Jarrodhk as my gamertag... hoping to be on some tonight.

Have my copy... later tonight will actually have time to mess with it.

co-op is why I'm picking it up!  

Late tomorrow...

After I'm done with everything...

<sigh>

It's going to be a long day.

Oh yeah.  Just made the connection that Oblivion comes out during my spring break.  Order some pizza... lay in some drinks... never leave the room.

Bah.  My local gamestop says the preorders will be in tomorrow.... may be time to go cruise Target/Best Buy/Walmart/EB...

Living in the middle of the country sucks sometimes  

Heh.  Was going to post this as well.  Saw you online, saw you were downloading from the marketplace so I knew something new was on  :lol:

Quick question:  I didn't see this answered the articles I've read.  Can you play the co-op split-screen?  Or is it only through live?

This makes a big difference in whether or not I get the game.

Just sent my 360 in to be repaired.  Now I REALLY want to play geometry wars.

Or Full Auto.

Bah.

Haven't heard anything about a specific patch for DOA4, however they did have the dashboard patch recently.  I seem to recall there being something in there about changing the way profiles were loaded and whether or not saves were overwritten.

I've been nailed by the bug twice now... haven't had any problems since the dashboard update though <crosses fingers>.  Also have made it a point to never ever change the first player controller profile while playing the game.  We're (friends and I) thinking that may have been the culprit the last time.

I really have much fun with the game.  Was playing some 2 on 1 versus tag this evening before having to work.  It's a very different experience having to adjust for not only the 2 different characters, but 2 different play styles.

I had zero interest in this title until I read the word 'co-op'.  I am now interested and will have to look into it a bit more.

Talked with SCEA and I'm sending the console in to them to be repaired.  I have to pay shipping to them but that is all.

Fun times.  I would be more upset if I didn't know several other people with PS2's.   Not to mention a PC with games and a 360.  


Oh well, could be worse.

Looked at the limited warranty... says 1 year defects in material and workmanship... refusing to read games in under 6 months seems to qualify to me.  Guess Sony's view on it is the important one though.

Hmm... that's not encouraging.  It should still be under warranty with Sony... got it in September.  Guess I'll be giving them a call tomorrow after classes.

So does anyone know if the PSTwo suffers the same calibration problems that the orginal PS2 did?

My PSTwo has decided that it only likes movie/tv DVDs and will not read any of the games I have.  Even a blue disc.  It will play music CD's though.

I'm confused now.  This is the reason I got a PsTwo to begin with.

Any help would be appreciated.

Edited to specify the problem is with a slimline.

Found out last night that although the beta is officially over, you can still download the last beta version to play.

Then I found out that I have no clue how to do well in this game.

Anyone know if you pre-order, do you still get to play with the beta version of the game?

27 in survival is better than I've managed to do yet!  Survival mode seems to scale the AI based on a combination of points and number of opponents defeated.  Since I tend to favor characters who slam foes repeatedly into the walls....  I end up fighting the higher AI very quickly.  It's rare that I get more than 8 KO's.

Glad to hear that you are getting it figured out.   The 'click' was something that Ninja Gaiden had as well.  After a few hours into it, everything just fell into place and I really started having fun.

Something I've been curious about since I may have to send my 360 in to get it to read DVD's without freezing:  When you send the 360 back, do you send the hard drive with it?

I guess it doesn't really matter... don't know anyone else with a 360 right now.

Fighting one of my friends is a lot like fighting the AI at times.  She can pull counters all over the place.  Personally I can usually rack up 5 and 6 hit combo's fairly regularly.  She has problems with juggling, I have problems with counters... which is why I can still beat her on occasion.

The game is hard, no doubt about it.  I really can't understand why you would not include an easier difficulty, unless you really don't intend to grow your player base beyond those who already love the series.

It also seems that they focused on the online much more than the offline play.  They took out the tag battle offline.  Now the only way to play co-op with a friend is in vs. and that's not quite the same.  They also only have 3 arenas for tag battle.  The game doesn't track your stats vs. the computer, only vs. another gamertag.  There doesn't appear to be a way to see what items you've collected in survival, even though collecting all the items is an achievement.  For some reason there isn't a unified score board for offline.  Each profile has its own scoreboard... which again doesn't make much sense to me.

At any rate as a long time fan of the series I'm still enjoying the game.  I do wish they'd made some different design decisions though.  I'm not sure that I would be having as much fun if I was new to the series.

I do have to say that as annoying as alpha-152 is... the boss in Tekken 5 is much much cheaper.

Up and watching a desk for the next 7 hours.  Then back to banging my head on DOA4 for a while... and sleep.

I'm getting better at the game.  Have made it through with most of the characters in story mode so far.

For the most part I can handle the AI... it is frustrating at times, but other times things come together and it is good.  And then... you fight alpha-152.  The only good thing I can say about her is that at least they didn't decide to screw with your viewpoint this time.

Of course they decide to make her the final part of time attack... and then expect you to get under 4 and a half minutes!?  My friends and I have been playing the various DOA's for years... the fastest any of us have manged is 15 minutes.

It's really amusing (not especially) to look at the time breakdown when you win and see 15 minutes spent fighting alpha.  <sigh>  I can only add my voice to the 'what the hell happened to easy' crowd.

I'm up for some online playing.  Going to take a bit to get used to this version.

Fun!  Played through the story mode once so far.  Incredible graphics... fast pace... the ai tends to punish you if you make a mistake.  Very fun end cutscenes.

So far a very worthy DOA game.

<runs off to play more...>

Happy Holidays from Springfield Mo.!

Yeesh.  2million.  I've gotten 581,000.... and that's taken a lot of practice and luck.

Someday I will get the 1million achievement!  Oh yes I will...

<gollum gollum>

Just picked this up.  I'm having a lot of fun with it so far.  I'm really looking foward to being able to sit down and spend several hours on it!

Darned end of semester.

Geometry wars???

People stop playing this game??

Have 340 or so gamer points.

Managed to get 322k on geometry wars last night.  I was so happy!

Then I looked at the top ten scores on the game.  I have no idea how they do that.

However, at least I have something to shoot for.

Edit: 569,000 now.  This game might cost me a letter grade on a couple finals...

I've found out that the setup of the missions changes a little.  When you play through solo it will be set up one way, then going through co-op things will be different.  Usually requiring some teamwork in places.  It also seems like it changes after you gone through the level.  I went through co-op on a couple of levels with different people helping me, and the patrols were a little different for instance.

The splitscreen vs. bots is where I've had the absolute most fun so far.  Just found out tonight that when you play on the bigger maps there are points you can hack.  Once you've done that you can spawn closer to the action.

Perfect Dark also allows bots... myself and friends were playing 4 player us vs. the bots teamkill

That would make sense.  Wonder if it's a software thing or hardware thing.  It would be nice to get a patch (like the ps2 DVD drivers) and be golden.

Yeah, I'm going to try moving the power supply.  The thing is the system has been on and playing games for 6+ hours without any crashes or freezes.  Ten minutes into a DVD and it freezes.  I can still access the dashboard, forgot to mention that.

Was curious if anyone else has tried to watch a movie on the 360?  I haven't had the time to sit down and try watching one with the power brick off of the floor.  Although it is in the open on flat carpeting... not sure if that would affect it or not.

I would think not, since I've had the system on playing games for many hours in a row.  Just likes to crash when watching movies for some reason.

huh, spent probably better than 18 hours (mostly my friends playing) with PDZ in the console and playing.  No crashes.  On the other hand it loves to crash when I try to watch DVD's.

Spent 6 hours or so playing Perfect Dark Zero last night.  Some co-op, lots of teamkill vs. the bots.

It is interesting that the levels really have some differences between the solo game and the co-op.

PGR3 is incredible.

Haven't actually played Kameo yet.  I hear it is fun though.

Well... my 360 does not appear to like my DVD's of Equilibrium or Volcano High.  It freezes within 10 minutes of starting.

So far it hasn't frozen on Troy though so I'm wondering what the problem is.

Gamertag: Jarrodhk

Went out to one of the local walmarts after class yesterday.   I got there right about 4pm.  There were 17 people in line already.  I figured I was out of luck.  But I was wrong!  The store got 24 premium systems.  I was number 18 in line.

Had to sit around for 8 hours, but I was a happy camper at the end.  Now of course I have to actually get some time to play with it.  Spent about 20 minutes with Perfect Dark before I had to get some sleep, write a paper and take a test.  

Soon as I am done with class tonight...... let the fun begin!

Went out to one of the local walmarts after class yesterday.   I got there right about 4pm.  There were 17 people in line already.  I figured I was out of luck.  But I was wrong!  The store got 24 premium systems.  I was number 18 in line.

Had to sit around for 8 hours, but I was a happy camper at the end.  Now of course I have to actually get some time to play with it.  Spent about 20 minutes with Perfect Dark before I had to get some sleep, write a paper and take a test.  

Soon as I am done with class tonight...... let the fun begin!

On the other hand I was already planning on camping out various places in an attempt to find one monday night/tuesday morning.

Ah, mastered that space/time continuum thing, have you?

Yes!  Alternatively I suppose I could recruit friends to help me.  One of those requires less effort.  

Hopefully I'll know which one by monday.