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[humndislocation]

The fact that Black and White is buggy as all shit doesn't help. Fucker used to crash on me all the time.

Let's hope the sequel is better

[Rebelius]

only bug i got was that it would never play the song for the fisherman quest on the first island. And it would take about 3 times the lenght of the song to go through the lyrics. which was a pain in the ass.

Not bad at all, considering it was given to me on CD-RW by one of my friends who'd downloaded it (on 56K) and was zipped up in about 3 of those dodgy compression programs.

The sequel will be amazing I'm sure!

has anyone seen the trailer for Rag Doll Kung Fu? Made by one of the Lionhead guys in his spare time "soon" to be released via Steam. It looks cool as hell. But one of those games you wouldnt want to spend more than £10 on.

[humndislocation]

That's probably why. I had a dodgy copy when I was waiting for my student loan to come in, but it was really really slow. To the extent that it took about 20 minutes just to start. I just gave up.

Luckily, the student loans came through shortly afterwards, and I got myself a proper copy.

[corduroyboy]

Originally Posted by humndislocation

I'm the opposite. I see how these games are a good thing, and I like the fact that Nintendo is out there releasing original games, which is something the industry really really needs. It's just that these games don't appeal to me at all.

I like games where you get a choice between good and evil. Like Black and White, for example. You can do really good things, but you can also be a right evil bastard if you choose to, and do things like setting the creche on fire, and ruling the villagers with an iron fist.

I also like the freedom of games like GTA, where you just go about this massive town looking for things to do. I really need to pick up San Andreas again when I've got some free time.

I kind of like enjoy my first person shooters and GTAs a lot as well, I just like the innovation shown in a lot of Nintendo's stuff, and I think maybe I just wish these things were out when I was a lot younger. I do see your point though, as although Animal Crossing and things like this can be mega fun, other times you catch on to yourself and you're like "Is this fun? I can't tell anymore..". I like Harvest Moon on my Gamecube but I think I'm too stupid for RPGs, and too lazy for farming.

I think I like the artistic merit of these games that have quirky peripherals that have you doing things in real life, or games with plot-changing decisions, or games that make you question whether there is much of a game there at all, or life simulators, or ones that genuinely invoke emotion or attachment to the character. I like the idea of games as art: as movies you can determine the outcome of, or novels you interact with and enjoy at your own pace.

I really like the idea of a survival horror game where after struggling through a giant resource-management/first-person-shooter/RPG and getting emotionally attached to your character, you are unavoidably killed. You will complete your overall mission maybe, or it'll be ambiguous but I just like the idea of making the gamer feel like "What was the point?" and feel helpless and futile, a la "Night of the Living Dead". Or something like Ico. Do not read the spoiler if you want to experience Ico to the full.

Spoiler: At the end of Ico, you are led to believe for a while that the character you were protecting for the whole game was killed and the credits roll and you cry, then post-"end" you actually play another tiny section of game where you discover she is alive and well and it is joy, joy, joy.

Oh hell, I just love games..

[corduroyboy]

Originally Posted by corduroyboy

Giant list of games.

I just remembered my Game Gear and, as much as I'd like to forget it, my Barcode Battler!

I saw there were some new Barcode Battler style things out now in Tesco Riverside's toy department. Probably sucks as much, but just sucks.. with GRAPHICS!

[FuriousGeorge]

Originally Posted by corduroyboy

I just remembered my Game Gear and, as much as I'd like to forget it, my Barcode Battler!

I saw there were some new Barcode Battler style things out now in Tesco Riverside's toy department. Probably sucks as much, but just sucks.. with GRAPHICS!

Aaaargh. i had completly forgotten about barcode battler and now all the horrible memories of bending my brothers cards trying to get the damn thing to work, come flooding back. i still have no idea how to work it.