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Schwaltzvald

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  1. is it really possible to have a shooter these days that doesn't store some loli anime girl?

    Where are all the awesome space-ships?

    If you're going to do something like that at least do what

    and its
    did, and make the heroines these bad-ass anime babes!

    There's always the gradius series which is available on the PSP from 1 to 4. The fifth game was a PS2 game but it should be easy to find. Also there are plenty of space shooters but the thing is they are often now of the doujin variety rather than corporately made.

    Then again regardless if a spaceship or a girl is used, I'd always have fun. Besides Gradius V I tend to find most space shooters not as challenging. Hence my propensity to games like Touhou Project where I can find the challenge I search and yearn for.

    There are the cave games but they are slow to come out and often squandered to sticking on the 360 only these days; or worse the ipads. Another issue is getting them over here to play rather than relying on localization efforts. At least with Touhou I can just import a game disk and download an english patch, can't say the same for CAVE games.

  2. the external battery on a cord thing... yeah, it might work as a power source, but having that extra bit of hardware is kind of an issue. I rather like having the battery not hanging from the device.

    It's a least a step up from an aesthetically breaking slide-in pad that eats batteries imo. I'm also looking forward to getting the cards rather than digital downloads; what with the price gouges on the memory sticks. Rather have that disk space for something else.

  3. No, since it doesn't require it for those games, I don't see a point. Some might, but I'm not really seeing a need for it. I think it's more of a way to pander to the third party companies to port their Vita games over and vice versa.

    Ditto,

    Aside from killing the 3DS aesthetics, needing triple A batteries rather than be an extension to the battery that the 3DS has. It reminds me of this old variation of Pac-man portable I had way back. Best left home than taken with you.

    Also what about those that went with the nyko battery pack, what the hell will they do if Nyko doesn't make their own version of the slide pack? By the end of that you may as well be holding a brick.

  4. I think you should know that Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is the V.O. director in charge of the HD Collection

    Oh I'm aware of it, just not sure it was the best idea for Mary. Perhaps I need to play the HD collection rather than just see parts of her performance to really appreciate the changes. On the video clip though, rather than sounding as if she was being recorded on a old video-recorder at that scene with Mary at the hotel, it just sounded as if she was right next to you ad-libbing along side you rather than from the TV's speakers.

  5. Was allowed to go home earlier than usual with no loss of pay.

    I'm supposed to wait for either a phone call from my supervisor in the morning real early or if the building manager decides to keep it closed until its done its inspections.

    Its not so much the actual quake itself that did some serious harm as its the possibilities of broken gas lines/electrical boxes shorting out and causing fires or worse explosions to go along with any possible fire.

  6. links: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112364-Notch-Challenges-Bethesda-to-Lawsuit-Deathmatch

    http://notch.tumblr.com/post/9038258448/hey-bethesda-lets-settle-this

    I think Notch might be one of the coolest people on this planet. The idea that legal lawsuits could be settled in deathmatch arena thrills me. In the near future, companies would hire pro e-sport teams to represent themselves in legal combats. Am I the only one that wants to see this happen?

    Problem is who's gonna be hiring whom.

    I'm suddenly envisioning Activision hiring the likes of "myg0t" cheaters/griefers of five, seven years ago to win the arenas for them.

    Would be nice but wouldn't work if we know one side is deliberately right and yet gets trounced by the other side.

  7. One scene that was really funny was where Vincent is eating with Katherine (his long-term girlfriend) when Catherine calls him on his cell phone. He answers because he doesn't recognize the number, then manages to quickly hang up in a very awkward way. Then, he hears her show up at the restaurant he's in and freaks out, telling Katherine he needs to go to the bathroom in order to escape. It's a ridiculous moment, but there's a sense of reality in it, and you truly feel for Vincent during these times, despite laughing at the whole thing.

    The scene is all the more amplified when this little number starts playing in the background all the while you're watching Vincent trying his very best to stay in one piece on the outside.

    At least I do recall hearing it play when I got to that point, not sure if the track changes if you had a different outcome.

  8. And that was Nintendo's DS market? What?

    The old DS was actually alright in price and a decent library right around when the Lite rendition took off. 3DS now doesn't really provide anything as compelling as the earlier two; In my opinion of course.

    Much like how I don't see the Wii U being any more compelling than a wacom tablet except cheaper than an actual wacom tablet.

  9. You probably should have gotten the PC version as it surprised even me knowing you could easily spend a year or so on not just the game itself but with all the community-made content out there for it.

  10. Dood it was not exactly stellar to say the least. I don't even remember a thing about it except for a couple of snakes and having game issues.

    Also not meaning to hijack your thread but what is it that you hate about FPS..? I can understand if that hatred stems from some of the old fanboyism surrounding the likes of the Call of Duty series.

    Is it simply the twitchy game play or difficulty to play with others on Multiplayer mode/games?

    There are plenty of enjoyable FPS if you haven't gone out of your way to play them all.

  11. I skipped around in the gameplay videos, so maybe I missed something, but does anyone else think that this looks like the deformed, possibly incestuous lovechild of FFVII Crisis Core and FFXIII?

    Welp on the first gameplay video link the description states~

    Hajime Tabata previously worked on Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- and Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-. This is Tabata's first time as writer.

    So there you go. As for the game itself, I'm on a "wait and see more" mode.

    I'm still quite surprised how many have ADD/ADHD these days though; quite sad really

  12. I tried that the other day and GameStop isn't taking collectors' edition preorders anymore. I called a buddy at the store I used to work at to have him hold one for me if they happen to get an extra one in. All those little goodies make me really want it, if only for collector purposes.

    On another note, GameTrailers posted its review today. It adds to the inconsistency of this game's review scores, but it seemed like the most honest assessment. It gave it a 7.8, praising the story elements, pointing out some minor flaws with the controls, and essentially saying that if you're looking for something different that delivers a great experience, this is right up your alley.

    Looking at Metacritic, the review scores are all over the board. The game's average is 8/10 (which, by the way, makes it one of the best reviewed games releasing this summer so far).

    Contrarily Amazon was perfectly fine with upgrading me to the LiO:Edition. :lol:

    As for reviews, I'd ignore them and just look out for videos that I could find.

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