LET'S ARGUE ABOUT VIDEO GAMES

[Dr. Boogie]

I'd like to second that by saying that multiplayer added playability to RE5. The fact that you had to be so careful with what resources you gave to your AI packmule meant that I only wound up giving her stuff I wouldn't mind losing. And it was made all the worse knowing that in RE4, you could just stow your companion in a dumpster while you took care of business.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Awwwwwwwww

[Dr. Boogie]

Well shit. I own the PC version, but only the GFWL version.

[Fathom Zero]

It's the same. Any game that uses GFWL that is sold on Steam has both the GFWL and the Steam overlay.

Two overlays.

[Dr. Boogie]

Originally Posted by Fathom Zero

It's the same. Any game that uses GFWL that is sold on Steam has both the GFWL and the Steam overlay.

Two overlays.

I have the retail version, though. Straight GFWL.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

[Guitar Woman]

Can't everyone just agree that Steam's good enough to be ubiquitous, and have every PC game ever be integrated with it?

Especially Blizzard. I hate hate hate battle.net.

[Dr. Boogie]

It's a tough call on GFWL. On the one hand, I like being able to play PC games and earn cheevos tied to my XBLA account. On the other hand, I like my PC games to work.

[Fathom Zero]

It's never bothered me any. Really, as much as Steam has bothered me, which is never. But maybe I put up with a lot without knowing.

[Dr. Boogie]

Some guy on a forum claimed that Steam made his computer run less great, but I haven't noticed anything like that with mine.

Mt only real issue with Steam, apart from not giving you extra copies of games when you get them again through package deals, is what happens when they decide to move on to the next big thing. There's no sign of this happening anytime in the foreseeable future, but I do wonder what will happen with all these download-only games once the company stops providing hosting space.

[Fathom Zero]

The same can be said of any downloadable game, really. And it does suck. The only thing I could say is to copy all of the game data and eventually someone'll work up a patch if Steam doesn't exist anymore.

It's like that for a lot of old games, too. People'll figure it out if that happens.

[Dr. Boogie]

Oh yeah, I don't mean I'm only worried about it with Steam. I do wonder what will happen with consoles, though. I'm guessing the end result in that case will be having to mod your console and pirating the discontinued games.

[Fathom Zero]

Or they'll just be emulated on the supercomputers of the future.

[Dr. Boogie]

Foo on optimism.

[Fathom Zero]

Man cannot exceed speeds of thirty miles an hour, or surely he will perish!

[Tadao]

Steam can only be as awesome as it's CEO's are awesome. If they took on every PC game, they would only expand their man power as far as they can stretch a dollar. This is why they have already let a small percentage down. They, like any company, can't handle the whole world.

[Dimnos]

Some of you proabably already know, but I just found out! Metal Gear, Zone of Enders, and Silent Hill HD collections announced!

http://www.destructoid.com/metal-gea...d-202710.phtml

http://www.destructoid.com/silent-hi...d-202713.phtml

[Fathom Zero]

I am excited. So fucking stooooooooked. Especially the ZoE stuff. And I'll finally have a chance to play Peacewalker - yayayayayayayay

[Phoenix Gamma]

Peace Walker is so fucking good. I was totally hooked on it when it came out, and Konami needed to recoup losses because they used as many people to make it as MGS4, but forgot no one buys PSP games.

Also, Kinect is fucking ruining E3 for me so far. Microsoft's conference was shit, and Kinect snuck into EA's and Ubisoft's conferences as well. I don't need Kinect in Mass Effect 3. Cut it out. Microsoft pulled a full-on "2008 Nintendo" this year with the only two not-awful games being Halo HD Remix and Halo 4 (do people even care about Halo anymore? I thought that's what Gears of War and Call of Duty were for...)

I'm pulling for Nintendo and Sony this year, but Sony has a FIVE HOUR PRESENTATION WHAT

[Dimnos]

I stopped caring about Halo after 2, GoW after the first, and CoD after Word at War.

[Fathom Zero]

I eventually warmed up to the Wiimote and nunchuk fucked-up controller scheme of the Wii, but I didn't think it was that good. But I really really don't like this new hot mess, myself.



I'll give them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the weight, coz the thing looks heavy, but I'm sure they'll work wizardry or something for it. It still looks ungainly.

It reminds me of a Sega Pico and VMU smashed together.

But yeah, it'll sell or something.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Originally Posted by Fathom Zero

I eventually warmed up to the Wiimote and nunchuk fucked-up controller scheme of the Wii, but I didn't think it was that good. But I really really don't like this new hot mess, myself.



I'll give them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the weight, coz the thing looks heavy, but I'm sure they'll work wizardry or something for it. It still looks ungainly.

It reminds me of a Sega Pico and VMU smashed together.

But yeah, it'll sell or something.

I've seen videos of people holding it. It's actually a lot smaller than it appears in photos. Smaller than an iPad, for sure. Also, Nintendo spent months designing the plastic wheel to Mario Kart Wii to get the weight just right. They're super obsessive about that shit.

It's only one controller per console that can be connected. Otherwise, it's all Wiimotes.

Stupid.

Just for now. Miyamoto says it's entirely possible to do more, or bring one to a friend's.

[Fathom Zero]

Originally Posted by Phoenix Gamma

Also, Nintendo spent months designing the plastic wheel to Mario Kart Wii to get the weight just right.

lol. I hated the wheel and the way it felt. I had to hold it with my fingertips like a frisbee because of my long hands. It sounds like I'll have the opposite problem, then. Also, the people that've seen it in person said it's like seven or eight wiimotes sat beside one another - that's pretty big to me. But if it's held like a skateboard, I suppose it doesn't matter. It's just going to be another Nintendo peripheral to me, left in a stack of wheels and guns and 3rd party wiimotes and straps and chargers and cords and every other Nintendo doohickey I own.

[OxBlood]

Originally Posted by Phoenix Gamma

Also, Nintendo spent months designing the plastic wheel to Mario Kart Wii to get the weight just right. They're super obsessive about that shit.

What? They actually spent time designing that useless piece of plastic? You know how I play Mario Kart? With the classic controller. As one should

[Chojin]

Originally Posted by OxBlood

What? They actually spent time designing that useless piece of plastic? You know how I play Mario Kart? With the classic controller. As one should

if you're some kinda fag with something to prove

my first console had one button and a flight stick, yet i don't get all gay for retro controllers. follow my example, deutschbag.