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Kris
Joined: 16 Sep 2002 Posts: 2550 Location: Sheffield
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 13:41 Post subject: Non-music Games geeks thread. |
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Who ever thought the controller for the next Nintendo machinw would look like this???
_________________ "fashioned by the blade of a world that doesn't care,
feeling so removed, drifting thru stealing air then...
pause and think about it, try to move and shift the pain, but it's there you feel it kicking and you scream and feel alive." |
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Melz
Joined: 20 Aug 2002 Posts: 680 Location: Doncaster
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 13:44 Post subject: |
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Does the B stand for BAD IDEA? _________________ "It's too beautiful to stay inside..." |
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Tommy BOO
Joined: 21 Aug 2002 Posts: 3066 Location: here, there, and everywhere
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 13:46 Post subject: |
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You should have resized that picture, this is the 2000th thread on this board after all.
M I L L E double-N I U M, I want to spend it with youuuu...
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"Tommy Boo has played a pivotal role in my life. I've looked up to him since I was a kid and he has inspired every note of music I have ever written. The man is a fucking genius"
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Tommy BOO
Joined: 21 Aug 2002 Posts: 3066 Location: here, there, and everywhere
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 13:47 Post subject: |
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Tommy BOO wrote: |
You should have resized that picture...[/i] |
I was too slow - looks like you already edited it.
So what's that thing actually supposed to be then? _________________
"Tommy Boo has played a pivotal role in my life. I've looked up to him since I was a kid and he has inspired every note of music I have ever written. The man is a fucking genius"
-BC
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Melz
Joined: 20 Aug 2002 Posts: 680 Location: Doncaster
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 13:50 Post subject: |
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I suppose it you turn it on its side it could be a bit like the NES controller. Such a shame that Nintendo - who pioneered the Analogue Stick - have gone in such a bland DVD-remote direction. Even Sky+ has a better remote control than that! _________________ "It's too beautiful to stay inside..." |
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Kris
Joined: 16 Sep 2002 Posts: 2550 Location: Sheffield
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:33 Post subject: |
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I'd never write off anything Nintendo do Melz
Like you said, they are always the pioneers, and 90% of the time, they get it right and take gaming forwards.
I spent yesterday driving around Liberty City with bravecaptain mp3's blasting out me headphones - frigging great!! _________________ "fashioned by the blade of a world that doesn't care,
feeling so removed, drifting thru stealing air then...
pause and think about it, try to move and shift the pain, but it's there you feel it kicking and you scream and feel alive." |
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Melz
Joined: 20 Aug 2002 Posts: 680 Location: Doncaster
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 14:44 Post subject: |
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Yeah, well yesterday I killed a man while ritually possessed (
Fahrenheit
, PS2) before winning the league as Doncaster Rovers (
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
). How about that for a day's work?
Seriously, I never write off anything Nintendo come up with. My first console was the NES and I still rate a lot of my old SNES games higher than a lot of what's out today. They are definitely the pioneers of gaming accessories - look at their recent achievements: the
Mario Party 6
microphone, the
Donkey Konga
bongos, the Nintendo DS touchscreen. And to top it all, the new
Zelda
looks magnificent. That controller baffles me though. I mean, how can you play 3D games without an analogue stick? (
Super Mario 64 DS
aside, as the stylus works perfectly to recreate an analogue-like movement) It's like
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix
on the PSP - the D-pad moves your skater while the thumbstick moves the camera. I really couldn't get along with that.
One of my mates keeps going on and on about how ace the Xbox 360 is going to be. Any opinions? _________________ "It's too beautiful to stay inside..." |
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Kris
Joined: 16 Sep 2002 Posts: 2550 Location: Sheffield
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 15:41 Post subject: |
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Melz wrote: |
One of my mates keeps going on and on about how ace the Xbox 360 is going to be. Any opinions? |
Well I've never owned an Xbox, so can't really comment...... but the Xbox 360 and PS3 just seem to want to be PC's don't they? Let's play music and films and games that you can play over the net. Will appeal to lot's of people, but not to me. I want fun. I want to have be console on for 30 minutes, have a blast, then go to the pub
Kinks
xxx _________________ "fashioned by the blade of a world that doesn't care,
feeling so removed, drifting thru stealing air then...
pause and think about it, try to move and shift the pain, but it's there you feel it kicking and you scream and feel alive." |
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John Mc
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 15:53 Post subject: |
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A year after the rest of the civilised world got bored of it I bought GTA San Andreas last week and have spent far too much time playing it already. How can they fit such a big game onto one tiny disc?
Do Nintendo still have that thing where they don't have violence in their games? Like when the blood in Mortal Kombat had to be turned green? |
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Melz
Joined: 20 Aug 2002 Posts: 680 Location: Doncaster
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 22:41 Post subject: |
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I remember the green
Mortal Kombat
blood. That was just weird. Recently though, I think Nintendo are realising that games with more mature themes sell very well. Check out the Gamecube's
Resident Evil 4
and
Killer7
. Awesome games.
And I agree that games should be fun more than anything else. Sometimes there's nothing better than a quick 10 minutes on
Burnout
or
Monkey Ball
. But for me, I love to get deeply engrossed in a storyline - hence my love for the
Final Fantasy
games. In fact, about 80% of my PSone games are RPGs.
I do have an Xbox and to be honest I can't really say I got my money's worth. The only games I have for it are the ones that are exculsive to Xbox and PC (
Halo
,
Knights Of The Old Republic
,
Chronicles Of Riddick
, etc) whereas if there's a game out on all three consoles, I'll get it for the PS2. Since the 360 is going to be backwards compatible (or so I'm told) I wondered if it was going to be worth the upgrade. _________________ "It's too beautiful to stay inside..." |
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Tommy BOO
Joined: 21 Aug 2002 Posts: 3066 Location: here, there, and everywhere
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 22:44 Post subject: |
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Melz wrote: |
Yeah, well yesterday I killed a man while ritually possessed (
Fahrenheit
, PS2) before winning the league as Doncaster Rovers (
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
). How about that for a day's work? |
Sounds good.
Hmm, have you got some sort of a team patch for PES4?
Can you find an update with Barnsley (and other League One teams probably) in it?
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"Tommy Boo has played a pivotal role in my life. I've looked up to him since I was a kid and he has inspired every note of music I have ever written. The man is a fucking genius"
-BC
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Melz
Joined: 20 Aug 2002 Posts: 680 Location: Doncaster
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 22:51 Post subject: |
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Nah, I made them in Create-a-Team in the Master League.
They were originally The People's Republic Of Doncaster but I changed my mind. _________________ "It's too beautiful to stay inside..." |
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