Play, Want, Binibinibonoboo. Ooo.
Toby
PLA
===
DOA XBV (XB)
My girlfriend was away at the weekend, so I spent many hours playing
this I'm afraid! I also showed it to a friend of mine and she's totally
addicted to collecting all the swimsuits, and is going to buy the game
herself. I'm just totally addicted to right-trigger, and have no shame
of this fact :D
Bangai-O (DC)
I honestly think this is one of the best games I own.
I'm on level 39 at the moment. HOW EXCITING IS THAT! I'll be really
upset when I do finish Bangai-O... I've been playing it for about 3
years and it always allows me to justify keeping my DC with zero guilt.
I have Bangai-O love.
Jet Set Radio Future (XB)
In a direct offshoot from having an unstable PC (see 'want') I have
cracked out this old number. I got JSRF free when I bought the Xbox, and
thought I'd played it quite a lot, but when I booted up the disk I was
embarrased to see the savegame only had 1hr30min saved. I deleted that,
started over, and have now clocked somewhere around 15 hours in this
game. Tons of fun! I like how the music playlist gradually grows as you
play the game - unlocking new music tracks.
Space Channel Five (GBA-SP)
On loan from a friend. I'm quite impressed how close it is to the DC
version. It's just as fun, but easier to play, because it fits in my
pocket. Mini Ulala. In my pocket. Yum.
Wario Ware Twisted (GBA-SP)
Collecting Crowns. 90% too easy. 10% perfect.
Lego Star Wars (XB)
I don't own this, but have been playing it around a friends' house. This
is good, because I can just enjoy it for what it is, fun, without
feeling guilty that it's quite a repetitive collect-a-thon, as I would
if I owned the game myself.
WAN
===
My PC to work properly
Or maybe not? My PC is very unstable at the moment - I can run simple
tasks (browse web, even multitrack audio) for hours with complete
stability. As soon as I stress the CPU (play a game, or even visit a
Flash website) my +12v line goes through the roof and my PSU starts to
smell burney. Play any longer, and it's down to the shops for another
PSU.
This has the result of me using my PC for work only, and my consoles for
games, which has had the knock-on effect of making me enjoy my consoles
much more than usual and dig out things like JSRF.
So, actually, I think this is a good thing, and I'm not even sure if I
want to fix the problem any time soon!
BIN
===
PSUs that don't stabilise both the +12v and the +5.5v lines. But this
isn't uk.comp.homebuilt.
--
Toby.
Add the word afiduluminag to the subject
field to circumvent my email filters.
Ignore any mail delivery error.
Kulgan
====
Resident Evil 4 - Rocket Launcher.... Mmmmm...
WANT
=====
A decent, non-repetetive MMORPG...
My new Games Room TV to arrive (should be today)
BIN
===
Motion sickness from Halflife 2. What is that about?!?! I've never had
motion sickness before from a game. I can play Halflife 2 (on an LCD)
for about an hour before I have to stop because I am literally about to
vomit.
Andy advice???
Zomoniac
slrndfe2jd...@ID-171443.user.uni-berlin.de, "Toby"
<goo...@asktoby.com> wrote:
>
> PLA
> ===
Being very ill and not liking it (RL). Too ill to even play games.
Almost selling a PSP. I had a number of offers, but after seeing a few new
videos (Burnout, Virtua Tennis and Pro Evo) I've decided not to part with
it. Probably shouldn't have sold my WipEout now, damn you Chris!
Buying cheap games and FINALLY ending my never ending hunt for a new copy of
Worms World Party! Got it on a 3 for £10 with Dungeon Keeper 2 and World
Championship Snooker 2003, which will hopefully be as good as the orgasmic
Virtual Pool 3. And I got Oddworld from Game in the £10 thing. And some
cheap Amazon stuff, MP2, Midway Arcade 2, Second Sight and Sega Superstars
to trade in somewhere.
> WAN
> ===
An Xbox 360. With every new screen I see, every new word I read relating to
PGR3 I need this thing just a little bit more. I'm now dying of need!
More PSP games (PES, BO, VT, GT).
More DS games (AC, MK, SMB).
Less chance of illness.
Tyres that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat).
> BIN
> ===
Most of my collection, as my thread a week or two ago made clear.
Waiting for my 360.
Zo
The Rev
> PLA
> ===
> Jet Set Radio Future (XB)
> In a direct offshoot from having an unstable PC (see 'want') I have
> cracked out this old number. I got JSRF free when I bought the Xbox, and
> thought I'd played it quite a lot, but when I booted up the disk I was
> embarrased to see the savegame only had 1hr30min saved.
I often do this. I thought I'd played loads of GT4, but when I loaded it
up I was, er, 2.7% done. And I was sure I'd finished my US Katamari
Damacy as well as my Japanese one, but I'm only on Star Four.
Timesplitters Future Perfect (XBOX) - Oh dear. It's brilliant. The
levels have bags of character as do the, er, characters, there's lots of
different things to do, it looks lovely and controls well... but there's
one fatal flaw: a lack of checkpoints. I've given up in frustration on
the game twice now. If I [DIE IN ANNOYING SPOILERY PLACE ON MORE TIME]
this game will go into the bin and be remembered by me as an object
lesson in how to ruin a wonderful game. Course, I could just drop it
down to easy...
Makai Kingdom (PS2) - Glad now that I skipped Pucelle and Brave. Having
great fun with this now I'm (mostly) past the confusion stage. Not
progressing much, just buggering about testing theories and having fun.
Which is kind of the point, I guess.
Espgaluda (PS2) - This is a great shooter. Really great. One day I might
see level three!
GTA: SA (PS2) - No missions, just cop chases and general pissing about
in fast cars and planes. Lots of it, actually. I've got a girlfriend now
who lets me keep my stuff if I get busted, I'm trying to do that instead
of getting wasted if I can't actually get away.
Meteos (DS) - Little bursts of Deluge.
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (MOB) - Excellent for being stuck in
roadworks on the bus.
Also tried out some other games, like Katamari Damacy, GT4 and Castle of
Shikigami 2, but not enough to really put them in the play section.
> WAN
> ===
>
> My PC to work properly
Mine's been behaving since I reformatted, but probably because I've not
been playing any problem games on it. And talking of PCs...
FEAR (PC) - Demo ace. Want full game.
Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (XBOX) - See above. Will buy from Game,
though, as rampaging around the place might get boring within ten days.
Usual DS games.
Not to buy too many PSP games on UK launch day. I hope I've learned my
lesson from buying the awful Atari collection on DS launch day, just
because I could finally buy DS games in the shops.
Burnout Revenge to have fixed Crash mode high score tables, because
despite getting highly annoyed with Burnout 3 it was fun for a good few
hours so I will be buying it.
> BIN
> ===
America's 10 Most Wanted (PS2) - Got it for a couple of quid or so ages
ago to laugh at. So I copied it to my hard drive and put it on for a
quick go. And laughed at it. I might actually play it again, mind. The
'best' bit isn't that infinite enemies respawn directly behind you, but
that the game turns into an absolutely terrible fighting game when you
meet a boss. That's a lovely touch.
Copying games to PS2 hard drive. Got 49 on there now and still could
have copied more. But I got bored and left such 'classics' as Twisted
Metal Black and Star Wars Racer Revenge off. If I do ever feel like
playing them I've got the discs after all. An awful lot of my old PS2
games are getting very cloudy now, though, which is worrying. They
seemed to get read okay by my PC, though.
Mike Jenkins
Lumines (PSP) - The UK Resistance love for this game inspired me to
switch my PSP on for the first time in months and my word, it is
amazingly good. I beat my high score then immediately cocked up as the
game sped up to insane levels but I will be back. And the music is
brilliant.
Pikmin 2 (GC) - Only had a quick go at this but seems to be great. The
extra player helps enormously but the lack of time limit removes some of
the urgency from the play. Still, it's supposed to be much bigger than
the first one so that's OK I suppose.
> WAN
>===
PES5 (PSP) - This is looking good and I want it.
Virtua Tennis (PSP) - See above.
Meteos + Kirby (DS) - I will get these eventually.
NTSC-UK to activate my forums account so I can flog stuff there.
> BIN
>===
Paper Mario 2 - The battles are just too much. You would need the
patience of a Saint to play this game for any length of time, and I have
no patience at all, so out it goes.
--
Mike Jenkins
Dreamcast/Gamecube FAQs - http://www.kwik-e-mart.org
Mike's Auctions: http://tinyurl.com/2374h
Toby
> BIN
> ===
> Motion sickness from Halflife 2. What is that about?!?! I've never had
> motion sickness before from a game. I can play Halflife 2 (on an LCD)
> for about an hour before I have to stop because I am literally about to
> vomit.
>
> Andy advice???
I don't know, but I would try things like altering the FOV ingame,
altering the resolution, making sure the lights in the room are on,
or if that doesn't work, try it with them off, avoid alcohol, sit back
from the screen...
deKay
2005 08:31:57 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby <goo...@asktoby.com> fornis do
marikano es bono tan el:
>PLA
>===
Manhunt (PS2)
What a steaming pile of poo that game was. And who'd have thought you could
tire of whacking a guy's head off with a crowbar, eh? Anyway, completed now.
Meteos (DS)
Best. Game. Evar. Even though my (already feeble) scores have now been
obliterated on Cyberscore ALREADY. Tch. Forte is the best planet, by the
way. FACT.
Viewtiful Joe 2 (GC)
WHAT!? It's EASY? Something not right there! Yes, so I'm playing it on Kids
Mode, but still - that was near impossible on the first game. I'm just
starting Reel 4, and I've only died once, I think. Drill Sergeant Big John ==
BEST.
>WAN
>===
I now have *11* DS games on pre-order. So, I want some of them to arrive now.
Also want Jump! Superstars to get here right now as well.
>BIN
>===
Erm, Manhunt, I suppose.
I was also going to say my GC, as I haven't used it (excpet to play GBA games)
in a while, but then, I've started playing VJ2 on it, and love it so it isn't
going in.
Game for having sales.
deKay
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Bobby Internet
Outrun 2 - Xbox Live - A Friend got signed up at about midnight on Saturday
so Outrun until 4:30 AM is go!!!
WA
PSP - Virtua Tennis - Is there anyone who doesn't want this?
Links on Live, everyone is sold out, CEX do it for £6 alledgedly
BI
Halo 2 - Live - I am teh rubbish
Bob
The Rev
> Also want Jump! Superstars to get here right now as well.
Me too, so you can tell me it's rubbish and not to buy it.
ZipZap
"Toby" <goo...@asktoby.com> wrote in message
news:slrndfe2jd...@ID-171443.user.uni-berlin.de...
>
> PLA
> ===
>
Mushihimesama (PS2)
I never really got into Espgaluda in the same was as Dodonpachi DOJ, but
this game totally has me loving Cave again! It has three different play
modes, one which is a little like shooters of old, with not so many bullets
that all travel quite fast, one (my favourite) which is the traditional Cave
mode featuring hundreds of slow moving bullets for you to weave through, and
finally, the mode for those Japanese kids with super-human gaming abilities
who you always see on the appreciate DVDs! :) Great gameplay, beautiful
pixel-art, best shooter in ages!
Haunting Grounds (PS2)
I always quite liked the look of this, but it's not really gripped me so
far. Elements of it are quite good, the dog was one thing in particular
which stood out and also the fear effects were nice, but as many of the
reviews said, having the monster start chasing your every few screens can
get really irritating after a while. Just as you think you're getting
somewhere, he appears again and you have to run back a dozen screens to
escape!
>
> WAN
> ===
Winning Eleven 9 (PS2)
I was going to hold out for PES this year, after WE8 feeling a little
unfinished, but all the good comments on message boards have made me break
once again! Looking forward to it very much.
Katamari 2 (PS2)
Not had much time for games lately, so other things have pushed this one
out, but it's still high on my wants list!
> BIN
> ===
Having to cut this short to carry on working! :(
Chris Whitworth
===
Lumines (PSP) - Got all the Challenge mode skins unlocked now (except the 999k
one) with a high score of 360k. Definitely getting the hang of this now.
Zomoniac's copy of WipEout (PSP) - Waaaay too goddamned difficult, and I'm
only on Flash Beta... Still ace.
Beating up my laptop's braindead USB support (Windows) - I hate computers.
WAN
===
> Bangai-O (DC)
> I have Bangai-O love.
This, for PSP or DS. PLEASE. WANT. NOW.
Virtua Tennis (PSP) - I think. Half of me really wants this, half of me never,
ever, ever wants to see this game ever again, ever.
BIN
===
USB. All teh ghey.
Chris
--
"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."
The Rev
> Mushihimesama (PS2)
> I never really got into Espgaluda in the same was as Dodonpachi DOJ, but
> this game totally has me loving Cave again!
I should be getting this as soon as Play Asia can find me a Korean copy
of Giga Wing Generations to go with it. (Korean version ten quid cheaper
than Japanese version and one language I can't understand is much like
another, I reckon.)
I really want shooters like this to be included as part of the Xbox
Arcade on the 360 instead of rubbish shareware Galaxian clones. I'd love
to be downloading them for ten or fifteen quid instead of paying up to
thirty five quid for them.
Nathan
and maintain peace!!!
> I should be getting this as soon as Play Asia can find me a Korean copy
> of Giga Wing Generations to go with it. (Korean version ten quid cheaper
> than Japanese version and one language I can't understand is much like
> another, I reckon.)
Well I thought many Korean versions had japanese in them anyway. I don't
know why, that doesn't make any sense.
And japanese is easier to not understand because really those katakana
menus become quite easy to recognise after a while since they're all in
english, just not written with english letters (opushon etc)
--
Nathan.
Bow to the Cow!
The Rev
>
> Well I thought many Korean versions had japanese in them anyway. I don't
> know why, that doesn't make any sense.
Might do. I hope so, actually, because...
> And japanese is easier to not understand because really those katakana
> menus become quite easy to recognise after a while since they're all in
> english, just not written with english letters (opushon etc)
...I can't read them that well, but I can tell the difference between OK
and Cancel, normally.
Nathan
planet and maintain peace!!!
>> Well I thought many Korean versions had japanese in them anyway. I
Yeah I mean I'm assuming you've seen this ages ago but
http://www.ntsc-uk.com/tech.php?tech=GuideToJapanese
...really is quite helpful.
Before I knew any of that stuff Japanese games looked so alien but, for
example, most of the actual menus in Meteos are in katakana, and thusly,
are actually in english. or 'engrish' rather. It's surprising just how
much of japanese games are in english, even though they do a good job of
disguising that with their squiggles.
Toby
BIN
===
Clever games programmers:
Playing DOA:XBV last night, I tried the "old faithful" Shenmue II/Leisure
Suit Larry technique of gambling with 50/50 odds and high stakes, and turning
the console off if you lose.
You can't. They don't let you back into the Casino that day if you don't quit the
casino elegantly.
ammo...@cc.full.stop.helsinki.fi
> I forgot a bin:
> BIN
> ===
> Clever games programmers:
> Playing DOA:XBV last night, I tried the "old faithful" Shenmue II/Leisure
> Suit Larry technique of gambling with 50/50 odds and high stakes, and turning
> the console off if you lose.
> You can't. They don't let you back into the Casino that day if you don't quit the
> casino elegantly.
Every game should have a Mr. Resetti.
-a
deKay
00:52:44 -0700, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk "Kulgan" <nickam...@gmail.com> fornis do marikano es
bono tan el:
>Motion sickness from Halflife 2. What is that about?!?! I've never had
>motion sickness before from a game. I can play Halflife 2 (on an LCD)
>for about an hour before I have to stop because I am literally about to
>vomit.
>
>Andy advice???
I'd advise against Andy, personally.
[ste parker]
>
> Motion sickness from Halflife 2. What is that about?!?! I've never had
> motion sickness before from a game. I can play Halflife 2 (on an LCD)
> for about an hour before I have to stop because I am literally about to
> vomit.
>
> Andy advice???
>
Turn the screen bob off?
--
[ste]
"Calling a player who needs a lot of persuasion to stay at
the club 'loyal' is as silly as saying someone who needs
to be coaxed out of jumping off a building 'loves life'"
F365 letters.
BombayMix
Rome Total War: Was on holiday last week and Medieval Total War was the
only "game" (See later) on my Sister's laptop. Prompted me to go back
and play Rome. I enjoyed it first time round but it got too repetitive
and easy too quickly. I started a new campaign, upped the difficult and
download the realism mods. My armies are current invading Greece with
Sparta being my price catch so far.
Battlefield 2: Just got this before I went off and boy is it fun. I
totally suck at it, having not much in an FPS background. But at least
I'm not the worse player! Very easy to pick up and play. Ok the logon
process a bit longwinded and I'm very good at flying helicopters
backwards into the ground but the basic FPS and land vehicles are easy
to pick up. Battles are a bit uncoordinated; everyone just basically
goes for it but it very hectic and great fun.
WoW: Probably, still got and active but my attention seem to have gone
elsewhere. Being playing various mmorpg for most of the year and I
think I'm a bit mmorpg-ed out.
I will NOT be playing:
Dora The Explorer Backpack Adventures: My nieces were playing this on
my sister's laptop. Playing with help from me that is. Rather good
animation it must be said. Looked and sounded just like the TV show and
not some dodgy cheap cash in. And its from Atari too!!
Want:
To go back on holiday
Bin:
<Insert witty comment here because I can't think of one right now!>
Nils Tanner
got it all completely wrong and wrote:
>
>PLA
>===
Burnout 2 & 3 (PS2): Mainly hree though, together with a friend. The
loading times are horrific and the speaker should be shot immediately.
But the crash-mode is quite nice, and playing the game together with a
friend and a few beers is very amusing.
Next to nothing apart from that, although we had a look at a few games
such as PN03 and Obscure...
>WAN
>===
To be able to drink beer without gaining weight
>BIN
>===
My weight. Probably.
Charlatan Festoon
>PLA
>====
>
>Resident Evil 4 - Rocket Launcher.... Mmmmm...
The game that has brought me back to gaming. Sheer excellence.
>WANT
>=====
Nintendogs. In English, natch.
>BIN
>===
XBox 360
PS3
It all looks the same to me.
Trousers
goo...@asktoby.com says...
>
> PLA
> ===
Timesplitters Future Perfect : Excellence - the kind of game that I
really love. Never takes itself seriously - numerous actually humerous
references to other games/films (pda's, a scientist called Gordon and
"Game over man") and never feels unfair. Unlike the Rev I think the
checkpoints are fairly evenly spaced and haven't hit a frustrating point
so far. Also the stealth bits are ace because it doesn't matter if you
bollocks them up through impatience / shitness - you just have to shoot
more people.
POP:SOT : SMELLY PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT. I loved this game I really did
and had in fact commented on the fact that it was fair and even handed
throughout even though the combat was shite. Then I get to a level where
you have to walk on slender beams yet get attacked at the same time by
birds, but you can't block. Just fuck off already. I will have a couple
more goes then consign it to the bin.
The Incredibles : It started off well then became an absolute sack of
useless pixel perfect ledge jumping bollocks. Hateful.
> WAN
> ===
A Nintendo DS. I'll never play the thing I know but I just WANT one.
> BIN
> ===
The Incredibles
POP:SOT if it doesn't sort itself out.
Paul Tomlin
wet noodle:
>Toby wrote:
>Makai Kingdom (PS2) - Glad now that I skipped Pucelle and Brave. Having
>great fun with this now I'm (mostly) past the confusion stage. Not
>progressing much, just buggering about testing theories and having fun.
>Which is kind of the point, I guess.
Pfffft, you should play at least Brave at some point (they made far
better use of the gridless system in that game - I particularly liked
the slidey stages which everyone else no doubt hated). Skipping
Pucelle is far enough, I suppose, being rather dated now, though
personally I really liked the more balanced gameplay compared to
Disgaea.
>Copying games to PS2 hard drive. Got 49 on there now and still could
>have copied more. But I got bored and left such 'classics' as Twisted
>Metal Black and Star Wars Racer Revenge off. If I do ever feel like
>playing them I've got the discs after all. An awful lot of my old PS2
>games are getting very cloudy now, though, which is worrying. They
>seemed to get read okay by my PC, though.
I was going to make a comment along the lines of "Only 49! Bloody
hell, thats quite a few!", but then realised I have close to 100 now
^_^;
I don't even think I've played half of them...
Paul Tomlin
>
>PLA
>===
>
>DOA XBV (XB)
>My girlfriend was away at the weekend, so I spent many hours playing
>this I'm afraid! I also showed it to a friend of mine and she's totally
>addicted to collecting all the swimsuits, and is going to buy the game
>herself. I'm just totally addicted to right-trigger, and have no shame
>of this fact :D
I have this game, but I don't think I've actually played it (to be
honest, I don't think I've used my X-Box much at all since the launch
month). I really should at some point, but I have to admit I'm sadder
than most and only bought it because Maaya Sakamoto was on the voice
cast...
This weeks play:-
Makai Kingdom (PS2)
Finished the quick blast through to catch all the story. Its now time
to go back through to find some of the extras until I get bored of it.
>WAN
>===
I keep kind of wanting Generation of CE (PS2 - its an isometric strat.
game based on Gundam SEED (Destiny)), but the actual game looks like
garbage. The 3D cell-shaded attack animations and cinematics looks
awesome though. Similarly, the japanese TV ads for Super Robot Wars
Alpha 3 (PS2) - a 3D SRPG featuring characters and mecha from more
anime and games than you can shake a stick at (stuff like Virtual On,
assorted Macross show (yes, inc. Basara Nekki), Gundams, Evangelion,
etc) - make it look all kinds of awesome, but then they only show the
attack animations on that as well.
Slightly more normal, I'd love to get my hands on a copy of early
PSOne Nippon Ichi game Rhapsody - A Musical Adventure, but since
Disgaea the prices have elavated to a level I wouldn't want to pay.
>BIN
>===
Nothing. I'm in a good mood this week.
James Sutherland
171443.user.uni-berlin.de:
> PLA
Nanostray (DS) - I'm still really enjoying this. Exactly the sort of
thing that works well on a handheld system, as you can play it in short
bursts.
namCollection (PS2) - The games aren't enhanced, it turns out (Play Asia
changed their page after it shipped). Also, they've changed the music
and speech on Ridge Racer (I think; it sounds like they've remade it for
some reason). Klonoa is great, though. I missed it when it originally
came out.
Played some Makai Kingdom too, but not very much. Will get into it more
this week.
> WAN
Tokyo Bus Guide 2 (PS2) - This was supposed to be out a few weeks back,
but it's delayed. Looks like it might be a bit less import-friendly than
the original, unfortunately.
> BIN
Customs and the Royal Mail. I don't mind paying VAT, that's fine, but
why do they have to make it such a pain? Not only do customs hold on to
your package for at least a week in order to work out how much to charge
you, but then the Royal Mail don't deliver it to you, but just stick a
card through your door after a few more days to tell you to come and
collect it. Why can't I just pay it online and have them bring it to me
the next day? Or even phone up with my credit card details, if they
don't want to be that high tech?
Cthulhu mang
> Bangai-O (DC)
> I honestly think this is one of the best games I own.
> I'm on level 39 at the moment. HOW EXCITING IS THAT! I'll be really
> upset when I do finish Bangai-O... I've been playing it for about 3
> years and it always allows me to justify keeping my DC with zero guilt.
> I have Bangai-O love.
mehh, i was just talking about my Bangai-O love today!
I'm shocked that you haven't completed it yet after all these years, talk
about savouring the experience.
The last level allows the most awesome In The Zone gameplay i have ever
experienced (well, apart from NIGHTS: Into Dreams, that is.) i adore it.
Before my DC was relegated due to lack of room, i was up to Level 11 in the
Don't Take A Hit And Get Bonus Points Galore game.
Cthulhu mang
@news.karoo.co.uk:
> Then I get to a level where
> you have to walk on slender beams yet get attacked at the same time by
> birds, but you can't block. Just fuck off already. I will have a couple
> more goes then consign it to the bin.
That was really horrible until you figure out the exact time to strike
(when the bird pulls its head back, IIRC) and since the birds attack one at
a time it's just a case of steady-away.
The Rev
> Timesplitters Future Perfect : Excellence - the kind of game that I
> really love. Never takes itself seriously - numerous actually humerous
> references to other games/films (pda's, a scientist called Gordon and
> "Game over man") and never feels unfair. Unlike the Rev I think the
> checkpoints are fairly evenly spaced and haven't hit a frustrating
> point so far.
The two places I've really felt the need for a check point where there
hasn't been one are -
S
P
O
I
L
E
R
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After the sniping section up the top of the water tower and after the
Deerhaunter.
I know that would mean having checkpoints close together, but after
sections like that I think you need them.
(Of course, I might not have felt the need so badly if I hadn't started
both sections with so little health.)
Toby
> POP:SOT : SMELLY PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT. I loved this game I really did
> and had in fact commented on the fact that it was fair and even handed
> throughout even though the combat was shite. Then I get to a level where
> you have to walk on slender beams yet get attacked at the same time by
> birds, but you can't block. Just fuck off already. I will have a couple
> more goes then consign it to the bin.
The birds are infuriating until you suss out the trick. Then they become
extremely easy! Just get set up with a good camera angle, wait for them
to approach, and strike them as they pull back to strike you.
They don't respawn, so once you've killed them, it's relax-o-time.
DBSnappa
> On 8 Aug 2005 00:52:44 -0700, "Kulgan" <nickam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>PLA
>>====
>>
>>Resident Evil 4 - Rocket Launcher.... Mmmmm...
>
>
> The game that has brought me back to gaming. Sheer excellence.
Is it really that good. I must have picked this game up about 20 times
and still haven't bought it yet. I despised the previous iterations with
a passion. That, allied to the fact that I have about 50 games to play
properly on all the formats means that buying another one at full price
is not high on the agenda. I must rationalise my gamesplaying and my
collection. MUST PLAY MORE GAMES!
Bit of Halo 2 online and campaign in rock hard mode. Have all the new
maps but wish I knew how to stop ameican tossers from playing in the
games I want to play in. I'm seriously rubbish at online Halo anyhoo,
primarily down to lack of playtime I think.
Played about two hours of Timesplitters FP (Xb) this afternoon. It's far
and away the best of the three, with out that snap-to aiming reticle and
there's even a very decent story to the main game. Recommended,
especially as it is in Games' DOTW at Ł14.98
>
>
>>WANT
>>=====
>
>
> Nintendogs. In English, natch.
It's out in America and Canada in a fortnight, along with Advance Wars.
I'll get it from there when I get back from my hols.
X360 with PGR3. Oh yes.
>
>
>>BIN
>>===
>
>
> XBox 360
> PS3
>
> It all looks the same to me.
>
Oh, I dunno
Toby
> Holy black hole! Toby <goo...@asktoby.com> feels like a wet noodle:
>>
>>PLA
>>===
>>
>>DOA XBV (XB)
>>My girlfriend was away at the weekend, so I spent many hours playing
>>this I'm afraid! I also showed it to a friend of mine and she's totally
>>addicted to collecting all the swimsuits, and is going to buy the game
>>herself. I'm just totally addicted to right-trigger, and have no shame
>>of this fact :D
>
> I have this game, but I don't think I've actually played it (to be
> honest, I don't think I've used my X-Box much at all since the launch
> month). I really should at some point, but I have to admit I'm sadder
> than most and only bought it because Maaya Sakamoto was on the voice
> cast...
It's crap and brill in equal measures. There's almost no game in there,
but it's a nice sunny place to chill out and collect stuff for when
you've had a hard day and don't want the challenges of 'proper'
games.
I'll probably tire of it after a few more days, but am enjoying it
at the moment.
It also amuses me that Right Trigger is the camera zoom button.
The zoom is focused right around either the boobs or the pants of
your avatar, and you actually have to be a bit nifty with the
analogue stick if you want to zoom in on their faces. So I normally
don't bother with the analogue stick.
DBSnappa
he speaketh the truth. It's all about rhythm.
DBSnappa
I'm at the Deerhaunter bit now and just switched off as he seems a bit
of a bastard. There are a couple of things that are flies in the
ointment and the difficulty setting isn't really an issue yet... but
getting stuck because a barrel is partly blocking a door or using the
arm thingy and it dropping the shell through the blast door so you can't
trigger it is bloody annoying.
Still good fun and if memory serves me correctly, I had to drop to easy
on one of the levels on TS 2 because it got stupidly hard (the Harry
Tipper level IIRC)
>
> I know that would mean having checkpoints close together, but after
> sections like that I think you need them.
>
> (Of course, I might not have felt the need so badly if I hadn't started
> both sections with so little health.)
>
Backtracking to find stuff works. Some of the levels you breeze through
missing half the rooms and corridors. I'm sure I missed a stack of stuff
in that Scottish castle.
The Rev
<davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> said:
> Charlatan Festoon wrote:
>> On 8 Aug 2005 00:52:44 -0700, "Kulgan" <nickam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Resident Evil 4 - Rocket Launcher.... Mmmmm...
>>
>> The game that has brought me back to gaming. Sheer excellence.
>
> Is it really that good.
Yes. I hate the previous ones, too, but RE4 is THAT GOOD in caps and
everything.
The Rev
<davidjREMOV...@hotmail.com> said:
He's not very hard, but I started that section with very little health
and he normally hit me a couple of times so I was left with hardly
anything and then died and kept having to redo the section over and
over and over... until I turned off.
Pessimist
> PLA
> ===
GT4 (PS2) - I've had several RUF BTRs in my garage for some time. They
look suspiciously like Porsches to me, but apparently they're not.
Honest. They may be getting on a bit now, but their lardy arses can be
made to slide around corners quite nicely. If I tried this in real-life
I would possibly die of violent high-speed crashing several times, but
in GT4 all is well.
> WAN
> ===
That new Timesplitters game sounds like a possible future perfect
purchase. But I still haven't finished the original Halo, so it can
wait. Unless it's better, of course, but how can I know?
> BIN
> ===
Forza - I do have some respect for this. I really do. But ultimately
it's just too unattractive, and the truth is that we have no future
together. Will be traded in for something that doesn't make me feel so
bloody shallow.
Helsinki being invaded by health-obsessed nutters. Please do your
glorified jogging, and promptly sod off. (Having said that, I do enjoy
watching some of the real no-hopers trail home in last place.)
-P
Nathan
> Why can't I just pay it online and have them bring it to me
> the next day? Or even phone up with my credit card details, if they
> don't want to be that high tech?
>
I think you can attach the value of the customs charge worth of stamps on
the card and send it back, and then they'll redeliver.
But I don't think there's room for £10 worth of stamps on such a card :)
it is really awful though, especially seeing as they open from 9:30am to
12:30pm in my nearest one.
James Sutherland
news:Xns96AD1D4A...@130.133.1.18:
> James Sutherland has fallen from outer space. Launch them back to
> defend the planet and maintain peace!!!
>
>> Why can't I just pay it online and have them bring it to me
>> the next day? Or even phone up with my credit card details, if they
>> don't want to be that high tech?
>>
>
> I think you can attach the value of the customs charge worth of stamps
> on the card and send it back, and then they'll redeliver.
You can, yes. I suppose it's quaint, but not entirely practical. I may as
well pick the package up if I have to go to the Post Office anyway to buy
all the stamps.
I don't really understand why they won't bring the packages out if there's
a customs fee anyway. Or why they take at least two days to deliver the
card telling you when it was that they failed to bring the package.
Trousers
kaffool...@gmail.com says...
I shall try that then cheers.
Any other bits as annoying as that because it just didn't sit well when
the rest of it seems so intent on making the game as stress free as
possible without ever seeming a pushover.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
>
> Is it really that good. I must have picked this game up about 20 times
> and still haven't bought it yet. I despised the previous iterations with
> a passion.
Mate - in Yoshi's name, trust us on this one.
It's the second best game on the current generation. Full stop.
Choobs
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Tim Miller
>
>
> That new Timesplitters game sounds like a possible future perfect
> purchase. But I still haven't finished the original Halo, so it can
> wait. Unless it's better, of course, but how can I know?
>
accessible story, it's funny, the level design is spot-on, and it's not
overly long either.
Put it this way: I've played through the story mode of T:FP twice, and
I've still not got to the end of Halo.
Tim (tm)
Mal Franks
said "hurry up". After being threatened with a cloven skull, from one
well placed blow, goo...@asktoby.com said...
>
> PLA
> ===
Dark Age Of Camelot: Catacombs (PC) - hurrah except for when it crashes
once a day
Far Cry (PC) - well for 30 mins anyway before the bloody PC crashes
> WAN
> ===
My PC to not crash (games not to stick or generate "infinite loop - nv4
_disp.dll" BSODs or reboot without graphics til a hard reboot)
> BIN
> ===
PCs that crash
BombayMix
>>===
>Dark Age Of Camelot: Catacombs (PC) - hurrah except for when it crashes
>once a day
>Far Cry (PC) - well for 30 mins anyway before the bloody PC crashes
>>WAN
>> ===
>My PC to not crash (games not to stick or generate "infinite loop - nv4
>_disp.dll" BSODs or reboot without graphics til a hard reboot)
Seems to be a common problem. General consensus seems to be to
completely uninstall your GFX and reinstall with the latest drivers.
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread18930.html
>> BIN
>> ===
>PCs that crash
Is this the Mesh? I'm surprised as they are usually very good.
Haven't had many problems with mine. (The bundled DVD/CD burning
software was rubbish and kept on crashing but I replaced it with Nero
and it works fine now.)
Isabelle Rees
<kero...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>Slightly more normal, I'd love to get my hands on a copy of early
>PSOne Nippon Ichi game Rhapsody - A Musical Adventure, but since
>Disgaea the prices have elavated to a level I wouldn't want to pay.
I sold this two years ago for an astronomical price. Really pretty
game, but couldn't get past the start.
Isabelle
James Sutherland
news:h83ff15s82npun0k5...@4ax.com:
> Slightly more normal, I'd love to get my hands on a copy of early
> PSOne Nippon Ichi game Rhapsody - A Musical Adventure, but since
> Disgaea the prices have elavated to a level I wouldn't want to pay.
They do sometimes go for not-too-unreasonable prices on eBay in Buy It Now
sales. The auctions tend to get insanely high, though. I've been watching
out for a copy for a week or two, and got one for under £50 a few days ago
using Buy It Now. I should be able to make more than that back if I sell
it on via an auction.
Cthulhu mang
news:MPG.1d62633b2...@news.karoo.co.uk:
I don't recall anything as bad as that level, but there are some tricky
bits to come, just not as annoying. I hated that level, not just because of
the birds but the amount of backtracking that needed to be done if you made
a silly mistake and fell off the wall. I remember it (possibly wrongly,
never trust my brain) as the Shittest Level In The Whole Game.. apart from
that (seemingly) infinite-respawn boss battle, but once i'd figured out the
walljump>stab>cheesey move i did that for every fight and the game was much
less of a chore.
I just wish they'd make a version with zero fighting, all platform. That
would be ace.
Cthulhu mang
news:MPG.1d62633b2...@news.karoo.co.uk:
. and one other thing, if you keep your moves to a minimum and with very
little travel on the pad most times you get knocked off, or fall, from the
wall you'll catch hold of it and you can time your climb back up if there's
a bird hanging around.
Trousers
I finished story mode today - off work for two weeks. Only had to replay
a few bits more than twice. All in all it was bloody great if a bit
short.
It's also worth remembering (because I kept forgetting like the fish
brained twattock I am) that you can use your arm thingy to attract
health packs to you rather than wade in for them if they are in an area
with loads of enemies.
Trousers
Yet they seemed to have gone in exactly the wrong direction for the
sequel. FOOLS.
But yeah that worked and it's back to being grateness again. Ta.
The Rev
I tried at least ten times before giving up there.
> It's also worth remembering (because I kept forgetting like the fish
> brained twattock I am) that you can use your arm thingy to attract
> health packs to you rather than wade in for them if they are in an area
> with loads of enemies.
I will if I ever see any. But I'm having pains in the back of my right
hand this week, so I'm off gaming for the week so I can't try again.
Cthulhu mang
@news.karoo.co.uk:
> Yet they seemed to have gone in exactly the wrong direction for the
> sequel. FOOLS.
and IDIOTS.
I played a couple of levels of that hateful sequel and i never want to see
it again.
> But yeah that worked and it's back to being grateness again. Ta.
RESULT!
deKay
23:10:47 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Nathan <cowf...@gmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono
tan el:
>I think you can attach the value of the customs charge worth of stamps on
>the card and send it back, and then they'll redeliver.
>But I don't think there's room for £10 worth of stamps on such a card :)
There is! You can get £5 stamps!
deKay
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deKay
2005 10:39:30 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Tim Miller
<ne...@economic-truth.co.uk> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>I found Timesplitters: FP to be better than Halo. It's got a more
>accessible story, it's funny, the level design is spot-on, and it's not
>overly long either.
I found it be better than Halo because it didn't bore me to tears.
Nathan
planet and maintain peace!!!
>>I think you can attach the value of the customs charge worth of stamps
>>on the card and send it back, and then they'll redeliver.
>
>>But I don't think there's room for ś10 worth of stamps on such a card
>>:)
>
> There is! You can get ś5 stamps!
Fairy nuff, I did wonder if that was the case.
I wouldn't trust sending Ł5 worth like that anyway. It's bound to pass
some sticky fingered people on its way back to the depot :)
Dr. Boggis
Nathan <cowf...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yeah, but it's not like real money, is it? I mean, you can't pay for a
pint with a Ł5 stamp, can you? And you can't change it back into money,
so unless you actually want to send something which costs a fiver to
post, nicking stamps isn't going to be very lucrative.
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Nathan
planet and maintain peace!!!
> Yeah, but it's not like real money, is it? I mean, you can't pay for a
> pint with a ś5 stamp, can you? And you can't change it back into money,
> so unless you actually want to send something which costs a fiver to
> post, nicking stamps isn't going to be very lucrative.
I don't really think people would 'nick' it as such, but also I don't think
people would treat it like something that was worth over a tenner.
Irrational I guess, to think that way, but it's not like Royal Mail have
done much to install much faith.
Dr. Boggis
Nathan <cowf...@gmail.com> wrote:
Muhh, ITYM *instil* much faith, dude. It's not like they come round to
fit you a wodge of faith, ask for a cup of tea and then piss off on a
fag break.
Nathan
planet and maintain peace!!!
>> I don't really think people would 'nick' it as such, but also I don't
>> think people would treat it like something that was worth over a
>> tenner. Irrational I guess, to think that way, but it's not like
>> Royal Mail have done much to install much faith.
>
> Muhh, ITYM *instil* much faith, dude. It's not like they come round to
> fit you a wodge of faith, ask for a cup of tea and then piss off on a
> fag break.
Yes it's not install. Because you're right, they don't fit me a wodge of
faith. I think they just have the tea and fags.
Actually that's not even a lie. For a period the only time i ever saw our
postman was when he had something to sign, or when he was on the corner of
the road rolling up.
Smid
> Trousers <get...@bibble.com> wrote in news:MPG.1d62fa3370ba183f989686
> @news.karoo.co.uk:
>
>> Yet they seemed to have gone in exactly the wrong direction for the
>> sequel. FOOLS.
>
> and IDIOTS.
>
> I played a couple of levels of that hateful sequel and i never want to see
> it again.
I still occasionally go back to it, I'm due a revisit...
I am always aghast how most people seemed to think it had changed
for the better. I inevitably bin it because I've fought 25 enemies,
climbed a ledge, couldn't see whether to jump, and then jumped
off into the void.
15 times. Different jump parts, each time.
Oh yeah, and having to kill that bird-bloke three times is just
wonderful. 15 times....
I never take games back to the shop. But this one. I think
I have to to stop me thinking that I will play some more. Its
been the most annoying game that I've stubbornly played since
Mafia (PC), a masterclass of bad gameplay...
Smid
Mal Franks
said "hurry up". After being threatened with a cloven skull, from one
> >My PC to not crash (games not to stick or generate "infinite loop - nv4
> >_disp.dll" BSODs or reboot without graphics til a hard reboot)
>
> Seems to be a common problem. General consensus seems to be to
> completely uninstall your GFX and reinstall with the latest drivers.
>
> http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread18930.html
>
Tried all that without any luck. In this case most of my troubles are
being caused by a hardware related problem.
The most common crash i'm getting is the computer reboots, the monitor
goes into standby and stays in standby until i force a hard reset.
After the last crash, I VNC'd into the computer (thanks to
www.RealVNC.com) and saw a message, I wouldn't have seen otherwise,
saying that one of my two graphics cards had been removed from the PC
and therefore SLI was disabled. I checked Device Manager and it was only
reporting one of my 6800GT cards as being installed.
The main suspicion is that the PSU is duff, but it could also be a
problem with the card or motherboard.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> In article <Xns96AE6C30...@130.133.1.18>,
> Nathan <cowf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> deKay has fallen from outer space. Launch them back to defend the
>> planet and maintain peace!!!
>>
>> >>I think you can attach the value of the customs charge worth of stamps
>> >>on the card and send it back, and then they'll redeliver.
>> >
>> >>But I don't think there's room for ś10 worth of stamps on such a card
>> >>:)
>> >
>> > There is! You can get ś5 stamps!
>>
>> Fairy nuff, I did wonder if that was the case.
>>
>> I wouldn't trust sending Ł5 worth like that anyway. It's bound to pass
>> some sticky fingered people on its way back to the depot :)
>
> Yeah, but it's not like real money, is it? I mean, you can't pay for a
> pint with a Ł5 stamp, can you? And you can't change it back into money,
> so unless you actually want to send something which costs a fiver to
> post, nicking stamps isn't going to be very lucrative.
The post office will refund unused stamps.
Dr. Boggis
Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org> wrote:
> On 2005-08-10, Dr. Boggis <boggis...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > In article <Xns96AE6C30...@130.133.1.18>,
> > Nathan <cowf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> deKay has fallen from outer space. Launch them back to defend the
> >> planet and maintain peace!!!
> >>
> >> >>I think you can attach the value of the customs charge worth of stamps
> >> >>on the card and send it back, and then they'll redeliver.
> >> >
> >> >>But I don't think there's room for ś10 worth of stamps on such a card
> >> >>:)
> >> >
> >> > There is! You can get ś5 stamps!
> >>
> >> Fairy nuff, I did wonder if that was the case.
> >>
> >> I wouldn't trust sending Ł5 worth like that anyway. It's bound to pass
> >> some sticky fingered people on its way back to the depot :)
> >
> > Yeah, but it's not like real money, is it? I mean, you can't pay for a
> > pint with a Ł5 stamp, can you? And you can't change it back into money,
> > so unless you actually want to send something which costs a fiver to
> > post, nicking stamps isn't going to be very lucrative.
>
> The post office will refund unused stamps.
To dodgy postmen? :-P
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> In article <slrndg19bo.d7l....@jem.yoyo.org>,
> Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org> wrote:
>
>> On 2005-08-10, Dr. Boggis <boggis...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > In article <Xns96AE6C30...@130.133.1.18>,
>> > Nathan <cowf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> deKay has fallen from outer space. Launch them back to defend the
>> >> planet and maintain peace!!!
>> >>
>> >> >>I think you can attach the value of the customs charge worth of stamps
>> >> >>on the card and send it back, and then they'll redeliver.
>> >> >
>> >> >>But I don't think there's room for ś10 worth of stamps on such a card
>> >> >>:)
>> >> >
>> >> > There is! You can get ś5 stamps!
>> >>
>> >> Fairy nuff, I did wonder if that was the case.
>> >>
>> >> I wouldn't trust sending Ł5 worth like that anyway. It's bound to pass
>> >> some sticky fingered people on its way back to the depot :)
>> >
>> > Yeah, but it's not like real money, is it? I mean, you can't pay for a
>> > pint with a Ł5 stamp, can you? And you can't change it back into money,
>> > so unless you actually want to send something which costs a fiver to
>> > post, nicking stamps isn't going to be very lucrative.
>>
>> The post office will refund unused stamps.
>
> To dodgy postmen? :-P
The question was "but it's not like real money, is it?" to which the
answer is "No, in the same way that a guaranteed cheque, postal order,
or credit card isn't real money".