Your Latest Game Purchase and How it Fares

Well, big update so lets get started.

First off, here\'s a list of the new games that have come across my desk this week and last:

Nascar: Dirt to Daytona (GCN) - I\'m not a big fan of racing or Nascar in general, but I\'ll be damned if this game isn\'t bad at all.  This review will be up next week.

Hot Wheels Velocity X (GCN/GBA) - It\'s the best Hot Wheels racer yet, but that doesn\'t say much since all the previous ones have sucked.  The GCN game is pretty bad, but the GBA one is a bit like RC Pro Am.  Interesting stuff.  The GBA review will be up this week and the GCN review next week.

007 Nightfire (Xbox) - Actually a GREAT FPS.  It\'s not quite a Halo-killer, but it\'s definitely better than that trash Timesplitters.  I especially love the arcade sequences where you control big weapons and the driving sequences.  You just feel like Bond and I\'m VERY impressed by it.  Expect a review of this one in a few weeks or so.

Zelda: A link to the Past and the Four Sword (GBA) - I don\'t know if this or Metroid Fusion is best game on the GBA.  I do know one thing though, as soon as I tasted the Four Sword, I immediately knew what I had to get all my GBA weilding friends for Christmas.  4-player Zelda here I come!  Expect a review of this in a week or so.

Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland (GBA) - I realize it\'s a remake, but it\'s just so damn cool.  i was deprived of Kirby up until SSB:M and this game is absolutely fun.  The multiplayer mini games are also a riot and I wish I had four copies of the game to go through it co-op style.  Expect a review of this one in a couple of weeks.

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) - I don\'t know why I didn\'t buy this game earlier, but I admit my stupidity and am glad I have it now.  It\'s quite amazing and am happy that I finally have a copy.

Contra Advance: Alien Wars (GBA) - Nintendo sure loves their remakes, but Konami does not like making them.  This game is ass.  I\'m sorry, but Konami, you need to start doing more for your fans when it comes to porting your games.  It\'s the GBA for crying out loud, it\'s not hard to program for.

Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly (GCN) - It\'s not good.  I don\'t know what else I need to say, but it\'s utterly terrible.  Too bad it\'s not as good as the GBA game.

Plus, I grabbed yet another game in the Parodius series for the Saturn along with Fist and the original Panzer Dragoon import as well.

Now, what would an update be without a couple of promised reviews?  They\'re posted below so enjoy them all and I\'ll see you guys later in the week with more updates and new games acquired along with new reviews!

Sega Smash Pack (GBA)

Ratchet and Clank (PS2)

PS:  I also took a trip to the Nintendo Cube Club here in San Francisco.  With my VIP pass in hand, I tested out Zelda GCN and I must say that it\'s everything OoT is along with a look that is stunning.  In fact, it\'s better than stunning and the new manuevers that Link can do are beautiful.  We\'re all in for a real treat come March \'03 and I honestly can\'t wait.  In fact, just to do the circle slash again and listen to Link scream across the screen will be absolutely worth it!

Where\'s your Shenmue 2 review?

Ooo, kinda fell behind here. Okay then..

Metroid Prime/GCN: Buy GameCube now, get Metroid. Go go.

Resident Evil 0/GCN: Not quite as good as RE1 gameplay-wise, but close. A great effort by Capcom.

[Living-In-Clip]

*shrugs* I strongly disliked RE0.. I miss my item boxes.. Not to mention it didn\'t really clear up a lot of the back story like it was suppose to. Instead, it for the most part just brought in a new virus and a new mad scientest...

Where\'s your Shenmue 2 review?

It\'s on its way.  Finals are here afterall.

Ryu, did you play the last Bond game (agent under fire)? How does Nightfire compare to it? I was considering getting the new one, not sure what platform for yet, think I\'ll wait till after christmas.

I did.  This game is far and away better than every bond game released with the only exception being Goldeneye, but in ways I like this one better.  For starters, the level break down is FAR better with so much more to do.  Driving your Aston Martin and blowing all kinds stuff up is just thrilling.  The game is just cool, it\'s hard to describe it any other way than that.  I highly recommend it.

LiC: Y\'know, I\'d actually tend to agree. I mean, we don\'t even know who Nemesis is yet!

This game was fun and all, but felt so.. unnecessary to the franchise. Like a total side-story, which was probably Capcom\'s intention. About the item boxes: I felt a little bit better about them.. but there were trade-offs. At first, it was like "cool, I can drop items anywhere I want" but then there were times when it was more like "cool, I have to trek all the way back to the frickin\' lobby just to get the grappling hook". All in all, I liked the no-item box and dual-character gameplay.. and I felt that the game was eerie in certain ways.. but it isn\'t the best RE game.

It\'s better than RE3, but RE1/RE2 are better IMHO. (haven\'t played CV)

Bring on RE4!

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Anything is almost better than RE3. I think you should try Code Veronica though, it was a great game.

[Bobs_Hardware]

Don\'t listen to LIC.

Code Veronica is trash.  

Just picked up Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, The Getaway and Link to the Past.

The Getaway rapes Vice City.  So awesome, very realistic.

Bob say someone absolutly hates GTA3, and vice city. Is there any hope for enjoyment with the getaway with them?

[Bobs_Hardware]

While I haven\'t played that much of The Getaway, from what I have played it is quite different from GTA.  While the general principle of being able to steal whatever car you want, then go hunt someone down is the same, the game is much more focussed (less freedom to mosey around) on each mission.  There\'s also a heavy emphasis on gunplay, which is actually fun, rather than a chore as in GTA.  Lots of Metal Gear-esque moves, such as popping out from around a corner to take people out, etc.

The realism is something else as well.  Take a few shots, and you\'ll be stumbling all over the place

Also, if you\'re into movies such as Lock Stock and Two Smokin\' Barrels, and Snatch (or any other british gangster type moffie) you\'ll love the dialogue and story.  

[Bobs_Hardware]

Let me just update that.  I am now starting to find some very frustrating flaws in the gameplay.  Basically with the lock-on system, the shooting/melee system, and the indicator (instead of a map) system.

I\'ll get back to you tommorrow once I\'ve played the game a bit more.  

[Living-In-Clip]

Don\'t listen to Bobby. I\'m the resident Capcom expert. Code Veronica was pure heaven!


GO back to your silly Square games, Bobby.
heh.

CV & RE 2 = Best. RE\'s. Ever.