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Posted by French Toast on Mon Oct 31st at 10:41pm 2005

I'm not going to write that much <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> But I will say that Dungeon Lords is fairly kick ass. I just got it yesterday, and while it's not prefect, it's very good if you like RPG's.

'tis all <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">




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Posted by Crono on Tue Nov 1st at 1:53am 2005

Dungeon Lords has been three patches away from a full game for the last year. When it was released ... not all the features worked, like stats. They've released a couple patches, but it still doesn't include everything it said it would.

It is a cool game though. It'd just help if what you did mattered.


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.



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Posted by French Toast on Tue Nov 1st at 2:42am 2005

Indeed Crono, it still does miss some features, but in my opinion it's still one of the better RPG's out there. They did stupid things like when the character customization feature didn't work, they removed it instead of fixing it with the next patch.

I hope that they do release another patch or so to give soem more to the game, but hey, it's still a good game <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Fri Nov 4th at 4:19am 2005

Shadow of the Colossus came in the mail today... I played about 3 hours of it so far. In that time period I managed to kill 7 colossi out of 16, but only because while I was at swim practice my friend played 3 hours and managed to kill all 7, so when I came back he would give me tips and hints on what to do.

The game, simply put, is a must buy. The battle with the flying colossus is hands down the most unbelievably thrilling videogame experience I've ever had.

People kept walking by my room and I would just pull them in so they could watch... and they were all really impressed.

The music is great, because it's situational. The graphical scope and the art direction is something that needs to be seen. Your horse, Agro, especially looks photo realistic.

And the bottom line is this game is fun, and its fun because it looks amazing, it requires thinking, and its visceral and cinematic.




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Posted by Crono on Fri Nov 4th at 5:17am 2005

*cough*like Ico*cough*

I'm giving morphine s**t because he semi-refuses to shell out bucks for Ico. :P

Buy it, now!


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.



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Posted by Gorbachev on Fri Nov 4th at 5:31am 2005

I bought Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and Kirby's Canvas Curse yesterday. Both appear to be sweet games. I've put about 3hrs into each. The only thing I didn't like is Castlevania's anime-ness. I thought the series was, well, not. It's my first real play of one of the games. I've had small plays on the NES version but I was never that enthralled with the series. It gives me a sort of Final Fantasy VI meets Blackthorne kind of feel.

[edit]You should see the stack of games I've aquired recently. I <3 bargain hunting/rack, eBay and 'obsoletion'. I need to make new shelves, they're all full and I have 1x 6" stack, 7x 1' stacks and 1x 2' stack of games/movies/DVDs that aren't sorted around my room. Not all are worthy and I'm sure there's probably a few empty cases but I really need shelf space. :P It's turning into a library. I'll post a picture when I borrow my girlfriend's camera.




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Posted by Naklajat on Fri Nov 4th at 6:56am 2005

I've been playing Phantom Brave for the PS2. Its the only game like it. If you would like a tactics RPG where you can customize your party a lot and can get to level 9999, then this game is for you. Its too hard to explain everything, I won't even try. The customization is really complex and takes several hours to learn thoroughly, partially due to somewhat inadequite instructions. The voice-overs are bad and the plot is pretty lame, but you can switch to Japanese audio and skip most of the story stuff. The real focus of the game is the party customization and battles. It's a really good game, but it takes a pretty big time investment to get the most out of it. I've found myself spending almost all of my free time playing this game since I picked it up about four days ago (20+ hours so far).

My preliminary overall score for it is 8.5/10. Even though the story is lame and the graphics are pretty out-dated, the great gameplay makes up for it.

Graphics: 8/10 - although out-dated they are colorful and attractive, and the spell/technique animations look good. They are above average for a tactics RPG, and fit the game well.

Sound: 7/10 - The music is mostly cheery video game music, but there are some moody/dramatic tracks in some story parts. Its not memorable, its not annoying, its just there and it fits pretty well. The english voice-overs on the other hand are pretty bad, I switched it to Japanese. Also, the people say stuff when they are attacking and it gets pretty repetative.

Gameplay: 10/10 - It really brings something new and innovative to the table in the gameplay department. There is a deep level of party customization, making you think about balancing your characters and pairing them with the right weapons. The battle system keeps you thinking about when and where to bring out which fighters and on which objects, as all of those factors can affect the outcome of the battle. A really unique game definitely worth checking out for RPG fans.



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Fri Nov 4th at 3:14pm 2005

? quote:
*cough*like Ico*cough*

I'm giving morphine s**t because he semi-refuses to shell out bucks for Ico.

Buy it, now!


I'll continue my shopping spree and order Ico and RE4. I probably wont play them until Thanksgiving... but yes, I will buy Ico!




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Posted by ReNo on Fri Nov 4th at 3:31pm 2005

Woohoo, another person destined for uber enjoyment <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> If you are anything but entirely bought over by Ico's wonderful ambience, I may just have to stop talking to you :P

Baron - if you like Phantom Brave, check out Disgaea, La Pucelle Tactics, and Makai Kingdom. All of them are made by the same developer and are just somewhat different game mechanics built upon the same basic turn based system. Disgaea in particular is exceptional and has some great light hearted humour, though it is tile based as opposed to the free roaming nature of the others. My flatmate has been playing Makai Kingdom - the newest of the games - solid since he bought it. I'm thinking that means its pretty damn good too <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by Captain P on Fri Nov 4th at 10:42pm 2005

MUHAHAHHAHAAA! World domination is mine!

Or at least, almost... <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">
In other words, I picked up Evil Genius a few days ago. All in all, an enjoyable game with definitely a good sense of humor and a great deal of detail. The controls lack a bit at times though and that's the weakest point of this game: it's sometimes hard to work with and sometimes you're just waiting for something to happen, but besides that, it's a good game. Who wouldn't want to 'interrogate' an enemy super agent with an scientific experimental laser or just put them in the kitchens bowl for a whirl? <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">



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Posted by keved on Tue Nov 8th at 2:36pm 2005

Bought Civ4 at the weekend to play at work during lunch hours.

Decided to try it at home as I had a few spare hours but it wouldn't even load. After reading a bunch of forum posts apparently many Ati users (I've got an Ati 256mb 850XT PE) can't even run the game at all, no matter what drivers they use.

Anyway, tried it at work; my work PC has an Nvidia Quadro 500/600 card (ok, the Quadro is more tailored to 3D packages but should be more than capable of running it ok since the minimum required is supposedly a Geforce 2.) Performance is appalling. Seriously. Even after turning all the graphical options to their lowest settings.

Also tried it on my second PC at home, which has an Nvidia 5600 (PC spec is still way above min required; 2.6ghz, 1gig ram.) Again, performance is diabolical, and this is early-game, still B.C.

Real shame, since on first impressions the game itself seems to be really good and many website reviews are proclaiming it to be a return to form. Probably have to leave it on the shelf until these technicial issues are addressed though. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">





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Posted by ReNo on Tue Nov 8th at 5:37pm 2005

Seemed to be really inconsistant performance wise on my flatmate's PC. Run's smooth as silk when you zoom right in, and smooth as silk when you zoom right out, but at the mid level (ie. where you are gonna be playing the vast majority of the game) it's uber jerky. He doesn't have the hottest gfx card around - a 5900 or something - but then it's not the most graphically intensive game around either. By all accounts its well worth persevering though <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

I picked up a couple of cheap older games for the Xbox today since I finished off Call of Cthulhu. Tenchu: Return to Darkness is an improved port of the PS2 Wrath of Heaven, or so I'm told, but this is my rather late introduction to the series. I've only played through the tutorial and mucked about in the first mission (crashed on me twice - damn my crappy xbox drive!), but it seems cool. There are definately niggles - the running animation looks far too "fast" for the pathetic speed the ninja's actually move at, for example - but all in all I think it will be fun. 2 player coop should be a laugh too, if I can tear one of my flatmates away from Civ 4 for long enough to play it with me!

The other game was Still Life, which I believe Crono mentioned once before. Reminds me of a mix between Shadow Hearts (the presentation) and Fahrenheit (character switching, gameplay style - albeit without the shenmue style QTE), with obvious comparisons to the Broken Sword series aside. While it is certainly frustrating in many ways (it is SOOO not optimised for the consoles' control method!), I think it should have enough redeeming features to see me through it.




Designer @ Haiku Interactive | ReNo-vation.net



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Posted by Crono on Wed Nov 9th at 1:50am 2005

I played it on computer. In which case it's a point and click game image

I picked up a couple games yesterday, 007: Everything or Nothing and Breath of Fire 4 for PS2, $10 each image

I went to Fry's today to grab some DVD-R and low and behold, I realized NO ONE BUYS GAMES AT FRY'S. So, I actually found a new copy of AstroBoy for GBA ... in fact, I found over ten new copies. They still have many things that are sold out everywhere else.

It was only $16 too image

I'll have to go for another visit sometime.

Another game a lot of people haven't checked out that's pretty good is Cold Fear. f**k that, it's really good. It has a terrible story, but great gameplay. Very remnant of RE4.


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.



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Posted by ReNo on Wed Nov 9th at 1:39pm 2005

I might pick it up then. It was one I considered at the same time as Tenchu and Still Life, mostly because it is set on a ship and one of the coolest levels of Call of Cthulhu was also <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"> I've also heard good things about The Suffering, and now it's sequel is out the orginal is really cheap, so I might give it a try some time.




Designer @ Haiku Interactive | ReNo-vation.net



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Thu Nov 10th at 4:00pm 2005

Resident Evil 4 came in the mail yesterday. I've played maybe 2 hours so far, and it's enjoyable. There are some significant changes and I'm not sure how I feel about being out of Racoon City. I played through Code Veronica on Dreamcast and I really enjoyed it, it felt very very cinematic. This one doesn't feel as polished in the cutscenes. The combat is much more robust (ie. locational damage and a new kicking system) and therefore much more fun... but there's a break from tradition in that I'm shooting Spaniards and not zombies. I don't know how I feel about that yet.

I'll weigh in later once I've completed the game.

Oh, and I really wish you could strafe.




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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Sat Nov 12th at 1:59pm 2005

Picked up Fahrenheit today (think it's called Indigo Prophesy in some places), and it's a really decent adventure game. It's effectively an interactive movie, but instead of watching cut-scenes doing nothing, you're given these simple rhythm games to do and how well you do in them effects what happens on screen.

Indeed, a lot of things you do (or not do) will effect what happens later in the game; I can think of a few large action scenes that may not have happened had I done things differently in earlier scenes. There are also bits where you can pick a scene from a number of them happening at the same time in the story, so you get perspectives from different characters. The story is a good 'un as well, with realistic characters and great voice acting.

Oh, there are sex scenes in it as well. Yes, they are interactive, though not as much as you may like them to be. Still...those French are an odd bunch.



I Ain't Gettin' On No Plane, Foo'



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Posted by Myrk- on Sat Nov 12th at 2:49pm 2005

Just completed Resident Evil 4 on Gamecube. If any of you think about playing it on a PS2, just bury your head in a pile of landmines for buying the worst console there is- the graphics suck compared to the Gamecube version.

In my opinion, RE4 is better than HL2 in graphics and gameplay. Amazing interactive cutscenes, the best fire I've ever seen in any game, and good old zombies from old sk00l to hybrid mutant ones and massive bosses with spider legs- amazing game. I'd say its worth paying ?30 for a Gamecube and buying the game. Plus on gamecube you can play monkeyball... hours of fun.




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Posted by ReNo on Sat Nov 12th at 3:17pm 2005

You can actually play MORE monkey ball on Xbox or PS2 myrk - Super Monkey Ball Deluxe has both the Gamecube games and more :P

While I'd be more inclined to suggest the Gamecube version of RE4 as well, the PS2 version does have a fair old amount of additional stuff, including a 2 hour or something side quest as Ada, a new weapon, and several new costumes. Dunno if they quite offset the balance from the smoother graphics and framerate, but it's worth considering. By most accounts, the PS2 version really doesn't look all that much worse than the gamecube one.




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Posted by Myrk- on Sat Nov 12th at 6:50pm 2005

Yer true Xbox Monkeyball is better, but that additional Ada stuff is in the GC version only once you've completed the game, and the additional weapon is the super rocket launcher as in GC version once completed, and the additional costumes come once completed, and you have mercenaries in GC version where you can play as 5 different people.

Seriously, the PS2 is way outa date, and nothing is new on it anymore.




-[Better to be Honest than Kind]-



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sat Nov 12th at 6:51pm 2005

I have the PS2 version... and while I can't compare it with the Gamecube (as I haven't even seen a GC in my life) it doesn't look half bad. To be honest, the game isn't that much fun. I'm only halfway through it, but I'm really not wanting to finish. The story is f**king ludicrous. The US President's daughter gets kidnapped by infected Spaniard psychos and they send in 1 man (you) to get the job done. Riiight.

The voice acting is B movie style... and the cut scenes are alright. The locational damage was fun at first, but it gets into a boring pattern of shoot them in the knee then kick them then stab them to death. Killing zombies with 1 bullet like that really isn't challenging.

The boss battles, especially the first one, are boring compared to the ones from the other RE games.

I kind of wish I hadn't bought it. It received such good reviews too! Myrk, does the game pick up any after midway? Because right now it's pretty crappy.





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