The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames)

[canon.docre]

metroid 2 (for gameboy) remake playable demo

http://mguasti.x10.bz/ncfc2011/

[Wang Mandu]

Hahaha, yep. That's an Assassin's Creed game. I'm shocked people praise the combat in that series.

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I'm such a stupid stupid stupid man for buying into Brotherhood's hype. Such a moran.

[james]

sometimes I scream at my computer making sam kinison noises

[riley-o]

a good friend of mine was in town this weekend and last night he was talking about how a good friend of ours couldn't make it out that night.

"ah well. maybe you can hook up with him tomorrow ?"
"nah, dude is fucking going to the midnight release of some fucking video game. dude's nearly thirty and going to a midnight launch of a fucking video game. that's fucking pathetic man."
"... "
"then he's going 'man i hope they give away some free shirts or hats !' i was like, what the fuck happened to you man."
" "

[guardianoftheblind]

time for new friends IMHO

[Broken Into Pieces]

Hahaha, yep. That's an Assassin's Creed game. I'm shocked people praise the combat in that series.

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I'm such a stupid stupid stupid man for buying into Brotherhood's hype. Such a moran.

I liked Brotherhood, other than the shitty MP they tagged onto it. And I call bullshit on that videoclip, I never went more than 3~4 kills into an execution streak without being attacked and having to counter to keep my streak alive. Besides which, if I wanted combat rather than easy kills, I'd be playing Dynasty Warriors or something.

[Wang Mandu]

[Spooky Apparition]

fingers crossed for characters that aren't fucking ANNOYING

[The Bill]

fingers crossed for characters that aren't fucking ANNOYING

Impossible! Their characters have always been beyond annoying. Regardless, they have officially struck out with me. DO NOT WANT!

[Broken Into Pieces]

I'm more stoked for Saint's Row 3, but GTA might pull me back if they cut out the annoying gotta-go-back-and-play-pool-with-Roman-again-because-he's-a-crybaby-bitch factor.

Completely new city (maybe Chicago, NOLA or one of the Texas cities) or, even better, non-USA setting would also grab my interest, though I guess it's unlikely since the casual American gaming market would be put off by running around a foreign city. Maybe drug-war-era Mexico, or a US city close to the border and playing as a Mexican dude.

[Wang Mandu]

I don't think a non-American setting would work out that well considering how much satirization of American culture is in every game from III forward. People seem to be thinking it will be Vice City and that would be if it becomes true.

Saint's Row: The Third looks really fun but they can't even come close to Rockstar's writing.

Pro-GTA IV tip: Turn off your cellphone.

[The Bill]

Saint's Row: The Third looks really fun but they can't even come close to Rockstar's writing.

i don't think comparing a supposed serious game like GTA to a game where you can kill Mexican wrestlers with dildos, in terms of writing, is in any form reasonable. I'd say SR can't come close to Rockstar's budget and production value.

[Wang Mandu]

San Andreas and Vice City were serious? Ballad of Gay Tony was serious? Rockstar nails atmosphere, music (Bathory in Lost and the Damned!!! ), and characters.

[The Bill]

Pre-ordering games over a year ago, real drunk, no matter how silly, is always a fun surprise. Hello, Battlefield 3. I actually want to play you, since your supposedly pretty short.

[fallbacktostone]

i'd love to be able to enjoy one of those gta games again but after play maybe 6 hours of san andreas i think i pretty much retired after that. i think their cuts scenes and dialogue/characters are top notch though. i just cant deal with these open world games that aren't rpgs.

[riley-o]

i gave GTA4 like five or six real chances and even a drunk chance after giving san andreas five or six real chances.

sorry GTA5

[fallbacktostone]

and maybe i'm biased but i feel like 3 was the game that it was most fun driving around. the city was perfect and just the right size. i think if i played it again today i'd still know all the little nooks and crannies. san andreas was just a sprawling samey nightmare.

[copstache]

san andreas was basically an rpg. complete with stats and skills.

[Wang Mandu]

Skyrim PC specs for those interested.

Minimum PC Specs:
Operating System: Win XP/Vista/Win7
CPU: Dual Core 2GHz
Memory: 2GB RAM
Video Card: DX9c with 512MB RAM


Recommended PC Specs:
Operating System: Win XP/7
CPU: Quad-Core CPU
Memory: 4GB RAM,
6GB Hard Drive Space
Video Card: DirectX9 video card with 1GB Memory
(GTX 260/Radeon 4890 or higher)

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6GB HD space, . Low res textures ready! Need new consoles stat.

[Masochrism]

just went to bamestop for BF3 and the two register homos made the same joke to every person n line even though everyone in line had already heard them say it to previous cstomers:

cust: "BF3 plz"
gui: "oh sorry man he just got the last copy"
cust: "not really though..."
gui: "LOL j/k GOT YOU, works EVERY time pfffffft"
cust: "no i didnt belie..."
gui: "65 dollarbux"
cust: "ok"

[copstache]

Skyrim PC specs for those interested.

Minimum PC Specs:
Operating System: Win XP/Vista/Win7
CPU: Dual Core 2GHz
Memory: 2GB RAM
Video Card: DX9c with 512MB RAM


Recommended PC Specs:
Operating System: Win XP/7
CPU: Quad-Core CPU
Memory: 4GB RAM,
6GB Hard Drive Space
Video Card: DirectX9 video card with 1GB Memory
(GTX 260/Radeon 4890 or higher)

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6GB HD space, . Low res textures ready! Need new consoles stat.

ahahahaha oh dear

i guess i'm not going to be missing much if i go console then

[Wang Mandu]

ahahahaha oh dear

i guess i'm not going to be missing much if i go console then

Maybe, maybe not. Pete Hines said recommended is only high settings and you'll need a beefier rig for the ultra, maxed out settings.

[copstache]

so a computer from 2 years ago instead of 3? gotcha

[Cryptoplasty]

I have an AMD quad-core 2.5 and a GTX 240. Think this should be OK.

Still running XP though so I'm only going to get 3 of RAM.

[Wang Mandu]

so a computer from 2 years ago instead of 3? gotcha

Hahaha.

Yeah.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/ ... eview.aspx