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Every Extend Shows Off Free Japanese Shooter Stylings
Thanks to Insert Credit for pointing to the freely downloadable PC shoot-em-up Every Extend, advertising "The Ultimate UCHU-Action From STG" - over at fansite Doujinaroni, there's an interview with the creator, Omega (scroll down for Frenchlish version) rating the game as "a real drug", and when asked about the hidden boss' name, ABA, says "I show my respect for [TUMIKI Fighters creator Kenta 'ABA' Cho, previously featured on Slashdot Games] so I use his name in my game."
It's great to see that Japan isn't so far in economic trouble that its youth has given up on making free games for us all.
"Every Extend" is the name of the game. It's a pretty average translation from Japanese to English
You think that's bad?
There's this new game out there called "Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow". That's not the funny part. The developers *wanted* to call it that. In english.
Go figure. Or tell me what it's supposed to mean!
I am government man, come from the government. The government has sent me. -- G.I.R.
There was a funny comment in the Guardian about that, saying the name sounded more like an entry in Adrian Mole's diary than an action game.
Anyway, don't talk to me about that game. My girlfriend bought me the PC version for my birthday (I had actually wanted Final Fantasy X-2 but I was afraid to ask lest the name and box art made her think I was asking for some sort of pornography) and I went through the henious 4 CD install progress only for the game to crap out every time I ran it. I check the back of the box, and in minscule print it informs me that the game does not work at all on GeForce MXs. WTF? Apparently the MX just cannot render the action with the sufficient subtely of uber-shadowiness that Ubisoft demand, so they just said "sod it" to supporting that card in any form.
And of course she never kept the receipt. And Game don't accept PC returns either.
Hrumph. Rant over.