games you haven't "completed" yet
patrick005
Out of curiosity
Who among you still have tons of games you haven't "completed" or "gone
through" yet? Due to either no time for them (you have a life too), have
other games eating up more of your time, or the game plain sucks and you
wouldn't play it again. For that matter, for what systems would those games
be for?
Fubar
Resident Evil,
RE:2 (first disk only),
RE:CV,
Slave Zero (DC) -- lucked into invincibility code! YES!
RollCage
RollCage2
Metal Gear Solid
StarFox (THIS was a tremendous accomplishment for me. This game gave me the
best feeling I ever had of going on a real journey through a fantasy quest.)
Tomb Raider (Nice intro to 3-D roaming. Enjoyed it, though bored at times)
I hate not being able to finish a game, but developers try to make them long
enough and with so much difficulty to appeal to the vocal minority experts
out there.
Not finished:
Star Wars starFighter (no time yet)
Bouncer (finished with 2 of 3 characters. Silpheed has consumed my PS2 for
the last week or so. It is left in non-stop so I cant even watch a DVD until
I finish that one)
Silpheed (Does this game ever truly end? Nearest I can tell, it doesn't.
Bosses are incredible until you get the correct weapon combo.)
Hydro Thunder (kinda got bored)
Tempest X3
Syphon Filter (got insanely difficult)
SatrFox 64 (2 tuff 4 me, doodz)
Crash Bandicoot (Simply ridiculous difficulty level)
Crash Neo Cortex (no time to get into)
Tomb Raider 2 (Definitely no time for this snore-fest)
Blue Stinker <errr.. Stinger> Nuff' said
Diddy Racing (2 many quests, got confusing)
Banjo Kazooie (basically got lost and couldn't remember where to go after
putting the game down for a week.)
Wild Arms (First and only RPG. Started using a walk-thru halfway in. Got
frustrated when I couldn't move 2 inches as I am looking for a particular
town on the non-descript map. Random battles destroyed my interest in the
genre)
Not even started:
Resident Evil:Nemesis (no time!)
Unopened DVD's:
Charlies Angels
6th Day
Michael Jordan IMAX -- Just no time for any of them yet. I need a
vacation!
I'm sure there are more for all categories. This is only what I can think of
right now without taking a physical inventory.
2Busy Fubar
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ArtMan
"patrick005" <patri...@allpurpose.com> wrote:
I have waaaaaaaaay too many games i have not completed. Back in the
NES/genesis days I didn't buy a new game til i finished the one i was on
(plus being a fairly broke teenager didn't help either). Now i have
the money to buy games but i don't have the time to play them all...
ahhh i wish they was a way to have both the time and money...legally
hehe.
ART
Steve Liu
patrick005 <patri...@allpurpose.com> wrote:
One of these days I swear I'll finish Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain.
The constant loading pauses just bug me to death.
There's a bunch of others. mostly games I decided to abandon in favor of
newer games that I was more interested in.
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Nazter@4200
Hmm...I haven't finished SUMMONER on the PS2. I've been watching too many DVDs
on my little spare time and I haven't had the chance to finish the game :=)
I also haven't finished ZELDA: MAJORA'S MASK (N64) because I got so frustrated in one
area and I've been forgetting to pick it up :)
-Naz
Brian Deplae
I've got dozens, if not hundreds, of games that I haven't "completed"
yet, and never will. Having been collecting games for 20+ years you
tend to put things aside never to return to them.
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Brian Deplae
"Volitar Prime" for online games
(or some shorter form of it)
Clan [WYD] for Q3 (both DC and PC)
monreo
Shenmue
Jet Grind Radio.
I don't think street fighter games count.
As for the other games I have like RE:CV and my driving games, I kinda got
bored of them. However I'm currently really into Project Justice.
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Billy Bissette
> One of these days I swear I'll finish Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain.
> The constant loading pauses just bug me to death.
It's not worth it.
On the plus side, the game goes from easy to ungodly easy the closer
you get to the end, so loading is the only time consumption by the end.
> There's a bunch of others. mostly games I decided to abandon in favor of
> newer games that I was more interested in.
Never finished Blaster Master after my mother turned off my NES while
I was fighting the next to the last boss...
I abandoned:
Beyond the Beyond (PSX) -- complete and utter waste of time, painful to
even play
The Mafat Conspiracy (NES) -- take Golgo 13, improve the graphics, and
remove most of the fun
I've most likely given up on:
Red Dog (DC) -- can't aim well enough with the stick for the level of
precision required
Castlevania (NES) -- you play it and figure out for yourself :p
Battletoads (NES) -- ditto the above... :)
I've been repeated sidetracked from, but swear I'll finish some day:
Phantasy Star 3-4 (Genesis)
Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom)
I'm satisfied with the 'bad' ending on:
Clash at Demonhead (NES) -- (ending is determined by defusing a
bomb after the final boss, no skill required but I was
ungodly unlucky twice)
I'm sure there are others in there. :)
Oichoich
Who among you still have tons of games you haven't "completed" or "gone
through" yet? >>
well, when i was able to get DC games for $5 - $20 a piece, i got many i
haven't gotten into yet. my list would be:
unfinished:
RE:code veronica
vanishing point (got it cheap)
ecco
sega gt
jet grind radio (great game, but my skating skills suck)
hidden and dangerous (pretty fun, but i only got so far before getting
distracted with other games)
space channel 5 (got to the last lv but never seem to get the rhythm right--i
could swear it's off by a split second)
mdk 2 (got it cheap)
banghio (fantasticly hard!!)
red dog (got it cheap)
revolt (got it cheap)
sword of berserk (got it cheap)
toy commander (got it cheap)
super magnetic neo (got it cheap)
seaman (my brother killed my first seaman :( i haven't had the heart to get
back into it again)
zombie revenge (i've tried, but i'm not good enough to finish this game yet)
completed:
sega marine fishing (all the extras found)
dynamite cop (hehe... no real challenge there!!)
blue stinger (i liked this one enough to play through 3 times)
shenmu (played through twice)
grandia 2
vigilante 8: second offense
wacky races
man... that's just my DC... i've got many on my psx and saturn i have yet to
finish... and with crazy taxi 2 , sonic adventure 2 and pso version 2 coming
soon... i better hold off from buying a new system...
pm
Scummy
>Who among you still have tons of games you haven't "completed" or "gone
>through" yet? >>
Tons!
Here's a list of some of the ones I started but haven't finished yet:
NES-
Final Fantasy (1)
Legend of Zelda 2nd Quest
Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link
Game Boy-
Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening DX
Pokemon Yellow
Pokemon Gold
Bionic Commando
Pocket Bomberman
Pokemon Pinball
SNES-
Final Fantasy 2
EarthBound
Arcana
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Harvest Moon
Lagoon
Mega Man X
Metal Marines
Virtual Boy-
Wario Land
Playstation-
Final Fantasy 6 (I beat 3 for SNES tons of times so I'm in no rush)
Jackie Chan Stuntmaster
Um Jammer Lammy
Nintendo 64-
Bomberman 64
Donkey Kong 64
Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask
Mario Golf
Micro Machines 64 Turbo
Perfect Dark (I'm half way through Special Agent)
Pokemon Stadium
Space Invaders
Dreamcast-
ChuChu Rocket
Jet Grind Radio
Marvel Vs Capcom
Mavel Vs Capcom 2
PenPen TriIcelon
Power Stone (just the mini games...but my VMU batteries are dead...)
Sonic Shuffle
Tony Hawk Pro Skater (just gotta get the medal in the last level)
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
Zombie Revenge
My, that's quite a backlog. And that's not even counting the ones I haven't
touched yet.
I'm currently working on Pokemon Gold, Tony Hawk 1 and 2, Jet Grind Radio, and
Marvel Vs Capcom 2. As soon as I rehook up my N64 (I'm way too lazy) I'll
finish up Majora's Mask, and then move onto Lunar 2.
Scummy
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Arcade fighting games like Dead or Alive 2, Street Fighter <whatever>, Power
Stone, WWF Wrestlemania, etc. have been omitted.
N64:
Played but didn't reach the end
-Ridge Racer 64
Barely played it
- F-Zero X
Reached the End but haven't quite "Collect'em All"
-Goldeneye
-Blast Corps
-Star Fox 64
Dreamcast:
Attempting to complete right now:
-Sword of Beserk
Reached the end, sort of:
-Resident Evil 2 (completed only one scenario)
Played extensively but didn't reach end:
-Zombie Revenge
-Seaman (died in an advanced state and I haven't started again)
Sort of played:
-Metropolis Street Racer
-Toy Commander
Played extensively but made zero progress since I'm not playing the
"tournament" mode:
-Daytona USA
Barely Played:
-Ready 2 Rumble
-Pen Pen Tricelon
Haven't played (but booted it up and fooled around with it just to make sure
the games work):
Resident Evil 3
Grandia 2
Evolution
PSX:
Haven't played (but booted it up and fooled around with it just to make sure
the game work):
Lunar 2
Played but did not save where I left off near the beginning since my
character would be so screwed later on from my poor playing:
Silent Hill
Reached the end, sort of:
Parasite Eve (only completed first game)
Ridge Racer Type 4 (don't think I've raced under every team)
Saturn:
Played but stopped because of lack of time and relectuant to go back to it
now since I don't remember what I did in the game when I stopped (and I'm
very far into the game too):
Dragon Force (been over a year and I still haven't gone back to it, other
than boot up the disc months ago to see if my saves are still there on the
memory cart)
Played extensively but not really interested in completing:
Nights
Brian Osserman
I've been playing almost exclusively Dreamcast games lately. Being that
I'm up to about 80 games, there are a ton I haven't played through, but
I figure I'll list a few which I've made significant progress in and
would like to go back to at some point: (in no particular order, although
I'm entirely omitted standard fighters, racers and sports games, since
the question becomes so subjective with them)
Sword of the Berserk
Ecco
MDK2
Phantasy Star Online
Spiderman
Rent A Hero #1
The ones that stand out as having actually been beaten are:
Shenmue
Skies of Arcadia
Grandia II
Sonic Adventure
Rayman II
Tokyo Highway Battle
Jet Grind Radio
Blue Stinger
Games I've barely started but in a perfect world would go back to:
Soul Reaver
Chicken Run
Draconus
Maken X
Tony Hawk
Also, dishonorable mention for both Evolution 1 and 2 as having annoyed
me so much with the inordinately powerful last or next-to-last boss that
I never quite finished either.
Brian
V. Equinox
Lately, so much of my time has been taken up with Pokemon Gold and Phantasy
Star Online (with a good bit of time spent on RPG Maker, Capcom vs SNK, and
all the old NES and Genesis games I've been buying lately) that I don't have
much time to get to other games. I've got copies of Chrono Cross, Final
Fantasy 9, Megaman Legends 2, and Kirby's Tilt 'n Tumble that I haven't
finished yet, and Skies of Arcadia, Seaman, Grandia, Star Gladiator, and
Lunar: SSSC that I haven't even played yet.
But the good news is that I'm only 3 away from completing my Pokedex.
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- V. Equinox
Terrence Briggs
Back in the 2D days I didn't mind "finishing" games, since gameplay
depth wasn't vital and that was all I could hope to accomplish within
the confines of the game engine. These days, I don't "finish" games
so much as play them until I lose interest or play them until I have
to quit playing cold turkey for the sake of living a semi-normal life.
Having said that, there's a spectrum:
CRAP I CAN'T BELIEVE I BOUGHT AND CAN'T SELL
Burning Rangers
CRAP WITH A GREAT SOUNDTRACK
Star Ocean 2
CRAP I DON'T HAVE A MANUAL FOR
Dragon Force
Iron Storm
WITHERED TITLES THAT ARE TOO CHEAP TO BOTHER SELLING
Jade Cocoon
NFL Gameday '98
TITLES I JUST BOUGHT YESTERDAY AT A WAL-MART CLEARANCE
Breath of Fire 3
Breath of Fire 4
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
TITLES I HAVEN'T PLAYED YET
Apocalypse (it was in a G-Darius case at the pawn shop, okay!)
Super Magnetic Neo
Tales of Destiny
TITLES THAT I PLAYED A FEW TIMES, AND DIDN'T SEND ME RUNNING FROM THE
ROOM, BUT MIGHT NOT HOLD MY INTEREST FOR LONG
G-Darius
Medal Of Honor
Star Trek: Invasion
GOOD TITLES THAT ARE WORTH A SPIN ONCE A MONTH, BUT NEVER COMMANDED
TOO MUCH OF MY TIME
Alundra
Blast Corps
Gran Turismo
Mario 64
Night Warriors
Persona: Revelations
Pilotwings
Pilotwings 64
Tactics Ogre
Tekken 2
GOOD TITLES THAT MIGHT BE FINISHED IF PLAYED NORMALLY, BUT FEATURE
DISTRACTING SIDE QUESTS OR GAME OPTIONS THAT EAT UP ALL OF MY PLAYING
TIME
Fighter Maker
Final Fantasy Tactics
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
RPG Maker
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (DC version)
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
GOOD TITLES THAT I CAN'T COMMIT TO, FOR FEAR OF HAVING ALL OF MY FREE
TIME WASTED
Valkyrie Profile
Terrence Briggs
> Hmmm out of my 17 DC games I have finished 2 games,
> Shenmue
> Jet Grind Radio.
> I don't think street fighter games count.
Think of it this way:
Gulty Gear is a game that can be beaten with each character in about
15 minutes. How much time you choose to invest in the game to do so
is up to you :)
SF Alpha 3 (PSX and DC) can be beaten in World tour mode with any
character on the hardest difficulty level. Do you have the patience
to put up with the lacking challenge?
Super Street Fighter II (SNES) can be beaten with any character on the
hardest difficulty level, to be sure, but can you handle a CPU
opponent in the Versus Mode with a 7-level handicap disparity?
Terrence Briggs, who still can't after all of these years
Peace to you...
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You have Lunar Silver Star Story Complete for PSX? How long have you had it?
It was out of print for a while and hard to find now, unless you bought it
used.
Me, I have the original box unscathed (no price sticker have touched it nor
have the plastic hook been broken and used) and everything in it in small
sandwhich bags (without the plastic zippers or other rigid locking
mechanism). Trying to prevent the foil on the various item from peeling off.
:)
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> "patrick005" <patri...@allpurpose.com> wrote in message
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> > Being that several of us have multi-consoles, and probably lots of
games.
> > Out of curiosity
> > Who among you still have tons of games you haven't "completed" or "gone
> > through" yet? Due to either no time for them (you have a life too),
have
> > other games eating up more of your time, or the game plain sucks and you
> > wouldn't play it again. For that matter, for what systems would those
games
> > be for?
>
> Back in the 2D days I didn't mind "finishing" games, since gameplay
> depth wasn't vital and that was all I could hope to accomplish within
> the confines of the game engine. These days, I don't "finish" games
> so much as play them until I lose interest or play them until I have
> to quit playing cold turkey for the sake of living a semi-normal life.
>
> Having said that, there's a spectrum:
>
> CRAP I CAN'T BELIEVE I BOUGHT AND CAN'T SELL
> Burning Rangers
>
It's a rare game now so you should be able to sell it for a equal or a
higher price than you paid.
Eh, wasn't so rare to me when the game was new; I didn't see this rarity
thing coming...
> CRAP WITH A GREAT SOUNDTRACK
> Star Ocean 2
>
> CRAP I DON'T HAVE A MANUAL FOR
> Dragon Force
> Iron Storm
>
I think Dragon Force is great. I have a tattered manual that I had to tape
the binding of to prevent it from falling apart since I bought it used, but
better than nothing.
Try Gamefaqs if you need to get the critical strategic battle information.
> WITHERED TITLES THAT ARE TOO CHEAP TO BOTHER SELLING
> Jade Cocoon
> NFL Gameday '98
>
Have no idea what Jade Cocoon is about, but you could fetch a good dollar
for NFL Gameday '98 if you're lucky.
Really, these pre-'99 sports game go for $10 new and stores have stacks of
them (even for the Saturn) so there's no fear of not being able to get them.
Good thing I don't buy or play pro-sports game.
> TITLES I JUST BOUGHT YESTERDAY AT A WAL-MART CLEARANCE
> Breath of Fire 3
> Breath of Fire 4
> Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
>
No Wal-Mart where I am, so the white trash quotient here is pretty low, in
exchange for having none of their incredible clearances. :)
How much were the Breath of Fire games?
> TITLES I HAVEN'T PLAYED YET
> Apocalypse (it was in a G-Darius case at the pawn shop, okay!)
> Super Magnetic Neo
> Tales of Destiny
>
> TITLES THAT I PLAYED A FEW TIMES, AND DIDN'T SEND ME RUNNING FROM THE
> ROOM, BUT MIGHT NOT HOLD MY INTEREST FOR LONG
> G-Darius
> Medal Of Honor
> Star Trek: Invasion
>
> GOOD TITLES THAT ARE WORTH A SPIN ONCE A MONTH, BUT NEVER COMMANDED
> TOO MUCH OF MY TIME
> Alundra
> Blast Corps
> Gran Turismo
> Mario 64
> Night Warriors
> Persona: Revelations
> Pilotwings
> Pilotwings 64
> Tactics Ogre
> Tekken 2
>
Didn't know you spin you N64 cartridge to play them; no wonder they don't
take up too much of your time. :)
> GOOD TITLES THAT MIGHT BE FINISHED IF PLAYED NORMALLY, BUT FEATURE
> DISTRACTING SIDE QUESTS OR GAME OPTIONS THAT EAT UP ALL OF MY PLAYING
> TIME
> Fighter Maker
> Final Fantasy Tactics
> Goldeneye
> Perfect Dark
> RPG Maker
> Street Fighter Alpha 3 (DC version)
> Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
>
> GOOD TITLES THAT I CAN'T COMMIT TO, FOR FEAR OF HAVING ALL OF MY FREE
> TIME WASTED
> Valkyrie Profile
That's pretty much why I wouldn't buy Phantasy Star Online. Potential for
being trapped in it is too great from what I heard.
--
French Fries are the
White Rice of Fast Food.
Terrence Briggs
> "Terrence Briggs" <mrm...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> > "patrick005" <patri...@allpurpose.com> wrote in message
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> > > Being that several of us have multi-consoles, and probably lots of
> games.
> > > Out of curiosity
> > > Who among you still have tons of games you haven't "completed" or "gone
> > > through" yet? Due to either no time for them (you have a life too),
> have
> > > other games eating up more of your time, or the game plain sucks and you
> > > wouldn't play it again. For that matter, for what systems would those
> games
> > > be for?
> >
> > Back in the 2D days I didn't mind "finishing" games, since gameplay
> > depth wasn't vital and that was all I could hope to accomplish within
> > the confines of the game engine. These days, I don't "finish" games
> > so much as play them until I lose interest or play them until I have
> > to quit playing cold turkey for the sake of living a semi-normal life.
> >
> > Having said that, there's a spectrum:
> >
> > CRAP I CAN'T BELIEVE I BOUGHT AND CAN'T SELL
> > Burning Rangers
> >
>
> It's a rare game now so you should be able to sell it for a equal or a
> higher price than you paid.
$30 bucks used from Funcoland (which I probably shouldn't have
mentioned prior to my pilfer--..., er... I mean selling of the game on
Ebay <g>). That means no manual, BTW...
> Eh, wasn't so rare to me when the game was new; I didn't see this rarity
> thing coming...
One guy I spoke with through Email mentioned that Sega only made a max
of 50K copies of its final slate of games (including Panzer Dragon
Saga and Shining Force 3, which to this day I can't beleive I spent
$40 on).
> > CRAP WITH A GREAT SOUNDTRACK
> > Star Ocean 2
> >
> > CRAP I DON'T HAVE A MANUAL FOR
> > Dragon Force
> > Iron Storm
> >
>
> I think Dragon Force is great. I have a tattered manual that I had to tape
> the binding of to prevent it from falling apart since I bought it used, but
> better than nothing.
> Try Gamefaqs if you need to get the critical strategic battle information.
I prefer manuals, since they allow me to experiment with the game
instead of following someone else's footsteps. It made Valkyrie
Profile more enjoyable for me, for instance, knowing that I could fool
around with a few possible game paths.
> > WITHERED TITLES THAT ARE TOO CHEAP TO BOTHER SELLING
> > Jade Cocoon
> > NFL Gameday '98
> >
>
> Have no idea what Jade Cocoon is about,
It's Genki's take on Pokemon. The RPG mode lets you capture your
enemies (which have various strengths in four possible elemental
properties), mix and match their body parts for different abilities,
and have them fight for you.
There's not a lot in the way for FAQ info on the game, which leads me
to believe it wasn't that popular :)
> but you could fetch a good dollar
> for NFL Gameday '98 if you're lucky.
Wow. I spent 7 on the game :)
> Really, these pre-'99 sports game go for $10 new and stores have stacks of
> them (even for the Saturn) so there's no fear of not being able to get them.
> Good thing I don't buy or play pro-sports game.
Cynic :)
> > TITLES I JUST BOUGHT YESTERDAY AT A WAL-MART CLEARANCE
> > Breath of Fire 3
> > Breath of Fire 4
> > Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
> >
>
> No Wal-Mart where I am, so the white trash quotient here is pretty low, in
> exchange for having none of their incredible clearances. :)
Well, Houston's a pretty diverse city, so we have wonderous variety...
of...that...substance -_-;;;
> How much were the Breath of Fire games?
BoF3 -- $10
BoF4 -- $28
"which I probably shouldn't have mentioned prior to my pilfer--...,
er... I mean selling of the game on Ebay <g>"
> > TITLES I HAVEN'T PLAYED YET
> > Apocalypse (it was in a G-Darius case at the pawn shop, okay!)
> > Super Magnetic Neo
Just popped it in today, after my Hollywood Video copy of NBA 2K
crashed on a scratch (and it was a nicely-placed scratch, right on the
1.5mm-diameter block this is the CD's actual game data).
Anyway, put SMN under the "MIGHT NOT HOLD MY INTEREST FOR LONG"
category.
> > Tales of Destiny
> >
> > TITLES THAT I PLAYED A FEW TIMES, AND DIDN'T SEND ME RUNNING FROM THE
> > ROOM, BUT MIGHT NOT HOLD MY INTEREST FOR LONG
> > G-Darius
> > Medal Of Honor
> > Star Trek: Invasion
> >
> > GOOD TITLES THAT ARE WORTH A SPIN ONCE A MONTH, BUT NEVER COMMANDED
> > TOO MUCH OF MY TIME
> > Alundra
> > Blast Corps
> > Gran Turismo
> > Mario 64
> > Night Warriors
> > Persona: Revelations
> > Pilotwings
> > Pilotwings 64
> > Tactics Ogre
> > Tekken 2
> >
>
> Didn't know you spin you N64 cartridge to play them; no wonder they don't
> take up too much of your time. :)
Don't jump on my verbiage, boy! :)
Replace "spin" with "crunch"...
> > GOOD TITLES THAT MIGHT BE FINISHED IF PLAYED NORMALLY, BUT FEATURE
> > DISTRACTING SIDE QUESTS OR GAME OPTIONS THAT EAT UP ALL OF MY PLAYING
> > TIME
> > Fighter Maker
> > Final Fantasy Tactics
> > Goldeneye
> > Perfect Dark
> > RPG Maker
> > Street Fighter Alpha 3 (DC version)
> > Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
> >
> > GOOD TITLES THAT I CAN'T COMMIT TO, FOR FEAR OF HAVING ALL OF MY FREE
> > TIME WASTED
> > Valkyrie Profile
>
> That's pretty much why I wouldn't buy Phantasy Star Online. Potential for
> being trapped in it is too great from what I heard.
Not for me. My Hollywood Video doesn't have it, and from what I've
heard the online element is the only thing worth playing for. As with
multiplayer modes that require a second human (unlike Perfect Dark or
SF Alpha 2 Gold), the one-player gaming experience is what I buy my
games for.
And before y'all plunk me as some kind of hermit, just know that my
friends aren't the gaming type. I learned that the hard way after
investing in a SNES multitap.
Peace to you...
Terrence Briggs
Charles Perry
Fubar wrote in message ...
>Shux, for me the better question would be what games I've actually
finished:
>
>Resident Evil,
>RE:2 (first disk only),
>RE:CV,
>Slave Zero (DC) -- lucked into invincibility code! YES!
And this really counts as finished when you use a code??
>RollCage
>RollCage2
>Metal Gear Solid
>StarFox (THIS was a tremendous accomplishment for me. This game gave me the
>best feeling I ever had of going on a real journey through a fantasy
quest.)
>Tomb Raider (Nice intro to 3-D roaming. Enjoyed it, though bored at times)
>
>I hate not being able to finish a game, but developers try to make them
long
>enough and with so much difficulty to appeal to the vocal minority experts
>out there.
>
>Not finished:
>
>Star Wars starFighter (no time yet)
>Bouncer (finished with 2 of 3 characters. Silpheed has consumed my PS2 for
>the last week or so. It is left in non-stop so I cant even watch a DVD
until
>I finish that one)
>Silpheed (Does this game ever truly end? Nearest I can tell, it doesn't.
>Bosses are incredible until you get the correct weapon combo.)
>Hydro Thunder (kinda got bored)
Fairly hard game but completed it totally in a rental.
>Tempest X3
>Syphon Filter (got insanely difficult)
>SatrFox 64 (2 tuff 4 me, doodz)
What?!!! I totally completed this game getting everything in 2 days,
probably 15 or so hours of gaming. One of my VERY favorite games ever and
one I REALLY regret giving up but.....you really think this is hard??
>Crash Bandicoot (Simply ridiculous difficulty level)
You have to be kidding here...this game is fairly easy and can be finished
in a few days.
>Crash Neo Cortex (no time to get into)
>Tomb Raider 2 (Definitely no time for this snore-fest)
>Blue Stinker <errr.. Stinger> Nuff' said
A good underated game that both me and my friend enjoyed to the end.
>Diddy Racing (2 many quests, got confusing)
Finished in a rental.
>Banjo Kazooie (basically got lost and couldn't remember where to go after
>putting the game down for a week.)
Finished this in 3 days but I understand this if you had put it down.
>Wild Arms (First and only RPG. Started using a walk-thru halfway in. Got
>frustrated when I couldn't move 2 inches as I am looking for a particular
>town on the non-descript map. Random battles destroyed my interest in the
>genre)
>
>
>Not even started:
>Resident Evil:Nemesis (no time!)
Good game, you'll enjoy this when you get to it though I consider R1 and
Code Veronica both much better.
>
>Unopened DVD's:
>Charlies Angels
>6th Day
>Michael Jordan IMAX -- Just no time for any of them yet. I need a
>vacation!
>
>
>I'm sure there are more for all categories. This is only what I can think
of
>right now without taking a physical inventory.
>
>2Busy Fubar
>
>patrick005 <patri...@allpurpose.com> wrote in message
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>> Being that several of us have multi-consoles, and probably lots of games.
>> Out of curiosity
>> Who among you still have tons of games you haven't "completed" or "gone
>> through" yet? Due to either no time for them (you have a life too), have
>> other games eating up more of your time, or the game plain sucks and you
>> wouldn't play it again. For that matter, for what systems would those
>games
>> be for?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
I'm not meaning to diss you at all, I just think we have completely
different opinions of difficult. I game I consider difficult is Samba De
Amigo when you get to the Master Challenges...and I just think this is
because the controllers aren't perfect...I can do them just fine. Other
games I consider hard.....House of the Dead 2...still finished it and I
think it was just hard because of the guns not being perfect. Happy gaming.
-steven perry
Terrence Briggs
> Fubar wrote in message ...
> >Shux, for me the better question would be what games I've actually
> finished:
> >
> >Resident Evil,
> >RE:2 (first disk only),
> >RE:CV,
> >Slave Zero (DC) -- lucked into invincibility code! YES!
>
> And this really counts as finished when you use a code??
Remember a two-player overhead shooter on the SNES by the name of
Firepower 2000? Even experts would be hard-pressed to make it past
the SECOND level without losing all of your lives, mostly because
dying meant taking on the unruly hordes without your powered-up
weapons. The Game Genie could effectively even up the odds.
In the case of Slave Zero, however, the issue may have been the choppy
framerate screwing up the control.
<snip>
> I'm not meaning to diss you at all, I just think we have completely
> different opinions of difficult. I game I consider difficult is Samba De
> Amigo when you get to the Master Challenges...and I just think this is
> because the controllers aren't perfect...I can do them just fine. Other
> games I consider hard.....House of the Dead 2...still finished it and I
> think it was just hard because of the guns not being perfect. Happy gaming.
>
> -steven perry
That begs a question: How many games in recent years could be
considered difficult in a FAIR way? As in, the control scheme is
workable and the game engine is generally bug-free, so the only thing
keeping the gamer from succeeding is a truly devious series of
challenges?
Terrence Briggs
Charles Perry
Terrence Briggs wrote in message
<6f031a08.0105...@posting.google.com>...
I looked through my DC collection of 31 games and thought about all the
Playstatin, N64, and Saturn games I had owned....and truly...I don't see
anything there was was difficult. Maybe a few of them had some tough parts
to them...but none were impossible. Goldeneye was VERY hard in getting
everything in the game...I just though of that...but still I managed to do
it. Shadows of the Empire was also very difficult on Jedi level....but
again...I managed to do it. These two were probably some of the harder
games I've played in the last few years and still they were do-able. I
don't like games that are TOO hard...so this makes me happy :)
-steven perry
(e)magius
<snip>
> That begs a question: How many games in recent years could be
> considered difficult in a FAIR way? As in, the control scheme is
> workable and the game engine is generally bug-free, so the only thing
> keeping the gamer from succeeding is a truly devious series of
> challenges?
Other than 2D shooters and Ferrari F355 Challenge? Not many games I can
think of really.
Then again, 2D shooters have pretty much been the only genre that's ever
been truly difficult, at least on higher difficulties.
Best,
--Imad "(e)magius" Hussain
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"I have put on the mask of the sorcerer to hide my true self, but I am
revealed, for the mask has become my own face." -- Darrell Schweitzer,
_The Mask of the Sorcerer_
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Brian Osserman
>I looked through my DC collection of 31 games and thought about all the
>Playstatin, N64, and Saturn games I had owned....and truly...I don't see
>anything there was was difficult. Maybe a few of them had some tough parts
>to them...but none were impossible. Goldeneye was VERY hard in getting
>everything in the game...I just though of that...but still I managed to do
>it. Shadows of the Empire was also very difficult on Jedi level....but
>again...I managed to do it. These two were probably some of the harder
>games I've played in the last few years and still they were do-able. I
>don't like games that are TOO hard...so this makes me happy :)
I found MDK2 to be quite difficult, almost entirely in a fair way. I
would also submit that HotD2 is a tough game even with a perfect light
gun (just try it in the arcade, the gun is much more accurate there,
and it's tough even on default difficulty). Also, there's a nice learning
curve there in that just surviving takes a lot less skill than, say,
rescuing all of the hostages. I think Zombie Revenge is awfully tough,
but to be honest I haven't played it enough to say for sure. I guess
F355 is in the same category. Oh, and Rally 2 was pretty damned tough.
Spent quite a while on it, and never made it past about the 4th season.
None of the other games I have strike me as consistently quite difficult,
although I did certainly run into trouble on parts of Sword of the Berserk,
and Spiderman.
Brian
Fubar
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> And this really counts as finished when you use a code??
Hey, I'm no expert gamer. Ever since the 32-bittters first showed up, ending
credits and such have been a rarity for me. So the emphatic answer is, "Heck
Yeah!" Expecially when you consider that in the case of Slave Zero, I
absolutely lucked into invincibility through some kinda random button
mashing during gameplay (I presume). Heck, I didn't even know that I was
invincible for a while until I happened to notice that my sorry butt wasn't
getting killed no matter how many times I got blasted (HA!). Talking about a
pleasant surprise. So yes, code or no code, finishing a game is the same for
me.
>
> >Slave Zero (DC) -- lucked into invincibility code! YES!
>
>
>SatrFox 64 (2 tuff 4 me, doodz)
>What?!!! I totally completed this game getting everything in 2 days,
>probably 15 or so hours of gaming. One of my VERY favorite games ever and
>one I REALLY regret giving up but.....you really think this is hard??
Oh yeah. SF64 can be a mutha at times. Wish I had a code for that one too.
>>Crash Bandicoot (Simply ridiculous difficulty level)
>You have to be kidding here...this game is fairly easy and can be finished
>in a few days.
Dood, Crash called for some *serious* platforming skillz in order to leave
that second island. Even some of the magazines complained of its difficulty,
so apparently, I wasn't alone in that. I didn't buy Crash2 as a protest to
the difficulty of #1, but it was said to have been toned down a bit, or at
least it would let you choose a different path if a level was too hard.
Crash1 was linear and stopped me about halfway through. so I didn't get my
money's worth at all, IMO.
>I'm not meaning to diss you at all, I just think we have completely
>different opinions of difficult. I game I consider difficult is Samba De
>Amigo when you get to the Master Challenges...and I just think this is
>because the controllers aren't perfect...I can do them just fine. Other
>games I consider hard.....House of the Dead 2...still finished it and I
>think it was just hard because of the guns not being perfect. Happy
gaming.
>-steven perry
No offense taken. You clearly have more gaming skills than me. I'd say
you've probably got more that 80-90% of the folks out there even. Ours is a
great hobby that just about anyone can get into and find some enjoyment
(frustration is also out there in adundant supply, ha!).
I've got one more to add to my "completed" list, as of today:
Silpheed: the lost planet -- Kicked the last space jellyfish butt this
evening. Thus, I was able to turn off my PS2 for the first time in about two
weeks (probably used another $5.00 in electricity keeping it on all that
time. This gaming *is* expensive!).
Fube
Scummy
>weeks (probably used another $5.00 in electricity keeping it on all that
>time. This gaming *is* expensive!).
Haha, that's nothing! I've had you beat since this past holiday season. I
added 4 more pieces of electronics to my room, and I just recently got a second
computer to my house (so my dad can have his own) and DSL on the new one, so it
stays on almost all the time.
My room is cancer causing.
Charles Perry
Fubar wrote in message ...
Congratulations :) Silpheed is one of the games I was very interested in
on PS2 and from seeing how much you seem to love it (as well as many
others), if I ever pick up a PS2 (likely) this will honestly be the first
game I buy (along with Xenosaga or Metal Gear Solid 2 or Final Fantasy X).
Happy gaming.
-steven perry
V. Equinox
was playing too many other games and wouldn't be able to get to it for a
while, but it's in great condition (except that the music CD is a little
scratched, but I didn't think that was too big a deal) and I knew it was out
of print, so I figured I couldn't pass it up.
-----------------
- V. Equinox
V. Equinox
>On 21 May 2001, Terrence Briggs wrote:
><snip>
>> That begs a question: How many games in recent years could be
>> considered difficult in a FAIR way? As in, the control scheme is
>> workable and the game engine is generally bug-free, so the only thing
>> keeping the gamer from succeeding is a truly devious series of
>> challenges?
>
>Other than 2D shooters and Ferrari F355 Challenge? Not many games I can
>think of really.
>
>Then again, 2D shooters have pretty much been the only genre that's ever
>been truly difficult, at least on higher difficulties.
>
by the way, not a fighting game as the name might imply). That game was
insanely hard. I was never able to finish that game, even with a Game Genie.
Battletoads also had some pretty tough parts.
-----------------
- V. Equinox
Raymond McKeithen II
"Fubar" <fu...@devslashnull.com> wrote in message
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> Charles Perry <cpe...@vnet.net> wrote in message
> news:W4gO6.16281$dl4....@ralph.vnet.net...
>
> > And this really counts as finished when you use a code??
>
>
> Hey, I'm no expert gamer.
Apparently you're no "gamer" at all, since what you're doing isn't even
playing.
> Ever since the 32-bittters first showed up, ending
> credits and such have been a rarity for me. So the emphatic answer is,
"Heck
> Yeah!" Expecially when you consider that in the case of Slave Zero, I
> absolutely lucked into invincibility through some kinda random button
> mashing during gameplay (I presume). Heck, I didn't even know that I was
> invincible for a while until I happened to notice that my sorry butt
wasn't
> getting killed no matter how many times I got blasted (HA!). Talking about
a
> pleasant surprise. So yes, code or no code, finishing a game is the same
for
> me.
If you're "playing" with an invincibility code, why bother to play a game at
all? You might as well be watching a movie, since there's no challenge left.
The anecdote about Slave Zero tells me though that you're most likely "Doug
Martin," the same person who started a long thread some time ago about how
every game should have selectable invincibility right in the option menu,
except now you're hiding behind a fake userid.
Fubar
intentionally altered my writing style, or stances on particular topics in
an attempt to escape detection by the NG detectives (I guess that would be
you). I use a pseudonym to limit the amount of spam that comes to my mailbox
as a result of newsgroup posts.
And I don't mind that you are disdainful of folks (like me) who like
invincibility codes and such. See, every person is entitled to his/her own
value system which determines whether or not they enjoy a particular
activity. I, for one, like to view a game's set of levels in their entirety.
I appreciate the creative design work and programming that developers put
into their creations and want to experience them in their entirety. But
since I don't have the dexterity and/or time to beat most games on 'hard',
or even sometimes 'normal' difficulty, a code comes in handy for me. There's
a lot of ego for some folks (that would probably be you again, I'm afraid)
to say they've beaten a game -- the more difficult the better. No problem
there as far as I'm concerned. But that's actually not why I play adventure
games and shooters (interestingly, I view sports games differently). In
effect, I view story-based games like The Bouncer, Resident Evil and the
like as a kind of "movie" -- albeit one that is much more interactive and
which typically lasts much longer than 110 minutes. Call it convergence, or
whatever. But to me, boss battles are obstacles to be overcome towards
realization of the real enjoyment -- story development. They are not the
reason for my enjoyment, but a potential impediment thereto.
Maybe I'm not the typical gamer, but I think you'd be surprised how many
other folks are out there that think along the same lines as I do in this
regard. Publishers are well-served to remember that there are far many more
casual, average-skilled players out there than hard-core experts. If gaming
is made "too difficult" as a norm, the hobby can be stigmatized and a
significant portion of the market will be put off by it, IMO.
Fubar
Raymond McKeithen II <rfmc...@suchiepaijas.net> wrote in message
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Ryan
wrote:
(I see you ran into Raymond's tactful charm)
>And I don't mind that you are disdainful of folks (like me) who like
>invincibility codes and such. See, every person is entitled to his/her own
>value system which determines whether or not they enjoy a particular
>activity. I, for one, like to view a game's set of levels in their entirety.
>I appreciate the creative design work and programming that developers put
>into their creations and want to experience them in their entirety.
Hell, that's the spirit. I wouldn't worry about what his definition of
a gamer is. Long as you get enjoyment out of it, that's all that
matters.
m.ca...@btinternet.com
> Maybe I'm not the typical gamer, but I think you'd be surprised how many
> other folks are out there that think along the same lines as I do in this
> regard. Publishers are well-served to remember that there are far many more
> casual, average-skilled players out there than hard-core experts. If gaming
> is made "too difficult" as a norm, the hobby can be stigmatized and a
> significant portion of the market will be put off by it, IMO.
>
I wouldnt worry about what Ray says - if you get more enjoyment out of how you play the game, so be
it. I personally stopped using cheats to complete games part way through the 16-bit era. I dont
ever bother with them anymore, but that doesnt mean I deplore others who do like to use cheats. I
think people who regard themselves as superior to those who DO cheat are just stuck up. Using a
cheat in a multiplayer game however - that I dont agree with at all.
The only cheats I have liked recently, are those that you have to earn, like in Goldeneye or Perfect
Dark.