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Re: HeroHQ Survivors

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:03:56 GMT

Yeah, they did announce a couple different things, but it just doesn't make any sense to focus so much on the games that we all know are coming and we all know what they're gonna be like. Yeah, I don't see what they're gonna do with the Kinect for a lot of games. It just seems so gimmicky. Game development is tough enough with a console that just uses a controller, so developers probably aren't all crawling over each other to try someting trickier like the new Kinect.

Well, I actually don't have a PS2. I don't know why I skipped it over, but my brother and I got a Gamecube and Xbox that generation. I play all my Playstation (and a few PS2) games on my PS3 anyway since I got the older version that's backwards compatible. I was just giving an example of how I can still play older games without needing servers and stuff to be running. I got my SNES sitting right in front of me, actually, and I played some Super Mario RPG earlier today on it. Couldn't do that with an Xbox One 20 years after it's released, I bet.

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donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:54:45 GMT

They did announce that Quantum game by Remedy, but I don't think they should've focused so many on sports games and Call of Duty, both of which are a given and ya basically know what you're gonna get with those. Apparently they wanna save all the big games stuff for E3, since this was just to showcase the console itself, but it woulda been nice to see at least a teaser of one or two of these two IPs they were touting. Some mysterious 30 second clip to get us all excited and talking, ya know? Though I gotta admit, anything with a dog is pretty awesome, haha. Yeah, I'm not sure what use it'd be for the average game like Tomb Raider or Assassin's Creed. I know they're doing a fun thing in the new Splinter Cell where you can use the voice feature to distract guards, but I could see that also being a negative if someone decides to be a jerk and make noise to get you caught during a stealth section, haha.

I sure hope that aint the case. Haha, why don't you use a PS2? A rare system that has backwards compatibility.

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donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:38:42 GMT

Yeah, this is about as bad as a new console announcement can go. Everything's been pretty vague, and they've only announced obvious games like Madden and CoD. Those might be the games that lots of regular people play, but those people aren't watching these announcements. People who play lots of video games are, so you need to impress them with some games. I honestly don't think they know who their audience is for these things. It's not a teenager who only plays CoD with his buddies from high school. But, yeah, I don't get why they'd do that with the Kinect. It sounds like they did some cool stuff with the Kinect, actually, but I don't see a lot of developers doing much with it anyway. If they don't wanna do anything with the Wii U gamepad, then why would they wanna do some Kinect stuff?

No, but I assume that goes in with the deal with it needing to connect to the internet every 24 hours. If you can't connect it to the servers, you can't play the games, you know? Yeah, I bought it used from Blockbuster for like $40 when the PS2 was new because they were clearing out the Playstations they rented out to people. Oh yeah, this is when Blockbuster was a thing.

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donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:26:17 GMT

Ah, I haven't heard that it'd work on multiple accounts on the same console. I only heard that was connected to one gamertag, then the X-Box Support on Twitter said that was false then they said they were "collecting information". I checked some Twitter accounts of professional game journalists and they seemed as confused as the rest of us, haha. I wouldn't be shocked to see Microsoft to backtrack on it fast because otherwise Sony will be sending them a thank you card for sending em a huge chunk of their costumers. Yeah, the Kinect should be optional only, I don't like it being forced on people when I'm pretty skeptical how many games are even gonna bother to make use of it. That they're likely gonna charge for a subscription to Live again is also another bummer, though not as big of an issue to me as the always listening Kinect and the used games fee. Yeah, I heard about that thing where it has to go on once every 24 hours and I really don't understand why it's necessary or what purpose it has.

Does it has to do that every time you turn on the game? Haha, your PS1 only works if you put it on its side?

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donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:10:06 GMT

To be fair, I heard that you can play on multiple accounts on the same console, actually, so it doesn't screw over families that buy games in the way that it sounds like it would. But, yeah, I'm not seeing any reason to buy the Xbox One (and especially not because of that lame name). The Kinect part is lame, there's no games for me to be excited about, and they really seem to be pushing the "entertainment hub" thing over the video game part of the system. Not to mention that it's seeming likely that the online is still gonna have a subscription, or they would make a big deal of how it's gonna be free. And there's the issue that, while it's not technically "always" online, it does need an internet connection at least once every 24 hours to play games. So, it's basically always-online, even if they can say it isn't. That's terrible for people who live in areas without a reliable internet connection.

Also, the biggest issue for me is the way it needs to validate whether you can play a game. What happens when the consoles servers eventually go away? It sounds like you can never play an Xbox One game ever again, then. Even if the internet disappeared, I could still put my copy of Chrono Cross into my good ol' Playstation that I have to stand on its side to use and play it. It sounds like I couldn't do this with the Xbox One. Luckily, it sounds like there's no games worth playing that far into the future anyway...

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donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:35:09 GMT

I don't, that's for sure. That would include rentals too. Every game you play is installed onto the harddrive ( believe it's mandatory) and it gets locked into a single gamer account. So, if your daughter has her own gamer tag on your X-Box and wants to play a game you own, like say Mass Effect 4 or whatever, you'll have to pay a fee to allow her to play it. Even though you might have bought the game brand spanking new on the day its released. There will also be no backwards compatibility with either PS4 or X-Box 1, so there's no real incentive to stay loyal to the 360. Even downloable games won't transfer to the new X-Box 1, though you do keep your gamer score and avatar.

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donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:18:59 GMT

Wow sounds pretty stupide on MS part. Who would want a mike that was always on or on a lot outside of when you wanted it on, that's is crazy. Then saying you cannot borrow a game, would that include rentals? That is a good way to lose customers not gain them. I have an X box that is at least six or seven years old and was refurbished when I bought it. I don't have any plans to buy a new one anytime soon either. Hard to believe a company as savvy as MS would do something so dumb.

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donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:14:30 GMT

So, that big X-Box reveal...Microsoft really wet the bet on this one, eh? Sony's stock went up 9 1/4 points during it, which is probably wasn't what MS was hoping for, haha. I can't say I'm too surprised there, it was pretty underwhelming and what we did learn about the system (beside "hey guys, sports games and CoD!") wasn't anything to get me excited. First, the whole Kinect HAS to be connected for the system to work is annoying, but the always listening stuff is a bit creepy. At least you can cover a camera, but what would you about a microphone, especially if it randomly turns itself on/off while you're chatting with a friend cause it thinks you said X-Box. I'd rather just leave it in the box instead of being forced to connect it or the X-Box because an expensive brick. At least they denied the always on rumor, but then we're told that every game you play has to be installed onto the X-Box and if you wanna borrow a game or get one used you have to pay a fee to have "permission" to play it. Using the word "permission" is really tone deaf, but not it seems like it might not be true? Some places are denying it, some are saying it's true, so it's a bit confusing. If it's true though, it's complete anti-sonsumer BS and would make me buy less games rather than pay MS to have the honor of playing something I already paid for. Though, more than likely I'd just return to the warm bosom of Mother Sony. At least I'd be able to finally buy digital copeies of the old Tomb Raider games.

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donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:31:55 GMT

Well, yeah, that's what I'm saying. The 360 did just awful in Japan, so Microsoft basically just gave up on that market, which means they're not getting any JRPGs for their consoles. And if there's no JRPGs, there's also no Rogue_Shadow owning the console. To be fair, there hasn't been that many big PS3 JRPGs, either. The best of the generation have actually been on the Wii, surprisingly, though I'm looking forward to Tales of Xillia on the PS3 later this summer.

I would hope Loeb isn't doing any writing on it, though I think he probably has some control over things at the top, since he's basically in charge of all the cartoons. It'd be nice to see Yost and the EMH people working on some kinda animated project for Marvel, though who knows what's going on with their animation department right now...

Good point. I like my arms in their sockets just like they are.

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donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:15:34 GMT

It's more that the X-Box 360 didn't sell well enough in Japan and Western games haven't been into JRPGS for a good 8 years which is why ya don't see that many JRPGs on the 360 compared to PS3. Most Japanese companies don't wanna produce a bunch of X-Box versions if they don't think it'll sell well enough. Microsoft probably isn't going out to try to get a lot of JRPG exclusives, but they aint trying to drive em away either.

That's too much sanity for me! Haha, I don't know if he's gonna do any writing for AA, but it's sad we won't have Yost and his crew writing anymore. They did such an awesome job with EMH, I hope they're at least working on some of the animated movies. I know Yost, at least, did some of the writing for the next Thor movie.

Yes, but don't try to take the popcorn bucket away from Chewy. He gets angry and you wouldn't like a wookie when they're angry.

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donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:52:20 GMT

Yeah, the always-on stuff is bad, though I also don't see myself going for an Xbox if they still charge for online and no one else does. I like to be able to play online, but I don't do it often enough to be able to justify spending money on it. And, of course, there's the problem that we'll probably never see a decent RPG from Japan on a Microsoft system ever again. They had a couple at the beginning of this generation, but then they just gave up on the Japanese market, so they don't really worry about JRPGs anymore. Obviously, I'm not really the target market for a Microsoft console, though. But, like I said, it should be real interesting to see what they do.

Yeah, they probably go to sleep at regular, healthy hours and don't spend 7 hours a day playing Chrono Cross! Weird! Anyone who thinks Jeph Loeb can do a better job at writing something than Yost is clearly not bright. Sure, the person who thought that was Jeph Loeb, but even he should realize he isn't anywhere near as good as Yost.

Should I also watch it with Harrison Ford? I have a standing invitation to go on a trip with him and Chewy on the Millenium Falcon.

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donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:41:46 GMT

Yeah, the always on rumors don't sound like something I want in a console, though I also heard that it's an optional thing that different game companies can choose to use if they want to. Still, I'd be afraid of companies like EA forcing it onto people and then ya have problems that come up like the SimCity disaster where no one could play cause the servers were so overloaded. Hopefully Microsoft realized how pissed off it'd make people and decided against it. It should be pretty fun to see what cool features and game they come up with though! Sony put out some cool stuff, though nothing too amazing yet, and now the balls in Microsoft's court to wow us.

Weirdos, that's who! I know, but they also kicked Yost and his crew off the series about mid-way through season two so clearly they weren't thinking right.

Hat, whip, and full Indy costume is standard fare, yes. You must also only adjust the TV volume by using your whip so ya might wanna practice beforehand.

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donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:20:11 GMT

@Hawk: It should be a lot of fun to see what they got planned, though the rumors about it aren't exactly making me want to buy one. These kinds of announcements are always a lot of fun, though, since you get all kinds of new news about games and whatnot. Even if I never buy an Xbox whatever-they-call-it, I still get some entertainment out of reading the news abotu it, at least!

Yeah, who wants to be considered sane? Sounds crazy to me. Yeah, the season one intro is super cool, and I can't believe you'd change something so awesome. I'll have to check that out soon!

But I thought the only proper way to watch it was with a hat and whip...? Do I still need those?

@Jad: Boo! Be decisive! haha, just kidding. Apparently, I'm the only one who feels the need to keep a running list of my favorite games. Oh well, back to the Chrono Cross soundtrack.

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donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:05:08 GMT

So, Microsoft is making the big X-Box announcement tomorrow, who else is excited! There's been so many rumors flying around I'm excited to get some real information, though I expect they'll be holding plenty of stuff back for E3.

@Rogue - Of course, I know you wouldn't want to be insulted by being called sane. Yeah, the Fury voiceover sucked and he just talked about Cap, Thor, IM, and Hulk, completely ignoring half the roster cause they don't have solo movies. The season one intro showed a bunch of clips for everyone. By the way, the first half of Avengers Assemble's debut episode appeared on iTunes for free! I haven't seen it yet, but I've seen some mixed comments so far.

Phew, my faith is restored! Yes, run out and run back in again. It's the only proper way you can watch Indiana Jones.

@Jad - I never played Forgotten Sands, though I remember it came out after the time as the movie and the Prince was kinda based on Jake Gyllenhall. 3 bucks for the 09 PoP is an awesome deal though! I hope ya enjoy it when you finish up Forgotten Sands. What did you plan on using the Microsoft points for? DLC or one of the cheap XBL games ya can download?

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donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:28:29 GMT

RS – I’m not sure if I have “one favorite game “either. If I like a game enough I will keep it. I could also break it down to genre too since it’s hard to compare something like Kinect Sports with Enslaved or Burnout.

Hawk – I’m actually kind of playing two PoP games. Prince of Persia (the one from 2008 with the cel shaded graphics) and Prince of Persia – The Forgotten Sands, which is the one I’ve played more. Apparently it fits somwhere within the Sands of Time Trilogy, which I never played. I like them both. The platforming is pretty much the same in both but I like the combat better in TFS as you have large groups of enemies rather than the one on one (or two really) fights from PoP. TFS is a rental so I’m trying to finish that one first but I actually started PoP first. I had a $25 gift card at Gamestop and after I bought a MS points card I wanted to see if I could find anything to use up the rest. I found PoP for like $3 so I thought, hey why not?

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donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:03:36 GMT

Good, just wanted to make sure my craziness was noted. It's important, after all. That EMH theme is awesome! It's too bad they got rid of it for the second season.

Oh, of course they do! And Robert Downey Jr. lugs around a big suit of armor everywhere he goes. Actually, he has his 4 assistants carry it, but it's close enough. Well, I'm in the room with the TV, so I think running would be counter-productive. Unless you want me to run out of the room and back in...

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donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:37:52 GMT

Your craziness is a given, haha. I do tend to replay games to, though clearly not like you do. I am also not listening to the Mass Effect soundtrack. I save that level of crazy for my Avengers obsession! I do listen to the soundtrack to Battlestar Galactica though, which has some really amazing music. And I listen to the theme from EMH a lot. It's just so catchy!

Does that also mean Chris Evans doesn't carry Cap's shield and Renner doesn't have the Hawkeye bow everywehre they go? I'm sorry, but I just can't believe that. What are you waiting for! Go run and watch it now!

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donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:15:57 GMT

@Hawk: Nah, it's probably just my craziness. I'm surprised you'd argue that point. Though I know that I'm one to replay games a lot, even more than you do with Mass Effect, so that probably plays into it a bit, too. I should probably mention that I'm listening to Chrono Cross music as I'm typing this, since I figure it's kinda relevant here...

Apparently, he doesn't always carry a big hammer around. Weird. Yeah, I should definitely watch them. I got plenty of time on my hands, now that it's the summer, though that hasn't gotten me to watch them yet! haha, I'm not sure why I'm still waiting, actually.

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donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:03:42 GMT

@Iron - Not really. The two have always been pretty close and Reid has always defended McNabb, even when he wasn't playing that well.

Yup, ME2 is definitely my favorite of the Mass Effect series, with ME1 being second, and ME3 being last. I think they all have their strong points though. ME3 by far has the deepest combat system and it has some cool moments, like hanging out with Garrus and your other squadmates at the Citadel, though I think it has the weakest story, the weakest side quests, and I wanted different squadmates choices. I'd say ME1 has the best story, a really great villain, the fun planet explorations, though the sidequests suffered from repeatedly using the same warehouse and the equipment was out of control. ME2, I think, is the perfect balance between the two. It easily has my favorite group of squadmates, all the sidequests are unique and varied, and while the story isn't as good as ME1 it has a lot of really cool moments from the beginning with Shepard's death, the Collector's kidnapping your crew, the awesome suicide mission, and all the personal missions for your crew were very well written. While it had the most streamlined RPG elements, it introduced a lot of cool powers that they improved upon in ME3. Which is your favorite of the series?

@Rogue - Haha, I think it's more that I like a lot of franchises that are all very different and it's hard to put one in front of another.

Haha, yeah, it's always funny to see pre-Thor Hemsworth in the beginning. Don't forget you still have the Indy movies to watch too!

@Jad - Awesome! Which Prince of Persia game you playing? Although it gets a lot of flak, I really love the 2009 PoP which is basically a lot of fun free running with an occasional fight. Coming after the Sands of Time trilogy is a hard act to follow.

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donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:53:26 GMT

Saw the Star Trek and enjoyed it quite a bit. It moves very quickly for us Trek fans it certainly gave us a lot of moments. Overall very good, will wait to see what you guys think.