Posts by Izuno

  • The Jack Bauer Power Hour Is Back!!!!

    eh...yeah I agree that 24 has some plot holes and for sure there are inconsistencies in how realistic it is. if you try nitpicking it you will find a lot. If you are a nitpicker, maybe it's not for you.

    I however, have been a fan since season 2 and I like it because it is so rediculous and fast paced. It's a total thrill ride and the best thing about it is Jack.

    In the heat of the moment, Jack knows what to do no matter what, even if that sometimes means he has to do crazy shit or do nothing but wait it out. He's an extreme character and I like how he operates.

    So it's not for everybody.

  • Ultraviolet

    i skipped Aeoneoononeoneonnoen Flux....so can't really compare but from the trailers.

    I have to say that while it does look entertaining blah blah, it is an extremely derivative premise. Extremely.

    But there is a good chance I'll see it anyway.

  • What is your favourite pc game?

    damn...totally forgot about my early days of PC gaming when you could still find some old games on floppies [80's rap]Don't copy that floppy![/80's rap]

    old Sierra adventure titles:

    King's Quest series (esp II, III, IV)

    Here's Quest which became Quest for Glory... HQ, QfG II, QfG III

    Those games were so awesome...reminds me of a time before the weight of the world crushed my spirit.

    Then my later adventure game favorite were Full Throttle.

    But then I played the original Doom....and I've been a FPS junkie since.

    I miss the great adventure game days. What's a good modern one to play?

  • Ubisoft picks up Turtles movie tie-in license

    i used to love that old side scroller turtles game. when i was really young i used to love the TMNT action figures...got my cousin into them. just totally cool.

    speaking of gaming movie tie ins etc....any idea when we'll see a Splinter Cell movie? I can't picture it without the voice of michael ironside, so I don't know if it work cause he's roughly 55 or 56 years old. I suppose he could pull of the 40s something grizzled spie out of retirement trick, which is sort of the character he plays in the games and the Splinter Cell books (one of which I read last year and liked pretty well).

    Back to TMNT...

    I have no doubt Ubi will do the best it can from the material. I didn't play King Kong but I have heard that does some things pretty well.

    [soap box / ramble]

    Couple of lessons I've learned from The Incredibles and Nemo and working with Pixar: get the approval process on content worked out and tested way before you go into production. I'm guessing with King Kong Peter Jackson was more involved with the creative process than most directors were with games based on their movies, as he/his team was with the LotR series with EA. On the Pixar based games, the areas of production where licensor approval processs was planned out in advance went MUCH smoother and used less time than other parts. That helped saved a lot of time and rework, which in the end helped control the budget, which in the end made the game mores more profitable (to a degree at least) ....

    Ok just Rambling, but my point is this: is there a strong director/producer on the Fillm side of this deal that is commited to working with UBI to ensure a good video game? It helps tremendously.

    [soap box / ramble]

  • 9800 Pro 256Mb from Xpertvision!!one!~

    how much did you pay?

    if you paid $100 for the card (instead of paying $200) then maybe you got a good deal. It's all about price/performance ratio.

    as for the card itself, it's probably pretty good though you will have to tone down the settings in newer games of course, but I don't know much about Xpertvision. Did you try any online review sites?

  • Militia Source and Kalt Source incoming...

    Quote from Flight40

    I agree, Turtle Rock went nuts with inferno

    yes...well put. i used to love inferno, but in CS:s it became to cluttered with too many routes.

    [obvious guy's reiteration]

    Makes me realize that in MP deathmatch type games like CS or DoD, improved graphics capabilities are great (like being able to have many more polys and objects etc) but please don't implement them at the cost of great gameplay. [/obvious guy's reiteration]

  • Call Of Duty 2

    IW guys aren't bad guys. Game is still moddable but they did simultaneous development on 2 platforms which isn't easy so it's not like they had a lot of time to intergrate heavy mod support into the PC sku from the beginning. Any time you are a launch title on a new platfrom you get really crunched.