Late Night Consoling

I have high hopes for FFXII.

"The game is just one step away from completion, so please look forward to it. We are confident that we will deliver a Final Fantasy beyond everybody's imagination on March 16."

Finally some solid info on a release date and the status of the game. Oh, and that "a FF game beyond everybody's imaginiation" comment is very... reassuring somehow.

They really need to remake FF3(6)...

Well, it's official the heads of all 3 companies have gone nuts.

ferraries...stfu.

Is it just me, but it seems every time Nintendo mentions their console they say there is something secret and special about it not revealed, I keep thinking that they have either 1) a weird gimmick or 2) have no clue what that special thing is yet

I know Nintendo has major street cred and all, I own all nintendo consoles (including the Virtual Boy which I bought on launch) - but the little voice in the back of my head says Im going to be dissappointed.

I just got the newest version of the ScummVM loaded onto the psp compresed wav files down to mp3 and got it all fitted on my psp. Now portable monkey island with full audio where ever I might be. It runs very well too a maybe a little very short pause for loading the mp3 off the memory stick every 20 seconds or so but overall its quite nice.

Please Please Please give me a new FF7

I think I'm officially bored of RPGs, especially of the Square variety.

I'm playing Chrono Trigger for the first time (Final Fantasy Chronicles) and I realized that it's just a story, a linear one at that, that gets filled in by the player with battle sequences. The linear nature of the game results in not being able to tackle a situation any number of ways. Gameplay consists of moving through an area, fighting all the monsters in that area, get a key item, go back through the area, fight boss, enter next area, rinse, repeat.

Same thing with FFX. I got to the wedding and stopped playing because I just wasn't having fun. I'd rather just watch a movie of the game rather than finish playing it. Kinda like reading a book that sucks for 10th grade English class and choosing instead to watch the movie so you can pass the test. And it's sad when you feel that way about a video game.

"this car has a special surprise!"

Great, it'll be like the Crying Game -- when you unwrap it out of the box, you'll discover it has a big dong.

Not that this is console-related, but since Chris brought it up:

Facade is a really cool idea, and it looks like they put alot of thought into it, but the text parser sucks ass. They will talk about stuff, and if you say anything just slightly off topic, they get totally confused. The only way they can actually understand you is if they ask you a question directly and you keep your answer short. Otherwise they just go along with the script like you never said a thing. And the script is pretty shitty too. And the second you try to make things interesting by hitting on the chick, or cussing, they just kick you out.

Yes, I know it's freeware and it's an experimental project, but with the hype that Chris and that game developer dude were giving it, I was disappointed.

I think HD-DVD is very short sighted. It doesn't offer a big enough boost over the 9 GB format. Blu Ray is a bigger step up. I'm not fan of Sony controlling it though.

Nintendo's car: http://www.fanderson.org.uk/images/tb04fab1.jpeg

I'm not at all interested in a FF7 remake.

If it's the same game, same story, but with enhanced graphics, how is that any better? Why can't Square-enix have the balls to produce a game on par with FF7 - a game with modern technology that uses a unique art direction and story that makes you want to play it. It's as if they're afraid to invent - to develop something new - they're just going to cling to this license. I can name all the other FF7 content on the way in support of this desperate cling they've got going on.

I have no doubt the content will be 'good' - but hell, in a way it tarnishes the memory of the original. Just look at MGS: Twin Snakes on the cube. Awesome game in it's own right, but was it possible for anyone who played the original to not compare this game to it (and likely remember enjoying it more the first time)?

FFX was good on it's own merits, but you can't tell me that FFX, FFXI, (and dear god definitely not FFX-2) were developed with the same level of initiative and inspiriation that went into 7.

I want a fun RPG with an intriguing story line, characters that aren't increasingly metrosexual, and modern technology as their canvas to paint it.

I know I sound like a ranting fanboy. But I'd rather be a fanboy that demands innovation and effort instead of one that blindly praises everything that SE puts out.

Nintendos cars special surprise is a dead hooker in the trunk. you heard it here first on the shack.

The tech demo wasn't pre rendered and it doesn't say that anywhere in the article. I dunno where this guy is getting this.

man, I'd buy a PS3 just for an FF7 remake... no hesitation

You guys are so freaking wrong its not even funny.

This ( http://members.shaw.ca/Judicus/4dashack/Nintendo-Car.jpg ) is Nintendo's car.

Nintendo's new car revealed http://media.southparkstudios.com/media/images/511/image_07.gif

How about this PS3 news?
http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2005/8/1/846

Stuff about memory cards (they'll be memory stick duos), hard drive (not for games, for media), but the big stuff is the graphics performance issues.

Hey guess what, 1080p isn't a standard. Most developers are targetting 720p. Also, apparently if you want faster frame rates you'll have to drop the resolution. Awesome, we'll be playing Killzone 2 in stunning 480p. Who knows what the story will be with antialiasing etc.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata declined to reveal what kind of car Nintendo has, reportedly revealing that "[it] is a very special car, and we know gamers will be pleased when then see it," adding that "this car has a special surprise!"


So will Nintendo donate these "special" machines to the special olympics for recreation between matches of wheelchair wrestling?

Nintendo, I'm not sure how to say this... your execs sound like bumbling kindergarteners. Please hire some good reps or something.

Obligatory "fuck chris remo, you're adopted" post

I'd much rather see a follow-up to FFVI then a remake of FFVII.

This is pure speculation but I think Bungie and MS are going to announce Halo 3 at X05 with a teaser trailer kind of like the Halo 2 one. Also it would make sence to say it around the launch of the 360 to hype it up and get people to buy it in anticipation (it makes sence in my head anyway)

Nintendo is driving a Yugo with a giant bolt on wing. :[

re-post due to relevance............

So guys,... the Xbox 360 and Force Feedback / wheels.
Who else is with me in saying not only had this thing better damn well do it (ok it likely will, they aren't totally stupid) but who else would like to see the awesome Logitech Driving Force Pro (150$ US model) supported on the XB360?

It's a monster wheel - has awesome support in GT4 from Logi / Sony and works via USB (so PS2 and PC but no XBox 1 :( )
It's meant to be exceptionally good quality and have REALLY strong force feedback feel to it.

Now,... I will never ever purchase a driving wheel until it supports ALL my gaming machines,.... PC, PS2 AND my Xbox 360, I just can't afford to purchase 2 wheels and to add to that, my apartment isn't large - I don't have room for a cupboard full of gaming devices for each system.

Fingers crossed for a really good wheel to be released for the 360 or the already released wheel to get support (Driving Force Pro in Forza would be sex)

Remo, Remo, Remo...you don't know the history of intros.

so wait, that FF footage wasn't in real time? You're telling me sony took the old ps1 pre render footage and updated it with new prerendered footage?!
*head asplodes*

what, if anything, wasnt a friggin cutscene at the sony booth?

FF7 remake is teh sex!

Continuing with my thread about Killer Instinct (http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10498702) - Remo any word on a new KI game for the 360?

Remo! I played two games of your Facade:

In the first one I arrived and hear these idiots arguing through the door and immediately turned around and clicked the elevator. Fortunately for me it worked and ended the game -- unfortunately for the game you have to reload the whole thing to play again, so that was the end of it for me.

A couple days later I tried again. I went inside and bee-lined into their kitchen and looked around, then went back to the women and clicked her boobies and mouth. I kissed her apparently, which is good. Then I sat down on the couch and asked her to come sit down next to me over and over but she wouldn't listen damnit!

I minimized the game after that and came back later, but by then it had leaked memory everywhere and crashed.

I'll have to try again some other time to see where I can go with it.

Finally got a score other than F in Nanostray. I beat the very last level with a C. That last boss is pretty brutal. I feel like a badass when I properly dodge all of the big spirals of bullets.

Crystal meth! Is exciting!

All the love that Square is giving FF7 makes me happy in so many different places.

Man, I love the return of LNC. I was going absolutely batty without it.

im just glad to see PC Engine/Turbo Grafx 16 mention in LNC

Bill Gates Has a Ferrari

Oh, Chris Remo! You kill me!

Thank god someone else noticed all this HD-DVD crap was a month old.