The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[Swarley]

Playing through Goldeneye 007 Reloaded right now (after just beating 007: Blood Stone this evening). Definitely seems like a much more thought out and polished game than Blood Stone was. Little weird going straight from third person in Blood Stone to first person in Goldeneye. And I don't think I'll ever get used to seeing Daniel Craig in this story, just so used to watching the movie and seeing Brosnan lol.

[IamMedellin]

Videogame Companies Are Your Friends

http://www.dorkly.com/comic/42862/videogame-companies-are-your-friends

[SethMode]

The Valve one is great.

I booted up Bloodrayne Betrayal since it's currently free for PS+. I beat it in one sitting. One frustrating, rage inducing, obscenity laden sitting. The difficulty/hit and miss of some of the platforming ratchets up to an absurd degree about halfway through, and entire parts are just utter madness. That being said though, I didn't hate it.

[Swarley]

Parts of Goldeneye Reloaded annoy the shit out of me. To really complete a mission, you have to complete all of the extra objectives, and at some checkpoints during the mission, you can't go back. So if you miss one, you are royally fucked and have to start the whole mission over.

[Swarley]

So once I get my PC built and am able to stream again (hopefully very soon), I'm thinking about doing a 24 hour Uncharted marathon. Thoughts? (more so on the game selection, I'm pretty set on doing a marathon)

[Maynard]

[padman59]

I'd just like to say fuck The Destroyer at the end of Borderlands. He's an absolute joke at the end of your first playthrough, but the bastard has an absurd amount of health at the end of playthrough 2 which he regenerates if you happen to fuck up and die. I can't imagine beating that fucker if I didn't have my revolver with regenerating ammo.

[Swarley]

Fallout 4 going to Boston??

Rumors suggest that Bethesda’s next Fallout game will take place in Boston. According to a thread posted by an anonymous Reddit user, scouting is currently underway at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “The rumors are true, Fallout 4 will take place in Boston,” the user writes. “In case you haven't heard, Bethesda has recently been scoping out and researching Boston. They also have a strong connection to MIT.” The user notes that he “may or may not be an MIT employee” but “that's really all I can say for fear of losing my job.”

The rumor makes sense considering the lore behind The Commonwealth, the Fallout universe’s version of Massachusetts that’s been referenced in prior games. In Fallout 3 side quest The Replicated Man, players encounter a scientist named Dr. Zimmer who comes from The Commonwealth, a “war-ravaged quagmire of violence and despair” where he notes he and his colleagues created androids that have escaped and are running wild. Zimmer also references The Institute, which is presumably a future version of MIT.

As noted by our friends over at Gamespy, The Commonwealth also contains the Railroad, which runs in direct opposition to the Institute and aims to rescue the androids that have been created. A branch of the Commonwealth Police known as the Synth Retention Bureau is in charge of capturing androids that have escaped from the Institute.

Bethesda has declined to comment on the rumor of a Boston setting for now, but considering the impressive amount of mythology already revolving around The Commonwealth, it certainly seems like a plausible theory.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/20/will-fallout-4-be-set-in-boston-2?utm_campaign=ign+main+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

[padman59]

You mean close the blinds and draw the curtains to get that goddamn glare off the screen.

[Swarley]

So did anybody get Transformers: Fall of Cybertron today? Kind of interested to hear if that one's any good. Hoping it gets a Black Friday deal this year.

[jms493]

So did anybody get Transformers: Fall of Cybertron today? Kind of interested to hear if that one's any good. Hoping that one gets a Black Friday deal this year.

the Demo was fucking sweet!

[cf24]

Any word on Tony Hawk HD coming out for PS3 soon? I gotta get my shred on!

[Twigg4075]

Any word on Tony Hawk HD coming out for PS3 soon? I gotta get my shred on!

August 28th brosef.

[cf24]

August 28th brosef.

Thanks Tim Tebro.

[Swarley]

So I've watched a few streams of Fall of Cybertron today, and that game looks fun as hell. Also been getting some pretty good reviews as well. I might have to go pick up War for Cybertron and catch up on the story, then play this one.