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Queasy

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Originally posted by: Aikouka
Originally posted by: Queasy
Mass Effect pushes the limits of DVD-9.

Does ?Mass Effect? fit on one disc?
Yep, but just barely. This is a monstrous game. In fact, there was a time ? not too long ago ? when we pretty much scoffed at the idea of fitting onto one disc. But, there?s an art to optimizing the data that goes on a disc ? plus we have a few programmers that seem to pull off magic tricks right when we need them.

Meh, Blue Dragon is 3 discs for the Japanese release and may hit 4 discs for the US/Euro release, because it will include both English and Japanese audio (and subtitles) (possibly replacing English for other locales, I don't know).

Blue Dragon uses multiple discs because it makes heavy use of HD FMV like many other JRPGs. Mass Effect uses in-game assets almost or completely exclusively.

Can't wait for both of them though. :)
 

maziwanka

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Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Aikouka
Originally posted by: Queasy
Mass Effect pushes the limits of DVD-9.

Does ?Mass Effect? fit on one disc?
Yep, but just barely. This is a monstrous game. In fact, there was a time ? not too long ago ? when we pretty much scoffed at the idea of fitting onto one disc. But, there?s an art to optimizing the data that goes on a disc ? plus we have a few programmers that seem to pull off magic tricks right when we need them.

Meh, Blue Dragon is 3 discs for the Japanese release and may hit 4 discs for the US/Euro release, because it will include both English and Japanese audio (and subtitles) (possibly replacing English for other locales, I don't know).

Blue Dragon uses multiple discs because it makes heavy use of HD FMV like many other JRPGs. Mass Effect uses in-game assets almost or completely exclusively.

Can't wait for both of them though. :)

same here
 

Aikouka

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Originally posted by: Queasy
Blue Dragon uses multiple discs because it makes heavy use of HD FMV like many other JRPGs. Mass Effect uses in-game assets almost or completely exclusively.

Can't wait for both of them though. :)

Ah true, didn't realize you were just referring to game engine content rather than overall content!

You know, I need to look up that Mass Effect game, because I practically know nothing about it, but I've been avidly eating up all I can find on Blue Dragon :eek:. I can't help it when it has all but one of the main people who made my favorite SNES RPG (Chrono Trigger) as only Yasunori Mitsuda is missing (but Uematsu did help him with the music). But for all we know, Mitsuda may help in some fashion... since he now does freelance work if I remember correctly.
 
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Damnit! I'm up to 499 out of 500 orbs found in Crackdown. I actually sat down this morning, and in an hour and a half of looking, I was able to find 5 of the remaining 6 I had left at the time. There's no telling where that last one is :(.

Somebody on the net has made a map of all the hidden orbs, but I haven't decided if I want to sit down and get them all. I currently have around 170 of 300 of those, over 100 found by looking for the last 10 or 20 green orbs :p.
 

JohnAn2112

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Anyone pick up MLB 2K7 or Bullet Witch? MLB got decent reviews and Bullet Witch seems "meh" but I'm kinda interested in both.
 

Aikouka

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Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
Anyone pick up MLB 2K7 or Bullet Witch? MLB got decent reviews and Bullet Witch seems "meh" but I'm kinda interested in both.

BW looks kinda nifty.. is there a demo available? Oddly enough, I was in Circuit City last night, but I didn't see it there. I'll go check some reviews online later and maybe pick it up (add it to the collection of games I don't play >_> ).

EDIT: Read the review and they say it's horrid. Although the girl wears a school girl outfit :eek:.
 

bucwylde23

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Originally posted by: blurredvision
Damnit! I'm up to 499 out of 500 orbs found in Crackdown. I actually sat down this morning, and in an hour and a half of looking, I was able to find 5 of the remaining 6 I had left at the time. There's no telling where that last one is :(.

Somebody on the net has made a map of all the hidden orbs, but I haven't decided if I want to sit down and get them all. I currently have around 170 of 300 of those, over 100 found by looking for the last 10 or 20 green orbs :p.

I searched all of the islands, couldn't find my last 2. I *thought* i checked the whole islands, but like you I have no idea where they could be. So close to the achievement.
 

Queasy

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purbeast0

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Originally posted by: blurredvision
Damnit! I'm up to 499 out of 500 orbs found in Crackdown. I actually sat down this morning, and in an hour and a half of looking, I was able to find 5 of the remaining 6 I had left at the time. There's no telling where that last one is :(.

Somebody on the net has made a map of all the hidden orbs, but I haven't decided if I want to sit down and get them all. I currently have around 170 of 300 of those, over 100 found by looking for the last 10 or 20 green orbs :p.

Heh I'm stuck at 498 but I haven't ooked for any in a few days. It's such a pain trying to find them, and I wish you could lock it at night time cause it makes it a lot easier to find them.
 

bucwylde23

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Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: blurredvision
Damnit! I'm up to 499 out of 500 orbs found in Crackdown. I actually sat down this morning, and in an hour and a half of looking, I was able to find 5 of the remaining 6 I had left at the time. There's no telling where that last one is :(.

Somebody on the net has made a map of all the hidden orbs, but I haven't decided if I want to sit down and get them all. I currently have around 170 of 300 of those, over 100 found by looking for the last 10 or 20 green orbs :p.

Heh I'm stuck at 498 but I haven't ooked for any in a few days. It's such a pain trying to find them, and I wish you could lock it at night time cause it makes it a lot easier to find them.

I"m going to try to coop with someone tonight and scavenge all the islands. Might be better with two people in case I miss something.
 

michaels

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Crackdown is crack! MS has yet another hit on their hands with this. I can't imagine what part 2 will offer. I would like to see the following
-boats
-planes
-helis
-motorcycles
-slower day/night cycles
-weather
 
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Originally posted by: chrisg22
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: blurredvision
Damnit! I'm up to 499 out of 500 orbs found in Crackdown. I actually sat down this morning, and in an hour and a half of looking, I was able to find 5 of the remaining 6 I had left at the time. There's no telling where that last one is :(.

Somebody on the net has made a map of all the hidden orbs, but I haven't decided if I want to sit down and get them all. I currently have around 170 of 300 of those, over 100 found by looking for the last 10 or 20 green orbs :p.

Heh I'm stuck at 498 but I haven't ooked for any in a few days. It's such a pain trying to find them, and I wish you could lock it at night time cause it makes it a lot easier to find them.
I"m going to try to coop with someone tonight and scavenge all the islands. Might be better with two people in case I miss something.
That doesn't help you at all, though, unless you coop with someone who is missing the exact same orbs, which is highly unlikely. I've been going back through all the boss areas and looking again, hoping I've missed something. I've checked all the rocky areas around the shore lines, and it's getting to the point that if I'm searching the rooftops, I know I've already been there 2 or 3 times before, so it gets to be frustrating.

I'm so close, though, that I'm still committed to putting in more time. I don't even care about the achievement points, at this point I feel that I haven't completed the game. It's like playing a game for 15-20 hours, getting up to the door that leads to the last guy, then quitting altogether.
 

Queasy

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Originally posted by: michaels
Crackdown is crack! MS has yet another hit on their hands with this. I can't imagine what part 2 will offer. I would like to see the following
-boats
-planes
-helis
-motorcycles
-slower day/night cycles
-weather

I'd like to see more creative bad guys. You've got a super-powered cop...why not some super-powered bad guys in the sequel?
 

purbeast0

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I actually heard that an update is going to add a company motorcycle as well as new gangs. I don't remember where I heard it, but if I find it again I'll link it here.

Personally I don't care about he motorcycle, I hardly use vehicles anyways heh. But it would be fun to screw around in and try to get some of the stunt markers with a motorcycle.
 

bucwylde23

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I think that all of the vehicles that aren't agency vehicles are horrible and worthless. I hardly even use the agency vehicles, and probably never would if it wasn't for the achievements. We need some more tall buildings to climb!!
 
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Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
Anyone pick up MLB 2K7 or Bullet Witch? MLB got decent reviews and Bullet Witch seems "meh" but I'm kinda interested in both.

I've played 3 games in season mode and it's fun as hell, so much better than 2k6. I accidentally beaned a batter, and the next time my pitcher was up he got beaned on the first pitch and then their pitcher was ejected. It has the current rosters (I'm a Cubs fan and was happy as hell to see Soriano batting leadoff), and I wonder if they'll update them as the season goes on.
Only played the first 3 games, and they were against Cincy, so I'll have to wait to see what it's like to play the deadbirds (cards). So far so good and no freeze ups.
Biggest disappointment: fans still look like crap. about 6 different models throughout the entire stadium.
 

JohnAn2112

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Originally posted by: Sheik Yerbouti
Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
Anyone pick up MLB 2K7 or Bullet Witch? MLB got decent reviews and Bullet Witch seems "meh" but I'm kinda interested in both.

I've played 3 games in season mode and it's fun as hell, so much better than 2k6. I accidentally beaned a batter, and the next time my pitcher was up he got beaned on the first pitch and then their pitcher was ejected. It has the current rosters (I'm a Cubs fan and was happy as hell to see Soriano batting leadoff), and I wonder if they'll update them as the season goes on.
Only played the first 3 games, and they were against Cincy, so I'll have to wait to see what it's like to play the deadbirds (cards). So far so good and no freeze ups.
Biggest disappointment: fans still look like crap. about 6 different models throughout the entire stadium.

Hmm...good to hear (read). I'll have to pick this up. I was really excited about 2K6 until I read about all the bugs so I was weary on picking up this game just on impulse last night.
 

dlock13

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Originally posted by: blurredvision
Damnit! I'm up to 499 out of 500 orbs found in Crackdown. I actually sat down this morning, and in an hour and a half of looking, I was able to find 5 of the remaining 6 I had left at the time. There's no telling where that last one is :(.

Somebody on the net has made a map of all the hidden orbs, but I haven't decided if I want to sit down and get them all. I currently have around 170 of 300 of those, over 100 found by looking for the last 10 or 20 green orbs :p.
Send me a link to this so called map. I would love to get all the hidden orbs and possibly all of the agility orbs!
:D
 

bucwylde23

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Originally posted by: dlock13
Originally posted by: blurredvision
Damnit! I'm up to 499 out of 500 orbs found in Crackdown. I actually sat down this morning, and in an hour and a half of looking, I was able to find 5 of the remaining 6 I had left at the time. There's no telling where that last one is :(.

Somebody on the net has made a map of all the hidden orbs, but I haven't decided if I want to sit down and get them all. I currently have around 170 of 300 of those, over 100 found by looking for the last 10 or 20 green orbs :p.
Send me a link to this so called map. I would love to get all the hidden orbs and possibly all of the agility orbs!
:D

I've got the hidden orb map as well as the ign guide with the map to all the agility orbs (if you are crazy enough to go to each one from the map ;)) it also has a guide on everything in the game, it's a 26 MB pdf
 

Nutdotnet

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Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
Originally posted by: Sheik Yerbouti
Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
Anyone pick up MLB 2K7 or Bullet Witch? MLB got decent reviews and Bullet Witch seems "meh" but I'm kinda interested in both.

I've played 3 games in season mode and it's fun as hell, so much better than 2k6. I accidentally beaned a batter, and the next time my pitcher was up he got beaned on the first pitch and then their pitcher was ejected. It has the current rosters (I'm a Cubs fan and was happy as hell to see Soriano batting leadoff), and I wonder if they'll update them as the season goes on.
Only played the first 3 games, and they were against Cincy, so I'll have to wait to see what it's like to play the deadbirds (cards). So far so good and no freeze ups.
Biggest disappointment: fans still look like crap. about 6 different models throughout the entire stadium.

Hmm...good to hear (read). I'll have to pick this up. I was really excited about 2K6 until I read about all the bugs so I was weary on picking up this game just on impulse last night.

All in all the game is a lot of fun...still a lot that could be better...but it gives us baseball fans hope!
 

dlock13

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Originally posted by: chrisg22
Originally posted by: dlock13
Originally posted by: blurredvision
Damnit! I'm up to 499 out of 500 orbs found in Crackdown. I actually sat down this morning, and in an hour and a half of looking, I was able to find 5 of the remaining 6 I had left at the time. There's no telling where that last one is :(.

Somebody on the net has made a map of all the hidden orbs, but I haven't decided if I want to sit down and get them all. I currently have around 170 of 300 of those, over 100 found by looking for the last 10 or 20 green orbs :p.
Send me a link to this so called map. I would love to get all the hidden orbs and possibly all of the agility orbs!
:D

I've got the hidden orb map as well as the ign guide with the map to all the agility orbs (if you are crazy enough to go to each one from the map ;)) it also has a guide on everything in the game, it's a 26 MB pdf

I am crazy enough. PM please, sir. :D
 

bucwylde23

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Originally posted by: dlock13
Originally posted by: chrisg22
Originally posted by: dlock13
Originally posted by: blurredvision
Damnit! I'm up to 499 out of 500 orbs found in Crackdown. I actually sat down this morning, and in an hour and a half of looking, I was able to find 5 of the remaining 6 I had left at the time. There's no telling where that last one is :(.

Somebody on the net has made a map of all the hidden orbs, but I haven't decided if I want to sit down and get them all. I currently have around 170 of 300 of those, over 100 found by looking for the last 10 or 20 green orbs :p.
Send me a link to this so called map. I would love to get all the hidden orbs and possibly all of the agility orbs!
:D

I've got the hidden orb map as well as the ign guide with the map to all the agility orbs (if you are crazy enough to go to each one from the map ;)) it also has a guide on everything in the game, it's a 26 MB pdf

I am crazy enough. PM please, sir. :D


PM sent. It's actually pretty neat to look at but 500 orbs is a LOT to track down. good luck :D
 

XJustMeX21

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Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
Anyone pick up MLB 2K7 or Bullet Witch? MLB got decent reviews and Bullet Witch seems "meh" but I'm kinda interested in both.

Picked up 2k7 on tuesday and i have to say its 100 times better than last year and even better than the 2k7 demo. if your expecting it to play like mvp basbeall your not going to like it though. Its a good game of baseball just different than mvp.
 
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Originally posted by: chrisg22
Originally posted by: dlock13
Originally posted by: chrisg22
Originally posted by: dlock13
Originally posted by: blurredvision
Damnit! I'm up to 499 out of 500 orbs found in Crackdown. I actually sat down this morning, and in an hour and a half of looking, I was able to find 5 of the remaining 6 I had left at the time. There's no telling where that last one is :(.

Somebody on the net has made a map of all the hidden orbs, but I haven't decided if I want to sit down and get them all. I currently have around 170 of 300 of those, over 100 found by looking for the last 10 or 20 green orbs :p.
Send me a link to this so called map. I would love to get all the hidden orbs and possibly all of the agility orbs!
:D
I've got the hidden orb map as well as the ign guide with the map to all the agility orbs (if you are crazy enough to go to each one from the map ;)) it also has a guide on everything in the game, it's a 26 MB pdf
I am crazy enough. PM please, sir. :D
PM sent. It's actually pretty neat to look at but 500 orbs is a LOT to track down. good luck :D
I'm crazy enough to do it also. I'm an Insider, so I know of the guide you are talking about. Plus, I just recently started work for a large printer manufacturer, so there's plenty of paper and ink to go around to print out the orb pages of that pdf and cross them off. Wouldn't take no more than a couple of hours to go through the whole thing, less time if the orb I need is pretty low on the list. Hell, I'll probably spend that much time searching anyway :p.

I'm sad to say that I played Crackdown looking for orbs that past 2 or 3 mornings, putting in a couple of hours a morning. Yesterday, I was driving to work, and there was this antenna coming up that was on the side of the road. I couldn't see the top of it, since it was out of view of the windsheild. Sadly, I caught myself leaning forward to glance the top (presumably to see if an orb was up there). :(:(:(:(:( Somebody shoot me :p.