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FortNinety
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docfuture wrote:
When I was twelve, this october second post would have been like revealing Deep Throat killed JFK from Area 51.
You know, given that Naka is constantly being asked about his older games (Sonic 1-3, NiGHTS), you'd think that would clue the guy in on a few things. |
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dark steve
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:18 am Post subject: |
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Naka-worshippers.
Creepy. |
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Dark Age Iron Savior
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:49 am Post subject: |
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A few notable staff announcements for Children of Mana!
Hopefully we'll get "Minstrel Saga" Ito and not "Sword of Mana" Ito. And more Iwata isn't a bad thing. Dunno the third guy, though.
A fat Siamese is trying to kick me out of my chair! |
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DonMarco
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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FortNinety wrote:
docfuture wrote:
When I was twelve, this october second post would have been like revealing Deep Throat killed JFK from Area 51.
You know, given that Naka is constantly being asked about his older games (Sonic 1-3, NiGHTS), you'd think that would clue the guy in on a few things.
Yuji Naka wrote:
It's the same deal with Sonic 3... Sonic 3 is literally half a game. Sega management back then wanted the game out at a certain time and we only had half the stages done, so we had to put the leftovers into Sonic and Knuckles. So when you bought S&K and attached it to Sonic 3, you got the whole of what Sonic 3 was planned to have been.
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Dark Age Iron Savior
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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It seems Sting has a countdown to their next game. With ten days to go.
Hmm. |
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aderack
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 5:01 am Post subject: |
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FortNinety wrote:
You know, given that Naka is constantly being asked about his older games (Sonic 1-3, NiGHTS), you'd think that would clue the guy in on a few things.
He does seem remarkably oblivious. And bewilderd. What planet does he live on, anyway?
I think this explains or illustrates a lot about the man. |
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evnvnv
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Peter Jackson is producing the film based on the videogame Halo.
uwe boll has nothing to do with it.
Generally videogame movie news is completely uninteresting, but Peter Jackson has won shittons of awards and everyone loves him, which is different from the way most videogame movies work. I wonder who he'll get to direct it. Forgive my ignorance, but does halo have any thing to offer in terms of narrative? Will this film, too, delight and induce vomiting in audiences by using "FPS" shots as in Doom? |
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Mister Toups
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| Hah, the Halo movie will be better than the game. |
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Crazy Bacon Lips
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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evnvnv wrote:
Forgive my ignorance, but does halo have any thing to offer in terms of narrative?
Well, Marathon does. That's sorta Halo. But not really. |
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winkerwanker
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Halo has a non existant lead character, Episode I style politics and most of Aliens good lines rehashed and performed by computer programmers...so! |
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Maztorre
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm with winker. It'll be a roaring success. |
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Mr. Mechanical
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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evnvnv wrote:
Forgive my ignorance, but does halo have any thing to offer in terms of narrative?
Kinda sorta.
Not so much depth as Marathon's, though. |
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dark steve
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Seriously. If you wanna talk about narrative sophistication, Halo vs. Marathon is a good argument for "technology is bad." |
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Cycle
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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I'm a Marathon fan boy so bascially agree with everyone else here. However, Halo had an entertaining and interesting plot that would fit an action movie (in fact, it was better than most action movies I've seen) so I think it could be good.
I haven't played Halo 2 properally so I can't vouch for that one. |
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Lasa Kon
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Mister Toups
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| The Mana DS news is pretty righteous. Will it have wifi multiplayer? It... really should. Secret of Mana was worthless except as a multiplayer game. |
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Intentionally Wrong
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:01 am Post subject: |
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Mister Toups wrote:
The Mana DS news is pretty righteous. Will it have wifi multiplayer? It... really should. Secret of Mana was worthless except as a multiplayer game.
Is being unoriginal the same thing as being worthless? What did Tim say about "The Scarlet Letter" and the modern notion of value? |
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Lestrade
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:12 am Post subject: |
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This is great; I swore I wouldn't play FFVI until it was on the Game Boy, and now I can hold true to my word, like a real man. |
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another god
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dessgeega
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| halo has characters? |
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another god
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:32 am Post subject: |
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| Part of Halo's (small?) genius is that it doesn't have characters! |
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nocturnedelight
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:33 am Post subject: |
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Lestrade wrote:
This is great; I swore I wouldn't play FFVI until it was on the Game Boy, and now I can hold true to my word, like a real man.
I hope everything is retranslated one more time.
And that the graphics are updated, like in the WSC version of FFIV.
And the sound effects don't sound screwy like in the PS versions. I hated that so much. |
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Dark Age Iron Savior
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Oh boy, a Tingle RPG!
Can someone please explain why Hudson is suddenly trying to put Tengai Makyou on every system ever? |
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Mister Toups
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Intentionally Wrong wrote:
Mister Toups wrote:
The Mana DS news is pretty righteous. Will it have wifi multiplayer? It... really should. Secret of Mana was worthless except as a multiplayer game.
Is being unoriginal the same thing as being worthless? What did Tim say about "The Scarlet Letter" and the modern notion of value?
Secret of Mana is not unoriginal, mind you. It just... you know, single player isn't all that hot. It's best experienced as a journey with friends.
So says I. |
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TOLLMASTER
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:20 am Post subject: |
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Mister Toups wrote:
Intentionally Wrong wrote:
Mister Toups wrote:
The Mana DS news is pretty righteous. Will it have wifi multiplayer? It... really should. Secret of Mana was worthless except as a multiplayer game.
Is being unoriginal the same thing as being worthless? What did Tim say about "The Scarlet Letter" and the modern notion of value?
Secret of Mana is not unoriginal, mind you. It just... you know, single player isn't all that hot. It's best experienced as a journey with friends.
So says I.
I'm agreeing with Toups here. OH GOD NO
The experience is clearly made for more than one player. The Secret of Mana series is everything I like about MMORPGs, just without the idiots to screw the whole experience up. I think we can agree on this? |
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Mister Toups
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:25 am Post subject: |
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| PROTIP: That's why I dislike Sword of Mana. |
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TOLLMASTER
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:30 am Post subject: |
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Mister Toups wrote:
PROTIP: That's why I dislike Sword of Mana.
Well, Earthbound doesn't have any MMORPG elements at all. So!
Oh god not this conversation again |
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Mister Toups
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:38 am Post subject: |
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That's because it doesn't need any!
Don't press start okay? |
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Dark Age Iron Savior
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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I was just looking at the list of DS games Nintendo apparently announced, smiling at Magical Vaction 2 and FF3, wincing at Tales DS, cheering Gyakuten Saiban 3, etc.
Then I saw this: Dracula Castlevania (Konami)
Think this means they've already started work on the next CV for DS? Or has that been confirmed? (I know it's been planned, but as far as I know this is the first official sign it's coming) |
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Mister Toups
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| It seems so! |
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Lasa Kon
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Dark Age Iron Savior
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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CHILDREN OF MANA!
http://ds.ign.com/articles/656/656152p1.html
Interest +1
Aside from this more reasonable date, the latest issue of Famitsu offers a few details on Children of Mana. The game will feature multiplayer play, where different players will work together in order to achieve actions that are not possible in single player mode. You'll be able to, for instance, hit your partner characters to knock them over a fence. Division of labor is a big part in multiplayer play, which is itself one of the main focuses of the game.
Interest -1.
Sting animated sprite watch: "puri"
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Lasa Kon
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Jaihson
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:02 am Post subject: |
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Jeebus, isn't it illegal to spout that many clichés in a single trailer? |
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another god
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:50 am Post subject: |
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Jaihson wrote:
Jeebus, isn't it illegal to spout that many clichés in a single trailer?
Did Nintendo send Rare off to sabotage Microsoft? |
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dessgeega
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:57 am Post subject: |
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did she get younger too? |
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FortNinety
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:07 am Post subject: |
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Its supposed to be a prequel of sorts I believe, showing her how she became the super agent that she is. Though I honestly don't feel there was enough compelling substance to warrant such a character take in the first place, but what do I know. |
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dessgeega
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:49 am Post subject: |
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FortNinety wrote:
Its supposed to be a prequel of sorts I believe, showing her how she became the super agent that she is. Though I honestly don't feel there was enough compelling substance to warrant such a character take in the first place, but what do I know.
and didn't they do that with the gameboy game already? |
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winkerwanker
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Rud13
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:17 am Post subject: |
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another god wrote:
Jaihson wrote:
Jeebus, isn't it illegal to spout that many clichés in a single trailer?
Did Nintendo send Rare off to sabotage Microsoft?
Looks like it! |
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Crazy Bacon Lips
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:21 am Post subject: |
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winkerwanker wrote:
http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200....1820.37210.htm
(scroll down)
J Allard spectacularly misses the point of the Revolution.
WOW. Wow. |
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professor_scissors
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:30 am Post subject: |
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Crazy Bacon Lips wrote:
winkerwanker wrote:
http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200....1820.37210.htm
(scroll down)
J Allard spectacularly misses the point of the Revolution.
WOW. Wow.
How, exactly, do I get that link to work? |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:30 am Post subject: |
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Fixed
This is great too:
Allard wrote:
There is not a publisher that has a better view of what gaming should look like in three years other than Square Enix.
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Legal Step
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:44 am Post subject: |
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| J allard shows a total lack of knowledge on many things. They should just let him a Peter Moore keep talking. |
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Mister Toups
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:48 am Post subject: |
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I just some snippets from that interview, and.
WHOA |
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GcDiaz
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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I don’t think that’s the way you’re going to play FIFA. I don’t think it’s the way you’re going to play Madden. I don’t think it’s the way you’re going to play racing games.
He's got a point there.
But you guys didn't really expect the head honcho to give the competition credit, this close to system launch, did you? |
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Jeff Garneau
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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More Mother 3 stuff.
Basically, Itoi, some people from NOJ, Brownie Brown and HAL submitted a patent for an RPG
If you follow this link, then put A in Box 1 followed by 2004-321362 and press the bottom left button, it takes you to the patent. Has some interesting pictures, one of which is a gamecube. Also, it talks about a battle system that rewards BGM-based button presses, which was originally planned for the N64DD version.
I mean, my frothing increased.
Also I followed a starmen.net post to Brownie Brown's website and looked at their staff pictures. I trust that their DS devkits and seemingly genial atmosphere means that it'll be a good game. |
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Crazy Bacon Lips
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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GcDiaz wrote:
I don’t think that’s the way you’re going to play FIFA. I don’t think it’s the way you’re going to play Madden. I don’t think it’s the way you’re going to play racing games.
He's got a point there.
But you guys didn't really expect the head honcho to give the competition credit, this close to system launch, did you?
No, but I didn't expect him to say anything that stupid either.
Hold the fucking controller horizontally and TURN IT LIKE A GODDAMN STEERING WHEEL. Don't just jut your hands out into the air like a Cyborg, either. Relax your forearms, place them on your thighs, and turn the controller sideways and gently move the thing like you would a steering wheel.
Move the footie guy with the D-Pad, kick by flicking the stick in the direction you want it to go.
I don't know how to play Madden in the first place, so I'll let EA figure that out.
And that Itoi shit is AWESOME. |
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Dark Age Iron Savior
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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The Sting game countdown page now has some real neat sounding music. I wonder who composed it.
Current sprite alert level: "desu"
Looks like Square Enix isn't the only RPG company making sports games. |
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