Msoft Announces Nine New Games for Windows - Kotaku Comments

Msoft Announces Nine New Games for Windows

tonythesuperperson — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:59:35 MST

I read that as 'LEGO: Total War'. I was so happy for those fleeting moments.

tonythesuperperson

Msoft Announces Nine New Games for Windows

Alvarez — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:43:06 MST

@Purple Dave: Yeah I've played Lego star wars, it wasn't my thing. I like more realism and being immersed into games and there are some really good star wars games already out there that fit that description. Indy games, however, aren't known to be so great so I'm looking forward to this one.

Alvarez

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Purple Dave — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:49:44 MST

@Evil Tortie's Mom:
First of all, what's up with the fact that whenever I try to reply to your messages, the little quote arrow (or it's previous equivalents) never works right? I always have to track down your message number and recode it all by hand.

Anyways, when she says "everything", she means _everything_. There is not one booby trap in the opening temple sequence that has not be included, in some fashion or another, in the Temple Escape set. This is all in addition to the inclusion of Satipo, Belloq, and Jock minifigs, Jock's seaplane (with OB-CPO ID# stickers), a snake to stick in the copilot seat, and an actual gold-colored representation of the fertility idol that Indy, uh, steals for Belloq. Where the Star Wars line failed to even consider the idea of playsets for the first couple years (and still seems reluctant to do much with them), the Indiana Jones line embraced them like a long-lost relative with both the Temple Escape and the lesser Well of Souls playsets.

Purple Dave

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Karlott — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:20:06 MST

Bionic Commando and Indy Lego, please.

Karlott

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Evil Tortie's Mom — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:18:43 MST

Lego Indy.

WANT.

(along with the physical playsets and minifigs -- have you guys SEEN the temple from the opening of "Raiders", with the idol, and the giant boulder, and everything?!)

Evil Tortie's Mom

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retronaut — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:28:45 MST

(nitpicking)
Don't be so lazy!

At least be so decent and write "Fony" when using words like "Msoft" instead of writing the correct name.

:-p

retronaut

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Kohath — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:23:42 MST

It's going to be interesting going from Microsoft Flight Simulator to Microsoft Train Simulator.

Drawbacks: Steering is less interesting when driving a train.

Advantages: When you drive your train into a mountain, you come out the other side.

Kohath

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Roto13 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:04:44 MST

Lego Indiana Jones makes my pants dance. I love Indiana Jones. :P

Roto13

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mrt181 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:29:58 MST

what does games for windows offer besides making the game box ugly?? how i love those stupid marketing gimmicks and the monkeys who drool over it...

mrt181

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Deviation59 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:10:12 MST

Aww, I was hoping for Alan Wake.

Deviation59

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jackusaralious — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:37:57 MST

Tomb Raider: Underworld...is Lara going to take on Satan?

jackusaralious

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Jamaces — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:44:41 MST

i hate these lego ideas why cant they make a basic indianna jones game/

Jamaces

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Purple Dave — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:36:40 MST

@Alvarez:
Have you tried LEGO Star Wars? Realize that The LEGO Company came to the conclusion a few years back that their game development sucked donkey balls, and then instituted a policy that they will only license their properties out to _real_ game devs. LEGO Star Wars was the result of that, and the same people are behind LEGO Indiana Jones and LEGO Batman.

@invictus:
LEGO Indiana Jones?
Wait, what? The official GFW website states that most games will be both XP and Vista compatible, but that a requirement for GFW branding is that it _has_ to be Vista compatible. Or is this about DX10 only being available for Vista users? I can't see the TT Games people cutting off XP users (they better not), especially as there's really no clear need to do so. It's not like little plastic bricks are all that hard to render.

@invictus:
Why? It's not like it's never happened before. When's the last time you bought a game that was DOS-compatible? Or even ME-compatible? In truth, it's not unlike forcing gamers to upgrade to new consoles every so often. It limits some of the variables in system setup, and makes it easier to develop a stable game. The only downside here is that operating systems are known to be inherently buggy when they're initially released (a problem that's not exclusive to Windows, BTW), and many users prefer to choose the date of their switch based on when the system reaches a certain level of stability (usually when the first security-enhancing service pack is released).@thoseraptureblues:

Purple Dave

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Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:22:49 MST

But where's the Lego Alone in the Dark?

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

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omicron1 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:57:31 MST

@THOSERAPTUREBLUES: Sins of a Solar Empire is hardly a sequel/spinoff. I'll admit, though, that list is quite heavy in iterative releases.

omicron1

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g2dat — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:52:59 MST

Lego Indy should be awesome, I hope the come up with some great traps in the Lego Temples and Lego Nazi's can't help but entertain.

With all these Lego games popping up it makes me wonder if they will ever make some kind of crossover game featuring all the series together, "Legoland RPG: The Curse of the Golden Hand". A bit like Kingdom Hearts but with less Disney and more plastic heroes.

g2dat

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knoyd_mcbennet — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:49:41 MST

oh boy lego indiana jones..give me a fucking break

knoyd_mcbennet

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Nightshift_Nurse — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:23:18 MST

So it turns out that Microsoft had a non-defective 360 on the market all along. The SKU is called a "PC" apparently.

Nightshift_Nurse

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ThoseRaptureBlues — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:04:09 MST

so...were there any non-sequel or spinoff titles mentioned in that entire thing? i saw borderlands.

ThoseRaptureBlues

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cdammers — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:49:45 MST

Wow. 60 titles. And old Windows only had thousands of titles. What an amazing improvement. Plus, Games for Windows offers exclusive Blue Screen of Death functionality.

cdammers

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mva5580 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:45:00 MST

@Garo: What exactly is your problem?

There ALWAYS seems to be a few people who for whatever reason get upset over the announcement that console games are coming to the PC. Do yourself a favor and stop being jealous that the best platform is seeing more games. Games for Windows is a great thing and it's nice to see Microsoft at least make some kind of effort to get more games out to the PC that are typically on the consoles.

Games for Windows LIVE is dumb because you have to pay for online services that are free with other games, which is why it's going to have a tough time.

But you people who get upset over console games being released on the PC seriously, seriously piss me off. Grow the hell up.

mva5580

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BenKenobi88 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:41:03 MST

Games for Windows? Don't really have a problem with that, I use Windows.

Windows Live? It can go to hell...I'll use my free Steam, thank you.

BenKenobi88

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Sparx — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:16:27 MST

@okenny :):

yeah well I'm still on break. I can afford to spend a little effort every now and then :)

Sparx

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Tepoz — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:04:26 MST

Bleh!

Tepoz

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xpnet — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:56:48 MST

@SolCutter: Ansi Indi Art generator .. just doesn't work on Kotaku posts :(

Thank you Kotaku admins for sparing my commenting ignorance..

xpnet

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Struct09 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:36:56 MST

@little_dragon: Sounds like you're confusing Games for Windows Live with Games for Windows. Games for Windows = a good thing, with multiplayer still being free

Struct09

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little_dragon — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:23:19 MST

Yay! Games for Windows! That's sooo awesome, that's soooo great!!

At long last we get crippled online multiplayer you've got to pay for!! WOOOT!!

You also need to upgrade to a crappy and expensive OS nobody would care about, if MS wasn't forcing developers to use it by no longer supporting WinXP...

Yay for Games For Windows!!

soooooo awesome!

little_dragon

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hahnchen — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:19:29 MST

@Witzbold: Of course it's coming out for Windows. This is GRIN, I don't think they've developed a console game ever.

hahnchen

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ara — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:17:47 MST

Space Siege, eh? Obviously besieging a dungeon wasn't challenging enough for these guys. Honestly, what's going on with these names?

ara

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jollydwarf — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:17:29 MST

I know this may not have been the ideal place for it, but WHERE IS THE "ALAN WAKE" NEWS?? I'm starting to think this game is moving in to Neverland, next to Duke Nukem, Axl Rose, and the further adventures of the Boondock Saints.

jollydwarf

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okenny :) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:13:10 MST

@invictus: Why wait? Do it now and enjoy all the awesome games on Linux. May I suggest Mac OSX? Enjoy :)

okenny :)

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okenny :) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:11:29 MST

@Sparx88: sadly enough, it took effort to post that.

okenny :)

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invictus — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:02:57 MST

I've pretty much written GFW off for myself when they pulled that DX10 Vista only crappola.

I will use XP till it can no longer be used and then make the full switch to Linux and move most of my gaming to consoles. I'm sure Carmack and co. will continue to push the limits of OGL as long as hardware manufacturers don't abandon it, but I was utterly ticked off at their move to push an OS on gamers. Homie don't play dat.

invictus

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ShaggE — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:57:10 MST

I read that as "Sims Of A Solar Empire"... Wonder what Will Wright could do with *that*...

ShaggE

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Sparx — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:54:08 MST

/yawn.....

Sparx

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Alvarez — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:53:50 MST

@lionkitten: Wow you're crazy for Lego games!

I'm not a huge fan of Lego games but if this means we'll finally get a goo Indy game then I'm all for it and I can't wait!

Alvarez

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lionkitten — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:47:31 MST

I am love with the pic of Lego Indy. I want to play that game NOW!!! (But seriously NOT on PC. Is that what this story was about?)

Lego Star Wars/Batman/Indy FTW.

What I really want is Lego Harry Potter: The Complete Saga. Oooooohhh.....

lionkitten

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Alazar — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:47:28 MST

Lego Indiana Jones, GIMME!

Alazar

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Livid — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:46:55 MST

Erm, Indy really renders well in LEGO form. :p

Livid

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anarfox — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:46:36 MST

@anarfox: NM. Didn't realize that a moai was exactly that.

anarfox

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anarfox — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:45:35 MST

@SolCutter: I think it looks more like the statues in Easter Island: [en.wikipedia.org]

anarfox

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Morberis — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:39:54 MST

@xpnet:

It's like a train wreck from "Microsoft Train Simulator 2"

Morberis

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SolCutter — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:38:53 MST

@xpnet:

I don't get it, is it a moai?

SolCutter

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Garo — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:37:57 MST

@xpnet:
It was nice knowing you ;)

Garo

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xpnet — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:37:03 MST

@xpnet: I hope I don't get baned for that one..

xpnet

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Witzbold — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:35:46 MST

Oh my its comming out on windows also? :x

Witzbold

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Garo — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:35:23 MST

Bionic Commando for Windows? Nooooooo...

Garo