Posts by FrieChamp
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I see what you did there EA!
I will hold myself back until there is more info available, maybe they've got some cool ideas that make the game worth playing, but on paper this concept sounds so lame to the point that it makes me angry. It isn't merely a sign that EA clinges to its franchises, I guess that we are used to and that has been mentioned before as part of the "transformation process", but the timing of this announcement right after MW2's release is so awful and the scheme behind it so obvious...I'm baffled. If EA's new strategy is to do whatever Actiblizz does and to cut everything else, well then, good luck! You'll need it!
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Warby doesn't know 2raumwohnung teeheeee!
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Quote from Gloglebag
Also the thermal is hard to use on snowmaps, as apparently cold ice is as white as a person. Needs to be fixed.
kk anything else while I'm at it?
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Got one too and love it. Apparently the model I've got was called back by Senseo some time ago, because there is a danger of the machine exploding, so far it hasn't (fingers crossed).
@bic-ball: Hey bic...nevermind.
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haha great post, I can feel the love!
(unpatient Americans can't wait for Christmas hehe...)
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I know this OnLive, Gaikai stuff seems pretty far out there and the line "death of consoles" sounds very alarmist, but you can't deny that the trend is going from hardware TO network based data storage. Well, the data is still stored on hardware somewhere, it just isn't on a local, physical medium anymore, but on a server at the other end of the line and can be accessed from anywhere (you know what I mean). 10 years ago nobody thought digital distribution would become as big as it is today, who knows what the next 10 years is going to happen.
Quote from SpicyTanukiWhen I read the title I assumed he was going to talk about a shift to MMOG's on the PC.He might be right but I know that personally I'll be dragged into the world of OnLive kicking and screaming. Not a fan of the concept, especially since a fair amount of my gaming is done on a remote island with no internet.
"Remote island with no internet" sounds scary, where exactly is this place?
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Although game-on-demands services such as OnLive and Gaikai have yet to fully exert their grasp on gamers, Square Enix head honcho Yoichi Wada believes that they represent the future of home gaming.Rather than having bulky, single-format processing machines under our TVs, Wada thinks that physical media is on its way out to be replaced by digital distribution and server-based games. Indeed, according to Wada, the likes of Sony and Microsoft are already gearing up for the sea-change that this would represent.
Speaking to MCV, he said: “In ten years’ time a lot of what we call ‘console games’ won’t exist. And the consequences for anyone who isn’t ready for the shift could be disastrous: Wada warned that “all the distributors and sales firms will suffer a big negative impact”.
“In the past,” he continued, “the platform was hardware, but it has switched to the network. A time will come when the hardware isn’t even needed anymore.
“With that, any kind of terminal becomes a potential platform on which games can be played – that’s exponential growth in the potential of gaming. The potential size of the market is enormous.”
“Social and browser games are going to grow dramatically – especially in areas like Asia which does not have as big a console market.”
It’s hard not to agree with Wada. Square Enix is gearing up for the challenge by dedicating more resources to browser-based games, and Activision has also stated that they are in favour of untethering some of their games from consoles. As recently as last month, Denki’s Colin Anderson spoke to me about how developers stand to benefit massively from digital distribution thanks to the attendant reduction in production costs; and Gaikai’s model seems to offer a one-stop-shop to anyone’s gaming needs.
Add to this the massive rise in social and browser-based games and the fact that you still need at least three consoles if you want to have access to every new game out there, and Wada’s prediction seems all-but inevitable.
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I think it's more a case that Nintendo don't care too much about copy protection, the games they make money on are aimed at the portion of the market that don't have R4 cards and bugged Twilight Princess saves.
I'm not enough of a tech geek, I'm not sure if you can say that Nintendo could have done more upfront to avoid the piracy problem that is surrounding R4, but they certainly do take the problem seriously now in court:
http://dailynintendo.com/nintendo-wins- ... r4-maker-2
http://www.edge-online.com/news/capcom- ... cy-lawsuit
I don't want to break an NDA but piracy is hurting Nintendo's sales, how much depends on the region. Like Rick said in some countries they sell R4 cartridges with pirated games like it is the most normal thing in the world. This isn't some shady backalley business, they are offered at traditional electronic retailers. Now imagine average mom going to the store to pick up a game for her kid, then it's a no brainer which version she buys.
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YAAAAY what a cute n00b! Congrats bro!
Quote":11b7t8gb]And this is where you notice that mapcore is getting old. Is this the first mapcorebaby?
Nope, Andrew's baby was there first.
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errrmm...has someone become a father and been quiet about it so far, or have I missed that up till now?
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Quote from Warby
why does everbody car eabout ghost this much he is just oen dude on theb attlefield just like everyone else there is nothign he does or says that lifts him above the rest
good game btw 8/10He looks like a badass and got the fitting nickname, something most of the other characters do not have. Short: he is distinctive and doesn't die in the first mission he's in. I know it isn't a whole lot, but obviously enough for a shooter
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Weird to see a Russian game with English voice acting, being narrated by someone in German. Even weirder that she randomly uses English phrases like "Bioshock" and "Interface". Is there really no German word for interface?
We lost it along with the war...
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I haven't read the whole thread, so I won't pretend that I have or that I care, but it looks to me now that you have reached that point where everybody is pointing and yelling at each other, calling each other an idiot, which makes you look like goofballs...and that is against the forum rules I think. Please stop now before you hurt my feelings...I'm sensitive
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I'm still sad about the fact that/how Ghost died, I cared for the chap with the skull mask.
Funnily I didn't care so much about the fact that "I" (Roach) died the same way. -
2nd design called "conformity":
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Here ya go bro:
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i am going to spend 30 minutes writing a post when i get to work.god help you all.
Uhoh Valve better watch out...
Rick_D post incoming !!!
