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Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Preview
Tyler writes, "For all you fighting game nuts, Fighters.net has a preview of Marvel vs. Capcom 2, slated to come out in arcades AND on the Dreamcast this March. They have tons of pictures and a bunch of movies, too. " Excellent - I'm looking forward to this. I've just about played out SoulCalibur. Mindless entertainment is needed sometimes.
I personally got burnt out on fighting games in general long ago (Street Fighter 2). I will admit however that the Dreamcast brings to the table graphics and control good enough to spark some new interest.
The emerging genre of "extreme vehicular antics" is what has me excited most, tho. Crazy Taxi is fantastic; when it comes to mindless destruction based entertainment, nothing beats the kind of game that lets you drive around a beautifully rendered city and wreak utter havoc. The realism that these games have makes it an experience you just have to push that little-punk-snot-nosed-kid-hogging-up-the- Dreamcast-kiosk-at-Electronics-Boutique aside to try for yourself. Yah.
My two cents only, of course.
If you have seen the actual proposed selling price in yen (39,800) and you do a currency conversion to USD you get the suggest price range of 360-370 USD.
Now considerig that the starting retail price for the playsation in 1995 when it came out was about $300 USD we must conclude that if could very well retail for that.
What you are not counting on is that people will buy a system for the games that they want. I personally like the Final Fantasy series and will most lkely get a P2 when FFX comes out.
Now here is my question for people why are fightih games such a big deal compared to other genres.
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I have played angband, kamband, adom, zangband, alpha man, Quest 64, the emacs lisp dunnet, various infocom games, etc.
I chose to buy and play Final Fantasy VIII and VII because in terms of sheel scalability of the playstation platform and graphics quality there are few better. Generally I like things with a little pizzaz when I play console games because I don't have that overclocked PIII or something. I like rpgs and I like squaresoft because for interesting games with man possibilities I like their offerings.
Are there any other offerings that I should play that anyone would recommend?
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I can't imagine how ANYONE could tolerate playing a fighting game with the Dreamcast's controller. It's got what? 4 buttons on top and 2 trigger-type things in front? Marvel vs. Capcom is difficult enough playing on the PSX, with only 4 thumb buttons, but it also has 4 triggers, so you not only get buttons for each punch and each kick, but for the X3 stuff too, so Hypers are (relatively) easy to do.
;)
In fact, I happen to think the Dreamcast controller has NO redeeming features AT ALL, and serves along with the N64 and Atari Jaguar as an example of how NOT to design a control pad. And what is this analog sticklet fad among console companies? I swear, those things'll be the downfall of console gaming.
There, now I've vented that off
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As for why people like them, I guess that it's because you have to put a lot of effort into learning the moves for all the characters, and then you can beat the hell out of your friends and do really cool/difficult things with said characters. Also, they provide more interaction than an RPG--it's just more fun to beat up your friends than beat up the computer.
But really, this looks like more of the same. Ever since Street Fighter 2, it seems like 90% of the games that are released are just the same bloody idea run into the ground over and over again. They change the characters involved, they tweak the controls, they do it in pseudo 3D a la Tekken 3, War Gods, and Virtua Fighter... but the idea's the same and too often the gameplay's repetitive and bloody annoying.
No wonder I end up spending more money on pinball these days.
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float combos.. hehehe.. careful though.. some games will crash on float combos (Tekken 3 coinop crashed on me first time I played..)
The trick? a fight in tekken 3 does not finish when opponent is out of life, but finishes when opponent is out of life and hits the ground.. keep a knocked-out character in the air long enough.. and woompf.. crash.. never managed to repeat it though..
//rdj
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If your into sports, or simply beatin the snow out of people, or driving cars off the sides of buildings, the Dreamcast is for you. If you like to run around for hours playing puzzles, well.. get a PC or a playstation. Those aren't games and those aren't what makes a console
But, if you do want a Dreamcast, check this out. http://dreamcast.pimp.org - With 30.00 coupon and 30.00 rebate, its yours for a measly 139.00. Also get all your games and accessories dirt cheap with huge rebates.
Capcom is a great game, and its about time something besides Playstation is talked about here. And like everything else, if you don't care, don't read. But don't ruin my day or this topic because your stubborn enough not to accept other views.
have a good one!