Diaries #21: Ubidays Special

Snoopers
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 4:33 PM
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And here comes one more Gamersyde Diaries ! This week, we look back at the Ubisoft's Ubidays with three features on games that are as different from each other as possible: Shaun White Snowboarding, Far Cry 2 (360 version), Tom Clancy's HAWX - and even a little something on Tom Clancy's EndWar's voice command system. A heavy line-up for a Diaries filled with exclusive footage, interviews and our impressions as usual. Enjoy, and don't hesitate to watch the stream since our new player is much bigger and better than the old one !

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Viginti_Tres

Commented on 2008-06-17 18:04:27

Watching right now! Nice to see you use a bigger flashplayer, much better now. :D

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FastWinston

Commented on 2008-06-17 18:38:47

Watching it now, you guys make me francophile, in a non gay way... :D

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starfox14now

Commented on 2008-06-17 18:51:55

what I really hate ( I know it's a litlle backwards thinking for the most ) is not having a tiny version (320*240), under 50 Mbs or something like that, of the video.

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BlimBlim

Commented on 2008-06-17 19:42:23 In reply to starfox14now

Posted by starfox14now

what I really hate ( I know it's a litlle backwards thinking for the most ) is not having a tiny version (320*240), under 50 Mbs or something like that, of the video.

Actually the old low bandwidth version still exists, it's only visible for people without Flash 9 though. I'll see if I can add a way to manually switch between the two.

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starfox14now

Commented on 2008-06-17 19:48:03

very much appreciated, sir.

200+Mbs for the new flash streaming, is a little bit over what I can afford spending of my monthly bandwith on internet videos.
i'm probably not the only one.

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Schmooboo

Commented on 2008-06-17 20:22:45

THIS WAS AMAZING!!!
great job guys, ce show a ete vraiment de la creme, je ne m'attandais pas a que HAWK soit si beau pis les element gameplay, ben ca sonne bien.

PS votre nouvel player pour stream est excellant!

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alimokrane

Commented on 2008-06-17 21:43:40

Very well done guys ... HAWX is SICK SICK! Absolutely amazing!

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jioann00

Commented on 2008-06-17 22:07:10

wow great diaries!!! i enojoyed it alot. thank you

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BlimBlim

Commented on 2008-06-17 23:01:30 In reply to starfox14now

Posted by starfox14now

very much appreciated, sir.

200+Mbs for the new flash streaming, is a little bit over what I can afford spending of my monthly bandwith on internet videos.
i'm probably not the only one.

I've added a quick and dirty way to switch back to the old stream quality, right under the video window.

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Archaos

Commented on 2008-06-18 00:11:24

HAWX doesn't seem as bad as I initially thought.

The only flying game I've ever really enjoyed though is Crimson Skies. That game deserves a second shot. Too bad FASA went down the hole.

Actually didn't the ex-FASA guys buy the rights to their old games? Am I making this up?

Great vid guys, as is the norm!

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starfox14now

Commented on 2008-06-18 00:59:10 In reply to Archaos

Gamersyde. Tireless in their efforts to to please it's costumers.

Far Cry 2 & Tom Clancy's HAWX ... looks HAWT!

Posted by Archaos

The only flying game I've ever really enjoyed though is Crimson Skies. That game deserves a second shot. Too bad FASA went down the hole.

Actually didn't the ex-FASA guys buy the rights to their old games? Am I making this up?

supossedly. At the end of the day, it's still rumors, not fact.
Time will tell ... Crimson Skies HD? *drools*

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yutaro

Commented on 2008-06-18 03:02:40

I didn't know about HAWX before, it looks very interesting with its far-view camera.

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Viginti_Tres

Commented on 2008-06-18 03:07:29

Kinda offtopic but today Firefox 3 was released and I finaly pushed me through making the download because IE had become slower and slower the recent weeks (I never had problems before so I was too lazy to try something new). And by just watching the GSD with the flashplayer made me relize how utterly inferior the IE actually is. With the IE the whole video is shuttering, with Firefoy it's smooth.

Just had to post that because I never thought the diffrence would be that dramatic, shuttering is kinda symptomatic for my PC...

Ohh and to add to the what we should be talking about: HAWX loos REALY good, maybe it'll be my first flight game just for the visuals.

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NeoNemesis

Commented on 2008-06-18 07:08:25

Whoa, Hawx runs 60FPS.

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Snoopers

Commented on 2008-06-18 07:09:49 In reply to NeoNemesis

Posted by NeoNemesis

Whoa, Far Cry 2 runs 60FPS.

What ?

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NeoNemesis

Commented on 2008-06-18 07:10:38 In reply to Snoopers

Posted by Snoopers

What ?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1161265...

:p

Sorry, I edited my comment. haha

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Snoopers

Commented on 2008-06-18 07:12:37

Now that's more like it :p

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spydaweb

Commented on 2008-06-18 07:55:47

Any chance we'll get a new flight stick with the release of Hawx?

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NeoNemesis

Commented on 2008-06-18 08:16:33 In reply to spydaweb

Posted by spydaweb

Any chance we'll get a new flight stick with the release of Hawx?

The existing Ace Combat 6 stick I hear will work with the game.

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BooMMooB

Commented on 2008-06-18 10:27:33

nice show. HawX looks very interesting I agree. And Farcry looks stunning as well. Seems like UBISoft have some solid titles coming. Good for them, and good for us! :)

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pantyhelmet

Commented on 2008-06-18 15:51:38

Hawx gave me a non sexual erection..the evasion view is genius..farcry got fair criticism, (i swear, based on most gaming media, you'd think Killzone 2 was the only game in history with questionable AI )..thanks for the old video player option (by the way, BOO to broadband companies putting a cap on usage!) on behalf of PS3 owners everywhere i say "thank'y kindly".. and the tunage (as usual ) makes me want to crack open the acoustic case..i'd expect nothing less from the place that brought us the great genius of chanson, Serge Gainsbourg (R.I.P.)

..but ..uh..what language was that Farcry dev speaking? Sounded like a mix of English, French, Korean, Icelandic.

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Snoopers

Commented on 2008-06-18 16:03:55 In reply to pantyhelmet

Posted by pantyhelmet

..but ..uh..what language was that Farcry dev speaking? Sounded like a mix of English, French, Korean, Icelandic.

Canadian, I'm afraid.

RIP Serge !

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rodrms

Commented on 2008-06-18 18:48:06

Awesome show, as usual! Loved it, thanks!

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sarias

Commented on 2008-06-18 23:05:47

Best game-related show I know. Love the atmosphere and analyzing of the games. I'd pay for these :)

First time I'm kind of looking forward to a flying game.

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