On This Day In Gaming History

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October 30, 2007 - The Witcher released for the PC in North America

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What an awesome game that was. The story was so engaging, I fell in love with the characters and the lore. Sure, combat wasn't the greatest. Still well worth playing.
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I just can't get through it. I turn in on once or twice a year, play for 30 minutes and get bored. I am around 30 hours in and so far the story was "there is a bad dude over there, find him" and nothing else. I'm in chapter 2 or 3 in some swamp and I have been stuck there for 2 years now.
 
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I just can't get through it. I turn in on once or twice a year, play for 30 minutes and get bored. I am around 30 hours in and so far the story was "there is a bad dude over there, find him" and nothing else. I'm in chapter 2 or 3 in some swamp and I have been stuck there for 2 years now.
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That swamp area isn't the best tbh. Tastes differ of course and time certainly had its impact.
 
November 1, 1996 - Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain released for the PlayStation in North America




November 1, 2001 - Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies released for the PlayStation 2 in North America




November 1, 2004 - Counter-Strike: Source released for the PC worldwide

 
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I still enjoy playing PS3. The games are still fun and being HDMI means you don't have to screw around with stupid cables.

It would be better if you could play PS3 games on PS5 like you can play 360 games on XSX though.
 
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I miss my launch day PS3 so much now. I'm so tempted to get into soldering so I can order some launch day models from Ebay and fix them up with new capacitors, delid the CPU/GPU, clean it all out, polish the scratched up case back to a mirror finish, etc.
 
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regawdless said:
What an awesome game that was. The story was so engaging, I fell in love with the characters and the lore. Sure, combat wasn't the greatest. Still well worth playing.
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Absolutely agree. Graphics are still okay I guess. Think 1>2. Imho witcher 2 was way too much lies of the rings for me. I thought 1 was better.
 
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regawdless said:
What the fuck was that. Like, really, what is this. Wow.
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It was part of Sony's marketing during the early stages of the PS3 lifecycle. They did a bunch of bizarre of adverts:


If I remember correctly, Sony dropped the bizarre stuff when Kaz Hirai took over. He got rid of the original PS3's Spiderman-style logo and replaced it with the PS2-esque "PS3" logo when the first slim PS3 launched.

After that, the marketing was more family friendly and less visually creative. From around 2009, Sony rolled out its "It Only Does Everything" campaign fronted by a fictional PlayStation VP named Kevin Butler:
 
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Grisham said:
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20 years ago, and the story is about how a shadow group who is truly in power creates an AI that controls the flow of information to trick regular people into believing whatever it is that the group wants them to believe...

Well, that's just too hard for me to believe! I wish he went with a more realistic storyline! Now excuse me while I drink Starbucks and watch CNN.
 
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, Hideo Kojima makes the best game trailers. Always feels like an event and the Metal Gear Solid games, despite some of its overly-long dialogue, were still fun to play through. Can't wait to see him reveal his next game (which, if I had to guess, probably won't be at The Game Awards but instead next year during Sony's summer conference).
 
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Grand Theft Scratchy said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Hideo Kojima makes the best game trailers. Always feels like an event and the Metal Gear Solid games, despite some of its overly-long dialogue, were still fun to play through. Can't wait to see him reveal his next game (which, if I had to guess, probably won't be at The Game Awards but instead next year during Sony's summer conference).
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Too bad 98% of the Phantom Pain cutscenes from the trailers didn't end up in the game. To either his, or Konamis doing.
 
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It was part of Sony's marketing during the early stages of the PS3 lifecycle. They did a bunch of bizarre of adverts:


If I remember correctly, Sony dropped the bizarre stuff when Kaz Hirai took over. He got rid of the original PS3's Spiderman-style logo and replaced it with the PS2-esque "PS3" logo when the first slim PS3 launched.

After that, the marketing was more family friendly and less visually creative. From around 2009, Sony rolled out its "It Only Does Everything" campaign fronted by a fictional PlayStation VP named Kevin Butler:
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I miss the original PS3 logo. Always thought it was badass playing at the end of commercials.

 
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November 16, 2001 - Headhunter released for the Sega Dreamcast in Europe

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November 16, 2004 - Half-Life 2 released for the PC worldwide

A year later (November 15), it released for the Xbox in North America and Europe.

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November 16, 2010 - 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors released for the Nintendo DS in North America

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Grand Theft Scratchy said:
November 16, 2004 - Half-Life 2 released for the PC worldwide

A year later (November 15), it released for the Xbox in North America and Europe.

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HL2 has a very special place in my heart. As a teen, I had a hole in my stomach and nearly died. When I woke up after the surgery, totally fucked up and feeling like shit, my father said he'd buy me any game I want. It was right at the release of HL2 and guess what game I picked. Great game!
 
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I only ever played a Dreamcast demo of Headhunter. It didn't really impress me.
I do remember the comparisons to MGS.
I think it also eventually got a PS2 port and a sequel.

I want to like HL2, but it failed to draw me in.
I still have The Orange Box on Xbox 360, so hopefully I'll give it another shot someday.
 
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