General Gaming Thread

[KONGO]

Man, how can you make a wrestling game and put Masato Tanaka in it, but not put the sliding D in the game? Baffling.

But in general Fire Pro Wrestling Returns is great. Just wish they had some sort of single player career or something. The GBA version's Audience Mode was so fun, I'm surprised they didn't keep it around.

[SRN]

I finally got The Elder Scrolls: Arena working properly last night. I've really always wanted to play this game, especially after I read about how fucking gargantuan it actually is. It would take you ten days, of real life time or something of that ilk, to travel by foot from town to town in the actual game. And apparently, not even Bethesda themselves can give a rough guess about how big Tamriel in Arena is (whereas Daggerfall was about 62 square miles, Morrowind about 6 sqaure miles and Oblivion and Skyrim about 16 square miles a piece). Plus, the game, from the short time I played it last night, seems a hell of a lot more difficult than future titles. I got killed by a rat several times in the starting dungeon. A rat!

So yeah, the hate I had for Bethesda has really turned much more to love after I've begun playing Skyrim and forced myself to forget that they did Fallout 3.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Picked up Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD last night. Well, my brother did - anyway, total blast from the past. Loving it - the soundtrack, the tracks, everything. Missed skating to Bad Religion's "You", but I do wish "Police Truck" was on the soundtrack..

[Cactus Drags]

Picked up Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD last night. Well, my brother did - anyway, total blast from the past. Loving it - the soundtrack, the tracks, everything. Missed skating to Bad Religion's "You", but I do wish "Police Truck" was on the soundtrack..

It's wonderful, isn't it? Should be some DLC levels coming soon (LA, Airport, Canada), along with the ability to revert (although this will be restricted to levels from games that had revert).

[thatshortguy]

Though I don't play THPS HD as much as I probably should, I have zero regrets in plunking down the coin for it.

Meanwhile, Microsoft may finally be ditching MS Points.

Day later edit: They're not, really. Win8 will use cash, 360 still uses Happy Bad Math Fun Points.

[Benji]

Convenience Store Diet.

[apsham]

...that is literally me on the weekends sometimes. Laying down on the couch, controller on the ottoman in front of me, and too lazy to turn on the console and get into a game. Amazing.

[thatshortguy]

For the next 90 minutes (until 7p EST), the PS3 & 360 versions of the Devil May Cry HD Collection are $10 new at Amazon. DMC1, DMC2, & DMC3 all in HD for $10 is a solid buy if you want a game where you just shoot/slash the hell out of everything.

Edit: And the PC version of The Darkness is $5, though I don't know what the time limit on that one is.

[thatshortguy]

News, everyone!

South Park: Stick of Truth is delayed until at least April '13, while Company of Heroes 2 releases this March.

[Ruki]

News, everyone!

South Park: Stick of Truth is delayed until at least April '13, while Company of Heroes 2 releases this March.

What? no! NO NO NO!!!!

[thatshortguy]

I say this with slight trepidation, but THQ may finally realize they have something good and want to capitalize accordingly. Company of Heroes 2 is getting serious praise from those who have tried it out (Ben Kuchera has championed it a few times already, as an example). Meanwhile, Stick of Truth has potential to be South Park's answer to Paper Mario/Super Mario RPG: a critically-acclaimed RPG that spans a broader audience than usual.

THQ still has ample opportunity to fudge this up, but if pushing 'em back makes them better, I am all for it.

Edit: Just as I post this, Brian Crecente of Polygon tweets that THQ refused to take any questions at the end of the conference call. Delay your biggest titles, then refuse to answer anything about anything. Dubious at best, smoke signal at worst.

[deli]

I'm all for a delay for South Park if it makes a better game. I'm so hyped for it.

[thatshortguy]

THQ lost $21 mil last quarter. Not shocking, but they can't keep that up much longer.

[Your Mom]

I was looking forward to Stick of Truth

[Ruki]

It will come one day...and it will be glorious.

[Herr Matzat]

I'm all for a delay for South Park if it makes a better game. I'm so hyped for it.

Yeah, wassent this planed as an xbox download title in the beginning? I hope it gets good, south park deserves a game that dos not blow.

[apsham]

Do it. You know you want to.

https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/crytek-uk-create-a-timesplitters-hd-collection

[Cactus Drags]

THQ lost $21 mil last quarter. Not shocking, but they can't keep that up much longer.

I imagine there'll be a license firesale at some point. They've already sold UFC to EA, and apparently the Ubisoft president has been sniffing around the past week.

[thatshortguy]

I imagine there'll be a license firesale at some point. They've already sold UFC to EA, and apparently the Ubisoft president has been sniffing around the past week.

As cutthroat as it sounds, other companies will just wait for THQ to go under before swooping in and buying licenses for a mere fraction of what they would normally.

[Quom]

It won't be long. THQ have defaulted on a loan from Wells Fargo and if Wells calls them on it instead of furthering the line they will be in receivership.