Moves are easier to pull off in SF4 than they were in SF2. Even the least talented players I've seen try this game had no problems with regular moves after 15-30 minutes of basic practice.

I love Grid, which was actually my first real car game ever. Need for Speed: Shift is my second such game if you don't count games like Mafia, GTA and Burnout Paradise. I use a Logitech Momo Steering Wheel.

I used the overhead view in Grid and use the cockpit view in NFS:Shift. The experience is very different, but fun in both games.

I find it very unlikely that the unannounced D&D game would be Dark Sun. The problem there is that games have a development cycle of 2-3 years, while RPG books rarely have more than 1 year. Developing a game based on rules that aren't yet written can only lead to disaster. Just look at Pool of Radiance 2, where the developers didn't have access to the rules until the end of the development cycle. Dark Sun also isn't an as universally appealing setting as Forgotten Realms.

The impression I've gotten is that people who play with the overhead view hate the game, while those who play with cockpit view love it. I fall into the latter category.

No arcade release is a good thing for most of us. The reason SF4 hasn't received any balance patches is because it would mean the game would be too different between the arcade and console versions, rendering skills learned in one useless in the other. Without an arcade version we're actually more likely to get good balance.

The EX bars build up with every attack you take and receive, as well as a few other things. When full you can pull off a Super move, and you can also use parts of the bar to pull off stronger EX-variations of regular special moves. It's not very complicated.

Me too. That entire signup site is an atrocity. It's buggy and seems to require admin privileges. I guess my beta signup isn't meant to be.

The game will be available for digital download from http://www.risen-shop.com almost a whole day before Steam, and for a cheaper price too. It seems to be limited to customers from certain European countries, but I was able to purchase the download as a UK customer even though I'm in Norway (which isn't in the EU, and isn't one of the countries listed at the site).

It's still at least half a year until we get Super Street Fighter IV, so it's not like buying SFIV now would be a waste of money.

It's Super Street Fighter IV, a full new release. 8 new characters, a rebalancing of the old ones, and a lower asking price than the original.

http://tgs.gamespot.com/story/6230625/super-street-fighter-iv-impressions-first-look?tag=topslot;thumb;1

"A new Planescape" doesn't necessarily mean a sequel. The Nameless One isn't the only thing going in in Planescape, you know.

From what I've heard, a 4th Edition D&D CRPG is either getting announced or is coming out in 2010. We can hope it's Planescape, but I seriously doubt it.

Well, the URL says "newwarrior", so I guess it's DLC with new characters. Personally I'm hoping for an expansion that revisits the balance between the fighters. The balance is good, but there's definitely room for improvement, such as improving Vega and giving Sagat some drawbacks. Oh, and I want it to punch anyone who chooses Ken in the face.

Risen on the PC. Can't wait!

Luckily I have Mass Effect to keep me busy.

A Norwegian publication just gave the game a score of 9/10, saying that the only reason it didn't get a 10 was because it didn't innovate. It's like the older Gothics, only a lot better, according to the review.

Risen. You know you want to.

Seems they got Alexis Denisof into the show as well, playing the senator. With him on board, I wouldn't be surprised to see Allyson Hannigan in a guest role at some point.

So far I'm counting 4 actors from earlier Whedon shows:

1) Eliza Dushku (played Faith in Buffy and Angel, and was offered her own spin-off series)
2) Amy Acker (played Fred/Illyria in Angel)
3) Alan Tudyk (played Wash in Firefly)
4) Alexis Denisof (played Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in Buffy and Angel)

Am I missing anyone?

And what's up with Amy Acker always being credited as a guest star? She's been in almost all the episodes, and her role has started to become more and more important.

Edit: Yes, I forgot someone:

5) Felicia Day (played Vi in the final season of Buffy and Penny in Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)

What region is your PSN account? Those codes won't work if it's not a US account.

Perhaps I should give them the benefit of the doubt since Indigo Prophecy handled mature topics tastefully, but in two of the three videos they've shown of the lone female character, she's handled the situation by taking off her clothes.

Her two undressing scenes are actually different parts of the same scene. The one where she looks in the mirror and rips apart her skirt and tries to sex herself up is for when she's trying to get close to the guy with the gun. The other scene is when she's actually managed to get that close. Since there's a total of 65 or so scenes in the game (of which these two form part of one), I don't think it's a major part of the game. It's just one they've picked for the previews in order to get attention.

There's another scene with her in the trailers where attackers storm her house at night and she has to fight them off in her underwear (at least that's what it looks like is happening), which still doesn't feel out of place considering the situation.

It's not supposed to be a turn on. You're trying to find a way to knock out and interrogate the guy who's holding the gun. You only have to undress if you're unable to find a way to deal with the situation. "Tacky" is when God of War gets you into a threesome with silicone-enhanced girls who never utter a word. "Tacky" is when GTA: San Andreas makes you push a button for every thrust during sex. "Tacky" is when you slip a stripper a dollar in Duke Nukem to make her show you her tits.

The Heavy Rain developers have stated in interviews that they're using nudity in situations that will make the player uncomfortable. It's a way for them to create tension and promote emotion in their players.

Or perhaps you think it's tacky because it's a video game? Movies never have this issue.

The masteries have different paths and specializations. I've played a Warfare/Defense build all the way to 40, and it worked very well. There will always be parts of masteries that don't fit your build, but the game doesn't punish you for ignoring them. I ignored the dual-wielding stuff, which is only a small part of Warfare.

Risen's release date IS October 2nd. What's this about the 6th?

Half Life had a cool sequence where a group of soldiers heard you crawling in the vents and started shooting holes in it. Vents can be cool if used right. Of course, they usually aren't.

I've got Gears 1 on the PC but have never been able to finish it. It's just... bland. I've played tons of better shooters than this. Doesn't help that the story and characters are the typical juvenile "macho" stuff that is littered all across the game industry.

If the style and setting appeals to you, you'll probably find some enjoyment in it. Don't go in there expecting one of the greatest games ever though, because that it isn't.

I just reinstalled Titan Quest and the expansion a few days ago, though I don't think I'll get much chance to play it. Great game, and huge! Almost too huge. By the time I'm able to play on the higher difficulties I'm burnt out.

What's up with the reviewer repeatedly pointing out that the original game was a 360 game when it actually was on all major platforms?

I'm not into metal at all, and my only interest in Jack Black is that he looks like me, but I'm really looking forward to this game. On the other hand, since this game will be out at the same time as Uncharted 2 it won't get any playtime until that game is done.

It's not about bad UI. It's about codec packs fucking up your system, almost without exception. The ramifications might not be apparent within the first days, weeks, or even months, but when they do hit you're in for a world of frustration.

It's not a coincidence that a lot of game troubleshooters always recommend using system restore if you've installed codec packs and have trouble with the game.

and installed the latest Combined Community Codecs

That's probably your problem right there. You should stay away from those things as they almost always lead to nothing but trouble. Use VLC instead. It's safer for your sanity.

For all the love I have for Microsoft thanks to excellent releases like Visual Studio and Windows 7, it'd all turn to hate in a second if they did this. We all know Microsoft well enough to know that this would mean tons of exclusives for the 360, not because the games couldn't be done on the PS3 but simply because Microsoft wouldn't want them to.

A bit of a contradiction there, Scraper. You need the Moria expansion to play the Warden or Rune Keeper.

It wasn't normal at the time to do so. Having patch notes and open customer relations is a relatively new thing for MMORPGs unless I'm completely mistaken. Sony wanted to improve the game but failed miserably. I'm not trying to defend their decision to change the game, as it was a completely retarded thing for them to attempt to do, particularly at the same time as an expansion. Thinking that they did it to purposefully screw with their customers is nearly as retarded though. They wanted to save the game, but only managed to destroy it through ineptitude.

I can't believe there's still like 2 hrs to go. When is SOMETHING going to happen.

Something important is happening all the time throughout that movie. Don't expect an action movie. This isn't The Dark Knight or Spiderman.

A design mistake (although one of the biggest ones I've ever seen in the game industry) doesn't necessarily make you a scumbag. It just makes you a poor designer.

Am I the only one who thinks the designs in the original post are absolutely atrocious and should disqualify the artist from making any further predictions about console development?

This is a somewhat pointless topic. I think most here will say the 360 is their primary and favorite platform. I don't think this is necessarily because the 360 is a better platform, but because it was first. Considering that we're all gamers here, most of us are somewhere along the cutting edge of consoles. With the 360 having had an advantage with being first on the market and most supported for its entire lifetime, it has traditionally been the go-to console for enthusiasts. Add in Achievements, and you'll find yourself locked in on the first platform you bought, which for most here will be the 360.

As for myself, I don't have a 360 and don't feel any need to get one. The PS3 combined with a PC lets me play almost any game I want, including so-called 360 exclusives (which usually end up on the PC). The trophies keep me locked to the PS3 as well, making the transition to a different platform harsh. I suspect that if I were to get a 360, it would sit there gathering dust. All this is because I got the PS3 first. Were it the other way around, I would probably be a supporter of the 360.

So, as I said, this thread is somewhat pointless. You might as well change the question in the original post to ask "which console of the 360/PS3 did you buy first" and the answers would still remain valid.

Not only that, but every serious news publication I know about do the same thing. Imagine a kidnapping case where a journalist managed to find out that the police was planning to take out the kidnappers during a money exchange and how they were going to do so. Publishing that could and probably would lead to someone's death, and the press doesn't want that. The media has great power, but they also have a large degree of responsibility considering the information they get access to as part of their profession.

Edit: I don't count causing attrition during wartime as part of this journalistic integrity. If the press reports news from the front that leads to reduced support from the people back home, that's just the way it is. The exception is, of course, when they bring reports that could put people's lives in danger. That would be bad.

Simple. You only have to press Alt + Page Up + 5 to swing your sword left, and Backspace + Scroll Lock + Tab to swing it right. Goes without saying, really.

Okay, good to see we could get that cleared up.

You can't prove that CNN fabricates news (or worse, as you're implying), so the conclusion must be that they don't.

Edit: Also, this isn't a thread about news bias. It's a thread about news fabrication. Are you accusing CNN of fabrication or bias? If it's bias and worse than FOX' fabrication, it'd better be one HELL of a bias.

CNN sucks and is just as bad if not worse.

I'd like to see you prove that. I've yet to see CNN deliberately present false information in order to promote liberal views, as opposed to Fox' way of distorting or lying to promote conservative views. Examples of the latter are already produced in this thread. Examples of the former are not.

You're on.

The devs have been talking a lot about the new stealth elements in the game. It's not a stealth game, but you can use trickery to surprise your enemies. If you pop out of cover and shoot someone, then sneak away, the enemies will investigate the area the shots came from, allowing you to flank them and take them out from behind. They don't have total knowledge of your current location, and will have to search for you if they can't see you.

I played the original in 16:10 with no problems.