Post by: Jonnyboy117 on June 06, 2010, 01:04:00 PM
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Episode 197: Temporarily Unprophetic
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Sandwiched between our two E3 prediction shows is this fresh slice of regular RFN lunchmeat, featuring New Business and Listener Mail segments. The game discussions kick off with Jon's highly anticipated, minimally informed impressions of Super Mario Galaxy 2. Greg has the scoop on a Japanese demo of Ghost Trick, and he catches up with Kojima's overlooked DS game, Lunar Knights. James has a pair of Eastern-style games with Disgaea DS and Muramasa: The Demon Blade. Jonny caps the segment with the final week of his PS3 monopoly, with muted praise for Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time and first thoughts on God of War III.
What's the best Castlevania game for series newcomers? This seemingly simple question is debated with the usual aplomb and long-windedness, along with your queries re: Fragile Dreams, the downside of knowing too much about the gaming business, and the differences between Yamauchi and Iwata. (It would have been much quicker to discuss their similarities.) Be sure to listen all the way through for details on our new contest related to the mysterious post-Drunkcast incident!
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Post by: ShyGuy on June 06, 2010, 08:29:11 PM
Post by: happyastoria on June 06, 2010, 10:49:38 PM
Post by: Shaymin on June 06, 2010, 11:22:14 PM
Though I can see why he jumped out at 15 stars - I nearly quit after the first surfing and ball rolling sequences. I think now that I'm through the first 3rd of the game it's picking up now. (I meant to play through 1 before playing 2 but somehow managed to lose my copy and wasn't able to find it until after 2 launched).
The Now Playing segment wasn't that bad, unless I missed something.
I'm also one of the people who sides with Rock Band in the plastic instrument arms race, but that's largely because I'm looking for a straight music game, with none of the boss battle stuff Guitar Hero introduced after Harmonix jumped and seems to be bringing back for Warriors of Rock. That and Raining Blood. **** that song.
Rock Band did put out track packs, but with the exception of the AC/DC one they were all compilations of DLC and - most importantly - $20. Any urge I had to get back into Guitar Hero was lost when they launched Aerosmith at full price - same reason why I'm not buying Green Day until it gets to $15 on Amazon. And yes, Lego Rock Band was a WTF moment, but the Lego part was kinda fun and it had The Final Countdown.
Edit: I just want to make sure the rules for the contest are right.
The Noodle Incident recently bleeped involved the following: Jonny, Karl, Mike, Neal, Lauren, and Jon finished the Drunkcast, some indy developer gave the group a gift related to a game discussed with Karl recently and a catchphrase discussed in the same episode. Whoever comes up with Greg's favourite story that explains the Noodle Incident and e-mails it to rfn@nintendoworldreport.com gets an autographed-by-James copy of King of Clubs, and the incident is un-Noodled assuming a sufficient number of entries.
Post by: Crimm on June 07, 2010, 12:09:26 AM
And yes, that's pretty much the scope of the contest.
As for the new playing, I assume Greg edited it. It was a disaster when we recorded.
Post by: Kytim89 on June 07, 2010, 01:01:29 AM
As for Rockband and Guitar Hero, I have never been able to get into those games very well because I do very bad with them even in the lowest difficulty setting. I have never been very comfortable forking over $150 for a game and a bunch of goofy plastic perepherals. I have actually seen several Raockband drum sets at a couple of thrift stores for like ten dollars. Although I would be interested in playing DJ Hero if I had the chance.
Jon, as for God of War 3, this game is so massive and kicks so much ass. I played the first two games, but the third is by far the most visually breath taking of the series. One question, is there anything that Zelda wii can borrow from such a game as God of War 3?
Does the RFN crew ever think that mature third party games will ever be able to flourish on the wii, or any future Nintendo home console? All the mature games that have been released so far have been fairly good and yes, even Madworld was good despite its flaws.
Post by: Crimm on June 07, 2010, 01:14:57 AM
Post by: Kytim89 on June 07, 2010, 01:26:53 AM
I don't remember anyone saying "Lords of Thunder." I'd say it's either Jon or myself, and I don't remember doing it...so
I believe that it is Jon Metts that does it and I have heared it several times and never had the chance to ask until now.
Post by: Crimm on June 07, 2010, 09:21:09 AM
Post by: broodwars on June 07, 2010, 10:04:04 AM
I do agree with you on the writing, though. Outside some humorous lines by Captain Quark and Dr. Nefarious, it does often feel like the game is trying too hard to force a laugh. You might want to keep an ear tuned to your ship's radio as you fly around the outer space overworld, though. There's some good material in the various "news reports" and "commercials".
Post by: Yoshidious on June 07, 2010, 10:13:07 AM
Oh and about Now Playing -- there's about three times more audio from the Now Playing recording in the stinger than there is in the segment itself, ergo it most definitely is the worst Now Playing ever from the editor's point of view!
Post by: Crimm on June 07, 2010, 11:04:04 AM
Post by: ShyGuy on June 07, 2010, 11:16:00 AM
Post by: Crimm on June 07, 2010, 11:49:39 AM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on June 07, 2010, 11:57:49 AM
As for Filmspotting, they certainly do focus on smaller films and are often disappointed by blockbuster releases, when they do review them. I don't think they are averse to mainstream films, however, and could give you a laundry list of huge movies that they enjoyed or even loved. If they crapped on recent movies like Robin Hood, Iron Man 2, and Prince of Persia, maybe it's because those films aren't very good? Even when I disagree with them (and they openly court dissenting opinions), I like hearing their arguments and getting a different perspective. If you don't like the show, don't listen to it. But if you are generally upset by opinions that don't match yours, consider why that is the case, and what harm there can really be in polite disagreement and contrasting viewpoints.
Post by: happyastoria on June 07, 2010, 01:11:04 PM
Elitist snobs should get no respect!
Post by: ShyGuy on June 07, 2010, 01:49:03 PM
Elitist snobs should get no respect!
That reminds me, is Evan going to make an appearance in episode 200?
http://instantrimshot.com/
Post by: Crimm on June 07, 2010, 03:15:01 PM
Post by: broodwars on June 07, 2010, 03:21:55 PM
Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on June 07, 2010, 10:20:53 PM
Post by: NWR_Neal on June 08, 2010, 12:44:07 AM
Post by: greybrick on June 08, 2010, 01:33:15 AM
I love Galaxy 2. However, nearing the end, I feel like too many of the stars feel TOO short. Dont't get me wrong--I believe in focused game and level design over superfluous padding. But I've garnered more than a few stars in; like, a minute on my first try. It's just a little weird, that's all.
You'll get used to it.
Post by: Crimm on June 08, 2010, 11:00:40 AM
Post by: TJ Spyke on June 08, 2010, 12:47:55 PM
Post by: Plugabugz on June 08, 2010, 05:42:53 PM
It was mentioned before Vudu comes in here and sulks. The pledge requires me to.
Post by: noname2200 on June 09, 2010, 01:05:22 AM
Post by: KisakiProject on June 09, 2010, 10:55:59 AM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on June 09, 2010, 03:37:52 PM
I have to disagree with you, Jonny, about the visual quality of Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time. Sure, it doesn't look as good as God of War 3, but many games can say as much and still look just fine. IMO, the game sports excellent art design and runs incredibly well at 60 FPS despite a lot of stuff happening on-screen (mobs of enemies, hundreds of bolts flying through the air, etc.). The game looks as good to me as that art style can look before going into cel shading.
I meant to respond to this earlier but got distracted with other comments in the thread. Now that I've played both on the same TV, I can say confidently that Super Mario Galaxy 2 looks better IN EVERY WAY than R&C: A Crack in Time. God of War III obviously looks better than everything, and that's its selling point.
Post by: broodwars on June 09, 2010, 03:45:08 PM
I have to disagree with you, Jonny, about the visual quality of Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time. Sure, it doesn't look as good as God of War 3, but many games can say as much and still look just fine. IMO, the game sports excellent art design and runs incredibly well at 60 FPS despite a lot of stuff happening on-screen (mobs of enemies, hundreds of bolts flying through the air, etc.). The game looks as good to me as that art style can look before going into cel shading.
I meant to respond to this earlier but got distracted with other comments in the thread. Now that I've played both on the same TV, I can say confidently that Super Mario Galaxy 2 looks better IN EVERY WAY than R&C: A Crack in Time. God of War III obviously looks better than everything, and that's its selling point.
To each their own, I suppose. I have 2 TVs in my house: one's a large 40+ in. SD-ish (I'm not sure what kind it is considering it can hook into my computer, yet doesn't have HDMI input) and the other's a 24 in. HD LCD. I use the former to play Wii games since that's the TV Wii games look best on, likewise for my PS3 on the LCD. So far playing through Mario Galaxy 2 on the 40 in., the game honestly doesn't look that hot (which surprises me because every other Wii game looks very good on that TV and not-so-good on the LCD). Ratchet & Crank, though, looked phenomenal on my 24 in. Maybe it's just the TV, but I can't agree that Mario Galaxy 2 looks any better.
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on June 10, 2010, 11:54:47 AM
Post by: broodwars on June 10, 2010, 11:57:39 AM
Put them on the same TV and then we'll talk.
Well, the 40 in. can't play PS3 games because of the lack of HDMI input, and Wii games don't look good on the HD LCD (very visible aliasing and pixelation) so somehow I don't think that's going to happen.
Post by: Plugabugz on June 10, 2010, 12:28:04 PM
Post by: Crimm on June 10, 2010, 12:48:17 PM
Post by: Kytim89 on June 10, 2010, 04:27:44 PM
Post by: TJ Spyke on June 10, 2010, 08:05:46 PM
Put them on the same TV and then we'll talk.
Well, the 40 in. can't play PS3 games because of the lack of HDMI input, and Wii games don't look good on the HD LCD (very visible aliasing and pixelation) so somehow I don't think that's going to happen.
The PlayStation 3 doesn't have to play on HDMI. Any TV with composite or component video will support the system too.
Post by: broodwars on June 10, 2010, 08:10:23 PM
Put them on the same TV and then we'll talk.
Well, the 40 in. can't play PS3 games because of the lack of HDMI input, and Wii games don't look good on the HD LCD (very visible aliasing and pixelation) so somehow I don't think that's going to happen.
The PlayStation 3 doesn't have to play on HDMI. Any TV with composite or component video will support the system too.
Yeah, I knew that already, but to play a PS3 with anything less than HDMI is practically a crime. Besides, if you want to compare how two games on two different systems look, you want both to be played on setups where both games look their best. A PS3 on component (or especially composite) is certainly not that.
Besides, I test PS3s with composite/component video as part of my Day job, so I'd rather avoid that in my After-hours gaming. :P: :
Post by: NWR_insanolord on June 10, 2010, 08:17:28 PM
Post by: Kytim89 on June 10, 2010, 09:00:24 PM
Post by: NWR_Neal on June 13, 2010, 10:37:34 AM
