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posted 23-02-2010 14:18
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You can toss the ball in the air by swinging the remote upwards.
Edit: Actually, I think all you need to do is waggle the controller, but you have to be careful so it doesn't register as a toss and an immediate serve.
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Last Edit: 23-02-2010 14:25 By Ginger Yellow.
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posted 23-02-2010 14:49
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I couldn't get into the first one at all, but I'm loving Mass Effect 2. Even though the action is pretty samey, and some bits are really boring, the writing & charactization makes up for it.
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posted 23-02-2010 15:01
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Inca, you don't know it yet but you're creating a monster. When we take TV away from our kids as a punishment, they go about their kidly business reading books or building things from blocks.
When we take away Wii, they sit there and twitch uncontrollably, plotting our untimely demise so that they can go back to the game unfettered by parental oversight.
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posted 23-02-2010 15:11
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It's a weird one, Mass Effect 2. Looking at it objectively, it's really uneven. It has a ton of inexcusable flaws, and it's nowhere near as robust an RPG as say, Dragon Age or Fallout 3. Yet I've found it much more engrossing than either of those.
There's no reason for the mining to be so tedious, or for getting your character trapped on the landscape with no option but to reload your last save (at least the autosave is pretty fefrequent). On the other hand, the squad AI is vasatly improved from the previous game and using the biotics in creative ways is much more fun and effective.
I wouldn't agree that the characterisation is all that, although some are great. Mainly the characters work when they bring out the more interesting aspects of the story and ethical decisions, like in Mordin's loyalty quest. And the dialogues, like the first one, are just outstandingly presented. They've set the bar so high that even their own previous game, Dragon Age, looks pathetic in comparison.
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posted 23-02-2010 15:25
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Ah, I agree, but you're coming at it from the opposite direction from me. Where you see it as a watered-down RPG, I'm thinking of it more like "Gears Of War for grown-ups". Personally, I've never played Fallout 3 but everyone seems to think that's the masterpiece for your hardcore RPG player; it a bit too slow-paced for me.
And the mining is inexcuable. I read a review that described it as being like "working in a photocopying shop", which is about right.
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posted 23-02-2010 15:43
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They were definitely pitching it toward the Gears of War crowd, which I thought was a pretty ballsy move, considering the first game's nerdiness. Stripping out the inventory/gear side of things, moving to a clean mission structure, advertising during the Super Bowl etc. I'm definitely coming from an RPG perspective, but I'm not one of those people who derides the game for not being RPG enough. I just think that they made some odd decisions and screw-ups even on their own terms. But not enough to stop it being an awesome game.
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posted 23-02-2010 15:57
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Worn Old Motorbike wrote:
Inca, you don't know it yet but you're creating a monster. When we take TV away from our kids as a punishment, they go about their kidly business reading books or building things from blocks.
When we take away Wii, they sit there and twitch uncontrollably, plotting our untimely demise so that they can go back to the game unfettered by parental oversight.
Hah. Have they gotten cell phones yet? Maybe they'll lose interest in the Wii once they start sending over 100 texts a day.
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posted 23-02-2010 16:24
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She's asked for one. Not gonna happen.
He's happy playing with the dead flip-phone that's been hanging around the house for about three years.
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posted 25-02-2010 10:39
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PC version of Arkham Asylum £13.95 at GamersGate which seems cheap. Can anyone tell me if it's worth it?
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posted 25-02-2010 10:45
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If it's owt like the PS3 version, then buy two copies.
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posted 25-02-2010 10:53
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Oh man, yeah. Arkham is an absolute joy of a game.
Haven't enjoyed a game as much since playing Halo in co-op mode.
You are batman.
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posted 25-02-2010 10:56
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This. Buy it immediately, if not sooner. Then spend a good hour kicking yourself for not buying it earlier.
I'm back to Fallout 3 at present, and taking the path of evil and sin. Which is great fun, as it goes. I've completed Broken Steel and Operation: Anchorage recently, now to move on to The Pitt......
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posted 25-02-2010 11:12
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I did Arkham in over Christmas and new year and it maintained my belief that no-one does attention to detail in video games like British developers.
Anything RARE produced back in the day, GTA III/Vice City and this. Superb.
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posted 25-02-2010 11:18
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Final Fantasy I and II are out for iPhone/iPod Touch. As far as I can tell, they're direct ports of the updated DS versions released a while back.
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posted 25-02-2010 15:07
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The Pitt is miles better than Operation Anchorage but not anywhere near as good as Broken Steel. Having said that you still have Point Lookout to look forward to (missions are so-so, but the scenery's lovely), and the alien mothership one's not bad (if a bit samey in places).
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posted 25-02-2010 15:18
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Operation Anchorage was woefully easy, even on the harder combat settings. Still, as you say, once The Pitt is out of the way I can get on with the last two. Although almost £8 a pop on XBLA is a rip-off: I got OA and The Pitt on an expansion disc from Game, £10 the pair.
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posted 25-02-2010 20:08
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now to move on to The Pitt......
done that, its quite good.
point lookout is bloody hard,those raiders are darn tough
how can i get mothership zeta for the 360? i don't have download/ live options
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posted 25-02-2010 20:12
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Not sure Rick, actually. I know you can download system updates onto a USB drive from the Xbox site, not sure about DLC though.
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posted 25-02-2010 23:30
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GY, um, has anything turned up at your place?
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posted 25-02-2010 23:51
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It has, thanks so much. Everything seems to have gone smoothly, thank God. Though I'll have lost any save games on the new console - it's only Banjo Kazooie and a few levels of Splosion Man, though.
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