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phantomspiker · **Posted:** September, 3, 2010 - 3:35pm

Amnesia The Dark Descent Demo just came out, I recommend playing it with the sound up and the lights out.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/57300

20% off if you preorder too.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12279

Nice, I'll check it out tonight. I was going to buy the penumbra games for $6 on GamersGate, but my account was all fucked up on there!

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12279

Holy hell, this looks so damn good! Great soundtrack too!

In other news, I'm crying myself to sleep everynight for not going to PAX! FUCK!

Nate · **Posted:** September, 4, 2010 - 1:26pm

Dear god. I can't wait to get this game.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12279

Also, new Vanquish story trailer!
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/pax-10-vanquish/704042

Can't wait! My only real concern with the game is QTE's. The one that came up in the demo wasn't awful, but the motion was a bit unexpected. Hopefully there's not any extremely sudden instant death ones in the actual game, like Bayonetta had. The QTE's in Bayonetta was probably the biggest flaw to me.

Phil · **Posted:** September, 4, 2010 - 3:13pm

I gotta download that demo.

After Metroid, QTE's should just be a thing of the past. I feel just as awesome doing crazy moves in that as much as I do in God of War and it's not even half the effort.

Invisible Swordsman · **Posted:** September, 4, 2010 - 3:28pm

so there are QTE's in other M? I finally saw the trailer last night and it basically looked like GOW with Samus, but i wasn't sure if that was just video or QTE.

Phil · **Posted:** September, 4, 2010 - 4:00pm

Invisible Swordsman wrote:

so there are QTE's in other M? I finally saw the trailer last night and it basically looked like GOW with Samus, but i wasn't sure if that was just video or QTE.

Not really QTEs. But you do moves that basically do QTE style attacks with one button.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12279

GOW is one of the only games I can think of that has cool QTE's to me, haha. Every button press is Kratos getting crazier and crazier.

Invisible Swordsman · **Posted:** September, 4, 2010 - 4:29pm

Phil wrote:

Invisible Swordsman wrote:

so there are QTE's in other M? I finally saw the trailer last night and it basically looked like GOW with Samus, but i wasn't sure if that was just video or QTE.

Not really QTEs. But you do moves that basically do QTE style attacks with one button.

ahhh ok. I'm not sure I'd like that. I like QTE's that are random, otherwise i don't feel they add anything to the game other than a sequence to see a cutscene. Multiple buttons make me feel like i'm hitting a combo, but having them the same everytime like in GOW is basically pattern memorization and not quite as entertaining to me.

I really liked them in Shenmue because it happened during a cutscene and not the cause of a cutscene. i.e. Ryu would be chasing someone and you'd have to hit left to follow him down a left corridor. You usually had a couple misses before you lost. Sometimes losing meant a new objective too, not just a retry.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12279

Invisible Swordsman wrote:

Phil wrote:

Invisible Swordsman wrote:

so there are QTE's in other M? I finally saw the trailer last night and it basically looked like GOW with Samus, but i wasn't sure if that was just video or QTE.

Not really QTEs. But you do moves that basically do QTE style attacks with one button.

ahhh ok. I'm not sure I'd like that. I like QTE's that are random, otherwise i don't feel they add anything to the game other than a sequence to see a cutscene. Multiple buttons make me feel like i'm hitting a combo, but having them the same everytime like in GOW is basically pattern memorization and not quite as entertaining to me.

I really liked them in Shenmue because it happened during a cutscene and not the cause of a cutscene. i.e. Ryu would be chasing someone and you'd have to hit left to follow him down a left corridor. You usually had a couple misses before you lost. Sometimes losing meant a new objective too, not just a retry.

Sounds like you want to play Heavy Rain.

Invisible Swordsman · **Posted:** September, 4, 2010 - 4:44pm

hmmmm..... if i could find it for cheap maybe i'll pick it up.

Phil · **Posted:** September, 4, 2010 - 6:39pm

I don't mind QTEs. I liked them in Shenmue, RE4, God of War, ect. I just don't like when they're not used properly like in Uncharted when they happen two times during the entire game.

phantomspiker · **Posted:** September, 5, 2010 - 12:51pm

Elder Geek put up an excellent in depth review of Amnesia The Dark Descent.

http://elder-geek.com/2010/09/amenesia- ... eo-review/

Sean · **Posted:** September, 8, 2010 - 7:15pm

Decent piece on Wired about how Randy Pitchford, CEO of Gearbox, saved the Duke Nukem franchise:

http://m.wired.com/gamelife/2010/09/ran ... uke-nukem/

William Smith · **Joined:** June, 17, 2007 - 10:18pm **Posts:** 3227

I've been playing some halo reach at work the past few days, and you know what, Halo is really easy to appreciate if you've played the other shooters on the market, it's always fun to look at, the plot is soooo sooo, it's refreshing after playing call of duty.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12279

William Smith wrote:

I've been playing some halo reach at work the past few days, and you know what, Halo is really easy to appreciate if you've played the other shooters on the market, it's always fun to look at, the plot is soooo sooo, it's refreshing after playing call of duty.

....what? Call of Duty also sports a so so plot and good visuals at the least.

William Smith · **Joined:** June, 17, 2007 - 10:18pm **Posts:** 3227

I just tired of the call of duty plot, I'm not really into it is all. I just found the new halo's looks appealing, it was fun.

Phil · **Posted:** September, 15, 2010 - 9:17am

Dante, how do you feel about this?

edit: wow that image was huge. It's the logo for DmC: Devil May Cry

Ninja Theory (the Heavenly Sword dudes) are confirmed as the developers.

Phil · **Posted:** September, 15, 2010 - 9:21am

Oh wow, 1up has screens.... weird

I guess that's Dante?

Stillies · **Joined:** April, 7, 2007 - 12:11pm **Posts:** 8793

Finally a twilight game yesssss!

Phil · **Posted:** September, 15, 2010 - 9:24am

Trailer and stuff too
http://www.1up.com/news/devil-may-cry-dmc-announced

I think I like it. My interest in the DMC games dissolved after the first, but I think it might be back.

Phil · **Posted:** September, 15, 2010 - 9:25am

Stillies wrote:

Finally a twilight game yesssss!

I like this Dante more than all the bald space marines and awesome cyber suit people.

phantomspiker · **Posted:** September, 15, 2010 - 9:31am

The trailer looked pretty cool and I liked dante's look (i'm sure it isn't the same dante), he kinda looks like a crackhead though.

Phil · **Posted:** September, 15, 2010 - 9:34am

Shadows of the Damned

EA + Mikami + Suda + Akira Yamaoka

http://www.1up.com/news/shadows-damned- ... -speak-tgs

It looks like RE4 fused with Killer 7 (err, I mean NMH). Pretty neato.

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