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#571 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 764 weeks ago
If you are buying an Xbox make sure its the slim version and you should be ok.
I have had 2 broke down Xbox's, due to over-heateing (old model).
I have also had a failed drive on a PS3.
#572 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns Announce Dublin Gig, Thur May 17th » 765 weeks ago
I'll be disappointed without new music, even a song or two, but will be there regardless.
#573 Re: The Garden » Xbox720 to Block Used Game Playing? » 765 weeks ago
Monkey,
Your in Austrailia aren't you?
Are your sytems pal, can they play European games? If so you should import, $118 as Axl S has said "That's extortion."
#574 Re: The Garden » Xbox720 to Block Used Game Playing? » 765 weeks ago
IRISH OS1R1S wrote:Rental is going to be dead on all the next consoles I reckon. We can already see the big companies like EA and Ubisoft using those stupid online passes that are tied to only one console, so if a mate borrows your game the online won't work for him. This is where all the developers are heading I'm afraid.
Or he could pay like 5 Dollars/Pounds (whatever it ends up being) to play online... the online pass don't tie the discs to one console, they just give you access, that's why it's called a pass. Each game comes with one, and if you need more need pay.
Anyway on the subject of tieing discs to consoles and basically blocking used games... that's really stupid. It makes the console an instant no-buy for me.
It's not the point of a pass only costing $5, it's more like €12 here, but I digress. It's about charging for shit that has always been a standard in your original purchase since the industry began. Now they charge you for online passes and dlc thats already on the disc in most cases, but has to be unlocked by buying the dlc that is no more than a key to open the shit on the disc ffs.
Now if that's not bad enough, we have the big hitters starting this yearly fee "elite member" shit. When is enough enough. Most of these things should come on the original disc you purchased. €15 for two or three extra maps or armor for a goddamn horse, seriously?
You see it starts out small and the next thing everything in the game is gonna be micro transactions, or worse and more likely in the not to distant future, subscription based.
#575 Re: Guns N' Roses » 2011-12 Guns n Roses Tour » 765 weeks ago
Just got a text from the O2 arena asking if I wanted to book tickets for gnr in may, wtf?
I haven't been reading in this section in awhile and had no idea they are coming back here again so soon.
Did I miss something, are they dropping a new album, or is it the same Chinese democracy tour again?
#576 Re: The Garden » Xbox720 to Block Used Game Playing? » 765 weeks ago
Rental is going to be dead on all the next consoles I reckon. We can already see the big companies like EA and Ubisoft using those stupid online passes that are tied to only one console, so if a mate borrows your game the online won't work for him. This is where all the developers are heading I'm afraid.
#577 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 767 weeks ago
Bring it.
#578 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 768 weeks ago
i got skyrim today for the xbox...gonna pop it in after the kids go to bed
Skyrim is amazing, but be prepared to invest atleast 80 hours.
@Olorin
The tennis game included for free with wii sports is actually pretty good, you just need to get some mates to play againt to make the best of it. 
#579 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 768 weeks ago
Olorin wrote:lol so tell me, why is this Mario game so good? Mabye I should get the first one and play that before starting this, would that break me in better?
I'm loving Skyward Sword, it takes me back to Ocarina where everything was new, the games familar but the contols are a whole new experience for me. I've started wearing that wrist strap, I'm swinging my sword around like fuck full of the voddy and its only a matter time before my fish tank gets it.
in SS there is an option under the #1 or #2 button where you can adjust the sensitivity of the wii-mote. think it's something like 'beginner/medium/pro" the three options & if you select pro it means you don't need such large thrusts of the wiimote you can perform the actions with an easy flick of the arm/wrist.
as for SMG2, well it's head spinning & head melting. hilarious & achingly fun.
it's not only platforming perfection, it's nintendo perfecting their own blend of magic. exhilarating, breathtaking fun.and at a time when videogames are obsessed with narrative as an attempt to justify their maturity or their worthiness as art, nintendo polish their imagination, wonder & splendour into the simple joys of what really make videogames special & unique (& artistic). it is sheer unadulterated pleasure. even when it's being mean & difficult it's then it achieves an heightened hilarity (star 242 anyone?!). you jump, bash goomba's, solve puzzles & rescue the princess - like all mario's, simple but effective. but the level design this time around is the greatest they've ever come up with.
it's like it pushes the laws of physics to breaking point, & then dances on it's grave.in 20+ yrs of playing games, none have kept me smiling as long & as often as SMG2.
Couldn't have put it better myself, karma.
To pass up galaxy is to pass up one of the greatest games of all time. People say nintendo games are not mature enough, but really at the end of the day, regardless if you are playing a game thats ultra realistic or cartoony, you are still just pressing buttons when all is said and done. It's just a matter of which you have more fun playing, and if you don't have fun playing Mario,....................well you probably shouln't be playing games.
Edit: Turn on your karma damnit. 
#580 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 769 weeks ago
Don't worry about the build quality, My kid has battered that wiimote off just about everything and the thing refuses to break. Nintendo has always built consoles that last and rarely give trouble.
If graphics are not too important to you then you should look forward to some good games on the wii. I prefer the xbox and like games to look good, but I do love some of the wii games too, gameplay always trumps graphics for me.
Heres a few Wii games you should look out for:
Donkey Kong Country - Returns
Dead Space - Extraction
Fatal Frame 4
Muramasa - The Demon Blade (old school 2d, think Shinobi)
Sin & Punishment
Monster Hunter Tri (not for everyone, but if it is, kiss much of your life away lol)
Red Steel 2 (do not buy the first one)
Pikmin 2
Sonic Colors
A Boy and His Blob (old school 2d)
Rayman Origins
The Last Kings Story
Tatsunoko vs Capcom
Deadly Creatures
Conduit 2
Metroid Other M
Resident Evil 4 (The best version by far)
Trauma Center - Second Opinion
Fire Emblem - Radiant Dawn
Wario Ware - Smooth Moves
Metroid Prime Corruption (Buy the trilogy if you haven't played the first 2, MUST PLAY)
No More Heroes 2
Okami (a lesser Zelda)
Super Paper Mario
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Mario Kark
Zak & Wiki - Quest For Barabaros Treasure
Zelda - Twilight Princess (it's Zelda, you know it's good)
Madworld (tough and very short)
Super Mario Galaxy (outstanding)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (possibly the best Mario of all time)
The Last Story (amazing)
Xenoblade Chronicles (Americans may need to hack the wii to play this, but it's worth it and wii is easy to hack, the best JRPG this decade)
Pandoras Tower
New Super Mario Bros
Kirbys Epic Yarn
