StueyRowls
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Either one of the two greatest sports games ever made:
International Cricket (NES)
Aussie Rules Footy (NES)
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Either one of the two greatest sports games ever made:
International Cricket (NES)
Aussie Rules Footy (NES)
FormallyMegadrive
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KKND
Poimandres
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KKND? Dark Reign was better!
Too bad the prequel was moved off shore =[
Poimandres
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So true. I never played Dark Reign 2, but it didn't really make much of a splash.
Let's also not forget great Pandemic games like Destroy All Humans! and Mercenaries. I still need to get around to picking up The Saboteur.
reptilescorpio
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Do it. I think it's their best game! Was a great open world game at a time when there were very few good ones. Love the music, the world and the art style. Really great romp, pretty sure I got 1000 gamerscore in that one
You really, really, really do need to get it. To this day, still my favourite open-world, story-focused title (I place Crackdown in a slightly different genre).
Nah don't worry
I've played approximately 30 minutes of my copy of hard reset about 6 months ago so i will need get around to playing it too (Damn you stream sales etc.)reptilescorpio
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Crackdown is more of a sandbox game with very little structure to it. The fun in that game was break the confines of the typical video game.
it was incredibly rough and did most things poorly, but it gave you a ton of room to bend the game to your whim from moment to moment.
The Saboteur was very much Mercs with more focus on a fleshed out story. LA Noire actually reminded me of a more refined but scoped back Saboteur.
Again, a lot of the fun in Saboteur is when you break the game and can just straight up slaughter shitloads of Nazi's and abuse the stealth/ability system beyond logical constraints (Alpha Protocol was similar in that regard).
it was incredibly rough and did most things poorly, but it gave you a ton of room to bend the game to your whim from moment to moment.
The Saboteur was very much Mercs with more focus on a fleshed out story. LA Noire actually reminded me of a more refined but scoped back Saboteur.
Again, a lot of the fun in Saboteur is when you break the game and can just straight up slaughter shitloads of Nazi's and abuse the stealth/ability system beyond logical constraints (Alpha Protocol was similar in that regard).
Poimandres
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The Saboteur sounds great! Thanks for the input everyone.
codswallop
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No problems. Hopefully it won't get shelved!Nah don't worry
It'll probably be shelved for a while.
I'll be The Saboteur stick in the mud. I've played a couple of hours of it (up until maybe the
car race or just after that
Also, if you want to use a controller, from memory you have to have the controller disabled until you get in game otherwise it freaks out. It was something weird like that.
Very true. I guess I never picked up on it, but there IS a difference between a sandbox game and an open-world one. One's "do anything you want, but if you like you can do this shit", whereas the other is "do anything you want, kinda, but to access these areas you have to follow the story". I loved that with Crackdown, on my second playthrough I tried to take down some of the bigger bosses early on and found it punishing as hell. Fun, though.
Mmmm... maybe. I found a lot of the fun was getting immersed in the story and atmosphere.
It's fucking awesome. But it can be flaky to try and run it on PC. Console experience (at least, the 360 one) was a lot smoother despite the framerate difference against the PC one.
Eh, I appreciate it for what it tried to do, not what it tried to do well and failed at (ie. the lack of polish stuff).
reptilescorpio
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Isn't that part of the game just the prologue? Or maybe it's a different race I'm thinking of.
Also yeah, PC port was bad. That was a terrible TERRIBLE time for PC ports
dishwasherlove
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Did an Australian dev house make SWAT4? Because that game rocks. PreBioshock Irrational? Oh also those crazy comic book Freedom Force games.
Way of the Exploding Fist, or possibly your own choice.
Yeah! It may be that the Kyser_in_Oz didn't work as it's an SEN account I had to create to redeem an Oz PSN card my wife bought for my birthday, and I can't remember if Sony's imbecilic account system links the two. Try KYSER_SOZE_SW2 as that's my primary account...if not, when my PS4 arrives from the UK I'll add you then...still 6 weeks away *sobs*
I'm pretty sure it was. Cods took hours to get through the prologue of Saboteur, calls it "a bad game".
Game is good. Gamer is bad.
Yep in Braddon Canberra - formerly Irrational then 2K Australia. They worked on various aspects and ports of Bioshock games and before that SWAT4 according to Wikipedia. Looking it up reminds me that I unsuccessfully applied for a programming job there back in around 2004. (would have been a good time to join if I'd made it!)
codswallop
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reptilescorpio
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This Chromecast thing is terrible. Incredibly temperamental wifi signal that drops out for any number of unknown reasons because Google has simplified the whole thing to WORKING or NOT WORKING.
Incredibly cheap design with probably incredibly cheap innards going by the fact it cannot maintain a signal with my router tonight regardless of every other device working fine as always.
I would NOT recommend it to anyone, at any price. Better off buying a PS3 on special ($199 with Minecraft atm at KMart) than trying to use this as a media device.
0/5 - would not cast again
Why do we like Google again?
I guess it could be my router? Any recommendations for a super awesome ADSL2+ modem slash router? I go ether from the PC and wifi for phones/tablet/PS4/WiiU.
Incredibly cheap design with probably incredibly cheap innards going by the fact it cannot maintain a signal with my router tonight regardless of every other device working fine as always.
I would NOT recommend it to anyone, at any price. Better off buying a PS3 on special ($199 with Minecraft atm at KMart) than trying to use this as a media device.
0/5 - would not cast again
Why do we like Google again?
I guess it could be my router? Any recommendations for a super awesome ADSL2+ modem slash router? I go ether from the PC and wifi for phones/tablet/PS4/WiiU.
I could only find Kyser. Let us known once you get hooked up!
Well it works perfectly for me. In the I guess year I've had mine I don't think its dropped out once. Maybe you got a faulty one. That said I would rather have been able to buy a version with ethernet.
It continues to be my favourite streaming device out of those I've tried (ps3, ps4,360, appletv, ouya).
reptilescorpio
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No issues with Plex? It's the only thing I use on it.
Nope. I use plex with it almost every day. Initially there was when plex for chromecast started (mostly it was its inability to display subs properly), but thats all been ironed out for me.
reptilescorpio
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Damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. Works fine for maybe 70% of the day but it will go to shit for 4-5 hours a day randomly. Seems to hold wifi signal and then drop out completely only to pick up again randomly later. Might be overheating? Does that mess up wifi?
I don't understand magnets :/
ThoseDeafMutes
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Plex streaming to mine works flawlessly, discounting winphone incompatibility. You may have a dud or network fault. Test it out at a mate's place.
bodyboarder
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Mines solid as well.
reptilescorpio
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Yup imma try a different router and TV.
Could it be weather related? It was blustery as fuck earlier and it kept dropping out but it's been solid as a rock for the last 45 minutes.
I blame the magnets. Or the fact that whenever I want this stuff to work for a specific thing it always seems to fail >_<
Yes you do.
Do it. I think it's their best game! Was a great open world game at a time when there were very few good ones. Love the music, the world and the art style. Really great romp, pretty sure I got 1000 gamerscore in that one
Sometimes you restore my faith in humanity, AusGAF. Saboteur is amazing. Really fucking unfinished in places, but still outstanding gaming fun. The graphics are rough, I think the story was cut in half late in the game (no proof, but there are weird gaps and jumps in the story from memory), some of the voice work is laughable, and the gunplay is average at best. But damn if it isn't a great game regardless. Only game I have got all the trophies for on PS3.
reptilescorpio
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Pandemic were shut down by EA before The Saboteur even came out
Also Timesplitters 2 > Perfect Dark.
Also first season of Parks & Rec was great. Just realised Adam Scott joins the cast next season. I can't fucking stand Adam Scott. I wonder if I'll be able to watch it despite this fact.
Also Timesplitters 2 > Perfect Dark.
Also first season of Parks & Rec was great. Just realised Adam Scott joins the cast next season. I can't fucking stand Adam Scott. I wonder if I'll be able to watch it despite this fact.
Jables Swan
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We may be out of the world cup, but god damn I am getting up to watch us attempt to match it with the (former) world champions.
(also, Wolf Among Us on Steam is $8.49, avail cheaper elsewhere apparently, but buy it. It is fantastic.)
Just bought Wolf Among Us. Can't wait to play it.
FormallyMegadrive
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Isn't that part of the game just the prologue? Or maybe it's a different race I'm thinking of.
Also yeah, PC port was bad. That was a terrible TERRIBLE time for PC ports
The race is at the beginning in the prologue. Maybe half an hour to an hour into the game.
I'm up to
going back to paris after hanging out with the church guy
edit: I've spent about $20 on the sale so far. I got Skyrim Legendary, Battleblock Theatre, Super House of Dead Ninjas, Sir, You Are Being Hunted and GTA5 preorder at Ozgameshop ($52 w/ coupon) steamkey
ClivePwned
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He's a muuuuuch better character than Mark. Far less douchey than Adam Scott's usual roles and has fantastic chemistry with Amy Poehler and Rob Lowe. Plus if you've just finished the first season, it gets way way way better.
also on steam- Lego Movie videogame is US$7.50cheap (US) and SRIV is $10.
All the lego games are 75% off, might get the hobbit as well.
Poimandres
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Just finished up Dark Souls 2 last night. It was... pretty good. I was disappointed by how easy the last bosses were.
Now the only question is what do I play next?
Now the only question is what do I play next?
New Game+ of course. ;P
I should fire it up and finish it on 360. It's too much of a bitch getting it running well on PC (with an ATI card) and at least it's relatively plug-and-play. Plus, nudie patch.
Are we having fun yet?
Yeah, I do hear you on that... but I tend to get caught up in the atmosphere and aesthetic of a game and am willing to overlook lack of polish if it's done well. The black and white-to-colour when you liberate areas of the city is done so incredibly well, the music is perfect and the vibe in general is insanely well done. If only such care was taken these days to try and create something as moody and enveloping as was done with The Saboteur. Fuck "cinematic experiences" and bombastic setpieces (though Saboteur did have it's share of those at times), just create me a world I feel like I'm a part of.
Uuuh... The Saboteur?
Poimandres
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Uuuh... The Saboteur?
Well, obviously! I need to track down a 360 copy if it's jank on PC. Or maybe I already have a PS3 copy somewhere? I don't even know anymore...
I reckon the first season is the weakest. It just keeps getting better from there!
I can already see myself moving straight onto Arkham City, after finishing Arkham Asylum again. Bought Batman: Arkham Origins in the Steam sale. Is it as buggy on the PC as everyone says? Or just the same amount of buggy that the PS3 version was?
iOS 7.1.1 jailbreak is out! Woop!
It's not complete jank on PC, and maybe all the performance issues have been mitigated with such insanely-specced PCs compared to when it came out. It'll be on the Origin store, probably for cheap as well.
reptilescorpio
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EA turned off the servers for Saboteur on 360 ages ago, so no nudie patch unless you already have it downloaded
Jables Swan
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