Entertainment/Gaming Consoles - Page 27

perth · 10-16-2003, 01:34 PM

Yeah, but I've seen your Quake video. I'll get my ass handed to me.

Oh well, life is short. I'll let you know when I pick it up, you can put a hurtin' on me.

10-16-2003, 02:06 PM

It's a whole different game. I'm good at Quake because the controls are good and I've practiced so much. I don't play Halo nearly as much and the controls are harder (for me). You'd be surprised at how even a match we probably are.

Chewbaccus · 10-16-2003, 08:10 PM

It's kinda sad - my friend who owns an Xbox, his brother refuses to play Halo deathmatch against him. The only person who will is me, and I own his ass time and time again.

Perth - I don't deny KOTOR is a great game, especially for a guy like me who would spend quality cash on something like Star Wars: Yoda Takes A Nap, I'm that much of a fan. I just can't justify buying a system of one or two games.

Now if Microsoft would bundle Xbox with Halo and KOTOR...then we may have a deal.

vsp · 10-17-2003, 07:56 AM

Is it really much fun to play Deathmatch one-on-one?

Years ago, I bought Duke Nukem 3D for my Saturn, and picked up a pair of NetLinks for it on clearance. A friend and I tried it out, and as far as the game itself went, it was a perfectly good Duke Nukem game; the controls were acceptable, the lag time was negligible, and we blasted each other around the room for a while. But with only two players, and therefore nothing to do but collect weapons and blast the same guy over and over and over again, it got boring very quickly.

If you get four or five guys onto a level, that's a different story.

10-20-2003, 09:12 AM

So, this weekend I got a good bit of gaming in.

TimeSplitters 2 - Xbox - Andrea and I are playing through this co-op. We're stuck on the Neo Tokyo level. By "stuck" I mean "too frustrated after five or six attempts to even try it again". Following that fucking bitch is driving me instane. But otherwise, this is one cool game. Too bad it's basically got PS2 graphics, 'cause it sure isn't as pretty as

Halo - Xbox - After two years of owning this, I finally beat it last night. See, it's got four difficulty levels: Easy, Normal, Heroic and Legendary. When I first got it, I thought "Well, it's not worth doing if I don't do it on Legendary". Apparently Legendary is pretty hard 'cause I never got off the fucking ship. On a more appropriate difficulty level, though, Andrea and I made it through it co-op in a weekend. Man the textures are great in this game. Whew. Anyway, still a great game. I might have an extra copy I can send perth (long story, but I wound up with 3 or 4 copies, sold a few and one got "ruined" in the fire, but I think the disc itself is okay - the case is just fucked, and has shit melted to it).

Deathmatch on Halo is cool 'cause I have two friends with Xboxes that can link up and play too. So we'd have 4 people. Even 1 on 1 can be fun if you're in to dueling. But really, he ought to get it just to get ready for Halo 2, which is going to rule all over the place.

I think I'm going to try and work my way through Max Payne this week (I've got it for PS2), and then finally get started on Metal Gear Solid 2. And, of course, I'll finish TimeSplitters 2 with Andrea whenever we get a chance to play.

So many games, so little time.

(Next big game purchase - GTA Double Pack for Xbox. Good lord it looks sa-weet.)

vsp · 10-20-2003, 03:20 PM

Somehow I'm not sure that Dave would be interested in a strategy RPG (even if it does have guns in it), but I'll say it anyway -- barring a November or December miracle, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness is my Game of the Year. By far. Can't... stop... playing.

daniwong · 10-20-2003, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vsp
Somehow I'm not sure that Dave would be interested in a strategy RPG (even if it does have guns in it), but I'll say it anyway -- barring a November or December miracle, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness is my Game of the Year. By far. Can't... stop... playing.

Not strategy RPG - but MMORPG - Final Fantasy XI comes out for the PC on 10/28/03. (Yes - I'm taking a day off work so I can play it on the release date. Yes, I am pathetic)

Chewbaccus · 10-20-2003, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dave
But really, he ought to get it just to get ready for Halo 2, which is going to rule all over the place.

See, I'm very dissatisfied with Halo 2, simply because the big hurrah they had for it this year was a movie. Not even in-game film. It was a trailer. And yet, people lined up all over the LACC to see this damn thing.

Granted, I'll probably change my stance once I actually get to, you know, play some form of it. But until then, my annoyance remains.

vsp · 10-27-2003, 09:27 AM

Barring release-date bumps, November is a great time to own a PS2:

* 11/4 - Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends
Add-on pack with new random-level mode.

* 11/4 - FIFA Soccer 2004
EA junkies have already preordered, of course.

* 11/4 - SOCOM II
More online bang-bang.

* 11/5 - Lupin III: Treasure of Sorceror King
Metal Gear Solid with a Lupin twist. Guardedly optimistic on this one.

* 11/10 - Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly
Survival-horror. Trailer looks sweet.

* 11/11 - Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
Bang-bang in Japan.

* 11/11 - XIII
CEL-SHADED bang-bang. Could be interesting.

* 11/17 - Monster Rancher 4
Some new twists, and hopefully harder than MR3.

* 11/17 - Midway Arcade Treasures
23 emulated arcade games for $20; not a bad deal, even if most are already out in several PSX compilations.

* 11/17 - Spy Hunter 2
Vehicular bang-bang.

* 11/18 - Battlestar Galactica
CYLONS~!

* 11/18 - Final Fantasy X-2
Won't buy it myself, but I'm in the minority.

* 11/18 - Manhunt
Rockstar's take on "The Running Man," and you're running. Heavy on the stealth, emphasis on sound, previews are sketchy.

-- jeff. There goes the Christmas fund...

wolf · 10-27-2003, 10:18 AM

I bought a Today's Special Value.

(but I will be able to play Dig Dug any time I want ...)

vsp · 10-27-2003, 10:52 AM

EB has it for $24.99, so you saved six cents but ended up paying shipping...

It's a neat concept piece, but let me know how the controls end up functioning. Four of the games use four-way joysticks (Galaxian, Pac-Man, Rally-X, Dig Dug), but Bosconian is an eight-way, and sometimes eight-way joysticks get funky when used with four-way games (when you roll the joystick through the corner, unpredictable things can happen).

I will be a good boy and not describe how someone with a CD burner could buy a used Sega Dreamcast for $40 and have all five games running on it via MAME in ten minutes.

perth · 10-27-2003, 11:11 AM

Hell, no. that thing is great. Not thrilled about the ghost-shaped joystick though. EBGames has what appears to be the same thing, only with the classic. ball-topped stick. They also have this, very cool. I'm a big Dig Dug dork myself. I just got Namco Museum for the GBA, with Dig Dug and Ms. Pacman. Two of my favourite games of all time.

perth · 10-27-2003, 11:13 AM

Upon further inspection, the controller looks like the ghost is just a little felt cover.

10-27-2003, 12:19 PM

vsp - urgent question.

I am going to buy a Saturn. By the end of November, I will have one.

What is a fair price to pay for a brand new one? I checked by GameStop last night and they don't have any. Do you see them regularly in Philly? If so, would you mind picking one up for me? I trust you more than I trust eBay sellers.

I bought two of the 3D controllers today to force myself to finally buy one. So, here goes. I'm getting a Saturn.

vsp · 10-27-2003, 01:02 PM

Oddly enough, I may have one new-in-the-box at my old residence, though I'll have to dig through my closet to find it. When Wal-Mart was blowing Saturns out at dirt cheap, I picked one up for the sake of having it, and also in case anything ever happened to my semi-modded one. (I melted one connector point while trying to install a switch; now it's a Japanese Saturn that needs a converter cart in order to play American games. No sweat off my back, as I wanted it Japanese to begin with so that I could use a Memory Cart with Fire Pro Wrestling S.)

I believe I paid $40 for it on clearance. A fair price today? I would say that it's Whatever The Lady At The Garage Sale Says, as that's about the best source for them these days. Half.com has a wide variety of prices, eBay is all over the place, and the usual suspects (EB and GameStop) aren't stocking them on their websites. As for what I'd ask for it, I have no idea, though there's always the barter system...

(BTW, are you still in the market for a PSX Dead or Alive original? I saw one the other day, though I don't know if it's still there or not.)

(looking up something...) I'm surprised -- National Console Support (my usual stop for imports) ran out of Fire Pro S's. They sold enough of those back in the day to pave the streets of Tokyo. As a result, I'm really not sure where to tell you to look for most of the games I'd recommend, particularly the imports. I'm sure that games like Panzer Dragoon Saga command a fortune these days -- they were rare even when they were new.

Game suggestions on request.

10-16-2003, 08:10 PM	#3
Chewbaccus Freethinker/booter Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 523	It's kinda sad - my friend who owns an Xbox, his brother refuses to play Halo deathmatch against him. The only person who will is me, and I own his ass time and time again. Perth - I don't deny KOTOR is a great game, especially for a guy like me who would spend quality cash on something like Star Wars: Yoda Takes A Nap, I'm that much of a fan. I just can't justify buying a system of one or two games. Now if Microsoft would bundle Xbox with Halo and KOTOR...then we may have a deal. __________________ Like the wise man said: Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

10-20-2003, 09:12 AM	#5
dave Guest Posts: n/a	So, this weekend I got a good bit of gaming in. <b>TimeSplitters 2</b> - Xbox - Andrea and I are playing through this co-op. We're stuck on the Neo Tokyo level. By "stuck" I mean "too frustrated after five or six attempts to even try it again". Following that fucking bitch is driving me instane. But otherwise, this is one cool game. Too bad it's basically got PS2 graphics, 'cause it sure isn't as pretty as <b>Halo</b> - Xbox - After two years of owning this, I finally beat it last night. See, it's got four difficulty levels: Easy, Normal, Heroic and Legendary. When I first got it, I thought "Well, it's not worth doing if I don't do it on Legendary". Apparently Legendary is pretty hard 'cause I never got off the fucking ship. On a more appropriate difficulty level, though, Andrea and I made it through it co-op in a weekend. Man the textures are great in this game. Whew. Anyway, still a great game. I might have an extra copy I can send perth (long story, but I wound up with 3 or 4 copies, sold a few and one got "ruined" in the fire, but I think the disc itself is okay - the case is just fucked, and has shit melted to it). Deathmatch on Halo is cool 'cause I have two friends with Xboxes that can link up and play too. So we'd have 4 people. Even 1 on 1 can be fun if you're in to dueling. But really, he ought to get it just to get ready for Halo 2, which is going to rule all over the place. I think I'm going to try and work my way through Max Payne this week (I've got it for PS2), and then finally get started on Metal Gear Solid 2. And, of course, I'll finish TimeSplitters 2 with Andrea whenever we get a chance to play. So many games, so little time. (Next big game purchase - GTA Double Pack for Xbox. Good lord it looks sa-weet.)

10-20-2003, 03:20 PM	#6
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Somehow I'm not sure that Dave would be interested in a strategy RPG (even if it does have guns in it), but I'll say it anyway -- barring a November or December miracle, <b>Disgaea: Hour of Darkness</b> is my Game of the Year. By far. Can't... stop... playing.

10-27-2003, 10:18 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Am I sad or what? I bought a Today's Special Value. (but I will be able to play Dig Dug any time I want ...) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-16-2003, 01:34 PM	#1
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	Yeah, but I've seen your Quake video. I'll get my ass handed to me. Oh well, life is short. I'll let you know when I pick it up, you can put a hurtin' on me.

10-16-2003, 02:06 PM	#2
dave Guest Posts: n/a	It's a whole different game. I'm good at Quake because the controls are good and I've practiced so much. I don't play Halo nearly as much and the controls are harder (for me). You'd be surprised at how even a match we probably are.

10-17-2003, 07:56 AM	#4
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Is it really much fun to play Deathmatch one-on-one? Years ago, I bought Duke Nukem 3D for my Saturn, and picked up a pair of NetLinks for it on clearance. A friend and I tried it out, and as far as the game itself went, it was a perfectly good Duke Nukem game; the controls were acceptable, the lag time was negligible, and we blasted each other around the room for a while. But with only two players, and therefore nothing to do but collect weapons and blast the same guy over and over and over again, it got boring very quickly. If you get four or five guys onto a level, that's a different story.

10-27-2003, 09:27 AM	#9
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Barring release-date bumps, November is a great time to own a PS2: * 11/4 - Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends Add-on pack with new random-level mode. * 11/4 - FIFA Soccer 2004 EA junkies have already preordered, of course. * 11/4 - SOCOM II More online bang-bang. * 11/5 - Lupin III: Treasure of Sorceror King Metal Gear Solid with a Lupin twist. Guardedly optimistic on this one. * 11/10 - Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Survival-horror. Trailer looks sweet. * 11/11 - Medal of Honor: Rising Sun Bang-bang in Japan. * 11/11 - XIII CEL-SHADED bang-bang. Could be interesting. * 11/17 - Monster Rancher 4 Some new twists, and hopefully harder than MR3. * 11/17 - Midway Arcade Treasures 23 emulated arcade games for $20; not a bad deal, even if most are already out in several PSX compilations. * 11/17 - Spy Hunter 2 Vehicular bang-bang. * 11/18 - Battlestar Galactica CYLONS~! * 11/18 - Final Fantasy X-2 Won't buy it myself, but I'm in the minority. * 11/18 - Manhunt Rockstar's take on "The Running Man," and you're running. Heavy on the stealth, emphasis on sound, previews are sketchy. -- jeff. There goes the Christmas fund...

10-27-2003, 10:52 AM	#11
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	EB has it for $24.99, so you saved six cents but ended up paying shipping... It's a neat concept piece, but let me know how the controls end up functioning. Four of the games use four-way joysticks (Galaxian, Pac-Man, Rally-X, Dig Dug), but Bosconian is an eight-way, and sometimes eight-way joysticks get funky when used with four-way games (when you roll the joystick through the corner, unpredictable things can happen). I will be a good boy and not describe how someone with a CD burner could buy a used Sega Dreamcast for $40 and have all five games running on it via MAME in ten minutes.

10-27-2003, 11:11 AM	#12
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	Hell, no. that thing is great. Not thrilled about the ghost-shaped joystick though. EBGames has what appears to be the same thing, only with the classic. ball-topped stick. They also have this, very cool. I'm a big Dig Dug dork myself. I just got Namco Museum for the GBA, with Dig Dug and Ms. Pacman. Two of my favourite games of all time.

10-27-2003, 11:13 AM	#13
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	Upon further inspection, the controller looks like the ghost is just a little felt cover.

10-27-2003, 12:19 PM	#14
dave Guest Posts: n/a	vsp - urgent question. I am going to buy a Saturn. By the end of November, I will have one. What is a fair price to pay for a brand new one? I checked by GameStop last night and they don't have any. Do you see them regularly in Philly? If so, would you mind picking one up for me? I trust you more than I trust eBay sellers. I bought two of the 3D controllers today to force myself to finally buy one. So, here goes. I'm getting a Saturn.

10-27-2003, 01:02 PM	#15
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Oddly enough, I may have one new-in-the-box at my old residence, though I'll have to dig through my closet to find it. When Wal-Mart was blowing Saturns out at dirt cheap, I picked one up for the sake of having it, and also in case anything ever happened to my semi-modded one. (I melted one connector point while trying to install a switch; now it's a Japanese Saturn that needs a converter cart in order to play American games. No sweat off my back, as I wanted it Japanese to begin with so that I could use a Memory Cart with Fire Pro Wrestling S.) I believe I paid $40 for it on clearance. A fair price today? I would say that it's Whatever The Lady At The Garage Sale Says, as that's about the best source for them these days. Half.com has a wide variety of prices, eBay is all over the place, and the usual suspects (EB and GameStop) aren't stocking them on their websites. As for what I'd ask for it, I have no idea, though there's always the barter system... (BTW, are you still in the market for a PSX Dead or Alive original? I saw one the other day, though I don't know if it's still there or not.) (looking up something...) I'm surprised -- National Console Support (my usual stop for imports) ran out of Fire Pro S's. They sold enough of those back in the day to pave the streets of Tokyo. As a result, I'm really not sure where to tell you to look for most of the games I'd recommend, particularly the imports. I'm sure that games like Panzer Dragoon Saga command a fortune these days -- they were rare even when they were new. Game suggestions on request.

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