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AusGAF IV - A No Hope, Government - Double the price, region locked and now adults
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Choc said:
Might be viable for Powerplay since the flow of games is so much smaller than that of Hyper and is largely indie to boot, but still, you know, mags + ads + publishers = meh
Gazunta said:
Football teams are all playing football. Games are doing all kinds of wacky shit.
viciouskillersquirrel
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Thing is /10 scores and /100 scores make them seem more like marks you'd get in an exam rather than a product review. In a school exam, if you got by on 65%, you're either one of the dumb kids or one of the lazy ones. If you got a 3-star movie review, on the other hand, you've made a reasonably entertaining movie.Gazunta said:
Gamefly and Netflix is the new era of renting I think. Still, I don't know enough about them to make any huge declarations.
I think the reason I dislike number scales is that they all imply some kind of super objective scale to which you can apply likes and dislikes when, obviously, everything is seriously subjective. The best you can do is in reality recommend things, and even then, only with caveats.
I think the reason I dislike number scales is that they all imply some kind of super objective scale to which you can apply likes and dislikes when, obviously, everything is seriously subjective. The best you can do is in reality recommend things, and even then, only with caveats.
Marshmellow
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hamchan said:
But what about War in the North ham!?
I can't wait for WitN and UC3 next week, taking days off to play them as soon as JB lets me collect.
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As far as Batman goes, it's hard to say. It just felt a whole lot less focused than Asylum. The whole premises was all kinds of hokey, the different pieces of the puzzle all lead nowhere (anti-climatic ending), the riddler stuff was so oversaturated that they lost all meaning to me, the writing was waaaay too hammy for my tastes and, as a result of both how any gadgets you have and how thoroughly they exhausted most of their good ideas in Asylum, even the design felt a little bit more like Gears of War 2 as opposed to Gears of War 1. There was more of it. It was bigger. It seemed to think it was cooler. But it was just more, at the expense or focus, you know?
Maybe I'm just infected by Dark Souls and have become one of those guys. I was left totally unsatisfied. It went in one ear and out the other.
Maybe I'm just infected by Dark Souls and have become one of those guys. I was left totally unsatisfied. It went in one ear and out the other.
Marshmellow
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commanderdeek said:
November 3rd Deek!
Cinematic-ness of the game makes me feel like i should play it through in 1 sitting and i think i shall.
DualShadow
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No hype for Uncharted 3, didn't even know it was coming out so soon.
I'm more hyped for the next Assassins Creed.
I'm more hyped for the next Assassins Creed.
viciouskillersquirrel
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I usually don't buy newspapers, but when I do, I buy The Australianmidonnay said:
but mostly because an in-law works for the paper.
Given the usual caveats that need to be considered with all things Kotaku, I liked that approach. The only problem is that the writers are required list both pros AND cons and seeing a column of red text the same size as the column of red text presents an unrealistic 'balancing' of the game's true quality.reptilescorpio said:
The core information required for whether a reader should consider purchasing a game should lie within the body of the text. It's lazy, but a lot of people jump instantly to the end of a review and look for the 9.5/10; A-; Buy/Rent/Miss section of a review and use that to guide their purchasing decisions. If you have 20+ hours to put into a game, surely you can spend 5 minutes reading the salient details of what makes a game worth playing.
Quick looks remain the best reviews. They're pure: here's exactly how the game plays, and this is how an experienced gamer responds to it.
When I went to EB last week to pick up the last copy of Skylanders in the city on Wii for the girlfriend I found the most interesting girl.
She asked if we needed help, I had rung previously to say to hold the copy and we'd be in 20 minutes. I said, I rang earlier I'm here to pick up the Skylanders, no words she turns to the other interesting like dress kid working there asking about it and he says it's out the back etc.
She goes to walk off but this older asian guy who bought a stack of second hand 360 games pushes in front of us and mumbles something about his princess game or something not being in there. Whatever rude old dude, who cares. But instead of saying 'Sorry I'm serving this devilishly handsome man' she just kinda forgets we exists for the next 10 minutes attending to the rude Asian guy instead.
Over the next ten minutes as I'm waiting in the this shop I watch and when she talks to this guy about this game that she's misplaced or given him incorrectly she doesn't even look at him in the eye, is half falling asleep. Obviously she's hung over or still recovering from the night, but it gets worse. Her eye twitches, her speech slurs. Oh she's got about 4 different club stamps on her wrist too. Eventually by the end of it she looks like she's about to die.
But never mind that the other guy serves us and we're on our way.
Pretty sure that girl at EB is dead now. At least until next weekend of course!
TLDR; Girl working on a Sunday is so shitfaced/stoned/on crack from the weekend from the last night she looks like she's going to die and is at work.
TLDR Part 2: I'm bored at work.
She asked if we needed help, I had rung previously to say to hold the copy and we'd be in 20 minutes. I said, I rang earlier I'm here to pick up the Skylanders, no words she turns to the other interesting like dress kid working there asking about it and he says it's out the back etc.
She goes to walk off but this older asian guy who bought a stack of second hand 360 games pushes in front of us and mumbles something about his princess game or something not being in there. Whatever rude old dude, who cares. But instead of saying 'Sorry I'm serving this devilishly handsome man' she just kinda forgets we exists for the next 10 minutes attending to the rude Asian guy instead.
Over the next ten minutes as I'm waiting in the this shop I watch and when she talks to this guy about this game that she's misplaced or given him incorrectly she doesn't even look at him in the eye, is half falling asleep. Obviously she's hung over or still recovering from the night, but it gets worse. Her eye twitches, her speech slurs. Oh she's got about 4 different club stamps on her wrist too. Eventually by the end of it she looks like she's about to die.
But never mind that the other guy serves us and we're on our way.
Pretty sure that girl at EB is dead now. At least until next weekend of course!
TLDR; Girl working on a Sunday is so shitfaced/stoned/on crack from the weekend from the last night she looks like she's going to die and is at work.
TLDR Part 2: I'm bored at work.
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Spose. Their Dark Souls QL sold me on the game, though.jambo said:
It put me off it. I mean, it looks great, but I don't have the time/patience/spare controllers to break to start playing. I totally get what fans love about Demons/Dark Souls though.Rez said:
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The shortfallings of SotC are, as expected, much more visible on what must be my fifth or sixth playthrough of the game. The atmosphere and minimalist unveiling of the narrative don't really carry through multiple plays like how Ico managed to do.
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Forza 4 remains the best thing since sliced bread. The wireless speed wheel, as stupid as it looks, is a competent if compromised means of playing the game. It will never replace a proper wheel/pedal setup, but is damn near ideal for the casual player like me. I'd say it's worth the $60 but try and get it in the FM4 bundle for $120.
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Did Gears of War 3 happen? Those were great games - surely Gears 3 is just as fun? It's a huge franchise but seems to have fallen off the radar. I'll have to play it before Uncharted 3 hits.
BanShunsaku
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I remember visiting Brisbane as a young lad and being bewildered by every fucking shop being closed on Sundays, with the exception of corner stores.
Somewhat related memory: Staying with my Grandad for a couple of weeks (who lived 10 mins walk from Garden City) and seeing a movie every day just to get out of the heat. We would stay with him every year on Christmas holidays and spend most of our time wandering aimlessly around Garden City.
Good times.
Somewhat related memory: Staying with my Grandad for a couple of weeks (who lived 10 mins walk from Garden City) and seeing a movie every day just to get out of the heat. We would stay with him every year on Christmas holidays and spend most of our time wandering aimlessly around Garden City.
Good times.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449537&page=2
guys I accidently perpetuated the Australians = racist thing
guys I accidently perpetuated the Australians = racist thing
viciouskillersquirrel
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Reminds me of how I walked into EB the other day, bought Layton and the Lost Future and the girl asked me if I had a 3DS. I said yes, but that mine was imported from the US, so I couldn't buy local games. She suggested I trade in my system to buy an Aussie one and I was like "..."
EDIT: Ban, your story reminds me of my wife's grandfather. He also lived 10 minutes from Garden City (walking) and used to work as a projectionist so they would take them to the movies a lot as well.
You and my wife might be cousins!
EDIT: Ban, your story reminds me of my wife's grandfather. He also lived 10 minutes from Garden City (walking) and used to work as a projectionist so they would take them to the movies a lot as well.
You and my wife might be cousins!
Choc said:
ABC1 beat Channel 10. That's pretty hilarious, 10 needs to pull its head out of its arse and do something about Lachie Murdoch.
HolyCheck said:http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449537&page=2
guys I accidently perpetuated the Australians = racist thing
smh
BanShunsaku
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viciouskillersquirrel said:
Or I might be your wife!
viciouskillersquirrel
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If that's the case, how come you never read my blog? I post about it here all the timeBanShunsaku said:Or I might be your wife!
BanShunsaku
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viciouskillersquirrel said:If that's the case, how come you never read my blog? I post about it here all the time
:lol
But seriously, Grandad was a carpenter, so unfortunately we are not weird AusGAF relations
viciouskillersquirrel said:
Oh, the stupidest thing seen at EB Expo was easily the in-show EB store. People spending time waiting in line at a show they're paid cash money to attend so they can purchase games at RRP.
Completely perplexing. Guess its people like those guys that keep the conventional retail sector in business.
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