The Fall Damage crew is joined by Cruz and forums fanatic Mephianse this week as they discuss the DLC/DRM showdown, if there’s a WRONG way to play Mass Effect, and whether OnLive can work as promised. There’s also plenty of hot blue alien sideboob.
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Two weeks ago I find myself deep in thought pondering over a question that was posted on our forums – “What is your personal greatest achievement in gaming?” After serious consideration and headaches, I could only come up with a single answer. I have absolutely no idea.
The successive migranes, however, did make me realise a dark little secret of my past as a gamer, specifically a gamer who prides himself on his knowledge of classic gaming and the wealth of experience under his belt.
I had never beaten a Megaman game.
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I am verging on forgiving Blizzard for splitting the game into three seperate parts…but they need more than a 37 second clip to truly win me over. I am trying to comfort myself with the presumption that more time in between games means that they’ll be wonderous and beautiful, and everything a girl could hope for.. I really hope I’m not wrong
I mean, it would be completely irrational for them to have finished all three parts at the same time with minimal effort and they’re just releasing them spaced out like this because they’re a bunch of no good, lazy, bastard, suits who are just in it for the padding of my wallet. Right?
According to February’s edition of Game Informer, the prequal to Halo: Combat Evolved, brings us back into a world of Spartan III’s and all the joys that are had in saving the world while still being completely and utterly expendable. There are a few notable differences though.
Instead of being just a singular bad ass that is charged with the duties of being the only hero awesome enough to finish the job, Halo: Reach brings us an entire team of Spartans and their squad called Noble Team. You play as Noble 6, the newest member of Noble Team. The leader is Carter-259, gender equality is portrayed by the female Spartan Kat-320, Jorge-052 is heavy weapons specialist and the only Spartan II on the team, Emile-239, and Jun-266 star as canon fodder or “red shirts”, I am sure.
You and your bad ass squad will be going to Reach, a planet that is falling to the hands of the invading Covenant. The rest of the mission seems pretty clear from here. Don’t die, save the world, get little to no recognition for it. A few things that will bring this game out of the typical Halo world will be the darker art styles, battles that support up to 40 AI and 20 vehicles [the original only supports 20 AI, for comparison sake], new weapons [the Marksman Rifle and Needle Rifle, which read like ownage via bullets], Melee Assassinations, and new Armor Up abilities that will allow a player to choose between powered up abilities like Sprint or Camoflauge. There are new enemies to look out for, as well. [Lizard faced bipedals that travel in packs.]
From a technical stand point, you can look forward to motion capture having been used in all the cinematic scenes, and 20-40 dynamic light sources at any given time. Translation: The game is going to be pretty.
There are a few hommages to Halo: Combat Evolved, so don’t think that you won’t see anything you haven’t already seen before. The health bar damage will be the same as the first game and a few of the more memoriable weapons will be turning up from time to time. Regardless, though.. Halo: Reach is proving to be able to stand on it’s own in a series that seems like it’s already done everything it could. With Multiplayer remaining untouched in the perfection that it is, and the single player starting to sound like it’s going to blow all the other Halo games out of the water; it really leaves me hoping for one thing.
Please be less lame when it comes to your commercials, Bungie. If this game is going to be as good as it sounds, the overdramatic stylings of advertising are going to be unnecessary.
Over at our Forums, Animate The CAKE has shared with us an… interesting Youtube find. This is, from what I have been able to decern, a trailer for the live-action Tekken movie. I don’t think there are enough adjectives in the english language to sum up my feelings on this video, so I will just let you watch it and decide for yourself.
Note as you watch this that Shine, the kid playing Gouken, is 15 years old, and up against one of the best Akuma players on Earth. We believe Shine’s mom drove him to the tournament.
I’m going to go cry in a corner over my copy of SFIII Third Strike now.
In case you haven’t signed into Steam today, and Fall Damage was your first stop in the journey around the internets; I’d thought you’d like to know about the massive sales going on on right now. Games %60 – %80 off, bundle packs for less than $3? You bet your sweet candy-ass it has all of that! In addition to the sales that are going on until January 11th, Steam is also having special price sales every 40 hours or so. You can pick up Mirror’s Edge for just $4.99, or S.T.A.L.K.E.R for just $1.99!
There is bound to be something for everyone, so even if you don’t find something for yourself.. maybe you can get that last minute hard to shop for gamer gift out of the way in time for the Holidays! Go! Shop!
A game that has been mentioned on several occasions as being down right awesome, is now just 9.99! For a scope of how amazing that deal is, The Last Remnant usually goes for a cool 39.99 on Steam. That is a 75% discount! Crazy! I will personally recommend this game to everyone who visits this website and listens to our podcast, not only because of the ridiculously low price, but also because of the amazing game you’ll get for it.
The powers of the Remnants slowly began to change the world’s balance.
A rift slowly formed between those who ruled and those who obeyed.
This was the dawning of a new era — an era of countless frays that would be brought upon the world by those enslaved by their own lust for power.A thousand years later, the journey of one young man begins.
Featuring an enthralling story, countless characters and an intricate battle system, Square Enix brings the RPG experience known as The Last Remnant to the PC.
Discover new strategies in the improved battle system.
I will also recommend finding yourself a way to get your 360 controller to work with your PC before you tackle this beast, as it will improve your gameplay experience 10-fold. You have no excuses now, people! I have 9.99 in change between the floor mats of my car and the dark untold crevices beneath my couch cusions! Go buy it, play it and allow yourselves to be Wow’d by The Last Remnant!
Today Valve announced the first piece of downloadable content for Left 4 Dead 2, and it really feels like they know exactly what their user base wants.
The new campaign, ‘The Passing’, will be set after the events of Dead Center from Left 4 Dead 2, and will feature our old favourite characters Bill, Francis, Louis and Zoey metting up with the four new survivors from L4D2.
Valve also mentioned that there will be a new melee weapon added to the game, along with a new firearm, and a new ‘campaign challenge’ game mode. Could this be the 8 player campaign mode us fans have been pining for? We’ll keep you up to date on news as it appears. Words cannot express how excited I am to use the original characters in Left 4 Dead 2.
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