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[Alan Wake (Xbox 360)]

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Reader Reviews / Re: Rate The Last Game You Played

« on: February 12, 2011, 09:54:40 PM »

Alan Wake (Xbox 360)

What can I say I love this game, yeah it's a bit cheap with the scares (guys jumping you from behind similar to Doom 3 Imp's) but the story is great and the way it's told.  It's not the longest game (think I logged in 6 hours) but it's a masterful piece of work.  My biggest gripe was the whole "funny-man" side kick.  Why would you throw in a chester in a game that's all about supense? It's kills the mood.  Liked the game best when your alone--no allies.

I never did get to the DLC pack the Writer but I plan on buying both today.  The game's on sale for download for $12.99 or something and the Writer is on sale for $7.  Damn shame the game just didn't sell.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: February 12, 2011, 09:12:59 PM »

Actually DQVIII sold over a million copies if you combined the two markets (NA and Europe) as well.  So you're theory is a bit broken because DQIX sold the least in NA, Europe sales are nearly double that of the NA market.  DQIX sales are still pretty damn poor outside of Japan.

As for the Japanese market, sudden drop in sales are nothing new as for sale figures for Last Story it's not doing great at all--it's falls within the normal sales figures for an WII RPG.  Look at Xenoblade and Tales of Graces sales for a reference. 

JRPG's are a dying bred on a console, it's either handheld gaming or nothing.

As for VC3, you still haven't play VC2 Blood so you really shouldn't comment.  While VC2 wasn't as good as the orginal it's still prety damn decent IMO so I'm looking forward to VC3 as well.

 

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General Gaming / Re: Does anyone play using Fightsticks--

« on: January 15, 2011, 07:36:00 PM »

Hotrod SE are quite hard to find nowadays but it did seem people found a few adapters to get them to work on the Xbox.  There were two other outdated arcade sticks, one called the X-arcade and the Slikstick (which was a monster).  Sounds like you have to tweak them a bit to get them to work but it is possible but there're rare to find too. 

There's a forecloser going one with my local arcade right now and I placed a few bids on a few dated arcade machines--namely SFIII.  I really liked that one and yeah a few buttons stick and the paints pealing but it was in great shape otherwise. 

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Reader Reviews / Re: Rate The Last Game You Played

« on: January 08, 2011, 03:55:16 AM »

How long did you invest in Dragon's Age?  It startes off slow like most RPG's but by the end the gameplay really does pick up so well as the story.  It's not as hardcore as NWN and it has it's own rule set though it's similar to D&D and theres plenty of tatics. 

Hell, I think I recall there's 6 beginings at each one takes at least 6 hours to complete so you might want to try placing 10+ hours in at least--get a few of your party members and hear their sob stories. 

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General Gaming / Re: So let's say I want to get a PSP soon.

« on: January 07, 2011, 10:22:29 PM »

I liked VC2 myself, the main story is a bit bleh but the characters were full of life, and it's on sale on PSN for like $15 or something.  Did you try the new DLC for it? 

[Metal Gear Solid: Acid (PSP)]

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Reader Reviews / Re: Rate The Last Game You Played

« on: January 07, 2011, 10:16:46 PM »

Metal Gear Solid: Acid (PSP)

It's a spinoff in case you didn't know, instead of the 3rd person action game we all know and love it an card-based-turn-based tatic game?  Yeah not really sure what they were smoking because an turn-based tatic game could have easily have worked (Final Fantasy Tatics or Fire Emblem series) but making it a cardbased game was a bit to much of a challenge for the developer. 

The problem with card games it's just as much a game of chance than tatics.  You'll end losing both time and lives trying to either get the cards you'll need.  And in a few missions I had to restart from the begining because I didn't include a certain card (say C4 for example) which was vital in the mission, so I ended up losing 20 minutes to replay that map.  You couldn't add that cards once that mission has started .

Pro's: 
It has decent amount of cards and you'll have multiple ways of completing your tasks, the gameplay is fun at times and rather fustrating at times

Con's: 
The game felt more like an user-created xbox live arcade title than a retail product, the graphics are pretty weak and the cutscenes are just artwork with a few dialog sentences.
 
The story was a little to wacked as most MGS games are.  Just about everyone was a backstabbing SOB and it's gets predicable after a while.

Needs more guides because some of it I had to figure out myself through trail and error. 

I give it an 6/10; I'm playing the sequel MGS Acid 2 and it fixes alot of issues with the gameplay--so far I'll say it's a much improve version of the game and if you'll going try one you should start with this one, the stories have no tie-ins so you'll won't lose out of anything. 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Infinite Space: Anger in a Box

« on: January 06, 2011, 11:46:29 AM »

Also the total lack of common info, Help wasn't all that great so alot of it was trial and error.  Reminds me of another game, Demon Soul PS3, for it's steep learning curve. 

Still gripping about losing 70K or something at the halfway point --that's what pissed me off the most; I was struggling while saving up all that cash and got zero for it other than a kick to the nads.

I'll still glad a few others have joined the ranks and completed this game, it's a rough diamond but if the developers took a big more time it could have been a gem.

PS:  I know what's Crimm talking about; really hated those random fights after a major boss battle.  Restarted quite a few times because my fleet was already dented in from the boss so a minor fleet was able to defeat me with one standard volley.   
 
 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Tales of Graces

« on: January 06, 2011, 11:37:41 AM »

LOL it's nice to NinGurl69 still visits though, recall he was a big fan of ToS 2 on the WII.  While I disagree with him about that game, I'll have to agree with him about Namco though. 

There's most likely not going be an official translation to the states but a few fans are working on an unofficial rom translation--similar to Tales of Innocence DS. 

Not really fond of "privating" but I'll end getting the rom and I'll end up buying an official Japanese version of it as well.

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Reader Reviews / Re: Bejeweled 2 (PC)

« on: January 04, 2011, 06:58:45 PM »

My sister picked up Bejeweled 3 for my parents and I ended up logging in many hours on it.  People need to avoid this crack .

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Reader Reviews / Re: Rate The Last Game You Played

« on: December 14, 2010, 11:21:37 AM »

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (PSP)

I'm a huge KH fans so I had high hopes for this one and saddly it's quite disappointing.  Where's all the humor & charm gone to because it's unlikely you'll find it this bland group of characters.  First off you'll have three new playable characters but the whole "friendship" relationship has been done multiple times before with the series so it's getting pretty damn stale.  The story is pretty weak and the new cast simply couldn't hold my attention.  First you have Terra who's like a big brother who's fighting the darkness withiin himself (though it never did state what was troubling him), Aqua the sister like character who's fun to look at but empty on the inside, and then there's Ven who ends up with a split personality/amensia complex.  Squaresoft barely even scractched more than a sentence for these characters backstories. 

As for the supporting cast, there's plenty of Disney characters, a handful from the Kingdom Hearts series, but only a couple from the FF series .  Felt like the B-team with the choices they made, Snow White?, Zack from FFVII series, ect. 

Now lets get to gameplay.  The level design is pretty damn weak, most areas are nothing more than straight lines and there's only a couple with good platform segments & puzzles.  The combat is about the only thing worth nothing because it's alot of fun even though it can be unfair at times.  There's certain ablities you'll need just to surive on Proud Mode because the bosses can easily kill you with a few hits.

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Another gripe, you have three characters with their own story mode but all that means is you'll go though each part of the game multiple times while facing the same monsters while trying to upgrade the same ablitiles you with your first character.  You'll get all these cool ablities just to restart the game with nothing but standard attacks.  Bleh.

I can rant on and on about how disappointing this game made me feel, yes it looks good and plays well but where's the plot and the charm? 

6/10

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TalkBack / Re: Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Review

« on: December 04, 2010, 02:35:48 AM »

I enjoyed them orginal two games myself but not really excited about the 3rd game.  Good review though.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Amazing Deals!

« on: December 04, 2010, 02:13:38 AM »

Damn that combo's deal already dead, would have loved Epic Mickey with remote+nunchuck for $40 beans.  Just how many did you buy Black you damn whore!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Amazing Deals!

« on: December 03, 2010, 11:39:01 AM »

Gamefly has Metroid: Other M $14.99 used.   

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General Gaming / Re: Xbox720 - that's 2 full revolutions - to hit in 2012? ~Rumor/Speculation Thread~

« on: December 02, 2010, 10:16:18 AM »

$80 games   I really doubt this, it will kill the demand if pricing gets that crazy.  Yeah, games in other countries sell for that amount but it would pretty much kill the US market.  Publishers will more likely keep prices down but release "collector's edition and DLC" to make up the difference.

I don't think MS will launch in 2012.  Yes there's enough hardware available to make a more powerful system but can MS assemble it together for a price people can afford?  $400 should be the base price for next generation of consoles, if they market it over that, you'll end up like Sony PS3 early years.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Epic Mickey - Wii Exclusive

« on: November 26, 2010, 10:06:20 AM »

It's too bad the game didn't get delayed to polish up.  Could have been Epic indeed with a bit more time, Junction Point was on to something.

I hate it when publishers rush games to make the holiday season. 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Amazing Deals!

« on: November 19, 2010, 01:22:48 AM »

Gamefly's have a used sale:

 Alice in Wonderland $9.99
 Deca Sports 2 $9.99
 Red Steel 2 $9.99
 The Price is Right 2010 Edition $9.99
 CSI: Deadly Intent $12.99
 Dead Space Extraction $12.99
 Final Fantasy Crystal Chron.: The Crystal... $12.99
 Muramasa: The Demon Blade $12.99
 No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle $12.99
 Transformers: Cybertron Adventures $12.99
 Arc Rise Fantasia $14.99
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon $14.99
 Carnival Games $17.99
 Monster Hunter Tri $17.99
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor $17.99
Metroid: Other M $19.99

Crime Scene $7.99
 Percy Jackson & the Olympians $7.99
 MySims Agents $9.99
 Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow $12.99
 Club Penguin: Herbert's Revenge $12.99
 Dragon Ball: Origins 2 $12.99
 Petz: Nursery $12.99
 Shrek: Forever After $12.99
 LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 $14.99
 Puzzle Quest 2 $14.99
 Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron $14.99
 Toy Story 3 $14.99
 Scribblenauts $17.99
 The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks $17.99
 Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story $19.99
WarioWare D.I.Y. $17.99

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Reader Reviews / Re: Rate The Last Game You Played

« on: November 19, 2010, 01:14:20 AM »

Valkyria Chronicles 2 PSP

One of the best reasons to owning a PSP IMO even though the game isn't as great as the orginal.  My biggest gripe has to deal with main story which is pretty damn weak.  The layout on paper sounds great, 2 years has past and a rebel army is trying to overthrow the Queen who if you played the first game is a Darcsen--a race that's hated for the past centries.  That part makes total sense but when the main character story's thrown in then whole thing falls flat on it's face.  Good thing the secondary party members have interesting story points, some of them are silly but I enjoyed those bits of humor.

As for the gameplay, much of it is the same as the orginal.  They added a melee class which ended up being a major kicker IMO.  They improved the leveling up for classes as well.  You have four basic classes which can be upgraded with various options like a scout can become a sniper or an advance scout.  Each upgrade has it's plus and minuses and it's works really well.  The engineer class could have been a bit better, they can fix your one tank units, heal, or boost stats but I found that I really didn't use the tank at all this time around (in the orginal the tank was a monster--this time around the tank is rather weak) and you can heal squad mates faster by having them retreat.  You can retreat squadmates and re-deploy them at 100 health the next turn--and you'll have to in order to win. 

Pro's:  Great gameplay, good cast of secondary characters, silly humor events, long--plenty to do over 30+hours just to beat it once, another 15 just to beat all the secondary character missions, the game looks and sounds great

The Ugly:  main story's a mess, reused maps alot (think I replayed the same field over 10 times), weak AI, can't find anybody to play against on MP.

Overall 8.5/10

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Call of Duty Black Ops coming to Wii same day as other systems!

« on: November 19, 2010, 12:34:56 AM »

"You think that 16% increase in sales had anything to do with the fact that they also released it on the Wii the same day?"

No, sales for the WII didn't even break the 100K mark, VGcharts listed it at 65K.  Which is doing better than Modern Warfare Reflex first week and that game went on to evenually to sell over a million. 

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General Gaming / Re: Sony's Motion in the Blue Ocean

« on: October 22, 2010, 02:13:10 AM »

"wiimote with motion plus included."  Kinda pointless if the software doesn't support M+.  Nintendo has to make games that actually uses it.  It's been out for awhile now and I bet there isn't even a dozen titles yet and out of those there's only two that I wanted to play--Sports and Red Steel.

I kept wanting for EA Bloom Box M+ edition but sadly it's never going to happen.  And it's not just Nintendo's lagging behind in the software front neither, both MS and Sony's lineup falls to impress.  Need more traditional games vrs all this party crap.

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General Gaming / Re: Fallout: New Vegas

« on: October 22, 2010, 02:04:01 AM »

I'm waiting for it to be fixed.  Think I'll grab Fallout 3 GOTY edition since the price will be dropping down to $29 or so.

Yeah, I had to gripe about the level cap in Fallout 3 as well, I placed alot of my points into gaining more exp quicker which is utterwaste in that game because you'll have to trouble hitting the cap.  Hell I hit it within 10 hours.  Took nearly 80 hours for me to finish it the first time, so a big bulk of the game I didn't level up at all :0.  That's like having a FPS with a limit of 3 weapons.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Zangeki no Reginleiv

« on: October 12, 2010, 01:00:59 AM »

Sales, it flopped baddly in Japan.  Any English subtitle option?  Might import it as well.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo 3DS Discussion

« on: September 30, 2010, 12:26:07 AM »

Wasn't surpised to see it costing nearly $300 though.  Supply is going be limited so why not charge more since people are going to buy it.

I don't see it dropping it's price to quickly neither, it'll only drop when it's sales do, namely 18 months down the line.

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General Gaming / Re: If you had the money to seize and old or missused gaming IP...

« on: September 12, 2010, 03:07:52 PM »

Love my good ole space shooters, Wing Commander, Freespace, ect.  Hell add Mechwarrior and Crimson Skies to that mix as well.

Lately I've been thinking about a proper Conker's Sequel. 

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General Gaming / Re: My PS3 "died" tonight...any way to fix it short of sending it in for repair?

« on: September 04, 2010, 11:43:43 AM »

Try cleaning the fans/vents.  Either that or maybe it's time to replace the fans.

When I repaired mine I ended up with a similar issue and found out the fan had a small ding in it.  Barely noticeable but made it sound like one of those hand dryers. 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Importing and playing from UK

« on: August 22, 2010, 09:36:46 PM »

Why though?  Does your TV support 480P because Pal is 576I and all WII games (from what I recall support both formats in Europe).  So you wouldn't need a converter at all though you can buy them but they are scalers and do a failry poor job (madcatz has one for $20).  You're best off just playing in 480P.

There's a couple of games that are only 480I (think Madworld was one).