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Qwiss

Probably grand for a 13 year old. Here's whats on it at the moment. http://ie.playstation.com/playstationplus/#select-tab-gamecollection

Captain

Cheers, qs.

I'm going to jump on it; his mum doesn't have much money for games and stuff so this seems perfect. Much better than the odd game here and there as gifts.

Captain

Took the time to finish Farcry 3. Perfectly summed up everything that is wrong with modern games; some of the most boring crap I have ever come across,

Klaus

It's horrible, isn't it? Both from a game design perspective and an ethical viewpoint. I don't get who it's made for. Who are these people? Who wants to spend 40 hours making wallets out of endangered animals just to be able to carry enough money to buy a machine gun to kill bigger and rarer animals with so you can create a bigger weapon belt which lets you carry more weapons when you proceed to kill a billion pirates?

Qwiss

Captain wrote:
Cheers, qs.

I'm going to jump on it; his mum doesn't have much money for games and stuff so this seems perfect. Much better than the odd game here and there as gifts.

Its pretty great now. It used to be a bit shit with very few good games but now theres like 2 or 3 big games every month that are just a bit old.

IBL

I'm one of those people :angel:

I quite liked Far Cry 3, although it is very short and the storyline itself is a tad tepid (the weed burning mission was epic btw). I dont see the wallet/bag making any different to learning, for example, alchemy or enchanting in Skyrim...just a way of learning skills to boost your playing abilities.

Mirth

Is Dishonored any good?

Captain

So Rayman legends, a finished game, just got delayed seven months while Ubi port it to xbox and playstation.

IBL

He reminds me of this mad genius

Biggus

Captain wrote:

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Great gif Capi I want to use it in every post.

Klaus

Captain wrote:
So Rayman legends, a finished game, just got delayed seven months while Ubi port it to xbox and playstation.

The developers aren't too happy about it either: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-08-rayman-legends-dev-pissed-at-ubisoft-for-delay-after-completing-wii-u-version-blames-men-in-ties

Captain

And so they should be. There's literally no need to shelve a game for seven months, two weeks from release.

It's not going to sell massively either way, but they have lost a lot of goodwill with this move.

Klaus

Think it speaks volumes about how badly Nintendo screwed up the marketing for Wii U. No price cuts in sight to boost sales either according to Iwata. Wouldn't be surprised to see more games shelved unless they do something. It's a shame because it's a great machine.

Captain

Don't think it says anything about nintendo personally. You choose to release a game during launch window and you know what is going to happen. What did Ubi expect? 20m sales in three months? It's Ubi who decided to jump on that bandwagon, could have made it multi-platform from day 1.

Fact is that they promised a release date, apparently have the product ready for that release date and have shelved it for laughs. A 2d Rayman will be lucky to break a million, 2 million would be absolutely blockbuster for this title; that was proven by the way Origins bombed and that was on, literally, everything.

Nintendo's marketing is, however, some of the worst that I have ever seen from such a big company.

Captain

But mostly, I just really wanted to play it. 🙁

Klaus

Captain wrote:
Don't think it says anything about nintendo personally. You choose to release a game during launch window and you know what is going to happen. What did Ubi expect? 20m sales in three months? It's Ubi who decided to jump on that bandwagon, could have made it multi-platform from day 1.

Fact is that they promised a release date, apparently have the product ready for that release date and have shelved it for laughs. A 2d Rayman will be lucky to break a million, 2 million would be absolutely blockbuster for this title; that was proven by the way Origins bombed and that was on, literally, everything.

Maybe. Origins came from a much smaller development team and didn't have this much hype built up though, and it took half a year for them to release it on 3DS, tanking completely on Vita (just like everyone else) in-between. By shelving Legends they'll get it out shortly before the Christmas shopping too.

Ancel has joined the protests too now: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-12-michel-ancel-and-rayman-dev-team-appear-in-protest-at-ubisofts-decision-to-delay-rayman-legends

Think it's great to see. He's one of few guys Ubisoft would tread very carefully around. Without him they have very little goodwill left among the core gamers.

Burnwinter

Got a PS3 recently in theory mainly for a blu-ray player. But I've been playing Red Dead Redemption - old hat to you guys no doubt, but what a terrific game.

Klaus

It really is. It's too bad that it's also full of the usual AAA bullshit with pointless side quests, immersion-breaking achievements and player action that often goes against the whole point of the story. As long as you follow the storyline it plays a bit like a Corbucci film though. The moment you enter Mexico for the first time is something else.

You should look up something called Dear Esther, Burnsy. It's available on Steam for a few quid. You can run it on any half-decent pc bought in the last five-six years. I really think you will enjoy it. Only takes two hours or so to get through but it stays with you a lot longer.

Burnwinter

I don't really mind the pointless side quests but I see your point.

I think I just made it to Mexico last time I played it (when I was looking after my little bro at my folks' place for a week a couple of years ago). Currently holding off from getting on the ferry with the Irish bloke.

The setting, the atmosphere, the pace, the quotes from all the great Westerns, the "dead eye" mechanic ... all fantastic stuff. I'm guessing Once Upon a Time in the West and The Searchers are going to make an appearance (hope so anyway).

Burnwinter

Thanks for the rec.

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