Sure this company brings them across, but they kill the erotic content if present when they do (I've confirmed this was done to Tea Society, others no doubt as well).
I dunno who made Eve Burst Error (haven't gotten around to playing it), but that game had the sexual content removed. I hear it was allowed back in in the sequel.
Watching interactive animated DVDs for erotic reasons is totally weird!!!
Maybe a little bit weirder than watching non-interactive live-action DVDs for erotic reasons (and maybe not that weird, depending on what kind of sexual acts you're watching). Yet how many people do that? Society hasn't collapsed yet.
The only thing I'd find weird is if people watched animated porn exclusively. Most people don't. I know I don't.
I warn against people playing that game for the sex because of how boring it is. It'll take you forever to get to the few sex scenes in the game, and the story would only interest an anime fan anyway.
If you want an accurate review of it, read this SA article on Private Nurse, which is basically the same game with the roles reversed. Oh, and this one actually has more sex scenes.
I'm not sure that he denied that Western audiences are at least as intellectual as Japanese ones. I think he may have been trying to imply that it wouldn't be worth the cost and time of translation, exporting, and so forth to give us those games when the market for them (even the potential market, really) is so small. Putting those games out in a Japanese market is less of a risk for several reasons.
Of course, I take issue with the idea that any dating sim has an "interesting story," but that's another debate.
While you may hate the "Anime is the highest form of art attainable" attitude, there are many who can't stand people such as yourself, who seem to have the singular purpose of bringing up the fact that there is just as much inane BS on Japanese TV as there is on American TV. Here's a news flash, asshole: Those of us who are aware of the fact that there is a lot more out there as far as Anime is concerned aside from what's on CN are aware of this fact.
You sure about that? From my experience, it's usually the opposite; the more a Westerner gets immersed in the Japanese culture, the more he thinks that Western cultures are inferior. Which is why "assholes" like us have to point out that anime isn't the end-all and be-all of storytelling. In fact, anime is currently inferior to literature and cinema for a number of reasons.
Generally the reason why people like you can't stand people like him is that people like you can't stand the truth.
When's the last time you heard about the Army training its soldiers in the customs of the Chinese so we don't deeply offend Chinese people? Or the Dutch? Do we tiptoe around the Dutch? Or the Argentines, or the Poles, or the Russians, or the South Africans? Do we all get sent to special sensitivity training workshops to avoid pissing off the Uzbeks?
We aren't currently at war with any of those nations, nor are we forcefully occupying any of them.
The Arabs are just gonna have to learn to deal.
And we should learn to deal with the two-soldier-a-day death rate in Iraq, right?
I've been playing through a bunch of NES games lately, and find that there's proportionally about as much crap on there as there is on a modern console if you don't count unlicensed games. You're probably playing the wrong games. I just finished playing through Destiny of an Emperor and it was just as good as I remembered it.
And then DragonStrike (back on the NES) which turns out to be a terrible version of a classic Commodore 64 game I'd always wanted.
Yeah, the NES Dragonstrike is really boring and repetitive. You were looking for this (popups).
I love the NES and most of the other systems from that time period, but I admit that many of the games that were made then are for historitcal interest only. (Deadly Towers, anyone?)
Deadly Towers wasn't that bad once you figured out how to play it. Neither was Heroes of the Lance, actually (though it was pretty bad even so).
If I was going to pick an example of a truly bad NES game, I'd go with Cheetahmen 2, one of the particularly horrible Acclaim games, or Hydlide. Though maybe Hydlide is one of those "you don't know how to play it" games. I doubt it.
They also made scads of bad games that sold like hotcakes due to a combination of big movie licensing and consumers who didn't know any better. Oh, and also that whole thing about advertising on gravestones and asking people to name their children "Turok" for cash. That Toastyfrog article someone linked in another thread explains it pretty well.
Hmm. Nice to see that they have Alex Kidd in High-Tech World listed. That game was very unusual; there wasn't much action in it, but you had to walk around a school and solve puzzles so you could go to the arcade. Kind of like a computer adventure, I suppose, but it looked and acted like a platformer. I also owned Ghostbusters (much better than the NES version) and Monopoly (which had great graphics for the time).
Then there was Missile Defense 3D on the ROM built into the console itself. I was always amused by those X3D press releases that talked about how revolutionary their 3D glasses were. Too bad Sega already did it fifteen years earlier. And they had an awesome 80's look to them, too.
That's a broad and categorically false statement. The Thief series, Morrowind, System Shock 2, Deus Ex
The only one of those that's an FPS is Thief, and even that's being a bit loose with the definition of "FPS" (your general objective is to sneak, not to shoot). The others are FPRPGs.
Interplay has all but died, but we don't see them selling off their worthwhile licenses.
That's because, for whatever reason, Herve Caen thinks that he can keep the company afloat. Once even he realizes that Interplay is finished, he'd have to be incredibly stupid not to sell the licenses off.
The competition has to actually exist to be beneficial. Acclaim wasn't competition, and was in fact likely dragging down the video game industry by association.
In over 15 years, Acclaim (aka Acclame LOL) has put out practically nothing but drivel. I seriously can't think of one good game that they were responsible for, and a ton that were complete crap (Airwolf, Destination: Earthstar, and Total Recall to name a few, and that's just on the NES!). Moreover, Acclaim's main subsidiary during the NES days was LJN, which made execrable movie-license games like Back to the Future 2 & 3 and Bill and Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure. I honestly don't know how they survived longer than companies that made decent games (e.g. Sir-Tech, 3DO, Microprose). Good riddance.
Women that understand that farting is a natural bodily function. They're called normal women.
If by "normal" you mean "average," then those women are most definitely not normal.
If by "normal" you mean "sane," then it would also be normal for a woman to expect "an honest opinion that you know will get you into trouble" when she asks for it.
Unless you just want sex, but in that case you might as well get a prostitute.
That is to say, if you're looking for a serious relationship, not being yourself is pointless. A relationship that's based upon lying about who you really are doesn't work very well.
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Sure this company brings them across, but they kill the erotic content if present when they do (I've confirmed this was done to Tea Society, others no doubt as well).
I dunno who made Eve Burst Error (haven't gotten around to playing it), but that game had the sexual content removed. I hear it was allowed back in in the sequel.
Rob
Watching interactive animated DVDs for erotic reasons is totally weird!!!
Maybe a little bit weirder than watching non-interactive live-action DVDs for erotic reasons (and maybe not that weird, depending on what kind of sexual acts you're watching). Yet how many people do that? Society hasn't collapsed yet.
The only thing I'd find weird is if people watched animated porn exclusively. Most people don't. I know I don't.
Rob
I warn against people playing that game for the sex because of how boring it is. It'll take you forever to get to the few sex scenes in the game, and the story would only interest an anime fan anyway.
If you want an accurate review of it, read this SA article on Private Nurse, which is basically the same game with the roles reversed. Oh, and this one actually has more sex scenes.
Rob
I'm not sure that he denied that Western audiences are at least as intellectual as Japanese ones. I think he may have been trying to imply that it wouldn't be worth the cost and time of translation, exporting, and so forth to give us those games when the market for them (even the potential market, really) is so small. Putting those games out in a Japanese market is less of a risk for several reasons.
Of course, I take issue with the idea that any dating sim has an "interesting story," but that's another debate.
Rob
While you may hate the "Anime is the highest form of art attainable" attitude, there are many who can't stand people such as yourself, who seem to have the singular purpose of bringing up the fact that there is just as much inane BS on Japanese TV as there is on American TV. Here's a news flash, asshole: Those of us who are aware of the fact that there is a lot more out there as far as Anime is concerned aside from what's on CN are aware of this fact.
You sure about that? From my experience, it's usually the opposite; the more a Westerner gets immersed in the Japanese culture, the more he thinks that Western cultures are inferior. Which is why "assholes" like us have to point out that anime isn't the end-all and be-all of storytelling. In fact, anime is currently inferior to literature and cinema for a number of reasons.
Generally the reason why people like you can't stand people like him is that people like you can't stand the truth.
Rob
Modded up how?
And I didn't "misinterpret a rhetorical question." It would only be a rhetorical question if he really didn't see the value in making a game mobile.
Rob
Also it's legal (I am not a lawyer) to play NES roms on a GBA through a flash card and emulator if you own the original title.
Under fair use it should probably be legal, but fair use has been sabotaged as of late.
Rob
So you appreciate the added value from a DVD, but you don't see any added value in making these games mobile?
Of course he does; that's why he said he'd get a flash ROM and a linker.
Rob
Yeah, it sure is horrible that our main enemy in real life is the enemy in a video game based on real life. Bush declared a war on terror, remember?
Maybe you meant that the enemy shouldn't always be Muslim terrorists (I dunno if that's the case or not, I've never played the game).
Rob (You're probably trolling anyway)
When's the last time you heard about the Army training its soldiers in the customs of the Chinese so we don't deeply offend Chinese people? Or the Dutch? Do we tiptoe around the Dutch? Or the Argentines, or the Poles, or the Russians, or the South Africans? Do we all get sent to special sensitivity training workshops to avoid pissing off the Uzbeks?
We aren't currently at war with any of those nations, nor are we forcefully occupying any of them.
The Arabs are just gonna have to learn to deal.
And we should learn to deal with the two-soldier-a-day death rate in Iraq, right?
Rob
I've been playing through a bunch of NES games lately, and find that there's proportionally about as much crap on there as there is on a modern console if you don't count unlicensed games. You're probably playing the wrong games. I just finished playing through Destiny of an Emperor and it was just as good as I remembered it.
And then DragonStrike (back on the NES) which turns out to be a terrible version of a classic Commodore 64 game I'd always wanted.
Yeah, the NES Dragonstrike is really boring and repetitive. You were looking for this (popups).
Rob
I love the NES and most of the other systems from that time period, but I admit that many of the games that were made then are for historitcal interest only. (Deadly Towers, anyone?)
Deadly Towers wasn't that bad once you figured out how to play it. Neither was Heroes of the Lance, actually (though it was pretty bad even so).
If I was going to pick an example of a truly bad NES game, I'd go with Cheetahmen 2, one of the particularly horrible Acclaim games, or Hydlide. Though maybe Hydlide is one of those "you don't know how to play it" games. I doubt it.
Rob
They also made scads of bad games that sold like hotcakes due to a combination of big movie licensing and consumers who didn't know any better. Oh, and also that whole thing about advertising on gravestones and asking people to name their children "Turok" for cash. That Toastyfrog article someone linked in another thread explains it pretty well.
Rob
Hmm. Nice to see that they have Alex Kidd in High-Tech World listed. That game was very unusual; there wasn't much action in it, but you had to walk around a school and solve puzzles so you could go to the arcade. Kind of like a computer adventure, I suppose, but it looked and acted like a platformer. I also owned Ghostbusters (much better than the NES version) and Monopoly (which had great graphics for the time).
Then there was Missile Defense 3D on the ROM built into the console itself. I was always amused by those X3D press releases that talked about how revolutionary their 3D glasses were. Too bad Sega already did it fifteen years earlier. And they had an awesome 80's look to them, too.
Rob
Seems like that would be the most important bit of info.
Rob (Gotta have Phantasy Star; don't see how it would be worth it otherwise)
That's a broad and categorically false statement. The Thief series, Morrowind, System Shock 2, Deus Ex
The only one of those that's an FPS is Thief, and even that's being a bit loose with the definition of "FPS" (your general objective is to sneak, not to shoot). The others are FPRPGs.
Rob
Interplay has all but died, but we don't see them selling off their worthwhile licenses.
That's because, for whatever reason, Herve Caen thinks that he can keep the company afloat. Once even he realizes that Interplay is finished, he'd have to be incredibly stupid not to sell the licenses off.
Rob
The competition has to actually exist to be beneficial. Acclaim wasn't competition, and was in fact likely dragging down the video game industry by association.
Rob
In over 15 years, Acclaim (aka Acclame LOL) has put out practically nothing but drivel. I seriously can't think of one good game that they were responsible for, and a ton that were complete crap (Airwolf, Destination: Earthstar, and Total Recall to name a few, and that's just on the NES!). Moreover, Acclaim's main subsidiary during the NES days was LJN, which made execrable movie-license games like Back to the Future 2 & 3 and Bill and Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure. I honestly don't know how they survived longer than companies that made decent games (e.g. Sir-Tech, 3DO, Microprose). Good riddance.
Rob
Women that understand that farting is a natural bodily function. They're called normal women.
If by "normal" you mean "average," then those women are most definitely not normal.
If by "normal" you mean "sane," then it would also be normal for a woman to expect "an honest opinion that you know will get you into trouble" when she asks for it.
Rob
In the post that you replied to:
Unless you just want sex, but in that case you might as well get a prostitute.
That is to say, if you're looking for a serious relationship, not being yourself is pointless. A relationship that's based upon lying about who you really are doesn't work very well.
Rob
Every PC FPS worth a crap has competitive multiplayer. Might as well ask if you can play an MMORPG online.
Rob
Why do people, in games and in music, find such repellant environments attractive?
Because it's completely different from their daily lives, and video games are supposed to be escapist fantasy.
Nice attempt at a threadjack, though.
Rob
Or hey, you could just
a.) Not try to follow a list of rules that assumes that all women are exactly the same, and just be yourself.
Unless you just want sex, but in that case you might as well get a prostitute.
Rob (Maybe it's a crazy idea, I dunno)
Especially since, except for the first Jessica, it's not like any of them are especially attractive.
Oh, please.
Rob (When did this place turn into Fark?)