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[Quint]

God I'll be disappointed if you're right! (doubtful).

I'll bring you some diapers

Is this your way of telling me what that secret fantasy of yours is?

[Wojo]

I'm just waiting for a $50 price break on a GTX 670 and my next-gen gaming system will arrive.

[Koray Savas]

God I'll be disappointed if you're right! (doubtful).

One thing's for sure, the price point is going to be much lower. The leap isn't going to be as great as PS2 to PS3 and people won't be willing to pay $600 for that upgrade. IGN reported some leaked documents about a new PS3 model coming out soon. In the last year of its run? Doesn't sound right, unless they fully expect people to stick with this gen and have a more reasonably priced next gen console for those who want that upgrade. I'm sure it'll be backwards compatible this time around. It has to.

[Quint]

Speaking of graphical muscle, my pc arrived yesterday. Hello Battlefield 3 Ultra settings!

I'm still using an Xbox controller, just to irritate pc elitists.

Oh by the way, Origin is as bad as they say it is.

[Ren]

God I'll be disappointed if you're right! (doubtful).

I'll bring you some diapers

Is this your way of telling me what that secret fantasy of yours is?

I'm wondering what your junk looks like in a diaper, yes lol

[Stefancos]

Urgh!

[Wojo]

I'm still using an Xbox controller, just to irritate pc elitists.

I'm not sure what a PC "elitist" is but I don't think that I am one. Other people need their consoles, that's great, and the fact that everyone's itching to buy a new next-gen console -- except Koray, he needs his money for Blu-Rays and Bob Dylan -- indicates their shortcomings are becoming more apparent.

But I have my own Xbox controller, and it makes games like Batman a cinch to play. And modern sidescrollers like Super Meat Boy need it...keyboard and mouse are good for most shooters, but they are an acquired skill. If you grew up with a gamepad, by all means, do what feels right.

[Koray Savas]

Believe me, I'll have the PS4 on Day 1.

[Quint]

I used to be a keyboard and mouse player, Wojo. I grew up with both setups. Controller is my preference.

[Luke Skywalker]

Just cleaned the computer of dust (it was shutting down whn playing games) and installing arkham city right now. I hope the computer runs it...

[Wojo]

I used to be a keyboard and mouse player, Wojo. I grew up with both setups. Controller is my preference.

Hooray!

[Chaac]

I'm still using an Xbox controller, just to irritate pc elitists.

I'm not sure what a PC "elitist" is but I don't think that I am one. Other people need their consoles, that's great, and the fact that everyone's itching to buy a new next-gen console -- except Koray, he needs his money for Blu-Rays and Bob Dylan -- indicates their shortcomings are becoming more apparent.

But I have my own Xbox controller, and it makes games like Batman a cinch to play. And modern sidescrollers like Super Meat Boy need it...keyboard and mouse are good for most shooters, but they are an acquired skill. If you grew up with a gamepad, by all means, do what feels right.

It must be my absolutely lack of practice but playing most games in a controller is an impossible mission for me. And I'm left with my hands very tired. I also tend to enjoy a lot strategy games that don't mesh well with a controller.

[Quint]

64 player Battlefield 3 on pc is probably the most spectacular thing I've ever seen in a game.

[Luke Skywalker]

arkham city runs perfectly. i dont like batman specially but i love these games.

only complain is that there is not a language option and changing it has to be done manually modifying ini files. this game needs to be played in english not dubbed!

[Wojo]

64 player Battlefield 3 on pc is probably the most spectacular thing I've ever seen in a game.

I bet it would be. The last time I played a multiplayer game with more than two other people was the original Counterstrike or Half-Life way back in the day, so I'm missing out.

[Red Rabbit]

Believe me, I'll have the PS4 on Day 1.

Never buy a console on launch.

[king mark]

Me neither. I'll wait a year at least..unless the next Elder Scrolls is a launch game...

[Koray Savas]

Believe me, I'll have the PS4 on Day 1.

Never buy a console on launch.

Been doing it since the N64 came out, don't think I'll stop now. I'll probably buy 2, just so I can make an insane profit on the secondary market.

[Wojo]

unless the next Elder Scrolls is a launch game...

It won't be. They'll drag Skyrim's DLC's out over two years before they announce a sequel. They're running out of interesting provinces to use, and don't tell me that all of Tamriel is a good idea. Though the Elder Scrolls MMO probably won't be on consoles.

[Koray Savas]

I'm surprised Dawnguard took so long, but I hear it's the size of Shivering Isles, which is pretty much a game in its own right.

[Wojo]

And I read that Dawnguard is smaller than Shivering Isles. Dawnguard does add its own new plane of Oblivion to the game, but it's not as large as Sheogorad's realm that you visit in "Oblivion." Mostly Dawnguard makes you revisit places you've already been if you have been there.

But don't take my word for it. I'm waiting for it to drop in price a bit, and I've bought enough games for now. My stack of unplayed games is almost as big as LeBlanc's.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Gotta say I'm loving the FF4 remake for the DS. The new graphics are generally good (but suffer from looking like PS1 era polygon stuff a bit) but what's great is they made the game harder and added some new features (characters who leave your party leave behind an Augment that you can give to other characters who now inherit their former special powers). Good stuff.

Got my Gamecube hooked back up to my TV so i can start using the Game Boy Player adapter on it again. Gonna play Metroid Fusion and Zelda: Minish cap that way.

[king mark]

In FF13-2 you can tame monsters to fight with you and enhance them.That's what I've been doing most of the playtime

I've finished the main story. To be continued.... I guess there's going to be another one

[Faleel]

Gonna play Metroid Fusion and Zelda: Minish cap that way.

Both great Games.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Can't wait! I've played Metroid Fusion before but don't remember if I ever finished it; Super Metroid is one of my fave SNES games.

Never played Minish Cap, but Link To The Past IS my favorite SNES game

[BloodBoal]

Minish Cap is a nice game. Not as good as ALTTP, obviously, but quite enjoyable nonetheless.

Have you ever played Link's Awakening?

[Jason LeBlanc]

Briefly. I actually own that on original cartridge - In college once I took a bunch of people to the beach, and when cleaning out my car a few days later I found a green Gameboy Pocket with that game in it in my trunk! Nobody ever claimed it, so I inherited it! So I can either play it on the Gameboy Pocket or it should play in my Gameboy Advance. It's the DX version of game, too!

[BloodBoal]

You should play it until the end. It's probably my favourite Zelda game. It has a great atmosphere, and the ending is the best of the series (along with Ocarina Of Time's), in my not so humble opinion.

The fact that this cartridge came into your possession in such a mysterious way was a sign... You NEED to play it.

[Jason LeBlanc]

I definitely plan on playing it. though I just tried turning on the GBPocket and the batteries were dead (expired in 2007, lol) and now I am attempting to use my Gameboy Advance but that doesn't seem to be working either. Too bad they never remade or even ported this game to other consoles (actually, I think its in the virtual console for 3DS now, but I don't have a 3DS yet)

[Faleel]

Is it a coincidence that I have been playing Zelda: Oracle of Ages recently? (like, just last night?)

[Jason LeBlanc]

Oracles of Ages/Seasons are the only Zelda games I don't own in any form (well, other than Skyward Sword)

[Faleel]

IMHO they are great games, though they can be somewhat difficult (and annoying!)

[Jason LeBlanc]

I'll pick them up eventually, probably as used cartridges, assuming I can get either my GBPocket or GBA to work again.

[BloodBoal]

Just use a fuckin' emulator.

[Jason LeBlanc]

I want to sit on my couch or on my bed to play zelda games, not my office.

Plus, it's legal if I have the cartridges. Plus the collector in me wants to own the entire series physically

[Faleel]

Plus, it's legal.

Thats news to me!

[BloodBoal]

Plus, it's legal if I have the cartridges. Plus the collector in me wants to own the entire series physically

Even the CD-I games??

[Jason LeBlanc]

No, just the main series. The games on this:

http://kotaku.com/58...th-added-detail

[Quint]

Finally got DayZ working and configured how I like it after about four hours (over three days) of pissing about with settings and message boards. Plus I had to work out how to make a decent profile for my Xbox controller with a piece of home brew software called Xpadder. So yeah, I actually played the game properly, from my sofa with a beer, for a couple of hours last night.

So far I've died over and over again. You start with no weapons and have to make a run for the nearest farm or whatever where you pray there's an abandoned firearm lying about. Once they spot you, Zombies just do not let up. The trick is to keep out of their way, stay low and hidden. It is VERY realistic in that way and brutally unforgiving, but the sneak mechanics are solid and reliable - you believe in it; there is no cheap frustration due to inconsistent AI unfairly spotting your position. Stay out of view and you live. Until I went and accidently opened fire on one with a Winchester shotgun I just found in the barn I was looting, the noise made the whole horde turn up and overwhelm me. Back to the beginning again...

It already feels like Demons Souls, albeit spread out over 225 square miles of realistically modelled and beautifully eerie Russian countryside. It's the apocalypse with no extra lives and the outlook is bleak...

[king mark]

Finally got DayZ working and configured how I like it after about four hours (over three days) of pissing about with settings and message boards. Plus I had to work out how to make a decent profile for my Xbox controller with a piece of home brew software called Xpadder.

The joys of PC gaming


I'm going to tackle Witcher 2 now I think