Dvader said:

I dont know anything about any of these movies.

Have you heard of The Raid, its supposed to be one of the best action movies ever made.

I find it hard to believe that an action film made with modern editing and cinematography techniques could be one of the best ever. I'm yet to see one that is even mediocre.

edgecrusher said:

edgecrusher said:

gamingeek said:

edgecrusher said:

New Splinter Cell 'will explore franchise's roots

It always makes me laugh when people say that. It happens all the time in music. Its basically saying "Yeah, we know our fans weren't too happy with the last thing we did, so we're going back to what was good about it in the 1st place and hope people follow."

I think it was too easy to kill in Conviction, which made it less satisfying.

Not only that, everything was just over simplified. The stealth aspect which is THE main reason to play a Splinter Cell game was all fucked up.

It was a good game for what it was...it just didn't feel like Splinter Cell at all.

What are your guys thoughts on game resolution? HD etc for next gen?

I realised that I was watching Tin Tin the other day on DVD which is 480p and it was just upscaled onto my HDTV and its graphics looked better, more rounded, smoother and detailed than anything I've ever seen on consoles regarless of resolution. Does resolution matter? Should consoles stop chasing resolution targets?

BTW there are some reviews in the movie hype thread for the Raid, Vader.

AICN left THE RAID: REDEMPTION wanting to beat up every person on the entire planet (in a good way)!!!

"Oh, hells yes. At this point, even I'm sick of hearing how awesome THE RAID is. But the sad truth is, THE RAID is a straight shot to the nutsack that hurts so good that the only way to make it feel better is to ask for someone to hit you one more time even harder."

Twitch's Review Roundup: THE RAID: REDEMPTION 4 reviews here from separate reviewers

"Watching The Raid is like riding an out-of-control roller coaster for a whole hour and a half. It is nauseatingly intense and heart-stoppingly thrilling."

Dvader said:

I have never seen hard boiled but there was a aicn review that said die hard, hard boiled and now the raid are the greatest action movies ever  made.








I believe the redemption name is a dumb subtitle added for the us.

I'm unclear on that as I heard about the Raid ages ago, then the raid redemption kept being mentioned and I didn't know if it was a sequel to the original raid or if its just a subtitle for the U.S market.

Let the Bullets Fly is on dvd in America, released by Well Go. It's suppossed to be good and it isn't being released over here. Neither is Wuxia

Cool, new, nicer looking Epic Mickey screens in the updates.

Ah the gamesradar video says the Wii is the lead platform being done by junction point, Blitz UK is handling the ports. They say splitscreen co-op no online.

The Digital foundry article from Jan on Wii U power is mind bending. They say the case is so small so it must be a cool console and not have high power which = high heat and a bigger case. They say it wont even be 2X 360 power and 'Wii U has a ballpark performance level with current PS3 and Xbox 360 titles, perhaps actually lower'.

I don't really understand how they can say that from everything else we have heard it should bare minimum be 20% powerful than PS3 which according to IGN is twice as powerful as 360. All the devs at E3 last year said it was more powerful than current gen platforms so I don't know what DF is on about. They are acting like it's impossible for chips to be miniturised.

We know that nintendo is rolling out dev kits version 5. Then the darksiders 2 interview says that they have been hampered 'by Nintendo's progress' i.e the dev kits are still changing. And that the console is 'on par' with other consoles and they are not doing anything to increase the polycount etc for the Wii U version. Ouch, bad news.

The problem is that Nvidia's Keplar is out right now and that it can run Samaritan and that a variant might be used for the next consoles of Sony and MS - according to DF. Purely by launching a year later, those companies can take advantage of this tech, whereas Nintendo can't very well delay Wii U to wait on a smaller cheaper Keplar.

You could end up with PS4 and Nextbox running UE4 and Wii U stuck with UE3.6-ish.

Ugh, watching the GTTV Epic Mickey 2 interview, Spector is really cagey about how the paint mechanic will work on 360 with a normal gamepad. He says we have triggers for thinner and paint but doesn't mention how you actually aim.

Argh, I've been reading some mixed fan reviews of The Hunger Games movie. Some like it, but others hate it. The shaky-cam action scenes seems to be the biggest complaint. IMO, Shaky-cam should die. I'm still going to see it, but I think I'll skip the IMAX showing. Gigantic IMAX screen and shaky-cam DO NOT mix!

gamingeek said:

The Digital foundry article from Jan on Wii U power is mind bending. They say the case is so small so it must be a cool console and not have high power which = high heat and a bigger case. They say it wont even be 2X 360 power and 'Wii U has a ballpark performance level with current PS3 and Xbox 360 titles, perhaps actually lower'.

I don't really understand how they can say that from everything else we have heard it should bare minimum be 20% powerful than PS3 which according to IGN is twice as powerful as 360. All the devs at E3 last year said it was more powerful than current gen platforms so I don't know what DF is on about. They are acting like it's impossible for chips to be miniturised.

We know that nintendo is rolling out dev kits version 5. Then the darksiders 2 interview says that they have been hampered 'by Nintendo's progress' i.e the dev kits are still changing. And that the console is 'on par' with other consoles and they are not doing anything to increase the polycount etc for the Wii U version. Ouch, bad news.

The problem is that Nvidia's Keplar is out right now and that it can run Samaritan and that a variant might be used for the next consoles of Sony and MS - according to DF. Purely by launching a year later, those companies can take advantage of this tech, whereas Nintendo can't very well delay Wii U to wait on a smaller cheaper Keplar.

You could end up with PS4 and Nextbox running UE4 and Wii U stuck with UE3.6-ish.

That article just seemed like a typical Nintendo hate/ paint them in a bad light sort of thing. But one thing's for sure; The PC is going to leave all the new consoles in the dust anyway because none of them seem to be focusing on the Razor's Edge.

edgecrusher said:

BTW....having to play hours of Mass Effect 3's online mode to be able to get the best outcome for the game is fucking Stuuuuuuuupid.

edgecrusher said:

That article just seemed like a typical Nintendo hate/ paint them in a bad light sort of thing. But one thing's for sure; The PC is going to leave all the new consoles in the dust anyway because none of them seem to be focusing on the Razor's Edge.

What's annoying is the wildly differing estimation of its power. At GDC a frence site, reported that UE4 was planned for Wii U, then some random dude said that Nintendo were tweaking the hardware to work with UE4. We know the RAM is going to be 3-4 times bigger than 360 and PS3.

NGamer reviews

Wii
Pandors's tower 81%

Junior league sports 11%

Cabela's big game hunter 2012. 40%



3ds
Kid Icarus uprising 92%

Nekketsu kouha kunio-Kun special. 60%

Rhythm their & the emperors treasure 76%

Beyond the labyrinth 53%

Gabrielle's ghostly groove 3D. 49%

Carnival games wild west 3D. 69%

The whitakers present Milton & friends 3D 39%



Ds

Inazuma eleven 2 firestorm/blizzard 72%

Card games: the classics. 35%

Puzzler works 2012 75%

Jewel master cradle of persia. 45%


VC 3ds wario land : super mario land 3D 78%


Eshop

Dillon's rolling western. 62%

phantom_leo said:

Posting from a wi-fi spot again just to say Kid Icarus is SERIOUSLY awesome!

What say you on the controls? That seems to be the one major gripe that all reviewers share, and then ultimately how much they dislike it is where the score ends up.