Gaming

[hatetown]

whose ready to get pwned in cod4?

 

 

got air strike 4 times and helicoptor 3 times last night in one game

 

and my teammates werent doing shit except dying

[fermentor666]

So I bought a 40-inch Samsung HDTV today, 1080p, and it is absolutely mind-blowing. I played Halo3 single-player for like, 4 hours straight. I didn't like the game the first time I played it, but now that I've figured out that you need to use cover a lot, it has become strangely much more fun. It looks absolutely mind-blowing at 1080p with HDMI cables.

 

I got the X-Box 360 with the HDMI ports by exchanging it at Best Buy with my replacement plan. I lied to them and told them that I got the RROD and I was having DVD-Drive problems, and they didn't even test it. Plus, I got to keep my old HD so I didn't lose any of the saved games (except strangely the Halo3 game was missing). Even better, because of the price-drop and the bundle, I got two free games and a 50-dollar credit which I then used to buy another replacement plan in case it dies on me like the other ones did. It's shitty that the HDMI cable costs 50 bucks, though. Do you HAVE to use the official Microsoft cable or can I buy a regular HDMI cable and use it? Cause there's an independant electronic supply company here called "You-Do-It Electronics" that sells all sorts of electronics parts for contractors and such, and they sell HDMI cables for 35 bucks. This way, I can return the HDMI cable to Best-Buy and use the 15 extra bucks towards COD4.

 

Also, is there really a picture and sound-quality difference between say, the 35 dollar no-name cable and the 120 dollar HDMI cable? Forget the Monster brand because I refuse to support their shitty, immoral company, but there are many other more expensive HDMI cables. If the only difference is that they will still work after the Armageddon, then I don't give a shit, it's not worth it.

 

I can't wait until more HD channels are added to cable, especially when all the channels will supposedly go HD in February of 2009. The difference is so outstanding.

 

Also, does anyone know if the 360 upscales DVDs? I would hate to buy one of those up-scalers, because that's an extra 200 bucks right there. I will not buy Blu-Ray or HD-DVD until both their selection expands to that similar to regular DVDs and until one of them finally becomes the winning format. And until the prices drop significantly.

[hatetown]

i think 360 elites do

[fermentor666]

But if it has an HDMI port and will upscale 720p games, wouldn't it upscale DVDs, too?

[hatetown]

in theory, yea haha

 

 

i mean, that would be really stupid if they didnt

[Weapon X]

COD4 Or HALO3?????

 

Also, is COD4 more like GRAW or RB6?

 

I thought GRAW was a way better multiplayer game, but the matchmaking made it unplayable.

 

It's nothing like either. Honestly, COD is more like Halo than the Ubisoft games, but it's still good. Just not as realistic.

[Weapon X]

any game where you have to have someone follow you around and they dont actually do anything to help you is bullshit. i am currently playing re4 and leading that little cunt around annoys the shit out of me.

 

At least it's not like in MGS Snake Eater when the girl is injured and you have to lead her around and feed her and everything..

[JustinTimberlake]

But if it has an HDMI port and will upscale 720p games, wouldn't it upscale DVDs, too?

 

they do. although i heard that the older generation 360s don't ... this could be bullshit

[Weapon X]

So I bought a 40-inch Samsung HDTV today, 1080p, and it is absolutely mind-blowing. I played Halo3 single-player for like, 4 hours straight. I didn't like the game the first time I played it, but now that I've figured out that you need to use cover a lot, it has become strangely much more fun. It looks absolutely mind-blowing at 1080p with HDMI cables.

 

I got the X-Box 360 with the HDMI ports by exchanging it at Best Buy with my replacement plan. I lied to them and told them that I got the RROD and I was having DVD-Drive problems, and they didn't even test it. Plus, I got to keep my old HD so I didn't lose any of the saved games (except strangely the Halo3 game was missing). Even better, because of the price-drop and the bundle, I got two free games and a 50-dollar credit which I then used to buy another replacement plan in case it dies on me like the other ones did. It's shitty that the HDMI cable costs 50 bucks, though. Do you HAVE to use the official Microsoft cable or can I buy a regular HDMI cable and use it? Cause there's an independant electronic supply company here called "You-Do-It Electronics" that sells all sorts of electronics parts for contractors and such, and they sell HDMI cables for 35 bucks. This way, I can return the HDMI cable to Best-Buy and use the 15 extra bucks towards COD4.

 

Also, is there really a picture and sound-quality difference between say, the 35 dollar no-name cable and the 120 dollar HDMI cable? Forget the Monster brand because I refuse to support their shitty, immoral company, but there are many other more expensive HDMI cables. If the only difference is that they will still work after the Armageddon, then I don't give a shit, it's not worth it.

 

I can't wait until more HD channels are added to cable, especially when all the channels will supposedly go HD in February of 2009. The difference is so outstanding.

 

Also, does anyone know if the 360 upscales DVDs? I would hate to buy one of those up-scalers, because that's an extra 200 bucks right there. I will not buy Blu-Ray or HD-DVD until both their selection expands to that similar to regular DVDs and until one of them finally becomes the winning format. And until the prices drop significantly.

 

Congats, dude. I think I'll get my next HD when there is like five HDMI ports available.

[WORDISM45]

Diggity once finals are over...

 

 

 

duuuuuuuuuuuude do you play DotA or just standard wc3?

[After School Special]

WC3, I suck at DOTA, I can never remember what to combine to make good items and shit.

 

Can anyone offer an opinion on COD4 vs Halo3?

 

I only wanna get one methinks cause I hardly spend time on the 360 anymore.

 

Thanks in advance.

[hatetown]

COD4 by far.

 

 

Halo 3 is definately overrated. If you played a lot of Halo 2, then you'll get tired of it pretty quick.

[Bruce_1nR]

At least it's not like in MGS Snake Eater when the girl is injured and you have to lead her around and feed her and everything..

 

At least she was hot...

[After School Special]

Good to know, that's what I was thinking.

 

Thanks =)

[smurfin']

COD4 for sure

[Caik]

Halo 3 fuckin sucks.

 

 

...i said it...

[fermentor666]

COD4 by far.

 

 

Halo 3 is definately overrated. If you played a lot of Halo 2, then you'll get tired of it pretty quick.

 

 

See, I never had X-Box so I never played the first two Halo games in single-player, just a few one-on-ones at my friend's house. /nohomo

 

So this being my first time playing the series, I'm really enjoying Halo 3 now that I've gotten used to the whole concept of having to use cover. Took me a little while since I'm a run-and-gun type of player. I would say, even if you played the first two and are a bit tired of them, part 3 would be worth picking up just because it looks so goddamn'd pretty, especially in 1080p. You might want to wait until it drops in price or get it used, though, because from what I've heard it doesn't offer much new other than the incredible graphics and new levels. Even the weapons are the same, for the most part. And I believe the enemies are the same, too, though I haven't really played the other games in single player.

 

 

COD4 will be the game I will get over the break, and I will play the bejesus out of it.

[After School Special]

Fermentor lemme know your thoughts after you pick up COD.

[MOE-LESTER]

halo 3 is boring. i was never a fan of halo at all, i think the whole concept is tired and the games never seriously upgrade anything. halo 3 should just be called halo 2.5

[Weapon X]

I thought it was pretty good campaign, but the whole multiplayer business is mad overrated.

[MOE-LESTER]

You have to use a combination of the motorcycle or convertible outside the garage, then drive it it to the truck at the north part of the garage, then get in that, because it is the most durable, and start collecting the bombs, if you have to, pick up the Lexis-like car at the Paradise Plaza entrance to finish it. And avoid the zombies carrying propane tanks at all costs.

 

A good way to practice is to get the achievement where you have to kill something like 5,300 zombies. It takes about four hours and basically you have to get the truck, drive it in a loop to the car in paradise plaza, drive that back to the truck, then quickly go into the butcher room and go back out and the truck and car respawn and repeat the process, using the zombie propane tanks to take out as many as possible. It can get repetitive, but it is also gruesomely fun and as long as you then let the remaining time run out and get an ending, any ending to the game you will get the megaman gun that spawns in the utility room and has 300 shots. It kills everyone in one shot, all bosses in three or four shots max, and the special ops in two shots, and makes the game so much easier. Especially cause you can use it to take out the convicts that annoyingly respawn in the outdoor part in one shot each.

 

Another tip, and this is important, is to kill the clown at the beginning. You kill him by keeping your distance from him and waiting till he blows up a balloon, then pop it while he is doing it and he will become stunned for several seconds and lay into him with machine gun fire. You then get the mini-chainsaw that respawns every time you enter that area so you can carry as many as you want. It doesn't drop out of your hands like the regular chainsaw, and it lasts a while and kills fuckloads of zombies, great for big crowds. Be sure to get the hardware/mechanics book, the sword weaponry, and I believe the one other book that will make it last three times as long as it normally does. You are basically unstoppable with that, especially if you get the Megaman gun.

 

Just be careful not to swing it around when you are escorting survivors, because one hit will take away like half of their life. Use bats and pipes with the hardware book when you are escorting survivors, because they are common weapons and great for their accuracy and crowd-control.

 

I am a master of this game. I have gotten every achievement possible except for two, one is the the "last 5 days in survivor mode" and the other is "last seven days in survivor mode". Respectively, they take 10 and 14 hours of non-stop gaming to achieve and I just don't have the time for that, plus the game likes to crash a lot after a couple of hours of play. The 5-day one nets you a cool, real lightsaber, which I want, but the 7-day one only gets you the heart boxers from Ghosts and Goblins.

 

Among the 48 achievements I've gotten were to save at least 50 survivors (it is only possible to save either 52 or 53, which I have done), escorting eight survivors at a time, and escorting eight female survivors at a time. I have played through the game dozens of times, and unlike other games, when you get an achievement you always get a cool reward. I love the game to death, and it was my obsession for a straight month. I know every trick. One of my favorite games ever.

 

damn kick down that knowledge. ive been playing this game nonstop too. im on my second take and im going to try and defeat more bosses. i cant believe in the 1st game i was trying to beat bosses with only a pistol and a few juices. now im rocking shotguns, submachine guns, chainsaws, all sorts of cool shit.

[screaming hand logo]

does unreal tournament3 have multi player offline

[El Mamerro]

The ending to Assassin's Creed was completely nuts. What's next, Ninjas in the far East? Indians in South America?

[Deloner]

CSS anybody? i just reinstalled.

[After School Special]

This is for you Ferm666

 

[clownshoes]

goonies2 on NES..... smash tv in the arcade...any zelda..except those 3do jawns or whatever they were.... gyromite on NES.. pikman on GC ... pong ATARI...ANY form of dig dug...ferion INTERNET/PC ...simcity3000/2000 PC...capitalismPLUS PC...railroad tycoon2PLATINUM PC....KID CHAMELION on SEGA GENISIS... PIGSKIN ..ARCADE

 

Some dope games/my favorites.

anyone know of a place i can buy pigskin ....pm me.

[fermentor666]

This is for you Ferm666

 

 

 

Can I just say that this is perfect timing? I'm playing through Bioshock again on the new TV and it's abso-fucking-lutely amazing and beautiful, and just as awesome as it was the first time around...well, almost as awesome because now I know all the twists and everything. I am playing on easy to get some of the harder achievements and find every nook and cranny that I may have missed. It is one of the best games I have ever played since I started gaming in 1986. Oh, and if you sign onto X-Box Live you can download four new plasmids for Bioshock when you go to that game in the Marketplace, and they are totally free.

 

Where did you find that sign and what was it made for? I want it.

 

 

 

On the Halo 3 note, the game is still pretty fun, but it does get repetitive. The graphics are fucking incredible and the level design is amazing, one scene later in the game has you looking over this half-circle waterfall that is breath-taking. Still, there is a huge section where you have to fight the Flood in this ship they took over that is far too long and aggravating. Then, right after that you think that they're all over and dead, but you have to do this whole thing where you run through the snow and try to get to the top of a building where like, 50 billion Flood dudes start dropping from the sky and killing you. I'm playing on the Normal setting and it's fucking impossible, I gave up after like six tries. I call total shenanigans.

 

 

 

When I exchanged the 360 at BB I got 50 dollars credit, which I put towards the new replacement plan, and the two games that got packaged with the new model, as well as the new HDMI port that makes all the difference. So one of the games is Forza 2, and my friend and I were trying to play it and it fucking sucks, man. It's impossible to get the cars to drive right, especially the class-D cars. It's a complete joy-killer, and what makes it worse is that the car selection is so awesome, yet they all suck once you play the game. No fun at all, certainly not as fun as Flatout: Ultimate Carnage. No wonder they give it away for free. Still haven't tried Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, but I am sure it will be fun because I liked the Legends games.

[El Mamerro]

Man, Forza 2 is amazing. It's the furthest thing from an arcade racer like Flatout, so expecting the gameplay and car control to be as easy isn't the right thing to do. Forza is a simulator, right down to the smallest details like toe and camber... cars in Forza actually DO drive the way they do in real life, and respond to tuning setups the way they're supposed to. Which by the way, if you're not tuning your cars you're gonna be driving some very unpolished and messy laps.

 

I love me some Burnout, but the way Forza makes you be SUPER on point with your driving and its attention to detail when tuning your car is outstanding.

[Tear1personality]

how about that 'Rogue Galaxy' on ps2. yeah, too broke to upgrade to 3.

[After School Special]

 

Where did you find that sign and what was it made for? I want it.

 

 

http://kotaku.com/gaming/bioshock/bioshock-propaganda-goes-to-the-grocery-store-334398.php

 

It's shopped :D