[Agent Orange]

WTF?

The game is out since last week and in my book it's awesome.
Not, like, superawesome but very entertaining.
I know there have been mixed reviews, but as part of my "i'm working on my diploma thesis and don't have time for this shit"-, err, I mean my "Don't read reviews, just enjoy the games"-strategery I have read only the Chris Kohler one in which he complained about some anachronisms and inconsequeces of style, i mean what the fuck?
The swinging physics are great, the old-school references very nice and the music is just plain jaw-dropping (the title theme alone,... a piano-only acoustic version of the bionic commando theme). The graphics are great.

What one might frown upon is the linearity of the levels but come on, this is an action game and to be enjoyed as such. I heard nobody complaining about the linearity in Gears of War. Swing around, kill bad dudes, pick up weapons and have some fun. Watch Capt. Spencer do ridiculous backflips and listen to him scream in joy while he's zip-kicking guys in the fucking face.

I've only just passed Downtown Ascension City and the first level immediately aftewards and I like this game pretty much. Yeah.

I think the problem is that this is a very oldschooly-feeling game, yet wrapped and marketed as new-school which leads to disappointed expectations with those that don't enjoy this type of game-structuring.
Those are probably the same that complained about Ninja Gaiden being too hard.
Screw those guys!
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[Gin]

Can you grapple a guy in the balls yet
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[Victor]

I have this game and haven't played it yet. I am glad to hear that it is mechanically competant, just swinging around killing some dudes sounds pretty alright.

But BC: Rearmed was so wonderful, doesn't seem like this is nearly as wonderful, but I guess that is okay.

I mean no one has said anything about Punch-Out, either, which I can almost see.

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

I'm pretty sure there have been about two-dozen topic worthy titles released since the start of 2009, but the board has been pretty mum on anything recent!

Must be the bad economy.
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[Pijaibros]

[Victor]

I just stopped after finishing up the normal mode in Punch-Out, figuring Title Defense was just the same thing with more punches and stricter timing. Is this the case? Have I missed out on good gaming?

Also it still urks me a little bit that developers still choose to produce games that do not run at a constant 60fps.

Does Bionic Commando run at a constant 60 fps?

[Pijaibros]

Yes you have! The timing is stricter, yes but there is so much more.

All the fighters have new animations and intros, mainly a desire for "revenge" against getting crushed earlier. Those little stills alone are worth trudging through. But it's not the same thing. Most of these fighters have no habits and at least half of them so far do try and screw with your timing habit. Sure you can see it coming when you are used to it, but it does give all these boxers an even better personality using these tactics.

Glass Joe got a lucky win on me because I didn't actually expect him to fight back. How wrong I was! I maintain that Disco Kid (Quick) is my favorite rebout ever. I am up to Bald Bull, though KOing Aran Ryan was more satisfying than I though it would be. So far, I am playing exclusively with motion controls.

Maybe we should have a new topic. I really enjoy Punch-Out and everyone should play it. It is so straight forward, it can be a stand-alone arcade release quality.
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[Touran]

I guess I'll be picking up bionic commando on Tuesday - honestly I didn't even realize it was out.
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Man, I'm sorry.

[Laurel Soup]

So does Radd Spencer sing Cuckoo for Caca every time he swings on something?
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[Toptube]

I've been really looking forward to Bionic Commando. But I'm still playing too many other games, I just won't be able to get to it for awhile. So much stuff worth playing has come out in the past 10 months its ridiculous. and lately I don't tend to play games for hours and hours like I do sometimes, so I'm not getting through stuff as quickly in actual time.
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[Schwere Viper]

I'm finding it hard to resist picking this up, even though I still need to play through Valkyria...

For one thing, MIKE MOTHER FUCKING PATTON. That aside, I just get this really cool vibe from the game, which is weird given its look. I'll probably beg to try it out at a store some time.
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[Leau]

[negativedge]

Yet on my end, I can't think of a single noteworthy commercial game released this year (except Street Fighter IV, which we had about five threads on). DQV sort of counts, but it's a port of a years old remake of a game released in 1991, so I dunno.
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[Red_venom]

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

[negativedge]

If no one posted about them, then no one thought them noteworthy. Magic!
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[Moogs]

Bionic Commando is on my Gamefly queue.
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[Martial Loh]

I'll probably get this when its sold at a bargain bucket price..
The multiplayer demo felt and looked like a quirky UT mod.. Thats actually a good thing in some respects!
It bugs me that there isn't a proper single player demo yet, Lost Planet's really gripped me & I'm really hyped for LP2.

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

[negativedge]

I'm still waiting for those threads, DAIS
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[Tokyo Rude]

Shut up Justin.

[Leau]

[negativedge]

In fact, people used to frown on the very idea of game specific mega-threads. They've stagnated the shit out of KoP as an interesting place to have a conversation.

P4 thread FO LYFE, though
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[Predator Goose]

I played about halfway through BC last week. To be honest it's really good, but falls short of being great.

What Grin should really get credit for is actually making a BC sequel. It goes well beyond just having a swing mechanic, they also took the effort to bring the design from the old games, notably linear level design, ~80% swinging vs. 20% fighting, and a steady stream of fun but useless information a la those hacked terminals. I can't really find a good way to sum it up, but what I'm trying to say is that it feels like a very faithful sequel to the BC games and that's pretty impressive.

Unfortunately part of a complaint I have with the game is that it's too faithful to the originals. Specifically the linearity bugs me as the swinging is less exciting if you pause to remember that there's really only one path for you to be taking. I really want to be zipping around a more open map, and not worrying about bottomless pits and random unmarked radiation zones of instant death.

So yeah, it's a really, really good BC sequel. A little too faithful though, which, at least halfway through, keeps it from being great.
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Let's have a Dreamcast week guys. If only as an excuse for me to play Project Justice.

[Baines]

[Agent Orange]

[Leau]

[analogos]

For the Record, I'm pretty sure

[Moogs]

Just got this from Gamefly today. I can already tell this isn't going to go well.

I'm having issues with the training area, for fuck's sake.
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[Tlon]

i talked about Tokyo Beatdown a bit... after Chinatown Wars i stopped playing DS games for a bit tho. probably won't get back into them for another month or two

Tokyo Beatdown is just a waste of potential. the characters look stupid, punching people is fun but shooting them isn't, there aren't any weapons in the stages, and the bland 3D graphics means its 100% inferior to pretty much every sprite based beat em up (which i love) and The Warriors (which i also love)

man Rockstar needs to make a Warriors sequel
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Someday somethings coming
From way out beyond the stars
To kill us while we stand here
It will store our brains in mason jars

[SuperWes]

[Leau]

[Mikey]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/994/994115p1.html

yeesh.
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