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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Little King's Story (Formerly King Story, which was formerly Project O)

« on: August 11, 2009, 12:50:27 AM »

I'm on the last boss fight right now but I decided to wait until I can play it with the sound on (when Athena isn't trying to sleep, I mean).

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Sponge mop or fabric mop?

« on: August 11, 2009, 12:41:20 AM »

The Scooba is truly a magnificent invention.

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General Gaming / Re: So nobody likes GameStop?

« on: August 11, 2009, 12:39:39 AM »

I really don't know if I want to get involved in this thread.

You probably shouldn't.



not that that would happen to you, but its still pretty funny.

That picture is the epitome of epic.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: I hope Nintendo isn't thinking what I think they are thinking...

« on: August 11, 2009, 12:35:03 AM »

Imagine force feedback on this bizness.

I found the test unit for this:
http://www.thumpermassager.com/versapro.html

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: PUNCH OUT!!

« on: August 10, 2009, 11:14:53 AM »

I realize that this was how the original punch out was, but times have changed and having a game that's 100% reflex based is probably a bad idea.

If you look at the numbers, the game has only sold around 470,000. Compare that to the original Punch-Out that sold over 3 million copies. I wouldn't be surprised if this is Nintendo's way of testing the waters to see if truly hardcore games can still sell well or not and they're probably leaning toward "no" at this poiint. :\

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: PUNCH OUT!!

« on: August 10, 2009, 12:21:42 AM »

I guess I am being unfair, though I still believe that anyone who can take the Mario universe and turn it into... THAT atrocity deserves to be slapped. They shouldn't be allowed near the Mario franchise ever again.

Pfft! It was the Mario universe viewed through the lens of an over-the-top sports game, and it was a LOT of fun.

As for Punch-Out!!, I'm loving the game, but there's one gripe I have with the game: you should never be able to dodge too soon, and this concept would lead into a natural game mechanic.

I don't like how, when the opponent winds up an attack and you dodge it right away, you generally wind up getting hit by it because Mac completes the dodge too soon.

Instead, I would've had it be a reactionary system where, if you dodge in a correct direction quickly (I say "correct" because certain hooks will hit you if you dodge the wrong way), the opponent would immediately unleash the attack, miss and you would be rewarded with a longer period of time during which you could punch your opponent. Take longer to dodge and your opponent will stay stunned for less time, thus rewarding players with faster reflexes with better KO times while still giving slower players a chance to play through the same game, just without breaking any records.

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General Gaming / Re: InFamous

« on: August 09, 2009, 08:39:24 PM »

I've had a great deal of fun with this game. The NPCs are a bit drone-like, as they walk around aimlessly and react mostly to your current karma ranking at the time.

But beyond that, it's a great little game. Can get a bit repetitive in some sections, but still a genuinely good game. The gameplay is fun, varied and the story is good enough to keep you interested.

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General Gaming / Re: Good Bye Microsoft

« on: August 09, 2009, 08:36:12 PM »

I can't think of any console-exclusive reasons to own a 360. Halo 3 was fun for about a week but I eventually got bored with the online multiplayer. Haven't played GoW2 but the sheer number of online glitches alone would steer me away from it and Fable II...well, don't get me started about Fable II.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Forum Connection: Athena Asamiya edition

« on: August 09, 2009, 08:29:00 PM »

Obviously a forum or user error. GP is not responsible or to be blamed for this incident.
Did you read the fine print?

Did she edit the fine print in, too?

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Forum Connection: Athena Asamiya edition

« on: August 09, 2009, 06:30:33 PM »

The poll has to have been altered. I KNOW I voted for Maxi but it shows I voted for Morari...

Poll integrity, indeed!

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General Gaming / Re: Good Bye Microsoft

« on: August 09, 2009, 12:24:00 PM »

I've had the same one for two years. Do you bounce it off the walls or something? Keep it on carpet? Pour orange juice on it? Perhaps stick your four leaf clovers in the fan?

That 360 is the only survivor of the red ring holocaust.

Everyone I know who has a 360 is on #2, minimum. Some are on #3-4.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Forum Connection: Athena Asamiya edition

« on: August 09, 2009, 11:36:17 AM »

I would NEVER manipulate the polling!

Uh huh, and you're not a blonde, either.

Right...

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General Gaming / Re: So nobody likes GameStop?

« on: August 09, 2009, 11:32:09 AM »

Working at Gamestop sucks because of the ultra-shitty customers you need to deal with.

You basically HAVE to love games to work there, otherwise there's no reason to put up with the endless flow of angry, ignorant, belligerent customers. You spend most of your days dealing with white trash trying to haggle prices that are set in stone, mothers who drop their bratty kids off at the store to play with the demo stations and never buy anything and angry parents who are convinced that Mario is, in fact, on the Xbox and that their knowledge on the subject supersedes yours.

Not to mention the alleged "hardcore" gamer nerd who comes in just to mock the store and its employees.

I can't say I agree with their corporate practices and I believe that digital distribution will ultimately be the death knell of the company, but still, if you work at Gamestop, you must be there because you at least love games. There's no way in hell you'd put up with all of the **** otherwise.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Forum Connection: Athena Asamiya edition

« on: August 09, 2009, 02:28:47 AM »

Moriari, possibly.

Or he just might not care at all.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Samurai Warrior 3 - Wii Exclusive

« on: August 09, 2009, 02:27:54 AM »

Looks promising.

Though I must say that I've played games like this in the past and they tend to be fun for 15 minutes and become horribly repetitive after that. The game design of "Mow down thousands of wimpy enemies and a few stronger ones here and there" ultimately goes flat after not too long.

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General Gaming / Re: Good Bye Microsoft

« on: August 09, 2009, 02:22:24 AM »

SEVENTH?! Holy ****!

I'm amazed you held out THAT long...

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Forum Connection: Athena Asamiya edition

« on: August 09, 2009, 02:17:49 AM »

I notice that Maxi and Moriari switched places on the poll...

Also, LOL at the bed in a cage!

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Forum Connection: Athena Asamiya edition

« on: August 07, 2009, 08:59:10 PM »

Honestly, Sophia and Athena would probably make for good hetero lifemates (ala Jay and Silent Bob).

They're both blondes, hardcore Xbox fans, enjoyed Fable II and they love giving me a hard time.

Two more votes could make this happen...

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Little King's Story (Formerly King Story, which was formerly Project O)

« on: August 07, 2009, 02:48:13 PM »

I think the reason you are so impressed and addicted to LKS is because you had absolutely zero expectations for it and when you finally played it the title met your expectations and then some. I know because it has happened to me. I've found a game that was very obscure only to hail it as the best thing ever.

I don't think this is the case because I have no expectations for any games these days and I'm inevitably finding that I'm still only mildly amused by most of them. As you get older and your time gets more valuable, you can't afford to simply spend 30 hours playing through games anymore, but I'm MAKING time for LKS, something I haven't done in some time.

It has been ages since I've had a game cause me to go to bed late and wake up early. The last time I did that was when the Wii launched and I woke up to play some more Red Steel and try out Wii Sports.

I had only rented LKS through gamefly but I decided to buy it. It's too good of a game NOT to buy.

And the reason I think it's such an AAA title is not just because the gameplay is incredibly fun but because the game is dripping with unnecessary polish: the areas of your kingdom are filled with unique houses, each one lovingly-crafted by a graphic artist, full of detail. You might not even wind up SEEING this detail, though, as you primarily use a system of cannons to navigate the game world.

This is a rare case where a developer went above and beyond the call of duty on a game. There's just so much content here and so much that I'm inevitably missing that I can't help but be impressed.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Little King's Story (Formerly King Story, which was formerly Project O)

« on: August 07, 2009, 02:38:00 PM »

I hope xseed patches this because it's the one glarring flaw with the game.  Yeah, it doesn't have a hardcore following and it's not flying off the shelves because it was rated "T".   Bleh video game rating system is a joke if this game deserved a T, should have been E IMO.

Alcohol references and polygamy.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Forum Hate Connection

« on: August 05, 2009, 02:24:45 PM »

How are me, Dirk and Ian not on the list?

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TalkBack / Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Heading to Wii

« on: August 05, 2009, 09:58:00 AM »

For HOTD: Overkill, the graphics were worse than the DC HOTD games and everything was darker and hard to see, not to mention that you could buy an assault rifle with infinite bullets after level 1 and the game became insanely easy after that.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Has anyone else noticed the tits

« on: August 05, 2009, 12:46:14 AM »

Failbot fails.

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General Chat / Re: "Hey I'm new!" Official Introduce Yourself to the Internet Thread

« on: August 05, 2009, 12:04:00 AM »

Considering S_B doesn't post much anymore, I think Athena needs a forum boyfriend. Unfortunately Stratos is taken along with Easycure, Stogi, Perm so who shall it be?

Wait, how can there be four taken forum members when there aren't even four girls on this forum?

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Forum Connection: Athena Asamiya edition

« on: August 05, 2009, 12:00:30 AM »

Finally, I can know the thrill of sleeping with someone's girlfriend.

And GP should DEFINITELY be on that list.