Home |
Cheats |
Collection |
Cover Art |
FAQs |
Friends |
Profile |
Ratings |
Reviews |
Scores |
Screenshots |
Videos |
Milestones |
Exit
You are not signed into a user account. Please return to this page once you are signed into your free account for additional options.
|
I'll get working on that content thing. |
Title: Start your own band already!
Posted: July 08, 2007 (10:59 PM)
Posted: July 08, 2007 (10:59 PM)
Is it just me, or is Rock Band going to be an epic failure? I only ask because the hype on this game is titanic (today, I read an article about the possibility of RB being a 360 exclusive that ended with the claim that even if RB were on all platforms, it would still sell as many copies on 360 as Halo 3), but I can't see any of the people I know shelling out a few hundred bucks for what is essentially a plastic band.
The great casual appeal of GH is that for less than 100 bucks, you and friends can jam out to some fun, popular songs, test your rhythm skills, and feel like a rockstar in a silly way. Once you add the drums, the mic, a few hundred dollars to the package...you're taking it pretty seriously. I've never witnessed a negative reaction to Guitar Hero. Plenty of amused smirks, but everyone wants to give it a try, and they never regret it.
But imagine explaining Rock Band to Madden Gamer, who probably has GH: "Okay, here's my little plastic drum set, you use that, I'll get on the guitar, my buddy here'll sing, and we'll hook up with our bassist on Live." I just think many people who bought GH and had a great time with it will think, "With this much time, money, and effort, why the fuck don't you just start a band?!" I think that, and I am a rhythm game junkie--I have my Taiko Drum, my Donkey Kongas, and several DDR mats (and oh what I'd do for a pair of Samba maracas), but getting together with friends and pretending to play More Than A Feeling at this high a level strikes me as absurd.
I think RB is too much of a commitment for 90% of the people who bought Guitar Hero.
I know the RB feature set is intense--like, you and three buddies could each buy one of the instruments and hook up together online. And you can use your old Guitar Hero guitars, so you could buy Rock Band, no huge instrumental investment required. But who are the people jizzing their pants over this? Oh, right, the game journalists who'll have a complete, free Rock Band set the week before it comes out, and a crew of officemates and people at other websites and magazines to play it with.
It would be like guys at a gadget website claiming that the awesome $6,000 laptop they get for free is going to be the most popular computer on the market, and that everyone is going to be so blown away that they'll have to run to the store and pick up a copy.
Nick at Segabastard often rails in this vein, and he's often right--game journalists can really be blinded to and unconcerned with the plight of the people who don't have full access to every aspect of every game.
The great casual appeal of GH is that for less than 100 bucks, you and friends can jam out to some fun, popular songs, test your rhythm skills, and feel like a rockstar in a silly way. Once you add the drums, the mic, a few hundred dollars to the package...you're taking it pretty seriously. I've never witnessed a negative reaction to Guitar Hero. Plenty of amused smirks, but everyone wants to give it a try, and they never regret it.
But imagine explaining Rock Band to Madden Gamer, who probably has GH: "Okay, here's my little plastic drum set, you use that, I'll get on the guitar, my buddy here'll sing, and we'll hook up with our bassist on Live." I just think many people who bought GH and had a great time with it will think, "With this much time, money, and effort, why the fuck don't you just start a band?!" I think that, and I am a rhythm game junkie--I have my Taiko Drum, my Donkey Kongas, and several DDR mats (and oh what I'd do for a pair of Samba maracas), but getting together with friends and pretending to play More Than A Feeling at this high a level strikes me as absurd.
I think RB is too much of a commitment for 90% of the people who bought Guitar Hero.
I know the RB feature set is intense--like, you and three buddies could each buy one of the instruments and hook up together online. And you can use your old Guitar Hero guitars, so you could buy Rock Band, no huge instrumental investment required. But who are the people jizzing their pants over this? Oh, right, the game journalists who'll have a complete, free Rock Band set the week before it comes out, and a crew of officemates and people at other websites and magazines to play it with.
It would be like guys at a gadget website claiming that the awesome $6,000 laptop they get for free is going to be the most popular computer on the market, and that everyone is going to be so blown away that they'll have to run to the store and pick up a copy.
Nick at Segabastard often rails in this vein, and he's often right--game journalists can really be blinded to and unconcerned with the plight of the people who don't have full access to every aspect of every game.
[reply][view replies (3)]
Title: oh, more 1up surfing
Posted: May 01, 2007 (04:14 PM)
Posted: May 01, 2007 (04:14 PM)
"The biggest [rumor] is that Team Ninja apparently have an exclusive new Dead or Alive game in the works for the Sony console [PS3]."
All right! DOA4 remix! Or maybe, if we're lucky, DOA Xtreme Volleyball 2.5!!
Team Ninja is a good group of game designers. Their two real talents are (i) announcing with absolute certainty that their games are the best ever created, and (ii) milking their franchises, especially for a small firm that can't churn out games too quickly (seriously, if they hadn't wasted years on Ninja Gaiden "directors cuts" and Xtreem CG Tittyfest side-games, we could've had Ninja Gaiden 2 already, or at least Ninja Gaiden DS)
All right! DOA4 remix! Or maybe, if we're lucky, DOA Xtreme Volleyball 2.5!!
Team Ninja is a good group of game designers. Their two real talents are (i) announcing with absolute certainty that their games are the best ever created, and (ii) milking their franchises, especially for a small firm that can't churn out games too quickly (seriously, if they hadn't wasted years on Ninja Gaiden "directors cuts" and Xtreem CG Tittyfest side-games, we could've had Ninja Gaiden 2 already, or at least Ninja Gaiden DS)
[reply][view replies (1)]
Title: Are snerds actually excited?
Posted: May 01, 2007 (04:04 PM)
Posted: May 01, 2007 (04:04 PM)
From 1up.com, Wii Games For 2007! (Only in Japan, so we probably won't be getting all of these)
# Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race (DK Bongo Blast) - June 28, 2007
# Wii Health Pack -- 2007
# Disaster: Day of Crisis - 2007
# Mario Party 8 - 2007
# Project H.A.M.M.E.R. - 2007
# Wii Music - 2007
# Super Mario Galaxy - 2007
# Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 2007
# Battalion Wars II - 2007
# Forever Blue - 2007
# Mario Strikers Charged - 2007
# Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - 2007
# Mario and Sonic at the Olympics - 2007
Guhh...I was so psyched about the Wii six months ago, but consider me officially on the hater bandwagon.
One thing that annoys me about gaming sites/publications (and I assume snerds, although I don't know any), is that they'll hype up all this crap because the Wii has so few games coming up, and act as if people actually want sequels to third-rate "franchises" like Battalion Wars and Mario Strikers.
And, sorry, Super Smash Brothers is only a little better than the rip-off game on Live Arcade with fuzzy animals, and that cost $10--if I wanted that kind of game, I'd get the 360 one. And they're not adding Wii controls to the new Super Smash, right? Yeah, wouldn't want to fiddle the perfect balance of SSB's awesome two attack per character system.
Day of Crisis could be a good B-game, but I paid $10 for Disaster Report on PS2, and don't expect me to pay more for its sequel.
And I don't even wanna know about the Wii Health Pack. If it's what it sounds like, it makes sense--the logical analog to all the worthless and endless "brain training" DS games are Wii body training ones.
And yeah, I'm pumped for Mario Galaxy, but give me a date first, all right? I played the first two Metroid Primes, I can wait for a third--it's not as if an FPS with a keyboard and mouse-style setup is anything new, except for Nintendo fans who dealt exclusively with the Gamecube and N64 controllers for the last decade.
I realize this is only Nintendo's games, that there's the third party game where you play as a water drop and the other one by the guy who did the laughably bad but pretty cool-looking Killer 7 and that EA is "super committed" to the Wii even though all we'll be getting for the next year is stuff like the Godfather with a few added motion controls blah blah blah...
I am officially not buying a Wii until, at the earliest, mid-2008.
# Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race (DK Bongo Blast) - June 28, 2007
# Wii Health Pack -- 2007
# Disaster: Day of Crisis - 2007
# Mario Party 8 - 2007
# Project H.A.M.M.E.R. - 2007
# Wii Music - 2007
# Super Mario Galaxy - 2007
# Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 2007
# Battalion Wars II - 2007
# Forever Blue - 2007
# Mario Strikers Charged - 2007
# Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - 2007
# Mario and Sonic at the Olympics - 2007
Guhh...I was so psyched about the Wii six months ago, but consider me officially on the hater bandwagon.
One thing that annoys me about gaming sites/publications (and I assume snerds, although I don't know any), is that they'll hype up all this crap because the Wii has so few games coming up, and act as if people actually want sequels to third-rate "franchises" like Battalion Wars and Mario Strikers.
And, sorry, Super Smash Brothers is only a little better than the rip-off game on Live Arcade with fuzzy animals, and that cost $10--if I wanted that kind of game, I'd get the 360 one. And they're not adding Wii controls to the new Super Smash, right? Yeah, wouldn't want to fiddle the perfect balance of SSB's awesome two attack per character system.
Day of Crisis could be a good B-game, but I paid $10 for Disaster Report on PS2, and don't expect me to pay more for its sequel.
And I don't even wanna know about the Wii Health Pack. If it's what it sounds like, it makes sense--the logical analog to all the worthless and endless "brain training" DS games are Wii body training ones.
And yeah, I'm pumped for Mario Galaxy, but give me a date first, all right? I played the first two Metroid Primes, I can wait for a third--it's not as if an FPS with a keyboard and mouse-style setup is anything new, except for Nintendo fans who dealt exclusively with the Gamecube and N64 controllers for the last decade.
I realize this is only Nintendo's games, that there's the third party game where you play as a water drop and the other one by the guy who did the laughably bad but pretty cool-looking Killer 7 and that EA is "super committed" to the Wii even though all we'll be getting for the next year is stuff like the Godfather with a few added motion controls blah blah blah...
I am officially not buying a Wii until, at the earliest, mid-2008.
[reply][view replies (0)]
Title: From the IGN Too Human preview
Posted: April 18, 2007 (04:50 PM)
Posted: April 18, 2007 (04:50 PM)
"Thor, whose mighty hammer unleashed thunderclaps. However, you have probably never heard of Baldur.
"[Why not go with] some of the cooler gods?" jokes Dyack when we ask him why Silicon Knights chose Baldur as the protagonist of its epic story. "You know, I think that's a really good question and the answer to that comes out in the story. Right now, it might seem like a bad choice, but I feel pretty confident that by the time the story comes full circle, people will think it was absolutely the best choice."
That leaves a lot to the imagination and Dyack is even less forthcoming about the nitty-gritty details of Too Human's storyline."
--from the IGN preview of Too Human
Jesus, I can't wait for the day, probably ten or twenty years from now, when major media outlets have mostly intelligent people, with a little bit of general cultural knowledge, covering games, and that these people can make it come out in their writing
Even if you're not one of rare few who's heard of Baldur (I mean, isn't he one of the most famous Norse gods after Loki, Thor, and Odin? And even though I can't say how much Baldur's Gate game has to do with Norse mythology or not--I'm pretty sure not much--surely the name rings a bell to hardcore gamers?), why the suspenseful "Why choose Baldur?" Just Wikipedia that shit. Takes two minutes, and you realize that his story is really interesting. You're going to play as a character that dies? And then is thwarted from coming back to life? Or maybe the game starts after he's managed to come back to life, or that as the game starts, the equivalent of Ragnarok is already starting? Cool stuff, even in Dyack has been a whiny windbag lately.
"It takes about a minute of research into Norse mythology to discover what these instances could be referring to, but we don't want to spoil it for you so look it up at your own risk."
Oh, okay, thanks, IGN. Wouldn't want the big mystery (that's so easy to find) spoiled for me.
Game of the Day: God of War II
Song of the Day: my external HD just turned off for no apparent reason, so nothing...
"[Why not go with] some of the cooler gods?" jokes Dyack when we ask him why Silicon Knights chose Baldur as the protagonist of its epic story. "You know, I think that's a really good question and the answer to that comes out in the story. Right now, it might seem like a bad choice, but I feel pretty confident that by the time the story comes full circle, people will think it was absolutely the best choice."
That leaves a lot to the imagination and Dyack is even less forthcoming about the nitty-gritty details of Too Human's storyline."
--from the IGN preview of Too Human
Jesus, I can't wait for the day, probably ten or twenty years from now, when major media outlets have mostly intelligent people, with a little bit of general cultural knowledge, covering games, and that these people can make it come out in their writing
Even if you're not one of rare few who's heard of Baldur (I mean, isn't he one of the most famous Norse gods after Loki, Thor, and Odin? And even though I can't say how much Baldur's Gate game has to do with Norse mythology or not--I'm pretty sure not much--surely the name rings a bell to hardcore gamers?), why the suspenseful "Why choose Baldur?" Just Wikipedia that shit. Takes two minutes, and you realize that his story is really interesting. You're going to play as a character that dies? And then is thwarted from coming back to life? Or maybe the game starts after he's managed to come back to life, or that as the game starts, the equivalent of Ragnarok is already starting? Cool stuff, even in Dyack has been a whiny windbag lately.
"It takes about a minute of research into Norse mythology to discover what these instances could be referring to, but we don't want to spoil it for you so look it up at your own risk."
Oh, okay, thanks, IGN. Wouldn't want the big mystery (that's so easy to find) spoiled for me.
Game of the Day: God of War II
Song of the Day: my external HD just turned off for no apparent reason, so nothing...
[reply][view replies (0)]
Title: System All-Star Line Ups
Posted: November 22, 2006 (10:34 PM)
Posted: November 22, 2006 (10:34 PM)
What are the games on each console that you can't do without, must buy, never sell quality stuff that forms the backbone of any decent collection?
360
Oblivion
Dead Rising
Gears of War
Geometry Wars
PlayStation 2
Okami
God of War
Final Fantasy X
Devil May Cry
Vice City
Disgaea
Katamari
Ratchet & Clank 2 OR 3
Gitaroo Man
Frequency
Zone of the Enders 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Xbox
Burnout 3
Halo
Halo 2
Otogi
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Ninja Gaiden (maybe...)
[more games here that just miss the cut than on any other system]
Gamecube
Wind Waker
Mario Sunshine
Metroid Prime
Resident Evil 4
Paper Mario 2
DS
Mario Kart
Phoenix Wright
Trauma Center
Elite Beat Agents
New Super Mario Bros.
PSP
Lumines
(man MGS: Portable Ops is tempting)
Game of the Day: Small Arms
360
Oblivion
Dead Rising
Gears of War
Geometry Wars
PlayStation 2
Okami
God of War
Final Fantasy X
Devil May Cry
Vice City
Disgaea
Katamari
Ratchet & Clank 2 OR 3
Gitaroo Man
Frequency
Zone of the Enders 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Xbox
Burnout 3
Halo
Halo 2
Otogi
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Ninja Gaiden (maybe...)
[more games here that just miss the cut than on any other system]
Gamecube
Wind Waker
Mario Sunshine
Metroid Prime
Resident Evil 4
Paper Mario 2
DS
Mario Kart
Phoenix Wright
Trauma Center
Elite Beat Agents
New Super Mario Bros.
PSP
Lumines
(man MGS: Portable Ops is tempting)
Game of the Day: Small Arms
[reply][view replies (6)]
Title: Viva 360
Posted: November 17, 2006 (10:14 PM)
Posted: November 17, 2006 (10:14 PM)
PS3 launch news has been, for the most part, lukewarm to dire. Even if everything had gone smoothly, you'd still be stuck playing Untold Legends and Genji and brazen Geometry Wars rip-off Blast Factor.
Of course I've been chainsawing bitches in Gears of War, but Viva Pinata totally blindsided me. It's Rare, shitty since the turn of the century, doing Pokemon--who didn't this would be pants? Plus, how refreshing is it on a system where I haven't played a game that didn't involve a manly man beating and killing lots of monsters/terrorists since I made a female Nord character in Oblivion?
This is a one-two holiday punch that probably won't be beat.
Game of the Day: Gears
Song of the Day: All For You, Janet Jackson
Of course I've been chainsawing bitches in Gears of War, but Viva Pinata totally blindsided me. It's Rare, shitty since the turn of the century, doing Pokemon--who didn't this would be pants? Plus, how refreshing is it on a system where I haven't played a game that didn't involve a manly man beating and killing lots of monsters/terrorists since I made a female Nord character in Oblivion?
This is a one-two holiday punch that probably won't be beat.
Game of the Day: Gears
Song of the Day: All For You, Janet Jackson
[reply][view replies (3)]
Title: Was there a time when EA wasn't shady?
Posted: October 27, 2006 (09:56 PM)
Posted: October 27, 2006 (09:56 PM)
I mean, even before they were the huge, scummy corporation they are today, their Genesis carts had those weird yellow things on the side.
Game of the Day: Phoenix Wright 2 (hellz yeah it came!)
Game of the Day: Phoenix Wright 2 (hellz yeah it came!)
[reply][view replies (2)]
Title: DEMO ROUND UP
Posted: October 03, 2006 (11:12 AM)
Posted: October 03, 2006 (11:12 AM)
I finally played Lego Star Wars (a demo of II on the 360), and I was darn disappointed. I had been admiring the series from afar since the first one came out and seemed so endearing and the second one got really good reviews, way too good for LSW to be just a simple little game with simple controls and simple objectives. But that demo suggests that's exactly what Lego Star Wars is. Maybe it picks up, don't know, but running around using "force powers" on trash cans to collect coins is lame. Also, not everything was made of Lego! The characters and things strewn around the landscaper were, but not the buildings...as a former Lego fanatic, that bothered me.
I had way too much fun with Just Cause. Like hijacking a helicopter and taking it up to 1500 feet, then jumping out, falling 1000 feet, and jumping into another helicopter, one with missiles and machines guns. I can see the action getting repetitive, but I have no idea why people say this game looks like crap; the 360 version is shiny and detailed, and the island on which the game is set is really big.
The new Sonic the Hedgehog is very much like the Sonic sections of the Dreamcast games, but somehow worse (although thank the gods they finally got rid of Rogue the Bat and Big the Cat and any other stupid animal and his stupid levels). The demo level didn't have much personality...it felt like a level out of Super Monkey Ball or Marble Blast Ultra, smooth and pretty but bland and floating in space. And please, Sega, work on the pathetic camera. If any game needs a good camera, it's a fast paced one.
Fuzion Frenzy II looks like another enjoyable party game for a system that doesn't have one. Wish they had included better and more minigames with the demo, but I think we know what to expect in the full version. It's always nice to have a Mario Party or something in the collection, although there's no way in hell I'd pay $60 for this. Here's hoping MS puts it at $40.
I was skeptical of how Doom had aged, if it was really worth 5 or 6 bucks. There have a billion games since that inundate the player with big guns and bigger enemies, but it only took ten seconds for me to remember why Doom was the one to kick it all off. Most things exceeded my expectations, especially the crispness of the visuals. Pixellated, yes, but not bad, not bad at all. It's aged, but Doom still has that AAA title feel; maybe it's just nostalgia, but I'm into it.
I had way too much fun with Just Cause. Like hijacking a helicopter and taking it up to 1500 feet, then jumping out, falling 1000 feet, and jumping into another helicopter, one with missiles and machines guns. I can see the action getting repetitive, but I have no idea why people say this game looks like crap; the 360 version is shiny and detailed, and the island on which the game is set is really big.
The new Sonic the Hedgehog is very much like the Sonic sections of the Dreamcast games, but somehow worse (although thank the gods they finally got rid of Rogue the Bat and Big the Cat and any other stupid animal and his stupid levels). The demo level didn't have much personality...it felt like a level out of Super Monkey Ball or Marble Blast Ultra, smooth and pretty but bland and floating in space. And please, Sega, work on the pathetic camera. If any game needs a good camera, it's a fast paced one.
Fuzion Frenzy II looks like another enjoyable party game for a system that doesn't have one. Wish they had included better and more minigames with the demo, but I think we know what to expect in the full version. It's always nice to have a Mario Party or something in the collection, although there's no way in hell I'd pay $60 for this. Here's hoping MS puts it at $40.
I was skeptical of how Doom had aged, if it was really worth 5 or 6 bucks. There have a billion games since that inundate the player with big guns and bigger enemies, but it only took ten seconds for me to remember why Doom was the one to kick it all off. Most things exceeded my expectations, especially the crispness of the visuals. Pixellated, yes, but not bad, not bad at all. It's aged, but Doom still has that AAA title feel; maybe it's just nostalgia, but I'm into it.
[reply][view replies (4)]
Title: Follow up: NOOOOOOOOOOO
Posted: October 02, 2006 (09:20 PM)
Posted: October 02, 2006 (09:20 PM)
"This is an e-mail regarding your preorder for the Nintendo DS game
Gyakuten Saiban 2 (Best Price) / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for
All.
Different from our previous advertisement and news mailing, we are very
sorry to inform you that due to unforeseen reasons, preorders for this
title at Play-Asia.com will NOT include any Gyakuten Saiban 2 sticker set.
We deeply apologize any inconvenience this may have caused to you. In case
that this may have changed your purchase decision for one of the hottest
titles this year, Play-Asia.com accepts preorder cancellations at any
time."
Gyakuten Saiban 2 (Best Price) / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for
All.
Different from our previous advertisement and news mailing, we are very
sorry to inform you that due to unforeseen reasons, preorders for this
title at Play-Asia.com will NOT include any Gyakuten Saiban 2 sticker set.
We deeply apologize any inconvenience this may have caused to you. In case
that this may have changed your purchase decision for one of the hottest
titles this year, Play-Asia.com accepts preorder cancellations at any
time."
[reply][view replies (2)]
Title: What better than Phoenix Wright
Posted: September 29, 2006 (11:36 PM)
Posted: September 29, 2006 (11:36 PM)
A sense that my first post needed to be magnificent and portentous kept me from writing for so long.
I envisioned a mainfesto on the current state of game criticism or somesuch, but I'll take the plunge by announcing my pre-order of Phoenix Wright 2, the fancy Japanese-English version that comes out months before the American release. With a free sticker set! (PW fans, get on this @ play-asia.com. It's $30 with $3 S&H, which is probably better than you'll get for the American version on Amazon in Feb. '07)
The game's cover has Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth, the guys you would expect, but also a silver-haired woman with a mean gaze and a lavish cravat. I was perusing a Nintendo catalog today, and it had a picture of this woman; her dialog box was labeled "von Karma."
HOLD IT!
If von Karma's daughter/sister/wife wants to throw down, I'm game.
Game of the Day: Gyakuten Saiban 2
I envisioned a mainfesto on the current state of game criticism or somesuch, but I'll take the plunge by announcing my pre-order of Phoenix Wright 2, the fancy Japanese-English version that comes out months before the American release. With a free sticker set! (PW fans, get on this @ play-asia.com. It's $30 with $3 S&H, which is probably better than you'll get for the American version on Amazon in Feb. '07)
The game's cover has Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth, the guys you would expect, but also a silver-haired woman with a mean gaze and a lavish cravat. I was perusing a Nintendo catalog today, and it had a picture of this woman; her dialog box was labeled "von Karma."
HOLD IT!
If von Karma's daughter/sister/wife wants to throw down, I'm game.
Game of the Day: Gyakuten Saiban 2
[reply][view replies (2)]
| Friends... |
the best cutscenes in FF13 *SPOILERS*Posted: March 20, 2010 (10:43 PM)
User: genj |
|
Used Games from Amazon Warehose Deals? Posted: March 20, 2010 (10:36 AM)
User: genj |
|
Upcoming Games I'm Looking Forward To Posted: March 16, 2010 (07:42 PM)
User: genj |
FF13 sucksPosted: March 16, 2010 (03:46 PM)
User: zigfried |
|
What next gen games have I missed out on? Posted: March 14, 2010 (08:08 PM)
User: genj |
| My Forum Activity... |
|
Recent Game Ratings... |
|
I currently have no game ratings available. |
|
2005-2010 HonestGamers |
|
