Can you name a league that plays the game at a level comparable to the NFL? Otherwise the description is apt.
Whether another leage comparable to the NFL exists or not is not the issue. The fact that the only teams they ever play against are fellow NFL teams, and never others. How do they know they are world champions if they never travel to any other place on earth that plays the sport to test themselves?
This is where rugby, soccer, cricket and dozens of other sports trump most US sports. They have actual world cups, with teams from all over the world competing. The only time you see combined US teams is at the Olympics, and then only Basketball and Baseball (Ice Hockey at winter olympics). Did you see the last Olympics? Team USA Basket Ball got their asses handed to them at the start before clawing back for bronze, hardly world champions, and Team USA for Baseball didnt even make it to the olympics.
The only time you can legitimately call yourself world champions is if you actually take on teams from around the globe and win.
Anyone got this in a mpeg yet? All these pauses are getting annoying.
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Geez...I hate ABS....first time I hit the brakes in a new (new in '97) brakes...thing started clattering and shaking around..I had no idea what the hell was about to happen. Damned near hit the car that slammed on his brakes in front of me...had to swerve as it was
Contrary to popular belief, ABS actually stands for Anti Brake System;)
Anyone who isn't experiencing these issues simply isn't playing often, isn't playing on a moderate/high pop server, or isn't willing to concede that a previously high quality game company has slipped.
I think you need to get your head out of your ass, and stop trying to speak for a community bigger than you can probably count up to.
I have logged around...hmmm...120-130 hours in the first 20 days ive ownd the game on Argent Dawn, possibly the most heavily populated RP server on the US realms, and apart from lag when i go into an org city from the sheer number of people, i have not experienced any of the issues you have mentioned.
Sure, Blizzard have made mistakes, every game company does. Are the slipping? I doubt it, lets wait and see what whack story they come up with to continue the diablo universe first.
Spore is not yet even officially a game. What Will showed was a tech demo, demonstrating what he believes could be the future of game design, and a way of keeping costs managable instead of having them spiral to the heights of the biggest hollywood films.
Unless i have simply missed something, Spore is still only a tech demo. Considering the style of coding it was done it, i would be very interested to find out how big the tech demo was. Ive seen the 64k demos, and what they pack in there is amazing.
VU fucked up supply all over the world for each release, and it has barely affected them. I know here in australia if you didnt have a preorder, it took weeks to find a copy.
"As for battery life, a cell phone doesn't draw a lot of power in standby mode, and the PSP can clock down quite a bit. IGN got 10.5 hours playing MP3s, so it should at least match your cellphone."
Probably, except the one difference is my cellphone is used exclusivly for what it was made to do. If you own a PSP and spend most of your travel time using the gaming function, your going to be up the creek if you try to use it as your phone as well, unless you can plug it in and charge it throughout the day
"The PSP means I can go from carrying an iPod, a Palm PDA and Gameboy to carrying just one device that fits comfortably in the pocket of my khakis, and I get video capability as a bonus. If the cell-phone adaptor rumor is true, I'm down to a single device! That's a *huge* win."
Perhaps, but i can bet you 5 bucks that none of them will be anywhere near as good as a standalone device, that and you will look like a right royal dickhead holding your PSP to your head.
Also, if they do all that, they had want to come out with a battery that lasts longer. 5-6 hours at best is low already for a portable device, and if you actually use it for gaming and watching movies, it will be near useless as a cellphone replacement. The battery in my current mobile (Motorola A900) barely lasts 12 hours after a full nights charge, and i find that appalling. Id hate to replace my phone with a PSP that has half of that battery life.
Nintendo DS: $200
Games: $60
Avaliability: Been out for a month
Sony PSP: Estimated retail price of $350-$400
Games: $80ish
Avaliability: No idea. Sony hasnt given a firm date for release in Australia that i have seen
So 150-200 more for a system that gives me games that take ages to load and gives me a whole host of features i have no interest in using compared to the DS that has exactly what im looking for, a huge range of games i can already play (GBA backwards compatibility) and some awesomely fun release titles that use the touchscreen.
I think i spent my $200 well. 400 bucks isnt cheap, no matter which way you look at it.
Quake done Quick are, IMO, still the best speed runs ive watched, especially Quake done Quick with a Vengence (full run through all 4 episodes on nightmare in 12:23)
You do realize that you are talking about a company that has almost $60 Billion (with a B) just in reserves alone. They are sitting on this money! Add into what they make in revenue and the profit off that.
but why has this Swingin' Ape-developed title got such a low profile - lack of advertising, choice of subject matter, too many games released at the same time?
1. Never heard of this game until blues news reported that a demo was out.
2. Whose swingin' ape? Who works there? What else have they done?
Not to mention the fact that i get a connection refused error when i try going to their site
Wouldnt doing this require them to be reasonably close to their target, not to mention have a good idea of the layout of the building they are entering?
I guess if you had a small enough wireless GPS reciever, you could track it via a laptop so you know where your going. That or a tiny camera.
I cant imagine anyone being able to fly it precise enough that someone wouldn't notice if they were home.
Games are reviewed by people who want to review games. If someone on your staff is a football fan, you're going to give them NFL 2K4 to review. If they love FPS games, they get the new Half-Life. Neither of these reviews will reflect the opinion of the person sitting on the fence wondering what to buy. How will that guy who has played every other Legacy of Kain game to death feel about the new one? Why, he'll love it, and give it a 9.7. Greatest Game Ever. This, of course, doesn't really help anyone.
This isnt always true. In australia, theres a games mag called PCPowerPlay. While i havnt read it in about 6 or 7 months, there seemed quite unbiased in their reviews and previews. I can recall quite a few games where they have had a preview and were really impressed, then when they got to review a gold version, the game got a less than impressive score.
If somethings crap, they have no problem with digging into the developers, no matter who they are. Might have gone to shit in the last 8 months though, not sure.
How can you really blame Bioware for the game engine not being fully D&D 3.x compliant when they started (and most likely finished) the core of the combat engine before the 3E rules were finalised and released to the public? Remember, they started work on NWN not long after Baldurs Gate One was released. That also explains why the graphics do look a little dated.
Liberties have to be taken when your basing your combat on rules that havnt yet been set in stone.
Bioware has already announced that their next PC game will not be based on a licensed property.
And i personally can't wait for this. Bioware make absolutely fantastic RPG games (im eagerly awaiting KOTOR for PC), and i really want to see what kind of game is released, now that they have the freedom to include what they want, without an restrictions.
I reckon your spot on about D&D games fading too. Wizards need to be a bit more open with their licensing scheme. Game makers need freedom, not set in iron restrictions.
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This is where rugby, soccer, cricket and dozens of other sports trump most US sports. They have actual world cups, with teams from all over the world competing. The only time you see combined US teams is at the Olympics, and then only Basketball and Baseball (Ice Hockey at winter olympics). Did you see the last Olympics? Team USA Basket Ball got their asses handed to them at the start before clawing back for bronze, hardly world champions, and Team USA for Baseball didnt even make it to the olympics.
The only time you can legitimately call yourself world champions is if you actually take on teams from around the globe and win.
Anyone got this in a mpeg yet? All these pauses are getting annoying.
They will just cap the Battlegrounds like they do the instances. No more than 30 per side, no fights if the difference in numbers is greater than 5.
Wouldnt be hard for them to keep some semblence of fairness in battlegrounds.
I have logged around...hmmm...120-130 hours in the first 20 days ive ownd the game on Argent Dawn, possibly the most heavily populated RP server on the US realms, and apart from lag when i go into an org city from the sheer number of people, i have not experienced any of the issues you have mentioned.
Sure, Blizzard have made mistakes, every game company does. Are the slipping? I doubt it, lets wait and see what whack story they come up with to continue the diablo universe first.
Spore is not yet even officially a game. What Will showed was a tech demo, demonstrating what he believes could be the future of game design, and a way of keeping costs managable instead of having them spiral to the heights of the biggest hollywood films.
Unless i have simply missed something, Spore is still only a tech demo. Considering the style of coding it was done it, i would be very interested to find out how big the tech demo was. Ive seen the 64k demos, and what they pack in there is amazing.
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VU fucked up supply all over the world for each release, and it has barely affected them. I know here in australia if you didnt have a preorder, it took weeks to find a copy.
Also, if they do all that, they had want to come out with a battery that lasts longer. 5-6 hours at best is low already for a portable device, and if you actually use it for gaming and watching movies, it will be near useless as a cellphone replacement. The battery in my current mobile (Motorola A900) barely lasts 12 hours after a full nights charge, and i find that appalling. Id hate to replace my phone with a PSP that has half of that battery life.
I live in australia. Lets see
Nintendo DS: $200
Games: $60
Avaliability: Been out for a month
Sony PSP: Estimated retail price of $350-$400
Games: $80ish
Avaliability: No idea. Sony hasnt given a firm date for release in Australia that i have seen
So 150-200 more for a system that gives me games that take ages to load and gives me a whole host of features i have no interest in using compared to the DS that has exactly what im looking for, a huge range of games i can already play (GBA backwards compatibility) and some awesomely fun release titles that use the touchscreen.
I think i spent my $200 well. 400 bucks isnt cheap, no matter which way you look at it.
Look on the brightside though, at least they might make an exception and give you a room by yourself on any other trips you are forced to go on.
Quake done Quick are, IMO, still the best speed runs ive watched, especially Quake done Quick with a Vengence (full run through all 4 episodes on nightmare in 12:23)
http://www.planetquake.com/qdq/
Really? I installed my 5 favourite ones all at once and never had that problem.
You do realize that you are talking about a company that has almost $60 Billion (with a B) just in reserves alone. They are sitting on this money! Add into what they make in revenue and the profit off that.
No amount of money can make consumers buy games.
2. Whose swingin' ape? Who works there? What else have they done?
Not to mention the fact that i get a connection refused error when i try going to their site
Wouldnt doing this require them to be reasonably close to their target, not to mention have a good idea of the layout of the building they are entering?
I guess if you had a small enough wireless GPS reciever, you could track it via a laptop so you know where your going. That or a tiny camera.
I cant imagine anyone being able to fly it precise enough that someone wouldn't notice if they were home.
Whats the range of bluetooth anyway?
If somethings crap, they have no problem with digging into the developers, no matter who they are. Might have gone to shit in the last 8 months though, not sure.
How can you really blame Bioware for the game engine not being fully D&D 3.x compliant when they started (and most likely finished) the core of the combat engine before the 3E rules were finalised and released to the public? Remember, they started work on NWN not long after Baldurs Gate One was released. That also explains why the graphics do look a little dated.
Liberties have to be taken when your basing your combat on rules that havnt yet been set in stone.
Still on windows, no doubt
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Except for the fact that a harbor isnt open sea