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NWR Forums Discord / The problem with bums
« on: December 09, 2008, 03:20:09 AM »
Is that they smell. I was sitting down a funny way just then and I could smell my bum and it wasn't very nice.

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Reader Reviews / Disaster: Day of Crisis
« on: November 21, 2008, 01:37:51 PM »
A convulted development and Reggie hating it was enough to turn most people away from Disaster: Day of Crisis. Hopefully in Valhalla, Moses will forgive these people and allow them the oppurtunity to enjoy this game in the afterlife.

You play as some guy. I can't remember his name because he's your generic all American hero. You know the drill; high school football star, ex marine, closet homosexual. There's one word that really describes him properly: dominator. This guy just dominates wherever he goes. Volcano exploding? He'll just dominate that and run through fire. Special forces holding hostages and a swat team gettign shot to pieces? He'll dominate that by running in in his tank top and hand gun. He gets involved in the story because his dead boyfriend's sister was captured, she works as the secretary to a real man's job; a seismaologist, and as her only tenuous connection to the past the cops thought to bring him abord in a giant scheme involving nuclear weapons and man induced disasters.

The **** starts to hit the fan pretty quickly and you gotta bust into a building, rescue everyone and shoot all the baddies, when your halfway through this the first of the disasters hit and then it's every man for himself. Rescuing losers earns you points of some variety, shooting dudes in the face wins you points of another variety. These points can be spent between levels to upgrade your abilities and stats. One of these abilities is strength and lots of strength alllows you to just bust arse, stomping on any box or crate in the vicinity. Stomping these weaker objects often reveals more skill points or massive oversized hamburgers which you must then consume with gusto.

It's probably worth pointing out that all the combat is entirely seperate from all the busting garbage bins slash rescuing weaker humans. When a combat situation arises, you know about it because there will be a second long cutscene to hide the loading, the screen will blur and our hero says something positive like "****." It's almost a shame really, because before you work out the pattern of wander around busting arse and then enter combat then wander around some more, the game's atmosphere provides a real sense of dread and danger. After the first few levels you'll realise that in fact your in no danger at all, even when you can hold c to see a building collapsing in front of you. So now that I've cleared this up, let's break down each section.

Combat is good. The game takes place in first person and feels like a light gun game. It is however a bit odd and unlike any lightgun game you've ever played. For a start all the enemies can take a bullet to the face like a champion. Shooting them in the head does do more damage, but often not enough to kill them. you can add more power to bullets, enough to be fatal by 'focusing' focusing zooms the camera in and the sheer will power of the shot allows you to dominate foes. At the start of the game you really only have enough concentration to focus for a second at a time but over the course of the game you can build this up. Also unlike a light gun game, enemies wont just be complacent enough to shoot endlessly while you hide like a coward to reload. They'll change postion, move up and punch you in the dick. Reinforcments will be called too, some armed with RPGs. Don't worry though because if you thought enemies that can take a shot to the brain and carry on living were mean, our hero can be run over by armoured vehicles, take an explosion to the balls and still fight on. He's just that cool. Also sometimes while you move between cover, an automated action, you can bust out random shots at enemies like Virtua Cop. These shots are almost always fatal and at the end of the stage you'll be awarded titles like "Full fist legend", "Unstoppable dominator" or something else along those lines for these heroic shots of justice.

The other half of the game is spent staggering around the city finding people to rescue and crates and **** to break. The rescues are all pretty straightforward and nearly always utilise the motion controls. The controls are accurate enough to fend off annoyance while the rescues are varied enough to prevent boredom. Occasionally these rescues highlight touching stories like the father who was seperated from his son or the emo girl with no friends. The names of all the people you rescue are recorded in the game statistics. You can also beat the **** outta random objecs, which I've already mentioned and promise not to again. What I will mention though is that the camera is a piece of ****, zoomed way too far in and never doing anything useful.

Every now and then the game chucks you in a random car. The car scenes are all pretty cool with explosions, high speed chases and great crashes. The steering is all controlled via a nunchuck free Wiimote and for the most part it feels pretty solid. If you crash that's because you suck and need to stop playing Mario Kart with it's pussyfied joystick control option. Put your controller in a wheel cradle to drive like the champions.

The game looks like we've come to expect of decent Wii games, lacking in polish and not disimilar to Gamecube graphics but with a few spectacular moments. The music is all pretty standard, as are sound effects. The game features a fair amount of voice and all the no name actors did their best B grade performances which is really great to see. Thankfully non of generic dominator's swearing was censored which helped remove some of the cheesiness.

Disaster: Day of Crisis is a great game. The story, characters and setting is a writeoff but all that **** is bullshit anyway as the gameplay demands to be taken seriously. I barely gave controls a mention in the review because they're good enough to not be noticable, the motion controls all enhance the game and work well. With is original ideas, solid gameplay and decent presentation, Disaster: Day of Crisis is great purchase for any self respecting Wii owners and a game that Nintendo of America ought to be proud of.

Score: Full Fist.

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NWR Feedback / Laughing
« on: October 23, 2008, 05:43:57 AM »
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RABicle: LOL seen nintendo world report?
Mario:ahahahahaha
Mario: wasnt me

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NWR Forums Discord / latest news from the front!
« on: October 22, 2008, 11:45:16 AM »
Sometimes when I drive my car late at night, I wear headphones. This is because someone stole the faceplate of my radio and I can't be fucked getting a replacement.

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NWR Forums Discord / Mafia XXVIII: OOC thread
« on: October 07, 2008, 06:31:57 AM »
So I'm going to be a prat and continue to role play in the mafia threads because Cream is hilarious. However she is also clueless and too trusting so here is where I say more horrible things and get myself killed.

thatguy is the fucken killer. Mark my words. He is acting too arrogantly, he's the killer.

also seriosuly guys, i've made nothing by flippant posts and yet I have more PMs form this game by day two than when I was a mafia godfather. Why am I suddenly in the loop?

ALSO pulling Chao Control was a GOOD THING. Day one is like a free start for the mafia because the law of probability states that we always take a townie out and the mafia get a kill and the killer gets a kill. Good on the Chao Control guy, that was awesome. SO Vudu is now townie leader yeah? He better fucken co-ordinate knowledge fast before the mob kill him, it's probably in the mobs interest to contact him posing as townies.

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Nintendo Gaming / LISTEN UP WANKERS I NEED THIS! (Pokémons)
« on: September 29, 2008, 07:02:53 AM »
Explosion TM64  :-\ anyone please?

Or better yet, Bronzor or Bronzong with Explosion.

I'd prefer it not hacked but I realise how hard to get and annoying Explosion is.


LOOK AT THE THIRD POST.

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Nintendo Gaming / Early bomb drop. --WII MOTION PLUS DISCUSSION--
« on: July 14, 2008, 12:02:48 PM »
http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/eMMuRj_N6vntHPDycCJAKWhEO9zBvyPH

I mean ****. Devs had to have known about this. Force Unleashed jsut got more exciting. Everything just got more exciting.

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NWR Forums Discord / RABicle's annual E3 script. 2008
« on: July 13, 2008, 09:28:01 PM »
I was having coffee and arse with Reggie the other day and he seemed a bit more distracted than usual. He had a file with him and he seemed a bit agitated with it. I assumed that the contents were just a list of names he had taken or had to take or something. Anyway in the distance we heard some guy crapping on about Metal Gear Solid 4 and Reggie got mad. "Hey sorry I just gotta kick this guy's arse, been great catching up with ya RAB, smell ya later" and he picked up his file and flew off. He rushed off so quickly though that some paper slipped out as he went. At first I was gunna leave it alone because I know I shouldn't interfere with Reggie's list, that'd be like interfering with Santa's list of who's been bad or good. But I couldnt help myself and I needed to check if RawMeatCowboy's name had been taken yet so I grasped the paper and slipped off to read it, in case Reggie came storming back. What I found though was that it wasn't a list of names as I had suspect but infact the script for this years E3 presentation! Now I wouldn't normally divulge this information of course but me and Perrin Kaplan had a big breakup over the phone earlier tonight. Stupid bitch doesn't know how many syllables are in a haiku, so anyway I'm getting my revenge by telling you guys this ok?

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Nintendo will open the doors early this year, 8am, raising people's hopes that the show might actually start on time this year. Also in a nice nod to hardcore fans the pre show music playing will all be from Overclocked Remix with a few of the arrangements from Smash Bros. interspersed in the mix. Such music will only be used to lull the journalists into a false sense of security as this year the show will be all about laying waste to their pathetic doomsday predictions for Nintendo and it's products. 1up's crew had their seats allocated so that accessing them would have them trip over a rail line that has been built through the Kodak Theatre. As all the guests finish arriving at 9am, the giant projection screen will light up on time only to have a voice announce that "The Nintendo E3 Media and Business Summit conference will begin in twenty minutes". Snipers placed in the balconies of the theatre will shoot any member of the crowd who produces a PSP to pass this time. Meanwhile on the screen a large analoge clock will slowly tick away till the promised start time of 9:20

However, suddenly at 9:10 the screen flashes 'IWATA TIME' a siren playing Iwata's trademark LOLOLOLOLOLOL is heard and then an explosion to the side of stage near the back of the auditorium sees a wall collapse. From out of it, running on the train line comes Iwata riding atop the 'Success' train. It's an old school steam train except there's something different about the furnace. Instead of coal being burnt, the train runs off cash. Cash is being fursiously shoveled into the furnace by two men dressed as Mario and Luigi. Iwata, speaking though a megaphone announces "ARRWL ABROAD!!" as the train weaves through the theatre, blowing smoke in the faces of IGN journalists and knocking the chips out of GoHobo's greasy hands. With confusion still reigning the train exists stage right and the clock reappears on the screen.

With the clock at 9:15 the voice announces that the conference will start shortly but will add in an apologetic voice that the delay is because Reggie has been so busy taking names that he's late and the show might have to go on without him.

When the clock reaches 9:20 the screen fades out to black, fading in is K. K. Slider. "Oh hey hope you've been enjoying some of my tunes, I normally play on Saturday but Reggie said I had to play today of he'd kick my arse."
"Anyway it's good too see you again Iwata, have fun today in Los Angeles"

It soon becomes apparent that Animal Crossing Wii is being played live for the audience. Iwata marches proudly around the outside of his house, checking the notice board. "LOLOL they still believe in that Metroid Dread **** hey? - Retro" is the only new message. Iwata's character, an Animal Crossing style deformed Mii appears to giggle as he moves off. Meanwhile in the audience NWR staff are crying.

Iwata walks along and finds a turtle standing around sadly by a house that looks both, in complete and partially collapsed. The turtle named Kaz laments, "Oh this is my HOME you see it's uh, it's not finished, my HOME that is. Do you think people will like my HOME? They didn't like Heavenly Sword will they like my HOME?" Iwata buries a pitfall and continues walking.

He comes to Tom Nook's store. Tom immediately hassles him about the mortgage on Iwata's house Iwata laughes and pays the full amount on the spot, with thousands of credits left over. "Oh hey! Well maybe you'd like to see some of my new products!" Tom introduces a piece of furniture that will "Not make your house's layout suck so much." It also adds a basement for additional storage. Iwata quickly purchases it.

Finally Iwata takes the stage in real life, first asking why none of the journos jumped about the success train, suggesting they might prefer their 'Ruse' seats. A handful of curious journos will check to confirm that yes, their seat has been labeled "Loser" the whole time. Iwata will talk about the firmware update. The firmware is designed to free up space by allowing the Wii to access the SD card slot for all save data, they'l hold off launching channels from SD cards because of piracy concerns. Firmware will be released not through download, rather included on selected new releases and available at retail, bundled with an SD card. New Wiis will be shipping with 4gig of flash memory on board and the latest firmware. Other changes will see the Wii message board and calender revamped to not suck so much cock.

Iwata leaves the stage for the video to carry on. His avatar moving about the village of Los Angeles, talking to other animals who all demo a new game. The biggest and most extensive demo will be for Wii Sports: Team Play, an online enabled Wii Sports sequel focusing on team sports allowing players to play as their Mii on a team comprised of other people online. Sports include; Netball, Volleyball, Hockey, Lacross and Polo. The demo reel displays a Lacross team of Reggies completely overwhelm a lame clan with [MT] preceding their names.

Other games showcased by animals include New Super Mario World, Megaman 9, Disaster: Day of Delay, PIkmin DS and 1080°

At one point Iwata visits the Able sisters who mention that Aonuma dropped off a new design. The design is naturally that of a triforce. Iwata also passes by Kaz again to find that he has fallen into the pitfall. Still though, no sign of Reggie.

Miyamoto comes out to introduce Wii Music after K. K. Slider runs a demo reel to Iwata in Animal Crossing. Miyamoto invites members of the audience on stage to join him in a live performance. Unlike weaker music gmaes out there, Wii Music turns out to be much more about music creation and jam sessions than memorisation of button combos and RSI. Of course the audience members have pretty much no talent whatsoever as Miyamoto selected Gamespot staff from the audience. Suddenly a Quitar Hero guitar comes flying in from offstage, clocking a Gamespotter on the head, knocking him to the ground. Reggie comes out and he's looking MAD. "ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHY GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR IS GUNNA SUCK ON WII AND THAT'S BECAUSE GUITAR HERO ALWAYS SUCKED. I DONT WANT THOSE WEAK GUITAR HERO MAGGOTS ON WII, WII IS FOR EVERYONE BUT LOSERS!" Reggie goes on to smash the rest of the guitar like some rockstar.

The LOLOLOLOLOL siren starts again and the Success train returns. Miyamoto and Reggie both jump on board, Reggie throwing any journalist who tries over his head. This time though the train is powered not by coal or cash, but photocopies of  litigation and legal documents Nintendo is preparing to level against Microsoft for stealing the wii mote and Sony for sullying the video game industry so much. As the train leaves from the explosion created at the start of the morning. the Animal Crossing game saves up on screen and returns to the giant clock. Slowly but surely the shocked and frightened journalists realise the show is over and return to their miserable lives.

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NWR Forums Discord / Limerick thread
« on: July 01, 2008, 04:45:56 AM »
In a country once called Abyssinia
The whole population has tinia
With really sore feet
And not much to eat
The poor cunts get skinnier and skinnier.

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NWR Forums Discord / Haiku thread
« on: July 01, 2008, 04:37:55 AM »
My tummy was unwell
So I did a massive ****
And now I feel fine

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"When we left, you were collapsed with your pants down in that black box in the laundry"

So how was everyone else's Saturday night?

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General Gaming / On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
« on: May 21, 2008, 05:03:15 PM »
As a massive Penny Arcade ****** I couldn't help myself and downloaded the demo and before I knew it, payed my $20 and got my registration code. I like how registration was completely instantaneous, if gave the code and I copy pasted it right into the game.

Anyway it's been pretty fun so far, the time battle events are reminiscent of Paper Mario except that blocking is much much harder due to the lack of any real guide to the timing. The banter between Gabe and Tycho is pretty spot on and I'm hoping I run into Frank before long.

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General Gaming / Bonertime! Beyond Good and Evil 2 Announced!
« on: May 15, 2008, 02:17:52 PM »
http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=11829

The original is the best game I've played on my Playstation 2 and like two days bought a cube copy off ebay.

AND NOW THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE!

It's the best Zelda game that isn't a Zelda game.

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Yeah I dont really know where I was going with this.

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Nintendo Gaming / Shift Key is terrible at Mario Strikers
« on: April 13, 2008, 01:16:01 PM »
But then I heard he beat Mario who killed me at it so who knows!

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General Chat / I HATE LAX
« on: April 09, 2008, 06:59:07 AM »
TRIP IS OVER FUCKING 9 HOUR LAYOVER, CUNTS GOING TO LONDON ARE CLOGGING UP GATE 23

EDIT: keeping all this as I posted it for posterity. updates in most recent post.

Ok fellas and ladies, listen up.

between 18/7/08 and 3/8/08 I will be in America and Canada. Pretty much sticking to the west coast. I'm already staying with former PGC regular Ms. Pikmin in Sacremento soon after arriving and Berto2k, in wherever he lives. From there, I still have to make my way to Vancouver, where my tickets to fly out are from. SO Who has a place I can stay at? I'm hoping to visit both states between California and British Colombia in that time and use planes as little as possible. So I'll need places to stay along the way.

I know Svevan is in Oregon and Pro might be in Cali, I'm not sure.

PLease keep in mind that being a poor arse student I can't really pay you or anything. I'll happily buy you milk and cereal in the morning, beer at pubs or at bottleshops if you're underage s well as entertain you with epic stories of my travels.

If you can't offer me a place to crash but still wanna hang out that's cool, I'll need something to do.

OMG WAIT WE COULD MAKE THIS AN EPIC PGC ROAD TRIP UP TEH COAST! How awesome would that be, travelling up the coast, playing games along the way, DS in the car, stopping at people's houses and hitting up MARIEO CART, this could be epic guys! Comon!

So who's interested?


Also Infernal may or probably wont be coming, he wanted to but he has to pay like a million dollars because he keeps hurting himself and has no health insurance and public hospitals are underfunded after a decade of right wing rule so they're no good but who knows!

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NWR Forums Discord / Don't do as I do
« on: April 03, 2008, 02:39:44 PM »
Don't start an assignment worth 30% of the course mark at 2am in the morning, four days after it was due.

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Nintendo Gaming / People I hate
« on: April 01, 2008, 01:11:56 PM »
Bill
Deg
Mario

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Nintendo Gaming / Disaster: Day of Crisis
« on: March 27, 2008, 12:08:36 PM »
Have we heard anything in forever? Will it even be at E3 and PAX? Why are they hiding it!

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General Chat / What's RABicle Up To? - The Nobody Gives A **** Thread
« on: March 25, 2008, 03:11:04 AM »
Big shout out to all my fans. I know a lot of you guys have been wondering what I've been up to even since getting a job at Jamaica Blue. So anyway I thought I'd better share.

Serving coffee
Scratching my balls
Picking my nose
Making coffee
Trying to catch the eye of the cute bird who works in Novo

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NWR Forums Discord / Dasmos is my hero in life
« on: March 20, 2008, 05:01:39 AM »
When I grow up, I want to accomplish what he has. What a champion!

(Dasmos please copy paste your gurnal entry over here to make benefit glorious message board of PGC)

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General Chat / I hate my housemate
« on: March 17, 2008, 09:05:57 AM »
So this afternoon my housemate got a call on the home phone, I thought it was a little odd. When he gets off he asks if I can back out my car so he can take Sam's car to UWA to get his mobile phone, which he stupidly left there on Saturday night.
"Yeah sure," I said.
After 5 minutes or so, he couldn't find Sam's keys so he asked to borrow my car.
"Yeah allright." I said.
"It doesn't have any fuel in it," I said.
"Here's $10," I said.
"Put some fuel in it," I said.
"It has enough to UWA," I said.
"But you wont make it back," I said.

So anyway at 8:20 he finnally arrives home.
I jocularly ask if my car is still in one piece.
"Yeah it's still in one piece but uh, it's about 20 metres north of the Canning Bridge"
"What on the fucking freeway?"
"Nah it's in the emergency stopping lane"
*facepalm**hold head in hands*

I swear to God, he is fucking retarded.

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but I just can't help it.

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General Chat / I didn't feel like reviving the photo thread
« on: March 08, 2008, 04:36:22 PM »
Just to post a picture of my bitchin mohawk.

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NWR Forums Discord / Finally I am free
« on: February 09, 2008, 08:51:10 PM »
Wont bother loggin in as 18 Days anymore.

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