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Metro 2033 was so damn good. PUMPED.

Lords of shadow 2.

Jesus christ now Activision has Neversoft working on a Call of Duty game.

http://www.oxmonline.com/neversoft-working-call-duty-game

So now they have IW, Treyarch, Sledgehammer and Neversoft all working on COD.

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They have been for years, brah.

There are no COD games listed on their list of games developed and there are a ton of sites running this same story.

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They aren't the primary developers, but they definitely have used them on CoD before. I know I've heard that before.

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It's interesting I can't find any mention of them working on any older CODs.

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Shitting them out year after year, you have to imagine they are using whoever they can to get that shit done.

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Well I'm wondering what the fuck they are doing? Are they taking over for IW so Sledgehammer can get back to that 3rd person COD? or are they doing the "wild and different" COD? If they start releasing more than 1 game per year that's nuts.

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So Okami HD is coming.

That's cool. I'll probably be weak and double dip, but for now I'll pretend like I'm strong enough to resist.

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-sighs- shut up and take my money.....

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I mean, I bought that shitty RE4 port just for the Trophies, so I'll probably get this one too. I just hope it turns out better.

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Well they actually added Move support, so at least it looks like they're giving it a bit more effort than they put into RE4.

The RE4 port was fine.

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Fine in that it was still RE4 and not completely broken. It was a cash grab, plain and simple. It's not even arguable.

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Basically every single HD remake just sells you a better looking version of the game. Some of them add extra commentary or motion controls or some other thing I don't care about. So far I have yet to regret buying an HD remake (I only have Ico/SotC, GoW1/2 and RE4).

I have heard some people say "just plug in your Gamecube and replay RE4 there" if you want to see why I don't want to do that just play Separate Ways on the remake. This is the fills in what Ada Wong was doing throughout the story (for those who didn't know lol) and they have not done anything to upgrade the visuals. It looks rotten. I got to play through one of my favourite (maybe even my #1) games of all time and it looks way better. It was completely worth it to me.

Also I find it a lot harder to consider a game a cash grab when the fans have been asking for it for awhile. They are filling the supply for a demand.

I will say that I believe that it should have been $15.

Also what makes a good port to you if that was shitty? The whole reason for a port is to give you the same experience but with minor improvements.

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When I look at other collections, like MGSHD, there is a drastic difference. RE4HD is just the PS2 version of the game displayed at a higher resolution. The textures haven't been upgraded and the sound has been compressed even further, making it muddier than the original. It's really nothing to get bent out of shape about, but it's disappointing after some of the amazing upgrades we've gotten. The game deserves better and you know it.

I know I'm not the only one who thinks this.

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I agree with this. It's one thing to just literally port the game over and run it through the 'ol "HD filter" but its another thing to actually spend the time tuning it to the system and making worthwhile tweaks and additions. If you want RE4 on your PS3 at all times for a fair price, then yes, by all means get it. RE4 is still awesome and the only version that sucks is the iOS one. But I'd put something like the Wii version ahead of the PS3 port. It lacks HD graphics, but it more than makes up for it with GREAT motion control. Pointer aiming is fucking awesome, and it was extremely hard going from that to the standard stick aiming in RE5. And as much as people hate motion control, mapping something as simple as the knife to a swing is such a nice addition. I went from rarely using the knife in RE4 to using it a lot to get out of tricky situations only because it was so easy to use. And reloading with a flick felt great and responsive too. I'm sure RE5 Gold which uses Move probably feels just as nice as RE4 Wii.

Anyway I'm listing these features because it makes RE4 Wii more than just a port. There are actually changes in there that benefit the game itself. That is the sort of thing that separates a good port from a bad port.

Also, another example of a good port vs a bad port. Look at any Backbone port of a Genesis game on PS3/360. That stuff is garbage compared to the original Genesis stuff, and the work that M2 did on the Virtual Console ones. M2 has just starting doing port work of Gen games for 360 and PS3 and from what I hear they're great. And those are REALLY REALLY minor things, like muted colors, low audio, fuzzy sprites, edited title screens, slow down in areas there shouldn't be etc. They're just bad ports that are cash grabs.

I fucking love the aiming in RE4: Wii edition. That feature alone blows the HD version out of the water.

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I watched both Nintendo conference last night. They were pretty good! Much better than their E3 show and this wasn't even about Wii U.

A few of the good tidbits

-New gigantic 3DS. Looks hot, but I'll pass
-Smash Bros being developed by... Tekken dudes.
-Layton 3DS coming stateside by Nov

Those were the ones I took away from it, but they showed lots of great footage and games.

It kind of blows my mind that they wouldn't announce the huge 3DS and Namco developing the new Smash Bros at E3.

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I watched the one with Reggie. He seemed oddly restrained during it.

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It was his way of apologizing. Last night was a Nintendo apology. Those two conferences blew away their E3 presentations. It was just game after game, new reveals and a megaton or two. Hopefully they see the reaction from people and are able to put on a better show next year.

I am joking about the apology stuff. I think.

There are a couple of gameplay demos for Dishonored up on Youtube (I watched them on Giantbomb) and it looks pretty cool. They went through one mission twice, once being stealthy again more action-y.

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