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AusGAF IV - A No Hope, Government - Double the price, region locked and now adults
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reptilescorpio
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Is it good enough for everyone to eat crow after the horrible showing before?Agyar said:
Did you get to go into the pause menus and see what RPG elements they have changed with ME3? Kinect enabled stuff? No MP stuff?Fogz said:
A line to watch a video of Skyrim? What the hell?
reptilescorpio said:
It was a 15 minute presentation, whatever that is. I wasn't going to line up for a hour to find out. I was more interested in Rage anyway.
In Mass Effect 3 I saw a message pop up asking to press a button to assign points to team members or something but thats all I saw. Still an improvement on DA2 I guess.
Other then that it was just all cover and shoot.
roosters93
Member
new heineken ad is annoying me.
edit: celebrity apprentice looks awesome! when was the last time such a loathsome group of people were brought together? you've got pauline hanson, max markson, lots of b-c grade celebrities whose names i don't know.
edit: celebrity apprentice looks awesome! when was the last time such a loathsome group of people were brought together? you've got pauline hanson, max markson, lots of b-c grade celebrities whose names i don't know.
reptilescorpio
Member
Any low cut tops or not worth me getting the gf to yell out when it is on?roosters93 said:
Edit: Rugby is about 12 minutes underway.
roosters93
Member
That's not on channel 9.
There's a Miss Australia chick on it.
reptilescorpio said:
There's a Miss Australia chick on it.
reptilescorpio
Member
Eh. Not any of the ones I recognised. Oh well.roosters93 said:
This USB stick is totally boss.
This does not seem like a regular Kerrby post. What's the catch?Kerrby said:
Doncamatic
Member
Kerrby said:
This is the least contrarian thing you have ever posted.
The Expo:
It was fine. Ran smoothly enough and they did about as well as they could with the large crowds. Saturday morning session opened to huge lines and was the busiest, with much shorter lines later on in the evening session. Someone who wanted to see everything would absolutely need to attend more than one session, VIP or otherwise. Presentations and the wait in line required chewed up a lot of the day.
VIP pass was handy for those who had it, although at $100 it was overpriced.
The presentations were better than expected, even with the stupid EXPLOSIONS and paid actors rappelling down from the ceiling in camo fatigues and EXPLOSIONS and the the Battlefield 3 logo flashing on and off to drum and bass music and EXPLOSIONS. Really, most of the talks were great and there were some high-up people from the big names in the business up on stage doing their pitch. Sure, they were marketing their wares, but did so in an exciting way.
Peter Moore:
I was impressed with this guy. The crowd didn't deserve a class act like him. EA do some annoying shit, but Moore knows his market and it's comforting to know they've got a straight shooter like him at the helm.
The Gold Coast's Nerang-Broadbeach district
A vomit-covered neon plastic celebration of everything that is awful in the world.
Denizens of the Gold Coast's Nerang-Broadbeach district
Walking stereotypes of Ed Hardy clothing, fake-tanned biceps, southern cross flag boardshorts, tribal tattoos, Arnette shades and Jim Beam baseball caps. We saw a Holden Commodore or two or maybe two million. The next holocaust should wipe out these fuckers first.
EB Expo attendees
Antisocial fat fucks with ironic gaming culture t-shirts and hideously unnattractive woman cosplaying as their favourite stupid character from their favourite terrible game. You look repulsive on a regular day and you still look repulsive dressed up as Princess Zelda. For the sake of my olfactory organs, do you think you could shower for once in your miserable life before leaving the house?
The Games:
Star Wars Kinect:
This year's and next year's GotY. Getting your Jedi avatar to masturbate on screen is a far deeper gameplay experience than any successor to X-Wing vs Tie Fighter could ever be.
Uncharted 3:
Everyone will buy this game. Plays closely to Uncharted 2, although melee combat has more QTE events thrown in, particularly against 'heavy' enemies. Not sure if I like that or not. Visual fidelity isn't leagues ahead of UC2, but the plane sequence has many busy things happening on screen all whilst running at a silky smooth framerate.
Battlefield 3:
EXPLOSIONS. Gunplay in single player felt fresh and didn't quite play like BFBC2 or a CoD clone. Looks impressive on console although PC is where it's at. Less 'hammy' military dialogue than what we've endured from countless other modern military shooters. Crazy huge lines for this one although we got lucky and waited about 20 minutes to play it. Also, EXPLOSIONS.
Super Mario 3D Land:
Plays somewhere between NSMB, Mario 64 and Crash Bandicoot. An excellent demonstration of the 3D screen and you'll want to play it with the stereoscopic effect all the way up. Levels are 3D and Mario explores 'into' the screen. The action floats between either back-to-front or side-to-side through the game world. Mario brings with him the same arsenal of moves from SM64 and there are all the old tropes (Hats, fireballs, 3 gold coins to collect each level) and throws in a few nods to Super Mario staples such as the 'finishing pole' all whilst feeling uniquely new.
The launch game the 3DS always needed and a must-buy for owners of the system.
Zelda: Skyward Sword
If you didn't think Zelda was dated before, you will after playing the Skyward Sword demo.
I fucking love Zelda and will play it anyway.
Skyrim
Not playable at the show but it looks ace and even though I had no interest in it beforehand I wanna buy it now. Worlds look amazing despite THE GEOLOGY BEING ALL WRONG AND NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE, GAZUNTA FIX THIS and I can't wait to murder dragons in the face. Hype justified. Game characters no longer look like claymation abortions.
PS Vita
The first feature advertised for the Vita was the dual analog set-up, which received an applause. The Vita looked smaller in the guys hand's than expected. Visual fidelity is great.
The stage demo of Little Big Planet is the best advertisement for the new handheld and is the best demonstration of all that ridiculous whizz-bang shit that Sony have slapped onto it. Touch controls were the big emphasis, followed closely by a slew of Augmented Reality applications. I only wanted one for Uncharted but there will loads on content loaded into LBP and it uses every feature on the device amazingly well.
Rage
The publishers of Rage would like to remind you that even though Rage is already out, you should play it at the demo booth and then buy several copies of Rage. It's not selling well at the moment, but did you know it was made by the same people who made Doom and Quake? You didn't? The publishers of Rage would like you to please buy it anyway.
EB Game's 'EB World' mascot - 'Buck the Bunny'
Dripping with raditude, Buck is your totally gnarly pal who will back you up in life no matter what you choose to do. Whether it's trading in a game for a pre-order to get exclusive DLC or if it's pwning noobs with your pals, Buck has got your back!
It was fine. Ran smoothly enough and they did about as well as they could with the large crowds. Saturday morning session opened to huge lines and was the busiest, with much shorter lines later on in the evening session. Someone who wanted to see everything would absolutely need to attend more than one session, VIP or otherwise. Presentations and the wait in line required chewed up a lot of the day.
VIP pass was handy for those who had it, although at $100 it was overpriced.
The presentations were better than expected, even with the stupid EXPLOSIONS and paid actors rappelling down from the ceiling in camo fatigues and EXPLOSIONS and the the Battlefield 3 logo flashing on and off to drum and bass music and EXPLOSIONS. Really, most of the talks were great and there were some high-up people from the big names in the business up on stage doing their pitch. Sure, they were marketing their wares, but did so in an exciting way.
Peter Moore:
I was impressed with this guy. The crowd didn't deserve a class act like him. EA do some annoying shit, but Moore knows his market and it's comforting to know they've got a straight shooter like him at the helm.
The Gold Coast's Nerang-Broadbeach district
A vomit-covered neon plastic celebration of everything that is awful in the world.
Denizens of the Gold Coast's Nerang-Broadbeach district
Walking stereotypes of Ed Hardy clothing, fake-tanned biceps, southern cross flag boardshorts, tribal tattoos, Arnette shades and Jim Beam baseball caps. We saw a Holden Commodore or two or maybe two million. The next holocaust should wipe out these fuckers first.
EB Expo attendees
Antisocial fat fucks with ironic gaming culture t-shirts and hideously unnattractive woman cosplaying as their favourite stupid character from their favourite terrible game. You look repulsive on a regular day and you still look repulsive dressed up as Princess Zelda. For the sake of my olfactory organs, do you think you could shower for once in your miserable life before leaving the house?
The Games:
Star Wars Kinect:
This year's and next year's GotY. Getting your Jedi avatar to masturbate on screen is a far deeper gameplay experience than any successor to X-Wing vs Tie Fighter could ever be.
Uncharted 3:
Everyone will buy this game. Plays closely to Uncharted 2, although melee combat has more QTE events thrown in, particularly against 'heavy' enemies. Not sure if I like that or not. Visual fidelity isn't leagues ahead of UC2, but the plane sequence has many busy things happening on screen all whilst running at a silky smooth framerate.
Battlefield 3:
EXPLOSIONS. Gunplay in single player felt fresh and didn't quite play like BFBC2 or a CoD clone. Looks impressive on console although PC is where it's at. Less 'hammy' military dialogue than what we've endured from countless other modern military shooters. Crazy huge lines for this one although we got lucky and waited about 20 minutes to play it. Also, EXPLOSIONS.
Super Mario 3D Land:
Plays somewhere between NSMB, Mario 64 and Crash Bandicoot. An excellent demonstration of the 3D screen and you'll want to play it with the stereoscopic effect all the way up. Levels are 3D and Mario explores 'into' the screen. The action floats between either back-to-front or side-to-side through the game world. Mario brings with him the same arsenal of moves from SM64 and there are all the old tropes (Hats, fireballs, 3 gold coins to collect each level) and throws in a few nods to Super Mario staples such as the 'finishing pole' all whilst feeling uniquely new.
The launch game the 3DS always needed and a must-buy for owners of the system.
Zelda: Skyward Sword
If you didn't think Zelda was dated before, you will after playing the Skyward Sword demo.
I fucking love Zelda and will play it anyway.
Skyrim
Not playable at the show but it looks ace and even though I had no interest in it beforehand I wanna buy it now. Worlds look amazing despite THE GEOLOGY BEING ALL WRONG AND NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE, GAZUNTA FIX THIS and I can't wait to murder dragons in the face. Hype justified. Game characters no longer look like claymation abortions.
PS Vita
The first feature advertised for the Vita was the dual analog set-up, which received an applause. The Vita looked smaller in the guys hand's than expected. Visual fidelity is great.
The stage demo of Little Big Planet is the best advertisement for the new handheld and is the best demonstration of all that ridiculous whizz-bang shit that Sony have slapped onto it. Touch controls were the big emphasis, followed closely by a slew of Augmented Reality applications. I only wanted one for Uncharted but there will loads on content loaded into LBP and it uses every feature on the device amazingly well.
Rage
The publishers of Rage would like to remind you that even though Rage is already out, you should play it at the demo booth and then buy several copies of Rage. It's not selling well at the moment, but did you know it was made by the same people who made Doom and Quake? You didn't? The publishers of Rage would like you to please buy it anyway.
EB Game's 'EB World' mascot - 'Buck the Bunny'
Dripping with raditude, Buck is your totally gnarly pal who will back you up in life no matter what you choose to do. Whether it's trading in a game for a pre-order to get exclusive DLC or if it's pwning noobs with your pals, Buck has got your back!
SHOOT ME NOW PLEASE
roosters93
Member
Kerrby said:
Trolling! The Big Lebowski sucks!
this is trolling
ClivePwned
Member
Rage not selling well? a crime if not sarcastic.
My reasons for never going to this or supernova re-affirmed by bernbaum's post.
My reasons for never going to this or supernova re-affirmed by bernbaum's post.
reptilescorpio
Member
Bern the journalist comes through! Great impressions!
The big question is did you meet any AusGAFfers and were they as hideous as expected?
Also Buck plushie does not look to have attitude unless that attitude is to look excited and a little bit scared while seeing up a 10 year old anime school girls dress.
I thought he only runs the Sports division? I see on wiki that he got promoted to COO 2 months ago which is a huge move. Makes sense since he was such a big figure at Microsoft.Bernbaum said:
So if I put up a bunch of mirrors in my room it will feel just like being at EBXpo? Rad!Bernbaum said:
I swear to god you guys must be being sarcastic. Are you being sarcastic? The X-Wing reference is the best indication that you guys are joking. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PUT UP SOME FOOTAGE FROM THE EXPO?Bernbaum said:
I recommend keeping that talk in AusGAF here lest the Zelda fanboys tear you to pieces out in the wider GAF community. Nice to hear a frank opinion on the game as I was bored with the series less than 5 minutes into Twilight Princess so I assumed the same would apply with Skyward Sword.Bernbaum said:
You are worried about illogical geology in a game about dragons and magic and shit? How do you feel about creationists?Bernbaum said:
The big question is did you meet any AusGAFfers and were they as hideous as expected?
Also Buck plushie does not look to have attitude unless that attitude is to look excited and a little bit scared while seeing up a 10 year old anime school girls dress.
Here's some footage of the Rancor gameplay.reptilescorpio said:
reptilescorpio
Member
But where are the lightsabers?Bernbaum said:
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
'Dated' is the last impression I got from Skyward Sword when I played it, but whatever.
I stopped caring about demos a while ago. Enslaved and Vanquish were the titles responsible.
Hated the Vanquish demo, love the game. Loved the Enslaved demo, shit game.
Demos are great for games like XBLA or sports games, but in an action adventure type game, it's not usually a good indicator of the scope or quality of the game.
Hated the Vanquish demo, love the game. Loved the Enslaved demo, shit game.
Demos are great for games like XBLA or sports games, but in an action adventure type game, it's not usually a good indicator of the scope or quality of the game.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
RandomVince said:
I saw it.
You cannot hide.
The show is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay to close to E3 in many ways for my liking
still, EB did well. I just wish an independant company was running it and not a corporate whore.
also
fuck new zealand.
quade cooper your punishment for being a fuckwit and kicking the ball out on the full first kick and being shit is to never be picked for the wallies again
still, EB did well. I just wish an independant company was running it and not a corporate whore.
also
fuck new zealand.
quade cooper your punishment for being a fuckwit and kicking the ball out on the full first kick and being shit is to never be picked for the wallies again
Fuck.
I just had the vision of Katter a la Ganondorf presiding over a flooded Queensland as Brisbane was last year. That's all.
I momentarily forgot there were a hell of a lot worse things that happened further inland. That's why I edited it out and now you made me explain myself.
I just had the vision of Katter a la Ganondorf presiding over a flooded Queensland as Brisbane was last year. That's all.
I momentarily forgot there were a hell of a lot worse things that happened further inland. That's why I edited it out and now you made me explain myself.
Planet_JASE
Member
By 'Dated' is the last impression' do you mean it was 'the final, parting impression' that you got or did you mean it as 'the furthest impression from my experience'?EatChildren said:
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Last week of current job. No more driving and texting swyping.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Planet_JASE said:
I didn't get a dated impression from Skyward Sword, but that's because I'm a big fan of good motion controls, and I like what they're doing with the sword combat and item interaction. Dated to me implies lacking evolution, especially relative to what else is available, and though I can see how Skyward Sword is 'dated' in terms of rendering technology (it is the Wii, after all), I didn't get that impression from the gameplay.
Again, it is because I put a lot of value on good motion controls, as I feel they have potential to add a unique twist to gameplay that helps keep the experience fresh and updated. If Skyward Sword played exactly like old school Zelda, to a T, then I'd call it dated. But it doesn't, so I won't.
reptilescorpio
Member
So did we win Rugby or not? Some people are saying we flogged NZ others are saying we were the ones that got flogged. It is this situation all over again. I think one of the guys here are going to punch on over it.
I liked your impressions too! Bern snazzed it up with bold and stuff though which is the hallmark of a successful videogame journalist.Fogz said:Hey! I tried (a little)
Rocky Road is the only way to roll. So blicking guten.Rezbit said:
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