Morning Discussion

March 20, 2008 6:00 AM

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Good morning Shackers, hope you're doing well. I posted a new contest yesterday, so if evil and/or flow charts are your thing then you have it made. If you want something a bit more passive then kick back and let Nick guide you through another Replay Couch. And we've got another conversation with Peter Molyneux courtesy of Faylor. Plus, how about that Guitar Hero DS ?

Jeff "geedeck" Gondek

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marmite

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March 20, 2008 6:42 AM

Against my better judgement, I picked up Vegas 2. I hope it's not too bad!
- mattfl
  
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  March 20, 2008 6:43 AM
  
  Had an awesome time last night playing. Playing on elite/realistic is frustrating but worth it in single player.
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    March 20, 2008 6:44 AM
    
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    - mattfl
      
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      March 20, 2008 6:45 AM
      
      yes, no respawning enemies is great! I msged you last night to do some co-op and you just ignored me :(
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        March 20, 2008 6:47 AM
        
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        mattfl
        
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        March 20, 2008 6:47 AM
        
        lol, you know what, i probably had my mic muted! I'll see about making it online tonight. I made it to act 2 scene 3 last night
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  March 20, 2008 6:43 AM
  
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- TwiLyght
  
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  March 20, 2008 6:44 AM
  
  Why are you guys leaving CoD4?!
  - marmite
    
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    March 20, 2008 6:46 AM
    
    I'm not, I'll be playing both. I got vegas for SP and co-op more than multi.
  - TastyWheat
    
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    March 20, 2008 6:46 AM
    
    Because "stacking up and banging" is more the Shack's style
- bozer
  
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  March 20, 2008 6:45 AM
  
  I played co-op last night for like 4 hours on realistic. Its very enjoyable but the AI is horrible in this game just like how the AI is horrible in pretty much every game. I wish me and my friend could just play and leave the two dumbasses behind. They almost always are nowhere to be seen and then I have to worry about getting them to follow us. I've just been using them as human shields in other situations. The game is still awesome but the AI team mates are worse then in GRAW
  - TastyWheat
    
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    March 20, 2008 6:47 AM
    
    I agree. I played for about an hour today and wow... so fucking inept. Can't wait for a big co-op game with the boys from work though. About 6 of us are picking it up :D
    - marmite
      
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      March 20, 2008 6:51 AM
      
      I think Co-Op is 2-4 players (2 single player, 4 in t hunt).
      - TastyWheat
        
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        March 20, 2008 6:52 AM
        
        Yup I know :D
        
        marmite
        
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        March 20, 2008 7:05 AM
        
        oh ok, I saw you mention 6 people and didn't want you to be upset when you couldn't all play with each other...
      - bozer
        
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        March 20, 2008 6:57 AM
        
        oh wow 4 player co-op is in there? I didnt know this. Awesome. What is T-Hunt?
        
        mattfl
        
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        March 20, 2008 6:57 AM
        
        t-hunt is the most awesome game mode ever. Basically they drop you in a map with 50+ terrorists and you hunt them down
        
        changejar419
        
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        March 20, 2008 7:03 AM
        
        T-hunt = Terrorist Hunt.
        
        It takes all the mission objectives out (no hostages to save, bombs to disarm, etc.) and allows you to be a lil noisy. Just pew pew down the baddies.
        
        sjpeters79
        
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        March 20, 2008 8:25 AM
        
        sweet i was hoping they'd put this mode in... I remember how many hours me and my friend spent in this mode in Rogue spear... that was a great game.
  - MrLobo
    
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    March 20, 2008 6:49 AM
    
    Are you ordering them around and giving them targets to clear ?
    
    The rainbow teammate AI is very effective but you need to tell them what to do. Its done on purpose because you are the squad leader and the whole fun of Rainbow is squad tactics. If the AI would be doing everything by itself there wouldn't be much point in you being there and playing
    - bozer
      
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      March 20, 2008 6:59 AM
      
      Yeah.. Sorta. A lot of the time they don't listen though. I tell them to throw a nade in some spot and instead they throw it wherever they are standing (usually way behind us). Its a bit tricky I think. Its not working right Im pretty sure
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    March 20, 2008 6:58 AM
    
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- TastyWheat
  
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  March 20, 2008 6:49 AM
  
  So many Vegas 2 love threads in this chatty. VEGAS 2 HAS A GAP!
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  March 20, 2008 6:56 AM
  
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- mittense
  
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  March 20, 2008 6:56 AM
  
  It's fantastic. If you liked Vegas 1 then there's nothing not to like about Vegas 2.
- freakord
  
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  March 20, 2008 7:01 AM
  
  QUESTION:
  
  Did they improve the multiplayer graphics like they said they would? multiplayer graphics on the first one were horrid ( especially compared to the single player portion)
  - MrLobo
    
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    March 20, 2008 7:04 AM
    
    Probably.
    
    But graphics in general are probably a little downgraded from Vegas1 because they targeted the PS3 from the start
- marmite
  
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  March 20, 2008 7:04 AM
  
  Question: Do the terrorists still spawn in as you approach doors in terrorist hunt?
  - marmite
    
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    March 20, 2008 7:05 AM
    
    oh and how is the frame rate?
    - mittense
      
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      March 20, 2008 7:06 AM
      
      Framerate is fine in single-player.
      - marmite
        
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        March 20, 2008 7:11 AM
        
        suh-weet. :( prl'd
    - mattfl
      
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      March 20, 2008 7:07 AM
      
      I did not notice any framerate issues in the few hours of single player I played last night, none in live play either
      - Bull
        
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        March 20, 2008 7:44 AM
        
        You didn't look out the helicopter then. Everything was fine for me except that. Slowed to a crawl between mission 1 and 2.
        
        mattfl
        
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        March 20, 2008 7:47 AM
        
        I didn't pay attention when I was in the copter, was on the phone, since i wasn't actually playing I don't think it would have bothered me
        
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    - gdestiny
      
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      March 20, 2008 1:47 PM
      
      i do noticed some slowdown in some areas. it's not too bad, but it is noticeable.
  - marmite
    
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    March 20, 2008 8:04 AM
    
    ^^?
- MagicWishMonkey
  
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  March 20, 2008 7:16 AM
  
  Question
  
  Can you play through the *real* story mode campaign in co-op? You could only play through the campaign one mission at a time in the previous game... kind of sucked.
  - mattfl
    
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    March 20, 2008 7:17 AM
    
    yes
    - MagicWishMonkey
      
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      March 20, 2008 7:18 AM
      
      AwesomeO!
      
      I guess I'll be swinging by Frys after work then :)
  - mittense
    
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    March 20, 2008 7:18 AM
    
    Yes, that was why they shrunk the co-op count for the campaign down from four to two (I think, anyway).
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    March 20, 2008 7:18 AM
    
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- bozer
  
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  March 20, 2008 7:43 AM
  
  Question: How do you set the AI to assault or just non-assault? Last night I was able to by pressing the BACK button. But then I lost the ability to do this and it just brings up a map instead
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    - mattfl
      
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      March 20, 2008 8:07 AM
      
      hold is for the map, and quick is to change assault/infiltrate
- Bull
  
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  March 20, 2008 7:46 AM
  
  Anyone play any adversarial? Does the winning team in Attack&Defend get points? The losing team doesn't get points anymore.
  
  I can see a lot of people just dropping if their team is losing which would kill the game.
- Mmmmmoo
  
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  March 20, 2008 2:08 PM
  
  any shackers will be playing this online tonight?