Play, Want, Bin - 4th December 2006
The Rev
PLAY
Oblivion (360) - I finished the downloadable Knights of the Nine quest.
Quite short, rewards weren't great and it wasn't in the least bit
difficult, but it was good fun and it was lovely to go and visit
Cyrodiil again for a while. It's one gorgeous game when it wants to be,
is Oblivion. Pity about some of the voices being so damn quiet.
Guitar Hero (PS2) - Finished off Easy and started on Medium. The blue
button kills me. When it comes along I completely forget which button is
where and end up hitting red instead of green or yellow instead of red
for ten or twenty seconds until I recover. Not good. It really is
incredibly good fun, though.
Sonic Rivals (PSP) - A good modern Sonic game! Not a great one and it's
as much a ride as a game in many ways - but it's a ride that works. Even
the two boss fights I've seen so far have been okay. Sonic bosses I
don't detest? Something's gone unexpectedly right here.
Capcom Collection Remixed (PSP) - Got this half-price when I bought
Sonic. The inclusion of Strider blinded me to the fact that there are no
other games here I really care about. That said, of the three I've tried
so far, two have been hits. Strider is a classic piece of gaming and
still incredibly fun. 1941 was a great surprise, much faster and more
interesting than I was expecting. Pity about the controls when you flip
the screen, though. The miss was Street Fighter, which is incredibly
bad. I wasn't expecting much, but it's so much worse than I remember. I
just can't get my head around it at all.
Final Fantasy 3 (DS) - It looks nice. It's Final Fantasy. It's rock
hard. I think I'm going to places I shouldn't be going to, because I'm
dying a lot. I'll probably stick with it, if I get time.
Yoshi's Island DS (DS) - Half-way through the first world and having a
lot of fun with this one. I can see it getting tedious if taken too
quickly, but I think if I do a level or two here and there it'll remain
fun for a good long time. I'm impressed with Artoon so far.
WANT
A Wii, of course. I've cancelled my pre-order for Red Steel and gone for
Rayman instead, to add to Zelda and Monkey Ball. With Zelda being the
big, sit-down-for-hours game on launch, I'm after quick distractions and
controller lessons from my other games. I'm really hoping Gameplay get
my Wii to me on Friday.
BIN
PSP Firmware Updates (PSP) - Every single time I put a new game into my
PSP it tells me I have to install new firmware to play it. Which
requires plugging the PSP into its charger. I'm excited when I get a new
game! I just want to play it! Gah!
A Dualshock 2 (PS2) - Decided to play Shadow of the Colossus again.
Started up the PS2 and the cursor on the menu was going crazy. Turned
off, tried again, same thing. Tried an old original grey Dualshock, no
response at all. Loaded up Guitar Hero with the guitar plugged in and
everything was fine. Got grumpy. Spent ages looking for another
Dualshock 2. Not in the controller bin. Not in the cables bin. Not in
the misc bin. Not in the cupboard above the fridge where the old
consoles live. Not in the mainly-Nintendo cables drawer in the kitchen.
Finally I remembered to look in the wine cupboard by the sink in the
kitchen, where I, indeed, found one. Must remember that it's only the
mostly-wine cupboard. Anyway, that controller worked, so I threw away
the broken Dualshock 2 and settled down to play...
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2) - Oh dear. I don't know why, but I really
couldn't get into this. I loaded my saved game and went after the ninth
colossus, who kept killing me. In the end, though I knew what to do, I
gave up. I just couldn't avoid his attacks. Decided to start a new game,
but couldn't work out what to do to kill the first colossus, so gave up
on the game entirely. Just couldn't click with it. Odd, as last time I
played I loved it.
Sonic The Hedgehog Genesis (GBA) - By rights, the person who decided to
release this should face criminal charges. I'd read everything about
this online and it was still worse than I expected.
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2006 09:40:58 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk The Rev
<the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>PLAY
Viva Pinata (360)
I love this game. It has magic time warping powers too, as 10 minutes is
suddenly three hours. I've been trying to get an Elephanilla, but haven't
quite got there yet.
Animal Crossing (DS)
Mainly just for K.K. Slider though. Almost a year done though. Looking
forward to ending it all now.
Marvin's Marvellous Adventure (Amiga)
I set my Amiga up yesterday, fixed it ('cos it was borked), installed some
compact flash card reading software, and transfered everything from my £150
hard drive onto two £1.47 CF cards. ACE:
http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/blog/2006/12/resurrecting-amiga.php
So then I played some games I happened to have on my hard drive, starting with
Marvin. Which is ACE.
Top Hat Willy (Amiga)
Also ACE.
Geetar Heeeeroh! (PS2)
ROXXOR. Played it at a friend's house. NEEDAGE.
>WANT
WII. Needage factor == MAXIMUM.
Every DS game ever, especially Yoshi as my wife saw an advert for it on the
telly and said "Why haven't you bought this game?!" and then told me off.
That's right folks - I was told off for NOT buying a game. World = upside
down.
>BIN
Trying to get internet access on my Amiga.
The sheer yellowness of my Amiga.
deKay
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The Rev
>
> Every DS game ever, especially Yoshi as my wife saw an advert for it on the
> telly and said "Why haven't you bought this game?!" and then told me off.
> That's right folks - I was told off for NOT buying a game. World = upside
> down.
After a trip to Game yesterday my wife is now demanding we get Gottlieb
pinball for our the Wii.
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk The Rev
<the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>deKay wrote:
>>
>> Every DS game ever, especially Yoshi as my wife saw an advert for it on the
>> telly and said "Why haven't you bought this game?!" and then told me off.
>> That's right folks - I was told off for NOT buying a game. World = upside
>> down.
>
>After a trip to Game yesterday my wife is now demanding we get Gottlieb
>pinball for our the Wii.
Ditto :(
Or :).
:( as it's my money, :) as I won't get complaints I've bought more games! :P
TalkShowHost
"The Rev" <the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>A fair amount has been going on this week.
>
> PLAY
Lumines II (PSP)
Maybe not as good as the first to begin with, but one you get used to the
differences, it begins to grow on you. I was even singing a 'Black Eyed
Peas' song casually yesterday.
Yoshi II (DS)
On the final stage of the first world and loving it. The two screens work
wonders for the hidden elements and the varied babies give the cuteness
factor that little bit more.
Elite Beat Agents (DS)
I am admittedly rubbish at this, even on the easiest setting, but as you
learn by trial and error, losers can still share the joy! Mad game by the
way.
Gears of War (360)
Great game, even if it is over rated. My problem is that now it is out and I
have almost completed it, what is there to look forwards to on the 360?
WANT
My Wii to arrive on time from Amazon. Don't know whether to buy anymore
games in addition to Zelda and Wii Play (which I am only buying for the
remote anyway).
Viva Piñata (360)
If I complete Gears of War today or tomorrow I will probably trade it in for
this. I usually hate the 'sandbox' animal grooming games but this looks like
it could be fun. Plus the peer pressure of most people here makes me want
it.
Castlevania: Whatever it's called (DS)
Supposed to be the best in the series so far and I do like thinking
platformers. And when was there a bad 2D Castlevania last on a Nintendo
console?
A 360 HD-DVD drive (360)
I really wanted one before Christmas but that looks unlikely now. Shame as I
wanted to ask for shiny HD-DVDs to play on it (I am metaphorically
considering HD DVD discs to be shinier than normal discs, just by default)
BIN
Xbox 360 schedule
What is there REALLY to look forwards to now? Nothing really appeals on the
GoW level, does it?
PS3 tactics and Sony
Idiots, there is little they could have done to lose more of my respect.
Even their recent PSP firmware was botched up (and wasted my electricity and
time in downloading 2 updates that did nothing really good unless I had an
imaginary PS3). I hope Nintendo and Microsoft take all Sony staff hostage
and make them clean bins when Sony finally falls out of the console market
(sooner than may be thought, if recent reports are to be believed).
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[ste parker]
>
> WANT
> My Wii to arrive on time from Amazon. Don't know whether to buy anymore
> games in addition to Zelda and Wii Play (which I am only buying for the
> remote anyway).
>
I'm going to have the same, and I'm thinking about getting Rayman and/or
Madden at the moment.
--
[ste]
The Rev
>
> Lumines II (PSP)
> Maybe not as good as the first to begin with, but one you get used to the
> differences, it begins to grow on you. I was even singing a 'Black Eyed
> Peas' song casually yesterday.
Ah yes, I played this, too. It's very, very good. I got my best ever
Lumines score, too - about 113,500 or so. (I know, I'm rubbish.)
brian hopkinson
Gow (360) onto the final act of insane
ATV blazin trails (psp) a bunch of us at work have it and its a great laugh.
Locoroco (psp) going through again after i wiped the old save.
Want:
Wii i'm not sure that having one will work in the box room i call a games
room
Guitar Hero 2 with a red fookin guitar, f^&k you play for sending me a black
one.
Bin:
Play.com for sending me a black guitar and then saying i will get a red one
sent out and then tell me a day later its all sold out (including the black
one)
DS not played in sooooo long that ive given it to someone as a side xmas
prezzie (so not really binned)
bri
[ste parker]
> A fair amount has been going on this week.
>
> PLAY
>
Zelda: OoT (GC): Still brilliant, and having (almost) completed the
Water Temple it really wasn't as irritating as I recalled. Game taking
longer than I anticipated though, and after redoing WW just before this
I hope I'm not feeling Zelda'd out.
Tennis (Wii): Just plain and simple fun.
>
> WANT
>
To reinstall all my PC games, now I have space to do so and a machine to
run them all on.
>
> BIN
>
The bits I've not reused from my old PC.
--
[ste]
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Phantasy Star Universe (PS2) - My main character just broke level 28, but
my partner machine is at level 74. Six more levels and it will grow legs,
a skirt and an apron. Which means that it can wield weapons and I can take
it into battle.
Phantasy Star Collection (GBA) - I had forgotten that one of the
characters in PS2 was named 'Amy' of all things. Did the original game
start off all the new recruits at level one, forcing you to spend time
levelling them up before taking them into the field?
>Oblivion (360) - I finished the downloadable Knights of the Nine quest.
>Quite short, rewards weren't great and it wasn't in the least bit
>difficult, but it was good fun and it was lovely to go and visit
>Cyrodiil again for a while. It's one gorgeous game when it wants to be,
>is Oblivion. Pity about some of the voices being so damn quiet.
Any word on whether the 360 quests will be available on disk, like they're
doing for the PC version?
>Sonic Rivals (PSP) - A good modern Sonic game! Not a great one and it's
>as much a ride as a game in many ways - but it's a ride that works. Even
>the two boss fights I've seen so far have been okay. Sonic bosses I
>don't detest? Something's gone unexpectedly right here.
Ooh, haven't heard about this. What's the 'Rivals' part of the title all
about then?
>WANT
Final Fantasy Dawn of Souls (GBA) - The usual retail places I would count
on to have this don't. The three times I've tried to mail-order it from
some place that says it's in stock, it mysteriously goes out-of-stock and
then comes back in-stock at twice the price. I don't even want the game
that badly any more, I just want to buy it for the satisfaction of beating
the system.
>BIN
Shelving - I have too much gaming crap, and I can tell beacuse when the
cats climbed on top of one particular shelf it collapsed. And so a pile of
old PC games, cardboard Gameboy boxes and Master System cartridges rained
down on the floor some time on Friday while I was at work. This is why I
don't get more gaming done.
-KKC, watching old Judi Dench movies from the 60's. Oh my.
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deKay
yawatina tan reek esk "TalkShowHost" <talksh...@NOSPAMblueyonder.co.uk>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Castlevania: Whatever it's called (DS)
Portrait of Ruin
>Supposed to be the best in the series so far and I do like thinking
>platformers. And when was there a bad 2D Castlevania last on a Nintendo
>console?
<dons Hat of Provoking>
Super Castlevania IV for the SNES.
Zomoniac
> A fair amount has been going on this week.
Indeed. I've been XBLA binging.
> PLAY
Rainbow Six Vegas (360) - Meh. It's Rainbow Six 3 but with rubbish levels.
Gears Of War (360) - Despite being too hard for in on Hardcore, I will
not submit. It's ace.
Geometry Wars (360) - My god I'm rubbish. Couldn't make 175k.
Dig Dug (360) - LOVAGE. Couldn't match my previous high score, but I'm
still top of my friends board and that's all that counts.
Pac-Man (360) - So, so, so bad at it.
Galaga (360) - As above, but I got two achievements in the process so it's ok.
Small Arms trial (360) - It's so Smash Bros it defies belief. Yet
nowhere near as good.
Crystal Quest (360) - Not even extreme mode helped me boost my high score.
Pro Evo 6 (360) - Is shit.
FIFA 07 (360) - Is better.
Tiger Woods 07 (360) - Is better still. Finished a round on 16 under,
eagling 2 of the first 3 holes and getting tons of trophy balls in the
process. Four Tiger Challenges to go.
Guitar Hero 2 (PS2) - For multiplayer goodness.
Phoenix Wright: Justice For All (DS) - Made a start on the third case.
Max is a twat.
New Super Mario Bros (DS) - Which fucking pillock decided that momentum
was a good idea? On level 5-Tower, clearly very easy but I can't do it
as every time I jump on a block and let go of everything Mario proceeds
to run several paces before stopping, and falling off. Arsebandit.
Elite Beat Agents (DS) - More progress is a good thing.
> WANT
The usual. A Wii, although I'm not sure now if I should cancel my
pre-order for SMB. General consensus seems to be that the main game is
ace and the mini-games are shit, and I couldn't give a toss about the
main game. But apparently Rayman RR, for all its aceness, doesn't have
a great deal of mini-games that are good for multiplayer, and I want a
mini-game game for parties. Bah.
> BIN
My ability at retro/modern games, Mario not being able to stand still,
SMB putting quantity over quality, anyone who wants a PS3, the reign of
PES, Gamerscores starting with a 6.
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The Rev
> In article <4ti8plF...@mid.individual.net>,
> The Rev <the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sonic Rivals (PSP) - A good modern Sonic game! Not a great one and it's
>> as much a ride as a game in many ways - but it's a ride that works. Even
>> the two boss fights I've seen so far have been okay. Sonic bosses I
>> don't detest? Something's gone unexpectedly right here.
>
> Ooh, haven't heard about this. What's the 'Rivals' part of the title all
> about then?
It's a 2D Sonic racing game, basically.
Graphics are rendered in 3D, but the play is 2D, like Pandemonium of old.
It's you and another character racing to get to the end of the level
first. Stages aren't very complicated, but there are alternate routes there.
It's good lightweight fun.
TalkShowHost
"deKay" <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> wrote in message
news:oj08n2t0i6a8i9ae9...@4ax.com...
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 04
> Dec
> 2006 10:53:17 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk "TalkShowHost" <talksh...@NOSPAMblueyonder.co.uk>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Castlevania: Whatever it's called (DS)
>
> Portrait of Ruin
>
>>Supposed to be the best in the series so far and I do like thinking
>>platformers. And when was there a bad 2D Castlevania last on a Nintendo
>>console?
>
> <dons Hat of Provoking>
>
> Super Castlevania IV for the SNES.
>
> deKay
>
Exactly my point, it was so long ago that we can easily forget it, just like
the First World War (I know it had something to do with poppies and
Blackadder)
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TalkShowHost
Zomoniac
<talksh...@NOSPAMblueyonder.co.uk> said:
> Xbox 360 schedule
> What is there REALLY to look forwards to now? Nothing really appeals on
> the GoW level, does it?
Lost Planet
Mass Effect
Crackdown
Alan Wake
Forza 2
Halo 3
GTA IV
Assassin's Creed
Bioshock
Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway
PGR4
Alone In The Dark
Huxley
Virtua Tennis 3
Banjo Kazooie
Army Of Two
Halo Wars
Blue Dragon
The Darkness
Stranglehold
Too Human
Dance Dance Revolution Universe
Rain
Shadownrun
Kane & Lynch
Resident Evil 5
Fable 2
GTR
Half-Life 2/Ep1/Ep2/TF2/Portal
Guitar Hero 2
All in the next 12 months (hopefully). If there's nothing there for you
to look forward to then god knows how you've been satisfied with any
games over the last however many years, I've never seen a better
12-month line-up, and that doesn't even include the annual inevitables,
TH9, PES7, COD4, TW08 etc, or any of the Live Arcade titles, Sonic,
MSR2, SWOS, etc...
Alastair Foster
Viva Pinata (360)
Its great!!! And not the horrible cynical tv show cash-in i imagined. I
wasnt looking forward to it untill i was at work deciding between
R6:Vega (aka yet another 360 fps) or something completely different.
Glad i did!
WoW (PC)
Still raiding, still paying monthly, still bored =) Bah i am too
addicted to stop dammit. Bring on TBC so i have something to do!
FFIII (DS)
Not as difficult as some reviews have suggested but that maybe because
WoW has conditioned me for horrible character building grindfests so i
spend most of my time levelling up whilst on the toilet.
Want:
Wii !!!!
Hopefully the Gods at Nintendo will allow me to buy one from work on
wednesday like Microsoft did with the 360. If they do i will sacrifise
my first born child to Miyamoto (lie)
Zelda: TW
GIVEGIVEGIVEGIVEGIVEGIVEGIVEGIVEGIVEGIVE
Bin:
Christmas! I love Christmas i really do. Its great! What i dont like is
the 500% increase in customers at work that swear at me as we dont have
any pink DS lites instock.
TalkShowHost
"Zomoniac" <the_pro...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4tif69F...@mid.individual.net...
Only Huxley, The Darkness and RE5 really leap out tbh.
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Kendrick Kerwin Chua
<kend...@nospam.io> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Phantasy Star Collection (GBA) - I had forgotten that one of the
>characters in PS2 was named 'Amy' of all things. Did the original game
>start off all the new recruits at level one, forcing you to spend time
>levelling them up before taking them into the field?
Yeah, but they catch up really fast. If you've not played PS1 on it yet,
beware the random crashing save bug and save often!
>Ooh, haven't heard about this. What's the 'Rivals' part of the title all
>about then?
Excuse to add shit characters to the game.
Chris Stevens
>
> PLAY
Marble Blast Ultra (360)
What was meant to be a quick 10 minutes on Saturday turned into a big on and
off session that went most of the way through the weekend. I've now
reclaimed top spot on my friends leaderboard, but still feel like there's
more to be had.
Also, I can't believe they haven't released extra levels for this. You'd
think that it would be a relatively low-cost job to produce another 20 or so
levels, and people (well, me at least) would hungrily snap them up for a few
hundred points. Hell, even better, why not provide a level editor and allow
people to build their own?
PES 6 (360)
Did a couple of cup tournaments to try to recapture the form I had when I
first played this. Won them comfortably enough, and took my newly restored
confidence online. Sure enough I broke my 10 match losing streak on the
first game, and proceded to get a decent spread of results over the next
half dozen or so matches. Going to be playing this a lot over Christmas, I
think, especially as a couple of my real-life footy loving friends are
intending to pick up 360s over the next couple of weeks.
Tiger Woods (360)
Despite failing to play at all over the weekend, this has been comfortably
my most played game of the week once again. I really hope the online side of
it stays lively, because I'm nearing the point where there is little more to
be done in the single player game.
> WANT
Rainbow Six: Vegas (360)
Hopefully tomorrow. I wasn't going to get this, what with all the other
things I've shelled out recently for, but then I realised the utter madness
of me not buying a Rainbow Six game. The noises I've been hearing are that
it is back to its online best after the aberration that was Lockdown.
> BIN
Hopes of a wii this side of Christmas.
Quite apart from the fact that I'm not going to be able to spend Friday
morning wandering around the shops in a hunt for somewhere that's got stock
(which worked fine on Gamecube and 360 launch days - who needs pre-orders?),
my financial commitments over Christmas and New Year make such a purchase a
little difficult. I'll definitely be getting one, but I think I'll probably
wait until February/March of next year, when they'll be more readily
available, and hopefully will have a slightly wider selection of games.
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
ino...@gmail.com
> PLAY
GoW (X360)
Finally killed that end-game bastard. After spending something like an
hour making repeated attempts he glitched and stuck in one place, I
took him out quite easily after that. I consider this fair when put in
context with the number of times that the control system has stopped me
from running, thereby killing me in about 2 seconds. Started playing it
on Hardcore, not enjoying it as much, the game seems to have magically
lost all of its flow. I think that reviewers should be made to play
this on Casual, aswell as all the other people that don't seem to get
it. On Hardcore the Locust really make you work, no cover=>you're dead.
GW(X360)
Great fun, I am addicted again.
That's pretty much it.
> WANT
Desire to Want a Wii (Wii)
Everyone seems to be loving it, I seem to be shifting to the viewpoint
that I might not desperately want one. The thing that stops me is the
complete lack of games that I actually want to play on it. It of-course
would be super-awesome-fun to play this with other people but as a
single-player machine I don't really want one all that much.
Viva Pinata (X360)
It's out, I should buy it. I haven't done so for reasons unknown
Forza + Wheel (X360)
Pretty please, this is going to be awesome
HD-DVD and PS3
Just so that I can look at the eye-candy, no other reason.
> BIN
Dell 2407FPW
It's poo. Well, not completely poo, as a desktop monitor it works
great, it's just that all those other inputs are crap (VGA and DVI are
the only decent ones). I should have just got the 3007WPF, the only
reason that I didn't is that the 24" had more connections. I shall
leave it for a while and see if I don't grow to resent it, otherwise
it's going on eBay and I'm just getting with 3007WPF and a decent video
scaler to drive it.
deKay
2006 11:30:17 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Zomoniac
<the_pro...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> What is there REALLY to look forwards to now? Nothing really appeals on
>> the GoW level, does it?
>
<snip list>
So, anything *good* to look forward to then?
Zomoniac
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 4 Dec
> 2006 11:30:17 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Zomoniac
> <the_pro...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> What is there REALLY to look forwards to now? Nothing really appeals on
>>> the GoW level, does it?
>>
>
> <snip list>
>
>
> So, anything *good* to look forward to then?
Not for you, no. Except Banjo, since Rare are now back in your favour,
it seems.
Zomoniac
jochta
> PLAY
>
Guitar Hero II (PS2) - 24/40 songs done on Medium (can't be bothered
with Easy, it's just too boringly easy) nearly all on 5-stars and a few
perfects. Does gaming get any better than playing along to Sweet Child
O' Mine on a plastic guitar? Also did a few on Hard and completed my
first on Expert. Also played some co-op with SWMBO which was very funny,
how can anyone be so useless! I got further into the song with my 4-year
old daughter! Hope (and it's probably a false hope) that bass lines get
unlocked for single player.
Condemned (360) - Played through levels 4-7, a few scary moments but not
as bad as I feared (badum tish). Got all birds and metal pieces along
the way. Trying to finish this by Wednesday.
Viva Pinata (360) - Hmm, not sure what to make of this. It is good,
played a few hours got to level 10. Can see it getting boring quite
quickly though. Having to do the pac-man game every time you breed
something is already wearing thin. And it seems to make you wait as you
select two things until they do what you want, i.e. if you select moth
and direct to thistle, select worm direct to another worm, it forgets to
do the first thing. So you can't have multiple things going on at the
same time. Maybe it's me?
Rainbow Six: Vegas (360) - I like this, not so keen on some of the MP
modes though. Defusing the bomb mode is just plain broken. And the
points system is daft, how can it award more points for hiding and doing
nothing for 10 minutes than going out and killing the other team single
handed in 30s?
Tiger Woods 07 (360) - Haven't played it since didn't give me my 20pts
for playing in five daily tournaments. Cry.
>
> WANT
>
My Wii on Friday. Not sure which games to get, might need to preorder
some this week. Only got MonkeyBall on order so far. Really looking
forward to playing Super Mario 64 actually!
>
> BIN
>
I don't bin anything but my PSP is gathering dust, possibly the worst
handheld ever for various reasons. I will pick it up again in the
holidays but I don't need it at the moment.
BT blaming my router for not having any broadband yesterday me claiming
otherwise and them being right, bastards :)
Chris Whitworth
> A fair amount has been going on this week.
>
> PLAY
World of Warcraft (PC) - Mainly my alt, as I'm playing on my laptop a fair
bit at the moment. I daren't risk my main, although I can't think there's
much in the Burning Steppes that would cause it to struggle. Not sure I'm
completely taken with warlocks, mind. They're uber-squishy.
Tiger Woods 07 (X360) - My girlfriend got freaked out by the uncanny-valley-
ness of this. She got upset by Tanagawa being annoying, but not a real person.
Still uber-ace-sex-best.
That's about it this week. Been busy. Bah.
> WANT
Viva Pinata (X360) - Might even go out and buy this at lunchtime, despite not
having any money.
> BIN
Thieving cunty bastard ripoff merchant garages. ukp160 for a service is stupid.
Going elsewhere next year.
Chris
--
Gamertag: parm * BRING BACK BLUE SKY IN GAMES *
"Back when I was young, we had to travel back in time to put the tape in so
the game would load before we died."
Chris Whitworth
> On 2006-12-04 10:53:17 +0000, "TalkShowHost"
><talksh...@NOSPAMblueyonder.co.uk> said:
>
>> Xbox 360 schedule
>> What is there REALLY to look forwards to now? Nothing really appeals on
>> the GoW level, does it?
>
> Alan Wake
> Bioshock
> Too Human
> Guitar Hero 2
Well, those do.
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Zomoniac
<the_pro...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> So, anything *good* to look forward to then?
>
>Not for you, no. Except Banjo, since Rare are now back in your favour,
>it seems.
I was just baiting you, you know :)
Yes, I'm looking forward to Banjo now. I did like the N64 game, and DK64 (but
less so), but then they lost their way.
And these interest me too:
Mass Effect
Alan Wake
Forza 2
GTA IV
Bioshock
PGR4
Half-Life 2/Ep1/Ep2/TF2/Portal
Guitar Hero 2
See? I'm not all anti-360 at all.
Chris Stevens
news:45740e7d$0$10540$9a6e...@unlimited.newshosting.com...
> >
> > PLAY
> >
>
> Condemned (360) - Played through levels 4-7, a few scary moments but not
> as bad as I feared (badum tish). Got all birds and metal pieces along
> the way. Trying to finish this by Wednesday.
Try to tell me you didn't jump at least once during the department store
bit, and I'll call you a liar. Also, prepare some fresh underwear for level
9. :)
> Rainbow Six: Vegas (360) - I like this, not so keen on some of the MP
> modes though. Defusing the bomb mode is just plain broken. And the
> points system is daft, how can it award more points for hiding and doing
> nothing for 10 minutes than going out and killing the other team single
> handed in 30s?
Sounds like the sort of scoring system that is ideally suited to my style of
play.
> Tiger Woods 07 (360) - Haven't played it since didn't give me my 20pts
> for playing in five daily tournaments. Cry.
I've also been robbed in this way. Having said that, I didn't get the
'Getting the hang of it' achievement after winning my 5th online game.
Instead it randomly appeared some time the next day (just after signing in
to the EA servers), so I'm hoping the tournament one will turn up at some
point.
By the way, I still haven't played you online yet, have I? Give me a shout
if you fancy a league match.
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
Gunther Gloop
> Really looking
> forward to playing Super Mario 64 actually!
Huh?
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Zomoniac
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 4 Dec
> 2006 11:58:35 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Zomoniac
> <the_pro...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> So, anything *good* to look forward to then?
>>
>> Not for you, no. Except Banjo, since Rare are now back in your favour,
>> it seems.
>
> I was just baiting you, you know :)
Oh good. I can never tell, there were no smilies and whatnot :)
> Yes, I'm looking forward to Banjo now. I did like the N64 game, and DK64 (but
> less so), but then they lost their way.
>
> And these interest me too:
>
> Mass Effect
> Alan Wake
> Forza 2
> GTA IV
> Bioshock
> PGR4
> Half-Life 2/Ep1/Ep2/TF2/Portal
> Guitar Hero 2
I think Assassin's Creed is the one I most anticipate from the list,
and maybe Alan Wake.
> See? I'm not all anti-360 at all.
This is good. You do confuse me at times though, with your claims that
I like rubbish games yet you want every DS and Wii game ever made,
regardless of how good they are, yet claim to have no bias :)
Munkey Boy
> Only Huxley, The Darkness and RE5 really leap out tbh.
Ooh - Alan Wake *could* be great... I've still got my fingers crossed
for this one.
--
Munkey Boy ;-)
jochta
> jochta wrote:
>
>>Really looking
>>forward to playing Super Mario 64 actually!
>
>
> Huh?
>
>
On the Virtual Console. Yes i've played through it before on N64 and DS
but still a great game and I don't mind playing through it all over
again without having to see it in fuzzovision and having to get the N64
out of storage :)
TalkShowHost
Don't know about the removal of the blurred graphics. I thought that even
with a higher resolution it would be blurry if it's just emulation (which it
is).
I hope it is crystal clear though, as I also hope they do Blast Corps. in
clarity too.
jochta
> "jochta" <dontb...@spamoff.com> wrote in message
> news:457418dd$0$10524$9a6e...@unlimited.newshosting.com...
>
>>Gunther Gloop wrote:
>>
>>>jochta wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Really looking
>>>>forward to playing Super Mario 64 actually!
>>>
>>>
>>>Huh?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>On the Virtual Console. Yes i've played through it before on N64 and DS
>>but still a great game and I don't mind playing through it all over again
>>without having to see it in fuzzovision and having to get the N64 out of
>>storage :)
>
>
> Don't know about the removal of the blurred graphics. I thought that even
> with a higher resolution it would be blurry if it's just emulation (which it
> is).
> I hope it is crystal clear though, as I also hope they do Blast Corps. in
> clarity too.
>
>
I only played it in composhite before is what I mean.
DBSnappa
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 4 Dec
> 2006 11:30:17 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Zomoniac
> <the_pro...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> What is there REALLY to look forwards to now? Nothing really appeals on
>>> the GoW level, does it?
>
> <snip list>
>
>
> So, anything *good* to look forward to then?
>
>
You've already sold your soul to VP so you don't really need anything
else on the 360 for the next 12 months. :p
TalkShowHost
Same here. 14 inch TV in bedroom from start to finish. Those were the
days...
DBSnappa
weeks, along with Bioshock (AFAIK).Brothers In Arms looks very good as
well as Forza 2 and Assassin's Creed, but I don't really care either way
as I'm hoping to have a Wii and Z:TP before Christmas and that'll
probably keep me going until god knows when at my current rate of
attrition - I mean, I'm about 2/3rds of the way through Act 4 of GoW and
it's slow progress in Hardcore mode. It'll be at least another week
before that's done - then I can go back to CoD3, as well as Splinter
Cell:DA, GRAW and a stack of other games I haven't finished and want to.
DBSnappa
i
> spend most of my time levelling up whilst on the toilet.
>
[ste parker]
> "jochta" <dontb...@spamoff.com> wrote in message
> news:457418dd$0$10524$9a6e...@unlimited.newshosting.com...
>> Gunther Gloop wrote:
>>> jochta wrote:
>>>
>>>> Really looking
>>>> forward to playing Super Mario 64 actually!
>>>
>>> Huh?
>>>
>>>
>> On the Virtual Console. Yes i've played through it before on N64 and DS
>> but still a great game and I don't mind playing through it all over again
>> without having to see it in fuzzovision and having to get the N64 out of
>> storage :)
>
> Don't know about the removal of the blurred graphics. I thought that even
> with a higher resolution it would be blurry if it's just emulation (which it
> is).
> I hope it is crystal clear though, as I also hope they do Blast Corps. in
> clarity too.
>
Textures would still be blurry but any 3D models would be better defined
as a result, I'd have thought.
--
[ste]
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Zomoniac
<the_pro...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>This is good. You do confuse me at times though, with your claims that
>I like rubbish games yet you want every DS and Wii game ever made,
>regardless of how good they are, yet claim to have no bias :)
Yes, but just because I want them all doesn't mean I think they're all good.
In all likelihood, some will never even be opened.
ammo...@cc.full.stop.helsinki.fi
> TalkShowHost wrote:
>> "jochta" <dontb...@spamoff.com> wrote in message
>> news:457418dd$0$10524$9a6e...@unlimited.newshosting.com...
>>> On the Virtual Console. Yes i've played through it before on N64 and DS
>>> but still a great game and I don't mind playing through it all over again
>>> without having to see it in fuzzovision and having to get the N64 out of
>>> storage :)
>> Don't know about the removal of the blurred graphics. I thought that even
>> with a higher resolution it would be blurry if it's just emulation (which it
>> is).
>> I hope it is crystal clear though, as I also hope they do Blast Corps. in
>> clarity too.
> Textures would still be blurry but any 3D models would be better defined
> as a result, I'd have thought.
It'll be like playing OoT from the Zelda collection on the Gamecube. (In
fact, it probably uses the same emulator - SM64 already ran perfectly
on it if you went through the trouble of getting it running.)
-a
Zomoniac
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 4 Dec
> 2006 12:34:05 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Zomoniac
> <the_pro...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>> This is good. You do confuse me at times though, with your claims that
>> I like rubbish games yet you want every DS and Wii game ever made,
>> regardless of how good they are, yet claim to have no bias :)
>
> Yes, but just because I want them all doesn't mean I think they're all good.
> In all likelihood, some will never even be opened.
Fair enough, I was very much like this with DC games (I bought Spirit
Of Speed, says it all really), but I'm well aware of my blatant DC bias
and fanboi traits :)
Zomoniac
Indeed, SM64 on UltraHLE (ahh, back in the day) at 1024x768 with lots
of checkboxes ticked was a beautiful game.
Munkey Boy
> PLAY
Viva Pinata (360) - Well, thanks people, I'm on the crack cocaine that
is VP. Love the little touches, it's very rewarding, and I feel like I
really don't know what I'm doing and I can't keep up. I think I'm
getting old! But very enjoyable, and the mrs loves it too. I think
this'll still get played even when the Wii's in the house.
Rainbow Six Vegas (360) - I'm liking it so far, and it's got cover
woohoo! Tried a bit of face mapping, and it was distinctly
disconcerting to see what I'm going to look like when I'm 55 with a
receding hairline, but it does it to everyone apparently, so I'm not
taking it personally. Saving up for a helmet before I go online with
anyone I know.
Gears of War (360) - Different game on hardcore, and the class moves up
a gear (no pun intended). Really feels like you had a tough day at the
office when you clear a room, and I'm still on act 1. Maybe I'm just
too easliy pleased, but I love it.
> WANT
Wii! Still no confirmation call, despite HMV having my £30 deposit for
5 weeks now. Their first shipment is just 49 Wiis and I'm 60 something
in the list, but they have 120 before Xmas. There's still a possibility
it may come for Fri, but it's in the balance...
> BIN
HMV (if they don't come up with the goods - don't take my money if you
can't guarantee!)
Gamecube - now for sale! It's been good, and I'm sorry I didn't see you
as much as I ought to this year. I don't know how to break it to you,
but I'm leaving you for a younger, more playful model...
Red wine on a schoolnight - never again.
--
Munkey Boy ;-)
Mal Franks
the_rev_y...@hotmail.com says...
> PLAY
World Of Warcraft
One of my RL mates is playing it so I decided I'd reactivate my subs and
we rolled new toons on a PvE server and are levelling them together. I
have an undead warlock and he has a undead rogue. Hit level 10 last
night in Silverpine Forest.
Dark Age Of Camelot (US): Labyrinth Of The Minotaur (PC)
Spent only an hour playing on my US account this weekend. Visited the
Labyrinth, killed a few minotaurs and goblins - that's about it.
Dark Age Of Camelot (EU): Darkness Rising (PC)
most of my game time was spent in this however a good few hours on
Saturday was mainly spent buying a cottage with my 3rd account and
moving stuff from the house on my main account into that cottage and the
one owned by my 2nd account. Once that was done I downgraded my house to
a cottage. Mainly done because in addition to buying houses/cottages you
have to pay weekly rent too and a cottage is 20g a week but a house is
200g a week.
Once that was sorted I spent most of rest of my DAOC time with some
mates from various guilds running around RvRland killing enemies and
defending a keep containing an enemy realm's relic to prevent it being
returned to its rightful owners.
In DAOC forums at Freddyshouse there was much wailing and gnashing of
teeth with regard to some people in my realm taking this relic in the
early hours of the morning.
This resulted in some people threatening to quit the game (or at least
quit the server) and some people being temporarily banned for taking
control of the keep which had the relic in it and purposely downgrading
its defences so that enemy realm could get it back easier.
All the drama and whining...though mostly whining
http://forums.freddyshouse.com/showthread.php?t=210820
> WANT
Viva Pinata (360) - i think ;-)
HD-DVD drive (360)
> BIN
Spending 2 hours moving stuff between characters, houses in DAOC
People who make up their own rules for a game and expect the rest of us
to abide by it.
Crappy weather preventing me going out to take some photos..and my
laziness
--
Xbox Live Gamertag: MerseyMal
Dark Age Of Camelot
EU: Byronis & Terris [albion/excalibur]
US: Byronis [gaheris]
Chris Whitworth
>> WANT
>
> Wii! Still no confirmation call, despite HMV having my £30 deposit for
> 5 weeks now. Their first shipment is just 49 Wiis and I'm 60 something
> in the list, but they have 120 before Xmas. There's still a possibility
> it may come for Fri, but it's in the balance...
Got my confirmation today. Woo! I mean, Wii!
Of course, I won't be able to play it until Monday, but hey.
Munkey Boy
> On 2006-12-04, Munkey Boy <lawren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> WANT
> >
> > Wii! Still no confirmation call, despite HMV having my £30 deposit for
> > 5 weeks now. Their first shipment is just 49 Wiis and I'm 60 something
> > in the list, but they have 120 before Xmas. There's still a possibility
> > it may come for Fri, but it's in the balance...
>
> Got my confirmation today. Woo! I mean, Wii!
>
> Of course, I won't be able to play it until Monday, but hey.
...and I just got my call - no Wii for me on Friday :-(((( Going to be
a week at least. Nintendo to blame apparently...but like I say, HMV
shouldn't have taken my money - they are now in breach of contract.
Grrrr.
--
Munkey Boy ;-)
Chris Whitworth
Did they guarantee you one for launch day? Do you have a contract that says
that anywhere?
Shak
"Munkey Boy" <lawren...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1165251252.0...@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
--------------------------
Despite what others have said, I'm pretty certain they had never guaranteed
Wiis for deposits.
Shak
James Sutherland
news:4ti8plF...@mid.individual.net:
> A fair amount has been going on this week.
>
> PLAY
> Sonic Rivals (PSP)
I've been playing quite a lot of this. Finished with two characters and
nearly done with the other two. The last level is great. I have many
cards but can't quite work outwhat they're for, though they do seem to
have unlocked some kind of scary all-in-one leather outfit for Sonic.
Trauma Center (Wii) - The DS version never quite clicked with me, but
the Wii version is excellent. Somehow it's actually easier to control
than with the stylus, and the Wii bits they've added work really well.
They've clealy put quite a bit of thought into the controls and it's
paid off.
Monkey Ball (Wii) - Up to world 8, and it's starting to get tricky. I
think I need to finish the previous worlds with no continues to unlock
the remaining worlds. That'll take a while.
Mario 64 (Wii) - Rather more than I should have been, I think. Got to
the top floor yesterday.
Not been playing Zelda for the last few days. Waiting for an RGB lead.
> WANT
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS) - Out this week. Hope it's as good as
the previous one. Is this the first DS game ever with a subtitles that
doesn't start with the letters D and S?
Elebits (Wii) - When is this out? Nobody seems sure.
> BIN
>
> PSP Firmware Updates (PSP) - Every single time I put a new game into
> my PSP it tells me I have to install new firmware to play it. Which
> requires plugging the PSP into its charger. I'm excited when I get a
> new game! I just want to play it! Gah!
It is really annoying, particularly since the updates are mostly
security fixes, and anybody with older firmware can bypass the need to
update anyway. The only people this affects are people playing original
games.
Wii Virtual Console pricing. The recent Genesis Collection of 28 games
for PS2 cost $20. 28 Genesis games on virtual console would cost $224.
You could buy a PS2 plus the Genesis collection and still have change
from that.
Andrew Hollingbury
Kameo (360) - well, that was a bit underwhelming. Given that your last
transformation is not only several times stronger than everyone else and
has a move that renders it completely invincible, the final boss battle
ended up being an exercise in tedium more than anything else. Not an
awful game, but still not as good as it should have been.
Enchanted Arms (360) - the inclusion of an auto battle feature means I
don't actually have to play this. Which is probably a good thing, as
it's not exactly brilliant... about 15% complete, and I will soldier on
eventually.
Jeanne D'Arc (PSP) - it's a very solid strategy RPG, and that's all I can
really say thus far as I've only done three levels! It's nicely put
together but at this stage isn't very difficult and I haven't got a
varied enough party to see how the mechanics will really work.
Tales of Destiny (PS2) - this turned up today, so I've only put about
half an hour into it. I haven't got the hang of the battle system quite
yet (there's some weird "charge" system where every action takes up at
least a unit of charge, but it seems to regenerate randomly) but it's
very well presented and looks nice and deep. Unfortunately, you meet up
with the requisite Annoying Squeaky Girl character about 10 minutes in...
WANT
Blue Dragon (360) -
pleaseberegionfreepleaseberegionfreepleaseberegionfree. I've gone from
being completely disinterested in this to really quite hyped up about it
in the space of a week, and I'm not even very sure why.
Theme Park (DS) - I bought this on release way back when, and having a
portable version will be bliss.
BIN
My DS - I buggered the touch screen by stabbing it angrily playing
Ouendan so there's a small patch near the bottom right that doesn't
respond properly; unfortunately, it's right over where you have to press
to recalibrate the damn thing, so I can't do anything about it. Bugger.
Andrew H
Paul Tomlin
andrew.ho...@OHNOSPAMTRAPgooglemail.com says...
> WANT
>
> Blue Dragon (360) -
> pleaseberegionfreepleaseberegionfreepleaseberegionfree. I've gone from
> being completely disinterested in this to really quite hyped up about it
> in the space of a week, and I'm not even very sure why.
I decided to get the Japanese version after all, so as well as being
able to taunt you about having it AND the facilities to play it, I'll
make a point of trying it in the brothers Euro 360 and seeing if it'll
work...
Chris F
<the_pro...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On 2006-12-04 13:32:31 +0000, "[ste parker]" <imag...@hotmail.com> said:
>
>> TalkShowHost wrote:
>>> "jochta" <dontb...@spamoff.com> wrote in message
>>> news:457418dd$0$10524$9a6e...@unlimited.newshosting.com...
>>>> Gunther Gloop wrote:
>>>>> jochta wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Really looking
>>>>>> forward to playing Super Mario 64 actually!
>>>>>
>>>>> Huh?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> On the Virtual Console. Yes i've played through it before on N64 and DS
>>>> but still a great game and I don't mind playing through it all over
>>>> again without having to see it in fuzzovision and having to get the N64
>>>> out of storage :)
>>>
>>> Don't know about the removal of the blurred graphics. I thought that
>>> even with a higher resolution it would be blurry if it's just emulation
>>> (which it is).
>>> I hope it is crystal clear though, as I also hope they do Blast Corps.
>>> in clarity too.
>>>
>>
>> Textures would still be blurry but any 3D models would be better
>> defined as a result, I'd have thought.
>
>Indeed, SM64 on UltraHLE (ahh, back in the day) at 1024x768 with lots
>of checkboxes ticked was a beautiful game.
even if it did make mario look a bit like the michelin man :)
--
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http://live.xbox.com/member/Chrisflynnuk
Current eBay auctions: http://tinyurl.com/hutcb
360, DS, PS2 and Saturn Games For Auction.
Munkey Boy
>>...and I just got my call - no Wii for me on Friday :-(((( Going to be
>>a week at least. Nintendo to blame apparently...but like I say, HMV
>>shouldn't have taken my money - they are now in breach of contract.
>>Grrrr.
>
>
> Did they guarantee you one for launch day? Do you have a contract that says
> that anywhere?
>
> Chris
As soon as anyone takes money from you they form a contract (I asked my
local trading standards dept), and mine was agreed on the understanding
I'd get my Wii on Dec 8th. HMV are now in breach of that contract, as is
anyone's who gave money on the same understanding. Small claims courts
would pay out.
BASTARDOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
--
Munkey Boy ;-)
Not bitter, honest.
Zomoniac
<ja...@guybrush.demon.co.uk> said:
> The Rev <the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:4ti8plF...@mid.individual.net:
>> A fair amount has been going on this week.
>>
>> PLAY
>
>> Sonic Rivals (PSP)
>
> I've been playing quite a lot of this. Finished with two characters and
> nearly done with the other two. The last level is great. I have many
> cards but can't quite work outwhat they're for, though they do seem to
> have unlocked some kind of scary all-in-one leather outfit for Sonic.
>
> Trauma Center (Wii) - The DS version never quite clicked with me, but
> the Wii version is excellent. Somehow it's actually easier to control
> than with the stylus, and the Wii bits they've added work really well.
> They've clealy put quite a bit of thought into the controls and it's
> paid off.
You tried running this on a widescreen TV? I wouldn't mind knowing if
playing these (fucking stupid) 4:3 only games on stretched widescreen
causes the pointer sensor to get all confused.
James Sutherland
@mid.individual.net:
> You tried running this on a widescreen TV? I wouldn't mind knowing if
> playing these (fucking stupid) 4:3 only games on stretched widescreen
> causes the pointer sensor to get all confused.
It won't make a difference. The Wii doesn't know how big the screen is
anyway. I go between 4:3 and 16:9 when playing Virtual Console games, and
it doesn't affect anything.
Trauma Center is 2D for a lot of the time, so I can well see why they
wouldn't want to reframe it for widescreen. It'd be nowhere near as easy as
it is with 3D stuff.
Shak
news:VC1dh.2828$GF5....@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
The empty DVD case inviting me to reserve my HMV Wii had a disclaimer at the
bottom saying that they couldn't guarantee a machine for release day. It's
precisely why I went to Game.
Shak
Nick
Play:
Project Gotham 3 (360)
I've suddenly got back into this as I've realised that the Platinum
awards aren't actually _that_ hard... Although a whole hour trying to
do one of the cone challenges is probably quite excessive. Once the
album I was listening to looped I really got frustrated! Still great
fun online as well - with a few regular posters here no less.
Gears of War (360)
Part way through Act 4, switched to Hardcore during Act 2 so I might go
back and do the first two to get the achievements. Much better co-op
with a real-life friend - hosting a public co-op seems to result in
muppets disconnecting just before a checkpoint. What a shame that
dropping out isn't as seamless as dropping in.
Fight Night Round 3 (360)
Playing through the single player, not yet brave enough to venture onto
Live. Much more entertaining than it really should be.
Want:
Oblivion and Test Drive: Unlimited from HMV in their 2 for 1 deal.
Rainbow Six: Vegas
One of the Call of Duty games, everyone says they're great
FIFA2007, Tiger Woods 2007 from a friend who works for EA
Bin:
People being too busy in real life to play co-op on GoW
Me being too busy working in real life to play much of anything
Paying £900 excess on car repairs so I can't afford the stuff in my
Want list
Nick
Gamertag: XBoxNick
Zomoniac
> Want:
> One of the Call of Duty games, everyone says they're great
General consensus seems to be that (for the single-player campaign at
least) 2 is better.
DBSnappa
>
> One of the Call of Duty games, everyone says they're great
>
and you won't be disappointed that way around - you can get if from
Play-Asia for about 95p with the current exchange rate. ;-)
Chris Stevens
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> > >
> > > PLAY
> > >
> > Tiger Woods 07 (360) - Haven't played it since didn't give me my 20pts
> > for playing in five daily tournaments. Cry.
>
> I've also been robbed in this way. Having said that, I didn't get the
> 'Getting the hang of it' achievement after winning my 5th online game.
> Instead it randomly appeared some time the next day (just after signing in
> to the EA servers), so I'm hoping the tournament one will turn up at some
> point.
Apologies for talking to myself, but it seems (from browsing the TW07 forums
at xbox.com) that this achievement is broken, and unachievable (rather like
the 'play some online' achievement from TW06, which they never patched).
Arse!
There goes my long term MWC goal of getting 1000/1000 gamerpoints from it by
the end of the year. :(
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
jochta
I did play another one last night just to make sure and it didn't give
it. Now I know it's bust I shan't bother playing any more, since the
winner always shoots 45 or 46.
And we need to play a league match :)
And level 8 of Condemned done so level 9 for me tonight, clean undies at
the ready...
WCZ
> Chris Stevens wrote:
>> "Chris Stevens" <ne...@thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote in message
>> news:el13s6$t3i$1...@aioe.org...
>>
>>>"jochta" <dontb...@spamoff.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>>>>PLAY
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Tiger Woods 07 (360) - Haven't played it since didn't give me my 20pts
>>>>for playing in five daily tournaments. Cry.
>>>
>>>I've also been robbed in this way. Having said that, I didn't get the
>>>'Getting the hang of it' achievement after winning my 5th online game.
>>>Instead it randomly appeared some time the next day (just after signing
>>>in
>>>to the EA servers), so I'm hoping the tournament one will turn up at some
>>>point.
>>
>>
>> Apologies for talking to myself, but it seems (from browsing the TW07
>> forums
>> at xbox.com) that this achievement is broken, and unachievable (rather
>> like
>> the 'play some online' achievement from TW06, which they never patched).
>> Arse!
>> There goes my long term MWC goal of getting 1000/1000 gamerpoints from it
>> by
>> the end of the year. :(
I believe that in section 5385, subsection 3324, clause A of the MWC rules,
a failure to complete a MWC due to acts of God, terrorism or EA incompetance
nullifies the MWC.
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>> GT: SomethingWitty
>>
>>
>
> I did play another one last night just to make sure and it didn't give it.
> Now I know it's bust I shan't bother playing any more, since the winner
> always shoots 45 or 46.
>
> And we need to play a league match :)
You won't need to schedule much time for that as it only takes about 20
minutes to play 10 holes.
Nick
DBSnappa wrote:
Cheers guys - 2 seems to be cheaper on play.com - £17.99 delivered...
Maybe I'll skip 3 and just go for that!
Chris Stevens
> >
> > Apologies for talking to myself, but it seems (from browsing the TW07
forums
> > at xbox.com) that this achievement is broken, and unachievable (rather
like
> > the 'play some online' achievement from TW06, which they never patched).
> > Arse!
>
> it. Now I know it's bust I shan't bother playing any more, since the
> winner always shoots 45 or 46.
I know, it's ridiculous - even on the tour mode ones, with hideous
conditions where mere mortals struggle to break par, the winners are
*always* in the 40s.
> And we need to play a league match :)
Whenever you fancy. I'll give you a shout if I see you online.
> And level 8 of Condemned done so level 9 for me tonight, clean undies at
> the ready...
There's a particular part I have in mind - I won't spoil it for you by
saying any more, but it didn't half make me jump.
I wish I hadn't traded it, now. I think I'd quite enjoy playing through it
again, looking for the birds/metal without the constant fear of something
happening suddenly and making me squeal like a girl. :)
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
Chris Stevens
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> >> Arse!
> >> There goes my long term MWC goal of getting 1000/1000 gamerpoints from
it
> >> by
> >> the end of the year. :(
>
> I believe that in section 5385, subsection 3324, clause A of the MWC
rules,
> a failure to complete a MWC due to acts of God, terrorism or EA
incompetance
> nullifies the MWC.
I guess I can still aim for the 100% completion achievement, which excludes
all the online stuff. Useless bastards though, eh?
> >
> > And we need to play a league match :)
>
> You won't need to schedule much time for that as it only takes about 20
> minutes to play 10 holes.
Tsk. You shouldn't tar everyone else with the same brush as yourself. ;)
Besides, we made it to about the 12th, didn't we?
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
Russell Marks
> PLAY
R/C Stunt Copter (PS1) - finished on Rookie (I can't really handle it
without the auto-level etc.). It's not bad once you get the general
idea, but IMHO it should have had simplified controls and more
interesting goals. As it is the goals are fairly basic and the
difficulty is purely down to fighting the controls, which is a pretty
odd way to do things. Also, the free-flight option (which I think you
don't even have to unlock) is a nice idea but mostly useless in
practice, because all the levels are tiny. I did like the one where
you pilot a dragonfly though. :-)
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 (GC) - this is similar to the original,
just with bigger levels, a better framerate, and much higher
difficulty (though it does disguise this by letting you unlock new
levels long before finishing the existing ones). It's still painfully
slow, still very glitchy, still has arguably the most awkward controls
of any of the TH-ish games, and still has a ridiculous number of
competitions, I think it's ten this time (and they're too hard right
from the start, I couldn't even get a bronze on the first). No danger
of finishing this one.
SSX Tricky (PS2) - this is... playable, but surprisingly poor really.
In some ways it's not so different from SSX3 (the first one I tried)
but it just feels very stilted, awkward, and slow in comparison.
Retro Force demo (PS1) - I can't say I'll be buying the game, but it
seemed reasonable enough for a basic Xevious 3D/G-style shooter.
> WANT
A bunch of games to arrive, specifically Virtua Fighter 4 (PS2), Need
For Speed 3: Hot Pursuit (PS1), Donkey Kong (SGB), Tetris (GB), and a
Super Gameboy. Getting those last two is something I've been meaning
to do for over ten years now, better late than never... :-)
> BIN
Lots of very glitchy behaviour in Dave Mirra 2. The number of times I
inexplicably smacked into a rail rather than grinding it (while
holding the grind button) was just ridiculous - one easy grind-related
goal in the Commercial district I had to do about five times before it
would finally accept it.
Several PS1 demos - Tank Racer wasn't quite as crap as it sounded, but
still very bland and overly hard. Medievil 2 was crap, and I didn't
think much of the non-optional rumble for every single footstep. (!)
Urban Chaos, Bloodlines, and Rugrats were all rubbish. As for the
Yaroze "Adventure Game", that didn't seem to work at all. Presumably
that's PS2-related, I'll have to dig out my actual PS1 somewhen and
try it on that.
Warpath: Jurassic Park (PS1) - unfortunately I got this and ODT in the
same bundle as Everybody's Golf 2 (which I've not tried yet) and R/C.
It's a generic Primal Rage clone in 3D, basically; I think the best
thing you can say about this is that the graphics don't suck too much
for a PS1 game.
ODT (PS1) - so tedious-looking that I didn't bother with more than the
attract mode.
Sega Extreme Sports (DC) - below-average snowboarding, awkward
hang-gliding, and annoying ATV (Worst. Engine Noise. Ever.) mashed
together into something so awful it's hard to believe they put "Sega"
on it. Speaking of which:
> Sonic The Hedgehog Genesis (GBA) - By rights, the person who decided
> to release this should face criminal charges. I'd read everything
> about this online and it was still worse than I expected.
So they're even messing up the original 2D games now? That's progress
for you...
-Rus.
Rach
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 04 Dec
> 2006 09:40:58 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk The Rev
> <the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>> PLAY
>
> Viva Pinata (360)
> I love this game. It has magic time warping powers too, as 10 minutes is
> suddenly three hours. I've been trying to get an Elephanilla, but haven't
> quite got there yet.
>
> Animal Crossing (DS)
> Mainly just for K.K. Slider though. Almost a year done though. Looking
> forward to ending it all now.
I lost interest in AC about 6 months ago :(, I'll probably go back to it
at some point though.
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Rach
Well recently all I've been playing is the Sims2 on PC, Still addicted!
I should really be giving Pheonix Wright 2 more attention though as I'm
on the last level.
> WANT
A Wii just like everyone else and I'm very high on the list in game :)
I'll most likley be getting Zelda and Wii play (for the remote!)
Eternal Darkness (GC) for my Wii, I never did complete it on the GC but
loved it! I'll probably be buying Freeloader as well, will it work on
the Wii?
Yoshi's Island DS - I'll be giving this a go since I never played the
original so I'll probably enjoy it more than most!
Elite Beat Agents (DS)
> BIN
WOW - I never really got into it, nor see the point in it :(
Zomoniac
<ne...@thestevensfamily.plus.com> said:
Well apparently 4 users, by the names "BigD 420Chief", "Jimjeg77",
"MJP5469" and "VW GTI 337" (or "sad wanker", take your pick) have the
full 1000, but there are many people on 980, all missing the play 5
tourneys achievement. So maybe it was doable and then they broke it,
like the way I managed to get the trade achievement the day I got TDU,
and then they broke it so for about three months I was one of about six
people in the world who actually had it.
Shak
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>> WANT
>
> Eternal Darkness (GC) for my Wii, I never did complete it on the GC but
> loved it! I'll probably be buying Freeloader as well, will it work on the
> Wii?
>
Definitely one of my favourite games on the GC, and I'm so glad I'll get to
play it on the Wii too.
I'll see the full play-through-three-times ending one day.
Shak
Toby Newman
>> PLAY
>
> Eternal Darkness (GC) for my Wii, I never did complete it on the GC but
> loved it! I'll probably be buying Freeloader as well, will it work on
> the Wii?
Early reports indicate: Yes.
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