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Studio 33 Show: The importance of friendly A.I.

ko-zee-ii — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:04:28 +0000

After a damned long, refreshing and necessary rejuvenating end of year break the lads from rawDLC are back and laying the smack down on the double-edged sword of friendly A.I. Running a boot camp from an undisclosed location in Studio 33 the guys break down the pros and cons of A.I. with some reaching far beyond their limitations and others that are dumb as shit.

Halo A.I. driving the Warthog? This will end badly

The guys reached a split decision with Nachos favouring useless A.I. to enhance his feeling of badassedness as a lone wolf, Josh wished they just get the hell out of his way and Dave, the consummate team player, was in favour of support that actually, you know, supported.

What do you guys think? Are you for tight friendly A.I., totally against it or hovering somewhere in the middle?

Feel free to chime in and leave your thoughts in the comments section below…

Video: Your weekly round-up at the Trailer Park

ko-zee-ii — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:01:19 +0000

Each weekend as you’re pining away for a juicy dose of rawDLC or the next Studio 33 episode, rest assured we haven’t stopped thinking about you either. That’s why we’re giving you unfettered access to the Trailer Park: a delicious smattering of the best gaming videos from the last seven days. Just scan on down at the weird, wonderful and wackiest things that have cropped up this week. Enjoy.

If you dug Trials HD (why wouldn’t you?) you are going to LOVE this taste of Trials Evolution

With Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning just a week away this launch trailer has me fully aroused

Mass Effect 3 has bolstered(?) its voice acting cast. Take a peek at the new players

The totally stabtastic Shank 2 has slipped in under the radar and is set to hit next week

If that gameplay wasn’t enough to convince you, here’s a gander at the all new co-op survival mode

Live Show: Episode 69 – Best of 2011

Joshua Philpott — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:35:27 +0000

This week rawDLC returns, launching its first show of 2012! The boys talk about what they’ve been up to over the course of the new year, breaking down their hands-on time with The Darkness II, Street Fighter X Tekken, Asura’s Wrath and Darksiders II. Plus, rawDLC gives its super-duper-epic breakdown of the best and worst games of 2011. Check it out!

Shiny!

raw DLC is a podcast like no other. It’s all about giving no-nonsense raw opinions and gaming wisdom from a bunch of Australian games journalists. The podcast is recorded live at 8pm on Tuesday nights (AEDST) via Ustream with chatroom interaction, so come and join the fun as your hosts realistically break down the latest from the gaming world.

The podcast is uncensored, explicit, honest and doesn’t burden itself with political correctness. An audio-only version of the podcast can be found via iTunes by searching for ‘DLC’. Please take a moment to rate our show, as ratings help us build a stronger community. The show can be watched after broadcast at the Live page here.

Special thanks to Kevin MacLeod for supplying the intro track and Geordie Hall for the spiffy new artwork. Big thanks all our PR friends for their work with us over 2011.

Video: Breaking Bad gets the 8-bit treatment

ko-zee-ii — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:25:08 +0000

One of the joys of the internet is stumbling upon a little piece of pop culture gold every now and again. Little did I know that College Humor, a hub of all manner of original things that bring the funny, has been making 8-bit gaming video tributes to some of my favourite TV shows. After ripping The Jersey Shore and Game of Thrones it has fixed its gaze firmly on Breaking Bad.

It should go without saying that the video is rife with spoilers across all four seasons, so if you haven’t watched this compelling show as yet and discovered the lead you love to hate, Walter White, you only have yourself to blame if you click on the video…

If that wasn’t enough to tickle your funny bone here’s the Game of Thrones S1 recap in the same vein

Kudos: Kotaku (via College Humor)

Review: Final Fantasy XIII-2

ko-zee-ii — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:30:50 +0000

With the epic introduction of Final Fantasy XIII requiring 20-30 hours of gameplay before hitting a full party paradigm and community outcries at its painfully linear progression developer Square Enix has listened to fans’ concerns and made a multitude of tweaks to its long standing franchise, but have they gone far enough? You’ll have to read on after the jump to find out.

I love goooold!

While there have been marked improvements to the combat system this direct sequel has played it relatively safe and still manages to over complicate the narrative focusing on time paradoxes, new characters and a protagonist shift from Lightning to her sister Serah.

“Landing at Serah’s seaside village Noel puts on his best hero pose, tosses Serah said crossbow of baddassedness, declares he’s from the future, insists she come with him and Doc Brown in their DeLorean to repair all the manifesting time paradoxes, restore the timeline, hit 88 mph, fire up the flux capacitor and make with the family reunion in Valhalla before Caius (the destroyer formally known as Prince) annihilates, like, the entire space-time continuum. Yep. That’s in simplest terms. I tried to warn you.”

Would you like to know more? Then click on through to my AusGamers review here…

Review: Resident Evil Revelations – 3DS

ko-zee-ii — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:02:41 +0000

Nintendo hasn’t really been known for its adult oriented content with most of its consoles eking out their existence in the family friendly arena. With a pretty weak launch line up the 3DS has been starved for something to sate mature gamers, but now the wait is over. Not only is Resident Evil Revelations a blood soaked romp but it is quite possibly the best iteration of the franchise yet.

Who let the dogs out?

Check out this excerpt from my GameArena review.

“In the looks department RE Revelations has to be the damn near sexiest title I’ve seen on the 3DS with some brilliant lighting effects and superb looking cut scenes. The atmosphere is downright spooky with sound playing a major part in the experience as you frantically try to work out what direction that bump in the night came from before it tries to make you its bitch. For maximum terror whack on some headphones, turn the lights off and scare the bejesus out of yourself. ”

Would you like to know more? Then click on through to the full review here…

Live Show: rawDLC welcomes in 2012

Nachos Justice — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:00:26 +0000

The time has come, and we’re back. As per Josh’s Weekend Opinion from late last year, we’ll be discussing the results of your picks of the best of 2011, as well as sharing our thoughts on the same list. Click here to join the chatroom for some fun, discussion and real views on the state of play in the gaming world. Note that the live video will be kicking off at 8pm Tuesday AEDST on our live page.

Surprise hug!

rawDLC is a podcast like no other. It’s all about giving no-nonsense raw opinions and gaming wisdom from a bunch of Australian games journalists. The podcast is recorded live at 8pm on Tuesday nights (AEDST) via Ustream with chatroom interaction, so come and join the fun as your hosts realistically break down the latest from the gaming world.

Special thanks to Kevin MacLeod for supplying the intro track and Geordie Hall for the spiffy new artwork.

Video: Your weekly round-up at the Trailer Park

ko-zee-ii — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:52:12 +0000

Lets start by dining in Hell with Jackie Estacado and his Darkling cohorts celebrating The Darkness II’s launch

You can never have too much Amaluuuuur. This latest featurette focuses on art direction

I Am Alive has Josh all excited in his big boy pants. After this trailer I’m getting a twinge down there as well

Darksiders II takes a closer look at the differences between Death and War

Hitting the home stretch here’s a timely reminder from Darksiders II that Death comes for all…

Video: The Witcher 2 360 trailer is shatteringly cool

Nachos Justice — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:30 +0000

You’ve gotta give a helluva lot of respect to CD Projekt, the guys behind The Witcher series. They refused to conform to using DRM, despite how many times The Witcher 2 was pirated, and they insisted on an initial exclusive PC release in a development world that’s consistently flying the multiplatform flag. They’re making an Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2, and excitement ensues after the jump.

Talk about a diamond cutter...

You may have noticed that I resisted using the word ‘port’, as it really seems like the CD Projekt team is going the extra distance to ensure that there’s something unique for anyone buying this game on Xbox 360. What sort of unique stuff, you ask? How about, a new intro, more than 30 minutes of cutscenes and other assorted coolness that adds up to a total of around four hours of new content. Pretty cool, if you ask me.

But one of the coolest reasons to check this bad boy out when it ships in April is the video below. Even if you’ve played the PC version, this trailer got my creative juices flowing. The future of narrative in games is uber exciting, and this video goes a long way to proving it. Don’t forget to collect your jaw off the ground after it’s finished.

Kudos: AusGamers

Screens: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is dino-mite!

ko-zee-ii — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:09:41 +0000

The Transformers titles have always been a little hit and miss. After a mediocre start by High Moon Studios the developer is going back to the drawing board with a significantly darker tone in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, taking place near the end of the Cybertronian Civil War. Here’s a few tasty new screens featuring a host of characters as well as ornery “Don’t call me fossil fuel” Grimlock.

Shields up, Captain?

This another bug hunt, Optimus?

Autobots don’t look at explosions

They all scream for Starscream!

And the Decepticon is toast!

Jazz: Cybertron City

Man, those Autobots ain’t shit. I’ll kill all dem sons o’bitches. Oh…err… hey Optimus. I was just foolin’

Grimlock? Fuck Grimlock! I’m not scared of that Dinobot pantywaist… he’s right behind me now isn’t he?