Just came back from a sweet one week break. I miss my ps2 so much. I left it there so that it will help me not get distracted. It will take me a while to get used to it because I used to play for an hour or two when it was here.
I'm back to my downloading habits. I'm getting Taegukgi, Three Extremes, and R-Point.
I was about to download A-1, Bushinsaba, and Appleseed but there were no sources for them.....A-1 isn't on the network yet. I heard some good things about this movie too. Damn.
**Yea. I finally got A-1 and New Police Story......on emule. Damn this is going to take a while. I hoped to find it working on BT but it doesn't (fucking school connection).
Monday, November 29, 2004
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
all things must come to an end
I just finished Half Life 2. I extremely enjoyed the gunfights even though some of them were frustrating. Battling those striders was freakin' awesome. I would shudder if I had only half my life and hear the loud booming steps of the strider. There are a couple of things I did not like. First of all, the ending. Ouch. Second, respawing enemies. Third, where the hell is the story? They could have explained who are the combine, what the hell is going on. I sort of lost track when during the last part of the game. Other than that, I loved every second of it. One of the main contributions the sequel gave is the gravity gun. Awesome.
Now to play it on a system that will let me play at 30-40 fps.
Now to play it on a system that will let me play at 30-40 fps.
more goodness
Half Life 2's battles are amazing. It's so fast paced that you literally need to think where the enemy is coming from especially in this one scene. I had to think what weapons I needed to use and what positions I needed to look for. Sweet stuff. It kinda sucks though that I'm playing on my crappy integrated video card. I crave for some DX9 effects.
I got an email for a free digital subscription to EGM or Computer Gaming World. Of course, I chose EGM. It's cool to read an issue on my comp. Funny at the same time because they still have those ads for other magazines, you know those paper inserts. At least, I don't need to change the subscription address.
I got an email for a free digital subscription to EGM or Computer Gaming World. Of course, I chose EGM. It's cool to read an issue on my comp. Funny at the same time because they still have those ads for other magazines, you know those paper inserts. At least, I don't need to change the subscription address.
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
half life 2 goodness and why steam sucks
I played about 3 hours of Half Life 2 and shit it is amazing. The physics, the graphics, the music (sounds like Ethan Eves.....but that's cool since this is a videogame), the atmosphere, its very very awesome. My heart was racing in certain sequences.
I'm still amazed that this game could play on my laptop. My video card can barely play Call of Duty.....yet it can play this? Weird stuff.
Okay, STEAM sucks horse shit. They knew there would be thousands of players trying to log in and yet they don't have the bandwidth for people to do so. It's a good thing I got to play for a while because there are some gamers that haven't had the chance to play yet. "Get to play as soon as it is released." Bullshit. I can't log in anymore. I uploaded HL2 on my roommate's laptop so that I can see the graphics on his comp but he couldn't log in. I was playing offline at the moment but decided to go online. Bad mistake. So now I can't log in. Which means that after I finish homework for today, I might not be able to play the game at all because I can't even log in to Steam. It's crap.
I'm still amazed that this game could play on my laptop. My video card can barely play Call of Duty.....yet it can play this? Weird stuff.
Okay, STEAM sucks horse shit. They knew there would be thousands of players trying to log in and yet they don't have the bandwidth for people to do so. It's a good thing I got to play for a while because there are some gamers that haven't had the chance to play yet. "Get to play as soon as it is released." Bullshit. I can't log in anymore. I uploaded HL2 on my roommate's laptop so that I can see the graphics on his comp but he couldn't log in. I was playing offline at the moment but decided to go online. Bad mistake. So now I can't log in. Which means that after I finish homework for today, I might not be able to play the game at all because I can't even log in to Steam. It's crap.
waiting
It is 1:30am and its 30 minutes to go before Half Life 2 is unlocked and ready to play. I'm feeling this intense emotion of anticipation. A feeling that I haven't felt since Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.
These Pimp my Ride episodes are quite good especially the most recent one since the girl was pretty. What's cool is that her car got amazing upgrades: a kickass stereo system and an xbox with Halo 2. Uber sweetness.
Just watched on CNN about Anna Nicole Smith on the AMAs. Damn she was trashed. She went from fat, to "Trimspa Baby!", to trashed like a college student. Can't she make a good impression? It doesn't look like it.
It looks like I'm going to pull off another average semester. Fuck I suck. Too much internet I guess. There must be a way to pull myself away from it. The internet is like everything you love times 100.
Oh yeah, Simpsons. God damn they should stop making episodes. The lastest one was so freakin' stupid. I watched another episode I haven't seen before tonight and man it was horrible. For some reason, Milhouse moves somewhere so Bart becomes best friends with Lisa. Lame.
20 more minutes. Damn this is killing me. I did nothing but read tons and tons of forum posts. Fuck IM lame.
These Pimp my Ride episodes are quite good especially the most recent one since the girl was pretty. What's cool is that her car got amazing upgrades: a kickass stereo system and an xbox with Halo 2. Uber sweetness.
Just watched on CNN about Anna Nicole Smith on the AMAs. Damn she was trashed. She went from fat, to "Trimspa Baby!", to trashed like a college student. Can't she make a good impression? It doesn't look like it.
It looks like I'm going to pull off another average semester. Fuck I suck. Too much internet I guess. There must be a way to pull myself away from it. The internet is like everything you love times 100.
Oh yeah, Simpsons. God damn they should stop making episodes. The lastest one was so freakin' stupid. I watched another episode I haven't seen before tonight and man it was horrible. For some reason, Milhouse moves somewhere so Bart becomes best friends with Lisa. Lame.
20 more minutes. Damn this is killing me. I did nothing but read tons and tons of forum posts. Fuck IM lame.
Monday, November 15, 2004
sweetness
I got Jak 3 and Viewtiful Joe to work on the hard drive. Sweet stuff. Thank god for forums.
Friday, November 12, 2004
grudge (remake), grudge 2: the curse, chronicles of riddick
Just watched the remake of The Grudge. It wasn't too bad, but it wasn't new either. It just took the movies and tv versions and put them together. It did scare me a few times. The ts stopped before the ending so I don't know what happens at the end. It was cool to see the guy from Audition and Suicide Club. I recommend the tv versions over this. Watch those instead. This just fills it with cliched stuff like the music increasing to cue that something is going to happen.
The Grudge 2: The Curse is just as bad, because it basically the same as the first movie only with the Ring: Rasen twist.
Chronicles of Riddick. This deserves a bad review. It's so disjointed and confusing. What the fuck is an elemental or the underverse? Nobody seemed to look over the horrible script. There was a lengthy part of the movie (the jail scene) that didn't seem to fit with the story. It didn't add anything at all except action scenes. No story, no background, no nothing.
The Grudge 2: The Curse is just as bad, because it basically the same as the first movie only with the Ring: Rasen twist.
Chronicles of Riddick. This deserves a bad review. It's so disjointed and confusing. What the fuck is an elemental or the underverse? Nobody seemed to look over the horrible script. There was a lengthy part of the movie (the jail scene) that didn't seem to fit with the story. It didn't add anything at all except action scenes. No story, no background, no nothing.
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Killzone
Just finished this game a couple of hours ago. While critics thought this was an average game, I thought it was better than they said. They reported disastrous frame rates, but I have not encountered any drops because I was so engrossed with the game. It's your standard fps but I enjoyed taking on the Helgast. There were many, but I stood my ground with four selectable characters.
The player gets to choose between Templar, an all around player, Lugar, a female assassin, Hahka, a Helgast spy, and Rico, a foul mouth one man tank. In the beginning, I got to only choose Templar, but the other characters started to unlock as I progressed through the levels. After a while though, I started to lean towards Rico because he carried quite possibly the best weapon in the game, a rapid fire/accurate machine gun. Nothing can compare to this gun, it would wipe out 5-6 Helgast in seconds. Lugar and Hahka are totally worthless. The only cool thing about them is that they carry a knife which leads to some really satisfying melee attacks.
Yes, melee attacks. I enjoyed doing these because the animation that followed was a treat. You would get a weapon and smack the opponent to death. The knife animations were the best. Sometimes you see the character throw the knife at the enemy, rush up to them and pull it out. Other times you would see them rush up to the guy then cut his throat.
The weapons in this game are okay. There is a downside to a couple of weapons. One being is that some of them are useless. I rarely used the pistols found in this game. You need have two assault rifles, three kinds of grenade launchers, two machine guns, a shotgun, and a laser bomb device. The other downside to weapons are the reloading animations. There was be a couple of situations where I found myself reloading even though I didn't need it which lead me to my death. Reloading also takes too long for these weapons. They should have cut down the animations by a half second or so. Another thing is that one kill headshots are not to be found here. I would should a guy in the head and see him still standing. It takes several shots to the head to bring them down and even harder as you progress through the game. Towards the end, you start to think if these guys wear a total body armor suit, head to toe.
The graphics in this game are astounding. There are some nice bloom effects to be found here and there. The particle effects, explosions, etc were spectacular. Whenever a grenade shot off near me, a huge cloud of smoke would surround me and stay there for a couple of seconds before slowly disappearing. I enjoyed how the enemies died after killing them because body physics were involved. But body physics were only used a second after they died. After that, I could not shoot their bodies anymore as it would just go through them. It was still cool to see their bodies mangled, arm dangling on a rail, body slumped against a wall after a grendade went off or after I tore them up with a machine gun.
This game was pronounced as a "Halo killer" but it is way off. First, it tries to have a cinematic approach to the game. Sometimes it succeeds, but most of the time it doesn't. There was this one instance where the game could have truly shined, but it was just blah. The cutscenes were good, but it would have been better if the cinematics of the cutscenes were occur during gameplay.
I enjoyed this game because it was a fps. I rarely see fps on consoles. I can't wait to play Goldeneye: Rogue Agent or Call of Duty: Finest Hour.
Oh yeah, the online mode. Cool stuff. You will see me as gamer812. The online mode is still a bit buggy even after all the comments I made from the beta.
The player gets to choose between Templar, an all around player, Lugar, a female assassin, Hahka, a Helgast spy, and Rico, a foul mouth one man tank. In the beginning, I got to only choose Templar, but the other characters started to unlock as I progressed through the levels. After a while though, I started to lean towards Rico because he carried quite possibly the best weapon in the game, a rapid fire/accurate machine gun. Nothing can compare to this gun, it would wipe out 5-6 Helgast in seconds. Lugar and Hahka are totally worthless. The only cool thing about them is that they carry a knife which leads to some really satisfying melee attacks.
Yes, melee attacks. I enjoyed doing these because the animation that followed was a treat. You would get a weapon and smack the opponent to death. The knife animations were the best. Sometimes you see the character throw the knife at the enemy, rush up to them and pull it out. Other times you would see them rush up to the guy then cut his throat.
The weapons in this game are okay. There is a downside to a couple of weapons. One being is that some of them are useless. I rarely used the pistols found in this game. You need have two assault rifles, three kinds of grenade launchers, two machine guns, a shotgun, and a laser bomb device. The other downside to weapons are the reloading animations. There was be a couple of situations where I found myself reloading even though I didn't need it which lead me to my death. Reloading also takes too long for these weapons. They should have cut down the animations by a half second or so. Another thing is that one kill headshots are not to be found here. I would should a guy in the head and see him still standing. It takes several shots to the head to bring them down and even harder as you progress through the game. Towards the end, you start to think if these guys wear a total body armor suit, head to toe.
The graphics in this game are astounding. There are some nice bloom effects to be found here and there. The particle effects, explosions, etc were spectacular. Whenever a grenade shot off near me, a huge cloud of smoke would surround me and stay there for a couple of seconds before slowly disappearing. I enjoyed how the enemies died after killing them because body physics were involved. But body physics were only used a second after they died. After that, I could not shoot their bodies anymore as it would just go through them. It was still cool to see their bodies mangled, arm dangling on a rail, body slumped against a wall after a grendade went off or after I tore them up with a machine gun.
This game was pronounced as a "Halo killer" but it is way off. First, it tries to have a cinematic approach to the game. Sometimes it succeeds, but most of the time it doesn't. There was this one instance where the game could have truly shined, but it was just blah. The cutscenes were good, but it would have been better if the cinematics of the cutscenes were occur during gameplay.
I enjoyed this game because it was a fps. I rarely see fps on consoles. I can't wait to play Goldeneye: Rogue Agent or Call of Duty: Finest Hour.
Oh yeah, the online mode. Cool stuff. You will see me as gamer812. The online mode is still a bit buggy even after all the comments I made from the beta.
stupid halo 2 fanboys
http://www.solidblur.com/video/inlinewithhalo.wmv
Hilarious stuff
I'm not a fanboy or anything, but I really want to play Halo 2, but seriously these guys are idiots.
Hilarious stuff
I'm not a fanboy or anything, but I really want to play Halo 2, but seriously these guys are idiots.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
not so sweet
I found this other site. Sweet stuff. It's a much small version of suprnova.....but what I like is that the tracker works.
*I got banned from the site. Dammit. That was a great site. They banned me because I had a low ratio. But I just signed up yesterday. I hope they understand when I email them.
**Son of a bitch. They gave a statement on their website that they deleted accounts due to their low ratio. Shit. They should at least look at the sign up dates. I did not even last a day.
*I got banned from the site. Dammit. That was a great site. They banned me because I had a low ratio. But I just signed up yesterday. I hope they understand when I email them.
**Son of a bitch. They gave a statement on their website that they deleted accounts due to their low ratio. Shit. They should at least look at the sign up dates. I did not even last a day.
wow
Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith looks pretty good and this coming from the teaser. At the same time though, I think they are showing way too much.
Every time I see Halo 2 it makes me blow up inside for buying FFXI and a used PS2. I could have bought a new xbox with the collector's edition of Halo 2. I do have hope though because I know that in the future I will make enough money for a new computer with the best motherboard, processor, and videocard(s). Halo 2 will no doubt be released for the PC. The question is will it be developed by Bungie or by Gearbox?
Every time I see Halo 2 it makes me blow up inside for buying FFXI and a used PS2. I could have bought a new xbox with the collector's edition of Halo 2. I do have hope though because I know that in the future I will make enough money for a new computer with the best motherboard, processor, and videocard(s). Halo 2 will no doubt be released for the PC. The question is will it be developed by Bungie or by Gearbox?
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