The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[hackett]

Turok was 5 bucks..... My son picked out Metro (looked cool enough for $15) and Rage was brand new (Anarchy Edition). Watching him play Metro right now.... Gonna have to get and play this by myself one night.

[padman59]

I figured I'd give Best Buy's gamer program a shot after seeing the latest thread on CAG. A $20 gift card for a Mass Effect 3 pre-order and a $15 off coupon for Rage this month should recoup more than my $15 subscription fee.

[Tengo Juego]

Turok was 5 bucks..... My son picked out Metro (looked cool enough for $15) and Rage was brand new. Watching him play Metro right now.... Gonna have to get and play this by myself one night.

Metro was a fucking weird story. But I loved the weaponry and survival stuff.

[Buzzman]

Metro was a fun clever little gem of a game.

[Bomberooski]

VERY intrigued in "Grand Slam Tennis 2"

[IamMedellin]

Assassins creed 3 trailer revealed at 12 pm est

http://games.ign.com/articles/121/1219799p1.html?utm_campaign=twposts&utm_source=twitter

[JayDizzle]

Beat Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon yesterday on Normal (technically "Easy").

Shit was mad easy until the last level where the game basically goes, "Fuck you Bro, you're dying whether you like it or not."

Luckily the CPU teammates they supply you with replenish health/armor at the same time as you collect it; also, programmed to be smart enough as to haul ass and rez you as needed.

If nothing else, Nolan North and Steve Blum both voice act in the game so while you're shooting bugs, Nathan Drake and Spike Spiegel are kicking ass along side you.

[Twigg4075]

Ryne and my cousin need to get back to that shit.

[IamMedellin]

Street Fighter X Tekken can't take local teams online on Xbox 360

There's a major difference between the Xbox 360 version of Street Fighter X Tekken and its PS3 twin, it turns out. According to the manual included with both versions, the game's tag team modes allow you and a local friend to sign on to the same console and fight against two other people online; your buddy presses start at the character select screen and off you go. In actuality, this functionality only exists in the PS3 version of the game.

The issue has been acknowledged by Christian Svensson at Capcom, who stated that Capcom has no plans to patch the feature in, and that its inclusion in the manual was a mistake. "The reason for this difference is because of the architecture differences between [Xbox Live] gamertags and PSN IDs. I'm not sure of the technical details, but basically it amounts to: Sony made it so you can mix and match online and offline, and Microsoft made it so you can't."

That sounded like a reasonable explanation, until we remembered that the 360 version of Mortal Kombat does that exact thing, allowing two local players to take part in tag-team battles online. If it's possible for NetherRealm Studios to include the feature in Mortal Kombat -- the studio's very first release -- its exclusion from Capcom's brand-new flagship fighter seems strange at the very least.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/06/street-fighter-x-tekken-cant-take-local-teams-online-on-xbox-360/

Posted this in the SF x Tekken thread too...


the whole thing is just....hmmmnnn..

[IamMedellin]

MOH trailer leaked

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JNIMuzoUek"]Medal of Honor: Warfighter - Debut Teaser Trailer (GDC 2012) HD - YouTube[/ame]

[JayDizzle]

Bought.

I found MOH's 'COD-Lite' story to be entertaining and I want to see what happens next.

[padman59]

I'm going to wait to see with the new MoH. The campaign was too short and too buggy the last time around, and the multiplayer could've been better (although you can imagine that DICE was more concerned with BF3 and the BC2 Vietnam expansion at the time).

[Twigg4075]

Looks like Act of Valor: The Game. I'm in.

Oh, and LOL at Capcom without their excuses.

[IamMedellin]

This Guy Is Pissed the Fuk off

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri0vrJ-y2zM"]Why I think Bioware has gone too far with Mass Effect 3 - YouTube[/ame]

[Swarley]

I'm going to wait to see with the new MoH. The campaign was too short and too buggy the last time around, and the multiplayer could've been better (although you can imagine that DICE was more concerned with BF3 and the BC2 Vietnam expansion at the time).

That campaign was stupid short. And the MP wasn't bad, but there just wasn't much meat there at all. All in all, I really doubt it'll be better than BF3, but I guess we'll see.