by: Kyle Orr
This week Microsoft announced a new entry into the tablet market with Surface. Now don’t be confused by the table-sized touch device of the same name; the new Microsoft Surface is a tablet through and through.
There aren’t a ton of details out there about this device but what we’ve heard so far sounds pretty cool. There’s PC-like components such as USB and a SD slot. Then there’s the integrated kickstand and a smart cover that doubles as a sleek keyboard. However we’re missing a lot of essential information such as apps, release and, of course, price.
Talking About Games is, naturally, a website about video games so this Friday Five is dedicated directly to the ways that I hope this new tablet could change how we play games.
It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.
The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.
Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."
1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.
If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).
Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.
Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.
@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.
I approve of this god damn message.
Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.
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Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.
There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.
Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.
Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.
This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.
Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One
Those 5 reasons for me don't justify how it could change gaming.
I'm sure people will disagree here but I'm sorry, they just aren't good reasons.
Where do I preorder? Hope this thing beats the crap out of the iPad.
IT CAN NOT
To save yourselves a click, these are the reasons -
It could work with an Xbox 360 Controller
It could get us even more Achievements
It could let us play our Xbox Live Arcade Games
It could let us play PC games on the go
It could be Microsoft’s push into the portable market
I'll let you decide if this will actually 'change' gaming.
It a tablet, has any other tablet changed gaming?