Random Gaming Thoughts Thread *NO NEWS ITEMS*

Aye GZ is £20 in asda too, the main story is 2 - 4 hours but it has other side ops to do which have multiple ways to tackle them but what I'm getting at is folk are acting like its a bad game based on the main stories length & that is just wrong.

As an example I recently beat Vanquish in about a total of 6 hours & in that short time it was chock full of great ideas but never outstayed its welcome so if GZ pulls that off in anyway I personally won't have a problem with it.

Dam next gen being expensive.

Here's a thought whats happened to game tie ins, I know most suck but there's a few good tie ins like goldeneye, riddick, spider-man 2.

I'm not a huge fan of them but hasn't seem to be a real good one for ages or many where's the RoboCop game for example.

masofdas wrote:

Here's a thought whats happened to game tie ins, I know most suck but there's a few good tie ins like goldeneye, riddick, spider-man 2.

From a film studio POV, they were only ever marketing tools or at best merchandise rather than a product meant to stand on its own two feet- couple that with the fact that nowadays to make a half-decent (mainstream) game you're looking at spending as much as it cost to make the film again, it's easier to go with a mobile or Facebook app.

It doesn't help that a lot of films are adaptations themselves, and either they didn't/couldn't get the rights for a subsequent game adaptation or it's a property in the vein of Marvel/DC and the games would be considered a separate thing.

Yeah it's better for DC to make Arkham City then Dark Knight Rises.

I think The Amazing Spiderman was a pretty good game (mostly) based on a film so I don't see why they couldn't have games based in the cinematic Marvel/DC universes. I'd definitely like to see some good Marvel/DC games now that they're stretching into TV shows and not just films.

I was thinking a Avengers or X-Men game could be good.

After watching The LEGO Movie yesterday, I walked into my usual restaurant/bar and ordered some food. I then noticed that it was surprisingly busy. And that there were loads of kids. And that everyone had a 3DS out. It was baffling.

I then managed to find out that it was a Pokémon Tournament, so I ate my food quickly and ran.

Cube wrote:

After watching The LEGO Movie yesterday, I walked into my usual restaurant/bar and ordered some food. I then noticed that it was surprisingly busy. And that there were loads of kids. And that everyone had a 3DS out. It was baffling.

I then managed to find out that it was a Pokémon Tournament, so I ate my food quickly and ran.

"Got away safely!"

masofdas wrote:

where's the RoboCop game for example.

Come on, you know that would've been gash.

Memos. to self:

1. Do not argue in CVG Article Comments.
   
2. Pay no attention to people who still think that "console generation" has anything to do with power.
   
3. Pay even less attention to people who think that the same thing was said about the Wii.

 

Memo to balladeer:

Don't go on the CVG forums at all & you will feel much better.

Nah, the forum's okay. It's just Article Comments that makes me want to gouge out my own brain.

I found that the articles themselves made me want to do that.

Balladeer wrote:

Nah, the forum's okay.  It's just Article Comments that makes me want to gouge out my own brain.

I disagree, it's just way too clique-y for me.

Balla, you sound like an abused spouse justifying your partner to your friends.
"No, it's not his fault, I mentioned Knack and I know how he gets"

 They do have some funny opinions about Knack.  Don't get the cliqueyness, though - but then I don't go to Off-Topic, and if there is a clique I'm probably a member! 

A list I created to help me keep track of the games I'm trying to complete. Home consoles down the right, handheld down the centre and along the left a few games I'm playing on and off at the same time as everything else.
I have a problem of just buying games then not knowing what to play so nothing gets played at all, hopefully this will stop that. I've already beaten the game I put at the top of the list, Metal Gear, so I've made a start.

The sad thing is, I don't have anywhere near this level of organisation for anything important like my finances, my studies, my career, my love life, my social life, my fitness... I just wing it!

Why don't you just set up a backloggery as the whole point of it is to help you finish games.

I did, but it was a bit too much fuss. This was easier and its stuck to the cabinet right by my TV. Ideal!

Buskalilly wrote:

A list I created to help me keep track of the games I'm trying to complete. Home consoles down the right, handheld down the centre and along the left a few games I'm playing on and off at the same time as everything else.
I have a problem of just buying games then not knowing what to play so nothing gets played at all, hopefully this will stop that. I've already beaten the game I put at the top of the list, Metal Gear, so I've made a start.

The sad thing is, I don't have anywhere near this level of organisation for anything important like my finances, my studies, my career, my love life, my social life, my fitness... I just wing it!

I've done something similar, but I used a white board instead.

I've just put the eShop releases for this week coming, which are up before IGN, CVG, ONM, Nintendo Life, Nintendo Insider and various others.

I'm number 1 for news.

ALL HAIL THE GLOW CLOUD MASOFDAS.

After seeing buska's To do/complete list it made me remember how I sometimes make notes while playing certain games (dark souls & monster hunter being two) to help me through or to achieve certain goals.

Anyone else do this?

Man, Mark Gruffalo can stand really, really still!
No, I'm not a big writer of notes for anything, but it would probably help me. I had nothing to revise from back in college.