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Jeez, the ANGER some people have. Just beat a Bison on SF4, he had about over 6000 BP, so I took about ~120 of them by winning. I then get a message from him containing all kinds of RAGEtext via multiple words that would get me banned by posting. I can only shudder of what my freaking' ears would have heard if he had a microphone.

I thought that behavior was solely the realm of Xbox Live.



I dunno if he was seriously that upset or just kidding (I assume he had the message saved for instant forwarding), but I reported him nonetheless

Won't matter if he gets banned, as PSN is free... so I'll just laugh at him and his near-perfect round 2 loss

On a more serious-ish level, is that kind of behavior more rampant than I really think it is? SF4 is the only online game I've played this long since Chromehounds, so I'm kind of not-knowledgeable there. Is Live/Halo really full of 13 year olds that throw F- and N- bombs like nobody's business? [/curious]

I usually stop and watch whenever my brother plays online. There's some cursing, but it's not the massive hyperbole of colourful dialog everybody makes it out to be. I find it more apparent in Halo than something like Call of Duty.

On all the online services there's people like that. XBL is the scape-goat because it was the first real online service bought to the console masses. But it can be argued that there are just as many people like that on Steam or something.

As for my own personal experience, it's not as bad as everyone makes out to be. Ok sure there are some real d-bags occasionally but not as often as many people think. I've been playing L4D a long time, and the majority of the people I've played with are cool (some are wicked fun to play with).

I hate calling my bank.

*grumbles to self*

Tell me about it, I just hate customer service in general. They all seem to be based in some remote country where the operators have only a slight grasp of the english language.

YES.

I DID IT.

Finally got "Nothing Special" in L4D. I'm so proud...

WJUK wrote:YES.

I DID IT.

Finally got "Nothing Special" in L4D. I'm so proud...

You... YOU ARE NOT HUMAN.

I'm as shocked as you are. I've been trying for weeks in single-player with the bots, but it just didn't seem to work.

Met some human players in Verses and got it on the 3rd try (the 1st 2 tries people got disconnected). It was an amazing feeling.

My Xbox 360 is such a trooper. I bought it the week Oblivion came out, so it's a relatively early console, yet still runs as good as it did when I bought it (aside from an issue here and there with the disc tray). It has seen two nights of 7+ hours play in the past week (7 hours of CoD4 last Monday, and about 10 hourse of RE5 last night/this morning). My friend is on his third of fourth, one brother upgraded to an Elite which RROD'd on him (warranty replaced), same situation with other brother (Best Buy replacement plan). Mine's still going (and I think my brother's former console is still going! He sold it to a friend).

On a related note, RE5, while not scary/creepy/difficult (on default/medium difficulty), is actually a lot of fun to play with someone. My friend and I played through it between Friday/Saturday and Saturday/Sunday nights/mornings. Biggest complaint is with the pacing. It feels so much more like "HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER" than it does Resident Evil, particularly with a few excessive QTE scenes. It's rather point A to B stuff (linear level progression, "Chapter 1-1/2/3", buy/upgrade guns between levels), and the story it guided you along wasn't terribly exciting.

I miss the more "openness" of the previous ones (I haven't played RE4, btw), it felt more like you were trying to figure out what was going on.

And they were, you know: scary. If you've got a rocket-launcher wielding Nemesis chasing after you, you're on the edge of your seat. I had approximately 0 such feelings.

It's basically an action shooter with a "OMG YOU CAN'T MOVE AND SHOOT" gimmick thrown in to make it "feel" like RE(4). The multiplayer co-op manages to largely veto most negative points I had, but I can imagine I'd just not like the game single player.

(end spoilers of (potentially) vast proportions:)
[spoil]Also, last boss was kind of lame. For some reason, the game didn't move along the events, so I wasted all of my bullets before we could even really hurt him. Once the game decided we could actually pursue, my friend proceeded to use all of his bullets fighting it. He's still swinging away, and we have 0 bullets. If you stay close together the boss can never really hurt you (provided you're reasonably perceptive; his "spinning tentacle" attack/thing will still hit you). Both players get close to him, and save eachother as they get grabbed. We ended up knifing Albert Wesker to death. Not the QTE cutting, just standing on either side of him slashing, so when his weak spot showed, we were there to slash it (for not so massive damage); or to save each other if grabbed. Crummy ending too.[/spoil]

OH YEAH. Call of Duty 4 is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, in about every way a first person shooter can be (aside from a helicopter related segment). Exciting gunfights, wonderful directing, and some truly epic moments.

The first commercial I saw for Resident Evil 5, I saw nothing but RE4 monsters. Killed any and all desire I had to get that game.

Haha Ceph, you're one of the select few who still have their early 360s that still work. And I think mine would've been fine if it wasn't the NXE. Apparently no one was getting the issue I had until after NXE.

And I haven't played RE5 yet but it looks pretty good. Two of my friends have been playing through it and they seem to be having a blast. Well, anything can be fun if you have a friend with you really.

Although I'm now looking forward to Prototype and maybe Fuel.

The first commercial I saw for Punch Out!!, I saw nothing but NES Punch Out boxers. Killed any and all desire I had to get that game.

Just kidding, still need to get that game.

I had fun playing the RE5 demo with a friend but the game ended up being way below my expectations. When a game like Dead Space exists where you can actually move and shoot at the same time AND it's scary, there's just no going back. It's been that way with pretty much all of the games I bought an HD console for. I was looking forward to games such as GTA IV and Banjo Kazooie N&B, but ironically, they're the games I play the least. It's a good thing I've found other games that made purchasing the Xbox worth it. I'll probably pick up RE5 when it drops in price or hits the Wii HD with better controls (it's bound to happen in a couple of years). I'm actually looking more forward to playing Dark Side Chronicles than RE5.

@PsychoDuck: If you have a friend to play it with (and a screen large enough) you may consider renting it for a playthrough. Playing with a friend compliments the "ACTION BLOCKBUSTER" nature of it well enough to provide lots of fun. And there were a couple bosses that were rather EPIC.

And my friend (whom I played through RE5 with) has been trying out RE4 now; I'm amazed just how much more DIFFICULT it is compared to the newer one (and it finally convinced him of the sheer SUPERIORITY of IR aiming on the Wii).

EDIT: I bought one of the Nyko Wand Wii remote things. I figure I'll try it out a week (7-day window for return/refund) and see if I like it. My largest gripe with Nintendo's Wii remote is the speaker. I like my video games rather LOUD when I'm playing, and it's kind of a shame if the Wii remote's speaker is integrated in some kind of neat way (like "following" a voice *via speaker* to find a person in Fragile). If the speaker seems better/louder in any way, then I'm keeping it for that alone. I tried Resident Evil 4 with it, and seemed to function just as well (perhaps later I'll try it out with Nintendo's remote for comparison).

I'd still be playing, but it froze when I opened a door to move to a new area

@Goose: I've never gotten that about Resident Evil games. Surely if you're a trained soldier you could run and shoot! It just frustrates me when I can't. What's worse is the developers recognise this and most of the enemies run up to about 1 or 2 metres in front of you then stop. Then slowly crawl forward that final few metres.

And that's a point, I have GTA IV on my shelf and I haven't touched it in so long. Although I had some great times playing it online with friends in free mode. You'd be surprised how much fun it is to just make up your own rules.

I'm going to Anime Expo again this year

Nice, hope you have fun.

I was gonna go to a convention down in London, but didn't have enough money. Oh well. There's always next time. Which is later this year, so hopefully I won't have spent all my money on games by then and be able to go.

I'm actually sharing a hotel room with several people, so it'll only be like $130 for a 5 night hotel stay (vs. last year at like $200-300), plus $65 (late registration; I wasn't sure if I'd be able to go until last weekend ).

And there will be a Street Fighter IV tournament!! I need to swipe my brother's X360 SFIV so I can get good with the 360 controller

I'll get SFIV achievements as well

$130 for 5 nights? That's a pretty good deal.

We're expecting pics if you're going. And hopefully a trophy if u win the tournament! XD

(I think) it's just a cash prize (with a $5 buy in), so I don't think there will be a trophy . Hopefully the concerts don't get in the way (they're the main reason I'm going )

The 360 controller is kinda crummy for the game, but I seem to buckle when trapped in a corner anyways...

No trophy? Pft. Every tournament needs a trophy! XD

I'm sure you'll get used to the 360 controller, I have faith in you!