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[Reply #200 on:]

Jet Pack's much later in the game, in some government facility called Area 69 (naturally).

There's some absolute buggers of missions, but it would be GTA if they weren't there.

Also, there's an awful lot of aircraft to fly... inc. a WW2 fighter plane...

TOTP criminal activity.

[Reply #201 on:]

 

Originally posted by Nurdbot:
SWG has a jetpack.


Speaking of which, have some screenies:


Someguy owns all these mineral miners, eep.







The other 3 screenshots were taken when me and 9 other guild members ventured forth with buffs, revive packs and an assload of Stimpacks into the Genesioan Biolab.

The hunt started off pretty well, but we were swamped by quick respawing cavern spiders, Kitniks and Droidka's. Cue Benny Hill retreat sequence with lops of incapacitation, running around and overworked Medics with slowly dwindling mind bars. We retreated outside and rebuffed (not allowed to buff up in Dungeons, which is a pain in the ass) and then ventured fourth once again.

I was knocked out halfway by a fucking client crash, by the time I logged back on I was unbuffed and by Guild was too far off to help me and my I was instantly killed by a human mercenary with a goddam knife.

I spent the other half of the hunt staring at my corpse until someguy who was part of another party came into the room, and told me I had been dead so long I couldn't be revived. Sod.

The hunt was a pretty bad one, the remaining group members all got to the bottom level and waited for the Ackley to respawn (One of the Monsters Obi-Wan and Anakin fought in Attack of The Clones) it never came and they got into a fight with an Imperial Guild that was also waiting down there.

Needless to say, they got bored and ran like hell from the bio lab when there buffs were about to run out.

We barely got any good loot as well. Sod.

After that, I sped across half of Yavin IV to have a look at the Dark Temple of Exar Kunn, which was pretty good. Had a hidden evil atmosphere.

Just to make sure that it was worth the effort doing all this so people can see it.

[Reply #202 on:]

Heh, you can get into Geneosis? Those mining droids look pretty cool, do they have any weapons?
EDIT: Misspelled Geneosis.

[Reply #203 on:]

M0le: The planets name is Geneosis, but not yet. I don't think that they will add it (Because it's the same at Tatooine really) but you do get Geneosian weaponry. The biolab has schematics for the blaster and melee weapon lying on the odd corpse. Now THAT is loot.

Also, As you can see Droidika's and Battledroids are still being used.

[Reply #204 on:]

I forgot to mention this, I got Paper Mario 2 about a 2 weeks ago. It is indeed an awesome game. If you like the other Mario Rpg games, this is probably the best one yet, besides the original of course. Haven't gotten very far into it yet as I have three 2000 word term papers due in the next two weeks.

[Reply #205 on:]

 

Originally posted by SlackJawedMoron:
There's some absolute buggers of missions, but it would be GTA if they weren't there.

If there's one thing I think Rockstar should stop doing, it's basing difficulty of certain missions (*cough*AIR RAID*cough*) on the difficulty of the PS2 controller.

[Reply #206 on:]

At least the missions to unlock areas shouldn't be too hard. I like the part where you can just drive around doing whatever you like.

[Reply #207 on:]

 

Originally posted by Nasty Pasty:
 Hopefully that Peach game wont suck as much as Luigi's Mansion. Great concept.

The only sucking done on Luigi's Mansion's part, was sucking up ghosts...

[Reply #208 on:]

Yeah, Luigi's Mansion was great. I enjoyed it.

[Reply #209 on:]

 

Originally posted by Otis P Jivefunk:
I think one of Nintendo's biggest mistakes in recent years was letting Rare go. I was so sad when that happened, because I couldn't wait for a Banjo-Threeie on the Cube. The sequal to Perfect Dark would have helped the Cube a lot, and there's so many other games the Cube lost out on as a result to letting Rare go, let alone any original game ideas Rare had...

Don't cry about losing Rare. They suck. Banjo jumped the shark with Tooie, and that freaking lame "stop and swop" fiasco. Perfect Dark 2 still hasn't seen the light of day. Their one game for the Xbox sucks, and all they have coming up is a remake of a game that wasn't even good in the first place! (ok, fine--I never played Conker's Bad Fur Day. Maybe it was fun. But the "edgy" humor was painfully lame. It sold next to zero copies for a reason. I don't understand why they think it's going to tear up sales on the Xbox)

DO cry about how Nintendo is handling their second parties. It's not huge that they F'ed up their relationship with Rare, and it's not huge that they F'ed up their relationship with Silicon Knights--but it flat out sucks that they are losing their second party support.

I think Nintendo is done with 3rd parties. Game companies are going to keep giving more support to the mainstream consoles--that's just the way it is. Nintendo's survival rests on 2nd party support. They need to keep investing in small, little-known but GOOD developers. Look at what they're doing with Retro. They were a mess, but Nintendo helped them out and they are making badass Metroid games. They can work their magic on other companies. But instead, they seem to be letting everyone slip away. Their first party games don't come out often enough to keep their systems afloat. They need quality 2nd parties.

Also, the Peach game sounds awesome, even though I know nothing about it. I'm hoping it to be Mario 2-esque, what with the floating and stuff.

[Reply #210 on:]

Maybe It'd give her some personality as well.

[Reply #211 on:]

Banjo-Tooie wasn't a patch on Banjo-Kazooie, but I still thought it was great. I couldn't wait to see it with the Cubes graphics too. All they needed to do was toughen it up a bit, drop the kiddy bits, and make the bird-bear duo more badass.

Let's also not forget that Rare was responsible for one of the N64's biggest hits, Goldeneye. And I'm sure Perfect Dark 2 would have been out on the Cube by now had they stayed with Nintendo, there was even a short mock up of it at the Cubes very first world premiere. Rare could have easily made a kikckass DK platformer for the Cube too, all they needed to do was drop the collecting everything under the sun crap, and it would have ruled.

Fair point, they've done jack shit any good since leaving Nintendo, but isn't that fact saying something?...

[Reply #212 on:]

 

By Otis:
all they needed to do was drop the collecting everything under the sun crap, and it would have ruled.

True. But would they have done that? Somehow I doubt it.

And no, I don't think Perfect Dark 2 would be out, if they had stuck with Nintendo. The mock-up was just that--a mock-up. There were a bunch of other mock-ups that never became real games. Developers just do that to hype people up, and show them what could be possible with a new game system.

But more 2nd party whining: why don't they buy out Free Radical, or something? With Nintendo's guidance, they could be the next Rare.

[Reply #213 on:]

Maybe hoping they'd cut down collecting on DK was wishful thinking, I doubt they'd cut down too, but I can't help thinking how much better it'd be if they did.

I guess in the parallel universe we’d know if Perfect Dark was out for the Cube yet or not...

[Reply #214 on:]

 

Originally posted by SlackJawedMoron:
Jet Pack's much later in the game, in some government facility called Area 69 (naturally).

There's some absolute buggers of missions, but it would be GTA if they weren't there.

Also, there's an awful lot of aircraft to fly... inc. a WW2 fighter plane...

TOTP criminal activity.

This game is absolutely incredible. I've opened up Las Venturas, and I have to say it's my favourite city of the three. It feels a lot like Vice in style, and the fact that you can find a Ferrari F50-a-like and Ford GT40-a-like there sweetens it. 

SJM (or anybody else), have you found a Countash-a-like in the game (or a Diablo)?

[Reply #215 on:]

Isn't the team that created Goldeneye not working at Rare anymore anyways?

And yeah, Nintendo is losing steam, which is sad.  I enjoyed reading that article you linked to Otis (it was Otis, right?).  That article pretty much summed up EVERYTHING; one can only hope that big executive type people read stuff like that.  I'm not saying said executives don't know what they're doing, but we all make mistakes, eh.

[Reply #216 on:]

Ironically(becuase we were talking about it on the last page), Resident Evil 4 is no longer GC exclusive. While I didn't think it was the saviour that many thought it would be for the GC(as expressed on the last page), I still think it would have helped Nintendo's cause to have it exclusive. Capaom are just being dicks by announcing this a mere few months before the GC version is realeased. They could have waited until E3, seeing as how the PS2 version is just a port coming out like a year later.

@Winna: Yeah they broke off and formed their own company called Free Radical. They make the Time Splitters series which I reccomend to everyone who liked Goldeneye and Perfect Dark. It's basically the same game engine tweeked to near perfection.

[Reply #217 on:]

 

Originally posted by winna:
 And yeah, Nintendo is losing steam, which is sad.  I enjoyed reading that article you linked to Otis (it was Otis, right?).  That article pretty much summed up EVERYTHING; one can only hope that big executive type people read stuff like that.  I'm not saying said executives don't know what they're doing, but we all make mistakes, eh.

Yeah, it was me who linked that article. I thought it was a great (although a bit worrying) article. Glad others enjoyed it too...

[Reply #218 on:]

This was in my post above yours but I'll repost it to avoid confusion.

 

Originally posted by newhook_1:
@Winna: Yeah they broke off and formed their own company called Free Radical. They make the Time Splitters series which I reccomend to everyone who liked Goldeneye and Perfect Dark. It's basically the same game engine tweeked to near perfection.

And just so I'm not being a spammy mcspam pants. If you are a Mario fan, you must play Paper Mario 2. Seriously, I just went through one of the sequences where you control Bowser and it was one of the funniest bits I've seen in a Mario game, or any game for that matter.

[Reply #219 on:]

 http://swg.stratics.com/php-bin/db/char/view_chars.php?charID=1753

[Reply #220 on:]

Holy crap, M0le how did you come across that?


I gotta sort the skills boxes out.

[Reply #221 on:]

*checks in Nurdys Items menu*

HA! Poor man!

Aren't you worried about the Imperials just checking on the internet for hidden Rebel agents names?
That's what I'd do.

[Reply #222 on:]

*Smacks Faze*
Ain't poor bitch, One million and 14k credits prove you wrong.

[Reply #223 on:]

Then buy a room...

...and lose some weight!
I assume SWG has some sort of item inventory in it?
[gay lisp] C'mon, show us your ssstuff! [/gl]

[Reply #224 on:]

I like the game San Andreas, although I would like to pass over the missions, I just want to travel to the other cities.  And I want to sit down on the front step like the other people, or lean against a van like my gang does.

Anyone have any thoughts on the new WWE game, Smackdown vs Raw?

[Reply #225 on:]

I have 130 items, but I'll list some. Check out the screenies of my house a thread back as well.

Clothing:
1 Bandolier with Grenades.
1 Ammo Bandolier.
1 Mercenary Bandolier.
1 Ammo Belt.
1 Grenade Belt.
4 Special Op Duster Greatcoats (Khaki, Jungle, Urban and uh..white).
2 Gunmans Greatcoats (White and Brown).
1 pair of Khaki Trousers.
1 Pair of blue trousers with white Corellian stripes.
1 black pair of boots.
1 brown pair of boots.
1 black long sleeved shirt.
1 white long sleeved shirt.
1 black special ops jacket.
1 black long vest.
Spare Jedi Clothing for the future.

Weapons:
1 EE3 Carbine.
1 E11 Carbine.
1 DL44 Metal.
1 DL344 Metal with Scope and Stock.
1 Tusken Rifle.
1 CDEF Carbine.
1 D17 Carbibe.
1 TT3 Carbine.
1 CDEF Pistol.
1 D16 Pistol.
1 Flamethrower.
1 CDEF Rifle.
1 D11 Rifle.
1 Lightning Cannon.
1 Jawa Ion Rifle.
7 C12 Grenades.
1 Rantok Sword (Quest item).
1 Gammorean Guard Axe (Quest Item).
1 Sword.

In your face, NRA!

EDIT 2: Got some new weapons.

[Reply #226 on:]

I was quite surprised when I came across that, but you have all those damn weapons? What the hell do you use them all for? You've got more weapons than Boba Fett. 

[Reply #227 on:]

Well, weapons are cheap and I can use most of them so why the hell not? Plus, it looks manly having an armoury in your living room. There's a lot more weapons to get and use.

Oh, I forgot to add I have one more on that list.

[Reply #228 on:]

Aww, Charlie is sleepy after a hard day's battle:

[Reply #229 on:]

Behold what's on the mind of just about every Nintendo DS fan.  From an official Nintendo DS site.

[Reply #230 on:]

"I love my jeep!"

I found out that Age of Empires can be played on a PDA!!     
And better yet, I know a guy who has the full version! (I only have the demo now)

CK might be interested in getting it?

[Reply #231 on:]

I'm getting sick of my do-nothing gang doing nothing to help me win the gang war in Los Santos.  I'm out there busting my ass by busting caps in the asses of the Ballas while my gang just hangs around the hoods I've already secured.  Lazy bastards...I don't get no respect from my homies.

[Reply #232 on:]

I can't stand the bit I'm on (or was on, just got out of it) - it's just capturing territory after territory. Which isn't much fun.

I will say this about San Andreas, it's an absolutely fantastic game, but darn it if it doesn't get utterly frustrating at times. And they make you do boring stuff like build up your lung capacity or capture dozens of neighbourhoods, just so you can proceed in the game. I wouldn't mind if there was actually a fun way to do these things, but diving repeatedly in San Fierro Harbour for 10-15 minutes is not what I would call exciting.

@Faze: I think I've got a copy at home. 

[Reply #233 on:]

Last night, I learnt the entire 1st tier of the brawler class under two hours. I'm one step closer to gaining Commando.

[Reply #234 on:]

I'm very confused on the subject of space flight in SWG. Certain things on SWG Stratics seem to be saying that people do have ships, and people are talking about the stats of their ships, and bad areas to go in space, etc. Are these just people in the beta?

[Reply #235 on:]

CK: Ahh!
I'm really behind this week!! First, I learn there's PDA AOE, then I learn that EVERYBODY has it (well, you and another guy) and I could have been playing it all this time!!

Then I learn that I should have opened my broadband router ports for faster BitTorrents/eMule!
Bah, learning stuff sucks.   

What kind of filesize is that AOE?

[Reply #236 on:]

Check out the mostly wearable armour.


Slicing a Whomp Rat while training up my brawler skills.


Firing my favourite weapon, my Scoped DL44 at night.


Completed my class and got a shiny new Badge!

I'm considering using FRAPS and making two small SWG video's as well, I plan for a short quick tour of Jabba's Inner Sanctum and a battle against some Slavers on Tatooine. What do you think?

[Reply #237 on:]

So has anyone else pre-ordered the DS? I was talking to the guy at Gamestop, and he said they are no longer taking pre-orders. Nintendo is only shipping 1 million to the united states, and they are afraid of selling out.

Luckily EB Games was still taking pre-orders, so I'm in. This is gonna be awesome.

[Reply #238 on:]

OK so next week, Halo 2. The week after that, Half-Life 2. But the one I'm looking forward to the most is Pirates, which will also be out very soon. The next few weeks will be expensive...

[Reply #239 on:]

W00t. I finished the video of a quick tour of Jabba's Palace. You can watch it with Windows Media, the file is a minute long. Who wants to host?

Sorry about the lack of Sound though.