will have to wait to see what happens this year.
I'm looking forward to The Force Unleashed. Looks good, hope it delivers. Hope they make a PC version or else I will get a 360.
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Ok, back to the topic, I will probably wet myself when i get hold of Star Craft II, i seriously can't wait
I very certain you can actually pre-order if you have a local gamestop nearby. Also for those that are wanting Warhammer Online, thats also available with the super duper deluxe edition for pre-order.
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List:
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (set for release Q2 2008)
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (set for release 2008..."whenever it's ready)
Spore (set for release 7 sept 2008)
Starcraft 2 (Initial date Q3 or Q4 2008, but will be released when it's done.)
All the Blizzard games are released "whenever they're ready", but I think that's a great thing. ^^ I can't think of a single Blizzard game that I didn't find fun or entertaining.
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