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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: Ethan_Hunt on November 30, 2001, 01:01:17 AM
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Ok i just got the new Christmas ps2 mag in the post, and it is a good one, here is what is on it.
Playable:
1. JAK AND DAXTER
2. BURNOUT
3. PROJECT EDEN
4. DROPSHIP: UNITED PEACE FORCE.
5. F1 2001
6. ESPN X GAMES SKATEBOARDING
7. LOTUS CHALLENGE
8. TOP GUN: COMBAT ZONE
9. G-SURFERS
10. THUNDERHAWK:OPERATION PHOENIX
11. EXTREME-G3
12.GTC:AFRICA
pretty good, don\'t you think, and i bet you want to know what the movies are as well don\'t you, well say pretty please:D
Movies
1. Head hunter
2. Rez
3. Ecco the dolphin
4. SSX tricky
5. Shadsowman 2: the 2econd coming
6. Final Fantasy
I haven\' t got to play it yet because i am at work, but i will let you know what it is like, if i can tear my self away from Metal Gear solid 2, and pro evo soccer that is. :D
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How is GTC:Africa?
Any good???
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U lucky bugger lol.. just a quick question m8.. Once you\'ve had chance to play the Jak & Daxter demo
could you let us know how long the demo is.. has it got a timeout.. and what your initial impressions are
iv\'e allways found you close to the mark m8 so let us know.
Cheers Ethan.. StAnZo :bounce:
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Damn Ethan, it must be good lol.. it\'s 7.35 pm and you still havn\'t posted..
I\'m hopefull that J&D lives upto it\'s hype
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Cool another decent OPS2 magazine.
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WOW!! Hows DropShip? Thats a good demo pack. ;)
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Hello people sorry it took so long, worked late, had alot of work to do!
As i said before please don\'t be put off of buying the demo, as games that i don\'t like may appeal to you. And i don\'t want anyone to miss out on any games, just because i didn\'t like them.
I will tell you what i have played so far.
JAK AND DAXTER
At first i didn\'t think much of the graphics at all, i thought they were to plain and simple, but as time went on they got better, in the way that they sort of came alive, because there is always things going on around you, and it makes it feel like it is living which is really good.
If you press triangle you get a first person view, but you can\'t move around in it, what i mean is you can\'t walk back and forwars, but you can move the camara around.
But it isn\'t all good there are still jaggies, which i thought wouldn\'t be much of an issue in this game, also there are a few bits that are just like crash bandicoot (did i spell it right?), like to kill the bad guys you do a spinning attack, which i didn\'t really like, also they have boxes around that you have break open like in crash, same they didn\'t come up with something new really.
The bad guys won\'t give you much trouble at all, they seem pretty dumb to easy to kill really.
It was fun in some places but for me i wouldn\'t buy it, as i would get bored, but it will appeal to some people in a big way, people that love crash band will like it.
I got to play a mini game, where i maved a cannon around to blow up crates, but the game crashed on me, don\'t know where it was a timer, i don\'t think it was a timer, just an unstable code.
Over all it is ok, i would probably rent it, or borrow it from a freind.
BURNOUT
Right this game is FUN i would give it a rent but only that, because i would be worried that you would get bored quick with it, but if you just give it a quick go every know and then it would be great.
The controls were good, and go well with the game, it surprized me because you do have to use the brakes, well the hand barke really.
The load times are good, pretty fast.
The crashes are really good, and this is were the graphics look great, but it can brake up the game quite alot which after the first few crashes can get on your nerves, because you just want to burn it about.
When you are racing there are lot of jaggies, and it gets hard to see where you have to drive sometimes, which is a shame.
There is sort of a timer in that you have to get to each different check out,w hich isn\'t that hard.
But i did like this game alot, and i would like to play the final game.
DROPSHIP: UNITED PEACE FORCE.
I really liked this game, when you start the game, you can do training missions, two different ones, Flight training and Combat training, which are very good and get you use to the controls well.
You get to play one of the missions, which i could of played more, but i wanted to give you guys some impressions.
The graphics are preety impressive the texture are good.
The only down fully to this game is the load times, which must be close to 1 min which is ****, and i hope they sort it out for the final code.
Over all i would buy this game.
EXTREME-G3
Know i really liked this game, it surprized me, it is very fast, which i think is what i like about it.
The graphics were good, looked pretty clean, much better then wipeout in the jaggies department.
The load times were quick, which makes a change.
The only thing you have to get use to is the how sensitive the analog stick is, but i would give this game a look, you maybe surprized.
GTC:AFRICA
I didn\'t like this game , i thought the textures looked complete crap, and i think it was running at 30fps, i don\'t think i could get in to it, because i don\'t like the way the cars are designed, and the controls didn\'t seem responsive, i wouldn\'t play this if i got it for free.
But hay that is the way i feel about the game, give it a try yourself.
Movies
1. Head hunter
This is the only movie that i have seen on the disk, and it looks really good, will probably give this alook when it comes out.
Anyway that is all i have had time to play, but over all it has been fun playing all these new games, and puts abit more faith in the ps2 for me.(not that mgs2 hasn\'t done that, it is one very very good game, just a shame you guys wont get it until feb and not before christmas.)
I would give the demo disk ago, as i have had a good time so far, i can play the rest and let you guys know if you won\'t just ask me if not then don\'t ask, and i won\'t add anymore of the games to this thread ok.
:D
Ok guys see ya later, hope you like my impression, if not let me know, and tell me how i can make it better.
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excellent im gonna get it tomorrow
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Thanks Ethan... i look forward to sampling them come Wednesday..
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I\'m extremly excited that initial Dropship impressions are positive. I have high hopes for this game
J+D is alot like Crash which does upset me in the way that there isn\'t much innovative in gameplay, but this is early in the game nobody has seen the later levels so if you are going to pack in stuff I would think it will be later in the game I hope
But I think Crash is the best platformer. I like the style of the games my opinion of course but I won\'t have many complaints playing a rash styled game
can\'t wait to get my issue
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Ethan_Hunt, I have a couple of question about J ak and Daxter:
*How is the framerate ? Smooth ?
*Is the music good?
*Is Daxter annoying? I heard that he talks a lot.
*How would you rate it overall, so far?
Thanks!!!
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It doesn\'t seem one month ago since I got the OPS2 with Silent Hill 2 and Airblade.
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I\'ll get it just for the Dropship demo.
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Originally posted by Jackal
I\'ll get it just for the Dropship demo.
Amen to that
I\'ve been riding high hopes for this game since the 1st screenshot
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AH! NOT ANOTHER GOOD MAG!?!?!
I already subscribe to Maxim and EGM. Dang it.
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I had a problem cause I din´t know what to buy: J&D or DMC. I think i´ll get DMC... what do you think??
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Get DMC i love that game to pieces, it really is a cool game.
*How is the framerate ? Smooth ?
*Is the music good?
*Is Daxter annoying? I heard that he talks a lot.
*How would you rate it overall, so far?
Ok the frame rate seemed smooth, i didn\'t see any slow down but you have to remember that the game crashed on me, so i didn\'t get that long to play it that long, i will give it another go today, and let you know.
I don\'t really remmeber the music because my giurlfriend was watching TV, so i didn\'t have the sound up, but i will let you know on that too.
I don\'t really like Daxter, he tlks quiet abit, but this isn\';t from the final game i don\'t think,so they could have addded in more.
Overall it isn\'t a bad game, it is far from the worst game on the ps2, but isn\'t the best.
I will get back to you guys in a bit ok.:D
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Thanx a lot Ethan for your comments, I´m almost sure I´m getting DMC
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Cheers Dood..
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Right i am back!!!!
Ok first things Jak and Daxter is on a timer, i am sad to say!
It askes you to reset the demo after the demo has finshed, i think it might be about 5 mins, but i am not sure.
Ok i have played it abit more and it has got better the more i have played it, which is good, i also found a few things out.
My phone went at home and i put the demo on pause, so while i was talking i was going through the menu that came up and i found a centering option, which was really good because my picture was off of center, also two option one to have the game in 4*3 and another to have the game in 16*9 which made the game look better, so that is really good to have in the game.
When i was playing i noticed something else that when you do the spinning attack like in crash it makes the same noise! i didn\'t like this because i want the game to be far away from crash and to be it\'s own game, so that is alittle thing that gets to me.
Also i got a power up in the game, and Daxter told me to hit the bones and when i did the bone cracked in half and made a bridge to get a cross to another bit, i liked this little feature, and things like that take the game away from crash which is good.
Daxter doesn\'t talk that much, but alot of the time when he does it is to help you out, and i am glad he is in the game now.
So over all i am getting to like the game more and more, which has made me happy, so all i can say is, play the demo a couple of times before you judge it, as for me it has got better the more i play.
Also one more thing all the time that i have played the demo the framerate has not slowed down at all.
Ok guys i hope that answers all of your questions.
(I know you fellow UKer\'s like to know which games have centering options. Well the USA version of Metal Gear Solid 2 has the centering option, just to let you know, so hopefully it will be in the Uk version.)
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Thanks Ethan.. Good impressions..
Damn.. It will be like a month before the mag gets here.. (We just got the one with BGDA demo)
I cant wait till we get our own mag.. :)
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Cheers m8.. good to hear that theres no slowdown.. the only other question that i can ask
is... is there a 60hz option in the demo as apparently theres going to be one in the full game.
Thanks for the info Ethan..
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I cant find the magazine anywhere!?!? All I can find is The Official PLAYSTATION magazine with MGS2 on the cover. Is it the December issue of The Official PlaystationTWO? I cant find it. also, is there a site?
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Is this magazine out in the states? I haven\'t been keeping track and I\'ve heard of some being only in Europe, I pray to beans that its here because I\'ve been salivating over dropship since its mention.
Also, if this mag is out in the states, or soon will be, maybe that means that DropShip is coming out in the states, as it was rumoured to be up in the air.
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Ethan gets the mag early.. it\'s due out in the UK on the 5th of December.
This magazine & demo disk is only due for release in Europe.. as for America, i\'m unsure
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Ah that sucks balls. damnit all.
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Stanzo the demo did not have a 60 Hz option, but it will probably be in the final version.
Also sorry to keep talking about MGS2 but this game is very very good, i can\'t stop playing it, and the twistes in the story are cool, and the story is cleaver.
But the thing i like the most is the Music it is sooooo cool, just in case you didn\'t know the guy that did the music wrote the music for Armaggon,The rock, and another film can\'t remember at the mo.
I saw spy game at the weekend, and i think he did the music in that to, i think i saw his name, but the thing that sort of gave it away, is that some of the music is almost the same as MGS2, the main music on the title screen, it was really cool to hear in the cinema and really got me pumped to play the game.
All i can say is when it comes out in the UK, go and buy it the day it comes out!
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Ok Ethan, could you tell me whether the Jak & Daxter demo had real-time shadows for the main character? Because if he (Jak) only has a circle shadow, then this is an old build of the game, likely to be an old E3 demo.
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Yeah, cheers Ethan, i\'m looking forward to it m8.. i\'m just glad that it\'s out early next year, it allows me to
re-group and get my money stash back lol. Thanks for answering the questions m8. Roll on Friday..
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I\'m thinking about ordering it. It has several demos that I\'d love to play.
Is this the magazine / issue that you\'ve been talking about?
https://www.futurenet.com/secure/single1.asp?ID=113
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Same magazine but that was last issues with demos of Silent Hill 2, Baulders Gate, Wipeout Fusion etc.