Author Topic: Lame Xbox commercial (Read 13637 times)

thecubedcanuck · « **Reply #25 on:** November 07, 2003, 01:38:56 AM »

" I'm surprised that they didn't use Goldeneye instead..."

DKC is closer to the same genre as grabbed by ghoulies I would guess.

PIAC · « **Reply #26 on:** November 07, 2003, 02:02:34 AM »

shouldn't the Donkey Kong part, given it's a trademark of nintendo be copy write marked?

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #27 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.

PIAC · « **Reply #28 on:** November 07, 2003, 05:06:07 PM »

i know that, but i couldn't see any form of Donkey Kong is a Nintendo copywrite all properties blah blah etc on there, not even a little ® anywhere.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #29 on:** November 07, 2003, 05:09:51 PM »

Not on the actual Grabbed by the Ghoulies box, no- I pointed that out like 10 posts ago, man.

manunited4eva22 · « **Reply #30 on:** November 08, 2003, 06:41:02 PM »

That's an actual game? Wow, I can eat alphabet soup and crap better titles.

Termin8Anakin · « **Reply #31 on:** November 09, 2003, 03:29:23 AM »

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wahahahahah!!!
so when is GbtG actually released?

PIAC · « **Reply #32 on:** November 09, 2003, 08:04:58 AM »

it's out allready in the US, no idea when it's out here as i don't really care

Ms.Pikmin · « **Reply #33 on:** November 09, 2003, 10:20:12 AM »

This isn't exactly on topic but I didn't want to start a whole thread about it.

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.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #34 on:** November 09, 2003, 11:21:24 AM »

Im surprised Microsoft changed the bundle that was 2 great sega games into 2 mediocre budget games and a lack luster 2 month trail to Live! which 50% of the people who bought the bundle might not use it

novastar512 · « **Reply #35 on:** November 09, 2003, 11:35:14 AM »

I saw that commercial too and it SUCKED!!!! I am like wtf, makes the xbox so good. Yes it has good games, but most of the games are on PC anyway, so its not that original, plus the games suck.(most of them, no I am not flaming) The only good thing microsoft has is games like Shenmue and JSRF which I really wanted since I have a DC.

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

Deguello · « **Reply #36 on:** November 10, 2003, 12:37:31 AM »

If you wanted to know why they didn't use GoldenEye or Perfect Dark in the ads for GbtG... Well, they did. In the Demo movie for GbtG on some lame-ass Xbox demo disk in the store, they used "From the makers of GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark..." Of course I smugly added "Comes a game unrelated to either of them. How much of Rare's past is the New Rare gonna rape?

Termin8Anakin · « **Reply #37 on:** November 10, 2003, 02:49:34 AM »

I think it's weird cause even though the games were bloody good, hardly any of them did as well as they should have (GE007 and BK did great though - but BK, CBFD and PD did sh*t in comparison). And you know what the crap thing is? Despite the fact that hardly any of the Xbox players have played those great games, they're all gonna go 'Banjo was such an excellent game! So was PD and Conker! GbtG is gonna be so cooL!'
It sickens me.

Termin8Anakin · « **Reply #38 on:** November 10, 2003, 03:07:23 AM »

Ok, i just did the impossible - i went to IGNXbox and looked for the Grabbed by teh Ghoulies review. A feat I'm sure, for someone who is really uncomfortable in anything other than Nintendo.
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

thecubedcanuck · « **Reply #39 on:** November 10, 2003, 03:46:21 AM »

"Yes it has good games, but most of the games are on PC anyway, so its not that original, plus the games suck."

arguing with one's self is never a good idea.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #40 on:** November 11, 2003, 12:14:43 PM »

how is he argueing with him self canuck he is just saying most of Xbox's good games are available on other platforms or PC

manunited4eva22 · « **Reply #41 on:** November 11, 2003, 12:23:50 PM »

Yes it has good games

and then

plus the games suck

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #42 on:** November 11, 2003, 12:25:41 PM »

My Rare has turned into a "graphics first, gameplay later" company! ;_____;

And just so you know, I believe GbtG was in planning long before VJ was...

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #43 on:** November 11, 2003, 12:46:36 PM »

Well theoretically all consoles have their bad games, well at least cube wont have that much 3rd party shovelware anymore

skud · « **Reply #44 on:** December 07, 2003, 03:22:31 PM »

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.

DrZoidberg · « **Reply #45 on:** December 07, 2003, 03:52:49 PM »

i remember an ad that circulated in australian magazines for n64 that said similar things 'more powerful than most home computers' or somehting like that.

MaxXUnlimited · « **Reply #46 on:** December 07, 2003, 11:16:09 PM »

It's weird, GbtG doesn't even seem like Rare's style of games. I guess that's because most of the old staff is gone.

Oh well, @ least now we know we're not missing out on anything since we lost Rare.

thecubedcanuck · « **Reply #47 on:** December 08, 2003, 09:22:43 AM »

I have seen this commercial daily now for 2 weeks, and its not the fact they say the X-Box is better. That is what advertising is for, you pay so people will say your product is better, the best choice, yada, yada. 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.

The Omen · « **Reply #48 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..."

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #49 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.

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Author Topic: Lame Xbox commercial (Read 13637 times)