Re: The Game Chat Thread

[Yggdrasill]

I'm download the witcher atm. Taking a long time on my connect (a really long time).

From where?

[dooley]

It's about €7 on gog.com if you want to get it there. (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_witcher)

Cheers but I doubt I'll be getting it now.I ain't gonna waste money buying the game seeing as I couldn't even get the demo to run properly on my PC

[SilentHunter]

From where?

From Steam. I bought it when it was 4 euros about 6 months ago. Never bothered to download it till now.

[Yggdrasill]

From Steam. I bought it when it was 4 euros about 6 months ago. Never bothered to download it till now.

Ah right. Has it downloaded yet?

[SilentHunter]

Ah right. Has it downloaded yet?

Ya it has. I'll be playing it later tonight.

[Yggdrasill]

Finished the story in L.A. Noire a few minutes ago. Was alright. Would have preferred if the ending was different though.

[Yggdrasill]

So are ye going to be watching the e3 conferences this year? I think these are the right times:

CD Projekt - June 2nd 08:00:00 p.m.
Konami - June 3rd 01:00:00 a.m.
Microsoft - June 6th 05:00:00 p.m.
EA - June 6th 08:30:00 p.m.
Ubisoft - June 6th 10:30:00 p.m.
Sony - June 7th 01:00:00 a.m.
Nintendo - June 7th 05:00:00 p.m.

[VampiricPadraig]

I will be covering from Konami onwards from tonight on GamersAndGeeks...Although, I have to go away on Monday evening so I won't be able to catch the Microsoft conference till after the Sony conference.

* Shameless plug, I know!

[dooley]

So are ye going to be watching the e3 conferences this year? I think these are the right times:

CD Projekt - June 2nd 08:00:00 p.m.
Konami - June 3rd 01:00:00 a.m.
Microsoft - June 6th 05:00:00 p.m.
EA - June 6th 08:30:00 p.m.
Ubisoft - June 6th 10:30:00 p.m.
Sony - June 7th 01:00:00 a.m.
Nintendo - June 7th 05:00:00 p.m.

Thought the Microsoft one was at 5:30pm tbh.Could be wrong though.Gonna watch the MS and Nintendo ones.Not really bothered about the rest.Looking forward to the Nintendo one the most.Can't wait to see what their next console is like.Hopefully MS will have less emphasis on Kinect this time but judging from what they've been saying recently I'm expecting another disappointing conference

VAMP EDIT: 1000th post in Gaming Section!

[Yggdrasill]

WTF at konami. No live press conference. Just a pre recorded thing on gametrailers.

[dooley]

Witcher 2 has been confirmed for Xbox 360

[Yggdrasill]

I'm expecting Microsoft's to be crap kinect stuff for the most part. Looking forward to hearing more about Assassin's Creed Revelations from Ubisoft and the PSV from Sony's conference.

[dooley]

Apparently Xbox.com leaked the announcement of Halo 4 and Halo:Combat Evolved Anniversary a couple of hours ago

[dooley]

New Tomb Raider looks pretty cool.Not coming out till Fall 2012 though

[dooley]

Well that was incredibly fucking crap.90% of the conference was Kinect bs.What about the 40 million xbox owners that don't own a Kinect or plan on buying one?

[Yggdrasill]

EA up next. Hope to see some more Mass Effect 3.

[crow-feet]

that was some rubbish conference. im hoping ea and the sony one wont suck arse. if i have to hear more rereleasing from nintendo this year i'll go mad. curious about this new console though

[Yggdrasill]

EA is good so far.

[dooley]

EA's show was good.Would like to have seen more of Mass Effect 3 though.Felt like the shortest presentation of the show

[Yggdrasill]

More mass effect 3 will be shown on gametrailers in a few minutes.

[Yggdrasill]

PSV is €250. Great price in my opinion.Will definitely get it on launch day. The rest of the conference was ok not amazing or anything. Hope Nintendo has some cool stuff tomorrow.

So far I think EA and Ubisoft actually had better conferences than the big two.

[dooley]

Well I can't say that's what I was expecting tbh

[Yggdrasill]

That was crap. All three major ones were crap this year.

[SilentHunter]

It was ok until it got to the Wii U.

I still don't fully understand it. Is it a controller and a console in one or is it the controller to a console we have yet to see?

[dooley]

I still don't fully understand it. Is it a controller and a console in one or is it the controller to a console we have yet to see?

They concentrated on the controller for some reason but there is actually a new console there as well

Console


Controller


Not a huge amount of tech info yet but here's what's been released

Update: In a post-conference Q+A, Nintendo of America's Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed that the Wii U controller's touchscreen does not support multi-touch, being single-touch only, and also confirmed that footage shown in the third party showreel came from Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the games.

The full spec list from Nintendo is as follows:

Launches: 2012

Size: Approximately 1.8 inches tall, 6.8 inches wide and 10.5 inches long.

New Controller: The new controller incorporates a 6.2-inch, 16:9 touch screen and traditional button controls, including two analog Circle Pads. This combination removes the traditional barriers between games, players and the TV by creating a second window into the video game world. The rechargeable controller includes a Power button, Home button, Control Pad, A/B/X/Y buttons, L/R buttons and ZL/ZR buttons. It includes a built-in accelerometer and gyroscope, rumble feature, camera, a microphone, stereo speakers, a sensor strip and a stylus.

Other Controls: Up to four Wii Remote™ (or Wii Remote Plus) controllers can be connected at once. The new console supports all Wii™ controllers and input devices, including the Nunchuk™ controller, Classic Controller™, Classic Controller Pro™ and Wii Balance Board™.

Media: A single self-loading media bay will play 12-centimeter proprietary high-density optical discs for the new console, as well as 12-centimeter Wii optical discs.

Video Output: Supports 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p and 480i. Compatible cables include HDMI, component, S-video and composite.

Audio Output: Uses AV Multi Out connector. Six-channel PCM linear output through HDMI.

Storage: The console will have internal flash memory, as well as the option to expand its memory using either an SD memory card or an external USB hard disk drive.

CPU: IBM Power®-based multi-core microprocessor.

Other: Four USB 2.0 connector slots are included. The new console is backward compatible with Wii games and Wii accessories.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-06-07-nintendo-wii-u-specs-emerge

[dooley]

A few more snippets of info

http://kotaku.com/5809598/whats-under-the-wii-us-hood-ibm-spills-the-chips

[VampiricPadraig]

Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011.
The year of crap name on good hardware!

You sorta think that these name would be off China rip-offs of the PSP and Wii.

There is no winner this year, so there will not be a "Who do you think won E3 2011?" thread!

[Yggdrasill]

EA and Ubisoft were good.

[crow-feet]

thought nintendos and microsofts conferences were fairly lazy. nintendo now have a console with the same graphics another console had 7 years ago. mario with miis.. ara yirreh, i was not impressed. i agree with ygg

[Yggdrasill]

Did any of ye watch EA and Ubisoft? Ubisoft MR. CAFFEINE was funny because of how ridiculous he was.

[crow-feet]

i watched ea and only looked at the rayman stuff (excellent looking so far )after as i was working on something. anything else noteworthy at ubisoft?

[Yggdrasill]

i watched ea and only looked at the rayman stuff (excellent looking so far )after as i was working on something. anything else noteworthy at ubisoft?

Assassins Creed Revelations
ghost recon
Farcry 3

That's all I can remember right now. It's worth watching the whole thing for MR. CAFFEINE though.

[crow-feet]

hahaha, if there is a montage of that i'll look at it. im very curious but im not a fan of ghost recon and assassins creeds never been my thing. the kinect ghost recon weapon build thing looked cool. stupid fiddly add on, but it looked cool

[SilentHunter]

Picked up a 3DS today with Ghost Recon for €250. I will post my FC later.

[crow-feet]

c'mere ps3 users, do you get weird audio lag in cutscenes in games? not all of the audio, just mainly the dialogue sync. in killzone 2 some of the characters lines get cut off and i played ratchet and clank quest for booty i think its called and the first cutscene the dialogue was off by an entire second or more. a big deal

i also thought the nintendo conference was ballz. they showed more trailers of stuff announced the previous year, a short conference with nothing new. ah i dunno i felt it was pretty lazy and the wii u did nothing new.

[SilentHunter]

Ok guys my FC is: 1934-0756-1394

[Korgis]

..

[namesRhard]

Was playing OoT on my friend's 3DS today. I want money. D:

[SilentHunter]

Can't wait to get it today once I finished my course today. I say I will be charging the 3ds twice a day.

[VampiricPadraig]

/me has to get a new DS because the top screen is dying/dead, but a new PC comes first

Been playing Champions Online and it is BRILLIANT!

Beat Hazard Ultra is super EPIC (Guaranteed Seizures up by 20%)

[SilentHunter]

Been playing Champions Online and it is BRILLIANT!

I'm downloading it. I been waiting to play it as soon as it became free it play.

[Yggdrasill]

Got OOT 3d in the post. Going to play now.

[TheLaw]

I picked up OoT this morning in HMV for 39.99, cheapest i could find today, but i didn't/couldn't check tesco.

I chcked out the 3D, best 3D I've seen so far on the 3DS but then again its the only RPG out for it so far........i think.

I'll probably let my wife play thru first though, that will unlock master quest, which I can then play.

I also picked up the limited edition rockband beatles, george harrison guitar for €9.99 - That was €150 at launch

[Yggdrasill]

Make sure you register your code on the Nintendo website. They will send you the soundtrack.

[SilentHunter]

Picked up Ocarina of time and the 3d is amazing (I don't need to talk about the game. It's fucking Ocarina of time ).

Also picked up up Dead or alive: Dimensions also and the 3d for that game is what I thought the 3ds would have done. There are some shots that seem that the image is coming out of the 3ds (instead of depth) e.g. a finishing pose from Kasumi make is look like her hand is coming out of the screen.

EDIT: Ridley and Samus makes a cameo in Dead or Alive.

[Yggdrasill]

Can't use the 3d on OOT myself. Hurts my eyes. Could use the 3d in Ghost recon no problem though.

[SilentHunter]

YES!

Big update for tf2 Thursday.

[Korgis]

Tf2 is free now apparently for steam users

[VampiricPadraig]

Tf2 is free now apparently for steam users

Yeah, Kinda sad to see Valve doing that. It is was a good game, but now (I even seen it today) that there is alot of n00bs!

Back to Counter-Strike: Source I go!

[Yggdrasill]

So is it just free for the weekend or what?

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