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"best Gamezville moment EVER!!!!"

an old episode on Sky One right now, reviewing "The Great Escape" on PS2 (i think that's what it was on.. doesn't matter really)...

anyway, you know how they have game footage with them talking over the top??
well this just happened:

presenter: "just like to take a minute to talk about the AI in this game. the AI controls all the non player characters and will keep you on your toes, it really is some of the best AI in a game to date"

(i may have paraphrased slightly, but that's essentially the gist of it and he definately said it'd "keep you on your toes")

now, here's what happened on the screen as he said that:

player is crouched down outside a hut, no cover, no hiding, just crouching. a guard turned the corner and simply walked straight towards... and then past him.
i fail to see how not "seeing" an undisguised, unhidden player right infront of you constitutes decent AI :)

I'm sure i will, i love my japanese movies. Going to watch it later tonight now with all the lights off and sound turned up to make it that little bit more atmospheric

well, it's a blast a thon in places, but it's anything but mindless.

now i'll say no more for fear of spoiling it for you, enjoy!

Yea i saw a trailer of it and there were a ton of army guys arriving on the island so i'm a bit worried the story will get lost and it'll turn into a mindless blast-a-thon

the collars have more of a kick to them this time and there's a couple of nice twists on the game that are pretty cool, but if you're expecting more of the same you'll be surprised. BR2 is a lot more political, not as much about the game.

still brilliant though

Very_Metal wrote:
> lalakersrule wrote:
>
> I'll check it out later thanks when i've stopped downloading Battle
> Royale 2
>
> i'm getting those console shows now..
> BR2 is awsome btw ;)


Well if it's half as good as the first i'll be very happy. My friend in Japan gave it top marks though when i told her i was getting it so looking forward to seeing alot of death and violence this afternoon..........and then when i get back from town i'll watch BR2 :-D

lalakersrule wrote:

> I'll check it out later thanks when i've stopped downloading Battle
> Royale 2

i'm getting those console shows now..
BR2 is awsome btw ;)

Bleeders wrote:

> If your on Broadband, then check-out Consolevania.
>
> www.consolevania.com
>
> It's a video-game show out of Scotland. It's frickin' hilarious and
> the reviews are very good as well. Not to mention the legend, that is
> er, Legend.


I'll check it out later thanks when i've stopped downloading Battle Royale 2

What i find quite ironic though is that when gaming was considered only something geeks and loners do we had great videogame shows that were informative, funny and worth watching. But now that playing videogames is acceptable in a 'cool' society we have absolutely no decent videogame shows out. (Cybernet was ok until they put it on at 3 in the morning and changed the voiceover to that bloody annoying American guy)

Of course the fact that playing videogames is now considered cool is probably the exact reason why today's gaming shows are a load of crap as they try to appeal to the tracksuit massiv'

Get Gamesmaster back with the golden joysticks, Diamond Diamond with his sarcastic dry wit and Patrick Moore mocking spotty teenagers and telling them where to go

lalakersrule wrote:
> Yea thought so :-D. Ah well one day we'll actually get a video games
> series that's actually somewhere near the class of Gamesmaster. Not
> holding my breath for it though

yeah, the orginal and still the best, the repeats on Challenge tv were awsome :)
the balance needs to be right, people don't tune into video game shows for the "street"-ness or hugely unfunny segways (listening Ms. Berlin?), but for information. the audience that Gamezville is aimed at simply isn't watching, they're hanging around outside post offices dressed in blue tracksuits with 9 of them sharing a cigarette.

lalakersrule wrote:
> Yea thought so :-D. Ah well one day we'll actually get a video games
> series that's actually somewhere near the class of Gamesmaster. Not
> holding my breath for it though.

If your on Broadband, then check-out Consolevania.

www.consolevania.com

It's a video-game show out of Scotland. It's frickin' hilarious and the reviews are very good as well. Not to mention the legend, that is er, Legend.