quote:And you can bet Microsoft will keep pushing it up until (and past) the point where we are bloody sick of it. At least Nintendo are wise enough not to release a Mario game every single year (if we ignore handhelds).
Halo selling way better then Sunshine is of course proof of this.
Er, relevent how? Halo is new. I was talking about when it gets to the point where Microsoft have recycled it beyond the capabilities of the rational man to stand.
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quote: I am still slightly wary of hardcore online gaming in general, but it doesn't stop this being nice.
wary of hardcore online gaming? a third of the internet's users at any time are playing a game. check out gamespy's statistics on it. In fact, the UT2003 demo took up about half the internet's bandwidth at one time.
And I'm sure a good portions of the remaining two thirds were taken up by people looking at porn. I was more really thinking of MMORPG players anyway, but how does the fact that "lots of people do it" prevent me from being wary of it?
quote:Originally posted by Eddyplinkyflinky: i also dislike the controller (the button configuration gives me fits, the buttons hurt my fingers, and i hate how the analog sticks have a polygonal guide around them).
NOow, Eddy my boy, this is just plain wrong. The Gamecube controller has two real weaknesses. The D-pad is a little small, and the button layout doesn't lend itself to beat-em-ups. That's pretty much it, and who uses a D-pad anyway?
The X-Box controller has the best analogue sticks in the world, and a button layout designed by a blind elephant. I am scared to think what the hands of it's designers look like.
The Dualshock controller is, well, the dualshock controller. Suffers now from a lack of new inovation, but alos benefits from the fact that everyone knows it, has used it, and probably made love to it.
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quote:Er, relevent how? Halo is new. I was talking about when it gets to the point where Microsoft have recycled it beyond the capabilities of the rational man to stand.
And why do you think Microsoft will do this? Theres been a single trailer for Halo 2, and there was a fair amount of advertising for Halo 1, but thats about it. They certainly arnt shoving it down our throats.
quote:And I'm sure a good portions of the remaining two thirds were taken up by people looking at porn. I was more really thinking of MMORPG players anyway, but how does the fact that "lots of people do it" prevent me from being wary of it?
I was pretty much asking how could you be weary of something in such large practice? Additionally, reagurding your original point about the Dreamcast -- it was hyped up as sort of a WebTV deal with games on the side. Not at all like the XBox - where web surfing/chating/downloading anything but game material is out of the question.
quote:The X-Box controller has the best analogue sticks in the world, and a button layout designed by a blind elephant. I am scared to think what the hands of it's designers look like.
I can see how the controller would be bad for small japanese hands. However, I, and many XBox owners like me, think the controller is pure bliss. The layout works fine for American-sized hands. Now, for me, gone are the days of tiny made-for-japanese-players controlers like the N64 and Gamecube. The Dreamcast controllers had something going for them, the XBox ones simply made it happen.
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my problem with the regular X-Box controller is two fold. one, the buttons hurt my fingers after a couple hours, and two, i can never find the damn black and white buttons without looking. the Type-S controller (the japanese one) has now become standard with all new X-boxes, so at least the button placement problem is moot no.
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a. the regular controller b. the controller-s (for small handed people) c. a wireless controller d. the Steel Battalion controller
The Steel Battalion controller comes with the game which costs $199.99. Why? This controller has 40 buttons for the game. There are buttons for navigation, for arming and firing, for ejecting (which is the save button as well), for monitoring vital systems, and so on. Additionally, there are two control joysticks.
T & A
X-Box is releasing for the second year of operations two games which push the boundaries of t & a in video games. These games are Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball and BMX XXX. In the former, the females from the Dead or Alive series are playing championship beach volleyball. I have seen reports that some of the female players in this game can be seen topless. In the latter game, there are strippers and hookers who show some t & a.
Issues with the Japanese market The Japanese enjoy Role Playing Games. This is a large market in Japan. The X-Box has very few RPGs. For a successful X-Box market in Japan, there has to be more games of this type sold for the X-Box.
Best and Worst Games of the X-Box
According to the official X-Box magazine, these are the best and worst games for the console.
Best Games
Aggressive Inline Buffy the Vampire Slayer Dead or Alive 3 Halo JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future Madden 2002 NBA 2K2 NFL 2K3 NFL Fever 2002 Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee Panzer Dragon Orta Project Gotham Racing Sega GT 2002 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 UFC Tapout Wreckless
Worst Games
Azurik: Rise of Perathia Batman Vengeance Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon Chase David Beckham Soccer ESPN NBA 2Night 2002 New Legends Nightcaster: Defeat the Darkness
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the rumors of seeing them topless in Extreme Beach Volleyball are just that: Rumors. in the BMX XXX game, you can play topless female characters who are biking around topless.
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Which raises the question, why are they doing this? When a tv show is ailing, the producers will increase the sexuality to draw in more of the targeted audience. I don't see how topless bikers or volleyball players will help the games. I do see how the lure of topless anything will draw in the teenagers and pre-teenagers to buy these games. So, does this indicate there are more problems with the sale of X-Box units and games than what is generally reported.
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And of course, there's that whole disturbing fact that they've actually modelled the vaginas of the women for Dead or Alive 3.
I wouldn't mind, but it's a good fighting game. Does it really need to do that to make it better?
Also, you are right. The small X-Box controller is far better than the big one.
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Shirley not the vaginas??? At the most, the smooth vulvae bulge under the panties...
Anyway, there's a perfectly logical explanation to the explicit content in de new games, which ties in ThoughtCrime's previous statement nicely.
See, the companies make sexy games, which naturally forces the gamers to masturbate violently to the games, building up meaty callused hands, so that guys like OrificeReks can use the new, un-ergonomical controllers without their tender little hands taking damage!
Tadaa!
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Now there are two topics on Flare talking about vaginas. I sense a disturbing trend...
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