Christmas day, Want, Bin
Lister
Fuck all, still feeling ill
WANT
Not to be ill, like, now please
BIN
Being Ill
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> PLAY
>
>
> Fuck all, still feeling ill
Akk. That's no fun. Postpone xmas until you feel better.
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Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> PLAY
The "learning where I come from and what's important game" - RL
> WANT
To save all my pennies to come home (no really!). Anyone have a couple
of grand handy?
> BIN
Low salaries, lethal wildlife, no culture worth mentioning and missing
my family.
Bah humbug :-D
Choobs
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Lister
wrote:
>Lister wrote:
>> PLAY
>>
>>
>> Fuck all, still feeling ill
>
>Akk. That's no fun. Postpone xmas until you feel better.
I wish
Resident Drunk
> Lister wrote:
>> PLAY
>
> The "learning where I come from and what's important game" - RL
>
>> WANT
>
> To save all my pennies to come home (no really!). Anyone have a couple
> of grand handy?
>
>> BIN
>
> Low salaries, lethal wildlife, no culture worth mentioning and missing
> my family.
>
> Bah humbug :-D
>
> Choobs
So not a good experience then ?
I'd be interested to know what you dislike. I am seriously considering
selling my house and business in a couple of years which should make me
enough to retire (frugally) and Oz is one of the considered destinations.
deKay
> PLAY
Contact (DS)
This is ACE! Why didn't I start playing this sooner?
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)
No PoR yet, so will be getting through the GBA titles in the meantime.
This is also aces. Even if your main character is called Nathan. What
the hell kind of hero is called Nathan?
GUITAR HERO (PS2)
RAWK!! Taking Buzz with me was a great idea, as it meant that I could
play this wot I got today. Gaming-atheistic inlaws vacated the room though.
Qwak (GBA)
Too chuffing hard. But ace!
>
> WANT
>
Nothing. Well, bar every DS and Wii game ever.
> BIN
Oooh, dunno. Nothing, as it's Christmas!
Rach
> PLAY
>
>
> Fuck all, still feeling ill
>
>
>
> WANT
>
> Not to be ill, like, now please
>
>
> BIN
>
>
>
> Being Ill
If its the flu, I feel for you!
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Rach
> PLAY
Guitar Hero 2 (PS2) - Great game, I love it! I never played the first
one so I'm just loving it.
Canis Canem Edit (PS2) - I played this for an hour or so yesterday. Not
really got into it yet, there dosnt seem to be any storyline so far and
I seem to be doing random things for no reason!
Fifa 07 - I'm still trying to figure out how to do tricks and dummy's
and the instruction manual isnt any good because the controller doesn't
seem to respond.
Singstar Party - Wasn't on this long because the neighbours could hear
me singing :(
Zelda (Wii) - Got about 12 or so hours in now and loving it!
> WANT
Warioware (Wii) and Trauma Center (Wii) - Hurry up and bring them out
> BIN
Wired ps2 controllers and crazy dogs!
Mal Franks
fa...@SPAMclara.net says...
> PLAY
will get the obvious one out of the way first...
Dark Age Of Camelot: Labyrinth Of The Minotaur - Friar fun on a "classic
server"
apart from that the only game I played this long Xmas weekend was
Viva Pinata (360) - The missus got me this for xmas W00T!
> WANT
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off work
> BIN
Having to work on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Arriva
Steve J
>> PLAY
Buzz! The Big Quiz (PS2)
Having great fun last Christmas with Buzz! The Music Quiz we bought the Big
Quiz mainly because it supports up to eight players, and I was very
disappointed and annoyed to find in reality that it doesn’t. Not in the main
mode anyway, just in three quite dull extra, tacked on modes and I feel quite
cheated as I was expecting to have a proper eight player games when we have
family down over Christmas. There are also no difficulty levels and when
playing with kids the questions vary from preschool easy to how-the-hell-
would-they-know-that, with more of them being the latter meaning they get
frustrated and bored quite quickly. Great with a group of older teens/adults
maybe, but for us, rubbish.
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
It's like the excellent Guitar Hero but even more betterer, and now I finally
have two guitars for multiplayer. The red guitar is mine, and mine alone,
naturally.
Viva Pinata (360)
A bargain for £19.99 from Woolworths. I think I'm going to enjoy it but it
hasn't had a proper chance yet with other Christmas activities.
42 All-Time Classics (DS)
My brain is dysfunctional as I still can't clear any of the Escape puzzles to
clear stamp mode. I may be looking for a new DS later after this one gets
smashed up the wall.
Wii Sports (Wii)
General multiplayer fun over the Christmas period. Doesn't appear to be a
short-term novelty machine yet, in our house at least.
>> WANT
>
> Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off work
Snap.
Trauma Centre (Wii)
Wario Wario Smooth Moves (Wii)
The Settlers of Catan (XBLA) - Apparently reviewed in the official mag so it
can't be far off release now.
Carcassonne (XBLA)
My preordered copy of Zelda: TTP to arrive from HMV.
>> BIN
>
> Having to work on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Tell me about it.
Buzz! The Big Quiz and it's misleading packaging.
Sliding block puzzles still.
Sweet Child O' Mine not being available from the start in Guitar Hero II.
Zelda: TTP not having arrived before Christmas.
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Lister
wrote:
>> BIN
>>
>>
>>
>> Being Ill
>
>If its the flu, I feel for you!
Thanks, hope your day was better than mine
The Rev
> PLAY
Nothing on Christmas itself, except the Friends Scene It DVD board game.
My sister won, as everyone expected. In the days before...
Zelda: Twilight Princess (WII) - It's ace. Can't remember what I was doing.
Assault Heroes (360) - It's all right. I quite enjoying having a quick
blast before playing other stuff.
Lumines II (360) - It's ace.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS) - It's annoying, boss-wise. I'm
actually having to force myself to play, which never happens with
Castlevania.
And all sorts of fabulous Virtual Console games on the Wii.
> WANT
TV Drive to have recorded Doctor Who. If it hasn't I may cry. I just got
home so haven't yet checked. Must get off Internet, actually, so I don't
catch spoilers by mistake.
Not to have to work tomorrow, Thursday and Friday.
A Wii component cable.
> BIN
Having to work tomorrow, Thursday and Friday.
Finding out unexpectedly that my car I've had since Spetember has an
alarm when I didn't think it did.
A certain Xbox Live Arcade game that's bloody awful but which I won't
name and shame because - hey! - it's Christmas. But you know.
deKay
2006 03:29:21 -0600, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Steve J <qwe...@qwerty.invalid>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>> PLAY
>
>Buzz! The Big Quiz (PS2)
>Having great fun last Christmas with Buzz! The Music Quiz we bought the Big
>Quiz mainly because it supports up to eight players, and I was very
>disappointed and annoyed to find in reality that it doesn’t. Not in the main
>mode anyway, just in three quite dull extra, tacked on modes and I feel quite
>cheated as I was expecting to have a proper eight player games when we have
>family down over Christmas.
Hmm. I'm pretty sure we played 8-player "normal" mode (albeit with a few
rounds missing) earlier in the year. Well, 7 player as one buzzer was broken.
deKay
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> So not a good experience then ?
>
> I'd be interested to know what you dislike. I am seriously considering
> selling my house and business in a couple of years which should make me
> enough to retire (frugally) and Oz is one of the considered destinations.
It depends what you're looking for. We thought the "outdoor lifestyle"
was nature walks, playing on the grass, rummaging through the bushes,
going on hikes, etc. You can't do that - it's too hot and dangerous. The
outdoor lifestyle is eating in the garden, cooking in the garden, going
to the beach and the marina. If you're one of the "beautiful people" or
a country-club type then you'll love it. If not, well....
Also - if you are leaving family behind, don't under estimate JUST HOW
FAR AWAY IT IS. Particularly if someone becomes ill.
If you have kids - they have wonderful opportunities here, right up to
the point where they're setting out on their own at which point they
pretty much have no choice but to go to the cities which are (a)
shitholes and (b) very very far away. If you're taking kids over with
you, have a think about where they'll go in the unlikely event that you
and the missus pop your clogs at the same time.
All in all, this is a wonderful beautiful country but too many of the
above are simply show-stoppers for us.
Steve J
>>Buzz! The Big Quiz (PS2)
>>Having great fun last Christmas with Buzz! The Music Quiz we bought the
>>Big Quiz mainly because it supports up to eight players, and I was very
>>disappointed and annoyed to find in reality that it doesn't. Not in the
>>main mode anyway, just in three quite dull extra, tacked on modes and I
>>feel quite cheated as I was expecting to have a proper eight player
>>games when we have family down over Christmas.
>
> Hmm. I'm pretty sure we played 8-player "normal" mode (albeit with a
> few rounds missing) earlier in the year. Well, 7 player as one buzzer
> was broken.
Let me guess, was it the (blatently stealing Tim's joke from the Opera thread
in the Nintendo group) Norfolk edition you were playing?
Rach
> Guitar Hero II (PS2)
> It's like the excellent Guitar Hero but even more betterer, and now I finally
> have two guitars for multiplayer. The red guitar is mine, and mine alone,
> naturally.
I'm gutted because mine is black :(
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Steve J <qwe...@qwerty.invalid>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> Hmm. I'm pretty sure we played 8-player "normal" mode (albeit with a
>> few rounds missing) earlier in the year. Well, 7 player as one buzzer
>> was broken.
>
>Let me guess, was it the (blatently stealing Tim's joke from the Opera thread
>in the Nintendo group) Norfolk edition you were playing?
HAHAHAHAHA. Oh, my sides.
Yes. The Norfolk one. With the special tractor pull minigame.
Steve J
>>> Hmm. I'm pretty sure we played 8-player "normal" mode (albeit with a
>>> few rounds missing) earlier in the year. Well, 7 player as one buzzer
>>> was broken.
>>
>>Let me guess, was it the (blatently stealing Tim's joke from the Opera
>>thread in the Nintendo group) Norfolk edition you were playing?
>
> HAHAHAHAHA. Oh, my sides.
>
> Yes. The Norfolk one. With the special tractor pull minigame.
But seriously, we couldn't see any normal eight-player mode. Unfortunate,
because that is why I bought it.
Chris F
wrote:
>Steve J wrote:
>
>> Guitar Hero II (PS2)
>> It's like the excellent Guitar Hero but even more betterer, and now I finally
>> have two guitars for multiplayer. The red guitar is mine, and mine alone,
>> naturally.
>
>I'm gutted because mine is black :(
the 360 one looks far, far better.
thoht it could do with being available in a few more colours than the
off-white 360 norm.
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Play
A little bit of COD3 (360) which is good
Half Life 2 Episode 1 - which I've given about 4 hrs to over the last few
days as I have this weird thing about playing FPS' over Christmas for some
reason
Civ 4 - my fav game ever.
Wii.................... I bought one off ebay because I needed this for Xmas
and boy it hasn't let me down.
Yesterday we had some of the family over ages 29, 34, 34, 57, 59, 61, 66 and
everyone played it and everyone loved it. I could post loads about this and
I might do later but suffice to say the blokes loved Golf (both are keen
golfers) and everyone loved bowling and tennis - esp tennis, also played
quite a bit of laser hockey. Just awesome. The only downsides are having to
open all the Rayman games up via the single player and the fact that I
haven't even started Zelda yet - but that does give me something to look
forward to.
Want
hmm, Wario, Monkeyball, my Viz annual, Damien Rice 9.
Bin
My breakfast this morning....1x banana, 1x entire bowl of peanuts, 4x mini
mars bars things from Celebration tin
My travelling for work in Jan - away for 13 days in total :(
James Sutherland
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> PLAY
Dynasty Warriors Vol 2 (PSP) - Been playing a load of this over the last
few days, and it's much better than the reviews would suggest. If you
like Dynasty Warriors, that is. Although it's probably been done for
technical reasons, I really like the more tactical approach to the
battles that comes from spliting them up into small zones, rather than
being free roaming. It's all fairly mindless, of course, but there're a
load of characters to unlock and lots of routes through the game. You
really can't go far wrong with a game that lets you send enemies flying
by charging at them on an elephant. As long as you only buy one every
two or three years (rather than all ten they release each month), the
Dynasty Warriors series is actually really good fun.
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin (DS) - Still playing the extra character
modes. One of these uses the touch screen quite nicely, and is quite a
fun bonus.
Qwak (GBA) - I've got as far as is possible on the easiest mode, so I've
started on the next one up. Which is quite a bit harder. Very impressive
that a single person can get a game like this made and manufactured.
Zelda (Wii) - Very good, but I don't think I like it as much as Okami.
> WANT
Romance of the Three Kingdoms to come out on PSP or DS (in English).
Because I really like the idea of the series, but find it hard to get in
to on a home console. I think I'd play it as a portable game, though.
Oh, and a handheld version of Civ, of course.
> BIN
Home ports of arcade games on Virtual Console. PC Engine R-Type was good
enough at the time, but I'd rather have the arcade version. Also Donkey
Kong and SF2. I bet they release NES Pac Man at some point too.
Bubble Bobble (PSP) - Fucking hell. Just don't buy it, even if you see
it really, really cheap. Unless, you know, you want to buy it from me.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
James Sutherland <ja...@guybrush.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> WANT
>
>Romance of the Three Kingdoms to come out on PSP or DS (in English).
>Because I really like the idea of the series, but find it hard to get in
>to on a home console. I think I'd play it as a portable game, though.
>Oh, and a handheld version of Civ, of course.
There is an N-gage version of Civilisation, but that only benefits myself
and deKay. I own a copy, and the only reason it works at all is because of
the twelve action buttons available to select various options. The game
would be prohibtively unplayable on a GBA, but the DS would be a
reasonable candidate for a port.
-KKC, who is busy with holiday nonsense which precludes any time for
gaming. Dammit.
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> PLAY
Canis Canem Edit (PS2) - pretty good, though it's certainly more of a
GTA: The Early Years than I'd expected, even if it is all catapults
and stink bombs and snowball fights. I don't like the rather clumsy
way they bolted on the Shenmue-style forced day/night routine, the
days seem much shorter than in Shenmue and it can get frustrating at
times, especially given that you're *supposed* to be attending lessons
(at least for a while) in addition to playing the game proper. It's a
nice touch that the actual lessons are boring optional minigames,
which sounds about right. :-)
Generally it is a bit too GTA-does-Shenmue-in-school and suffers
compared to both, and the missions are overly fond of being either
protracted multi-section beat-em-ups (the last mission in chapter 2
springs to mind as one of the worst examples so far) or slightly
tedious pranks reminiscent of THUG2 on a bad day, but it still manages
to be fun despite all that.
Resident Evil 4 (PS2) - finished this off before Christmas. After I
got the CT (for bosses) I thought I'd try a maxed-out TMP, as I've
never really bothered with those in the main game. It's much too weak,
and you don't get enough ammo to use it much, but it made a change
from my predictable Red9/shotgun/rifle approach. :-)
SSX On Tour (GC) - just a very quick go on this so far, in Quick Play;
I was surprised to see Mario/Luigi/Peach immediately available there.
After all the negative comments I've read about this one, so far this
looks better than I'd expected. Even the weird idea of ubers (or
whatever they're called now) being on the C-stick isn't a problem for
long. It's a shame you can't change the button used for a "reset" like
you can in SSX3 though.
> WANT
To have a go at Ico (PS2) and (if I can face those pesky spiders
again) Resident Evil 3 (DC). But I think I'll leave those at least
until I've got through CCE, and possibly SSX OT.
Yakuza (PS2) to arrive - Game in reasonable-online-price shock (£10) -
but I really don't know when I'll play it. In some ways it sounds
similar to CCE, so I expect I'll tackle most of the other games I've
got pending first. Given the way the price has been plummeting
recently, this'll probably be going for a fiver by the time I get
around to it. :-)
> BIN
Some annoyances in CCE:
- Frustrating stealth bits, which are pretty basic but make you repeat
them from scratch if you screw up.
- Frequent, fairly long loading delays when you enter/exit buildings
or even rooms. It tends to hammer the disc pretty hard the rest of
the time too.
- Heavy distance blurring, which is really off-putting when you're
outside. The kid clearly needs glasses or something.
- A couple of really bizarrely tough lesson minigames (given how easy
the others are). Shop in particular, and also the later levels of
English.
- You can save photos when you unlock the camera, but it only ever
lets you view them in small, dark, horizontally-squished form on the
photo-album screen. They might as well not have bothered.
- Rather basic skateboarding. It does get you around faster which is
handy, and I know it isn't trying to be a Tony Hawk game or
anything, but it wouldn't have killed them to let you do a kickflip
or a grind once in a while.
- The fact that it features a stupid brute called Russell. :-)
An odd little inconsistency I spotted in GTA:SA. If you have maxed-out
health it's actually safer to jump off a building *without* a
parachute, as you'll always survive no matter how far you fall. If you
do have a parachute, you need a lot of height to be able to open it in
time, and if you don't open it you're dead.
-Rus.
Paul Tomlin
> PLAY
Onechanbara Vortex (360) - The latest installment of the game TheRev
knows as Zombie Zone. Hilariously gratuitous in every way possible. This
one even has a costume edit feature which allows you strip the
characters down to their underwear (if, you know, the bikini, cowboy hat
and boots combo is a little too tasteful for you). The gore level is
just insane - I particularly like the way that the blood splatters and
runs down the screen.
As for the actual game, well, its playable enough. I suspect the levels
are a lot shorter than the previous games since I've not been stuck on
any of them for an hour, but there are 20 or so stages rather than the
five or six in the previous games. Theres a selection of characters and
some tag-team switching in this one too. Probably not improved enough
over the previous games to warrent the full-price they are asking, but
its decent enough I guess.
Earth Defense Force 3 (360) - Just great, and the frame rate is rock-
solid this time around.
Zelda:TP (Wii) - I've been playing for around 25 hours now. I'm still
enjoying it, but it is starting to get to the point where I'm not sure
how much longer it'll keep my attention for.
Bomberman '93 (Wii VC) - Screw WiiSports, this was the X'Mas day game of
choice. I eagerly await further, better Bomberman games being VC'd.
Castlevania:PoR (DS) - I'm only really an hour or so in, so I've not
really formed an opinion yet.
Blue Dragon (360) - Only for an hour, then I went back to Zelda. They'd
only really just introduced the combat system properly when I stopped,
so I don't really have any comment on it at the moment.
Gunstar Heroes (Wii VC) - I'd not played this back in the day, so I at
least have an excuse to suck at it ^^;
> WANT
Gundam Musou (PS3) - Dynasty Warriors with Gundams rather than
characters from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which obviously makes it
far more awesome. Probably not awesome enough to get a PS3 for, though.
iMAS (360)
> BIN
The BBC seemingly not producing anything other than Doctor Who spin-offs
at the moment. I like Doctor Who, but that doesn't mean I want to watch
nothing but the series. It's getting rather OTT at the moment.
The Rev
>
> Onechanbara Vortex (360)
Hmm, Play Asia have this in stock but still don't seem to know if it's
region free or not.
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Paul Tomlin
says...
> Paul Tomlin wrote:
> >
> > Onechanbara Vortex (360)
>
> Hmm, Play Asia have this in stock but still don't seem to know if it's
> region free or not.
>
>
which has been region free yet.
Pessimist
"Lister" <fa...@SPAMclara.net> wrote in message
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> PLAY
Zelda :WW (GC) - Bought in May 2003... I'm still nowhere near finishing
this. And I suspect I never will. That's why I like it. Looks twelve
thousand times better than Gears of War.
> WANT
Two toasted sandwiches and a cup of tea.
> BIN
Zelda: TP (GC) - It looks ugly. I don't want it in my home.
Wii - The product concept is flawed. The technology is unimpressive. The
launch games are pitiful. Probably the biggest lemon since Bono had a
mid-life crisis.
PS3 - In terms of high-quality games, it's been a very poor start indeed for
Sony's latest offering.
Xbox 360 - The accountant's console.
-P
[ste parker]
>
> Wii - The product concept is flawed. The technology is unimpressive.
It may be unimpressive to you, but for most people I've shown it to,
right or wrong, they've all been amazed by what it does.
> The
> launch games are pitiful.
Most of them, yes, hopefully it'll improve....
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Resident Drunk
> "Lister" <fa...@SPAMclara.net> wrote in message
> news:e840p2p0piiprn2gp...@4ax.com...
>> PLAY
>
> Zelda :WW (GC) - Bought in May 2003... I'm still nowhere near
> finishing this. And I suspect I never will. That's why I like it.
> Looks twelve thousand times better than Gears of War.
>
>> WANT
>
> Two toasted sandwiches and a cup of tea.
>
>> BIN
>
> Zelda: TP (GC) - It looks ugly. I don't want it in my home.
>
> Wii - The product concept is flawed. The technology is unimpressive.
> The launch games are pitiful. Probably the biggest lemon since Bono
> had a mid-life crisis.
4 people who have been to my house over the Christmas period are buying one
at the earliest opportunity.
I am addicted to tennis - probably the first game to grab my jaded interest
so much in years and it was free.
> PS3 - In terms of high-quality games, it's been a very poor start
> indeed for Sony's latest offering.
> Xbox 360 - The accountant's console.
Or, a really well presented package with some superb games.
[ste parker]
>
> 4 people who have been to my house over the Christmas period are buying one
> at the earliest opportunity.
>
> I am addicted to tennis - probably the first game to grab my jaded interest
> so much in years and it was free.
>
At first I dismissed it as novelty but I'm quite getting into it now in
single player, certainly good for 10 or 20 mins a day. It's quite
challenging once you get up a few skill points, and you start to know
more about where the ball is going to end up.
--
[ste]
Toby Newman
> At 25 Dec 2006 18:03:26 +0000 Lister wrote:
>> PLAY
>
> Contact (DS)
> This is ACE! Why didn't I start playing this sooner?
>
> Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)
> No PoR yet, so will be getting through the GBA titles in the meantime.
> This is also aces. Even if your main character is called Nathan. What
> the hell kind of hero is called Nathan?
This has been my game de choix for some months now. I'm facing the final
boss at the moment and he is, as they say, a 'bast'.
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>> BIN
> Home ports of arcade games on Virtual Console. PC Engine R-Type was good
> enough at the time, but I'd rather have the arcade version. Also Donkey
> Kong and SF2. I bet they release NES Pac Man at some point too.
Likewise with Golden Axe. I want the arcade version on VC.
Pessimist
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> Pessimist wrote:
>> "Lister" <fa...@SPAMclara.net> wrote in message
>> news:e840p2p0piiprn2gp...@4ax.com...
>>> PLAY
>>
>> Zelda :WW (GC) - Bought in May 2003... I'm still nowhere near
>> finishing this. And I suspect I never will. That's why I like it.
>> Looks twelve thousand times better than Gears of War.
>>
>>> WANT
>>
>> Two toasted sandwiches and a cup of tea.
>>
>>> BIN
>>
>> Zelda: TP (GC) - It looks ugly. I don't want it in my home.
>>
>> Wii - The product concept is flawed. The technology is unimpressive.
>> The launch games are pitiful. Probably the biggest lemon since Bono
>> had a mid-life crisis.
>
> 4 people who have been to my house over the Christmas period are buying
> one at the earliest opportunity.
>
> I am addicted to tennis - probably the first game to grab my jaded
> interest so much in years and it was free.
As you may have gathered, my personal jaded interest appears to be alive and
well as far as all three "next generation" consoles are concerned.
Not a single "next gen" game has been released that has me itching to buy a
new system. And my PS2/GC/Xbox have more than enough unfinished games
between them to keep me occupied for several years, so it will take
something pretty special to convince me to buy yet another new console. Wii
Sports isn't that game. The forthcoming Mario and Metroid games may be hard
for me to resist, though. Wii shall see...
>> PS3 - In terms of high-quality games, it's been a very poor start
>> indeed for Sony's latest offering.
>
>> Xbox 360 - The accountant's console.
>
> Or, a really well presented package with some superb games.
Well, I still haven't seen a single game for the Xbox 360 that would
convince me to buy one. I'm fond of a decent racing game or ten, so I'm keen
to see how Forza 2 turns out, but I have quite a few racing games that I
want to polish off on the older systems, so I'm in no particular rush to
play that. And even reading about all the "Tom Clancy's Gears of Duty" stuff
bores me to tears these days, so they're not worth bothering with.
What's left? Oblivion...? I'd rather eat fresh walrus vomit off a rotting
otter's scalp than wade through that shite. Endless American sports
games...? Great stuff for some, I'm sure, but I can easily live without
them. Viva Pinata...? Just doesn't look like my type of game, TBH. The fact
is that the vast majority of Xbox 360 games look look like bland, formulaic,
American-friendy shite to me. I just can't be arsed with it.
Any other people out there who are perfectly happy to stick with their
unfinished "last gen" games for a while...?
-P
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
>
>Any other people out there who are perfectly happy to stick with their
>unfinished "last gen" games for a while...?
I fit this category, but for much cheerier reasons than you have stated
for yourself. As my tastes tend towards RPG titles, I enjoy games like
Oblivion, the Tales series and the Final Fantasy series. As these types of
games really haven't penetrated the libraries of the newer consoles, I'm
perfectly content not to buy a Wii or a PS3 until the right game comes
along. As with any generation, it should be about the games themselves and
not just about the technology.
On the other hand, as PS3 games are all region-free I have been toying
with the idea of importing a JPN-region unit so I can leverage the nice
Japanese RPG library. I can continue to use my local PS2 for localised
games and make use of the backwards compatibility on the PS3 for Wizardry,
the Musou games and anything else that doesn't require a lot of Japanese
reading skills.
-KKC, enjoying the Dragon Tails archives, and wondering if Choobs can be
convinced to visit Tim Dawson to ask what's holding up new comics...
[ste parker]
>
> Any other people out there who are perfectly happy to stick with their
> unfinished "last gen" games for a while...?
>
That's part of the reason I got a Wii, my last gen games are all GC
anyway so I can just play them on there (well, bar the couple I can't).
Other than that, I see what you mean about the games.
--
[ste]
neil h
What's the backwards compatability like on the Wii? I haven't seen much
mention of it yet - does it run at the same speed as the GC? Any weird
video problems? Any games that it can't cope with?
--
neil h.
http://www.lost.eu/e31c
[ste parker]
>
> What's the backwards compatability like on the Wii? I haven't seen much
> mention of it yet - does it run at the same speed as the GC? Any weird
> video problems? Any games that it can't cope with?
>
I've had no problems, apart from the UK wii not running Freeloader.
--
[ste]
cboy77
"neil h" <neil_h...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4vkvjmF...@mid.individual.net...
Funny you should mention it, I've tried it out for the first time this
afternoon. Spent a couple of hours playing double dash in prog scan on my
ntsc wii. Looks lovely.