I always love the "its to protect the originals" line of thinking/excuse. Maybe teach your children to keep their "grubby little fingers" off the 40-80 dollar toys and learn how to treat electronics with care and cleanly. Anyways most publishers will replace a scratched beyond repair disk for $5 +/-.
" Xbox came with a 50 gig hard drive with over 45000+ blocks for saving games."
Try 8 Gig harddrive, it was origianally supposed to be 40 but we ended up with 8
they come with 10 or 8 gig variants but only 8 GB is useable
Blizzard did the whole RTS-RPG with warcraft 3, though just using the "level" part of the RPG. The game was well done, but i would like to see a RTS with a much heavier RPG/SRPG influnece.
SquareEnix takes risks on known battle systems, and changes them, but some of the systems can be seen in previous games just with different implementation. FF3/6 espers were the same basic system that was used In FFX-2 with dress spehers, but they changed the functionality to allow the jobs to be changed in battle. Again same proven idea/system, new twist, this combo is very reliable yet fresh.
I don't see what US developers are affraid of, well i do its money but regaurdless. If the PS2 had to rely soley on US developers it would have failed 20 times over, IMO Microsoft is really doing a margianl job with RPG's but that can be accredited to not having bug names behind them aka Square. The gamecube is a totally different story, they have the Japanese ties, and even backing of large names (again aka Square) but the 1st rpg for that system that didnt require $400 of extra hardware (FF:CC) just came out (Tale of Symphonia) and is a very nice game but very reminicent of the Star Ocean Series, SO: till the end of time another GOT TO HAVE PS2 title.
"Beyond that, it's always good to see Japanese RPGs outside of the usual FF fair come over. Now if only we could get more US RPGs on the consoles without publishers deciding they need to be dumbed down. Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance and its sequel may be fun games, but they don't satisfy the itch for RPGs."
Totally agree about the need for more non-FF rpg over here, but from what ive seen the only thing the US can make are titles like KoTOR (heavaly reliant on existing SW universe/other existing media) or games like Sudeki which are advertised as RPG's but IMO its an adventure game that has RPG elements and are as you said dumbed down, i dont want my rpg's to have a 1st person shooter mode (aka Sudeki)
maybe im spoiled by FF and baulders gate (pc version) but where does an RPG need a FPS mode, i like my rpg's to go at MY pace and have an ounce of stretegic elemtent and the only games that ive seen to fill this niche are from companies out of the East...
I've played Disgea and LPT, they are both tactical rpg's with nice twists on the usual (FF:TActics) systems, the stories are very humours and serious in the same breath. I for one cant wait for these games to come state-side.
I bought disgea on a whim after looking for a new game at EB, was on the of the best game puchases i made in 2004. I'm sure others are now big fans of Atlus/Nippon Ichi as I am.
"I've played through and beat GTA3, and I have absolutely no urge to run out with a sniper rifle."
I play GTA3 and i have the urge to play with a sniper rifle every time i hear about morons who do this stupid shit. Yet another couple people added to my "When murder becomes legal" list
that also makes you wonder what other mental problems these kisd have if they are imagining tractor trailors in a game that obviously doesnt have them.
Now if they were imitating a game by shooting at tractor trailers and trying to hit the trailer (those of which ther are none of in GTA3/GTA:VC) how the hell did they hit people. They must not play many FPS's either if they cant hit the broad side of a truck without hitting a person in another car... This is just what the Games=Violence activists need, more ammunition (no pun intended)
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I always love the "its to protect the originals" line of thinking/excuse. Maybe teach your children to keep their "grubby little fingers" off the 40-80 dollar toys and learn how to treat electronics with care and cleanly. Anyways most publishers will replace a scratched beyond repair disk for $5 +/-.
actually the hayabusa can do 240 off the showroom floor and iirc was only sold in '99 in the States
mine is translucent green
" Xbox came with a 50 gig hard drive with over 45000+ blocks for saving games." Try 8 Gig harddrive, it was origianally supposed to be 40 but we ended up with 8 they come with 10 or 8 gig variants but only 8 GB is useable
wow, 30 years old and you cant lift/carry a ps2 or xbox to your car? or are you still riding you bike with training wheels?
Blizzard did the whole RTS-RPG with warcraft 3, though just using the "level" part of the RPG. The game was well done, but i would like to see a RTS with a much heavier RPG/SRPG influnece.
SquareEnix takes risks on known battle systems, and changes them, but some of the systems can be seen in previous games just with different implementation. FF3/6 espers were the same basic system that was used In FFX-2 with dress spehers, but they changed the functionality to allow the jobs to be changed in battle. Again same proven idea/system, new twist, this combo is very reliable yet fresh.
I don't see what US developers are affraid of, well i do its money but regaurdless. If the PS2 had to rely soley on US developers it would have failed 20 times over, IMO Microsoft is really doing a margianl job with RPG's but that can be accredited to not having bug names behind them aka Square. The gamecube is a totally different story, they have the Japanese ties, and even backing of large names (again aka Square) but the 1st rpg for that system that didnt require $400 of extra hardware (FF:CC) just came out (Tale of Symphonia) and is a very nice game but very reminicent of the Star Ocean Series, SO: till the end of time another GOT TO HAVE PS2 title.
"Beyond that, it's always good to see Japanese RPGs outside of the usual FF fair come over. Now if only we could get more US RPGs on the consoles without publishers deciding they need to be dumbed down. Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance and its sequel may be fun games, but they don't satisfy the itch for RPGs."
Totally agree about the need for more non-FF rpg over here, but from what ive seen the only thing the US can make are titles like KoTOR (heavaly reliant on existing SW universe/other existing media) or games like Sudeki which are advertised as RPG's but IMO its an adventure game that has RPG elements and are as you said dumbed down, i dont want my rpg's to have a 1st person shooter mode (aka Sudeki)
maybe im spoiled by FF and baulders gate (pc version) but where does an RPG need a FPS mode, i like my rpg's to go at MY pace and have an ounce of stretegic elemtent and the only games that ive seen to fill this niche are from companies out of the East...
I've played Disgea and LPT, they are both tactical rpg's with nice twists on the usual (FF:TActics) systems, the stories are very humours and serious in the same breath. I for one cant wait for these games to come state-side.
I bought disgea on a whim after looking for a new game at EB, was on the of the best game puchases i made in 2004. I'm sure others are now big fans of Atlus/Nippon Ichi as I am.
"I've played through and beat GTA3, and I have absolutely no urge to run out with a sniper rifle." I play GTA3 and i have the urge to play with a sniper rifle every time i hear about morons who do this stupid shit. Yet another couple people added to my "When murder becomes legal" list
that also makes you wonder what other mental problems these kisd have if they are imagining tractor trailors in a game that obviously doesnt have them.
Now if they were imitating a game by shooting at tractor trailers and trying to hit the trailer (those of which ther are none of in GTA3/GTA:VC) how the hell did they hit people. They must not play many FPS's either if they cant hit the broad side of a truck without hitting a person in another car ... This is just what the Games=Violence activists need, more ammunition (no pun intended)