yeah i saw that, but i'd rather die than wait any longer than i have to on that one. Money buys happiness

wat

You think they're gonna push Brawl back to March? That rumor's been flying around. I don't mind so much. I just want them to get it right cause if that online ain't tizight, then I won't be playing it much.

I dug it. It had a really simple story, but the sheer scope of the game was pretty massive. Not Elder Scrolls massive, but it was definitely pretty huge for a PS2 JRPG. Took me 92 hours to beat it. That's the most time I've ever spent on an RPG. I always want to play it again, but get exhausted just thinking about how long it would take to play it again. I had way more time on my hands in late 2005/early 2006 then I do now. Persona 3 will probably take 70 hours to go through, and I've already have it for a month or so and played it for a total of 13-14.

Why am I getting Lost Odyssey next month???

I thought Lost Odyssey looked terrible at E3, but apparently Famitsu loved it and other impressions are favorable. Weird. Maybe they just showed us all the wrong bits. I mean, the words "generic copycat malarkey" populated my mind during the presentation. Either way, I'm not personally interested.

As for the Brawl delay, I don't have any kind of inside scoop, but my hunch would be yes. There's usually a lot more immediate buzz at the one-month mark before release, typically because the press has more access, or demos and such hit retail. EGM has a big cover story on it this month, but it's not a review -- that's fairly telling to me. That said, it wouldn't surprise me if it launched on time; just seems like the push is being postponed a bit.

famitsu will suck off any JRPG and lost oddyssey looks pretty awful besides cinemas.

I dug this up last night after about 4 years. Probably favorite game of all time, I was owning heads in multiplayer yesterday.

I wonder what cover I'm getting. C'mon...Samus! No Sonic plz. jkjk

Pretty sure I got Mario. The fact that I don't know off-hand means, yeah, it was probably Mario.

Picked up Tomb Raider Anniversary for 360 today. Now, will I play it for 30 minutes like the PS2 version, or actually put in the effort? Here's hoping. Burnout wins all conflicts in a week and a half, though.

Babypals

I got Live back. Anyone interested in some TF 2? I've been dying to try it out, but haven't been able to because of this whole Live fiasco. Anyway let me know.

My review lineup for the week. One's for 1UP, for whom I'd only done previews and news before -- way psyched about that.

Also, looks like I'll be interviewing a really well-known dev this week. More as it happens.

im down, i havent really played it either. I would love to get a 4v4 SOMB game going.

Brawl gets delayed in japan a week, in the US a whole fucking month. Sigh. Definitely just downloading the JP version now...

If I'm around tonight, I will try to hook up for some TF2. I don't really feel like I gave it a fair shake, but it just kinda sucks when you're new at it and you just jump into random games solo. Maybe this will change my mind.

yeah how about we get a game going around 7:00 pm central? or is that too early.

If I am home I will get on. That time will be perfect. However, I may be heading down to the T-Wolves game tonight to gouge my eyes out with suck-i-tude. You're on my friends list, so I'll shoot you a message if I am up and running.

and dont worry guys i suck BALLS at TF2, I'm waiting for Brawl to come out to man handle all of youse.

I played the last version of brawl for like 15 minutes on GC. So lame. I don't get it, obviously.

wtf. me too. i haven't played tf2 yet. and i suck at FPS. (i used health cheats sometimes in hl2, groan away.)

plus i have no live friends. whats all your all profile names?

oh yeah, i work until 11 pacific, like 1am you central peoples' time zone. huh. guess i'm never gonna have any live friends after all. DERN.

CURSE MY EXISTENCE. tf2 with a bunch of people sucking balls would be just right.

Apparently Lost Odyssey is pretty bad, so i was wondering: is Blue Dragon ok? has anyone played Eternal Sonata? or should i wait for another good rpg
thanks

eternal sonata is apparently the best next gen JRPG

i havent played blue dargon yet

and lost oddyssey looks fucking terrible

yeah, i heard likewise about sonata.

though apparently lost odyssey got a 36 in famitsu. though b. dragon got a 35 (a little high methinks compared to the metacritic average.)

so i gotta ask, with all the gloom-and-doom stuff on 360, i need something cheerier. d/ling demo for pinata. but i'm curious about KAMEO. i loved some rare platformers, though they also made some crappy stuff. the banjos are topnotch, dk64 was okay. grabbed by ghoulies sucked, though. and i wanted to like SF adventures more than i did.

so anyone play kameo and if so, thoughts? i hear its brief, but i have no problem with that.

in other news, according to rare development BANJO THREEIE is now over half way done.

that and i went in to work and found i wasn't SCHEDULED today. AND i found a ten dollar bill on the sidewalk. so god either wants me to play tf2 OR see "there will be blood."

or download psychonauts.

LOL famitsu is known to suck any JRPGs dick

Yay sounds like some people are interested. I might be eating dinner at 7, but I'll get on after that for sure. I tried playing, and yeah, had similar experiences. Didn't really know what was going on, kept getting killed by sentry guns etc. Might be more fun if we're all on the same skill level.

who the fuck eats dinner

just get on at 7 and fuckin play

ahem once again. LIVE IDS please.

lawl i eat dinner!

gamertag: spizarelli

WHAT? WET? WAAP?

WAAAAAAT

xbox live headsets stink.

TF2 was shitty for me last night. I dunno if it was Live issues (I haven't been on for a few weeks) or if it was just laggy as hell, but I kept getting losing connection with the host about every 3 minutes and/or the game would just lag to a halt. Laaaaaaaaaaammmmmeeeeeeeeee

It seems most people's issues with Lost Odyssey have been technical, but that really hasn't stop a game from being good unless those issues make it unplayable. That's not what I've read about this game though. Otherwise, complaints just seem like nitpicking because it's more of a traditional, late 90s sort of RPG, and... what's wrong with that? It's pretty much another Final Fantasy game, and as long as the story is better than FFXII's, it should be a good time.

Yeah I had the same problem until we played that last game where we actually completed the entire match. I didn't get booted once, and that experience was sublime. My teleporter trap worked once. I placed a teleporter at an entrance to the intellegence room which teleported the player right in front of my sentry gun. Instant death. I stole that tactic from a video I saw though. I stink at offensive classes, but I had the most fun playing as an engineer.

this can't be real, but i wouldn't be suprised if it was

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TF 2 vids

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could only get half way through. this was real hard to watch.

SPZ was actually doing pretty well with an engineer yeah

i was pretty drunk our whole match though, which made it actually kind of a blast, should do this every week.

I can't wait for this.



Save Screen
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That save screen makes no sense. If I'm sitting on the can the last thing I want to do is save.

Famitsu has given Smash Bros. a perfect 40/40 score. Smash Bros becomes only the 7th game to get a perfect score from Famitsu after The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Soulcalibur, Vagrant Story, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Nintendogs and Final Fantasy XI.

As a promotion in Japan, the game's creator(Suda 51) stood in front of a store handing out promotional toilet paper with No More Heroes graphics.

This is a possibly interesting development. I have to admit, as a recent owner of a PS2 and someone who hasn't seriously considered moving up to a next-gen console (well, I have a Wii, but I'm talking PS360), I didn't realize that the PS3 had gone from full backwards compatibility to NO b/c. Given how hot the PS2 still is, and how badly the PS3 is doing in North America, it would make sense to entice people like me to buy a newer PS3 or possibly PS4 so that I wouldn't waste the PS2 game collection I have.

Anyway, all of that is the lead-up to this:


http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/2452.html

SCEJ Job Ad Hints At Backwards Compatibility For PS3, PS4?

Now, some of you with big PS2 libraries who didn't race out and get the original 60GB PlayStation 3 were probably disappointed; later models simply don't support PS2 titles. The 80GB only has partial backwards compatibility (it uses software emulation like the Xbox 360), and the more recent 40GB model has no b/c for PS2 games. But this doesn't mean Sony is completely ditching the idea of b/c for the future.

According to a recent job advertisement, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is looking for a software engineer who can tackle backward compatibility for both the PS3 and "an unspecified next-gen console," so says Gamefront.de. Now, some are saying that unnamed console could be the PlayStation 4, but there's no real evidence to support that theory as of yet. But the ad does say the engineer will have to be able to "implement and optimize emulation software for PS1, PS2, PSP and PS3 games." Could Sony already be at a point where backwards compatibility is up for discussion on the PS4? And perhaps more importantly for the here and now, could full backwards compatibility for the PS3 make a triumphant return?

One of the biggest reasons the 40GB PS3 is so much cheaper than the original 60GB model is because it doesn't have the graphics synthesizer chip that allows for almost full PS2 software compatibility. It was simply too expensive an addition, so Sony nixed it and instead abandoned b/c for PS2 games. The 40GB model can still play PS1 games, but wouldn't it great to have a system that can play them all? Could the PS4 be fully b/c? That'd be one hell of a massive library upon launch, yes?



Oh, and for anyone interested, here are the December/Year-end console sales numbers:

Nintendo DS..........2.47 million.....8.50 million
Wii.....................1.35 million........6.29 million
Xbox 360...........1.26 million........4.62 million
PlayStation 2.......1.1 million.......3.97 million
PSP...................1.06 million.......3.82 million
PlayStation 3........797.6 K..........2.56 million


Yes, the DS nearly sold as many units in December as the PS3 sold all year.

i hate how backwards compatibilty has become the standard. all it does is add more money to the system. I can just as easily hook up 2 systems if i wanted to.

whatevs. i thought you were digging on the fact that you could catch up on xbox games you never played. i'm finally playing jet grind future (1.99 used!) and i sure as hell don't wanna add the cabled mess of a 50 dollar used first-gen xbox.

then you're a lazy worthless fuck

i'd gladly pay 300 or 250 for a 360 with no xbox in it

If I can make it over to Virgin Records this weekend I'm likely buying a 360. Finally.

psss Asher...buy Orange Box

Result: http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3165527

um, isn't that essentially what the 360 Arcade unit is?

no, not even close, but nice try!

btw my gamertag is Dr Tug

lol