LET'S ARGUE ABOUT VIDEO GAMES

[MLE]

Not really. He has a valid point that it's not just the games here.

[Chojin]

My point was that Halo branched out beyond the numeric series as well. Way to DECONSTRUCT MY HOUSE OF CARDS

[Fathom Zero]

They fall on their own eventually, i.e. YOU'LL HAVE ALZHEIMER'S SOON.

[MLE]

DON'T SAY THAT ABOUT MY FIANCE ;_;

[Guitar Woman]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/arti...n-MOH-Airborne

Guys, this is one of the best things I've seen all year

[noob3]

i found a jet set (not sure which?) at a closing video store, it was like $1.. I went back to pick it up and the mother fucker was CLOSED

[Fathom Zero]

Probably the Xbox one. There are tons of them, anyway. Bundled title, ya see.

[Supafly345]

[Guitar Woman]

I never noticed before but Yoshi's Island is really shitty and the only fun parts are just broken and stupid versions of levels from Sonic the Hedgehog

[Emu]

Yeah, playing that game again as an adult ruined my childhood. ;-;

[Guitar Woman]

I'm currently playing a freeware MMO Strategy RPG called Dofus. It's kind of like an online version of Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy Tactics, except instead of controlling a bunch of dudes you ARE one of the dudes and have to use TEAMWORK to survive!

I ran around shouting obscure lyrics at new guys and getting orally raped by Teddy for the better part of thirty minutes, then got into EPIC COMBAT with some little sheep creatures. That part was boring, but since I am a level one berserker with no weapons, magic, 1337 5k!11z, or party members other than the aformentioned haloboy, I wasn't exactly expecting Frank Miller's rendition of Thermopylae.

It's a little simplistic, but I like it!

[Guitar Woman]

That should have gone in the what are you playing now thread but that one isn't stickied like it should be so I forgot about it

[bigtimecow]

let's argue about g-man

WHO IS HE

[Seven Force]

Everything went to shit

after 16-bit

[bigtimecow]

i can take a hit

unless i pop a zit

[Seven Force]

searchin' fo' a clit,

gonna make a new slit

[bigtimecow]

i knock your ass into a pit

i really hope your pants don't fit

[DuFresne]

hummingbirds like to flit

but i like to suck a tit

[Guitar Woman]

Are we doing memes now, too? Jesus christ.

[bigtimecow]

hi rhyming is a meme bye

[Guitar Woman]

CANDLE SNIFFING FUCK FENCE

YOUR FACE LOOKS LIKE A DICK

[Guitar Woman]

So I had a job interview at the game store today! It went pretty well, the manager seemed really interested in the fact that I've done volunteer work taking apart and repairing/modifying computers, and wants to interview me again later when he starts doing repairs out of the store.

But that's not the important part. The important part is while I was waiting he encouraged me to make myself at home among the kiosks in the place, and I played Guitar Hero 3 and Halo 3, both of which were HORRENDOUS. :<

To start, GH3:
This game has some fucking problems, ok. The soundtrack is all right, but the game itself is a complete pile of shit. For one thing, the band member's character models and animations are so terrible and primitive that it is impossible to believe that this game wasn't made eight years ago for the original Playstation, left to fester, then re-released on newer systems with no visual updates whatsoever. It didn't look even half as good as the original Guitar Hero. Speaking of the PS1, by the way, Parappa the Rapper comes to mind when I play this because the game REFUSES to detect the notes I'm hitting when it's supposed to. I didn't play enough to decide if this was a shitty wireless guitar issue or if the notechart and the audio just don't synch up 100% of the time, but I had to hit frets way way early for it to register. Also, the fret signals kept gettting stuck and it wouldn't let me play any notes other than the one that jammed for periods of a few seconds, which is ridiculous for a game that requires you to be as rapid as this. I can blame that one on the wireless controller with reasonable confidence, I think.

I was planning on picking this up for my Wii when I had 80 dollars I didn't want anymore, but now I will not because this game is fucking awful.

Now then, Halo 3. I had less problems with this than GH3: the buttons are at least a little more responsive, and as always the visuals were PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY. At least, they would have been, if I could have fucking seen anything. Bungie seemed compelled to make this game a throwback to Marathon, and to that effect made the field of view ridiculously tight and horrible on the eyes. The fact that they also saw fit to put the crosshairs 3/4th of the way down the fucking screen and that the aiming mechanic is clunky as all hell probably didn't help, either. Mabye I've been spoiled by Metroid Prime 3 and all the PC shooters I've been bootlegging as of late, but Halo 3 definitely has the worst aiming I've seen from a console shooter in a long long long time. Again, the retarded placing of the crosshairs didn't make it easier. It most certainly was not as good as Bioshock, contrary to Chojin's opinion. And no, DuFresne, I am not just being a Yahtzeefag here.

So yes, pretty much any reason for me to get a 360 just went down the shitter.

But I'm totally probably going to get this job sometime in the future!

[bigtimecow]

GW!

[Chojin]

Guitar Hero 3:
Lag is caused by the HDtv being used, there are options to adjust this to better settings. The graphics are better than other Guitar Heros and that isn't really up for debate. The animations are much worse in GH3. The gameplay is the same as before, which is to say that it remains boring.

Halo 3:
The field of view is fine, and the same as Bioshock or anything else. Putting the crosshair lower prevents you from staring at the ground as much as you would otherwise and is for the most part a good design decision. Some of the guns take up a lot of visual room, but they have very few shots and do a lot of damage to compensate. The AI and gameplay of Halo 3 is better than Bioshock in so many ways that this is apparently a faith-based argument and there's no reason for me to pursue it any further!

Marathon:
Is also better than Bioshock.

[Guitar Woman]

Marathon:
Is also better than Bioshock.

Well, yes. I wasn't saying Bioshock was anything special, but if given the choice I would pick it over Halo 3. Coincidentally, I'd pick Halo 1 over both of them.

I noticed they had an uncentered crosshair in some Beta footage I watched, but in the finished game it is so horrible that I can't even fucking function. I don't see how this makes the game better, I hardly spend any time looking at the ground in titles with dead-center reticules either. Although Halo is loaded with faggoty short enemies so I guess it makes a little bit of sense, but I think they completely overdid it.

Also, the version I played was for whatever reason in Spanish, which made me feel stupid :<