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Offline Living-In-Clip

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« Reply #225 on: December 11, 2002, 08:28:09 PM »
Preach on Brother Ashford, preach on!
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« Reply #226 on: December 12, 2002, 04:22:28 AM »
Thanks for the impressions Bob. :)
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« Reply #227 on: December 12, 2002, 06:36:58 AM »
I\'m as much an Resdient Evil whore as I am a Final Fantasy whore.  And Code Veronica was just amateurish, cash-in bullshit.

IMO.  :)

No problem Capcom.  I\'ve played it a little more though, and I can say the game is damn good, but DAMN hard.  Luckily, it\'s only been level #2 that\'s had a real problem with the shooting.  If you\'re trying to shoot at people while there are lots of civillians around, you\'ll wind up clubbing the civillian, instead of shooting at the people you intended to.  Very annoying.  But that hasn\'t happened since.

Driving the cars is great fun, though.  :)

*can\'t remember if I told you these impressions in my last post*
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« Reply #228 on: December 12, 2002, 11:32:54 PM »
Bob I have to give you a big THANK YOU! I read your impressions of Mechassault, and after about a week of debating I finally picked it up.

I dislike Mech games, and this is a blast so far. Maybe it is because I am running over people, and blowing buildings up. My only problem with it is that it wants to use both analogs!!! ARGH !!! I swear MS must force the developers to do it.

The analog is not such a big prob in this game. Especially when I am strafing around a building blowing it up.

So far as the getaway goes. I will buy it, but I have gotten soft as of late working 6 days a week. I want a nice short easy game. I hate getting mad on my 1 day off.
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« Reply #229 on: December 14, 2002, 12:53:13 AM »
Another pint sized update so here we go!

X-Men: Next Dimension (GCN) - Well, this game sure does leave a lot to be desired.  The interface is a bit clunky with the GCN pad, but the super moves are totaly awesome.  This one will be reviewed in about 2 weeks or so.

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (GCN) - What a surprising little gem of a fighter.  It\'s great when you change techniques mid combo and whip out a sword or bo of some type to finish it off.  Devastating and satisfying all at the same time.  This will be reviewed in roughly two weeks.

Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions (GCN) - This game was definitely designed for the Xbox and it\'s apparent right from the boot up screen.  I like the extra options, but the game was never all that special to begin with.

That\'s it for this week, but next week will have a ton of reviews so keep your eyes open for that one.  Here\'s a review to read until then.  It\'s the lowest score I\'ve ever given to a game and boy did it deserve it.  Until next week!

Defender (GBA) Review
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« Reply #230 on: December 14, 2002, 10:33:32 PM »
My latest game purchase.

Jedi Knight 2 for the XBOX. I had extremly high hopes for this game because of the first. Well I was sadly disappointed.

Alot of my pain is because it is just too easy to miss a switch. I wandered around one of the first levels for an hour because I could not progress. Then a accidently looked down, and my hand icon come on. Not only did I have to be in front of the switch, but I also had to look down at it. I also found some switches you need to be a set distance from. This is not such a pain after you recognize what the switches look like, but it is a pain at first.

Cutscenes look worse than the in-game. Enough said on that.

In JK once I got my light saber I don\'t think I used anything else for the rest of the game. It seems to be weaker this go around. So I end up using my guns still. This all has to do with my force powers being weaker.

Slow-down in some critical spots. This game is no speed demon to begin with, but some spots are just unbearable. The mine level has some major slow-down for no activity going on.

I am still using both analog sticks!

All in all the game is not bad. I have a strong tendency to just point out the bad in a game, but it kept me in my seat for over 6 hours straight. That is saying alot for me when my usual playtime for a new game anymore for 1 sitting is anywhere from 1-3.
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« Reply #231 on: December 15, 2002, 12:35:33 AM »
Jedi Knights 2 really picks up when you start fighting other people with light sabers and get more powerful force powers. Awesome game. Starts out terribly slow like you mentioned though.
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« Reply #232 on: December 18, 2002, 07:52:34 AM »
I also picked up Jedi Knight II for XBox.

It\'s fun having light-sabre battles against a friend.

But I\'m not far into it, so it\'s still quite slow for me, so far.  :)
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« Reply #233 on: December 21, 2002, 04:07:54 AM »
Picked up Unreal Championship today..

I\'m taking it back tommorrow.

This has such a horrible framerate.  It\'s 30fps, and slows down (in single player) around almost EVERY corner you turn, and whenever a character appears on screen.

Don\'t even think about playing it split-screen (which is painfully annoying to setup).

Considering that PS2 had 3 Deathmatch based FPS gmaes available for launch, all running at 60fps, this is really unnacceptable.  Hell, Red Faction II ran at 30fps, was made for it\'s single player game and STILL has a better multiplayer framerate (and multiplayer, IMO).

Ugh..
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« Reply #234 on: December 21, 2002, 07:39:12 AM »
I just got Splinter Cell. One of the better games released this year, definitely. Nicely polished.
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« Reply #235 on: December 21, 2002, 04:49:37 PM »
Here are my latest purchaes.

Star Wars Bounty Hunter for the Gamecube. I guess this is not a bad game all in all. It has a horrible camera though. For the most part it sticks right to your back which makes the camera move a bit on the fast side. In fact the camera has a tendency to make me sick if I move around a bit.

Max Payne for the XBOX. Lic bought it for the ps2, and I was very unimpressed. Well for the XBOX it is a different matter. This has to be one of my favorite games of all time. In the ps2 version you could not see the bullets, but here they were clear as a bell. I was also mesmorized by how when I am in bullet time shooting at the baddies my bullets were making part of the walls fluff in slo-mo. Not to say that there were not some unpleasurable spots. Like his dream sequences were just annoying, but I can deal with some bad just for what should be a matrix game. Oh yeah I almost forgot. I was forced to use both analog sticks which I hate, but I beat it in 2 very long sittings which has not happened since Devil May Cry. This game will probably get some replay.

OddWorld Munches Oddysee. I will never play this game. I picked it up because it was cheap. I watched LIC play it, and while it is ok. I am not a fan of the way the characters move in this game. Their jump is just way to jerky, and motion seems very rushed. The levels are nice, and large though.
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« Reply #236 on: December 23, 2002, 07:33:22 PM »
How you can enjoy Max Payne and his annoying nightmare levels and yet not find complete heaven in Munch, I do not understand...

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« Reply #237 on: December 23, 2002, 08:37:34 PM »
I loved every second of Max Payne. Simply an amazing game in every aspect. Awesome graphics, very dark atmosphere, great story told in an unique way, innovative bullet-time concept which rocked, great sound, extremely fun, had replay value in the sense you wanted to just get some more of that sweet action, GOTY 2001 for me.
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« Reply #238 on: December 25, 2002, 01:34:30 PM »
Max Payne = Shoot a bunch of guys, repeat 100X, ZZZZZZZZZZ
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« Reply #239 on: December 25, 2002, 02:16:34 PM »
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Max Payne = Shoot a bunch of guys, repeat 100X, ZZZZZZZZZZ


I\'ll be damned ASHFORD a shooter where you shoot alot of guys. Go figure.:eek:
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