Painting Wellingtons Brown 26/02/07
Chris Whitworth
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FFXII (PS2) - The reviews are right. It's fantastic. I mean, okay, if you're
not a JRPG fan, it's not going to convert you, and some of the "hardcore" fans
are going to whine about the gambit stuff making combat too easy, but for the
rest of us, it makes combat much more pleasurable because you can concentrate
on the overall strategy of a fight, rather than having to tell your character
to explicitly perform every single damned attack. The plot, however, is...
oddly familiar. There's a whingy girly-boy who was no parents who joins a
rebellion led by a princess against an imperial, uh, empire, helped out by
a lovable rogueish pirate dude. The chief bad dudes all wear these big helmet
things that make their voices sound muffled. All that's missing is a slightly
annoying effeminate robot and his dwarven compatriot. Even the architecture
looks like it's straight out of Episode 1, and I keep expecting a Bangaa to go
"Meesa think people gonna die". But it still has Chocobos, and Montblanc is in
it, so that makes me happy.
FFVII (PSP) - Just as good as I remember.
Children of Mana (DS) - A little bit, anyway. Getting fed up of getting three
levels down into a dungeon only to be killed and kicked back out to the village
only to have to start all over again.
Phoenix Wright: Justice for all (DS) - As a result of getting fed up with CoM.
Blasted through the introductory case. It's good to be back. Also: Maggey -
would, but I'd be thinking of Mia.
Want
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Excite Truck, I think. But I will have no time to play it, because of FFXII.
More time, as usual.
FFIII (DS) - But not until I've finished CoM or Phoenix Wright.
Bin
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My girlfriend's ex-housemate getting an XBox 360 at Christmas, and already
having a higher gamerscore than me in every game we have in common. She's a
/girl/. That's not right.
Chris
--
Gamertag: parm * BRING BACK BLUE SKY IN GAMES *
"Back when I was young, we had to travel back in time to put the tape in so
the game would load before we died."
Chris Stevens
news:slrneu5ckp.2d...@parm.vs.topper.me.uk...
> Play
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Lots of new games. :D
As well as receiving a couple through the post on Friday, I went into
choices with Gears of War and a handful of assorted old shite, and came out
with Crackdown and Dead Rising. They even gave me 19 quid for Tiger Woods
*06*, as well as generous amounts for Full Auto and FM06. I like choices,
they're nice. So, I played...
Tony Hawk's Project 8 (360)
This was the first of the new games to get an airing. Thumbs up. All the
things that make TH games great present in abundance, and despite my fears
after playing the demo, Nail The Trick is beautifully integrated and not a
tacked on gimmick. Excellence. In any other week, this would be a game that
prevented me from even considering playing anything else.
Splinter Cell: Double Agent (360)
Splinter Cell games, whilst pretty to look at, have always left me a little
cold. I'm not very good at sneaking around, see. For some reason, and to be
fair I've only played the first mission and the tutorials so it could all
change, this seems a little more accessible. Hopefully one of the benefits
of being a double agent will be that I get to run around in the open in
broad daylight, shooting people as I please once in a while, but I'm sure
that it'll just be more stealth in a different wrapping, which if it's done
as well as the opening mission wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.
Dead Rising (360)
Again, I haven't got to the real meat (rotting human flesh?) of the game
yet, but I'm liking what I've seen. Flew in in a helicopter, observing and
photographing the zombie related chaos. Love those photo genres - 'PERFECT -
Brutality!'. Had a run around the mall whilst the zombies waited patiently
outside the front doors like Next Sale shoppers on Boxing Day. Inexplicably
got an achievement for falling off the edge of the first floor area to the
level below, which was nice. Zombies got in. Escaped to security room, where
'mysterious woman' was waiting. Voice acting not gruesomely awful. Looking
forward to playing it some more, but unfortunately, next into the 360 was...
Crackdown (360)
THIS GAME ROCKS MY WORLD, etc.
I can't believe that MS aren't pushing this as a system seller like they did
with Gears of War. I'm already of the opinion that it could, possibly, be
the best 360 game to date.
I did as the game told me for a little bit, taking out all but a couple of
the Los Muertos bosses, but then decided to go exploring. I know lots of
people have said it already, but the idea of agility orbs spread around the
rooftoops is sheer genius, and you can happily waste hours just hopping
around collecting them, watching your jumping ability increase as you go.
I suppose it's surprising that it's taken as long as it has for this sort of
game to appear. I can't believe that game designers haven't sat down before
and thought 'Yeah, GTA is good and all, but imagine if you had all the best
bits of GTA, but with super-genetically-engineered-crime-fighting-heroes
that can jump over builings and throw cars around'. Whatever, I'm glad that
they got there in the end. :)
As yet, I haven't tried co-op, but there's so many people playing it, and
the Live interface is so good, that I imagine it'll only be a matter of
time. I heard rumours of an adversarial mode being added in a forthcoming
patch. That would be ace.
Fuzion Frenzy 2 (360)
I missed jochta and WCZ on Friday night, and at a guess they'll probably not
be playing it much again. I got a message from WCZ proclaiming that he'd
managed to squeeze all 1000 achievement points out of it in a single
evenings play (WHORE!), and given that that was the most exciting thing he
had to say about it, I can only assume that the online play is as dull and
lifeless as the single player game. :(
Tiger Woods 07 (360)
Point proven. :)
> Want
> ----
5 day weekends, or perhaps a cloning machine, so I can send myself to work
and sit and play Crackdown all day.
> Bin
> ---
Crackdown (360)
It's made all those other new games seem like a wasted investment, and
heaven knows what the chances are of me going back to those that I had on
the go beforehand (ie NFS:MW and Topspin 2).
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
Zomoniac
> Play
> ----
Crackdown (360) - I hate 3D sandbox games. Every one I've ever played.
Then I played Crackdown. It's fucking incredible, because unlike GTA,
there are no limits, no tedium, nothing stopping you. If you need to
get around a big building then why run when you can just jump over it.
You can climb on everything, and for the first time the phrase 'virtual
playground' isn't misused, it's one giant climbing frame. Just
collecting agility orbs can be tons of fun for hours on end. Played
about five hours, done all the first set of gang bosses and three of
the next set and loving it. It's also really, really beautiful. And the
rocket launcher is the best weapon ever. It's actually making me look
forward to GTA4 for some reason. Ace (though the car handling model is
either rubbish or I can't do it).
Final Fantasy VII (PSXviaPSP) - Started a new game, did two reactors,
fell into a church, met Aeris, sneaked out with her, saw Tifa in a town
and am now hunting her down. It's ok, kinda dull, has no story yet,
Barrett is annoying and the combat's rubbish. I don't like turn-based
RTS games, but I could cope with M&L2 cos there was a bit of
interaction in there. I'll persevere, as I have been told it improves
substantially after ten hours or so, but I'm just a bit bored right now.
> Want
> ----
Forza Motorsport 2, Virtua Tennis 3 (360)
> Bin
> ---
PlayStation 3. I'm now 95% certain I will cancel my pre-order. Congrats
Sony. You're utter fuck-ups. Ste, can I have first refusal when you're
through with it? You said you'd probably sell it when you'd done with
Ico and GoW, if you want I will happily pay you back in full when
you're bored of it, just consider it a long free rental.
--
Zo
John Parkinson
> Play
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>
> FFXII (PS2) - The reviews are right. It's fantastic.
It's not won me over yet. I've put in about 8 hours, twice already run
into situations where I just got slaughtered, and one of those was
following the plot. It might actually be because Gambit is making me rely
too much on the AI, whereas I'd be a lot more tactical if I had proper
control over everyone in a turn-based (or active battle) system.
I quite like the licence system, although I'm not really spending points
because there doesn't seem any point when I've not got the items/spells.
(Or the Gil to buy those items/spells. Grr...I'm so skint.)
City of Heroes (PC) - This still took most of my time. I played FFXII,
but once that got me irritated I went onto this and didn't look back for
the rest of the weekend.
> Want
> ----
Time would be nice.
> Bin
> ---
FFXII's Camera - Dear Square. When I want to look to the left, my
instincts tell me to press left. Not right. HTH. HAND.
--
John Parkinson
Chris Whitworth
> Chris Whitworth wrote:
>> Play
>> ----
>>
>> FFXII (PS2) - The reviews are right. It's fantastic.
>
> It's not won me over yet. I've put in about 8 hours, twice already run
> into situations where I just got slaughtered, and one of those was
> following the plot. It might actually be because Gambit is making me rely
> too much on the AI, whereas I'd be a lot more tactical if I had proper
> control over everyone in a turn-based (or active battle) system.
There's a couple of situations in the first ten hours or so where you are
placed in a battle which, unless you've been doing grinding outside of the
main story, you simply can't win. That "run away" button isn't there for fun,
you know.
> FFXII's Camera - Dear Square. When I want to look to the left, my
> instincts tell me to press left. Not right. HTH. HAND.
Yeah, that's a bit annoying, but you get used to it.
James Sutherland
> Play
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FFIII (DS) - This is utterly brilliant. The initial difficulty has eased
off now I've got better characters, and I've stopped being annoyed by the
save system. Looks lovely for a DS game, too.
Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii) - Well, I will be any minute. I'll post
impressions later. Got Trigger Heart Exelica for the DC today too.
> Want
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A job.
> Bin
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Unemployment. Particularly when it comes unexpectedly just before your
mortgage payment is due.
DBSnappa
> On 2007-02-26, John Parkinson <jp--usenet-...@destiny.org.uk> wrote:
>> Chris Whitworth wrote:
>>> Play
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>>>
>
>> instincts tell me to press left. Not right. HTH. HAND.
>
> Yeah, that's a bit annoying, but you get used to it.
Whaaaaa? And you can't change it? Okami did this in FP mode, and I was
like, WTF? Even though I use waist level finders on most of my medium
format gear, it's still not right. At least you can change it in Okami.
>
> Chris
Chris Whitworth
I never thought of it like that. Never could get the hang of those weird
inverted viewfinders. No, you can't change it, but I'm not finding it as big
a problem as it could be. The camera goes a bit spazzy when you back into a
corner and sorting it out can be a bit confusing, but it's not a gamebreaker
by any means.
DBSnappa
> Play
> ----
Then I went to play darts at my club.
Then I came home and played Gears of War coop with DrG.
Saturday I spent doing chores getting the dogs exercised and the house
clean before HC and the daughter got home from their half-term hols;-)
Then late Saturday afternoon I played CRACKDOWN - much leapage ahoy. I
think I've racked up about 8 hours so far and haven't done the first Don
yet.
Like everyone else has said, it's just so much fun leaping around - I
particularly like the roof races - but the level 3 ones feels a little
tough - I wasted about half an hour trying to climb the KEEP and kept
getting stuck about 3/4 of the way up.
The gameworld is the best I've ever played in for solidity and
explorabilty. Standing on a rooftop, trying to plan a route to what
looks like some inaccessible agility orb is great fun.
On ruthless, the enemies aren't a cakewalk either - wading in will often
get you killed easily.
>
> Want
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>
The ability to leap great heights!
> Bin
> ---
>
nothing much
DBSnappa
> "Chris Whitworth" <usenet...@parm.net> wrote in message
> news:slrneu5ckp.2d...@parm.vs.topper.me.uk...
>> Play
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>
>
> THIS GAME ROCKS MY WORLD, etc.
> I can't believe that MS aren't pushing this as a system seller like they did
> with Gears of War. I'm already of the opinion that it could, possibly, be
> the best 360 game to date.
Well, I'm sure including a Halo 3 beta won't hurt the sales!
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Play
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Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow (DS)
Just ACENESS incorporated. And Portrait of Ruin arrived this morning -
ordered on Thursday from VG+ so that's pretty quick.
Nothing else - just DoS.
> Want
> ----
More time to play the huge backlog which has formed in the past few
weeks. My gaming schedule is looking like:
1) Finish Dawn of Sorrow
2) Finish Children of Mana
3) Aria of Sorrow
4) Final Fantasy III
5) Portrait of Ruin
6) Magical Starsign
7) Age of Empires - Age of Kings
8) Lost Magic
Items 4-8 inclusive are still shrink wrapped. There are another 20 games
that haven't been played ot any great degree - I got back into my buying
loadsa games on impulse without actually playing them thing again.
> Bin
> ---
Forgetting how ACE my DS is.
Choobs
--
Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
http://www.nelefa.org - Gaming and Ramblings from the Shiny part of the world
Abu the monkey was never naughty.
WCZ
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> "Chris Whitworth" <usenet...@parm.net> wrote in message
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>> Play
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>
>
I guess it's just me and jochta that don't like Crackdown then. It was the
aimless not knowing what to do that put me off. I like a bit of direction
in my games.
>
> Fuzion Frenzy 2 (360)
> I missed jochta and WCZ on Friday night, and at a guess they'll probably
> not
> be playing it much again. I got a message from WCZ proclaiming that he'd
> managed to squeeze all 1000 achievement points out of it in a single
> evenings play (WHORE!), and given that that was the most exciting thing he
> had to say about it, I can only assume that the online play is as dull and
> lifeless as the single player game. :(
You can't complain at 200 points an hour. Online Tournaments are terrible
cos you can't skip the DJ and no one is playing. Online mini-Frenzy is not
bad providing you avoid the truely awful mini-games. I suspect with a load
of mates and booze this could be rather good but you probably all need to be
round the same tele to make it fun.
WCZ
"WCZ" <Dav1...@willnotwork.com> wrote in message
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Just in case I buckle based on everyone elses acebestness reviews of
crapdown what is the whoreability like? I at least want gamerpoints for my
money. :-)
Baaaaaa, baaaaaa, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
jochta
> "Chris Whitworth" <usenet...@parm.net> wrote in message
> news:slrneu5ckp.2d...@parm.vs.topper.me.uk...
>
>>Play
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>
>
> I missed jochta and WCZ on Friday night, and at a guess they'll probably not
> be playing it much again. I got a message from WCZ proclaiming that he'd
> managed to squeeze all 1000 achievement points out of it in a single
> evenings play (WHORE!), and given that that was the most exciting thing he
> had to say about it, I can only assume that the online play is as dull and
> lifeless as the single player game. :(
>
It was alright, some of the minigames are good, some are pure shit. 4
human players would be OK in custom mode. The normal tournament mode
online is crippled by not being able to skip the fucking DJ at all.
Makes it far too frustrating to play. Even the cards aren't too bad an
addition if you use them tactically.
And for anyone who wants to add a quick 1000pts to your gamerscore then
this is the game to choose. Five hours play for the full set.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Chris Whitworth <usenet...@parm.net> wrote:
>Play
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Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land (PS2) - Criminy, this game gets
unexpectedly challenging. Boss fights occur without warning, and usually
without any opportunity to prepare. I'm not quite sure how they got this
to be entertaining and not too annoying. Also, every female NPC is dressed
like a showgirl.
Shining the Holy Ark (Sat) - Forget about your Final Fantasy nostalgia,
this is where the action is. Much better than I remember, which is saying
something about how well Sega's games age. I'll admit that I would not
have come back to this is Wizardry hadn't renewed my interest in ye olde
3D dungeon cralwer. King's Field may be up for a revisit next.
Chu Chu Rocket (GBA) - Just long enough to delete my save data
accidentally. No confirmation prompt there?
Ar Tonelico (PS2) - Just long enough to see that it's very pretty and not
nearly as original as everyone thinks it is. This goes on the pile with
the unfinished Atelier games, to be completed at an unspecified later
date.
>Want
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Shining Soul 2 (GBA) - I'm told that the second game is the one to have,
as the first game is rather rough. Of course, the only one I can find
easily is the first title and not the sequel. The hunt continues.
Custom PS2 memory cards - It's an obsession. I spent two months combing
through online catalogs and buying every Japanese game magazine that
included little stickers to go on the memory cards. I have about two dozen
PS1 memory cards that I don't actually use, but have beautiful portraits
of Claire from Resident Evil and those guys from Policenauts and all the
Square protagonists and bunch of Eroge game heroines that I'm thankful I
don't recognize.
>Bin
>---
>
>My girlfriend's ex-housemate getting an XBox 360 at Christmas, and already
>having a higher gamerscore than me in every game we have in common. She's a
>/girl/. That's not right.
I fear the concept of the Gamerscore may suit the fair gender more than
its inventors realized. With the metagoal of a high gamerscore
established, women may find the act of gaming less pointless. I wonder if
all things in life are like that, where adding an unnecessary layer of
complexity and depth will all of a sudden make something gender neutral.
:)
-KKC, who wrote a long diatribe against joggers in his Bin section and
then deleted it.
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but I have to shave something! I'm a shaver! It's my job! | @io.com
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let me shave it! Please!!" -- Tim Dawson's 'Dragon Tails' |
John Parkinson
> On 2007-02-26, John Parkinson <jp--usenet-...@destiny.org.uk> wrote:
>> Chris Whitworth wrote:
>>> Play
>>> ----
>>>
>>> FFXII (PS2) - The reviews are right. It's fantastic.
>>
>> It's not won me over yet. I've put in about 8 hours, twice already run
>> into situations where I just got slaughtered, and one of those was
>> following the plot. It might actually be because Gambit is making me rely
>> too much on the AI, whereas I'd be a lot more tactical if I had proper
>> control over everyone in a turn-based (or active battle) system.
>
> There's a couple of situations in the first ten hours or so where you are
> placed in a battle which, unless you've been doing grinding outside of the
> main story, you simply can't win. That "run away" button isn't there for fun,
> you know.
SPOILERS for FFXII early in..
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I ran away from the fight in the mines where the characters say "ZOMG!
RUN!"
That was fine...the next plot one was the fight against 2 judges and a
load of soldiers on the airship. I didn't see any way to run away there.
(And if there is, the chars say to focus on the judges and that'll do,
rather than to run away...so I am trusting the game somewhat here.)
--
John Parkinson
Chris Whitworth
> In article <slrneu5ckp.2d...@parm.vs.topper.me.uk>,
> Chris Whitworth <usenet...@parm.net> wrote:
>>My girlfriend's ex-housemate getting an XBox 360 at Christmas, and already
>>having a higher gamerscore than me in every game we have in common. She's a
>>/girl/. That's not right.
>
> I fear the concept of the Gamerscore may suit the fair gender more than
> its inventors realized. With the metagoal of a high gamerscore
> established, women may find the act of gaming less pointless. I wonder if
> all things in life are like that, where adding an unnecessary layer of
> complexity and depth will all of a sudden make something gender neutral.
Nah, she's always been a gamer; probably more so than me, in fact.
Chris Stevens
> > THIS GAME ROCKS MY WORLD, etc.
>
the
> aimless not knowing what to do that put me off. I like a bit of direction
> in my games.
Well, there is a bit of a direction to it. You could concentrate on working
your way through the gang bosses, and you'd be kept occupied for quite a
while.
The fun, for me, though is in the freefrom exploration. I agree with what Zo
said about it - it's the first time a sandbox game has given you such a
completely exploreable environment from the off. The scale of the game isn't
perhaps as great as something like Just Cause, but the city is busy and
bustling, without any real 'filler' space. If you combine the fantastic
environment with the ability to leap 50ft in the air and chuck things
around, it's just so much more fun than any of the other sandbox games I've
ever played.
> > Fuzion Frenzy 2 (360)
> > I missed jochta and WCZ on Friday night, and at a guess they'll probably
> > not
> > be playing it much again. I got a message from WCZ proclaiming that he'd
> > managed to squeeze all 1000 achievement points out of it in a single
> > evenings play (WHORE!), and given that that was the most exciting thing
he
> > had to say about it, I can only assume that the online play is as dull
and
> > lifeless as the single player game. :(
>
> You can't complain at 200 points an hour. Online Tournaments are terrible
> cos you can't skip the DJ and no one is playing. Online mini-Frenzy is
not
> bad providing you avoid the truely awful mini-games. I suspect with a
load
> of mates and booze this could be rather good but you probably all need to
be
> round the same tele to make it fun.
That pretty much sums it up from my point of view - it's ruined by the
tedious slow pace of the bits between the minigames (even if you skip the DJ
in offline games, it still takes an age to get to the next minigame), and
only has the potential to be remotely fun if you've got a roomful of
suitably excitable people to play it with. And, even then, if I had a
roomful of suitably excitable people, we'd be playing Wii Sports/Play
instead, because the minigames themselves are almost all dreadful in FF2, as
opposed to perfect and intuitive on the Wii.
Oh, and it can keep its bloody achievement points. There's no way on earth
I'm going to devote 5 hours of precious gaming time to such a steaming turd
of a game, especially when I've got so much decent stuff to be playing
instead. :)
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
DBSnappa
There's plenty of direction if you want it - it's just good fun to be on
the roof looking for agility orbs - and as I said in my post, if you set
the difficulty higher than the default setting, you won't blast through
the game in five hours like some of the reviews claimed.
Oh, and BTW, I didn't like the demo - well, I downloaded it and played
for about ten minutes and was, 'yeah, and?' I love the real game though.
>
> Just in case I buckle based on everyone elses acebestness reviews of
> crapdown what is the whoreability like? I at least want gamerpoints for my
> money. :-)
>
> Baaaaaa, baaaaaa, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
>
Well, they all look quite achievable to me.
Stewart Smith
> I don't like turn-based RTS games,
Eh?
Anyway...
Play:
Children of Mana (DS) picked up this and Magical Starsign as I had more
stuff to trade than I thought. Did you know GAME won't take the DS
browser on trade in. Quite fun as dungeon slogs go, might get a bit
samey by the end or my right thumb might break...
Nothing else, Zelda didn't get touched at the weekend.
Hot Fuzz, okay so it isn't a game but it is bloody funny, I didn't even
really notice that it was 2 hours long.
Want:
Rayman Raving Rabbids to arrive from ChoicesUK, apart from that I've got
plenty to be getting on with.
Bin:
Mondays...
Chris Whitworth
That fight is a bit of a cunt. I got through a lot of phoenix downs in that
one. Make sure your gambits are all set to heal/attack party leader's target
and concentrate on the judges. You don't need to take down the adds.
Chris Stevens
news:ZCzEh.24901$HO5....@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >> I guess it's just me and jochta that don't like Crackdown then. It was
> >> the aimless not knowing what to do that put me off. I like a bit of
> >> direction in my games.
>
> There's plenty of direction if you want it - it's just good fun to be on
> the roof looking for agility orbs - and as I said in my post, if you set
> the difficulty higher than the default setting, you won't blast through
> the game in five hours like some of the reviews claimed.
>
> Oh, and BTW, I didn't like the demo - well, I downloaded it and played
> for about ten minutes and was, 'yeah, and?' I love the real game though.
Exactly the same for me. In fact, the demo didn't at all convince me that I
wanted to buy it, and it was only down to choices advertising a particularly
attractive trade-in price for Gears of War and the lack of any other recent
releases I wanted that lead to me getting it. So *very* glad I did, though.
:)
> > Just in case I buckle based on everyone elses acebestness reviews of
> > crapdown what is the whoreability like? I at least want gamerpoints for
my
> > money. :-)
> >
> > Baaaaaa, baaaaaa, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
> >
> Well, they all look quite achievable to me.
I like the fact that some of them are for things that you wouldn't *need* to
do to complete the game, but would probably try to do anyway - climbing and
jumping off the agency tower for example. I tried that early on, before I
had increased my agility at all, and (obviously) failed miserably. Can't
wait to go back to it with a levelled up agent and admire the view...
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
RichGK
wrote:
> Crackdown (360)
> It's made all those other new games seem like a wasted investment, and
> heaven knows what the chances are of me going back to those that I had on
> the go beforehand (ie NFS:MW and Topspin 2).
>
> Chris.
>
> GT: SomethingWitty
Play
Crackdown (360) - I only managed a few hours gaming over the weekend
and the empty crackdownless void that existed between Crackdown
ecstasy seemed to go on for ever.
Obliviondown (360) - It was switched on for about half an hour -
imagine how good it would be if you could kill an orc and the use it
as a weapon!
Want
to go home and play Crackdown. Work would be more exciting if only you
could jump there.
Bin
Gears of War - what with the upcoming games I'm after I probably won't
revisit it. Oh who am I kidding - Crackycrackdown will be occupying my
time for some time.
DBSnappa
> :)
>
>>> Just in case I buckle based on everyone elses acebestness reviews of
>>> crapdown what is the whoreability like? I at least want gamerpoints for
> my
>>> money. :-)
>>>
>>> Baaaaaa, baaaaaa, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
>>>
>> Well, they all look quite achievable to me.
>
> I like the fact that some of them are for things that you wouldn't *need* to
> do to complete the game, but would probably try to do anyway - climbing and
> jumping off the agency tower for example. I tried that early on, before I
> had increased my agility at all, and (obviously) failed miserably. Can't
> wait to go back to it with a levelled up agent and admire the view...
>
>
I've been back to that with a 3* agent and it's still very tricky - I
didn't manage it - largely down to the fact that it's very difficult to
see where you're going - I couldn't even manage the two 3* races in the
Keep - you can see the next spot to reach but have no idea at this
moment how to bloody get there ;-)
RichGK
> Just in case I buckle based on everyone elses acebestness reviews of
> crapdown what is the whoreability like? I at least want gamerpoints for my
> money. :-)
Good for you too.
The achievment points are all very obtainable and also look like they
will actually be fun to get too. Stuff like chain an explosion of so
many cars, and jump from the top of the agency tower. Apart from the
usual complete the game etc
The Rev
> Play
> ----
Crackdown (360) - Within ten hours of starting the full game I'd killed
all the bosses and completely cleaned up the city. Damn shame. Of
course, I played the demo loads of times, which meant I could leap
straight into the full game with a huge advantage. And I've played it
for hours since finishing the main missions, just collecting orbs and
boosting stats. But the boss missions were so much fun I just wish there
were more of them. And it's not like I didn't do exploring inbetween the
missions. I didn't deliberately rush through them, just did them when
they came up. I'd like a sequel the size of GTA: SA now please. (And to
know where the final fifteen or twenty agility orbs I'm missing are.)
Exicte Truck (Wii) - Great stuff. Went back to this yesterday after
caning Crackdown for a few days. I'm finding it tricky to get s ranks on
the gold levels, but it's still immense fun, just doing the same race
over and over again. I guess this got lost in the US launch line-up or
something, because I honestly can't see why it's not generally regarded
as the brilliant game that it is.
Kid Icarus (Wii) - I can't get off stage two. I'm not sure what makes me
keep playing it, but it seems to have something.
New Adventure Island (Wii) - Beat the boss at the end of stage 1-4, but
haven't made it off 2-1 yet.
> Want
> ----
Lots of games (Wii) - Despite Crackdown dominating my gaming time over
the last few days, my heart is with the Wii at the moment. Thank
goodness for that scratchcard win. I'd never have taken a chance on
Excite Truck without it and it's turned out to be an exceptionally good
game. And that's partly down to the controls. I'm not sure if it's
novelty, you know. I think it could genuinely just be a more fun and
involving way of controlling games. Time will tell. Anyway, I want more
Wii games. More! Kororinpa I shoud get tomorrow. And finish tomorrow if
online reports are true. Was upset to get an email this morning saying
that Eledees has been put back. Boo! I think I'm going to take a chance
on SSX, even though it's simply a warmed-over mix of bits from a game
series I don't much like with new controls, but Sonic I'm not buying
until online impressions are in.
Oblivion: The Shivering Isles (360) - That's what it's called, right?
Anyway I've warned the wife that I'm going to become very, very boring
when this comes out.
> Bin
> ---
Lots of Live Arcade demos. I went and deleted everything that I'm not
going to turn into a full game. Bye then, demos of Heavy Weapon, Ms
Pac-Man, Small Arms, Roboblitz, Paperboy, Root Beer Tapper, etc.
Game delays.
Virtua Fighter's reputation.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
The Rev <the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Bin
>> ---
>
>Virtua Fighter's reputation.
Which one? Among fanboys it's the greatest fighting game EVAR. Among its
critics, it's unnecessarily complicated and excludes casual players. As
with all things, the truth is found somewhere in between.
I'm just happy the VF series lives on. There hasn't been a proper Ultima
game in years, Wonder Boy is still lost in the wilderness somewhere, and
Contra died in 3D. They can't all be Final Fantasy and Street Fighter, but
it's sad when a beloved game world doesn't keep going.
-KKC, sneaking in some Chu Chu time at work.
Chris Stevens
> Chris Whitworth wrote:
> > Play
> > ----
> Friday night I played Excite Truck, 2 player.
> Then I went to play darts at my club.
I don't know why, but the use of the expression 'my club' brings to mind a
magnificently opulent room, filled with old men smoking big cigars and
sitting in green leather armchairs, large brandy glasses in hand. Not
dartboards. ;)
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
Mal Franks
usenet...@parm.net says...
> Play
> ----
Dark Age Of Camelot (PC) - visited the labyrinth with some guild and
alliance members, killed a giant rat called bazil, 3-headed cerberus
(whose heads now decorates a wall in my house) and demon lord agramon
plus some minor monsters. With the latest expansion there's a batch of
new quests so I did some of them too.
> Want
> ----
A week off
> Bin
> ---
work
James Sutherland
@mid.individual.net:
> Sonic I'm not buying
> until online impressions are in.
>
I like it so far. But I am incredibly blinkered when it comes to Sonic
games. It's much, much better than the 360 game. Visually too, oddly.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
>
> It's much, much better than the 360 game. Visually too, oddly.
It can't possibly be. It DOES N0T TEH HAYCH-DEE HVAE!!11!one!
DBSnappa
So it's more vinyl floor covering, formica bar tops, rubbed smooth
vinylmura, split tatty velour seats and embassy no6.
Still, it's £18 a year to be a member, it has 12 full size slate bed
snooker tables, two dart boards, a huge ballroom upstairs and very cheap
booze.
It's also quite popular as an 'ironically' cool venue amongst the music
fraternity. I've seen Franz Ferdinand there doing one of 'those' secret
invite only gigs you hear about, where the band mingle before they play.
Being a member I got instant access ;-)
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org> wrote:
>James Sutherland the Monkey was never naughty:
>>
>> It's much, much better than the 360 game. Visually too, oddly.
>
>It can't possibly be. It DOES N0T TEH HAYCH-DEE HVAE!!11!one!
Choobs' joke aside, I think this is less about the available technology
and more about Sega and Nintendo being bestest buddies forever. When the
western Dreamcast market finally fell, the best of Sega's library showed
up on the Gamecube and nowhere else. This included yet-to-be released
games like Beach Spikers and Monkey Ball, which were Naomi arcade titles
and almost certainly were destined for a Dreamcast release. Sega has more
experience working with Nintendo's development tools than any other third
party, and the difference in the Sonic games is evidence of that.
Yes yes, Monkey Ball eventually got to the Xbox and PS2. We can argue
about something else now.
-KKC, planning a trip to Rhode Island.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
>
> -KKC, planning a trip to Rhode Island.
Isn't that a euphamism for something? Like the US equivalent of being
"sent to Coventry"? :)
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
>>
>> -KKC, planning a trip to Rhode Island.
>
>Isn't that a euphamism for something? Like the US equivalent of being
>"sent to Coventry"? :)
No, no. This year's Transformers Convention is being held near the Hasbro
home office, ostensibly to commemorate the new motion picture. Cynics may
observe that by making all the fans come to them, Hasbro executives don't
have to travel anywhere.
-KKC, who clearly labels his euphemisms to comply with the Geneva
convention.
DBSnappa
> In article <54gb8rF...@mid.individual.net>,
> Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org> wrote:
>> Kendrick Kerwin Chua the Monkey was never naughty:
>>> -KKC, planning a trip to Rhode Island.
>> Isn't that a euphamism for something? Like the US equivalent of being
>> "sent to Coventry"? :)
>
> No, no. This year's Transformers Convention
So, YES, then ;-)
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
I'm actually going to Rhode Island. To use a euphemism is an act of
substitution, not omission. And before you assign shame, be aware that I
met my lovely fiancee at this event some ten years ago. :)
I'm not all that excited about this year's show, partly because the movie
looks to be an absolute fright. Also, like Star Trek and Star Wars fans
there really isn't a renewal among their demographic. They're getting
older, and their children are not carrying on the same enthusiasm for the
fandom. I wonder if two decades from now there won't be Pokemon
conventions filled with thirty-something folks reliving their wasted
youth, and dragging along children who don't see what all the fuss is
about.
-KKC, who notes that Doctor Who fans seem to have no problem reproducing
and passing on their defective traits, just by way of comparison...
Chris Stevens
> >
> > I don't know why, but the use of the expression 'my club' brings to mind
a
> > magnificently opulent room, filled with old men smoking big cigars and
> > sitting in green leather armchairs, large brandy glasses in hand. Not
> > dartboards. ;)
> >
> Well, it is a 'working' man's club.
> So it's more vinyl floor covering, formica bar tops, rubbed smooth
> vinylmura, split tatty velour seats and embassy no6.
>
> Still, it's £18 a year to be a member, it has 12 full size slate bed
> snooker tables, two dart boards, a huge ballroom upstairs and very cheap
> booze.
>
> It's also quite popular as an 'ironically' cool venue amongst the music
> fraternity. I've seen Franz Ferdinand there doing one of 'those' secret
> invite only gigs you hear about, where the band mingle before they play.
> Being a member I got instant access ;-)
There used to be a fantastic Brtitsh Legion round these parts. It was
actually in a corrugated iron shed, with a couple of snooker tables and the
worlds cheapest bar. I think it's closed down now, with all its old regulars
having shuffled off their mortal coils. :(
Other than that, we just don't get that kind of thing in these rural parts.
Even the grubby old country pubs are either closing (as per the best pub in
my village, where they used to serve real cider, not poured, but scooped out
of the barrel), or becoming so restaurant-centred that they forget how to
keep a decent pint (as per the second choice pub in my village).
I did, however, have the pleasure of visiting a *real* working mens club in
Ilkeston a year or two back. One of the best nights I've had in a long, long
time - they taught me a thing or two about drinking. :)
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
Trousers
> Play
> ----
CoD3 - "I don't know what all this talk was about glitches as I haven't
seen any so far and oh no wait I'm stuck hanging in the middle of a room
and can't do anything and the last checkpoint is miles away. Oh well
I'll just restart then and OH WAIT NO 4 HOURS OF UNSKIPPABLE CUT SCENE."
I quite like it all the same.
> Want
> ----
To be able to explain to the wife why I have Crackdown AND Lost Planet
in my hand when I walk through thr door tonight as I got them both for
£60 from PC World.
> Bin
> ---
Taking an hour to walk home from a party on Saturday night and walking
all over the road despite the wife's best attempts to keep me in a
straight line then getting up at 2:30am to go to toilet only to then go
from the toilet downstairs and fall asleep stark bollock naked on the
sofa. Helen then came down and said "Get back in bed" to which I replied
"I am in bed". Age and children have turned me into a complete
lightweight. Tchoh.
Promising to go to some hundred year old bloke's house on the way home
tonight to look at his Windows '95 machine with 16MB Ram which is
suprisingly going completely wrong. When I have TWO new games to play.
--
Trousers
Paul Evans
> Play
> ----
Absolutely nothing. Yup. Thanks to one of my RAM boards in my PC screwing up
during the week, I've been spending the weekend trying to work out which one
out of the four (3x 1GB 1x 512MB) was giving me problems. The Windoze XP
Blue Screen Of Death was about as useful as a roast ham at a vegetarian
dinner, and the motherboard constantly beeping at me in disgust wasn't much
use either. Once I realised that those random numbers were actually RAM
addresses, I then had to piss around taking all the RAM cards out, putting
one in at a time, rebooting windows, waiting an eternity for it to crash
(because it didn't do it straight away... Oh no, that would've been too
easy) before finally, on Sunday afternoon, discovering which card was
knackered. Sadly, it wasn't the 512MB one.
Then, once I finally got that sorted out (and now my PC's 1GB lighter), I
then had to catch up on my jobhunt, modifying my CV etc. Great.
I might even get the chance to catch up on the 1,000+ posts I've missed on
here too.
> Want
> ----
A job. Then I can buy a new card for the PC.
The Sims 2: Seasons (PC): I've actually ordered this from Play. Bit pissed
off that Switzerland had it several days ago. Then again, it's not as though
I've would've been able to play the thing anayway.
> Bin
> ---
The PS3. Sony have proved beyond all reasonable doubt, that they (after Sky
Digital) are the biggest cunts in Europe. One of the main reasons why I
still had a passing interest in the PS3 was it's hardware-based backwards
compatibility with PS2 games. It would've meant that I could've traded in my
PS2 (and a handful of crap games) for one, but still be able to play my
large-ish collection of good games on the PS3.
Why bother selling the same console in Europe like they do in the US and
Japan, when they can sell a cut-down version, with a massive cost saving to
themselves, but at a jacked up price for European customers, that probably
won't even run 50-60% of PS2 games that are out there at the moment?
Sorry Sony, but I'll be keeping my PS2, and my collection of current-gen
games and using it until the f****r finally dies. If I do buy into the Next
Gen thing, it will be a Wii. At least Nintendo have given some thought about
their customers.
Paul.
[ste parker]
>> Play
>> ----
>
> Absolutely nothing. Yup. Thanks to one of my RAM boards in my PC screwing up
> during the week, I've been spending the weekend trying to work out which one
> out of the four (3x 1GB 1x 512MB) was giving me problems.
I'm surprised that just running such a combination in itself wasn't
causing any problems.
--
[ste]
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
>
> and passing on their defective traits, just by way of comparison...
Being realistic, that's because Doctor Who isn't shit :*)
Paul Evans
"[ste parker]" <imag...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:54gfdlF...@mid.individual.net...
Originally my PC had 1.5 gigs, because I couldn't afford two gigs at the
time. I've heard that using different RAM sizes causes problems but didn't
know why (nobody has really eaplained why) and the setup seemed to work fine
on my PC. When I added the additional two 1GB cards around seven months ago
no new problems presented themselves - well, until last week anyway.
Once I was working again, I was intending to replace the 512MB card with a
1GB one, but now it seems I'll have to buy two cards instead of one, and I'm
sure prices have gone up too...
Paul.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
Nah - DIMMS are a lot more tolerant than SIMMs used to be - being
internally double and all.
Shak
"Paul Evans" <paul.e...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:54gg40F...@mid.individual.net...
>
> "[ste parker]" <imag...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:54gfdlF...@mid.individual.net...
>> Paul Evans wrote:
>>>> Play
>>>> ----
>>>
>>> Absolutely nothing. Yup. Thanks to one of my RAM boards in my PC
>>> screwing up during the week, I've been spending the weekend trying to
>>> work out which one out of the four (3x 1GB 1x 512MB) was giving me
>>> problems.
>>
>> I'm surprised that just running such a combination in itself wasn't
>> causing any problems.
>>
>> --
>> [ste]
>
> Originally my PC had 1.5 gigs, because I couldn't afford two gigs at the
> time. I've heard that using different RAM sizes causes problems but didn't
> know why (nobody has really eaplained why) and the setup seemed to work
> fine on my PC. When I added the additional two 1GB cards around seven
> months ago no new problems presented themselves - well, until last week
> anyway.
>
I didn't think it did and for some time now. I think I run a similar set up
at both work and home with no problems. In fact more than a few mobos come
with an odd number of ram slots now don't they?
I think you now match memory for some super enhanced reading mode, but it
will still work fine otherwise.
Shak
DBSnappa
> Chris Whitworth wrote:
>> Play
>> ----
>
> CoD3 - "I don't know what all this talk was about glitches as I haven't
> seen any so far and oh no wait I'm stuck hanging in the middle of a room
> and can't do anything and the last checkpoint is miles away. Oh well
> I'll just restart then and OH WAIT NO 4 HOURS OF UNSKIPPABLE CUT SCENE."
> I quite like it all the same.
It's all a bit unsatisfactory - tricky to pin-point why, but it is.
Obviously the above doesn't help :p
>
>> Want
>> ----
>
> To be able to explain to the wife why I have Crackdown AND Lost Planet
> in my hand when I walk through thr door tonight as I got them both for
> £60 from PC World.
Walk through on your hands with them in your mouth. She won't notice the
games.
>
>> Bin
>> ---
>
> Taking an hour to walk home from a party on Saturday night and walking
> all over the road despite the wife's best attempts to keep me in a
> straight line then getting up at 2:30am to go to toilet only to then go
> from the toilet downstairs and fall asleep stark bollock naked on the
> sofa. Helen then came down and said "Get back in bed" to which I replied
> "I am in bed". Age and children have turned me into a complete
> lightweight. Tchoh.
And you're shit at GW:RE. I'm surprised she doesn't divorce you NOW :D
>
> Promising to go to some hundred year old bloke's house on the way home
> tonight to look at his Windows '95 machine with 16MB Ram which is
> suprisingly going completely wrong. When I have TWO new games to play.
>
Walk through the door, go "I don't do antiques - it's Arthur Negus you
need, except he's deader than your PC - bye'
Go home, remember to walk through door on hands, play games. Simple
[ste parker]
> [ste parker] the Monkey was never naughty:
>> Paul Evans wrote:
>>>> Play
>>>> ----
>>> Absolutely nothing. Yup. Thanks to one of my RAM boards in my PC screwing up
>>> during the week, I've been spending the weekend trying to work out which one
>>> out of the four (3x 1GB 1x 512MB) was giving me problems.
>> I'm surprised that just running such a combination in itself wasn't
>> causing any problems.
>
> Nah - DIMMS are a lot more tolerant than SIMMs used to be - being
> internally double and all.
>
Depending on the RAM and / or motherboard it can still cause probs. if
the memory doesn't all have the same timings etc. though, and mixing
different sized sticks is more likely to bring in such differences.
Or, as you say, I could just be applying old knowledge to newer
technology :)
--
[ste]
DBSnappa
Dunno about learning anything about drinking from this lot - I sure
could learn a lot about moaning though, it seems :D
Trousers
>> Taking an hour to walk home from a party on Saturday night and walking
>> all over the road despite the wife's best attempts to keep me in a
>> straight line then getting up at 2:30am to go to toilet only to then
>> go from the toilet downstairs and fall asleep stark bollock naked on
>> the sofa. Helen then came down and said "Get back in bed" to which I
>> replied "I am in bed". Age and children have turned me into a complete
>> lightweight. Tchoh.
>
>
> And you're shit at GW:RE. I'm surprised she doesn't divorce you NOW :D
I'll see your GW:RE and raise you Heavy Weapon, Small Arms, Marble Blast
Ultra*, Mutant Storm Reloaded, Doom, Assault Heroes, Scramble.
*SHUT UP Chris Stevens
DBSnappa
Yeah, but you're a nerd who plays lots of games averagely. Particularly
GW:RE. If I put my massive haptic skills into serious practice on those
games, you'd be lower on all your friends lists and I couldn't do that
to you, what with you having to live up north, and everything :p
Nils Tanner
<paul.e...@ntlworld.com> got it all completely wrong and wrote:
>The Sims 2: Seasons (PC): I've actually ordered this from Play. Bit pissed
>off that Switzerland had it several days ago. Then again, it's not as though
>I've would've been able to play the thing anayway.
I don't really know why though. And I haven't seen it in shops yet, as
in a real brick and mortar store. I could have ordered it though...:-)
[ste parker]
>
> I didn't think it did and for some time now. I think I run a similar set up
> at both work and home with no problems. In fact more than a few mobos come
> with an odd number of ram slots now don't they?
>
It's not the number, more the content. If say, the 1GB stick has timing
x and the 512MB has timing y, if the motherboard chooses the faster of
the two then one of the sticks /might/ not like it. OK, so it's
probably a lot less likely than it may have sounded I meant it to be
when I said I was surprised.
> I think you now match memory for some super enhanced reading mode, but it
> will still work fine otherwise.
>
Dual channel.
--
[ste]
Nils Tanner
Friday morning...
Trousers
>>> And you're shit at GW:RE. I'm surprised she doesn't divorce you NOW :D
>>
>>
>> I'll see your GW:RE and raise you Heavy Weapon, Small Arms, Marble
>> Blast Ultra*, Mutant Storm Reloaded, Doom, Assault Heroes, Scramble.
>>
>> *SHUT UP Chris Stevens
>
>
> Yeah, but you're a nerd who plays lots of games averagely. Particularly
> GW:RE. If I put my massive haptic skills into serious practice on those
> games, you'd be lower on all your friends lists and I couldn't do that
> to you, what with you having to live up north, and everything :p
Sorry it can't have been you that finished Metal Arms on the "Small baby
with barely any motor control at all" difficulty setting. My mistake.
I'm a gaming decathalete compared to your more specialised ice dancing
queen.
DBSnappa
I did it on 'Oop north' setting as well.
>
> I'm a gaming decathalete compared to your more specialised ice dancing
> queen.
The irony is that that isn't something I would choose to brag about :p
Misspellings, n'all
Trousers
>> Sorry it can't have been you that finished Metal Arms on the "Small
>> baby with barely any motor control at all" difficulty setting. My
>> mistake.
>
>
> I did it on 'Oop north' setting as well.
Was it Grim?
>> I'm a gaming decathalete compared to your more specialised ice dancing
>> queen.
>
>
> The irony is that that isn't something I would choose to brag about :p
> Misspellings, n'all
Put it this way I'd rather be Daley Thompson than Jayne Torvill. Anyway
now I must go and mend/set fire to that there ancient PC.
James Sutherland
news:Xns98E36D71E818Fja...@212.23.3.119:
> Got Trigger Heart Exelica for the DC today
> too.
Just been playing this and it's actually pretty good. Looks nice, though
not up to G.rev standards. Better looking than the two recent Milestone
games, though. It has a really neat tractor beam kind of thing where you
can capture enemies and either detonate them like mini smart bombs or swing
them around your ship smashing up other enemies. Bigger enemies take longer
to capture, and you can't shoot while doing it, so you have to work out
which enemies to capture and which to shoot.
I'm sure there's more to the game for me to figure out, but I'm enjoying
what I've played so far.
>> Want
>> ----
>
> A job.
>
Got one now. Hooray!
Beck
"Chris Stevens" <ne...@thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote in message
news:erucg9$vif$1...@aioe.org...
> Crackdown (360)
> THIS GAME ROCKS MY WORLD, etc.
> I can't believe that MS aren't pushing this as a system seller like they
> did
> with Gears of War. I'm already of the opinion that it could, possibly, be
> the best 360 game to date.
> I did as the game told me for a little bit, taking out all but a couple of
> the Los Muertos bosses, but then decided to go exploring. I know lots of
> people have said it already, but the idea of agility orbs spread around
> the
> rooftoops is sheer genius, and you can happily waste hours just hopping
> around collecting them, watching your jumping ability increase as you go.
> I suppose it's surprising that it's taken as long as it has for this sort
> of
> game to appear. I can't believe that game designers haven't sat down
> before
> and thought 'Yeah, GTA is good and all, but imagine if you had all the
> best
> bits of GTA, but with super-genetically-engineered-crime-fighting-heroes
> that can jump over builings and throw cars around'. Whatever, I'm glad
> that
> they got there in the end. :)
> As yet, I haven't tried co-op, but there's so many people playing it, and
> the Live interface is so good, that I imagine it'll only be a matter of
> time. I heard rumours of an adversarial mode being added in a forthcoming
> patch. That would be ace.
I am probably in a minority here but I am not overly keen on the game and
its lack of direction and repetitiveness.
Andrew Hollingbury
>>> Want
>>> ----
>>
>> A job.
>>
>
> Got one now. Hooray!
Wow, that was fast! Congrats.
Andrew H
(job-hunting for seven months and counting...)
deKay
10:12:41 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Chris Whitworth <usenet...@parm.net> fornis do
marikano es bono tan el:
>Play
>----
Castlevania. And Castlevania. And that is all.
>Want
>----
More Castlevania. Specifically, one that tells the story of the events of
1999.
All the games I've ordered to actually arrive.
>Excite Truck, I think.
This. And Kororinpa, which I nearly bought just a couple of hours ago.
>But I will have no time to play it, because of FFXII.
I almost bought this too.
>Bin
>---
Much as I hate to say it, but Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. Can all 3D
Castlevania games be de-canonised, please?
The demise of politeness in society. When did ringing a company change from
"Hello Company X, Sarah speaking. How can I help you?" to "Yeah mate, what do
you want?".
City Link. I'm expecting all sorts of orders from all over the place to
arrive this week. So I got home today to find a City Link card on my doormat.
I thought, bugger, I've missed the delivery. Only to find that not only was
it not for me, but they posted the card through the wrong numbered door *in
the wrong street*. I rang the (0870) number on the card, had to sit through
SIX MINUTES of instructions, finally got to type the package number in, and
was then given the option of either collecting it, or having it redelivered.
Neither of which I want. I chose the former, and was told the item was at my
local depot RIGHT NOW for collection. They then gave me the number for there
(after another five minutes of instructions and regulations), so I rang them.
And rang them. And rang them. After 25 minutes of trying, someone answered
with (you've guessed it) "Yeah mate, what do you want?". I then find that the
card was put through *because the courier was to look for a brown door* (every
house in the area has a brown door), and the package was actually picked up by
the real recipients at 11am. So it wasn't there after all. IDIOTS.
deKay
--
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My computer runs at 3.5MHz and I'm proud of that
"Zomoniac is wrong"
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
deKay <an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
>>Bin
>>---
>The demise of politeness in society. When did ringing a company change from
>"Hello Company X, Sarah speaking. How can I help you?" to "Yeah mate, what do
>you want?".
You may feel free to blame America for this. In the Wal-mart economy, all
things must contribute to a lower price for your customer. The bloke with
the wallet has spoken and he's said that it's more important to save 20p
on a DVD movie than it is to be smiled at. This means that those of us who
don't equate service with value suffer. This is largely why I don't shop
at Wal-mart, EB/Gamestop, or Barnes and Noble.
-KKC, boggling at the borderline fetish clothing available for Phantasy
Star Universe characters...
The Rev
> In article <54g56pF...@mid.individual.net>,
> The Rev <the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>Bin
>>>---
>>
>>Virtua Fighter's reputation.
>
>
> Which one? Among fanboys it's the greatest fighting game EVAR. Among its
> critics, it's unnecessarily complicated and excludes casual players. As
> with all things, the truth is found somewhere in between.
Its hardcore reputation, as perpetuated by the people who love it and
those that hate it. Yes, you can dig down very, very deep into it, but
you can enjoy it from the moment you start playing, too.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
I love Virtua Fighter, even though I stink at it. My playing style is very
much about speed and avoiding damage, so I'm at my best when controlling
Sarah or Pai. A turtling player who knows how to block and can whack at me
hard with Jeffry or Wolf will beat me pretty consistently. But the Lion
and Lau players are all mine, as the clock is not their friend.
I can't wax nearly as poetic or nostalgic about any other fighting game.
Every Street Fighter looks the same after a while, Dead or Alive is pretty
but simplistic, Tekken is all flash and no substance, and Mortal Kombat
aged very poorly. Virtua Fighter commands my loyalty, and not just because
Akira scares the hell out of me.
-KKC, playing a borrowed copy of Shining Soul. Definitely, I want to buy
the second game and not the first.
Chris Whitworth
>>> Want
>>> ----
>>
>> A job.
>>
>
> Got one now. Hooray!
We allowed to ask who?
*tries to remember who's still around the Derby area*
Chris
--
Gamertag: parm * BRING BACK BLUE SKY IN GAMES *
"Back when I was young, we had to travel back in time to put the tape in so
the game would load before we died."
Russell Marks
> Crackdown (360)
[...]
> I suppose it's surprising that it's taken as long as it has for this sort of
> game to appear. I can't believe that game designers haven't sat down before
> and thought 'Yeah, GTA is good and all, but imagine if you had all the best
> bits of GTA, but with super-genetically-engineered-crime-fighting-heroes
> that can jump over builings and throw cars around'. Whatever, I'm glad that
> they got there in the end. :)
I read GameCentral's review of this recently and marvelled at the way
they failed to mention The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.
Jumping over buildings, throwing cars around, collectibles on
rooftops, free-roaming... ring any bells? :-)
-Rus.
Russell Marks
> Play
GTA:SA (PS2) - I'm so glad I'm not predictable or anything. :-)
Sega Rally (Saturn) - took a good few goes to struggle my way to a
win. Couldn't get within five seconds of my best time though.
> Want
Footage of GTA:VCS (PS2) so I can tell how bad the motion-blur is.
Presumably it won't be any worse than LCS was on the PS2 (i.e. bad but
not unbearable), but having seen horrible-looking videos of VCS on the
PSP - with five different frames being blurred together - I'd rather
not order the PS2 version until I've seen how it looks.
Mercury Meltdown Remix (PS2), Donkey Kong 64 (N64), and Scooby Doo:
Night of 100 Frights (PS2) to arrive.
> Bin
GTA:VCS apparently not including SA-style climbing as I'd thought.
Pointlessly buying the PC version of Sega Rally for a quid. Oh well,
it can't hurt to have another CD with the music on. :-)
-Rus.
Toby Newman
>> ----
> Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii) - Well, I will be any minute. I'll post
> impressions later. Got Trigger Heart Exelica for the DC today too.
Yes, please do. I've good a good feeling about SATSR.
--
-Toby
250 Nintendo Stars for trade: Wii Play
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.
Toby Newman
> Kendrick Kerwin Chua the Monkey was never naughty:
>>
>> -KKC, planning a trip to Rhode Island.
>
> Isn't that a euphamism for something? Like the US equivalent of being
> "sent to Coventry"? :)
I thought it was somewhere you went in HP Lovecraft novels if you wanted
to lose your mind. Perhaps I have my islands confused.
Toby Newman
> ----
I met someone from Japan a week or so ago, and on Friday, they came over and
we went through all my japanese games.
Apparently, I was told, Sega isn't very big in Japan (which I found
really surprising). My friend had never played on a Dreamcast and had
barely played any Sonic games. Naturally I fired up the ol' DC to show
them what they'd been missing :)
Shenmue 1 & 2 (DC)
...Following a "What are your favourite games" discussion. I just showed
off the first few areas of the games. The graphics still impress new eyes,
as do the realistic environments and high levels of interactivity. Now I
want Shenmue 3 again...
Cool Cool Toon (DC)
As I explained in u.g.v.d., this doesn't work properly on UK Dreamcasts.
I'm gutted about it but I don't know what I can do to get around it.
Osu! Tatake! Ouendan! (DS)
I demonstrated this to my friend also, and learnt that all of the songs
are apparently very famous songs in Japan.
I played a lot of it today, also, and now I'm on the last stage. It's
actually pretty dark when you die on the last stage!
Staffy (DS)
This was lent to me by my japanese friend. I think it's real name must
actually be "Starfish" but the cover of the box just has Japanese script on
it and my friend called it "Staffy" so there we go. It's a platformer
where you play a Starfish and, well, I haven't worked out what to do
yet. Having just recently finished Kirby Canvas Curse, this seems a bit
bland in comparison, but I expect any platformer would seem bland next
to KCC so that's fair enough.
Space Channel 5 Part 2 (DC)
Following some translation I now know what they're singing about. :)
I had forgotten how utterly cool this game is. We played the 2-player
mode where one person does directions and the other does shooting: It
works very well.
Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Wii)
This is fucking funny.
> Want
> ----
> Excite Truck, I think.
Yeah, me too.
Also, I want my friend to help me out in Napple Tale Alicia In Daydream
(DC) which I got stuck on last year because of the language barrier.
> Bin
> ---
Learning that I've started playing Osu! Tatake! Ouendan! on hard so,
when I beat it, there's no more challenge to go back to. Bring on More!
Fire! Rhythm! Naked! Ouendan! I say.
Toby Newman
> Zomoniac wrote:
>> I don't like turn-based RTS games,
>
> Eh?
I'm not keen on 3rd person FPSes, either.
deKay
2007 7:00:01 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Staffy (DS)
>This was lent to me by my japanese friend. I think it's real name must
>actually be "Starfish" but the cover of the box just has Japanese script on
>it and my friend called it "Staffy" so there we go.
Densetsu no Stafi 4
It's pretty good. I really should go back to it, but my wife stole it and I
moved on to other things.
>Learning that I've started playing Osu! Tatake! Ouendan! on hard so,
>when I beat it, there's no more challenge to go back to.
Um, if it was played from new, you actually completed it on Normal, not Hard,
and after Normal there's Hard and then after that, Insane. So you've loads
left yet.
James Sutherland
171443.user.uni-berlin.de:
> As I explained in u.g.v.d., this doesn't work properly on UK Dreamcasts.
> I'm gutted about it but I don't know what I can do to get around it.
The new region mod would probably sort it, if you don't mind opening up the
DC:
http://www.lyris-lite.net/fu_archives/000601.html
Cracking little game, by the way. Quite similar to Ouendan.
DBSnappa
There were similarities, but due to subtle changes, the games play very
differently - didn't the hulk need you to charge jumps, and weren't the
jumps simply huge from the beginning, and consequently quite tricky to
control? With Crackdown, it's more about 'platforming' with a whole
city. You have to jump up buildings - and even though I haven't maxed
out my stats yet, I don't think you can leap /over/ buildings in a
single bound.
Also, shooting, driving, etc.
It's like saying Syndicate and GTA are similar. You can say it, but it's
a little disingenuous really.
[ste parker]
Ta for the Trigger Heart reminder, don't suppose you a PA voucher spare?
I'm probably not going to get Karou, it looks very much like Radilgy
which I've never really got on with (didn't like all the sword swinging
needed to get the decent multipliers).
cheers,
--
[ste]
[ste parker]
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Tue, 27 Feb
> 2007 7:00:01 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>> Staffy (DS)
>> This was lent to me by my japanese friend. I think it's real name must
>> actually be "Starfish" but the cover of the box just has Japanese script on
>> it and my friend called it "Staffy" so there we go.
>
> Densetsu no Stafi 4
>
> It's pretty good. I really should go back to it, but my wife stole it and I
> moved on to other things.
>
>> Learning that I've started playing Osu! Tatake! Ouendan! on hard so,
>> when I beat it, there's no more challenge to go back to.
>
> Um, if it was played from new, you actually completed it on Normal, not Hard,
> and after Normal there's Hard and then after that, Insane. So you've loads
> left yet.
>
Also, even playing some of the later levels on easy are pretty
challenging to get a good rank on.
--
[ste]
Toby Newman
>>Bin
>>---
> "Hello Company X, Sarah speaking. How can I help you?" to "Yeah mate, what do
> you want?".
>
> City Link. I'm expecting all sorts of orders from all over the place to
> arrive this week. So I got home today to find a City Link card on my doormat.
> I thought, bugger, I've missed the delivery. Only to find that not only was
> it not for me, but they posted the card through the wrong numbered door *in
> the wrong street*. I rang the (0870) number on the card, had to sit through
> SIX MINUTES of instructions, finally got to type the package number in, and
> was then given the option of either collecting it, or having it redelivered.
> Neither of which I want. I chose the former, and was told the item was at my
> local depot RIGHT NOW for collection. They then gave me the number for there
> (after another five minutes of instructions and regulations), so I rang them.
> And rang them. And rang them. After 25 minutes of trying, someone answered
> with (you've guessed it) "Yeah mate, what do you want?". I then find that the
> card was put through *because the courier was to look for a brown door* (every
> house in the area has a brown door), and the package was actually picked up by
> the real recipients at 11am. So it wasn't there after all. IDIOTS.
I've been having trouble with City Link this week too. I bought some
blank media from SVP.co.uk (who I will never use again) and paid £5 for delivery
to my home. In stead, they shipped the item to the 'local' City Link
depot for collection which is so far away I considered making a packed
lunch for the journey. City Link refused to deliver the item to my work
address or to deliver it on a Saturday, despite Saturday delivery being
advertised on SVP's website. SVP and City Link had this distributed
responsibility going on whereby neither could do anything without
speaking with the other which meant there was no one person I could
complain to.
Toby Newman
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Tue, 27 Feb
> 2007 7:00:01 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Staffy (DS)
>>This was lent to me by my japanese friend. I think it's real name must
>>actually be "Starfish" but the cover of the box just has Japanese script on
>>it and my friend called it "Staffy" so there we go.
>
> Densetsu no Stafi 4
>
> It's pretty good. I really should go back to it, but my wife stole it and I
> moved on to other things.
I believe you are right: There's a big 4 on the package.
I've not worked out how to save progress yet so it's all a bit of a
mystery.
>>Learning that I've started playing Osu! Tatake! Ouendan! on hard so,
>>when I beat it, there's no more challenge to go back to.
>
> Um, if it was played from new, you actually completed it on Normal, not Hard,
> and after Normal there's Hard and then after that, Insane. So you've loads
> left yet.
Excellent. I'm playing it on 'two flames' rather than 'one flame' simply
because the 'two flames' Ouendan leader has better hair and his voice
makes me laugh.
Toby Newman
Brilliant: That looks almost as easy as the Jaguar 60Hz mod so I'll
definitely have a crack at it.
I suppose if I change my DC to Jap, and also the output to NTSC (the
second half of the page) then I'll get best results and can use Utopia
to boot all my UK games. Is that right?
James Sutherland
> Brilliant: That looks almost as easy as the Jaguar 60Hz mod so I'll
> definitely have a crack at it.
> I suppose if I change my DC to Jap, and also the output to NTSC (the
> second half of the page) then I'll get best results and can use Utopia
> to boot all my UK games. Is that right?
You're actually better leaving the R422 jumper alone on a UK system, I
think. On my chipped Japanese DC, a few PAL games wouldn't run until I set
that jumper to PAL60 (which will be the default on a PAL unit). With it
set, everything works as it should. NTSC games run at 60Hz and 50Hz only
games aren't messed up.
I think you'll just need to do the first bit of the mod, then switch your
system to Japanese with the boot disk. That should make the DC default to
60Hz and sort out the timing problem with Cool Cool Toon.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
>
> Much as I hate to say it, but Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. Can all 3D
> Castlevania games be de-canonised, please?
I think they already are - they're not really Castlevania games. Think
of them as movie license games for a movie that hasn't been made yet.
> The demise of politeness in society. When did ringing a company change from
> "Hello Company X, Sarah speaking. How can I help you?" to "Yeah mate, what do
> you want?".
I don't think you'd like Australia ;-)
Choobs
--
Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
http://www.nelefa.org - Gaming and Ramblings from the Shiny part of the world
Abu the monkey was never naughty.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> On 2007-02-26, Stewart Smith <nos...@ee.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Zomoniac wrote:
>>> I don't like turn-based RTS games,
>>
>> Eh?
>
> I'm not keen on 3rd person FPSes, either.
I also hate Role Playing RPGS. Can't stand em.
Gareth R Halfacree
> Toby Newman the Monkey was never naughty:
>> On 2007-02-26, Stewart Smith <nos...@ee.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> Zomoniac wrote:
>>>> I don't like turn-based RTS games,
>>> Eh?
>> I'm not keen on 3rd person FPSes, either.
>
> I also hate Role Playing RPGS. Can't stand em.
You're behind the curve there, tiger. The first two are oxymorons
("turn-based Real-Time Strategy" and "third person First Person
Shooter"), whereas a Role Playing RPG is just redundant partial acronym
expansion.
Sorry. Having a bad day for pedantism. I'll be fine. Just need to
play more Crackdown.
--
Gareth Halfacree http://gareth.halfacree.co.uk
"If Ace Books ever came out with an edition of The Bible, both books
would be edited down to 40,000 words, and they'd be renamed "Master of
Chaos" and "The Thing With Three Souls." - Terry Carr
The Rev
>
> Sorry. Having a bad day for pedantism. I'll be fine. Just need to
> play more Crackdown.
No! Leave it!
I played yesterday and got up to 498 agility orbs found. I then spent a
fruitless few hours trying to find the remaining two. I didn't. I have
no idea where they are.
Last night the game had invaded my dreams. I spent all night hopping
around a (pretty damn accurate, IIRC) version of the map which had
agility orbs bloody everywhere.
And yet here I am this morning, still with two to find. I've climbed
every mountain, scaled every bridge, jumped between every building,
thrown myself from great heights just hoping to spot an orb on the way
down, but nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing.
If this carries on I will gradually be consumed by the hunt and end up a
wrecked shell of a man, clutching a joypad in withered hands, sitting in
my own filth and rocking back and forth muttering "Where are you? Where
are you?" over and over again.
Just put it down now and walk away.
--
Xbox Live Gamertag: That Rev Chap
http://www.inverty.com
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>I believe you are right: There's a big 4 on the package.
>
>I've not worked out how to save progress yet so it's all a bit of a
>mystery.
IIRC, you talk to some girl on the map screen, who then makes a silly noise.
>> Um, if it was played from new, you actually completed it on Normal, not Hard,
>> and after Normal there's Hard and then after that, Insane. So you've loads
>> left yet.
>
>Excellent. I'm playing it on 'two flames' rather than 'one flame' simply
>because the 'two flames' Ouendan leader has better hair and his voice
>makes me laugh.
ARSE! PATTYCAKE! OO-EN-DAN!
deKay
--
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Gaming Diary - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary
Blog - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/blog
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Sir Chewbury Gubbins wrote:
>> Toby Newman the Monkey was never naughty:
>>> On 2007-02-26, Stewart Smith <nos...@ee.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> Zomoniac wrote:
>>>>> I don't like turn-based RTS games,
>>>> Eh?
>>> I'm not keen on 3rd person FPSes, either.
>>
>> I also hate Role Playing RPGS. Can't stand em.
>
> You're behind the curve there, tiger. The first two are oxymorons
> ("turn-based Real-Time Strategy" and "third person First Person
> Shooter"), whereas a Role Playing RPG is just redundant partial acronym
> expansion.
>
> Sorry. Having a bad day for pedantism. I'll be fine. Just need to
> play more Crackdown.
You might well think that that, but how many people do you know who
ACTUALLY ROLE PLAY in RPGS? :)
Chris Whitworth
> You might well think that that, but how many people do you know who
> ACTUALLY ROLE PLAY in RPGS? :)
I dye my hair blonde and spike it up and use moisturiser and carry a big sword
whenever I play a Final Fantasy game.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> On 2007-02-27, Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org> wrote:
>> You might well think that that, but how many people do you know who
>> ACTUALLY ROLE PLAY in RPGS? :)
>
You could just have stopped there :)
Gareth R Halfacree
> Gareth R Halfacree the Monkey was never naughty:
>> expansion.
>
> ACTUALLY ROLE PLAY in RPGS? :)
Online? You have a point.
Do pen 'n paper games count? I speak as a nerd^Wgamer with two crates
filled with D&D, AD&D, AD&D 2nd Ed., and AD&D 3rd Ed. books and
paraphernalia. Not that I ever get a chance to use them these days, but
I live in hope. (Well, Bradford, actually - which is probably better
labelled Despair than Hope.)
Chris Whitworth
> Sir Chewbury Gubbins wrote:
>> Gareth R Halfacree the Monkey was never naughty:
>>> ...whereas a Role Playing RPG is just redundant partial acronym
>>> expansion.
>>
>> You might well think that that, but how many people do you know who
>> ACTUALLY ROLE PLAY in RPGS? :)
>
> Online? You have a point.
>
> Do pen 'n paper games count? I speak as a nerd^Wgamer with two crates
> filled with D&D, AD&D, AD&D 2nd Ed., and AD&D 3rd Ed. books and
> paraphernalia. Not that I ever get a chance to use them these days, but
> I live in hope. (Well, Bradford, actually - which is probably better
> labelled Despair than Hope.)
Yeah, Hope is in Derbyshire, anyway.
Gareth R Halfacree
> On 2007-02-27, Gareth R Halfacree <use...@halfacree.co.uk> wrote:
>> (Well, Bradford, actually - which is probably better
>> labelled Despair than Hope.)
>
> Yeah, Hope is in Derbyshire, anyway.
Indeed 'tis - that's where I shall be spending my summer jollydays,
looking after the grapefruit's mum's cats. Beautiful scenery, but two
weeks with only the DS and the PSP (and no Crackdown!!1oneeleventyone)
could spell trouble.
[ste parker]
>
> Online? You have a point.
>
> Do pen 'n paper games count? I speak as a nerd^Wgamer with two crates
> filled with D&D, AD&D, AD&D 2nd Ed., and AD&D 3rd Ed. books and
> paraphernalia. Not that I ever get a chance to use them these days, but
> I live in hope. (Well, Bradford, actually - which is probably better
> labelled Despair than Hope.)
>
Bradford's virtually the home of ugvm, don'tcha know. Well, there's at
least 4 of us.
--
[ste]
Gareth R Halfacree
> Bradford's virtually the home of ugvm, don'tcha know. Well, there's at
> least 4 of us.
That's more than enough to to excuse a meet 'n greet at a local watering
hole. I vote for the Fighting Cock m'self, or the Beehive if you prefer
a little less spit 'n sawdust.
Paul Murray
> In article <trg6u25p175ncvqlk...@4ax.com>,
> deKay <an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
>>The demise of politeness in society. When did ringing a company change from
>>"Hello Company X, Sarah speaking. How can I help you?" to "Yeah mate, what do
>>you want?".
> things must contribute to a lower price for your customer. The bloke with
> the wallet has spoken and he's said that it's more important to save 20p
> on a DVD movie than it is to be smiled at. This means that those of us who
> don't equate service with value suffer. This is largely why I don't shop
Huh? Walmart is famous for employing its 'greeters', who have nothing to do
other than be polite to you as you enter or leave.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
And how interesting that this quality is isolated to the person at the
door uniquely. Would that those skills be evenly distributed among
Wal-mart's cashiers and managers and stockers as well. I perceive the
greeter as a ploy and an afterthought, and not a representative of the
company as a whole.
-KKC, who wonder if Batman Beyond would translate well to the movie screen
or not.
--
--"Oh please! I know you're reptiles and have no hair, | kendrick
but I have to shave something! I'm a shaver! It's my job! | @io.com
Please! I... Hey, is that a squirrel over there? Oh please |
let me shave it! Please!!" -- Tim Dawson's 'Dragon Tails' |
Nils Tanner
<nta...@datacomm.ch> got it all completely wrong and wrote:
>But then again, maybe I should add that I haven't been looking since
>Friday morning...
And as it turns out, it is available in brick and mortar
stores....*hangs head in shame*
[ste parker]
> [ste parker] wrote:
>> Bradford's virtually the home of ugvm, don'tcha know. Well, there's at
>> least 4 of us.
>
> That's more than enough to to excuse a meet 'n greet at a local watering
> hole. I vote for the Fighting Cock m'self, or the Beehive if you prefer
> a little less spit 'n sawdust.
>
Not been in the Fighting Cock since 6th form! I think Zo visits the
Beehive, so you may well have bumped into him without ever knowing...
--
[ste]
Toby Newman
>>
>> Much as I hate to say it, but Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. Can all 3D
>> Castlevania games be de-canonised, please?
>
> I think they already are - they're not really Castlevania games. Think
> of them as movie license games for a movie that hasn't been made yet.
>
>> The demise of politeness in society. When did ringing a company change from
>> "Hello Company X, Sarah speaking. How can I help you?" to "Yeah mate, what do
>> you want?".
>
> I don't think you'd like Australia ;-)
And then, IME, America goes too far in the other direction. I just want
to buy a bottle of water. I don't want to tell you how my day is going,
and I am not interested in which bottle of water you recommend today,
and I decline to divulge what I had for breakfast.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com> wrote:
>On 2007-02-27, Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org> wrote:
>> deKay the Monkey was never naughty:
>>
>>> "Hello Company X, Sarah speaking. How can I help you?" to "Yeah mate, what do you want?".
>>
>> I don't think you'd like Australia ;-)
>
>And then, IME, America goes too far in the other direction. I just want
>to buy a bottle of water. I don't want to tell you how my day is going,
>and I am not interested in which bottle of water you recommend today,
>and I decline to divulge what I had for breakfast.
That's not too polite, that's rude by way of being nosy. Sociologists
think Americans are trying to compensate for a lack of sincerity. And some
psychologists think it's borne of isolation and loneliness. At this
particular moment, the widespread ownership of firearms worries me more.
-KKC, who kept it to four lines! Yay, me!
Shak
"Chris Whitworth" <usenet...@parm.net> wrote in message
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> On 2007-02-27, Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org> wrote:
>> You might well think that that, but how many people do you know who
>> ACTUALLY ROLE PLAY in RPGS? :)
>
> I dye my hair blonde and spike it up and use moisturiser and carry a big
> sword
> whenever I play a Final Fantasy game.
>
http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/7/3/4/7/4/2-DSC_0009.jpg
Shak
Gunther Gloop
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LOL.
Or how about http://www.eatliver.com/i.php?n=1816 ?
-Kevin.