The Witcher. Greatest RPG to date?

I'm not one to rave but when your as jaded as me it takes something special to 'unjade' me.( yes I just made that word up ). The Witcher, is that thing.

I'll be honest, I'd barely heard of it and had completly forgotten about it, as it just came across as another RPG that supposedly did it all. Gothic 3 was a classic example of a RPG hyped to death and ending up a pile of shite.

Then the posts began to appear and the people were happy. Very happy, so I ended up purchasing it and...

I'll make it simple. The Witcher is Balders Gate in 3D and some.

I'd say more but that'll take me away from the game. Just buy it.

10/10 !

P.S We got it before the Americans. :p

Yahtzee reviews something funny etc...

As everyone else is selling out by posting links to witty stuff instead of making it themselves, I thought I'd follow suit. No sense bucking a trend when it's easy? Right?



I don't give two shits about the Wii, and by the sounds of it neither does he. Still, it's good for a laugh until Mass Effect hits.

Oh btw, PGR4 rules; it would probably have it own monarchy in Labdonia if not for the annoyingly wooly controls (read: stupidly large dead zone) which can't be adjusted.

Bioware MMO to be based in KOTOR universe?

From some interweb site....

A source close to BioWare confirmed to us today that the studio’s upcoming untitled massively-multiplayer online RPG will be centered around the Star Wars universe, specifically that of Knights of the Old Republic, which the developer released in 2003. The game garnered critical acclaim and spawned a less-popular sequel, released by Obsidian two years later.

The game is being developed by the company’s Austin studio, formed in 2006 and headed by BioWare Creative Director James Ohlen, whose past credits include the first KOTOR, Neverwinter Nights, and Baldur Gate’s I and II.

This is not the first Star Wars-related MMORPG: Star Wars Galaxies debuted in the summer of 2003, followed by several expansions. It was generally well-received by fans and critics, but subscriber numbers plunged and never recovered after a controversial gameplay update in 2005. It’s estimated that the game now has fewer than 100,000 subscribers and less than 20,000 active players.

It’s currently unknown whether or not EA, which acquired BioWare last week, will act as publisher for this title, or if the studio had a previous arrangement with another publisher.

Expect the game sometime in 2009.

Published by EA? Ewwwww.

Zero Punctuation: The Orange Box watch!

It must be Wednesday.



Spot on as always but Portal's had quite an effect on Yahtzee.

Half Life 2 Manchester United 0

The iceing on the cake!

Just had to get a cake reference in there ;) Orange box, easily one of the best releases of the last few years is about to be topped!

It's a magazine scan so I'm not allowed to post it but yeah Game Informer gave it 9.75.

Graphics:
Every second of gameplay offers the visual quality you have come to expect from Final Fantasy cutscenes.

Entertainment:
An expansive quest (18 to 30 hours) that toys with your emotions and keeps you engaged.

Replay Value: High

Concept: One of the greatest science fiction stories ever told, and a new benchmark for video game storytelling.

Just wrote those 3 things down, thought they was the most important, they also said the voice acting was amazing and that the soundtrack is one of the most memorable and unique soundtracks in gaming.

Mass Effect is almost here.

Gabe Newell Slags The PS3

Stuffed with cash and now feeling somewhat more secure after the release of Orange Box, Gabe Newell has launched a scathing attack on the shiny black next-gen turkey dubbed the PS3, calling it "a waste of everybody's time." My hero.

Read it and weep [tears of laughter], not that anyone would intentionally buy one of these overpriced, underpowered and now neutered pieces of shit.

Personally, I don't care if it's true, I just like seeing Sony taking a beating for all the bullshit it originally came out with. Here's hoping it'll stay a distant 3rd place forever.

Gareth Gobulcoque....

Yahtzee does Tabula Rasa. As usual, spot on.

Zero Punctuation: Halo 3

This is by far the best game review i've ever seen :)



credit to Yahtzee at the escapist

I have to say I found Halo3's single player to be very average for a game that got so many perfect scores.

Yaarr!

'On Monday, October 1st, Flying Lab Software and Sony Online Entertainment will be kicking off a Beta Stress Test event that will invite File Planet subscription holders to temporarily participate in the Pirates of the Burning Sea beta test. We expect File Planet stress test accounts to go live on the afternoon of Thursday, October 4th and expire at midnight on Sunday, October 7th, Pacific Standard Time. Why a Stress Test?This stress test is a crucial phase in the development of our server infrastructure, and the temporary addition of File Planet subscriber accounts will provide us with the data we need to evaluate and adjust the stability and scalability of our networks. More information will be shared as it becomes available.Best,Aether'

http://www.burningsea.com/page/news/article&article_id=10427

Oh for a new shiney mmo.

Next up.. PGR4.

Another major title about to hit and this time they've added road kill.

9/10 from eurogamer.

'As a swansong for Activision-bound Bizarre Creations, it's more than we could have wished for, and a daunting prospect for whichever developer Microsoft asks to follow it. '