Morgoth

ol'Zeni might indeed pull an Activision and turn Fallout into an annual spitting franchise. Maybe they're gonna buy Obsidian after NV turns out to me a major success (which it surely will be).

Wait, what? Women are like that when they get emotional...

There is the first preview of the game in a French CanardPC magazine. Someone over TTLG who got it, posted a short summary: - No world map : There's a USA map (with a 50s' style) for selecting the missions. - Research & production : yes. - Base management : yes. - Team management : yes. - Choice of the next missions : yes. - No control of your teammate during the mission (in the demo, this may change) It seems like you can goof around in your base between the mission (in first person view). EDIT : - The demo was running on an XBox360. - You play as the chief of operation of the base between the mission. - The choice of the played mission will impact the game. - In the demo, lots of area of the base were off limits. - During the missions you can take photos (research ?). - The game is due for release in a little more than a year.

I bought Star Wars: TFU today for 50% off. I didn't realize it's 25GB large. How is it?

I have Assassins Creed 2 and Resident Evil 5 installed, but I'm too lazy to fire them up.

It's really about time that the Palestinians get their own little piece of land so that they finally shut up! Or will they?

Two problems: 1) Enforcer wasn't a FPS, it was a Third-person action game. Those have different design aspects than FPS's. 2) Enforcer sucked, so we still need a proper action game.

Yeah but what's also curious is why did she lost remembering her own language?

I guess they only mentioned 2K Marin because they're already known for Bioshock 2. That gives a better impression than naming a studio that made Tribes Vengeance and FFvsTTR. Still, I'd feel discriminated....

Croatian teenager wakes from coma speaking fluent German

Critically it was pretty good, it also sold buckets of money, the old fans hated it but it also created new fans. Overall, I liked it more than BS1, but I guess I'm in the minority there.

Have you played it yourself? Did you hate Bioshock1? Chances are if you did, you'll also hate BS2.

No it didn't. News at 11.

2K Marin proved themselves with Bioshock2, so yeah, I'm sure I'll get my fix, while you still can wait for your next big non-cross-platform shooter...whenever that will be.

Just because you and your two friends enjoy that old nonsense won't mean that publishers suddendly decide to go back and make old-fashioned corridor shooters again that only require you to use 4 keys and 1 mouse button.

That sounds basically like Mass Effect PC. Well, why not.

I thought they'd recreate a X-Com Alliance, but from the artworks it seems it's set in the 50s or 60s. Not sure if a squad-based gameplay there makes sense.

It's all about building up hype. Have the "old" players raging and moaning around sort of also creates hype and awarenes. It worked with Fallout 3.

Unfortunately, shooters (and RTS's) also seems to just about the only thing released these days, like 13 a dozen. I don't really get it with X-Com though, because the setting of the first two games is about as bland and generic as you can get. Their selling point is the game mechanics and when you throw those away you have nothing The name seems to be mostly known by the "wargamer" crowd, so I can't imagine that it would be because if brand recognition either. Maybe the Xcom setting was bland and boring, but that's why 2K can make something really good out of it. Remember that there were tons of players that never played Fallout 1/2 or Warcraft 1/2, but were nonetheless completely excided about part 3, despite almost having nothing in common the previous games. So yeah, using an old brand and making something completely new with it does work with the masses.

AP will use Uniloc DRM Now can someone tell me what this Uniloc thingy is?

I'm saying that with modern shooters (in the right hands) you can do more interesting stuff story wise, because tools and technology allow it. And yes, shiny graphics do matter. Nobody wants to play a game with the Quake3 engine these days.

Geez, you really are stubborn. Shooters have increasingly got better and better. Remember trash like Quake, Doom and Blood (no story, boring level design) and compare it with what Monolith, Valve or Irrational does today.

It was released in October 2002 in Europe. I highly recommend you get it! I found it to be better than NOLF1.

MW is so bitter that he even ignored the excellent NOLF sequel. Just leave him be...

Right, cause big-boobed girls and angsty teeny boys are gonna fill that market. Haha. Stalker, never finished it...it lacked professional narrative, but yeah, point taken.