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Re: What Song Are You Listening To Now?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pK0Lqqg-sE[/youtube]
by Calshot
Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:44 pm
 
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Re: Gaming thoughts of the day

Has anyone ever used Zazzle.com here?
I kept trying to find a good Assassin's Creed poster but wasn't finding anything I particularly liked, so I just went about trying to get one made from an image I like. Just put the order in with them.
Seemed like a good site. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with them.

You could use a program called Rasterbator as an alternative.

It blows up a picture you provide, divides it into a grid, and prints it page by page which you assemble back together like a mosaic.

http://i.imgur.com/jje65.gif http://i.imgur.com/OnyTy.jpg

Only downside is how much ink it consumes. I haven't done the math, but it might be cheaper using Rasterbator and doing the printing at a printing store rather than going through Zazzle.
by Calshot
Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:28 am
 
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Re: What Game/Games Are You Currently Playing?

Finally got back to playing Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars. I've been switching the audio language to French whenever I'm playing as Nicole and then back to English when I'm playing as George to make the game feel a bit more realistic.
by Calshot
Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:22 am
 
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Re: Assassins Creed Series

I had the PS3 version and I don't remember it being that buggy at all.

You might have just struck out and got a bad copy.
by Calshot
Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:31 pm
 
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Re: Epic Names in History

One of my favorite teachers in grade school was named Harry Sachs.

I knew a girl in elementary school named My Ho.
by Calshot
Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:40 pm
 
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Re: What Game/Games Are You Currently Playing?

I'm having a bit of trouble installing Psychonauts , so I just finished Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars instead.

Favorite dialogue of the game
*Ominous Chanting*

George: What could they be doing in there?

Nico: It could be some sort of satanic sex ritual.

George: Well, what are we waiting for?
by Calshot
Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:05 am
 
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Re: Assassins Creed Series

I'm incredibly tempted to put "nothing is true, everything is permitted" on the true or false section of my finals.
by Calshot
Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:15 pm
 
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Re: the beautiful indoors

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The only reason why it's a CGI mockup is because Batman wouldn't let us see the real thing.
by Calshot
Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:33 am
 
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Re: Review The Last Game You Beat

I actually beat this a long time ago, but I played it again and felt like writing a review about it. And I did.

Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (Wii)

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Story
Like previous Tenchu games, you play as Rikimaru and Ayame, two ninjas in service of daimyo Lord Gohda. Peace has not been completely restored since the events of the previous game. Rumors of impending war circle throughout Lord Gohda's lands. A kunoichi (female ninja) disguised as a fortune-teller kidnaps Lord Gohda's daughter, Princess Kiku, during a divination session to determine the fate of the kingdom. Ayame chases after the kunoichi while Rikimaru continues his investigation on the war rumors.

Graphics
The game was released for the Wii in 2009. While the graphics don't scream "next-gen" (err, current-gen since the next generation is arriving), the graphics aren't anything to scoff at. Some of the outdoor areas are actually quite nice. There can be a few minor hiccups--the camera might be blocked by a wall when doing a stealth kill for example--but it's generally not enough to break immersion.

http://imageshack.us/a/img801/8554/tenchu4artoftheninja200.jpg

Gameplay
The gameplay of Tenchu: Shadow Assassins was criticized as being a step in the wrong direction for the series. Previous games gave the player much more freedom in completing a stage while Shadow Assassins seems almost like a stealth rail-shooter. Rikimaru and Ayame are much more agile in previous games while in Shadow Assassins they control like ninja tanks. Rooftop exploration, a hallmark of the series, is limited and the player is mostly confined to the ground.

One run through a stage all the claims made about the game seem fairly accurate. However, there's a lot more depth than there appears to be at first glance. While there is an "right" path that the game wants you to take in a stage, there are a good number of hidden, alternative pathways and secret areas, some only accessible when using items from other stages. The items themselves add a good amount of depth to the game. There are 10 unique items to use (excluding bonus and secret items) which range from conventional ninja gear like smoke bombs and assorted throwing weapons to more unusual equipment like fishing rods and ninja cats. These items have obvious uses that the game introduces to you as well as undocumented features.

http://imageshack.us/a/img708/7928/fatkittyobservation6.jpg
It may look like animal abuse, but trust me, ninja cat can take it.

Controls
Like other Wii games released around the same time, it has the obligatory waggle controls. While the controls certainly are gimmicky, they work (for the most part). The game may fail to recognize a motion, but it recognizes most of them and it is generally only a mild inconvenience.

There are a few differences between Rikimaru and Ayame, but they okay mostly the same. Rikimaru controls like the aforementioned ninja tank, but is stronger than Ayame, i.e. he moves near the same speed when he's carrying a box or body. Ayame is speedier and feels much more like a traditional video game ninja, but is weaker than Rikimaru.

Both Azuma Clan ninjas don't move super smoothly since the control is completely digital for some reason. I don't know if it was by design or not, but it seems to work with the new approach this game takes compared to the previous ones (though I admittedly only played a few hours collectively of the first two PS1 games). The controls may not allow you to flip out like crazy slaughtering samurai left and right, but they force you to take your time and plan out your moves lest you get discovered.

http://imageshack.us/a/img843/5995/screenshotwiitenchushad.jpg

One area Shadow Assassins doesn't fail to deliver in is its stealth kills, also known as hissatsu. There is plenty of neck-snapping, slice 'n dicing, conflagration, drowning, etc. kills to please everyone. Off the top of my head, there around 30-40 unique hissatsu factoring in the item and environmental-based ones. Some hissatsus are more convincing than the others.

http://imageshack.us/a/img708/9937/drsnibvlbbvc9tcxiooakni.jpg
This is a fetish somewhere, I'm sure.

Swordplay
If unarmed, the character you're playing as prefers to flee back to the last checkpoint if discovered by an enemy. If equipped with a sword, then the character will engage the enemy in duel. The swordplay isn't very good and would have benefited from the invention of the motion plus accessory. Basically, there's an attack phase and a defense phase. During the defense phase, you have to hold the Wiimote perpendicular to the angle the enemy is attacking. After the "tenchu" bar fills up, you enter the attack phase. The game points at arrows on the enemy for you to hit for extra damage, but since the attack phase has a time limit and the Wiimote isn't very accurate in detecting where you hit, it's just easier to make random cuts until the enemy is dead or the attack phase ends.

The game seems to discourage combat. If an attack is blocked improperly, your sword takes damage. If it takes too much damage, it breaks and you flee combat. If you miss blocking an attack entirely, than you flee combat (except in unavoidable boss fights, in which case you get a total of three missed hits before you lose). The Wiimote is okay at detecting the angle you're holding the Wiimote at lower speeds, but as the game throws enemies who have much higher health and attack in a faster/higher frequency at you, you're very likely to make a mistake. You can adjust the difficulty of the sword fighting at any time through the options in the pause menu. If you don't care very much and just want to get through the sword matches, you can always "cheat" by pausing, aligning the Wiimote correctly, and then unpausing.

http://imageshack.us/a/img441/8514/tenchu4c.jpg


Audio
Unlike past games, there's no option to switch to a Japanese dub (to my memory at least). Fortunately, the English dub isn't terrible. There are a few out-of-place elements (one or two minor characters have English accents for some reason) and some of the guard dialogue when detected can get pretty annoying, but it's otherwise pretty decent.

The soundtrack is actually quite good and utilizes a variety of traditional string and woodwind instruments. The downside is that, given the lengths of the stages, the music tracks tend to repeat often.

I posted this track in the video game music topic but I'm re-posting it here as an example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAeT3B_kZ-U

Final Thoughts
However, when judged on its own merits, Tenchu: Shadow Assassins is still a fun and solidly-made game. The main story should take around 10-20 hours. There are also 50 side missions called "assignments" for you to do as well as a hard mode of each story stage. There are also hidden map/mask pieces for you to collect in the main story stages that unlock secret items. If you really hate the motion controls that bad, there is a PSP port. I don't really know the differences between the versions other than that the PSP port has longer loading screens (and the lack of motion controls of course).
by Calshot
Sun Dec 16, 2012 1:55 am
 
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Re: Gaming thoughts of the day

^
If I remember correctly, it was thought that, since most people are right handed, people would be confused when they were swinging the Wiimote with their right hand and Link would be swinging with his left.
by Calshot
Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:20 am
 
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Re: Last Game/System/Peripheral You Bought

I bought the latest Humble Bundle and then the son of the man who did this

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eYPbXg3QAo[/youtube]

did something similar to me and left me a copy of Darksiders 2.
by Calshot
Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:44 pm
 
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Re: What Game/Games Are You Currently Playing?

I beat Saints Row 3 yesterday (got it in the THQ Humble Bundle a couple of weeks ago). I had a lot of fun with it and since the last GTA-style game I played was Vice City years ago, the gameplay didn't feel stale to me.

I'm either going to play Psychonauts or Darksiders 2 next.
by Calshot
Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:56 pm
 
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Re: Your favourite example of attention to detail in Shenmue

I liked that in the second game an NPC might actually answer the door when you knocked on a random one in an apartment complex.

I also really liked how much homework went into studying the martial arts aspect of the game. One of the move scroll store owners in the Thousand White building asks Ryo if Ryo has practiced martial arts. Ryo replies that he has and asks the store owner how he could tell. The store owner says he could tell by the way Ryo shifts his balance when he walks.

A couple of years ago when I was switching martial art schools one of the teachers asked if I had taken martial arts before on my first day there. I said "yeah, how did you know?" The teacher said he knew by the way I shifted my balance when I walked.
by Calshot
Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:22 pm
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

I asked Bach during the November elections whether or not he was in favor of Mitt Romney and the Republican party. He said he preferred Baroque Obama.
by Calshot
Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:27 pm
 
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Re: Great Videogame Music

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx0oqdZOfQM[/youtube]
by Calshot
Sun Dec 23, 2012 3:52 am
 
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Re: MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

Merry Christmas Shenmue Dojo.
:x-mas:
by Calshot
Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:40 pm
 
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Re: Gaming thoughts of the day

I...actually have never played them. :oops:
by Calshot
Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:43 am
 
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Re: What Game/Games Are You Currently Playing?

I've done nearly all I can do in Arkham City. I beat the main storyline and the side missions a few days ago and finished collecting the Riddler trophies yesterday. I still have the Harley Quinn DLC to do, but I need to take a break from playing it.
by Calshot
Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:22 pm
 
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Re: Gaming thoughts of the day

What have you played on the system, it'll be easier to tell you stuff based on that.

Practically nothing. I've played a few two-player games at friends' houses over the years but I'm basically a stranger to the system.

Try gettin a hold of that Mizzurna Falls or whatever it was called. .
Will do.

@Thief
I already own the Chrono Trigger DS port. I'll check out all the links and the games you mentioned. Also, when did you revert back to Thief from LAMEWAD?
by Calshot
Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:17 am
 
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Re: Shenmue Dojo Awards 2012 Deadline to Vote: January 16th

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I thought it was standard procedure to vote Mitts as the top person in every category.
by Calshot
Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:25 am
 
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Re: Last Game/System/Peripheral You Bought

Rakim wrote:
This video could be 1/3 as long if they had someone who actually spoke English presenting it. Where is Reggie when we need him?


His body wasn't ready.
by Calshot
Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:53 pm
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

Is it bad that I only just now realized that there's a "quick reply" button?
by Calshot
Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:51 am
 
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Re: Creepiest momnts in gaming

In Psychonauts , you play as a young boy named Razputin who is attending a psychonaut summer training camp (a psychonaut being like a secret agent with various psychic powers). Most of the platforming levels take place within the minds of various adults around the camp. The mind of psychonaut/camp counselor Milla Vodello is an upbeat disco dance party, unless you find a secret room...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TXYP6qU8I
by Calshot
Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:45 pm
 
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Re: Things that pissed you off

He may not be ambidextrous.

I think you're confusing the ability to write equally well with either hand with the kind of "intricate" motions one needs to pump ones cock.

I remember in junior high a lot of guys learned to masturbate with their other hand since their dominant hand was busy operating the mouse to search for more internet porn.

I just learned to use the computer mouse with my other hand.
by Calshot
Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:04 pm
 
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Re: Guess the game 2.0

Segata Sanshiro Jr. wrote: no, we can make it work, we have to WE HAVE TO!


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBXNa0ipFPQ[/youtube]
by Calshot
Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:11 pm
 
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Re: Guess the game 2 (LEAVE A GOOD HINT PER PIC)

^
Tokyo Beatdown. I remember you writing a review about it awhile ago. It's on my wishlist.

Wii exclusive.
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by Calshot
Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:25 am
 
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises

Some of you may have seen this, but it's new to me. In order to promote a Batman: the Animated Series marathon, the Hub network remade one of the Dark Knight Rises trailers with B:tAS footage and had the voice actors redub the lines.

phpBB [video]
by Calshot
Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:54 am
 
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Re: Guess the game 2 (LEAVE A GOOD HINT PER PIC)

Phantom Dust. I remember watching the Single Player Gamer video on it.

Xbox Live and PSN game

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As a side note, practically all the games I get are based off of what you guys point out to me. It's also why I have a video game wishlist a mile long.
by Calshot
Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:41 am
 
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Re: Kid suspended for throwing grenade made of air

So he saves the universe and gets a suspension? Maybe he breached protocol or there was too much collateral damage... Either way, being a hero can be tough, it's good that he's learning it at an early age.

If he saves the universe, it means the bad guys lost. The school can't have the bad guys losing since it goes against their likely "everybody is a winner" policy.
by Calshot
Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:39 pm
 
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Re: Guess the game 2 (LEAVE A GOOD HINT PER PIC)

Is it The Club?

I think I remember reading a review you wrote about it. If you did write a review, I'm surprised I remembered it since that had to have happened a couple of years ago.
by Calshot
Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:19 am
 
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Re: Got Banned From Riding The Bus Today

Next time, try playing the sympathy card and tell her about the time someone mugged you for the wallet your grandmother gave you for Christmas.
by Calshot
Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:51 pm
 
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Re: Guess the game 2 (LEAVE A GOOD HINT PER PIC)

Fragile Dreams. I still haven't finished it yet but I've never really been in the right mood to play it.

DS Visual Novel style game
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by Calshot
Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:05 am
 
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Re: Guess the game 2 (LEAVE A GOOD HINT PER PIC)

Released for arcades and ported to Dreamcast and an Xbox live port much later.

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by Calshot
Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:34 am
 
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Re: Guess the game 2 (LEAVE A GOOD HINT PER PIC)

Flower Sun Rain. Also on my wishlist.

Probably terrible Dreamcast game. I only played the demo, which came on one of those Dreamcast magazine discs.

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by Calshot
Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:37 am
 
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Re: Guess the game 2 (LEAVE A GOOD HINT PER PIC)

Sengoku Basara 3.

Unreleased Dreamcast game, though the rom of it is easily obtainable on the interwebs.

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by Calshot
Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:35 pm
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

^
Sounds like you're helping Cori out with her depression. How nice of you.
by Calshot
Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:25 pm
 
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