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[Speedy Blue Dude]

It's gud

Did you seriously buy a PS4 with only Ghosts?

Yeah.

Didn't see any other launch games that interest me. Didn't want to give Killzone a chance after the bad reviews, and I already decided that I wouldn't like Knack, and after seeing the awful reviews I didn't care for it either. I wanted to pick up a second controller, but I assumed if me and my Brother-In-Law/s ever want to play together, one of us would just use my Vita. Haven't tried it yet, if that doesn't work I'd get another controller.


I also wanted Battlefield 4, but decided that I'd just get that on Xbox One for now. Will get BF4 on PS4 during Black Friday when it's cheap.

I'm torn to be honest. I miss console gaming. League is fun and all, but I miss Halo . I'm going to wait a few months before choosing a console. Right now I'm leaning towards PS4, with the better graffix and rizolooshun, but Xbox has the games I like (Titanfall and Halo).

Also I saw you got an xb1 controller on twitter early. How did you do that?

Walked into Bestbuy to see if they're selling Xbox One games yet, so I can buy all my launch games already and not have to wait in line during Mid-Night for each game, instead just get the system and go. They didn't have any games yet for sale, but I saw a bunch of Xbox One controller boxes in the open on display. Employee who I asked "Are you guys selling Xbox One games yet?" told me "We aren't selling the controllers either till the 22, those are just displays.". I shrugged it off, grabbed one of the 30 boxes and went up to the front and the cashier checked me out no problem. I saw a few Day One Gold cards as well, whenever I have money I'll go pick one of those up.

 

[Ramirez]

KZ MP is vastly superior to Ghosts, you chose wrong.

 

[FYC]

Isn't Resogun free? You should download that.

Edit: Oh, PS+.

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Isn't Resogun free? You should download that.

I couldn't connect on Friday before I went to work. Didn't bother touching it this Saturday, and haven't bothered today. Not even sure if the Day One update is downloaded yet, my Brother-In-Law might have if he played it a bit. I'll check... someday.

 

[Fracas]

Yeah.


Didn't see any other launch games that interest me. Didn't want to give Killzone a chance after the bad reviews, and I already decided that I wouldn't like Knack, and after seeing the awful reviews I didn't care for it either. I wanted to pick up a second controller, but I assumed if me and my Brother-In-Law/s ever want to play together, one of us would just use my Vita. Haven't tried it yet, if that doesn't work I'd get another controller.


I also wanted Battlefield 4, but decided that I'd just get that on Xbox One for now. Will get BF4 on PS4 during Black Friday when it's cheap.

Lol, I don't even know why you bought it then. KZ is fun, Knack is solid, and Resogun is awesome and free. Of course you're gonna be disappointed; you bought a $400 CoD: Ghosts machine.

 

[Ramirez]

Speedy's probably in that stage where he thinks owning something will justify his opinions when he shits all over it constantly.

 

[gAg CruSh3r]

Speedy's probably in that stage where he thinks owning something will justify his opinions when he shits all over it constantly.

I guess 400$ well spent ...

Spoiler

Just Kidding or am I l?

 

[daedalius]

You've got COD: Ghosts, which looks like hot trash, then you've got

Guess its all about how you use it!

http://youtu.be/oK4DfuSy9-g

HaloGAF customs 11/02/2013, as brought to you by my poor cinematography skills.

Great customs night, Hungry Hungry Hippos would be much better if not for the damn custodian.

Trenchball was the best.

 

[blamite]

http://youtu.be/oK4DfuSy9-g

HaloGAF customs 11/02/2013, as brought to you by my poor cinematography skills.

Wow, really good video. That actually makes me want to play Halo again! Like, a lot!

Spoiler

hire Fuschdshch

 

[Fuchsdh]

Wow, really good video. That actually makes me want to play Halo again! Like, a lot!

Spoiler

hire Fuschdshch

Spoiler

Or you can just play customs.

Looking at the video it looks like we just played a lot of Flood, but it's surprising how versatile the mode is even after it was gimped in the Reach -> 4 move. Let's hope 343 gets some ideas from the modders on new custom ideas for the next game.

Jess did say she'd passed on Pete and Nilla's FUD interview to the team. They're certainly listening.

You've got COD: Ghosts, which looks like hot trash, then you've got

Guess its all about how you use it!

Indeed. Ryse was so polarizing among critics thus far, I'm hopeful it at least does well enough to support a sequel. I'd like an actual grounded historical game of any type, and Rome could scratch that itch.

 

[daedalius]

Indeed. Ryse was so polarizing among critics thus far, I'm hopeful it at least does well enough to support a sequel. I'd like an actual grounded historical game of any type, and Rome could scratch that itch.

Well, no one is saying it LOOKS bad. But still, I'm a pretty big fan of CAG's, so I imagine I'll like it to some extent.

Apparently the campaign isn't too difficult, but it actually gets pretty tough in the Coliseum mode, which is like wave-based coop survival. Could be a lot of fun.

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Speedy's probably in that stage where he thinks owning something will justify his opinions when he shits all over it constantly.

I don't shit on the PS4. I'm just disappointed in it. Honestly the system is a really fucking impressive. The fact that it's the stronger of the two systems (three...), and the cheaper one, and staying the smaller system is really impressive. The PS4 is awesome, just it has no good games to play on it, and it doesn't offer a better experience than the Xbox One on Multiplatforms, so as it stands I'm going with the Xbox One. I honestly value the voice navigation, early DLC and snap/multitasking over the 1080p (with frame-rate drops) or 900p. At this point, the Xbox One version are the "superior" ones to me, so I'm buying it on there.

I'll be praising the PS4 when The Last of Us 2 comes out, or another must have game that offers a fantastic experience I wouldn't find on the Xbox One. I'll also choose the PS4 over the Xbox One when it offers a better experience in multiplatforms (For example, Watch Dogs is a must get on PS4, and Destiny also a must get on PS4 over the Xbox One).

Stuff like the (in my opinion) poor UI will be fixed, or improved, hell it already might have been and I just don't know because I never downloaded the system update, just currently, the PS4 has no games/experience to praise it for. I'm not going to praise it for Knack and Killzone, that's for sure.

 

[Ramirez]

You haven't played either KZ or knack, just stop.

 

[User 73706]

http://youtu.be/oK4DfuSy9-g

HaloGAF customs 11/02/2013, as brought to you by my poor cinematography skills.

Holy shit. I don't know how you did it, but it lines up with Team Teamwork's Royal Flush / Sailing from Junon mix perfectly. Like, down the the lyrics.

(mute the halogaf custom vid if the music gets too loud)

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

You haven't played either KZ or knack, just stop.

The 60 and 75 scores on Metacritic say I don't want too. I'm just really picky on spending money right now for games, since I'm starting to cut it really tight with money buying everything. Same reason I'm not getting Ryse, nor praising Ryse, on the Xbox One. All 3 of these games look average to me, and reviews are confirming my worries, so I'm just not going to spend $60 on it. I'm sorry, I know some gamers don't like to put much warrant on game reviews, but when it seems like the general consensus for a game is that it's average (from both reviewers AND GAF), I'm just hesitant to give these games a chance. I'll probably rent Killzone whenever Redbox starts renting out PS4 games, and if I like it I'll buy it, but for now I don't see a way of trying it, so I'm just avoiding.


Seriously though are there any options for renting games now? All rental places by me closed, Redbox isn't renting Next Gen games yet, and retails stores obviously don't rent. Is Gamefly the only option right now?

 

[Havok]

Speedy, I don't know what you were expecting. Launch lineups are bad and have been since the beginning of time. There's one or two things worth picking up and the rest is usually trash. If you're lucky, one of those two will be an instant classic like Halo 1, Mario 64, or SMW. I mean, if you didn't like Call of Duty 2 at the 360's launch, or Halo at the Xbox's launch, you were pretty much boned because the rest was a pile of crap like Azurik or Quake 4. There are actually more good launch games for these two than in the last several generations, if only because third parties are producing games of a reasonable quality on both. I understand this might be your first launch because you were like 8 or 5 or whatever when these last consoles came out, but come on.

I believe it's the codec, party chat is extremely low and muffled on my A40's as well.

That's what I'm afraid of. Sounds like Xbox Live games' chat circa 2010. Maybe they'll be able to update it like Microsoft did over the course of the 360's life.

I'm hoping it's just the pack-in quality in the end - some of the guys were harder to understand than others, which points to the headset.

 

[danwarb]

Knack seems like one of those launch games that isn't very good, but you persevere anyway because there isn't much else. Or you could happen to like it.

 

[Fracas]

Next week, Speedy will tell us how the Xbox One is shit because NBA 2K14 wasn't up to his tastes.

Knack seems like one of those launch games that isn't very good, but you persevere anyway because there isn't much else. Or you could happen to like it.

It's really simple, but I'm having fun with it. It's basically a Lego game, but more focus on combat. The art direction is quite nice.

 

[Cow]

I'm torn to be honest. I miss console gaming. League is fun and all, but I miss Halo . I'm going to wait a few months before choosing a console. Right now I'm leaning towards PS4, with the better graffix and rizolooshun, but Xbox has the games I like (Titanfall and Halo).

Also I saw you got an xb1 controller on twitter early. How did you do that?

I don't get why you wouldn't just get the console that has the games you like? Graphics capability is a minor issue when you can't play the games that you want.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Holy shit. I don't know how you did it, but it lines up with Team Teamwork's Royal Flush / Sailing from Junon mix perfectly. Like, down the the lyrics.

(mute the halogaf custom vid if the music gets too loud)

Well for the most part it's bog-standard cutting on the down-beat so it's not that surprising it would match something with a similar tempo, but I'm a bit amazed that's the first thing you reached for.

Sometimes I really do wonder how your mind works.

 

[User 73706]

Well for the most part it's bog-standard cutting on the down-beat so it's not that surprising it would match something with a similar tempo, but I'm a bit amazed that's the first thing you reached for.

Sometimes I really do wonder how your mind works.

Being insane a dude who dabbles in music junk helps. It makes some of those similarities a lot more blatant, anyway.

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Next week, Speedy will tell us how the Xbox One is shit because NBA 2K14 wasn't up to his tastes.

I don't think the PS4 is shit, and I just went back and checked my recent posts and posts in this thread, I never called the PS4 shit. :/ Only thing I can see you referring too is the tweet I made about no-one going/wanting to go to the PS4 midnight launch, and that tweet was a joke when I compared it to the Xbox One.

I'll give you that the PS4 UI isn't exactly my liking, just because how everything is hidden away in sub-menu's, but I even admit that it'll get better and I'm sure it'll become great eventually. The controller I even stated that I'm going to give myself more time before I give a final opinion on it, since I'm sure it's just because I'm not used to it yet.


I'm genuinely excited and like both systems (well... not sure about the Xbox One yet, still haven't gotten it).

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

http://youtu.be/oK4DfuSy9-g

HaloGAF customs 11/02/2013, as brought to you by my poor cinematography skills.

That was pretty damn cool man. Great job. Loved the music choice, too.

Is it bad that I went through a few times just to see where I was?

Trenchball was the best.

I agree. It was a great Vietnam War simulator.

EDIT:

So speaking of Killzone since my PS4 is bricked I'm watching a friend stream it all night. Is it just me or does it sound like the shield recharge sound from halo 1 when they first activate cheif's shield s on the POA when the Owl revives you? It really does to me.

Dang son. Already? What happened?

 

[Syphon Filter]

I don't think the PS4 is shit, and I just went back and checked my recent posts and posts in this thread, I never called the PS4 shit. :/ Only thing I can see you referring too is the tweet I made about no-one going/wanting to go to the PS4 midnight launch, and that tweet was a joke when I compared it to the Xbox One.

I'll give you that the PS4 UI isn't exactly my liking, just because how everything is hidden away in sub-menu's, but I even admit that it'll get better and I'm sure it'll become great eventually. The controller I even stated that I'm going to give myself more time before I give a final opinion on it, since I'm sure it's just because I'm not used to it yet.


I'm genuinely excited and like both systems (well... not sure about the Xbox One yet, still haven't gotten it).

The UI for PS4 is bland, can't blame you for not liking it. Also i dont like how you still need to synch trophies and after a download you still need to install it like ps3.

 

[gAg CruSh3r]

http://youtu.be/oK4DfuSy9-g

HaloGAF customs 11/02/2013, as brought to you by my poor cinematography skills.

Excellent work! That was fantastic . I hope to see more soon!

 

[Fuchsdh]

Trenchball was the best.

I agree. It was a great Vietnam War simulator.

Glad to hear people liked it... it's the first custom map I've ever tried building.

Per feedback (and from watching how many people actually were getting obliterated by fusion coils) I made a version without the constant fusion coil launching, tweaked the load outs and set it to two rounds. Along with a few other tweaks should play a bit better. Couldn't have done it without y'all's feedback.

Edit: Also put a kill ceiling so enterprising map breakers can't get outside the walls and confused everyone.

 

[Orochinagis]

http://youtu.be/oK4DfuSy9-g

HaloGAF customs 11/02/2013, as brought to you by my poor cinematography skills.

Looks pretty awesome!!!

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

http://youtu.be/oK4DfuSy9-g

HaloGAF customs 11/02/2013, as brought to you by my poor cinematography skills.

Very well put together. That game of prop hunt>>>>>>>

Hopefully I can get in on another lobby soon, not this weekend, though, i'm busy with the Doctor Who 50th.

And I found out earlier this week that Dylan Ryder retired from porn.

Looks like we aren't getting the Cortana scene we deserve

kylej is rolling in his grave.

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

And I found out earlier this week that Dylan Ryder retired from porn.

Looks like we aren't getting the Cortana scene we deserve

 

[Rev3rb]

http://youtu.be/oK4DfuSy9-g

HaloGAF customs 11/02/2013, as brought to you by my poor cinematography skills.

This is awesome!

<3 Prop Hunt

 

[User 73706]

And I found out earlier this week that Dylan Ryder retired from porn.

Looks like we aren't getting the Cortana scene we deserve

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Syphon Filter]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ryaaaan will be sad lol.

 

[CreateNowSleepLater]

I don't think the PS4 is shit, and I just went back and checked my recent posts and posts in this thread, I never called the PS4 shit. :/ Only thing I can see you referring too is the tweet I made about no-one going/wanting to go to the PS4 midnight launch, and that tweet was a joke when I compared it to the Xbox One.

I'll give you that the PS4 UI isn't exactly my liking, just because how everything is hidden away in sub-menu's, but I even admit that it'll get better and I'm sure it'll become great eventually. The controller I even stated that I'm going to give myself more time before I give a final opinion on it, since I'm sure it's just because I'm not used to it yet.


I'm genuinely excited and like both systems (well... not sure about the Xbox One yet, still haven't gotten it).

Speedy, see my post a couple of pages back on the PS4. Did you have a PS3? I hear you about Killzone but newegg just had it for $45. Hard to judge a system by Ghosts when that is considered the worst of the "ports". Killzone is the graphics jump by far and the MP at first threw me off but it has no aim assist which is a big plus.

AC4 also is said to perform better on PS4 and the touch pad is integrated which is nice. I suggest like others have that you DL Resogun and Warframe. You can even play DCU free if you use the month of PSN that came with the console. Don't get me wrong, the OS is not as nice as an MS OS. I guess I just feel like you might be putting to much weight on Ghosts. The controller is to each his own I guess. It is easily tied for 360 as the current best. Those sticks is much better though, especially for shooters.

 

[Booshka]

And I found out earlier this week that Dylan Ryder retired from porn.

Looks like we aren't getting the Cortana scene we deserve

 

[Madness]

She retired a while ago, like May of last year. Got engaged too I think. Don't ask me how I know lol.

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Speedy, see my post a couple of pages back on the PS4. Did you have a PS3? I hear you about Killzone but newegg just had it for $45. Hard to judge a system by Ghosts when that is considered the worst of the "ports". Killzone is the graphics jump by far and the MP at first threw me off but it has no aim assist which is a big plus.

AC4 also is said to perform better on PS4 and the touch pad is integrated which is nice. I suggest like others have that you DL Resogun and Warframe. You can even play DCU free if you use the month of PSN that came with the console. Don't get me wrong, the OS is not as nice as an MS OS. I guess I just feel like you might be putting to much weight on Ghosts. The controller is to each his own I guess. It is easily tied for 360 as the current best. Those sticks is much better though, especially for shooters.

I did own a PS3 and enjoyed it towards the later years, was a really good system just in the long run I was much more invested with the Xbox 360.

I still haven't developed a set opinion with the PS4 yet, and I'm looking forward to trying it out more this week since I don't work much and will have spare time, and I will download Resogun and Warframe since they're free. I'm excited to play the PS4 some more.

 

[YourExWife]

I will play it lots just like I did geometry wars.

Oh, my sweet summer child, what do you know about "lots"?

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Speedy, you spent around $500 to buy a piece of hardware and a game to gather dust when you could've used that money towards games on the platform you're excited for.

Are we sure this isn't a fake account? lol I still wonder sometimes..

 

[Booshka]

Speedy, you spent around $500 to buy a piece of hardware and a game to gather dust when you could've used that money towards games on the platform you're excited for.

Are we sure this isn't a fake account? lol I still wonder sometimes..

He's just a goober.

 

[Defect]

So how many of us are getting the Xbox One at launch? I want to finish adding everyone I already haven't added for the Xbox One launch. Give me your gamertags if you don't mind!

GT- Defective 2

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Speedy, you spent around $500 to buy a piece of hardware and a game to gather dust when you could've used that money towards games on the platform you're excited for.

Are we sure this isn't a fake account? lol I still wonder sometimes..

I'm excited for both systems, just for different reasons. PS4 I'm excited for Destiny and Watch_Dogs, but mostly The Last of Us 2 and whatever else Naughty Dog will make.

Xbox One I'm excited for Forza Motorsport 5, Halo 5, and Titan Fall, just turns out Xbox One launched with one of these games while the PS4 doesn't (Damn you Watch_Dogs delay!)

GT- Defective 2

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[Tunavi]

Lol, I don't even know why you bought it then. KZ is fun, Knack is solid, and Resogun is awesome and free. Of course you're gonna be disappointed; you bought a $400 CoD: Ghosts machine.

http://youtu.be/6wS5xOZ7Rq8?t=19s

 

[nillapuddin]

Gif cards? Like avatar costumes?

Bundled 5 pack, 1 month of XBL/Music/Hulu, 480 MS points & Comic Jumper

Already have the game, but I'll gladly accept anything else you don't want

well...

I won again tonight at Kinect Sports Waveracing, day wunners, come at me
56 second lap time.

Another Xbox One shirt! and gift card package, I gave some things to co-workers so the updated inventory is as follows

1 month Hulu Plus (new subscribers only)
1 month Xbox Music Pass x3
1 month XBL Gold x2

btw, seriously guys, Xbox One controller is incredible, BF4 looked amazing, KI is very fun, Ryse is so god damn rewarding once you learn how to play

Spoiler

its harder than batman

and Kinect Sports is legit

Spoiler

inb4 rare is wasted

Forza felt too slow, DR3 was impressive (9k zombies in one demo area) but hit frame drops, Crimson Dragon isnt for me

p.s. sorry guys im greedy, i kept all the MS points, have alot of digital purchases coming up

So how many of us are getting the Xbox One at launch? I want to finish adding everyone I already haven't added for the Xbox One launch. Give me your gamertags if you don't mind!

nillapuddin626

http://youtu.be/oK4DfuSy9-g

HaloGAF customs 11/02/2013, as brought to you by my poor cinematography skills.

whoa! looked great man

Jess did say she'd passed on Pete and Nilla's FUD interview to the team. They're certainly listening.

heyyy-ooo

Indeed. Ryse was so polarizing among critics thus far, I'm hopeful it at least does well enough to support a sequel. I'd like an actual grounded historical game of any type, and Rome could scratch that itch.

After hands-on, I agree, I hope it catches on

 

[IHaveIce]

I want something too

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

1 month Hulu Plus (new subscribers only)
1 month Xbox Music Pass x3
1 month XBL Gold x2

Wouldn't mind taking an Xbox Music Pass and a Month of Gold. If I can only get one, I'd love a Music Pass, since my current subscription just expired and it pains me to not listen to the GTA V Soundtrack I downloaded!

Kinect Sports looks really nice, super excited to try the Wave Racing standalone release on November 22!

 

[wwm0nkey]

Jesus this any 3.5m headset stuff should be a standard across everything. Hope the future Xbox controllers pick up on it too.

 

[Booshka]

Jesus this any 3.5m headset stuff should be a standard across everything. Hope the future Xbox controllers pick up on it too.

This makes me happy, I am still rocking my Turtle Beach HPX's that have since been discontinued, but they should work fine with PS4. Luckily they still sell adapter cables for relatively cheap if I need them, I already bought some to connect directly to my MOBO on my PC so I dont have to bother with the Astro mixamp.

 

[nillapuddin]

Wouldn't mind taking an Xbox Music Pass and a Month of Gold. If I can only get one, I'd love a Music Pass, since my current subscription just expired and it pains me to not listen to the GTA V Soundtrack I downloaded!

Kinect Sports looks really nice, super excited to try the Wave Racing standalone release on November 22!

Ill throw ya one of each, if nobody bites on the Music Passes Ill drop all 3 for ya : )

update:
1 month Hulu Plus (new subscribers only)
1 month Xbox Music Pass x2
1 month XBL Gold x1

 

[Orochinagis]

Ill throw ya one of each, if nobody bites on the Music Passes Ill drop all 3 for ya : )

update:
1 month Hulu Plus (new subscribers only)
1 month Xbox Music Pass x2
1 month XBL Gold x1

hey, can you give me the gold one, i think my gold dies just before dark souls 2, thanks in advance.

 

[belushy]

What does Hulu plus do? Just ad free?