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« Reply #30 on: October 20, 2001, 01:13:30 PM »
If magazine or site X bashes a game from a particular company (say EA Sports), but magazines Y, Z & W proclaim it\'s the best ever, and this trend trend continues with other titles from the same company - so site X points out the flaws in each title\'s gameplay, while Y,Z & W **** out the same EA Sports\' PR bull**** - how \'friendly\' to site X will EA Sports be? When it comes to inviting people to motion capture sessions, will site X get many invitations?

These sites are, by and large, good for one thing - media. I\'ve read supposedly \'hands-on\' previews of games that just paraphrase the PR sheet that comes with the beta. I should know, I\'ve had advance copies of several games to preview and review, and laughed at seeing \'previews\' of games that could have been written in 5 minutes or less.

Am I saying that ALL the opinions of these sites and magazines are bunk? No, but just reading a review you find so many contradictions and inconsistencies - even comparing a preview to a review you can find a massive change in tone, even when the preview was supposed to be \'hands on\'. And so I take all these reviews with a grain of salt, and I trust the opinions of people I know on these forums more than I do guys who write for IGN or Gamespot.

I think if you were to read the reviews Ryu has written on these forums and read the majority of his posts, he\'s definately NOT a fanboy or a \'console hugger\'.
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« Reply #31 on: October 20, 2001, 05:21:00 PM »
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Ryu, on the other hand, has no vested interest in these companies, he doesn\'t need to kiss their asses and I, and many others here, can vouch for his integrity. I hold the opinions of many forum members here much higher than the opinions of those ass kissers at Gamespot and IGN.

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Watchdog, if you were here longer, you would know who Ryu really is and why most of us trust him so much.  Until he gave his impressions of DOA3, I was thinking it was going to be the best fighter ever based on how the developer was bashing Tekken and VF.  When I read Ryu\'s review though, it made me think.  Who would be more likely to lie to me, Ryu, or the developers and some magazines?  

You might not know this, but most magazines gave DOA2:HC way too high of a score.  

PSM gave it a 9.  
IGN gave it a 8.7.  
Gamepro gave it a 5 in graphics and funfactor, and a 4.5 in control and sound.

Did I have a level 5 funfactor when I played that game?  Heck no.  I played it for a few days and realized, man this game sucks.  I\'m playing TTT.  Oh, and most magazines did say DOA2:HC was better than TTT.  I know Gamepro and PSM did. (I wonder how long they thought that until they realized the gameplay sucked)  That is why I trust Ryu\'s opinion over any game magazine\'s.
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« Reply #32 on: October 20, 2001, 05:44:54 PM »
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i remember one night at my firends house we where all playing DOA2 on the PS2 and the person that won the most was David !
Who\'s David?

If you think no one with skill plays DOA2:HC, dats cause u ain\'t played the Emperor.
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« Reply #33 on: October 20, 2001, 06:25:55 PM »
Well, in my opinion TTT was pretty bad, so I agree with that review.  Talk about a game with short legs!

You ask again who am I going to believe and I\'m going to believe the people who have shared my opinion (by and large) for many years.

Just recently, I found his ICO review far too forgiving.  ICO is a fine game, to be sure, but not nearly the game he made it out to be (I have no desire to go through it again--even though it doesn\'t take very long).  That\'s just one instance.

I don\'t find it hard to believe he\'s respected here--this is a PS board and as I\'ve seen many times, filled with rabid fanboys and console huggers.  Now, I\'m not lumping Ryu into that category and I\'m not saying his opinion is invalid.  What I am saying is that NG and IGN have earned my trust over many years and I\'ll believe them.  Now I\'ve disagreed with them in the past, and Ryu \'s opinion may actually be what I come to think, but for now I\'m going with the experience.
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« Reply #34 on: October 20, 2001, 07:40:38 PM »
Sony forum, Nintendo forum, X-Box forum, Dreamcast forum, it doesn\'t matter, I have never been accused of being a fanboy like I am in this one.  I guess if I had a "sponsored by snowball.com" or a "Editor of Nextgen" tag fallowing my name, my words would be believed by even the largest of nay-sayers.  I guess until then, my opinions are completely invalid.  Hell, I gave ICO an 8.9, IGN gave it an even higher rating of 9+, and PSM gave it an even lower rating of 7/10.  I said it wasn\'t all that replayable though and my score reflected that.  I dunno, I guess all I\'ve reviewed is ICO and like 15 other Sony games, not like I haven\'t reviewed any Nintendo games... OH WAIT!  I HAVE!  In fact, I reviewed several Gameboy Advance games while being commisioned to work for a Nintendo site and those same Gameboy Advance reviews can be found on this site in the off-topic section as well.  It doesn\'t end there though, I also want an X-Box really badly for the games that it will have in the future which are numerous and long anticipated for me.

Still though, it all comes down to who is being paid the money to do something.  That\'s why NextGEN and IGN are seen as the reviewers, but in fact, all publications, online or off is composed of people just like you and I who are partial to different things.  Credibility goes towards two things, being truthful and actually playing the games and I present both.  I don\'t see how IGN or NextGEN is more credible then I.  You said that IGN and NextGEN has been doing this whole review thing and such longer then I, but can you tell me any of the reviewer\'s names?  I bet you can\'t.  That\'s the problem, because they are paid, they are considered experts, but they are just regular people doing a job that I do here for free.  What makes me different from them is that no one sends me any preview copies or any free games, I buy all my stuff personally and that makes my opinions a bit more cynical in terms of why it\'s worth my money and why it\'s not.  The only other thing is that since I\'m on such a limited budget, buying the terrible games or games I see as being total duds or stuff that just isn\'t for me is something I can not do.
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« Reply #35 on: October 20, 2001, 07:55:16 PM »
Watchdog...Log off, and close windows, you\'ve been shut down

ugh, i suck

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« Reply #36 on: October 20, 2001, 08:05:16 PM »
1 preview, saying DOA3 plays "similar" to DOA 2, and you\'re all jumping on it saying it\'s a button masher?

here\'s another one.

http://www.gamespy.com/previews/august01/doa3/index2.shtm

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But what we found really surprising was how easy the game played. It\'s not a button mashing games by any means, there is some technique and timing going on, but Itagaki has successfully created a game that will not only appeal to the hardcore market, but the casual gamer as well."



and the debate restarts...

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« Reply #37 on: October 20, 2001, 09:08:38 PM »
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Watchdog...Log off, and close windows, you\'ve been shut down

ugh, i suck

*IronFist giggles to himself*  (wow bob, you\'re on a roll tonight.  First the "spectator sport" joke, and now this.) :)


Someguy, like Lavan said, "...comparing a preview to a review you can find a massive change in tone, even when the preview was supposed to be \'hands on\'."  This is so true.  I\'m sure you\'ve read a preview of a game where the game sounds awesome, but then when it is reviewed, the reviewers actually tell you about the bad stuff.  I know I have.  The version they were previewing was only 50% complete.  Of course since it was a work in progress they didn\'t bother mentioning the bad, because for all they knew, it would be fixed by the final version.

But this said by the DOA3 creator Tomonobu Itagaki in that article was kind of interesting (and no, I\'m not talking about all the bashing he does).
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Other games are too straightforward; they require a lot more knowledge to learn the moves. Learning and mastering DOA 3 is more natural for the player."

Er, um, yes, natural. *wink* *wink*
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« Reply #38 on: October 21, 2001, 04:01:20 AM »
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I\'m not asking for completely changed gameplay.  I\'m asking for more gameplay.  The makers can\'t bash Tekken 4 and Virtua Fighter 4 if their game is just a graphical enhancement of DOA2.  AFter all the mud they were slinging, I thought this game would be more than it is.


[color=0033CC]You quoted this from IGN.[/COLOR]  "Gameplay-wise, hardcore students of DOA2 will be relieved that they won\'t have to relearn the basic system they\'ve mastered... "

[color=0033CC]All that says to me is the Move system has not changed. I am sure it will feel just like previous doa but how many games don\'t?[/COLOR]

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Correction: I did want DOA3.  Like I said, after all the mud slinging from developers, I was expecting a lot more.  I would rather wait for VF4 or Tekken 4 on the PS2 than spend $350 for that game.  Now there is no reason for me to even want an Xbox.  And hey, there\'s no reason for me to want a NGC either.  Neither one of them has anything I want.


[color=0033CC]Again your speaking as though you\'ve played doa3.[/COLOR]


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The moves?  So you\'re saying you played the game?  Tell us about all the new moves that make this game worth the name DOA3 instead of DOA2: Very Hardcore.  I\'ve seen over 30 movies, and read lots of impressions, and you are the first to even mention DOA3\'s "new moves."

Almost all the stages are stages from DOA2 with better graphics, or levels stolen from other games.  I\'m sorry, but I can\'t get excited about that.  

The pace looks just the same as DOA2.  The faster sidestep doesn\'t add a huge element to the game.  The only thing I see it doing is making the game even more turtle friendly.

Nice graphics though.  (and I just watched all 17 movies from IGN, and no, there are no reflections of the characters on the floor.  What happened?)


[color=0033CC]How do you know all the stages are from doa2? Ign, gamespot all gave first impression and they never pointed that out and they have played the game.  And  I never said "NEW moves" I said the moves. Meaning they won\'t be the same because it is Doa3 and I am sure there are new movies. [/COLOR]


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I said this in another thread, but I\'ll repeat it here.

How similar was Street Fighter 3 to Street Fighter 2?  If you have played SF3, you would now that there is so little in common that you could easily mistake SF3 for a game other than Street Fighter.  Don\'t give me that "Steet Fighter has been the same for years" nonsense.  Street Fighter 2 has had tons of versions.  It was ok to have little gameplay changes if the name of the game is still the same: Street Fighter 2.  DOA2 had 3 different versions, and they were almost identicle, and that\'s ok because they were not claiming to be a whole new game.  But when you add that 3 on the end, there should be changes to go along with it.

And speaking of comparing Street Fighter to DOA.  Street Fighter is the most popular 2D franchise ever.  DOA is not even close to as popular.  Capcom knows that we will buy the next Street Fighter, even if it is Street Fighter 2 Super Hyper Turbo Plus.  But DOA doesn\'t have that huge userbase.  The makers of DOA should know that they can\'t have upgrades of games and expect them to be popular with so much competition in the 3D fighting game genre.

How long have you been playing Tekken?

Tekken 1 to Tekken 2:  Huge upgrade.  Moves, characters, gameplay, graphics, levels, costumes.  Just about everything was changed.
Tekken 2 to Tekken 3:  Again, huge upgrade.  Same as above.
Tekken 3 to TTT:  Minor upgrade (moves, tag feature, costumes, levels, graphics), but notice the lack of a number on the end.  This isn\'t the next game of the series.  It\'s an intermission to make the fans happy.
TTT to Tekken 4:  Huge changes.  Moves, costumes, characters, GAMEPLAY, graphics, levels (every level is new).  This is the biggest change in Tekken ever, which is why so many people don\'t like it (just go over to the TZ forums and see what I mean).


[color=0033CC]Let me put in your quote again."[/color]  "Gameplay-wise, hardcore students of DOA2 will be relieved that they won\'t have to relearn the basic system they\'ve mastered"

[color=0033CC]That refers to the moves. If you only played sf2 in your whole life. And then you decided hey let me play ssex3 on ps2 you will find out that the basic system is still the same. Ryu,ken,chun li, ect...ect... all the same movies. And you can pick up and character and just mimmick other player combination and to find out new player moves.

oK YOUR SAYING in tekken1 and tekken2 moves,constumes, graphics and what not. Now your contridicting yourself. Because Doa3 has better graphics than doa2 hc, it has new levels, it has new costumes, and I am sure it has new moves.

But what has not changed in tekken is thing you don\'t get but you quoted it. Once again I will repost what you quoted ironfist. [/color]

"Gameplay-wise, hardcore students of DOA2 will be relieved that they won\'t have to relearn the basic system they\'ve mastered..."

[color=0033CC]And that once agains refers to move system in the game. So your going to come on this forum and say that the move system in t1-t2-t3 and TTT was not the same move system? Come on Ironfist sure they added a couple moves when they put in a new character in,  but be honest the move system is the same in all the games. I can play t2 and not tekken again until ttt and feel rite a home with the move system.

And that is what I ment. There was no comparing streetfighter to doa3 I never did that. I was talking about the move system in the games. And that was all.  But doa3 may be cheesy as doa2 but don\'t make it seem like doa3 is first fighter to be cheesy.

And watchdog I would take ryu\'s opinion over anything ign says at least I know he is not getting any perks form ms. Is he;) And ryu gives some of the most intellegent gaming  insights [/color]


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« Reply #39 on: October 21, 2001, 04:20:19 AM »
Not to bust your guys bubble but WTF else do you want in a fighting game!  I\'m not talking just about DOA3 but Tekken and Soul Calibur as well!  You can do just about everything that is possible in the game the only thing you can do is the Micheal Jackson crotch grab...I mean damn....
 
I forgot who said it and I\'m too lazy to go back and see but \'More Gameplay\'  thats being a little too harsh on any developer of a fighting game.  Personally as good as DOA3 looks I\'m not into fighting games and can\'t see them doing much with the genre in the near future anyway.

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« Reply #40 on: October 21, 2001, 05:05:53 AM »
See what must not say what is good, what we have not had our hands on yet.  Yeah, everyone thinkgs DOA3 will be better because it should, but it doesn\'t have to be.
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« Reply #41 on: October 21, 2001, 06:31:01 AM »
Bob, you\'re not funny.

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« Reply #42 on: October 21, 2001, 09:59:12 AM »
you can button mash in any game. Winning while doing it is impossible against an experienced player, that goes for VF, DOA, Tekken, Street FIghter, MvC2, etc.


MvC2 is NO button masher, if you dont know how to do rising attacks and keep doing it, while knowing the tricks of when to do supers and counters, etc, you will get killed People who call it a masher have neevr played a master at the game, same goes for DOA2. I thoguht it was a masher when I played it with a bud who had owned it for a couple months on DC, We played for an hour and he killed me, easily.

DOA has great gameplay for people who actually try and play it, it just isn\'t as fun as mastering Akira or Shun Di from VF.


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« Reply #43 on: October 22, 2001, 05:11:30 AM »
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1 preview, saying DOA3 plays "similar" to DOA 2, and you\'re all jumping on it saying it\'s a button masher?

here\'s another one.

http://www.gamespy.com/previews/august01/doa3/index2.shtm





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Oh no, its Someguy from PS2web, and yet you prove you can\'t debate worth a ****. *cough*  again DOA3 is going to be a good game, but i doubt that it will match VF4 in gameplay, like Ryu said :)
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« Reply #44 on: October 22, 2001, 06:01:00 AM »
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LOL that\'s exactly what I thought too...

as for the rest of this debate; I just think the bottom line is, it\'s Dead or Alive and seing that not many were impressed by part 2 on the PS2, many were hoping for \'more\' gameplay in part 3, which turns out to be wishful thinking.

And before this debate starts again, I might have not played the game yet myself, but I trust Ryu\'s impressions along with the movies of ingame footage I have seen that underline his preview. The movies show nothing different than what I\'ve experienced with DoA2 (other than the impressive graphics, which I think VF4 tops).

 

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