This is where Kotaku readers go to talk about the stuff we’re not already posting about. Think of it as the official unofficial Kotaku community forum.
You can talk about games. Or movies. Or politics. Music. Food. Science. Sport. Insert your own miscellaneous off-topic discussion here. Just keep it clean.
I’ll be promoting this post each morning until Sunday to let the conversation continue all week. Makes more sense than starting a new comments thread every day.
Talk amongst yourselves below…
E.Tunbridge
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 8:46 AMDid anyone else see this article?
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/11/despite-nintendos-claims-apple-is-a-competitor.ars
Did it send you into a rage like it did to me?
Maybe I’m more of a Nintendo fanboy than I thought, but the sheer number of baseless claims and logical leaps of faith to beat up Apple at the expense of Nintendo had me ruffled.
Chuloopa
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 9:54 AMjust had a quick read over it and it seems like a very misinformed article to me…
I don’t hold any particular gaming company on any particular pedestal, but at the moment i refuse to see any of apples products as a serious gaming platform…
The article seems to suggest that iphone games are of a decent/acceptable standard compared to actually portable games consoles, when the truth couldn’t be more the opposite… well for the majority of games that is..
Granted apples do have a few decent games on their hardware, it’s not enough for me to take seriously.. i mean lets face it, when you have a selection of 10′s of thousands of games, it’s a given that you’ll eventually get something worth playing… but there’s no consistency..
as far as i’m concerned it’s just a FAD that will be dead soon enough, just like Ed Hardy Clothing…
Qumulys
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:16 AMKapow!! take that Ed Hardy!
I dont know why the pspgo didn’t add even a basic mobile phone in it…??? Seemed logical to me.
ThePengwin
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:28 AMI agree.
Until i see a hardcore game like GTA:Chinatown Wars or a lengthy RPG of Final fantasy quality on a iThing, its just a gimmick by apple to sell a “it does everything” device
Hips
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 1:55 PMTry Zenonia or Vey, both are decent RPGs and about as much as you can realistically expect from the iphone.
Stinky
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 3:09 PMThe iphone has x-plane flight simulator available which I haven’t tried, but if it’s 1/3 of the depth of the PC version, then it has more depth than any other handheld game.
E.Tunbridge
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:32 AMMy thoughts exactly, Chuloopa.
Also, calling Nintendo’s platforms and properties “quickly aging” seems completely at odds with the strong and growing performance in sales and reviews of said properties.
To me the article misses the mark from both a Gaming and Business perspective. Shocking journalism.
Mr Waffle
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12:47 PMConsidering over 20 million iPhones have been sold, I’d hardly call it a “fad”.
Chuloopa
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 1:00 PMI meant the gaming aspect, not the phone itself.
Aaron Clement
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:19 AMA lot of the games are exactly that, with very few offering levels of playability beyond the initial novelty. The only few I can think of are the Popcap games (Bejewelled, Peggle, Bookworm etc), Flight Control or Doom & Wolf 3d. A lot of the other stuff is disposable entertainment: Play for a couple of hours, then don’t go back to it again.
Silencer
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12:46 PMPlaying through tekken 6…Not bad.
I thought The campaign mode was 2 players? had mates over and tried to play it with them offline but no joy.
Help?
Paul McManus
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:43 AMOK Kotaku readers help me out…
I have always played action games and refused to get involved with RPGs. One fateful day I decided to give Fallout 3 a go though and loved it. I realised I actually don’t mind this whole RPG genre and have just knocked off a good 40 hours or so playing Oblivion.
So tell me… what RPGs on PS3 should I get my hands on from the last couple of years? I prefer the fighting/gun play side of Fallout/Oblivion to the magic shit.
Aaron Clement
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 9:43 AMTo be honest, I can’t think of much beyond what you’ve mentioned there (ie. Fallout & Oblivion). Borderlands would be the closet thing I can think of, but even that’s more action than RPG. If you’re willing to dive into the “magic shit”, check out Disgaea 3. It’s a fantasy turn-based RPG with massive amounts of depth.
DerangedStoat
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 11:09 AMI can only suggest Borderlands. Unless you have access to a PC or Xbox360, then Mass Effect would be right up your alley too.
alinos
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 6:58 PMno mention of Dragon Age here for some reason
thing is with RPG’s cos there big theres not as many of them around even fewer now that its more profitable to make MMO’s instead
theres some great ones for the PC that go back a couple of years only problem is that if your a Graphix nazi youll try stab your eyes out
Risen on PC is decent thats only a couple of months old
Borderlands is decent has a poor storyline tho but since most of the fun comes from watching shit go BOOM!!! not really relevant
Paul McManus
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 8:48 PMWill get onto Borderlands and Mass Effect on PC.
Cheers guys.
Cat Tactics
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 2:35 PMwas anyone else thoroughly UNimpressed with the MAG beta?
I can’t believe I used 2.8GB of monthly juice to play it.
Ollycity
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 10:19 PMBut was it epic? I don’t own a PS3, does 256 player work well?
Cat Tactics
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 9:57 AMno it isn’t. it’s damn confusing and extremely hard to spot enemies because of the graphics, which are fuzzy and dark and the character models/silhouettes are so….indiscernible.
i only got into 64 player matches but there are 128 player matches in the BETA, i believe.
i was hoping for something more along the lines of delta force/joint operations. there was no visible evidence of lag which is i salute but it just feels like a free to play online multiplayer shooter.
it’s also nice seeing XP pop up when you get a kill.
/end rant.
alinos
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 7:00 PMits a beta the Graphics will likely be way different by the time the full thing comes out
anyone how played RA3 beta would have the same experience the graphics in that were <warcraft 3 graphics for beta
2.8GB also hints at this since its only coming on PS3 itll be utilisting the abilitys of the Blu ray disc
GmBH
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 9:41 AMI’ve only spent a few hours with it but I quite enjoyed it. I didn’t get a feeling for the ‘epic’ scope of the battle though.
I think there’s enough there to draw some of my time away from L4D and UrbanTerror.
dzc12
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 11:18 AMHoly biscuits yes! I’ve been thoroughly disappointed with most things I’ve experienced in MAG, especially matchmaking/deployment. I’ve given up many times after waiting for 15mins for a game to commence.
Sure the levels are huge (albeit the same 4 quarters duplicated) and full scale battles are a technical marvel but, to be really harsh, MAG looks and feels like HOME.
Cat Tactics
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 12:12 PMit is like HOME isn’t it? it really looks shite.
Darius
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 11:54 AMWhere is cheapest copy of AC2 available?
Dick smith has it for 77 online but im not sure if this is JUST online
Darius
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 11:55 AMfor picking up TODAY in sydney CBD
Jester
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 7:03 PMI just got a E-mail over PSN saying that Sony plan to charge for Online Play. He also said that if 500,000 protest e-mails are send that they won’t charge. After thinking it over, 500,000 would be a pretty easy number to make But i need confirmation. Please tell Sony aren’t going to charge for PSN
McFace
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 7:04 PMDudes!! from out of nowhere my Ps3 has ABC Iview support. Check it out!
McFace
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 7:22 PMBy support I meant an option in the XMB. it opens in the Ps3 browser. so far though it seems broken :( maybe it doesn’t like being wireless?
Paul McManus
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 8:46 PMIs this in the 3.10 update? I’d go check it out but the missus is glued to the Idol final. grrr.
Paul McManus
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 11:03 PMYes! Confirmed – works well as well, even if it is just a web page that seems to be set up for the PS3