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Nintendo Gaming / Re: E3 2009 to reveal big software, from the man himself, Iwata. PS2 in his sights.

« on: February 01, 2009, 01:26:05 PM »

If Nintendo does not hype Sin and Punishment 2 at E3 or in any advertising they are missing out on a huge opportunity to launch a new IP. S&P 1 with its low budget beat out Star Fox 64 in the gameplay department by a mile.

I know that its technically Treasure's IP but Nintendo is publishing. Treasure is less than 30 employees...if Nintendo could give them a push like they did with Rareware/Silicon Knights in the old days S&P 2 could be a big hit.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Baroque (Wii) - The most underrated game of 2008

« on: January 31, 2009, 08:07:47 PM »

It is just unfortunate that magazines like Nintendo Power give it a 3/10 when House of the Dead 2 & 3 get a 7/10 and Sega Bass Fishing get a 5/10... It literally kills sales. I think Baroques' worldwide total sales on vgchartz is roughly 5000 copies on Wii. If this nonsense keeps up we'll all be stuck with nothing to play but Wii Music sequels.

So let me get this straight...

You are complaining that Baroque is an underrated that doesn't get the praise it deserves, yet you do so by bashing other games that are perhaps worthy of the score and sales? Have you played any of the mentioned games or are you just bashing them in order to try and make a convincing argument?

I'm suspicious...

I've never played them on Wii but I've played all the House of the Deads in arcades and my friend had Sega Bass Fishing for PS2. Here is my review:

House of the Dead 2 & 3: Good for its time...extremely outdated now..I wouldn't pay more than $5 for it. Not that its a bad genre..I am eagerly awaiting House of the Dead Overkill...but Sega should have really stepped up and ported House of the Dead 4 to Wii instead of 2&3.

Sega Bass Fishing (PS2): This game is so boring it makes me want to have AIDS. Although if you are a huge fishing fan I can see the appeal...but it is not a work of art by any means.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Baroque (Wii) - The most underrated game of 2008

« on: January 28, 2009, 10:19:41 PM »

It is just unfortunate that magazines like Nintendo Power give it a 3/10 when House of the Dead 2 & 3 get a 7/10 and Sega Bass Fishing get a 5/10... It literally kills sales. I think Baroques' worldwide total sales on vgchartz is roughly 5000 copies on Wii. If this nonsense keeps up we'll all be stuck with nothing to play but Wii Music sequels.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Baroque (Wii) - The most underrated game of 2008

« on: January 27, 2009, 10:55:57 PM »

I do have to warn through..the actual combat mechanics are very simple. You get a special attack, a 3 hit combo, and you can throw things. Thats it... No magic. Almost all weapons perform the same attacks. The combat is usually of the form..attack an enemy..dodge the enemies attack..attack again..dodge...etc.. (some enemies shoot things at you..others jump at you). Not that it isn't fun..I have been playing for a while and I haven't gotten bored of combat yet..I cant say the same thing for other RPGs (espcially turn-based stuff).

Also..the level graphics are pretty bland..but the character models are really interested but a bit on the demented side.

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Nintendo Gaming / Baroque (Wii) - The most underrated game of 2008

« on: January 27, 2009, 10:38:04 PM »

Let me first provide some background info...I've been playing games heavily since the NES days and I've gotten to the point where unless a game is nearly GOTY or innovative..I don't even bother playing it or think of buying it. I have become very jaded with videogames over the last almost 20 years I have been playing them. This is especially true when it comes to RPGs.. This is probably why No More Heroes and Sin and Punishment were my favorite Wii games last year...

Back to Baroque...

So I found out a this month about a game called Baroque that slipped under most Wii-owner radars. It got a 3/10 in Nintendo Power and consistently low reviews everywhere..yet if you go to the gamefaqs forum for Baroque you see some people calling it a great game. The games concept is extremely innovative (I'll explain later). At $20 a copy at Gamestop I decided to give it a try.

The reason it got bad reviews is because Baroque does something different from standard RPGs...
1) When you die..you DIE..you restart from the beginning..you go back to level 0..you lose all your items.
2) Essentially..your health slowly depletes throughout the entire game. So you can never diddle-daddle or walk around slowly...you have to move fast fast fast or you will die.

I understand this sounds terrible and can see why reviewers gave it a bad score. What they didn't understand is that Baroque was designed this way on purpose. It is not a traditional RPG...

The premise of the game is that you are a person with amnesia (think the movie Momento) and you have to continually replay over and over again..dieing and being reborn. Every time you replay you get new cutscenes that explain the story in more detail and the dungeons are randomly re-generated (this further supports the amnesia angle) until you eventually beat the game. Without giving out any spoilers..lets just say that you cannot get to the end of the game on the first try no matter how good you are..you will end up restarting.

Once I was able to accept the dieing/restarting thing it became one of the best RPGs I have played. I am slowly pieced together the story through subsequent playthrough. The story is amazing..although I must warn that it is very dark (a lot of references to sins, blasphemies, god [not in a good sense], lust). The story reminds me a lot of Silent Hill 2...its a dark mystery story but very deep and original. Also...a playthrough is only roughly 6 hours long..so playing it over again a few times is no big deal. It is a shame that this game gets terrible reviews for trying to do something very new and original.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: DQ Swords is Surprisingly Fun

« on: January 10, 2009, 03:32:19 PM »

DQ Swords is okay but it pales in comparison to what is possible with respect to using a Wiimote for a sword.

If you want to have a lot of fun swinging ur wiimote try No More Heroes.