Wow, cool. More people who haven't played the game chiming in with reviews. At least the reviewer got through 30 hours of the game. Anyone who's played 10 minutes could tell you the combat is COMPLETELY different than KotOR, and is actually action oriented and not turn based. But please, grace us with more of your insight on things you haven't done.
You're making a real chicken and egg argument. You refuse to join in officially on this subculture, but you deride it for not providing the information you need. I won't argue with you that some of the info that you're looking for would be nice to have, and that multiplayer configs are often glossed over in reviews. But if you just sit around and complain about it, your civil disobedience isn't going to make the product any better for you. Try sending your thoughts to the editiors of the online review houses. Your idea may find a home at one of those sites.
The game has been online for about 7 years. The company probably is that old. They used to be called Strata and did make the first Golden Tee about that long ago. They also made NES and arcade games, like American Gladiators and that fighting game where you could cut off limbs... forget the name...
It certainly brings people out at a bar who would never play video games, so I guess it's a good analogy. But I think that a lot of the hardcore would be surprised at how much fun it is. It's kinda like going to the arcade when you were a kid, but with people who like to get drunk and play the game;)
I'm a pretty avid golden tee player as well. I also consider myself to be a pretty hardcore gamer. I love playing Console and classics, I dual boot linux on my powerbook, I am a card carrying geek:)
Golden Tee has been around on one hardware platform going on 3 1/2 years now. That's pretty impressive, seeing that the arcade board is powered pretty much by a Voodoo 3000 card (no kidding- you can pull it out and replace it with any replacement PCI V3). The cash the game pulls in is amazing, but the cash it pays out is pretty amazing as well.
Here is a list of the prizes of the monthly tournaments that are held online (The cabinets are all connected via dialup to a master server. Have been for about 4-5 years). There are also live tournies where a bunch of us dorks hide in a bar for 2 days and play;) Anyone who's been to a LAN party knows what that's like, and this is just, if not more, fun. EVERYONE at these live tournies is sociable and outgoing. It's a blast.
More info can be found at www.itsgames.com and www.goldenteeplayers.com
I'm glad that you enjoy games with varied things to do in them, unlike Gran Tourismo where you race cars a lot or Madden, where you just play football.
This is true, but I guess my point is that your typical administrative assistant or end user is not going to go looking for a crack or a hack or a workaround...
"Gee, I can't send this e-mail out. Oh well."
While there will definately be circumvention techniques abound, and while those of us who have to use the software will use everything we've got to get around it, 99.1% of all office users will just accept it as law.
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Buy a copy of Windows?
Righto. Well then you should love the 360 launch.
PGR - Cool car effects
Amped 3 - Cool snow effects
NBK 2k6 - Cool sweat effects
You're a bit uninformed. The price margin for retail on consoles is less than stellar. It's maybe, MAYBE, $10 a unit. And that's a great margin.
I agree with you until the last line. What's so great about that trailer? It shows virtually nothing about the game. Mildly amusing, yes...
You sir, are obviously not the target demographic!
Wow, cool. More people who haven't played the game chiming in with reviews. At least the reviewer got through 30 hours of the game. Anyone who's played 10 minutes could tell you the combat is COMPLETELY different than KotOR, and is actually action oriented and not turn based. But please, grace us with more of your insight on things you haven't done.
Theif 2 is a classic. You're bitching about Thief 3. Try to make a coherent point next time. No one is MAKING you play the games, either.
Leave him alone. He was just imitating the Maine dialect... ayup.
You're making a real chicken and egg argument. You refuse to join in officially on this subculture, but you deride it for not providing the information you need. I won't argue with you that some of the info that you're looking for would be nice to have, and that multiplayer configs are often glossed over in reviews. But if you just sit around and complain about it, your civil disobedience isn't going to make the product any better for you. Try sending your thoughts to the editiors of the online review houses. Your idea may find a home at one of those sites.
Wonder if that'll make it into the final game. I guess it's a good thing the PS2 VJ2 got delayed, huh?
I can see the back of the box now.... "New Viewtiful Format Power! Keeps you playing over and over again!"
People who have the HDD can back up memory cards to that... sounds like a good reason to do so.
Five bucks huh. Really betting the company on this one, aren't you?
"News for Nerds. Stuff that matters."
Hmm, well it's half right at least.
The game has been online for about 7 years. The company probably is that old. They used to be called Strata and did make the first Golden Tee about that long ago. They also made NES and arcade games, like American Gladiators and that fighting game where you could cut off limbs... forget the name...
Golden Tee has been around on one hardware platform going on 3 1/2 years now. That's pretty impressive, seeing that the arcade board is powered pretty much by a Voodoo 3000 card (no kidding- you can pull it out and replace it with any replacement PCI V3). The cash the game pulls in is amazing, but the cash it pays out is pretty amazing as well.
Here is a list of the prizes of the monthly tournaments that are held online (The cabinets are all connected via dialup to a master server. Have been for about 4-5 years). There are also live tournies where a bunch of us dorks hide in a bar for 2 days and play
More info can be found at www.itsgames.com and www.goldenteeplayers.com
You have to pay for your online tournament and league games. 75 cents for online league and $1.25 for online tournament.
Hate to break it to you, but Panther's mail.app Exchange integration is just as crappy as Entourage's.
I thought that they just had 20-second whacked out nonsensical cutscenes.
I'm glad that you enjoy games with varied things to do in them, unlike Gran Tourismo where you race cars a lot or Madden, where you just play football.
Oh, wait. Nevermind.
... for "betting the company" on .Net. I mean, they're still here, right?
Fuck Nintendo for not allowing us to run Linux on the gamecube!
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Fuck sony for only letting one distro run on the PS2!
Fuck Maytag for not providing specs to hack BeOS into my washing machine!!
Keep up the posts man, this is great!
Are you saying that I should just read the bible and sit back and enjoy that without analyizing it?
Yeah, because there aren't any alternatives to Virtual PC or anything...
This is true, but I guess my point is that your typical administrative assistant or end user is not going to go looking for a crack or a hack or a workaround...
"Gee, I can't send this e-mail out. Oh well."
While there will definately be circumvention techniques abound, and while those of us who have to use the software will use everything we've got to get around it, 99.1% of all office users will just accept it as law.