xXBatmanXx wrote on May 28, 2012, 13:41:

Dmitri_M wrote on May 27, 2012, 14:41:
Zombies must be a generational thing. My parents and older family members don't even know what "zombies" are.

How old are you? The first Night of the Living Dead was in the 70s.

xXBatmanXx wrote on May 28, 2012, 13:41:

Dmitri_M wrote on May 27, 2012, 14:41:
Zombies must be a generational thing. My parents and older family members don't even know what "zombies" are.

How old are you? The first Night of the Living Dead was in the 70s.

Dmitri_M wrote on May 27, 2012, 14:41:
Zombies must be a generational thing. My parents and older family members don't even know what "zombies" are.

SpectralMeat wrote on May 28, 2012, 09:27:
You might want to rethink that statement and google up Vince Li.

Bard wrote on May 28, 2012, 08:52:

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on May 27, 2012, 19:57:

Prez wrote on May 27, 2012, 19:34:
To all the people who ask me why I carry a gun everywhere I go, this is why.

Yeah they don't let you do that in Canada, I really wish they did.

Because we have no zombies up here

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on May 27, 2012, 19:57:

Prez wrote on May 27, 2012, 19:34:
To all the people who ask me why I carry a gun everywhere I go, this is why.

Yeah they don't let you do that in Canada, I really wish they did.

SpectralMeat wrote on May 27, 2012, 21:00:
Yeah a lot of the reviews weren't too positive about Showdown. To be honest the destruction derby track and damage looked the best in Grid imo. Even in Dirt 1-2 and 3 the damage was turned a few notches down from the crazy deformation of the whole car in Grid. You could literally make a car look like a violin by the end of the race. It was hilarious.

Dirt Showdown was built on the destruction derby and gymkhana events of the previous games but the handling, graphics and damage modeling is all downgraded from previous games for some reason.

Prez wrote on May 27, 2012, 21:33:

A friend of mine got it and I played some tracks in his house and the damage model, which was amazing in Dirt 2 and 3, has fixed damage here, it's not even dynamic damage. Cars have only 4 or 5 aesthetic damage states and that's it.

Wow... seriously? Talk about a MAJOR step back.

Canada's justice system is fucked they're too hard on the people that don't deserve it and too soft on those who do.

SpectralMeat wrote on May 27, 2012, 20:47:

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on May 27, 2012, 19:57:

Prez wrote on May 27, 2012, 19:34:
To all the people who ask me why I carry a gun everywhere I go, this is why.

Yeah they don't let you do that in Canada, I really wish they did.

Yeah maybe the guy who got his head chopped off and his heart eaten out on that Grey Hound bus a while back would still be alive today.

A friend of mine got it and I played some tracks in his house and the damage model, which was amazing in Dirt 2 and 3, has fixed damage here, it's not even dynamic damage. Cars have only 4 or 5 aesthetic damage states and that's it.

ASeven wrote on May 27, 2012, 20:06:
For those thinking of getting Dirt Showdown as a replacement for the old Destruction Derby game, don't. A friend of mine got it and I played some tracks in his house and the damage model, which was amazing in Dirt 2 and 3, has fixed damage here, it's not even dynamic damage. Cars have only 4 or 5 aesthetic damage states and that's it. It's jarring as hell, especially when it's a game about destruction derbies and built on the Dirt engine which had amazing damage destruction engine on past titles.

Of all titles that needed a polish on that engine this was it, instead Codemasters made the damage engine way way worse and that ends up making the derby and destruction focused type of races weak and without any punch.

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on May 27, 2012, 19:57:

Prez wrote on May 27, 2012, 19:34:
To all the people who ask me why I carry a gun everywhere I go, this is why.

Yeah they don't let you do that in Canada, I really wish they did.

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on May 27, 2012, 17:22:

jdreyer wrote on May 27, 2012, 15:22:

Techie714 © wrote on May 27, 2012, 14:38:
Well looks like this guy went a little overboard...

Zombies

What. The. Hell.

That's F'd up right there. How could that person keep doing that even AFTER being shot?!?

Someone mentioned PCP that would be my guess. Want something else screwed up for your sunday? Google up Vince Li.

Prez wrote on May 27, 2012, 19:34:
To all the people who ask me why I carry a gun everywhere I go, this is why.

Prez wrote on May 27, 2012, 19:34:
To all the people who ask me why I carry a gun everywhere I go, this is why.

Jivaro wrote on May 27, 2012, 15:20:

Dmitri_M wrote on May 27, 2012, 14:41:
Zombies must be a generational thing. My parents and older family members don't even know what "zombies" are.

Your parents must be REALLY old. Zombies have been a part of literature, mythology, and culture for longer then written history has existed....much longer. The word 'zombie' itself is from the Vodou religeons, but the concept of animated corpses is extremely ancient. Contrary to popular belief, the 'living dead' as a plot basis for various entertainment mediums isn't new or original...and it definitely wasn't created by western culture, let alone Hollywood. I suppose one could make the argument that the mainstream was not "zombie-aware" before 1968 with "Night of the Living Dead"...but even then that was 40+ years ago.

This isn't a new fad in entertainment...they have been around awhile. My Mom is 65 years young and she knows what a zombie is. She pointed me to an old black & white film called White Zombie that was old when she first saw it....being that it was was made in 1932. It was so popular they made a sequel 4 years later. My step-father is 72 and has the book "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead" on his bookshelf.

Point being, if your parents don't know what a zombie is, age isn't the reason. More likely they just aren't interested in horror or fictional entertainment, which is totally cool but it would put them in the minority of just about every generation, not just this one.

I think zombies are overused today, right now, not because we all love zombies...or love killing zombies for that matter....but because they are a very safe bad guy from the 'political correctness' viewpoint for a game maker. You can even turn the blood green for censor purposes and not affect a story line in the least. There isn't anything religeous, political, etc attached to the modern 'zombie'....and since you are killing the already dead you are in fact doing them a favor rather then doing them harm. The perfect cannon fodder for any game maker wishing to avoid controversy, censors, and looking to keep things simple. I mean, the AI can even be stupid and nobody cares.

Jivaro wrote on May 27, 2012, 15:30:

jdreyer wrote on May 27, 2012, 15:22:

Techie714 © wrote on May 27, 2012, 14:38:
Well looks like this guy went a little overboard...

Zombies

What. The. Hell.

That's F'd up right there. How could that person keep doing that even AFTER being shot?!?

Yeah I saw that article on another forum as well...that is some seriously crazy shit right there. I live in the SF/Oakland Bay Area, and I am really used to reading about crazy people in the local news...but I have never heard of someone attacking someone by trying to chew their face off. To continue to do it even after being shot is just...creepy. I wonder if that is the result of too many drugs or not enough? Perhaps both?