RB6V: First Impressions

A few notes...

I love the audio and video in this game. I have trouble concentrating on the gameplay because I'm continually blown away by the graphics and audio.

The maps (I've not played 'em all) are huge and offer lots of cover and lots of sniping locations. Some of the maps (The Dam) seem almost two big for only 8 players.

The campaign (or whatever it's called) is really fun. I'm still in some faux-Mexican village. I can hardly wait to get to Vegas. I'd like to play some online co-op with someone at some point. Like GoW, the AI squaddies are sometimes hard to control when things get hot.

In multi-player mode on Live, the game has locked up 4 times in 4 hours of play. For no consistent reason, sometimes the game just locks up and I have to reboot my system since the console is not taking any input.

In multi-player mode on Live, I sometimes cannot connect to sessions after receiving an invite. I respond to the invite, the game loads. I then get one of two errors: Session not available, or Network problems prevent you from joining that session.

Chat while playing on Live seems to be pretty buggy. Lots of echoes, lots of people with no mike or no audio. This was also a huge problem in Black Arrow. When we first started playing RB6, there was never a problem with chat audio... Oh wellz

Overall - the game is pretty fun. I look forward to playing more of the maps, more of the game types, and maybe some co-op campaign.

Also - let me say that I'm thrilled that Sachel has come back to Live. All it took was another RB6 release!

Frag Out, Mondo...

Proposed Weekly Gaming Schedule

At a bare minimum, I propose the following 2130 gaming schedule:

Monday RB6V
Tuesday Gears of War
Wednesday H2
Thursday DDR4: Sachel's Revenge

Or...we could just log onto live and see what everyone else is playing...

The Wii Wasn't Created Overnight

The Wii and its "revolutionary" Wii-mote have taken the gaming world by storm. But it's not the first time Nintendo's tried to get you to wave your arms at the television. Behold the bastard child of the Wii-mote: the Nintendo Power Glove. Warning: Mucho foul language ahead so wear your headphones if you're at work.

Viva Las Vegas

OK all you early adopter RB6V owner/players:

Post your reviews!!!!

Multiplayer interface?
Voice Comms?
Game Types?
Graphics?
Claymore Performance?


Thanks much - I'll pick this game up if it gets the FreeLegTimO seal of approval.

Top/Top Mondo!

Veeva Peeneata

Superman is One Fun Demo

At Dunkel's recommendation, I downloaded the Superman Returns demo from the Marketplace yesterday and really had fun messing around with it. You can pick up and huck just about anything on the map. You can fly and run really fast. You can blow (yeah, I know), burn and freeze the shit out of just about anything on the map. And you can't hurt yourself because you're Superman dammit! I probably won't end up buying this game, but I do recommend the demo if you like sandbox environments and causing great havok with super abilities.

Rainbow Six: Vegas Multiplayer Demo Today

Gotta say it's been great playing GOW with the clan lately. We were scattered across multiple games for a while there, but not anymore. The few glitches we've encountered in Gears are annoying (muted voices WTF?) but overall I like the game a lot.

That said, another contender for bringing the 2130 together is Rainbow Six: Vegas. It's what we started with (I can still hear Sachel saying "button" with the desperation of a crack addict), and the single player demo is very fun. Today the multiplayer demo has been released on Live. I'm not sure how much functionality will be included in the demo, but it'll be interesting to see how it stacks up against Gears and H2. I don't know if tonight's a good night to try it out, maybe next week sometime. But download it over the weekend if you can.

Long live the 2130!

[Update: Looks like 4-player co-op will also be included in the demo.]

GoW - Tonight - 2130 - Chainsaw

I get to post the H3 News!

Yep, for our 361'st post (pretty cool), all the Halo 3 news hit today on the fifth anniversary of Halo:CE.

The quick summary...

• 60-second somewaht-cgi commerical during ESPN's MNF on December 4th
• New multiplayer Halo 2 maps for Xbox 360 players! (wooooooo!)
• Halo 3 Public Beta (360 only) in the Spring.

Get to all the usual places or Bungie for the scoop.

Lordy Lordy Woody is Forty - Everyone Drop a Frag on him

Woody's Birthday is today. The Big Four O. Woody is probably the oldest friend I have. I have known Woody since before I could walk. Happy Birthday old friend. This picture is from the day Jan's second son Dawson was born. He has two boys. Luke and Dawson. Play on Woody.

Gears Heads

I only have one night under my belt with Gears of War, but it was a really fun night. The single-player game is very cool. I've yet to play online co-op but Timo and Termas had a good time with it last night. Multiplayer options are limited. One example is that you can't enter into a match as a team. You can choose sides in the lobby and eventually get your friends on the same team, but it's not as elegant or clan-friendly as Halo 2 (why nobody copies the H2 interface is baffling). The upside is that the randoms we played against were pleasant and you couldn't hear them talking during gameplay. Strategy is a big part of the game especially when it comes to reviving fallen teammates. The chainsaw and curb stomp moves are gruesomely satisfying. I look forward to playing GOW with more of the clan. [Comic from PA]

Gears of Tuesday

According to our local EB Games, we'll be able to pick up Gears of War preorders tomorrow afternoon/evening. If so, I'd like to suggest postponing our regular night of Halo for a GOW Noobfest -- nothing permanent, just for tomorrow. Does everybody have it preordered? Don't forget to stock up on 2-stroke fuel for your chainsaw.

On a Halo note, there are some first-hand impressions of Halo 3 here.

Multiplayer Carnage

Gears of War multiplayer footage. Not safe for kids...