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AusGAF 2.0 - Twice the price, a year late but still moving forward
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Shaneus said:
No it's not. It's a day behind. The episode that airs in the US on their Monday night should be screened here on our Tuesday night. As it is, it's screened on the Wednesday night.
Channel Nine said something stupid about not being able to get it to air in time, but the Comedy Channel can get the Daily Show, that airs at the same time, and screen it at 6:30pm. Nine have no excuse.
Ah, sorry legend... I only really took notice of your first statement. Before it started, weren't they publicising that it was going to be Tues-Fri? Anyway, I have alternate means of watching it (and it's aired past my bedtime anyway) so it doesn't screw me THAT much, but it does suck.
Put about 10 hours into Red Dead Redemption.
Bugger it's well-made. You have to marvel at how well the spirit of the west has been captured in both the large-scale sweeping vistas and the fine-scale melange of rustic tools and household minutia scattered over the place.
But hoo-boy is it boring. I really don't like it. It isn't fun, the rate of reward is numbingly slow and I've learnt I just don't care for the gameplay-cutscene-gameplay-cutscene approach as a means of moving the story along. The games that stand out to me as having strong storytelling typically have the player experience the key plot beats directly, a-la Ico, or disguise scripted dialogue sequences to make the player still feel involved like in Half-Life. There's plenty to do in RDR, but there isn't any strong single intrinsic system, just several disjointed shallow ones. The gunplay is okay I guess, but apart from that, everything asked of the player doesn't require skill as much as it does sheer investment of time. Lots of time.
There's plenty of things I can rattle off about why the game isn't the one for me, but I'll hold my peace. Could also be this 'I'm getting old' bullshit.
My favourite games this year were Super Mario Galaxy 2, Bayonetta, Vanquish and Pac-Man Championship Edition DX. They are all games with virtually no storylines or in the case of the Platinum games, poked their tongue out at the usual tropes of videogame narratives by being proudly absurd with their delivery. They also deliver the fun every second along the way.
Bugger it's well-made. You have to marvel at how well the spirit of the west has been captured in both the large-scale sweeping vistas and the fine-scale melange of rustic tools and household minutia scattered over the place.
But hoo-boy is it boring. I really don't like it. It isn't fun, the rate of reward is numbingly slow and I've learnt I just don't care for the gameplay-cutscene-gameplay-cutscene approach as a means of moving the story along. The games that stand out to me as having strong storytelling typically have the player experience the key plot beats directly, a-la Ico, or disguise scripted dialogue sequences to make the player still feel involved like in Half-Life. There's plenty to do in RDR, but there isn't any strong single intrinsic system, just several disjointed shallow ones. The gunplay is okay I guess, but apart from that, everything asked of the player doesn't require skill as much as it does sheer investment of time. Lots of time.
There's plenty of things I can rattle off about why the game isn't the one for me, but I'll hold my peace. Could also be this 'I'm getting old' bullshit.
My favourite games this year were Super Mario Galaxy 2, Bayonetta, Vanquish and Pac-Man Championship Edition DX. They are all games with virtually no storylines or in the case of the Platinum games, poked their tongue out at the usual tropes of videogame narratives by being proudly absurd with their delivery. They also deliver the fun every second along the way.
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yeah, I don't think RDR will be up there in my top five of the year or anything, but I still enjoyed it to a degree.
there was too much of it, for one thing. there's an entire second act in Mexico that could have been cleanly chopped off, because the third act is actually pretty damn cool.
but yeah, I think the main draw to that game is just waiting for sunset/sunrise and riding across the ol' West looking like a badass. Such a beautifully made world.
there was too much of it, for one thing. there's an entire second act in Mexico that could have been cleanly chopped off, because the third act is actually pretty damn cool.
but yeah, I think the main draw to that game is just waiting for sunset/sunrise and riding across the ol' West looking like a badass. Such a beautifully made world.
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Hahaha Mark Knight actually does a funny comic.
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Did anyone snag a 120GB PS3 from Toys R Us?
They were clearing them out for $199 Australian DOLLARZ!!!
They were clearing them out for $199 Australian DOLLARZ!!!
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I thought we only called them Dollaridoos?2 Minutes Turkish said:
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I'm really surprised at how abysmal Melbourne Uni's IT options are. Their course sequences for a Bachelor of Science majoring in Computer Science is just... I don't get it.
Pretty much. I was going to get it when it appeared on Steam. Their response on the NFS forum was pathetic, too. Something about "You asked for it on Steam and we gave it to you, don't say we don't listen!" or something along those lines. I don't know whether it's because there's no way to manage DLC (no GFWL or Steam-native) but it's still a shithouse effort.pilonv1 said:
Guaranteed no sale for me.
pilonv1 said:
Yea that's stupid. I will do the same as fred, Maybe wait until there's some sort of stupid GOTY edition with all the bullshit added in a years time or if it's dirt cheap, pick it up then. It's an enjoyable game so seeing this news is really disheartening.
I commented in the official thread about the DLC, my response was pretty much just *vomit*. I hate the idea of paid DLC, it shits me up the walls. It's almost as if they ship out a game that's half finished, charge you full price for it and then a month later go "Here's some DLC, give us more more more money". It's a shitty practise and it needs to fuck off and die.
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Salazar said:
I doubt they have any in stock.
I only found out at work on Sunday. I work Sundays at JB and there was a memo in the games section mentioning that we should NOT price match Toys R Us price of $199 on 120GB consoles.
Apparently it's just for clearance, and they probably don't have any more stock. Which they probably dont.
evlcookie said:
Really, we're having this debate again? It's such a tired argument, predicated on the assumption that paid DLC is developed entirely as a part of the original game's scope and budget, then excised before the discs are stamped. No matter how many developers come out and explain the reasons why DLC is a valuable product in the development lifestyle, people keep having a whinge. Some platforms (PC) in this case not getting the DLC may be disappointing but your inference that we'd all be better off if paid DLC "fucked off and died" is akin to saying if I can't have it, nobody can because it wasn't being offered as a paid-for product, it wouldn't be there at all.
wikileaks proves its worth again
US Diplomat secretly sent uranium on commercial flight in violation of US, International, and Airline laws
AMERICAN diplomats secretly sent uranium on a commercial airliner, in violation of US government rules about the abuse of the diplomatic bag system, and laws governing the air transportation of hazardous materials.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-...ays-leaked-cable/story-fn775xjq-1225970009126
US Diplomat secretly sent uranium on commercial flight in violation of US, International, and Airline laws
AMERICAN diplomats secretly sent uranium on a commercial airliner, in violation of US government rules about the abuse of the diplomatic bag system, and laws governing the air transportation of hazardous materials.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-...ays-leaked-cable/story-fn775xjq-1225970009126
That's not reassuring, I find out Wednesday arvo if Swinburne has a course I want to do.Rez said:
Also, I made and rigged a character in blender yesterday, almost finished a walk cycle. 3d is fun. I also can't believe how good blender 2.5+ is, easily compares to whichever Maya version I tried last year and it's open source, compared to $4k
The best DLC is stuff that makes you come back to a game that you've already squeezed a bunch of fun out of and gives you a reason to keep playing. There are instances where the content was originally designed as part of the game and was 'tacked on' later so they could ship the game on their scheduled release. That annoys me, and the two memory sequence DLC packs for Assassin's Creed 2 should have been in the complete game. But generally, stuff like 'The Taxidermist' for Heavy Rain, 'The Writer' and 'The Signal' for Alan Wake and 'Pigsy's Perfect 10' for Enslaved is all fine by me.Agyar said:
I think evlcookie's sentiments stem from the days when a large volume of PC content was generated and distributed for free in the era of Unreal et al. There's a few hold-outs, like Team Fortress 2, but we're never going back to that, not in this market. Burnout Paradise was likely the last mass-volume free DLC distribution that we'll ever see for consoles.
They didn't mention that they were real though, did they? The moment that episode title popped up in my iTunes, it fired off neurons and I immediately remembered that X-Files ep and I can remember how over-used it was! JB have the X-Files box sitting there for $250 - safe to assume it'll never get a Blu-Ray release yeah?Cohsae said:
This Donkey Kong Country Returns concept art is making my day glow.
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GAF threads about Australia are the greatest.
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Shaneus said:
When I ordered NBA2k11 it took 13 days.
Halo Reach was delivered in less than that but I don't recall how many days it was.
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Ok whiskey/scotch drinkers: Whiskey Stones... WTF?
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Shaneus said:
Usually just below the 2 week mark, I don't think I've waited longer then 2 weeks.
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