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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #255 on: April 01, 2012, 04:04:27 pm »
Tropico is pretty fun. Haven't played 4 yet, though, since it's quite pricey.

I bought 3 first and played it for quite a while, but after getting four I can honestly say it's worth the price. Most of the DLC is kinda questionable, but I have rather enjoyed placing soldier statues throughout my little hell hole. It's kinda funny that the most expensive one is the one honestly worth the money.

I'd probably buy it if I could afford to lay down $40 on the game. I've been hoping that it will come on sale, but I suspect that it'll be a while before that happens, as I recall them having a sale on Tropico games a few months back, plus that recent sale they had with the expansion.
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #256 on: April 10, 2012, 11:13:00 pm »
Apparently, details on GTA V have been leaked. None of this is official, so take everything with a grain of salt.

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I am a friend of someone who recently got sacked from RockStar North for general misconduct. Because one contract to RockStar covered everything, including secrecy, and his contractual obligaton was now removed, he was legally allowed to spill the beans on Rockstar’s upcoming GTA V. And he is making damn sure everyone knows about it.

Here is the info you really want:

1. The protagonist will be one character, and one character alone. His name is (as some rumours said) Albert De Silva. He’s a half hispanic man who was once part of a crime family in Vice City. He decided to settle down and have kids in Los Santos. He has one son called Kevin De Silva who is your stereotypical CoD player. He’s lazy, useless and shouts racial abuse online and is really into FPS games. Kevin does admire his Dad though.

2. Multiplayer will hold 32 people on the Xbox and PS3. I wasn’t told how many were able to be on the PC. Just like in RDR, players will be able to form Gangs. These gangs are not ranked through XP anymore, but via Reputation. Instead of gang hideouts, you can do jobs that range from robbing a launderette to breaking into a military base and stealing state-of-the-art weaponary. The Gang leader has much more control over his or her gang by being able to rank members of their gang and setting more specific objectives to specific members of their gang. Gangs can have their own terratory but this only applies to areas inside the city of Los Santos.

3. The map is about 5x as large as the GTA IV map and the City of Los Santos takes up just under half of this area (so it’s a bit bigger than 2 GTA IV Liberty Cities).

The map is (like most GTAs) seperated into three different sections. 4. Planes are flyable, they range from World War 2 fighter planes to Private Jets.

5. Cars and guns are customisable to an extent, for example, you can cusomise a gun to have a supressor on it and you can install nitrous into cars.

Here’s some stuff you might like:

1. The protagonist is the “rich guy” from the GTA V debut trailer. You get to learn more about this man in the second when he talks about his troubles. You only see the protagonist twice in the trailer. First time is the side of his face and second time is when he is driving a Deceptor (Audi R8). The people robbing the jewellery store are just with the protagonist. He is driving the van ready to get away.

2. Gunfights are more realistic. When you are shooting a gun out of a window of a car, depending on how fast it’s going you will have troubles aiming due to shaking cameras.

3. The game is due in May 2013. A more specific date has not been decided because the game is still needing 6 months to be fully developed. They will have a playable demo at E3.

4. Police chases are now way more than either running or driving. Depending on how wanted you are, police may bring out riot shields and flash bangs. 5. When someone reaches 4 star wanted level, there will be a radio warning on some stations.

6. Radio stations now do traffic reports that are actually correct. So if you don’t know what route to take, you can check the traffic reports on your phone or the radio. 7. The in-game TV now has many more channels

8. [Editor's note: the following point contains spoilers for RDR and L.A Noire] The protagonist DOES NOT die unlike in the last two Rockstar games.

9. The underworld actually has a working economy that you can contribute too by buying and selling drugs, weapons and illegal cars in single player.

10. The protagonist can take drugs which will have some effects. But smoking weed on the streetwalk will lead to getting a one star wanted level.

11. Police cars will go after you if you’re obviousely breaking the speed limit. Having high speed crashes will also damage your health.

Wanted levels:

1 star – police follow you on foot and try to make an arrest. No sirens, no car chases (unless you are speeding).

2 star – police will still attempt to make an arrest. If a weapon is drawn then the police will begin opening fire. Police will use stun guns if a weapon is not drawn.

3 star – Chases begin and the police don’t care how they stop you, they just want to do it.

4 star – road traps, radio stations and much more hostile police.Even when you have evaded them, they will still search for 24 in-game hours for someone matching your description.

5 star – shoot to kill, arrest only if it’s made very possible. Even when you have evaded them, they will still search for 48 in-game hours for someone matching your description. Few missions become unavailable if you are wanted.

6 star – military vehicles come after you. Even when you have evaded them, they will still search for 72 in-game hours for someone matching your description. Some missions become unavailable if you are wanted.


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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #258 on: April 13, 2012, 06:44:22 am »
Finished replaying Hitman 2 (which I actually bought legit as opposed to pirated like I did the first time) and managed Silent Assassin rating on all but the last two missions (which is impossible for one and the other isn't rated due to it being the final mission). Really hard but really satisfying. Like any good stealth game should be.

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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #259 on: April 13, 2012, 07:36:22 am »
Dark Souls. Fuck you
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #260 on: April 13, 2012, 07:25:15 pm »
Dark Souls:  Problem?

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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #261 on: April 13, 2012, 07:36:00 pm »
I fucking love the game but goddamn it shits me when I travel all the way to somewhere and get killed, then trying and get back to my bloodstain only to die right next to it >.<
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #262 on: April 13, 2012, 08:12:38 pm »
Finished the Sino-Soviet 69 scenario in TOAW 3. Won as the Soviets, but it seems that once you get close enough to Beijing or you take Tongliao, the Chinese get really aggressive (understandably so).

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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #263 on: April 13, 2012, 11:30:16 pm »
A treasure chest in dark souls just ate me.

I opened it up, it grew arms and fucking ate me.

WTF MAN
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« Reply #264 on: April 14, 2012, 02:23:42 am »
Fucking mimicks, man.
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Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
« Reply #265 on: April 14, 2012, 03:02:29 am »
A treasure chest in dark souls just ate me.

I opened it up, it grew arms and fucking ate me.

WTF MAN

And then people wonder why I don't want to play that game.
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« Reply #266 on: April 14, 2012, 03:13:04 am »
^

People have told me about how, in Skyrim, with the Deadly Dragons mod, it's taken them 2 hours to defeat a single dragon, with a single mistake netting them instant death... and how absolutely great it is.

And then they treat me like a freak when I don't agree with them.
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« Reply #267 on: April 14, 2012, 03:23:38 am »
^

People have told me about how, in Skyrim, with the Deadly Dragons mod, it's taken them 2 hours to defeat a single dragon, with a single mistake netting them instant death... and how absolutely great it is.

And then they treat me like a freak when I don't agree with them.

See, I get the appeal of hard games to challenge gamers. I really do, but that's why difficulty levels were invented. If you want the game to be harder, crank up the damn difficulty and enjoy your challenge. Just don't tell me how wrong it is for me to enjoy a much easier game when I want more out of a game (especially one with a storyline I'd like to see to the finish) than challenge. Hell, I played Deus Ex: Human Revolution on easy when I normally play games on the normal setting because I know I suck at stealth games and I wanted to enjoy the story (though ironically, I play Metal Gear on Normal and played MGS4 on the harder version of Normal).
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« Reply #268 on: April 14, 2012, 03:26:29 am »
To be fair, these are the same people who think Master is a cakewalk.

Meanwhile, I encounter struggle on Adept.
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« Reply #269 on: April 14, 2012, 03:29:13 am »
To be fair, these are the same people who think Master is a cakewalk.

Meanwhile, I encounter struggle on Adept.

I'd be inclined to say that its not so much that they think its a cakewalk as much as they think every game should be as hard as Dark Souls and have masochistic tendencies.
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