Post by: Grey Ninja on November 01, 2003, 05:28:26 PM
Anyways, I just saw an ad on TV, where they were basically advertising their "low" price on popular electronics, such as Xbox. This kid and his mom comes in and talks to the guy behind the counter. The guy is talking to the kid with a bunch of gibberish talk (nonsense words) that I assumed represented a bunch of technical talk that the Mom wouldn't understand. Then he turns to the Mom and says: "Xbox has a 733MHz processor. That means it's better". That's an EXACT quote.
Now I don't know about the rest of you, but this SERIOUSLY pisses me off, and I am about to hunt down the email address for Zeller's PR division. Last I heard, having more power didn't mean that a console was "better" than the others. And last time I checked, PS2 has the most powerful CPU of the current generation, and Xbox has the LEAST powerful processor. It SERIOUSLY pisses me off when people say stupid crap like that, and it pisses me off even more when its presented on TV. I would go so far as to call this slander, as it's not backed up by any sort of fact.
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 01, 2003, 05:31:36 PM
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Post by: mouse_clicker on November 01, 2003, 05:46:35 PM
Post by: nolimit19 on November 01, 2003, 06:29:38 PM
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Post by: thecubedcanuck on November 03, 2003, 01:15:32 AM
Post by: PIAC on November 03, 2003, 01:28:44 AM
Post by: Round Eye on November 03, 2003, 01:07:55 PM
Also, the people who work there are dumb tits, and they sell things they are not supposed too. Such as certain demo disks that say "NOT FOR RESALE" clearly on the front cover. Guess I should'nt call them dumb because they hooked me up, sorry Zellers.
Post by: ThePerm on November 03, 2003, 06:55:14 PM
Post by: Infernal Monkey on November 06, 2003, 01:51:54 PM
Oh well, I saw an advert the other day for some new Broadband company, and it has a father and child playing basketball, spewing forth latest news. The father tells the kid "Hey, heard that the PS2 is now live online?" and the kid goes "HOW'D HE KNOW THAT?" in a scary manner, and then the Dad goes "Yep, online with Live!"
WOW. I SHOULD GO BUY AN XBOX LIVE! KIT FOR MY PS2 THEN? Goooooooo advertising!
Post by: manunited4eva22 on November 06, 2003, 03:11:15 PM
Post by: mouse_clicker on November 06, 2003, 03:59:11 PM
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 06, 2003, 04:09:42 PM
It's sad, really, because I doubt there are many team members who actually worked on DKC there...
Post by: mouse_clicker on November 06, 2003, 04:27:08 PM
Post by: Grey Ninja on November 06, 2003, 04:58:08 PM
Post by: mouse_clicker on November 06, 2003, 05:01:17 PM
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 06, 2003, 05:08:36 PM
Post by: ThePerm on November 06, 2003, 05:19:44 PM
Post by: Infernal Monkey on November 06, 2003, 06:26:21 PM
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 06, 2003, 06:30:02 PM
Kid: Hey, Donkey Kong GC!
Kid2: Wait! Same people who made that turd GbtG made this series!
Kid: You're right! Screw this!
Post by: The Omen on November 06, 2003, 06:49:20 PM
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Actually, that could be a bad thing if GbtG turns out to be a stinker
Having played it , i can say its mediocre after about a half hour. Its basically 'The zombies ate my neighbors' in 3-d, but not as fun. My cousin returned it the next day.
Post by: thecubedcanuck on November 07, 2003, 01:36:17 AM
they really cant, because all MS did was state a fact. RARE did indeed make DKC, so the statement was completely factual. It is funny however.
Post by: thecubedcanuck on November 07, 2003, 01:38:56 AM
DKC is closer to the same genre as grabbed by ghoulies I would guess.
Post by: PIAC on November 07, 2003, 02:02:34 AM
Post by: Grey Ninja on November 07, 2003, 01:41:11 PM
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shouldn't the Donkey Kong part, given it's a trademark of nintendo be copy write marked?
Donkey Kong Country was a Rare/Nintendo collaboration, and Rare is basically taking all the credit for making it. And yes, Donkey Kong is a Nintendo trademark last I checked.
Post by: PIAC on November 07, 2003, 05:06:07 PM
Post by: mouse_clicker on November 07, 2003, 05:09:51 PM
Post by: manunited4eva22 on November 08, 2003, 06:41:02 PM
Post by: Termin8Anakin on November 09, 2003, 03:29:23 AM
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Wow, I can eat alphabet soup and crap better titles.
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wahahahahah!!!
so when is GbtG actually released?
Post by: PIAC on November 09, 2003, 08:04:58 AM
Post by: Ms.Pikmin on November 09, 2003, 10:20:12 AM
I was at Toys R Us today and saw what XBOX is offering as their holiday bundle. The two games in the bundle are The Clone Wars and Tetris Worlds. That seems to me to be the lamest bundle ever. Would anyone be swayed to buy the system based on those games? I think it also offered 2 months free online membership as well, but the bundle is still weak in my opinion.
Edit: Sorry, guys. There is a thread that already touches on this. I didn't mean to be repetitive.
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on November 09, 2003, 11:21:24 AM
Post by: novastar512 on November 09, 2003, 11:35:14 AM
BTW - I think Nintendo should sue since they said they made DK but they do not have the rights to it, so technically, they didn't make the idea of it, just the game, it is very misleading
And yes I think it will hurt nintendo, if it sucks
Post by: Deguello on November 10, 2003, 12:37:31 AM
Post by: Termin8Anakin on November 10, 2003, 02:49:34 AM
It sickens me.
Post by: Termin8Anakin on November 10, 2003, 03:07:23 AM
It got 7.0 overall. Not bad, but REALLY bad for Rare's first Xbox-exclusive game. OF course, the reader reviews make it seem a better game, at 8.0.
Here's some points about the game form the review:
http://xbox.ign.com/articles/455/455857p1.html
- So you're out on a romantic walk with your woman when all of the sudden she's grabbed by a group of ghoulies. Now you've got to rescue her.
- there's so much going on that it's too easy to accidentally break a rule and cause the Grim Reaper - the source of many, many deaths - to appear. Get used to dying a lot because you'll find yourself in situations where death is simply unavoidable -- not a good thing
- Other factors in the game's frustrating equation are the controls, camera, and auto-targeting
- presentation is pretty killer, despite the love-it-or-hate-it art style. The best example of this is the cutscenes, which are told in a storybook format and use animated panels.
- Our biggest complaint would have to be in regards to the simplistic character and enemy models, and there are bound to be a number of you out there who could do without the art style, but you do eventually grow use to it after playing the game for a while.
- Our biggest beef with the game's sound is the lack of variety. Too often it seems that you're hearing the same tune for the thirtieth time.
- There's no feeling of progression, and the gameplay is very repetitive, but in short spurts beating up on monsters has its moments.
Yikes.
You know, the game sounds a lot like a crappy imitation of Viewtiful Joe.
And guess what else they added?
Rare title originally slated for GameCube
Post by: thecubedcanuck on November 10, 2003, 03:46:21 AM
arguing with one's self is never a good idea.
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on November 11, 2003, 12:14:43 PM
Post by: manunited4eva22 on November 11, 2003, 12:23:50 PM
and then
plus the games suck
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 11, 2003, 12:25:41 PM
And just so you know, I believe GbtG was in planning long before VJ was...
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on November 11, 2003, 12:46:36 PM
Post by: skud on December 07, 2003, 03:22:31 PM
Post by: DrZoidberg on December 07, 2003, 03:52:49 PM
Post by: MaxXUnlimited on December 07, 2003, 11:16:09 PM
Oh well, @ least now we know we're not missing out on anything since we lost Rare.
Post by: thecubedcanuck on December 08, 2003, 09:22:43 AM
Post by: The Omen on December 08, 2003, 11:01:37 AM
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What bothers me is the way these people are talking, especially the young guy with his mom. Someone needs to tell these people that they are not gangsters from the hood, they are no relation to snoop or nelly, they are spoiled white kids from upper middle class homes who would almost surely crap their pants if they ever met a real gangster.
LOL. You should see them in my local EB. Only by the grace of God can i resist impaling them with my keys. Funny thing is, they're always looking at the XBOX section. "DoA:XB is off the chain yo! On the real..."
Post by: Grey Ninja on December 08, 2003, 04:57:39 PM
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Originally posted by: skud
FYI I have seen this ad many times and thought the original post sounded wrong, and I just saw the ad again so I watched closely and confirmed my suspicions: he says "that means it's good" not "better". Don't know if they changed the ad or it was just misheard. It's still a funny ad.
I am not going to say you are wrong... but I am quite sure that I wouldn't fly off the handle if it was something so simple as that. Maybe they did change the ad... but it just doesn't seem likely to me any way you cut it. I will have to watch for the commercial again at any rate.
Post by: thecubedcanuck on December 09, 2003, 01:35:58 AM
that is what it says, and has said from the beginning.
Post by: Guitar Smasher on December 14, 2003, 08:19:36 AM
But it's kind of dissapointing how the fact that if he said "better" would be more similar to a real life situation. I mean, that's the kind of ignorance that many xbox players share. Its really sad that they're too naive to realize that a faster processor can have nothing to do with the quality of a game.
And the fact that the "street-talkin" teen says "shizzle nizzle" or whatever the hell he says makes me very, very happy that I don't own an Xbox.
