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TalkBack / Re: PilotWings Resort Preview

« on: February 27, 2011, 12:03:17 PM »

Strange. I have no memory at all of playing Pilotwings as a child. I know I didn't own it but I don't even think I ever rented it either. So I don't really understand why people have been looking forward to a new entry into the series to be honest.
It's not like I haven't played flight games before. I enjoyed the Star Wars fighter games and Crimson Skies on the original Xbox is still one my favorite games on that system. Is the Pilotwings series similar to any of these games in any aspects other then you are flying ships?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Call of Duty Black Ops Wii > Goldeneye ;)

« on: February 13, 2011, 11:17:45 PM »

Yup. Been playing the single player for some reason. Just finished the Kowloon mission. Still doesn't play as well it should. There is still slow down, etc. The game is fun though and the story is interesting. However GoldenEye still has it beat solidly in presentation. There are some equally action filled scenes and GE just runs so much better and looks better at the same time. CoD:BO's graphics are all over the place. Up till now I've been playing mostly the multiplayer but I'm actually enjoying the single player (problems in all) more I'm finding. Killing other players gets old after a while and a scripted events can be exciting in their own way.
If they do make another Call of Duty game on the Wii I would hope Activision would actually have Eurocom do the Wii version. Or at the very least use the engine Eurocom created. Who actually owns that? Eurocom or Activision?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Call of Duty Black Ops Wii > Goldeneye ;)

« on: February 11, 2011, 04:34:56 PM »

Home early from work today so I hopped on to test something out. Played a few rounds of TDM and then did one Domination round. Well two really but I came into the end of a Dom match first. Even though we lost both times I found them more satisfying. I've noticed a difference in the players as well. Granted this is just based on three matches I've played. It's a lot less chaotic. The pacing is slower or at least seems slower. Having attentions split between three or two different points of interest adds to that I think. The slowness, at least compared to the normal frantic pace in TDM, is better in my opinion. That the population is lower leads me to think (could be wrong) it attracts a different style of player to some degree.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Call of Duty Black Ops Wii > Goldeneye ;)

« on: February 11, 2011, 01:22:32 AM »

The most annoying thing about these games is that sometimes can be really good while others you just end up sucking completely.  

Try different modes like the objective matches. I tend to suck in a regular TDM but in Bare Bones I can rack up loads of kills. Guessing the player quality diminishes or something.  

Guess it's time to give more time to Monster Hunter Tri like I had been planing.

We'd be glad to have you.

Have been planning to try Domination again. Only did one match and while I died a fair number of times (kills isn't really the goal but controlling the flags) I had fun. I think that might be more my style as I've been playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 a lot on the PC. The two major modes there are Conquest and Rush. Both involve taking objectives. In Rush you take two objectives and push on to the next set as the defenders retreat back to those. You do this about three times till you get to the fourth and final set. If all the attackers lives are used up (you have a set number when attacking each set that gets reset once they are taken) the match is over. Conquest is just one giant capture the flag but you have three different points that have to be taken and defended. Both sides have a number of tickets (lives) that get used up as both sides die. Domination seems like this yet on a much smaller scale and less tactical by comparison. Get points by controlling the flags the longest time and that's what's important.

I have been curious about the other modes as well. TDM is what I've been playing. Might try Mercenary instead and the others too. Bare Bones sounds interesting as well.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Call of Duty Black Ops Wii > Goldeneye ;)

« on: February 11, 2011, 12:41:00 AM »

The most annoying thing about these games is that sometimes can be really good while others you just end up sucking completely. Finding a decent middle ground doesn't appear often. If it wasn't for the hardline perk in BO I'd be stuck getting nothing but spy planes. Ugh. I think I'm going to limit my highest to care package from now on. That's as far as I'm able to get in terms of kill streaks and even then it's luck sometimes. That and learning which weapons work best on which maps. Only have a SMG (Mp5K) and Assault Rifle (Famas or Gail) custom classes setup. I think I need to setup more.

That and not play so much. Since getting the game I've put in several hours and have made it to level 31 or 32. Was doing well but not not so much in the last few hours. I think I hit a point, very quickly, where I need to take a break and then come back to the game later on in a fresh state. Same happen with GoldenEye online as well though no where as fast. Guess the faster placing in BO was a factor. Hit that point with Bad Company 2 (PC). Guess it's time to give more time to Monster Hunter Tri like I had been planing.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Sega Announces Sonic Colors for the Wii.

« on: February 10, 2011, 10:31:20 PM »

Just finished up the first world and started in on the desert planet. Giant donuts with chocolate frosting is weird but interesting. Liking the game so far. Got it as a gift for Christmas but hadn't played it until today. I love the speed of the game. Reminds me of older sonics where running was key. I wish I could play this with just the Wii remote or the classic controller but I guess using the alien powers wouldn't be possible since you have to shake the remote. Can't say just yet if I could put a score on it. Just that it's enjoyable at the moment. Very easy as well. I beat the first boss in 41 seconds but then again don't think I would have wanted to do it for two or more minutes.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Call of Duty Black Ops Wii > Goldeneye ;)

« on: February 07, 2011, 10:56:10 PM »

Hmm. I am noticing a difference from when I originally played after during the system horizontally and using the Wii Lens Cleaning Kit from Nintendo. Only redid the first level. It seems I actually deleted my save information when I was cleaning out saves from games I no longer have or rented. Still I guess I'll need to do the second level to really be sure as that is where I had the most problems.

Here's my code though.

NeoStar9X - 2061-1049-0813

I don't have a mic however, at least not yet. Still deciding if I want to get one. I've had my audio own though to hear others. So far not to bad. I expected more cursing but even with the mic I guess many are focusing on playing instead of talking.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Call of Duty Black Ops Wii > Goldeneye ;)

« on: February 02, 2011, 08:33:54 AM »

I don't buy the idea that Black Ops is doing so much more compared to other games. It's recent so I'll use Goldeneye once again. There is a LOT going on screen in that game as well at any given time. You know I think the infinite spawning that takes place in CoD games might actually be part of the negative for the single player. As for the multiplayer there are a number of people shooting, etc but you are in a static environment. There is very limited environmental destruction that takes place. Why it should stress the drive I don't understand. This is why when I played I felt things were worse during the single player and I (I could not be remembering correctly) felt things were okay online when it came to how it worked the system. We'll see I guess.


I'll be sure to add my code when I start playing again. 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Call of Duty Black Ops Wii > Goldeneye ;)

« on: January 31, 2011, 11:12:28 PM »

Well I jumped back into the fire.   I saw it at $30 on Amazon.com, used, plus I had some credit left. I figured at that price I can justify getting it for the online (multiplayer, combat training, and zombies) only. I'm not touching the single player. I also have a Wii Lens Cleaning Kit (from Nintendo.com) coming as well. I had my drive replaced as I said around Brawl's release due to it making noise but I'm curious if my disc drive lens might be dirty. That the game works the drive hard is universal unless you have it installed on a SD card. However the sync issues people have said they didn't have. So it makes wonder if my drive is going bad or if my lens is dirty and if it's not reading as well as it should. I don't have audio issues with other games but then other games aren't working the drive the way Black Ops was. Perhaps a dirty lens combined with the streaming is the issue. Only one way to tell. If anything I get a clean lens in the end.


I would just like something different then GoldenEye 007 Wii (still feel this the better overall game) and Bad Company 2 on the PC in terms of a FPS and a online mulitplayer. The delay for Conduit 2 has caused me to cross that off my list. I don't think I'll be getting that now. If it wasn't for that I wouldn't be getting this again. This also could very well be the last 3rd party game I get as I'm going to focus on Nintendo published games on the Wii for the foreseeable future once the 3DS comes out.


Something else. I originally had my Wii standing vertical. After I got rid of the game the last time I started laying it down in a horizontal position just for the hell of it. I am curious if this is a factor at all in how the game runs. Majority of people will have it standing up.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo 3DS Discussion

« on: January 29, 2011, 11:00:29 PM »

I don't really think the price will be as much of an issue as some think. 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Call of Duty Black Ops Wii > Goldeneye ;)

« on: January 29, 2011, 10:52:48 PM »

Black Ops seems to [load] more aggressively than any other game I've played.

You sure weren't kidding. I just popped the game in for the first time tonight, and it's just crazy how noisy the system gets. It's definitely worse than Modern Warfare, it's literally loading every second. It's simply poor programming, and it does affect how the game plays; there were a few times when my weapon or a piece of the environment were invisible because the graphic model hadn't been loaded in yet.

Good to know others are experiencing this issue and see the problem here. Well not good that there are problems just that others see they are there and aren't just dismissing them. 

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TalkBack / Re: Conduit 2 Multiplayer Community Event Livestream

« on: January 27, 2011, 05:23:48 PM »

Would really like to know how hard this is working the Wii system. I don't want another Black Ops situation where it's constantly streaming that it's overworking the disc drive to the point it can fail.  Also due to the streaming things don't load correctly.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo 3DS Discussion

« on: January 19, 2011, 05:39:16 PM »

Work was delayed today. Benefit from working in a school district (IT). So I was able to see the entire presentation this morning. As soon as I got to work Amazon.com put up the preorders and I jumped. I had to. One blue and as soon as the black went up I jumped on that. Needed two anyway. One for me and one for my sister. I thought games might be an issue but Street Fighter looks great. I haven't played one since Street Fighter 2 and Street Fighter EX3 on the PS2. I'm due for another one. She might like Pilotwings but not up for order yet. That's it for now until something else interesting is confirmed and up for preorder.


However if more Dead or Alive info comes out I might switch to that if it looks like the better of the two. I'm okay with the overall price of the system. I figured it might be around this.  

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Mistwalker's new RPG "The Last Story" coming to Wii in Japan in 2011

« on: December 23, 2010, 07:42:32 PM »

- 12,000 lines of voice-acting

 
Maybe I'm jumping to the negative to quickly. I think unless they are going to be willing to release the game with only a Japanese track and include English text I think this just kills any chance of this being released outside of Japan.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Call of Duty Black Ops Wii > Goldeneye ;)

« on: December 17, 2010, 11:07:26 PM »

Said I wouldn't do it but I ended up picking up Black Ops again. Bought it three times actually and returned it twice. The third time I tore off the packaging as soon as possible so I couldn't change my mind. 

I'll try to keep this short.
Online: A rating. When you have a good connection it's fast paced and fun. Maps are a good size and there is a lot of customization. Perhaps to much maybe.  I like that you can test out equipment you've unlocked in private matches. Combat training is a nice touch and for a while I was messing around with that when my connection problems arose (had to change my settings from Default to Region). If they continue to patch the game then I see it getting better. I spawned trapped in a rock in one match. I know spawning is being looked at and I hope that never happens again.


Single Player: Poor in my opinion. Frame rate issues. Voices out of sync. Disc drive being pushed very hard from the sound of it. Graphics are only so so. There are better look games on the system. GE is better in this department for sure. Now I only made it to mission 3 and it might get better but I was disappointed by what I saw and experienced. Now maybe my disc drive is going bad on me again (had it replaced back when Brawl came out) but no other game I have works the drive the way this game does during single player. The online doesn't have many of the elements that I believe cause the overworking of the drive during single player. This is a significant part of the game. For me I don't see how this gets anywhere over a B or 8 if you assume the other parts of the game are worth of A praise. I think the online is but I haven't tried out the Zombies mode yet.


I think I'm done with the single player in the end. I'll most likely watch the rest of them online but don't want to deal with the problems I'm getting. 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Call of Duty Black Ops coming to Wii same day as other systems!

« on: November 21, 2010, 04:51:14 PM »

Back to the damn game people.

Has anyone been having issues with the disc drive dying on them due to playing the game? Seems a number of people are having this issue due to the constant streaming the game requires. Now granted their drives might be in bad shape due to constant use over the years and this game could have finally pushed it over the edge. I had mine replaced some time ago but really curious if those that have had their drives replaced already are having any issues with the game?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Goldeneye Wii

« on: November 01, 2010, 12:39:42 AM »

Didn't see these listed here but with the game coming out Tuesday there might be some on the fence still.

Launch Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06p6R3SWWlY
7 Things You Should Know About GoldenEye 007

GoldenEye Mode Gameplay (Online Multiplayer mode) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQQRB97m2zI

Black Box Mode Gameplay (Online Multiplayer) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRXNcmR7iCY

Hero Mode Gameplay (Online Multiplayer) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlcFiWavQIA

Golden Gun Gameplay (Online Multiplayer) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeFBpuMOQyE

Tank Gameplay Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDceKh7CGYQ

This is one of the commercials for the game. There appears to be another as well and they aren't being shown at midnight only but during prime time. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0wYekzFiPU

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TalkBack / Re: 3DS Processor and Memory Details Leaked

« on: September 22, 2010, 05:21:38 PM »

To really simplify this based on what I've been reading on NeoGaf. It seem what we have here is a a device with GameCube/Xbox hardware but with shader, etc tech/software that is used in the 360/PS3. So a mixture of old and new tech that is all very cost effective. Add in the small resolution and the claim that you can get results similar to the PS3/360 seems to be true. So it seems numbers alone can't be looked at. We have to take the entire package into consideration and how it wall works together.

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TalkBack / Re: GoldenEye 007 Impressions

« on: September 18, 2010, 12:16:50 AM »

At least we know what GoldenEye 007 will look like. There's that. However we have no clue at all what Black Ops will look like. Just claims made by some people at Treyarch but still no footage at all. Not even a bad alpha image like was released for Modern Warfare Reflex.

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TalkBack / Re: GoldenEye 007 Impressions

« on: September 14, 2010, 07:55:25 PM »

Yeah.  That number is suppose to increase not decrease over time.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Dawn of Discovery - Ubisoft brings the Anno Series to Wii

« on: September 14, 2010, 12:38:13 AM »

It has to be one of my favorite games on the Wii. I'm a sucker for city building games though. I have both the Wii version and the PC version. Drastically different of course but I found the Wii version more charming due to it's look. I still feel if Ubisoft had actually pushed this version of the game it would have done decently.  It was a far better game to put money behind instead of their Petz or other <insert word>z crap games.

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TalkBack / Re: GoldenEye 007 Impressions

« on: September 13, 2010, 09:04:42 PM »

I do have to say the lack of information or even talk about the Wii remote and nunchuck controls along with online multiplayer (not local 4 player) has been somewhat worrisome. Maybe they are taking it for granted people will just be happy with them (wrong idea I feel) but it's starting to worry me.  Perhaps something could be wrong and they don't want to bring attention to them until it's to late and people have already bought the game. For example perhaps they spent so much time on the classic controller controls that the Wii remote controls just don't hold up or compare with past Wii FPS game.  That they are tacked one as a result.

8 max multiplayer has given me pause as well when Modern Warfare Reflex had 10 player max. Black Ops is likely to have the same or if we are lucky more. I don't have anyone to play locally with anymore so all the talk about split screen really doesn't matter to me. I keep hoping more online information would be released, details, but I'm starting to think  there won't be any. So this isn't getting pre-ordered or picked up day one as planned. Disappointed in the end.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Monster Hunter Thwii

« on: September 01, 2010, 01:31:32 AM »

Yeah restarting did seem a bit extreme. Not going to do that after all. Though will take a while to get back into the grove of things. Will have time now as I decided against Metroid Other M at the last moment to save money for another game I really wanted more. Metroid Prime 3 still needs to be finished anyway. I need to stick to not buying new games until I put more of a dent in the games I have now.

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TalkBack / Re: Disney Epic Mickey Collector's Edition Revealed

« on: August 29, 2010, 10:31:29 PM »

I like the Mickey figure.The behind-the-scenes footage should be very interesting to see. However I can do without the faceplate and skins though. Rather have something else then others. An art book would be nice or maybe another figure. One of Oswald the Rabbit would be nice.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Monster Hunter Thwii

« on: August 28, 2010, 10:08:02 PM »

I think I'm going have to start over again. Been away from this game to long I think to simply pick it back up and continue from where I was at. Though I recently started playing Metroid Prime 3 again and picked up from where I left off but MP3 is easier to play control wise then MHTrii.  I guess I could simply mess around without any mission to get the feel of the game again. Here's hoping it works. I keep getting distracted by so many new games at the time. With Metroid Other M coming and me buying The Witcher: Enhanced Edition I don't think I'm ever going to finish Tri.