SFHAH Clan

[maxpayne2409]

hey guys i was wondering (and i seem to think a couple of others were when we spoke about it a few weeks back), how many of you would be interested in creating a sfhah/hhah gaming clan, possible name GHAH - Gaming Has A Home

post your thoughts guys

[dinky]

will there be punch and pie?

[maxpayne2409]

no but we have some nice sluts lined up for victory celebrations (Christina Ricci lookalikes need not apply)

[Blade Runner]

will there be punch and pie?

Who gets to do the punching and who get to eat all the pies

[spudthedestroyer]

I may take up gaming again... when this hits the streets:
http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swbattlefront/

http://www.3dgamers.com/games/swbattlefront/
http://www.gamershell.com/download_5813.shtml

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You rebel scum!

[Blade Runner]

3rd person brilliant

[spudthedestroyer]

actually its first person, and you can switch to 3rd person in vehicles. Dunno about on foot. 3rd person shooters normally suck because there's a total lack of accuracy, so i'm glad its been handled this way.

Anyways, this is identical to Battlefield:1942 / vietnam in style, its just set against a Star Wars background

[Blade Runner]

3d gamers says 3rd person and gamespot say 1st person...phooey

[spudthedestroyer]

I checked the trailer, and its previewed in 3rd person on foot. Yet when in crafts its in 1st person, the shots in pc gamer show that the crafts are in 3rd person and the rest is fps.

I think that means its totally selectable, even on foot. I'd imagine if you played on foot in 3rd person, you'd get absolutely slaughtered though

[spudthedestroyer]

at the end of the trailer he shoots a grenade in first person, so I think its pretty much garanteed that there will at least be a command line argument to put it into 3rd person.

[Blade Runner]

I dont mind shooting in 1st person it the running around i cant do, the perspective is all wrong theres no periferal vision like we have, you can only get it in 3rd person. Its like when we are running you can almost see behind you, uless you are tunnel visioned of course.

[spudthedestroyer]

u can see behind you when your running?

, sure you miss out on a bit of field of vision, but you get accuracy and control as a result. 3rd person is not good for shoot em ups, for adventure games it can't be beaten.. ie. zeld....

/me is dragged away kicking and screaming....

[dinky]

I don't believe is Zelda.

*red Link dies*

I don't believe in Zelda.

*blue Link dies*

I don't believe in Zelda.

*yellow Link dies*

Ok. no more skittles flavored Links and I'll believe in Zelda.

[Blade Runner]

u can see behind you when your running?

, sure you miss out on a bit of field of vision,

Ya great Numpty, I'm talking about real life, you can virtually see if there is someone directly behind you when you run because of the head wobble, you normally have 180 degrees field of vision anyway

[spudthedestroyer]

I was actually talking of 'real life'. I can't, when ever I've ran I couldn't see behind me, even if my head wobbles off . The only way I could think of this happening is if you shake your head (as in signifying no) when you run, otherwise you only get a bit of field perspective change right and left (and you can correct this in a lot of games by changing the monitor resolution to widescreen, nice tip for you there And infact you can also do this with multiple monitors ).



(I also found this site)

As for seeing behind me, I certainly don't, stare straight ahead and head for the end zone. Your not a goat or a horse are you?

The only way I can see something behind is by turning my head (which you can do on a pc by mousing the mouse anyway). As for seeing people behind in races, I had to watch for the shadows. Sometimes you can pick up on suttle changes like shadow or noise too, but when running I can't see directly behind me, just slightly to the left and right

Anyway, why not shake the mouse from left to right as you press W?

[Blade Runner]

As for seeing behind me, I certainly don't, stare straight ahead and head for the end zone. Your not a goat or a horse are you?

Not exactly, i'm a small off duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden

[maxpayne2409]

yeah i cant wait for star wars battlefront to coem out either coz it looks mondoriffic, and i love an excuse to get my lightsabre out and wave it around in front of people

so whats everyones top 10 games ever?

heres mine

1. Rise of Nations + Thrones & Patriots
2. Grand Theft Auto Vice City
3. Age of Empires 2 + The Conquerors
4. Beneath A Steel Sky
5. Monkey Island 1 + 2
6. Manic Miner
7. Battlefield 1942/desert combat
8. Battlefield Vietnam
9. Vietcong + Fist Alpha
10. Red Alert 2 + Yuri's Revenge

[spudthedestroyer]

Your such a smmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee hhhhheeeeeeeeeeeee

edit:

and i love an excuse to get my lightsabre out and wave it around in front of people

I wasn't sure the peeps got any in this one. I read a preview interview and one of the lead designers say that its just rebel grunts vs. imperial grunts. However, at pivotal points during the game a demi-god would arrive (CPU controlled) who would be a character from the movies. For example, darth vader would arrive and ablitorate a rebel attack with saber + force powers. I don't know if its an idea they were toying with or it was implemented, but it sounded very innovative and fun imo.

As for the top ten, I'll have a think.. but i'm suprised to see Vice City there. I mean its nice for a bes. now and again but I'd hardly call it overly impressive, only in this generation at least. i find it much harder to choose games that films, there's impact, fun, lastability, innovation, story etc. to take into account. When saying best ever, which differs from best, because I think that could be something recent that your playing a lot, but pales in comparison to the oldies (ie. my view on GTA3, vicecity, very good games, but that's only in my recent view, I played them quite a bit but they were just one of the betters of the current generation rather than best ever if you know what i mean.). I do enjoy Vice City play though, but normally go for better story driven (and tighter gameplay) action-adventures. Then again I can see it as a perfectly fine top 50 choice easily

[spudthedestroyer]

I found a thread I posted in anyways, here's how it ranked way back when:

The best of the best

Film

My Top 10 (ever changing)

Empire Strikes Back
Dawn of the Dead
Evil Dead 2
Alien
Brazil
A Clockwork Orange
Fight Club
Jabberwocky
Blade Runner (director's Cut)
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Worthy Mentions aka So Close (and sometimes circulate in the top 10)
Aliens
Apocalypse Now!
Army of Darkness
Back to the Future I - III
Barbarella
Braindead
Bride of Frankenstein
Candyman
Die Hard
Evil Dead
Frankenstein
Halloween
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusaude
LOTR: The Fellowship fo the Ring
LOTR: Two Towers
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Psycho
Ringu
Star Wars Episode Iv
Star Wars Episode vI
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Thing, The

Top 5 Comedies
Jabberwocky
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
This is Spinal Tap
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

Best Director
By deduction I can see that my favourite director is Terry Gilliam, not only has he directed two in my top ten, he also did a lot of directing for Monty Python the series and did the films too. This is followed by Ridley Scott and Stephen Speilberg

Best Composer
John Williams

Television

Top 10 Series
Farscape
Red Dwarf
Bottom
Futurama
Simpsons
Monty Python
League of Gentlemen
New Statesmen
South Park
*reserved*

Best Series of Star Trek
DS9

Worst Series of Star Trek
Voyager

Poor Series of Star Trek
All of them

Games

Top 10 Games (All Platforms)
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) / Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)*
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (NGC)
Quake (PC)
Half-life (PC)
Duke Nuke 'Em 3d (PC)
Age of Empires 2 (PC)
Resident Evil (PSX/NGC versions)
Goldeneye (N64)
Pirates! (IBM compatible)

*(Two games but I kinda count them as one, same engine, a year between them.. kinda like GTA3 and VC I'd classify as one, okay they aint but they are so tight they could be)

Best Gaming Platforms
PC
SNES

Worthy Mentions
Battlefield 1942 (PC)
C&C: Red Alert (PC)
Die Hard Trilogy (PSX)
Fifa International Superstar Soccer 1 (SNES)
GTA3 / Vice City (PC Version)
Legacy of Kain (PSX)
Legend of Zelda (NES)
Resident Evil 2 (PSX)
Ridge Racer (PSX)
Shadowman (N64 version) * for being hated by everyone, but is actually pretty good, at least on this platform.
Sim Ant (IBM compatible)
Sim City (IBM compatible)
Super Mario Kart (SNES/N64/GC)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Worms (Amiga)
WWF No Mercy (N64)

My views of everything has changed by now. If I think about the best games I've ever played for a bit longer, it will certainly change. Posted that last year.

[Blade Runner]

Mine are all the Tomb Raider series but the others that stick out from the past are, in no particular order:

Resident Evil 2 (so atmospheric) :-o
Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega)
Frontier, Elite II (Amiga)
Syndicate (Amiga)
Syphon Filter 2 (PS1)
Crash Bandicoot II (PS1)
Final Fantasy 8 (PS1)