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Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: March 16, 2012 (06:01 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yeah, I am happy, Zipp. Thanks! =P
[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will |
Author: honestgamer
Posted: March 16, 2012 (06:50 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
N is a lot easier than you seem to think, with games like No More Heroes, Ninja Gaiden, Nobunaga's Ambition, Naruto, New Super Mario Bros, plenty of sports stuff, Need for Speed... It's actually one of the easiest letters. W is one of the more difficult ones. My options were essentially Wario, Wheel of Fortune and Wild Arms.
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Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: March 16, 2012 (07:29 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Haha. Yeah, that's why this was a subjective list. To me, I'm just not that interested in those N games. I tried Ninja Gaiden and Nobunaga's Ambition, and grew bored with them quickly. And the rest I really don't have the systems for. And sports stuff is right out. So when I thought "N", the only one that immediately came to mind was Nancy Drew.
[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will |
Author: honestgamer
Posted: March 16, 2012 (07:47 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
That's why I wish trades weren't allowed. I can get a letter and it's a disaster for me, but someone else would have a piece of cake reviewing a game that starts with that letter. So if we trade, and if other people are trading, and if the penalty for trading isn't severe, then really it's just a competition where the theme has been tossed out the window and a few of us are just getting together and reviewing games. Which is good, of course, but it defeats the purpose of the theme.
"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality |
Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: March 16, 2012 (08:29 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Eh. I see what you're saying, but that's why I only allowed a few. Plus I figured they'd be more of an incentive to get people to write if they were really stuck with the letter they got. In any case, no one has taken a trade this time, and I don't think anyone will, so I'm rather please that the measure wasn't needed. Just because it was there doesn't mean it was used.
[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will |
Author: zippdementia
Posted: March 16, 2012 (09:30 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I've always meant to write a Wizards and Warriors review. That would have to be my pick for a "W" review, though with my NES long given away, I'd have to dig up a good emulator. Actually, I could get by simply using youtube playthroughs. I played that game over a hundred times. I'm, like, the only person in the world who liked that series.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: March 16, 2012 (10:22 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
During a previous year of the Alphabet Olympics (I believe it was the second time I participated, which may have been the second time it was even held; I think there have been 5 or 6 times now), I was handed the letter 'W' and I wrote a review for Wizards & Warriors 3. I was going to use that right up until almost the last minute, but then I switched to a Wild Arms 3 review that I worked really hard to write. I was quite pleased with that review, but the judges weren't (and it came out that I would have probably done a lot better if I'd gone with the first review, for Wizards & Warriors III). I don't believe I placed last, but I came close to the very bottom (I think I was second-to-last). I thought about reviewing a different Wild Arms game this year and maybe even work in a line about bleached skeletons, since I always seem to get saddled with the crap letters (I've had V, too, and won that particular year with my Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution review), but I didn't have time to do it right.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: March 16, 2012 (11:04 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
So now that you mentioned it I had to go and read it. Yeah, even I didn't like Wizards and Warriors 3, though as a child I was convinced I should like it, because it seemed like such a deep game with all its appearances of non-linearity, the potential promise of a huge world map, and the whole class change bit you mention.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: March 17, 2012 (12:11 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I got pretty far in it, but I didn't beat it, no. I finally decided it wasn't worth the time it would have been taken. I've finished some fairly tough games in my life, even recently, but sometimes you reach a point where you're not engaged and there's no possibility of fun and seeing the game's ending just isn't enough incentive to keep going.
"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality |
Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: March 17, 2012 (05:44 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Alright. I've subbed my own. Here.
[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will |
Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: March 17, 2012 (05:47 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I only looked at "J" as tough because I've already reviewed Jackal. And when you've reviewed Jackal, there's no need for that letter ever again.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: March 17, 2012 (11:59 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I "like" Overdrive's comment. Just saying.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: March 17, 2012 (12:00 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Oh about submissions... didn't Dr. Worm specifically say he was writing that review for N? I don't think he hangs around the forums much, but we might want to include it by default since I'm almost positive that's why he wrote it.
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Author: JANUS2
Posted: March 18, 2012 (11:34 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I have surprised myself and have written a review! I'm going to use my Rez HD review. Could someone else link it please? It's hard to do that on an iphone.
"fuck yeah oblivion" - Jihad |
Author: dementedhut
Posted: March 18, 2012 (12:53 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Janus' Rez HD review.
I head spaceshit noises. |
Author: Leroux
Posted: March 18, 2012 (01:55 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
My review is one paragraph about THPS and one page recapping how fucking cool it was when Tony Hawk did the 900. |
Author: JANUS2
Posted: March 18, 2012 (02:37 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Thanks Pickhut
"fuck yeah oblivion" - Jihad |
Author: dementedhut
Posted: March 18, 2012 (03:46 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
No problem.
I head spaceshit noises. |
Author: zippdementia
Posted: March 18, 2012 (04:30 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Oops, I accidentally marked Leroux's comment. I think I was trying to "like" it.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: March 18, 2012 (06:03 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Zero Wing
For us. For them. For you. |
Author: Suskie
Posted: March 18, 2012 (06:32 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Skyrim review subbed. I can thank this tourney for finally giving me the drive to finish the damned thing.
You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it. |
Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: March 18, 2012 (06:54 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Sweet. This is looking like it might be a better contest than I thought.
[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will |
Author: Genj
Posted: March 18, 2012 (06:56 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I have the beginnings of a Killer7 review, but working 40+ hours a week, Mass Effect 3, and the NBA proved detrimental to my ability to actually put a half-decent effort into finishing the damn thing.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: March 18, 2012 (07:16 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: March 18, 2012 (09:52 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Not only a good turnout, but also great material! Usually in a tournament there is the inevitable "cashed-in" review from someone or at least a recognizable ranking, where you can see how some reviews are just not going to be in the running for first. But I don't see that here. Everyone took really different approaches to a wide variety of games. It may end up coming down to game choice, in the end.
Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic." |
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