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Klaus88 posted:I'm pretty sure they all run on the same code in the original half life, with the beret dudes being the leaders. The cigar comping mothers are the ones with Grenades for their 203s which is actually important information to convey to the player since those things take off 50 health per shot.
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The only thing I really remember about the marines in either is that the black guy gets the minigun and they're stupid hard in Black Mesa.
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Lork posted:I don't think they ever used the grenade launcher outside of scripted sequences, though? Grunts definitely used their 40mm launchers on the fly in the original HL, if that's what we're talking about.
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Elliotw2 posted:The only thing I really remember about the marines in either is that the black guy gets the minigun and they're stupid hard in Black Mesa. this sounds more like svencoop tbh
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Roobanguy posted:this sounds more like svencoop tbh YOU DEAD, YOU HEAR ME, DEAD
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Wamdoodle posted:Sounds like you already reached the pinnacle though Nah, this (mildly  ) is. "Penile Devastation". What a name.
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Roobanguy posted:this sounds more like svencoop tbh So he was, though he was in the beta at a few points.
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Shadow Hog posted:I think a mixture of Doom's and Quake's would probably be ideal. The lost souls should take less hits to kill, but that's more of a gameplay thing. Not really a fan of the lost souls in general though, that's a point off. Still, agreed those games have some of the best sets of enemies ever.
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Heavy Metal posted:Also depends on the setting and tone you're going for. But even just gameplay wise, I'd put the Duke 3D enemies right up there. The teleporting liztrooper is pretty cool, also the jetpack liztroopers, in general they're more fun to fight than zombiemen for cannon fodder enemies. I'll take an Octabrain over a Cacodemon, etc. I like how Ocatabrains have a major weakness to rockets. It makes them much more managable than Cacodemons and rewards smart players.
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Kaiser updated his blog to confirm the announced Turok re-releases will use TurokEX.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Kaiser updated his blog to confirm the announced Turok re-releases will use TurokEX. I don't follow any of the EX development, what does this me?
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Kaiser updated his blog to confirm the announced Turok re-releases will use TurokEX. Oh thank Christ. Playing the original PC ports is not something anyone should have to do. Rupert Buttermilk posted:I don't follow any of the EX development, what does this me? It means they're essentially using a source port to make the games playable.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I don't follow any of the EX development, what does this me?
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I don't follow any of the EX development, what does this me? Check out Doom64 EX and you'll have some idea. The N64 game data stripped of its cartridge-shaped tomb, and injected into a whole new modern engine. In short: drat good ports. I recently found a download for Powerslave EX (sadly killed by licensing issues), and it's excellent too. Even comes with a Hard Mode mod to make it fit mouse/keyboard controls better.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I don't follow any of the EX development, what does this me? It means he'll be recreating the games in his own engine rather than updating or repackaging the existing game. This is good because it'll let him fix/improve the games in ways that would otherwise be impossible or extremely difficult, but the potential downside is that he's basically recreating the games through imitation so there are bound to be inaccuracies that annoy some people. Powerslave was handled in pretty much the same way and people were very pleased with how that turned out - everyone except the people who own the rights to the game, anyway.
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Also mean that Turok 3 and Rage Wars might also finally get PC releases. I really wanted to play those games to finish the series, but my god I cannot wrap my head around that N64 controller.
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If we ever manage to see Goldeneye 64 on PC I'll be very happy but TurokEX is a drat great start.
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Who do we have to sacrifice and to which dark gods in order to get a Perfect Dark EX, I wonder?
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Lemon Curdistan posted:Who do we have to sacrifice and to which dark gods in order to get a Perfect Dark EX, I wonder?
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At least it's available on Xbox Live for the 360 and retro-compatible with the Xbox One also http://www.xbox.com/es-ES/games/rare-replay for the Xbone comes with 30 games (sadly not Goldeneye 64).
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Lemon Curdistan posted:Who do we have to sacrifice and to which dark gods in order to get a Perfect Dark EX, I wonder? We pretty much already did, at least on the 360. The XBLA port is of that quality at the very least. Edit: Three replies in under a minute, dang!
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Aug 28, 2015 13:35
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PO'ed EX, who's with me?
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I was talking about getting a PC version, obviously, I know it's on consoles. 
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Reminder that the only reason Goldeneye didn't get a 360 or other rerelease is that Nintendo refused to accept the free money they'd have gotten.
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Didn't someone say that that Rare Retro collection was possibly coming to PC later? Was it all just a dream?!
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Nintendo Kid posted:Reminder that the only reason Goldeneye didn't get a 360 or other rerelease is that Nintendo refused to accept the free money they'd have gotten. Wasn't it some sort of basically emotional thing where Nintendo of Japan were furious that Nintendo of America decided to cut a deal on their own without consulting them first and canceled the deal just to punish the American branch for daring to overstep their authority?
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Noone knows. There are rumours about what did or didn't happen that have been massively conflated over time, if they were ever true to begin with.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Didn't someone say that that Rare Retro collection was possibly coming to PC later? There was a promo image allegedly released that showed the Xbone box with the header reading "only on Xbox One and PC" with the "and PC" bit having been blacked out, the odds of which being official are zero. So no, no news about it coming to PC. I was bitching about that some pages ago; MS are claiming to give a poo poo about PC gaming as usual, and doing nothing as usual.
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What we know for sure is that the deal arranged between Microsoft, whoever currently owned the James Bond video game license, and the James Bond people was that they'd agree to pay Nintendo royalties on sales of the game without requiring Nintendo to pay any money in. Microsoft was to also pay royalties or a one time payment to the current owner of the James Bond license (I think it was EA) and to the James Bond people in order to get the right to republish a Bond game.Rupert Buttermilk posted:Didn't someone say that that Rare Retro collection was possibly coming to PC later? If they do it, they either got to build a PC 360 emulator to handle the games that run on the Xbox One in 360 backwards compatibility mode, or they got to straight up port the 360 games to the PC. Either way, it'd probably take a year minimum to get it done, that's a lot of work.
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Lemon Curdistan posted:There was a promo image allegedly released that showed the Xbone box with the header reading "only on Xbox One and PC" with the "and PC" bit having been blacked out, the odds of which being official are zero. It wasn't a promo image, it was the literal official image on both Amazon and the Microsoft store. It's still there even.
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What's the best port for playing Quake these days? I never really played much of Quake, my PC was too loving poo poo to play the early proper 3d games back in the day.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Kaiser updated his blog to confirm the announced Turok re-releases will use TurokEX. Megadyptes posted:What's the best port for playing Quake these days? I never really played much of Quake, my PC was too loving poo poo to play the early proper 3d games back in the day. Although Woolie Wool swears by Super8. Might be worth a look if you'd prefer a software renderer to an OpenGL one.
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SparkTR posted:Also mean that Turok 3 and Rage Wars might also finally get PC releases. I really wanted to play those games to finish the series, but my god I cannot wrap my head around that N64 controller. Turok 3 had some cool moments but wasn't all that great. It did have some pretty impressive cutscenes for being on the N64 at the time, though. Nintendo Kid posted:Reminder that the only reason Goldeneye didn't get a 360 or other rerelease is that Nintendo refused to accept the free money they'd have gotten. Video game companies are stupid as poo poo
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Shadow Hog posted:Well, I'm glad to know PowerslaveEX didn't result in bad blood between Kaiser and Night Dive Studios, anyway. It should be noted that most high-end Quake mapping is done exclusively with Quakespasm in mind and tested with it. Super8 will get you that authentic 90s feel, but will struggle with cutting edge community stuff.
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I've said it before, but unless you've got a hard-on for the skins and some levels, Perfect Dark XBLA is all the Goldeneye you'd ever need. There's something about the lack of jumping ability that adds just a bit more strategy to the whole thing, anyone else think so?
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Elliotw2 posted:It wasn't a promo image, it was the literal official image on both Amazon and the Microsoft store. I have no idea what you're talking about? It just says Xbox One, and is centered correctly...
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Keiya posted:I have no idea what you're talking about? It just says Xbox One, and is centered correctly...
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DoombatINC posted:Look closer. Like, basically look through the header. It's possible their screen isn't showing it at all because of contrast or black level shenanigans. The first time the topic came up I was looking at it on my phone and it just wasn't there. When I saw it on my laptop I saw it immediately.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:PO'ed EX, who's with me? Personally I'm ready for a HD remake of this. Looking forward to the high def walking butts 
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