Here it is, the weekly Open Discussion for August 16th, 2012. Now’s your chance to choose the topics, whether they be in relation to what game’s you’re playing or news items that have caught your interest.
As opposed to past weeks, this one has actually been quite the doozy, with tons of intriguing news flooding the internet and two high profile titles releasing on the same day. One, Darksiders 2, has already been reviewed by Game Rant, and stands currently as one of the highest rated games of 2012. Yes, Vigil Games took some risks in evolving the franchise they introduced back in 2010, but apparently those risks paid off.
Along with the release of Darksiders 2 came the official unveiling of Sleeping Dogs, United Front Games’ riff on the open world crime genre, only set in Hong Kong. As some may know the game originally existed as True Crime: Hong Kong but was dropped by publisher Activision and then promptly snatched up by Square Enix and renamed Sleeping Dogs. We’ve yet to get our hands on a copy, but we anxiously anticipate your thoughts on the game.
As far as news is concerned, we’re in full swing for Gamescom – Germany’s premiere gaming conference – and quite a few new titles were unveiled, many of them by Sony. It almost feels like Sony’s Gamescom conference, which released details about several new Vita titles and the new PlayStation mobile service, was what their E3 press conference should have been. We also were treated to a Last of Us trailer that teased a story much deeper and complex than gamers were led to believe, and saw Catwoman join the roster of fighters for Injustice: Gods Among Us. Needless to say, these are the weeks that gamers live for.
But those are only just some of the topics worth discussing; feel free to share your thoughts or gripes about any recent news or game that has caught your fancy.
Also, respect should be paid towards every commenter, and that no disparaging remarks will be tolerated. This is a place for gamers to get together and discuss the things they love, so have at it.
And if you want to talk about Movies or TV, head on over to Screen Rant’s Open Discussion post.
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In Playstation All Stars i cant wait to play Dante… hes gonna be in this before he even gets in his own game hahahahaha. Im sure his alt costume will be original Dante, it would make sence otherwise ninja theory/capcom said dont put that design in and i wouldnt put it past capcom, they really seem to dissapoint there fans. Look at SFXT.
I suppose all im really waiting for now is Crash and Spyro. It feels like sony has just forgotten about them. There was celebration type video last year and it was characters exclusive to the sony consoles and third party characters and Crash and Spyro werent even in that :/ its gonna be really dissaponting if they aint in this game.
Glad Sony has implemented cross-buy, its gonna really help the vita.
Im a big halo fan… Just wondering will any of you buy halo 4… Do u guys think will it be any good?
From what I’ve experienced of the multiplayer and Spartan Ops I think Halo 4 is well worth a purchase. Definitely a launch day buy for me.
I agree I’m picking up a copy of the limited edition on launch day.
Hey Tomi,
I’ve been lucky enough to play quite a bit of Halo 4 multiplayer and Spartan Ops co-op at E3 events and Comic-Con. For me, it’s the most promising Halo to date and is day-one pickup for me.
This is coming from a guy who was disappointed by Halo 2 and 3, hated ODST and though Reach was overrated.
As a fan of past games and the overarching fiction, I am absolutely thrilled to see that 343 is changing up the campaign and multiplayer. All in all, the singleplayer storyline has my interest more than piqued, but the co-op campaign may be one of the best ideas I’ve heard from a triple-A developer in a long time.
This is coming from a guy who doesn’t know what Rob Keyes is smoking.
Just cant wait for halo 4 ^^.
So the last of us has yet to disappoint in releases. ☺much to my happiness! That game Is gonna be epic! Can’t wait for it!
Are any of uou guys picking up transformers!? I’m still undecided may wait for it decrease of a few reviews before I pick it up. Played the first one and enjoyed it but haven’t played it again since I finished it.
I think I will. I love the trailers SO much and I dig what they’re doing with the series – I think it has a ton of potential for where it can go from here.
War for Cybertron, albeit super basic and repetitive, was a good demo for what the franchise could be and I expect Fall of Cybertron gives the gameplay and characters we wanted the first time around.
Yeaterday I agree on direction I hope it fulfills. Will you guys have a review for it?
And how is dayZ? I’ve heard mixed things?
I pre-ordered my copy of Fall of Cybertron to get the free G1 skin of Optimus of which you can play as in the campaign. I enjoyed war for cybertron so I’m looking forward to this when it releases.
Anyone playing DayZ?
I’m interested, but just cannot take on the challenge of going through that without some friends who are also on board.
After beating MGS4, and getting a whopping 10% of the Trophies, I was very satisfied with the ending.
SPOILER ALERT
I’m glad Raiden and Rose made up (Rose is so hot), and it was cool seeing Raiden meet his son, John, for the first time. But I’m wondering what will happen with the family in Revengeance? Will Raiden leave Rose and John to go fight, or will Rose and John assist Raiden via Codec, or what?
After reading the reviews of Sleeping Dogs and seeing some more gameplay, I am definitely getting it. But I’ll probably get it sometime after its price goes down.
Not a big fan of the call of duty games. But black ops 2 looks ok to me. Should i buy it? Will you guys buy it?
I loved the MW titles, just due to the combat scenarios and switch-ups in gameplay. But after playing Black Ops, I really feel like I’m well past the point of diminishing returns. Just the same shooting galleries, half-baked vehicle or ‘turret’ sequences, and for what?
I know some people love it, and buy it just for the multiplayer, but if I have 20 hours to spend on a game, I honestly don’t know why I would spend it on an on-rails FPS like CoD has become.
I know what I’m going to get before I even play it.
If you’re not a big fan of CoD, then you probably shouldn’t get BO2. It does look to change a few things up in the CoD formula, but it’s not going to be that much different from previous CoD games.
I think I’m the opposite of Dyce.
I loved Black Ops and it’s the game I played the most out of from all the Call of Dutys. MW3 however, I couldn’t get into at all. It was a letdown for me.
Watching two hours of multiplayer livestreaming for BLOPS2 yesterday has me excited to play its multiplayer again. That being said, even though it’s doing a lot of cool things for eSports, it’s actual gameplay is looks and feels dated compared to BF3. They desperately need a new engine to compete with the other biggies (CryENGINE 3, ID Tech 5, Frostbite 2, etc.)
I’m with you 100%.
I got to be honest my favorite multiplayer in the MW/BO series was Modern Warfare 1. I loved pretty much all the maps including the DLC, (I was glad they brought back Chinatown) and the kill streaks were simple and not over powered.
I feel like they tried to add way too much in the later games. Too many kill streaks that were way to powerful, especially on the small maps. Too many different perks and the worst thing ever… the Nuke.
I’ve bought every game after the 1st MW, but my interest has been dwindling.