Scottish Martial Arts wrote on Jan 30, 2013, 20:36:
The word from my buddies in beta is that this is like IL-2 Sturmovik (original release) but with extremely casual flight models. In other words, like the original IL-2 release in 2001, there is no real engine, system, or avionics modeling, but unlike IL-2, you don't even feel like you're flying a real piece of machinery: instead you're just moving a floating camera around to put crosshairs on target. I suppose a MMO casual flight "sim" would be alright, were it not for the fact that the War Thunder community seems to have even less tactical aptitude than the British Hurricane squadrons of the Battle of France. Low speed, low altitude, low situational awareness, and low gunnery skills: that's the profile of your average target in War Thunder, and sadly booming and zooming on hapless newbies is only entertaining for so long, particularly when the planes aren't very rewarding to fly.

The Half Elf wrote on Jan 28, 2013, 11:41:
They lose me at drifting Mclarens.
Since the Forza series I just can't fucking stand figure skating.. er... drifting, and to show off a RACING game with guys in RL drifting is unforgivable.

Cyanotetyphas wrote on Jan 22, 2013, 22:27:
yeah I had to clean some CNet garbage off of a friend's PC. I'm not 100% sure of the chain of events, but somewhere along the line it had changed their Chrome address bar search engine, which is impossible to change back with just mouse clicks. Since when did CNet start pushing adware? Ridiculous.

DangerDog wrote on Jan 16, 2013, 17:51:

Yosemite Sam wrote on Jan 16, 2013, 16:50:
I dunno about his one, I'll definatly have a wait and see approach. The one single aspect of AvP that I really liked was the COOP survival mode of the original. That one map where it started out all nice and litup but got darker and darker as the lights all got blown out by your fire, damn good nerve racking fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIjAx20AUcA

... just doesnt feel the same.

I suppose they don't have the marines saying anything because it gets repetitive and obstructs your ability to hear other players over voice but that really felt lifeless, not even any death screams? The few sounds you do hear are so faint it's hardly noticeable. The pulse rifle sounded like they recorded it in a bathroom. Video is from last April but until they show some actual gameplay from their "gold" release - that doesn't look so hot.

The Half Elf wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 19:29:

Yosemite Sam wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 15:17:

avianflu wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 14:15:
Have to agree with Verno; current gen consoles XBOX360 have already become glossy advertisement-machines with kludgy interfaces. I really dont want another console at this point.

There fixed that for ya... never did understand the fanboism from the 360 crowd. The 360 was a cheap poorly made POS, you had to PAY to play and they apparently also shove ads down your throat. I'm using my original fatPS3, upgraded my HD with a standered laptop drive, havent paid a dime to play online and get no ads whatsoever... As for the next gen, meh I'll happily enjoy my PS3 for quite a few more years and look into the next gen consoles a few years after release and make an informed decision based on the product and services offered.

And the PS3 is any better? Granted the 'improved' the online store, it's still a mess to find things. And what about Home? It's a virtual environment/store for items as well. And lets talk about online, rampant cheating and hacking of games, voice chat is a mess, downloading anything from Sony takes TEN times longer then Xbox Live. Not to mention the whole system being taken offline due to data theft.

But I will give Sony 1 thing, the free games if your a PLUS member.

But PLEASE do not post all this hate towards the 360 when the PS3 has had it's fair share of issues and Microsoft has never had to send out 70 MILLION emails informing it's customers of data theft.

The Half Elf wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 17:48:

You mean the teleport bug they fixed when they released the free DLC a few weeks ago? Also it seems quite common for PS3's to lock up on any number of games due to long gaming sessions.

jdreyer wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 15:59:

Yosemite Sam wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 14:55:
I'm loving XCOM but thier codeing is shit, it has some pretty major flaws and theve been unable to remedy them. Teleport bugs, flanking bugs and the game has hardlocked my PS3 a few times, PSfckn3, theres no excuse for a game to not run flawlessly on a console, shit codeing.

Sorry to hear that. The game was rock solid for me on PC (40 hours played)

Valve IMO well deserves the number one spot, nobody in the business stands behind thier games like Valve does.

Valve is top 3 all time IMO, but they didn't do much in 2012.

avianflu wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 14:15:
Have to agree with Verno; current gen consoles XBOX360 have already become glossy advertisement-machines with kludgy interfaces. I really dont want another console at this point.

jdreyer wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 14:13:
Here are my top 10 devs of 2012, in no particular order. These are the devs in my mind that truly innovated the game sphere, and whose games will influence the industry going forward.

1. Firaxis (XCom)
2. Arkane (Dishonored)
3. Klei entertainment (Mark of the Ninja)
4. Subset Games (FTL)
5. ThatGameCompany (Journey)
6. Hi-Rez Studios (Tribes: Ascend)
7. Telltale Games (The Walking Dead)
8. Gearbox (Borderlands 2)
9. ArenaNet (Guild Wars 2)
10. Runic (Torchlight 2)

Special mention goes to Level Up Labs for Defender's Quest, a truly inspired combination of Tower Defense and RPG, with a cohesive story to boot.

While some of these are obvious, some may not be. I put Gearbox in there for showing how to make a true sequel (some old, some new, much improved). ArenaNet is in there for demonstrating the right way to do an MMO launch, as well as their fairly unique MMO model (which being a sequel isn't unique, but still it's going strong). I threw Hi-Rez in there for their free to play model, which both makes them money and makes the game accessible. Runic is a bit weak sauce, but I threw them in there for most improved sequel, and showing you don't need to charge $60 out of the gate for a top of the line game.