GREETINGS, YE AXE HEADS! Prepare to dive into December with team EBC as New SMB goes classic, the Wii Goes Mini, Dishonored goes to Dunwall, and BioShock Infinite's MP goes away. Plus, does the Wii U prove that Nintendo is out of touch when it comes to how gamers want to play? We're getting sexy while fixing the pipes on this Skirmish of gaming's most brutal video podcast! ENJOY!
EPICBATTLECRY SKIRMISH 172 SHOW NOTES
Comment by Michael Bumüller on November 29, 2012 at 12:27pm love the show. its my favorite... i always make time to watch it and hear the axe factor.
i do have 1 favour to ask, could you plz enable a "dowload link", i cant with my mac download it trough gametrailers, and it appears there isnt a itunes option
if its posible... anyway, thanks
danke
Comment by Patch on November 29, 2012 at 12:42pm This is my favorite title for an episode in a long time :D
Comment by Beema on November 29, 2012 at 2:41pm I couldn't be happier that Bioshock Infinite is lacking a multiplayer. Glad Levine & Co stuck to their guns and didn't cave to any sort of corporate pressure. The first Bioshock, which I think everyone can agree is the better of the two, didn't have multiplayer and was wonderful, so I don't see why Infinite needs it. The "shock" series has always been about the single player and story, so I can't see anyone being disappointed by this news.
Totally agree with Tony about the new PS3 storefront. It's awful. Takes forever to load (feels like they designed the software for a faster system), impossible to find anything. Luckily I do most of my gaming on the PC so... looks like it will be staying that way.
Also excellent battlecry from DK. SNES will always rule.
Comment by FrankeeNL on November 29, 2012 at 3:38pm Unlike Daniel I don't think Bioshock should have multiplayer at the cost of innocent puppies and baby seals' lives. In fact, I have this silly notion multiplayer should be reserved for games that lend themselves to it.
I mean, realisticly, the multiplayer crowd will probably play COD, Batllefield, Halo and maybe Killzone on PS3. That's it. And when I see games like Bioshock and Spec Ops crowbar a half arsed multiplayer mode in there, my little gamer hart cries. It cries because no-one gives a shit, and money was spend on a meaningless multiplayer mode that no-one will play, that could be spent polishing the singleplayer experience.
My battlecry therefore goes out to the lead designer of Spec Ops: The Line, Cory Davis. For daring to rip on his own publisher 2K by saying: “The game mechanics were raped to make it happen, and it was a waste of money. No one is playing it, and I don’t even feel like it’s part of the overall package — it’s another game rammed onto the disk like a cancerous growth, threatening to destroy the best things about the experience that the team at Yager put their heart and souls into creating.”
Comment by MixMasterMike on November 29, 2012 at 3:52pm In Germany, the Wii has already been altered in 2012 and does look the same, but cannot play any Gamecube games anymore. They stripped the Wii of those parts to save some money.
Also, in the Wii Shop a lot of virtual console games are no longer available for purchase, e.g. the famous Donkey Kong Country 1+3 for the SNES. You just cannot buy them any longer.
So when you look at it that way, you might as well grab the cheaper, even uglier Wii if it were sold in Europe
Comment by MixMasterMike on November 29, 2012 at 4:37pm Absolutely excellent member battlecry and also excellent battlecry from DK!
Comment by THLINK on November 29, 2012 at 6:46pm Guys,
Seriously you should have a look in the Nintendo financials before saying that Nintendo will be out of the home console business. Nintendo has 10 BILLION is cash, that's more than enough to launch several other home consoles if they want to. Besides, they Literally owned Japan, with both Monster Huner and Dragon Quest on Wii U, so Japan is covered for Japan. In Europe, Microsoft can't compete in Europe ( except Uk ), so it will be between Nintendo and Sony. In the US, it's too early to say, we haven't even seen the next gen consoles and the games. HOW ON EARTH can you say that the Nintendo will be out of the home console business. That doesn't make sense. Sony is more likely to be out of the console market with their current "junk status"...
Beside how can you judge the Wii U after 1 WEEK FOR GOD SAKE !!! Do you think it would have been smart to judge the 360 and the PS3 just few weeks after their release ? Those console weren't that great few weeks after their launch.
Comment by Berserkaren on November 29, 2012 at 7:08pm Yup, good member battlecry this week and the show was alright! I'm not Wii fan, had the Nintendo 8bit, Super Nintendo and the Nintendo 64, those systems were effing awesome! The Wii era did not sit well with me, no good games for that system and the games on it had lousy resolution.
Many people complain about consoles that need constant updates all the time and games needs patching and you get less and less harddrive space but no one really talks about the games we buy now a days we don't even own. Be it digital or retail you need services like, Steam, Origin or Uplay to even play the games, should either of these services end you can not play any more games for that client, this affects PC players mostly. Sould xbox live or PSN go down you most likely can play most of the games you downloaded before those services ended. I admit all that updating is taking too long, we need faster consoles and internetspeeds to make this neverending updates fast and seamless.
That is it for me, Stay Frosty!
Done Bear.
Comment by JustOneGun on November 29, 2012 at 9:13pm Too many Wii Puns!! Sides....Bursting...Pain... Hurts. Bioshock Really doesn't need a multi player.
Comment by twztid13 on November 29, 2012 at 9:28pm Contribute to The War Chest and keep the Axehead Army thriving!
0%
0%
0%
0%Hey fellow Axeheads! It's been a looooong time since I posted a blog, but now that summer is right around the corner, I wanted to take the time and talk about my most anticipated games between the months of June and September. Here are the top 3 games I'm interested in this summer:
3. GTA V (September 17)
To close out the summer, Rockstar is bringing us my number 3 most anticipated game, GTA V. You might ask, why is this game only at the number 3 spot on the list? Well…
When I was growing up, I remember playing alot of simulation games where you’d create either a hospital, a theme park, a zoo, you name it there was a `Tycoon` game for it. Now a new indie game has come out of the wood work and brought back such fun memories of said childhood. This is Game Dev Tycoon.
Game Dev Tycoon starts you out small, working from your garage with 70K, no fans and little knowledge of what is…
Break out the lightsaber, team EBC takes a swing at the Star Wars and EA announcement to discuss the light and dark sides of the news. Plus, Assassin’s Creed IV find the perfect jewel, What’s in and what’s not in the new Wolfenstein, Console-specific Rayman Legends…
Actually that's been the plan for a while now I just failed to mention it here before. I did type up a development document, track down freeware programs to make it and finished the concept art work. Then I spent the last four months doing nothing. I recently came to the conclusion that my idea, while interesting, was waaaay too ambitious a project for me to undertake right now. I hope to revisit the idea sometime in the future but for now it's very much in storage.
So why bring this…
Hold on to your pants, its The Axe Factor! This week, we get some direct impressions of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, ponder the potential of Watch Dogs' mobile-to-console multiplayer support, and dicuss the evolving course of games to address profound and painful human experiences. Plus, our hands-on time with Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Torchlight II, and more!…

KyussRyn Online


Started by Starwind in Off-Topic Discussions. Last reply by Amrit Randay 7 hours ago. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hey all, I know this subject has been beat to death but I have a little bit of a different spin that I want to bounce off my fellow Axe Heads. Why is it that when people (feminist in particular) want…Continue
Started by Hellion 757 in Off-Topic Discussions. Last reply by Tralamazza yesterday. 4 Replies 2 Likes
Hi guysJust finished Ready Player One, wow what a book and even better in audiobook format. I've got Mogworld up next.Does anyone else have any recommended gaming reading?Continue
Started by Amrit Randay in Off-Topic Discussions. Last reply by Josh Schrier on Tuesday. 26 Replies 3 Likes
Welcome Axe-Head Army. I wanted to basically make this thread dedicated to pickups! Feel free to share what you've bought for the month so far, and all the months to come! It can be game related,…Continue
Tags: stuff, awesome, collectibles, pickups
Started by Madmouse in Game Discussions. Last reply by Jochem on Tuesday. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hey axe heads! I wanted to ask what is the general opinion on Psn+! Because I have had such a surprising amount of games and value out of it…Continue
© 2013 Created by Lorin Baumgarten.
Powered by

You need to be a member of EpicBattleAxe to add comments!
Join EpicBattleAxe