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TalkBack / Re: Chasing Aurora Review

« on: December 01, 2012, 04:01:49 PM »

I had AYIM on Steam and I enjoyed it.  I don't remember only being locked in 90 degree rotations but there was a point where it got too difficult so I said I'd come back to it and never did.  However on Wii I loved the controls, and yes its more of a methodical game then a speed through it and that works for me.  Also you do get to less brown and more visually interesting levels.  The wiiware demo is actually pretty cool if you wanna give it a try.  Shame that this game doesn't seem to live up to the expectations because I was really looking forward to it when I finally get a Wii U.

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TalkBack / Re: ZombiU Preview

« on: June 07, 2012, 03:58:45 PM »

I have played a lot of those zombie games I have to say I am certainly tired of them.  Although the semi-Rogue-like-ultra-hyphenated-perma-death is a unique feature at the very least.  I was however looking forward to a humorous FPS vs semi-RTS alien killing experience that Killer Freaks looked like.  O well then.

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TalkBack / Re: Tomb Raider May Be Released on Wii U

« on: June 07, 2012, 03:40:42 PM »

I'm going to agree with Ninsage on this one.  At first one could me forgiven for mistaking it as a trailer for a Descent the game (the horror flick and not old interplay game).  It was eerily sadistic at first and then just comically redundant by the end. 

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TalkBack / Re: Wii U Designed For Horizontal Placement

« on: June 07, 2012, 01:45:06 PM »

Yes because making the Gamecube bright colors worked wonders for it.  Nearly everyone I know (including several children) preferred the black version to my trusty purple lunch box and it was probably a safe bet for Nintendo to not even release the Orange color in the states (although seeing as how that was my fav color at the time I would've snapped that up).  Now the Red Wii, that was a looker and it can tie into the Mario appeal (similar to how the only odd colored Xbox 360s are tie ins to a game franchise like Halo or Gears... and even then they only went so far as to be silver). 

As for calling it the N-Joy?  That is far to similar to the N-Gauge don't you think;).

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TalkBack / Re: New Square Enix RPG Announced for 3DS

« on: September 13, 2011, 10:57:21 PM »

I wouldn't say this game looks entirely new and risk taking.  The art style is damn near identical to the 4 Heroes of Light DS game and the game play apparently hearkens back to an older, more established style.  That being said I love both that art style and that game play... but just because it's a seemingly new IP doesn't mean it's a new experience.  The AR cards however could be something exciting.

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TalkBack / Re: Kid Icarus Uprising Animated Shorts Coming

« on: September 13, 2011, 10:42:51 PM »

This makes me wish I owned a 3DS, oddly more so than the actual game does.  It would be incredibly cool if they will also have this available on the Wii's Nintendo Channel. 

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TalkBack / Re: Roundtable Discussion: Star Fox vs. Star Fox 64

« on: September 12, 2011, 10:59:21 PM »

Star Fox 64 all the way for me.  I was a kid when it came out and although I grew up with my SNES I was at my peak of adolescence for the N64 era.  I absolutely loved the graphics, the voice acting, and even the somewhat gimicky Rumble feature was awesome!  However, I remember feeling just about the same way for the SNES version when I rented it from Blockbuster.  I think the biggest difference was that I, for some reason, really sucked at the SNES one.  However, years later I discovered the ROM for the unrealased Star Fox 2 (transformable arwings?  Character Select?  Open-World-ish gameplay?  Sign me up) and, at the risk of sounding to indie it hurts, I think I had found my new favorite.  I'm just waiting for the modern graphic re-make of that game and I'll have my perfect Star Fox game (Star Fox 64 3D 2 anyone?).

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TalkBack / Re: Letter From The Director: Used Game Mercenaries

« on: July 01, 2011, 10:51:00 PM »

To say that all FPSs have become strictly a yearly commodity and have no discernible difference from one another is a disservice to the genre (unfortunately Activision in their infinite wisdom have very nearly done that with the annual CoD releases) and I myself have played several such as Bioshock and Crysis recently a few times.  Not to entirely deny your point though, as I already mentioned with the ever shifting player base on the CoD and Halo franchises. 


Also, their are several alternatives to Gamestop (no use distinguishing between them and EB anymore) such as local used electronic stores, and far more importantly as far as Gamestop is concerned Ebay and Amazon.  However, as far as mass market and mall location visibility goes no one beats Gamestop.  None of which excuses Capcom's behavior however.  Also this is the last time I'm going to commence in comments thread necromancy twice. 

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TalkBack / Re: Letter From The Director: Used Game Mercenaries

« on: June 30, 2011, 12:53:57 AM »

Hi, I'm new-ish here, one of those long time reader/lurker first time poster types.  Which makes me sound like I'm made of poster board, which I assure everyone I'm not.  Poster board would've never been able to identify all of those cats when I registered.

In response to the comment that the print industry doesn't complain about used bookstores is actually quite inaccurate.  I have worked with a few different authors now whom have let it be known that they don't receive any royalties from used sales, nor from library rentals (where apparently in the UK their libraries will actually mail out small royalty checks to frequently checked out authors), and aren't necessarily too thrilled about it (most authors don't make a great living just writing, it's only the hundreds of thousands of copies sold per book, or alternatively the frequently licensed out to Hollywood, authors that make a killing).  Furthermore, print is hardly the best example of an industry "making due" as they are barely able to be solvent for the most part.  However, that does raise an excellent point.  Even most authors agree that there is a significant audience being served by their presence, and that is because books eventually go out of print.  And even those that don't still have collectors interested in searching down those rarer, older prints.  However, Gamestop and their ilk largely refuse to buy or sell older than last gen games, meaning their only real interest in selling used games is in pushing out legitimate first copies sold to make maximum profit. 

Also the assertion that many gamers don't replay modern (or last gen) games seems to largely be unique to Mr. Sane.  Although I'll be honest I don't have the time anymore to do that frequently I know that many of my younger colleagues (including my cousin whom plays most every game he gets at least twice) do play through their games multiple times (not even including multiplayer content) and myself recently played through both No More Heroes and Fallout: New Vegas for a third time each.  I also usually dread the harder sections of older games because of lack of checkpoints/save games that many older NES and SNES games don't have.  That and the quarter munching difficulty.

Well that was longer first post than I meant to do, especially on an article that is already a few days old.