General gaming news

[Maxxthepenguin]

I get the feeling GTA4 wouldn't have been nearly as well received(10/10 from 20+ reviewers, GAMESPOT: BETTER THAN TONY HAWK 3?!) if it had been hyped constantly with info and data like say compared to Brawl or your typical FPS. So yeah, I would say not showing so much is a good thing if only for fooling people.

By compared to brawl/FPS, are you saying Brawl WASN'T hyped to holy hell with an outlining of every detail pre-release?

HUH?

Nintendo usually plays it pretty coy aside from a few bits of info here or there, but it sure as hell didn't with Brawl.

If you were saying similarly to Brawl/FPSes I mostly agree though not all FPSes get much coverage.

[BRP]

yes, like Brawl or FPS. They were hyped.

[Arachna]

Hopefully this isn't old, in the link are samples of the upcoming soundtrack to MGS4. The last song seems like the theme for the battle between Snake and Liquid Ocelot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCRjEEGKlAc

[BRP]

Hopefully this isn't old, in the link are samples of the upcoming soundtrack to MGS4. The last song seems like the theme for the battle between Snake and Liquid Ocelot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCRjEEGKlAc

lalalalala NOT LISTENING

[Maxxthepenguin]

Hopefully this isn't old, in the link are samples of the upcoming soundtrack to MGS4. The last song seems like the theme for the battle between Snake and Liquid Ocelot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCRjEEGKlAc

lalalalala NOT LISTENING

Thanks for posting that. That post makes this one look constructive by comparison

[Kenai]

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/03/denis_dyack_is_.html

Old article that has only gotten far more relevant.

Wow, I could not agree with this more. And it's not just because of the ability to actually judge the finished product of the game. For me personally, it's knowing that the game will be out very shortly, so I should actually be looking forward to it, and looking for it. I missed several games over the years due to totally forgetting about the fact they existed after I heard them announced 8-12 months prior to release. Hell, I didn't even remember the names of some of those games to look for them. I just found out about a reprint of a PS2 RPG game I missed (Ar Tonerico, sp?) being reprinted, that I totally missed from last year, and am now able to enjoy. It really makes me wonder how many games I have missed that I might like but don't even know about, with the way things are now.

On the other hand, it gives me yet another angle to gripe about BC with. Come on Sony, I'm a broken record for BC!

[Tajin]

http://www.konami.jp/mgs4/jp/top.html

Play MGS4 in flash . Sorry if it was already posted.

[Alina]

You'd have thought Konami would have learned from the MGO fiasco, but apparently not... Hope no one here tried to order this!

http://kotaku.com/5009826/mgs4-limited- ... e-disaster

Also, lulz at this article, saying Gears of War 2 has gone too far (which I had never really heard any controvery over GoW1)

http://us.i1.yimg.com/videogames.yahoo. ... e-/1212888

[BRP]

Gears of War 2: Too violent for some?

Well yes, children shouldn't play it!

[Headspace]

Question about the PS3: When I restore my harddrive to factory defaults, how do I get my Rock Band/other game downloads back?

[Kwijiboe]

Log onto PSN ID that purchased those tracks, and go to download list and there you'll find everything you've ever downloaded/purchased. You can download again with no problem.

[BRP]

So apparently Haze got a 4.5 from IGN and I can't stop fucking hearing about it.

[6souls]

Greenpeace says 360/PS3/Wii not "green" enough

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7407934.stm

a few excerpts:

Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are not doing enough to eliminate potentially harmful chemicals and metals from their games consoles, Greenpeace has said.

...

Nintendo's environment policies were "non-existent", Greenpeace added.

"Nintendo doesn't have any environmental policies, " said Zeina Al-Hajj, Greenpeace's International Toxic Campaign co-ordinator.

"We were shocked with Nintendo; it was our biggest surprise."

...

The report found that the PS3 and 360 both contained "very high" levels of chemicals, called phthalates, which are used to "soften" flexible materials like wires and cable coatings.

They are not permitted in toys sold in Europe but under EU regulations games consoles are not classed as toys.

...

The report found that all three consoles contained varying levels of the toxic element bromine, which is used as a flame retardant.

The presence of beryllium was found in both the PS3 and Xbox 360. The element is not banned under EU law but it has been linked to lung cancer when dust and fumes are created through some recycling processes.

...

Microsoft has committed to eliminating the use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), which includes phthalates, and brominated flame retardants (BFR) by 2010.

Nintendo has also committed to removing PVC from future products, but has not given a specific timeframe.

...

Greenpeace criticised Sony for failing to agree to eliminate PVC and BFR from its games consoles, while at the same time pledging their removal from its mobile products.

"None of these chemicals exist in Sony's Vaio laptop. So if they can do it for a laptop, why can't they push this for the console also?"

[izembo]

should we really care? i dont

[Tajin]

Where exactly do these chemicals come in effect? the case and cable protector?

[izembo]

yea sounds like stuff inside the system, and well, i dont ever plan on opening it, or putting it into a compactor, so yea, dont care.

[Arachna]

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread...art=0&id=27287

German mag 'Games-Aktuell'

'Review:

+cutscenes
+graphics
+longest MGS
+freedom(almost like GTA)
+sound

-story too complex
-boss fights too complex/too much shooting

MGS4 has points taken off the score, due to it being like a Metal Gear game . Of course the story will be complex, especially for newcomers to the series as it will answer questions we've wanted to know since MGS1. It just rubs me the wrong way that they would've scored it higher had the plot been watered down. It's a sign of things to come I guess.

[BRP]

Well, certainly a pretty shitty magazine...

[Jefe]

I'd wait to hear what Maxim has to say!

[Kazen]

Here we gooooo agaaainnnnnnnn

From an interview on May 3rd 2008

Final Fantasy VII Director Yoshinori Kitase recently touched on the possibility of remaking the RPG classic for the PlayStation 3, stating that fans could “expect the probability of something spontaneous happening at some point.”

Kitase commented that if a remake were to transpire, it would have to include all of the core team members from the original 1997 PlayStation classic; something which isn’t possible right now due each individual’s commitments to other projects.

"My feelings are that if a remake were to work well then all the core members of the original team must be reassembled, all the artists and designers,” said Kitase.

“The problem is that, although all of us have an idea of what a remake should be and how to do it, organising such a thing right now is logistically very difficult. All the different members are now involved in very new, very large projects like Final Fantasy XIII and those projects are going to take a while.”

Despite this, he refused to completely rule out the chances of a remake on PS3, adding, “Maybe, when all those games are finished then we can look at doing something like that.”

”Of course, that said we came up with the idea for Crisis Core in just two days. It was a case of 'this is what we want to do, so let's do it'. So, you can definitely expect the probability of something spontaneous happening at some point, but it's hard to predict."


Does Crisis Core mark the finale for the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series?

Hajime Tabata: No, it does not. The Compilation's finale will take some other form.

Bottom bolded part was from a different part of the interview, the rest was just stuff about crisis core, etc.