Well, don't forget that Advent Children is a direct sequel to Final Fantasy VII. Yes, I do think they have gotten it right this time, because I have talked to all my friends, avid video game freaks, who are just drooling at the possiblity of a sequel to FFVII, movie-form or game-form.
I have the "Making of..." book and I am quite sure it said something about Sakaguchi basing the whole Gaia idea on his own ideas on the afterlife.
However, I am looking forward to seeing Advent Children. Hopefully, people who haven't played FFVII, whatever rock they have been living under, will be able to follow it without the need of playing the game.
Well, make that two people. I actually liked the movie. Yes, it was cheesy at parts, I'll definetly admit that. However, it did have its good parts, and I did enjoy the animation quality.
I think it would have done better if they hadn't put the "Final Fantasy" name on it, but that's all in the past.
Personally, I thought it was a pretty good game. Just that I haven't been able to find it since i joined and subsquently left the Navy. Just because it wasn't totally mind-boggling awesome, doesn't mean it BAD. I have played many a RPG that were more lackluster than Dragon Warrior VII. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest come to mind?
How much of the game did you play? If you played all the way through, sure I can see how you can say the story was lackluster.
I'll agree with everyone else, the first four Dragon Warriors were awesome, and I am very proud to say that I own each of their respective carts and I play them when I have the down time from college. I'll also admit that I have played the translate ROM of V and the partially translated ROM of VI, courtesy of Parital Translations and DeJap. Also, great games. Beautiful graphics, lush story.
However, seeing a generation of people who have grown up in Square's immense Final Fantasy universe and used to those games, battle system, graphics, etc... Enix presented those same things in a different format that is truly different from Final Fantasy.
Honestly, when you compare Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, it's just like comparing apples and oranges. Like for instance, Suikoden and Final Fantasy. Two great games, but their mechanics, graphics, stories and etc... are totally different. I know someone who hates Final Fantasy , but totally drools over Suikoden I-III.
So what exactly is it behind the times in? Since you aren't talking about graphics and all you used as an example is graphics? Maybe I'm just lost though.
And have you actually played any of the Super Famicom releases of the Dragon Warrior series?
So why not video tape these minsters preaching politics, instead of just talking about it? Start a revolution, in the weakest sense of the term. If ministers are swaying their congregations to vote one way, isnt that just like stuffing the ballot box?
Well, probably the lattice structure of the asteroid is not completely uniform so when one end of the asteroid is recieving more stress than the other, the lattices will break.
Also, who said it was totally solid? there could be pockets of gas in the asteroid. the release of which could change the trajectory of the asteroid. ETC ETC... but you already took that into account, didnt you?
No, see, Duke Nukum was released in 1991, while Metal Slug wasn't released until 1996. However, if you are talking about Duke Nukem 3D, which was also released in 1996, albeit January 29th, you still could not say that Metal Slug X, which was released in 1999, was its its influence.
Same with the characters. Marco (one of the two guys you could pick in Metal Slug X, and the only character in Metal Slug), was invisioned way after Duke Nukum had been released.
So, either Duke Nukum influenced the Metal Slug series, or there was no influence at all.
I never knew that Street Fighter 2 was ever ported to the Neo Geo. Are you sure you aren't thinking of Art of Fighting or anyt of the Samurai Shodown games?
Yes, it does work with dosbox, thank goodness. I remember going to my friend's house a long time ago and he was playing this. And i was like "Dude, what is this game? its totally awesome" So, i bought a copy and subsquently lost it. Thank goodness I made a back up copy.
Actually I read in a past issue of NewType, (Sorry, I can't remember which one) that Mamoru Oshii stated that he is working on a live action Ghost in the Shell. (or at least he'd like to work on one.)
Master of Magic. That game takes me back. I have a dedicated 486 box just for that. I remember my friends and I spending hours on end playing that. Naming our towns "DumpySacks" or some other goofy name. Commenting on how one of the "evil" people was topless. God, those were the days.
Well, why bother commenting if this doesnt affect you? As an avid fan of Squarepusher, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin and the like, I am overjoyed to hear that I am able to hear some of the rare tracks.
To say that this isn't a major breakthrough is wrong. It's a record label, maybe not a HUGE record label that wants to rake in all the money it can get its grubby hands on, but a record label none the less. They are opening up the audio archives and allowing people to hear songs that probably only a few have heard.
And on that note, this is the perfect chance for people to preview these artists. Who knows, maybe they will start to like Intelligent Dance Music?
See, I work in a toy store and it's true, there are no big blockbuster games out this season. More parents are buying kids board games, action figures, or dolls. People ARE buying video games, but usually the cheap ones we have. Also, our store personally faired bad on "Green" Friday because the papers didnt put our insert in. So we lost a lot of the holiday business.
There are lots of pirated consoles out there in Hong Kong.
From the Treamcast, a portable DreamCast with screen and travel bag. To the countless Famicom/NES clones that look like GBAs, PSXs, and N64 controllers. They make them look like products people will recognize.
Now, excuse me, I have to go play with my Game Axe.
Well, how does one get the missions for Sigma Shipyards to pop up? Also, ive been trying to do the Aurorian missions and i havent been able to trigger them. any secrets im missing?
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I never saw Final Fantasy II and III (US) that expensive until years later when the SNES died out. Where were you shopping?
Well, don't forget that Advent Children is a direct sequel to Final Fantasy VII. Yes, I do think they have gotten it right this time, because I have talked to all my friends, avid video game freaks, who are just drooling at the possiblity of a sequel to FFVII, movie-form or game-form.
I have the "Making of..." book and I am quite sure it said something about Sakaguchi basing the whole Gaia idea on his own ideas on the afterlife.
However, I am looking forward to seeing Advent Children. Hopefully, people who haven't played FFVII, whatever rock they have been living under, will be able to follow it without the need of playing the game.
Well, make that two people. I actually liked the movie. Yes, it was cheesy at parts, I'll definetly admit that. However, it did have its good parts, and I did enjoy the animation quality.
I think it would have done better if they hadn't put the "Final Fantasy" name on it, but that's all in the past.
Personally, I thought it was a pretty good game. Just that I haven't been able to find it since i joined and subsquently left the Navy. Just because it wasn't totally mind-boggling awesome, doesn't mean it BAD. I have played many a RPG that were more lackluster than Dragon Warrior VII. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest come to mind?
How much of the game did you play? If you played all the way through, sure I can see how you can say the story was lackluster.
I'll agree with everyone else, the first four Dragon Warriors were awesome, and I am very proud to say that I own each of their respective carts and I play them when I have the down time from college. I'll also admit that I have played the translate ROM of V and the partially translated ROM of VI, courtesy of Parital Translations and DeJap. Also, great games. Beautiful graphics, lush story.
However, seeing a generation of people who have grown up in Square's immense Final Fantasy universe and used to those games, battle system, graphics, etc... Enix presented those same things in a different format that is truly different from Final Fantasy.
Honestly, when you compare Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, it's just like comparing apples and oranges. Like for instance, Suikoden and Final Fantasy. Two great games, but their mechanics, graphics, stories and etc... are totally different. I know someone who hates Final Fantasy , but totally drools over Suikoden I-III.
So what exactly is it behind the times in? Since you aren't talking about graphics and all you used as an example is graphics? Maybe I'm just lost though.
And have you actually played any of the Super Famicom releases of the Dragon Warrior series?
So why not video tape these minsters preaching politics, instead of just talking about it? Start a revolution, in the weakest sense of the term. If ministers are swaying their congregations to vote one way, isnt that just like stuffing the ballot box?
Well, probably the lattice structure of the asteroid is not completely uniform so when one end of the asteroid is recieving more stress than the other, the lattices will break.
Also, who said it was totally solid? there could be pockets of gas in the asteroid. the release of which could change the trajectory of the asteroid. ETC ETC... but you already took that into account, didnt you?
that link to the Laughing Man Logo Screensaver doesnt work... any others?
No, see, Duke Nukum was released in 1991, while Metal Slug wasn't released until 1996. However, if you are talking about Duke Nukem 3D, which was also released in 1996, albeit January 29th, you still could not say that Metal Slug X, which was released in 1999, was its its influence.
Same with the characters. Marco (one of the two guys you could pick in Metal Slug X, and the only character in Metal Slug), was invisioned way after Duke Nukum had been released.
So, either Duke Nukum influenced the Metal Slug series, or there was no influence at all.
I never knew that Street Fighter 2 was ever ported to the Neo Geo. Are you sure you aren't thinking of Art of Fighting or anyt of the Samurai Shodown games?
Yes, it does work with dosbox, thank goodness. I remember going to my friend's house a long time ago and he was playing this. And i was like "Dude, what is this game? its totally awesome" So, i bought a copy and subsquently lost it. Thank goodness I made a back up copy.
Which weren't consoles. I've never gotten my Sega CD or 32x to play games by themselves. How did you get them to work without the Genesis?
Actually I read in a past issue of NewType, (Sorry, I can't remember which one) that Mamoru Oshii stated that he is working on a live action Ghost in the Shell. (or at least he'd like to work on one.)
Master of Magic. That game takes me back. I have a dedicated 486 box just for that. I remember my friends and I spending hours on end playing that. Naming our towns "DumpySacks" or some other goofy name. Commenting on how one of the "evil" people was topless. God, those were the days.
Well, why bother commenting if this doesnt affect you? As an avid fan of Squarepusher, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin and the like, I am overjoyed to hear that I am able to hear some of the rare tracks.
To say that this isn't a major breakthrough is wrong. It's a record label, maybe not a HUGE record label that wants to rake in all the money it can get its grubby hands on, but a record label none the less. They are opening up the audio archives and allowing people to hear songs that probably only a few have heard.
And on that note, this is the perfect chance for people to preview these artists. Who knows, maybe they will start to like Intelligent Dance Music?
Which is a really great game... and a really great deal for what your getting, since you can mod it all up. i play it at least an hour each day.
What about R. Daneel Olivaw?
See, I work in a toy store and it's true, there are no big blockbuster games out this season. More parents are buying kids board games, action figures, or dolls. People ARE buying video games, but usually the cheap ones we have. Also, our store personally faired bad on "Green" Friday because the papers didnt put our insert in. So we lost a lot of the holiday business.
Well, anything is better than a Compaq Presario... so your arguement is MOOT!
80% conversion efficiency.
Wow, sounds like a bunch of ADD kids instead of bacteria.
There are lots of pirated consoles out there in Hong Kong.
From the Treamcast, a portable DreamCast with screen and travel bag. To the countless Famicom/NES clones that look like GBAs, PSXs, and N64 controllers. They make them look like products people will recognize.
Now, excuse me, I have to go play with my Game Axe.
Harlequin novels come to mind.
To quote my best friend "He sticks his lovetool in her honeypot!"
See, that's sickeningly poetic. (or Pornish, if you want to call it that)
...for Sony shareholders
Hopefully the trials will be successful enough that they will push the schedule up to date if they can.
Of course, I'd rather see some technical demos of what future games might look like.
Well, how does one get the missions for Sigma Shipyards to pop up? Also, ive been trying to do the Aurorian missions and i havent been able to trigger them. any secrets im missing?
Speaking of which, I had a friend who owned a Mac and had the original. I used to play that all the time until I moved away.
As soon as I heard that they were making Escape Velocity: Nova for Windows, I knew I had to buy it.
Great game, love how its open ended. Just wish I knew how to make a ton of money so I could buy those huge ships.