WARNING: Do not play multiplayer for this game - it is utterly pointless.
Ridge Racer's gameplay is really smooth, and while playing multiplayer, you do not ever see any lag (or screen skipping). BUT, for some reason or another, there seems to be a certain delay in the game. For instance, if I'm speeding past my opponent, he won't see it on his screen until a few seconds later. This means, there are certain times during the game where we both can be in first place. Additionally, sometimes I purposely bump my opponent but on their screen, they have a clear path.
I'd give the game a 1 out of 5 for multiplayer - as the races never reflects its true state... leading to confusion in real-time.
One feature I noticed on the new personalized Google site was that you can add your own RSS feed. Google should integrate this into their toolbar (like Yahoo's toolbar), in case some users aren't really sure how to find the RSS file associated with each website. Instead, the toolbar should recognize that an RSS feed is available and a button should appear stating something like "Add this RSS feed to Personal Google page".
For example, on a bank website, I'll open another window and type '0123456789'. Then I'll copy and paste each individual digit into the pin number field. Are the keylogging tools good enough to track MOUSE activity also??
You can buy the mouse standalone for 79.95. The mini-wireless keyboard is 40 to make the total 119.95.
My co-worker purchased it last year and i thought it was a sweet product... but definitely not for gaming as there is substantial LAG during movements.
A coin is more likely to land on the same face it started out on.
If this is true, we would still want to call the opposite face since we after it lands, we always flip it onto the other hand. That is, if we start with heads facing up, and it lands more frequently with heads facing up on our palms, by the time we slap it onto the back of our opposite hands, tails is facing up!
My wishlist for future GTA releases is a simple one.
Make sure the PS2 can handle the game.
Have you guys replayed the first GTA3 and compared it to the Vice city? The former had consistently more people and more cars on screen at any time. In fact, sometimes I would hang out at pedestrian hot spots and recreate massacres. But, if you play VC, look down the road at any time. The streets are completely empty with the exception of one or two vehicles and there may be 3 pedestrians max. If you get your "star" rating up where the cops,fbi, etc are going after you. Hide in the corner and WATCH THE GAME LAG!! This was the biggest dissapointment for me. A lack of pedestrians and vehicles to blow up at any time during the game, and the lag experienced when too many objects are on the screen. Fix these issues and the game will be great!
The machine itself makes the Xbox great. For instance, have you ever ran the same title on the PS2 and the Xbox? The load-time seems to be half of that of the ps2's.
But can we really trust AOL w/ these type of polls/rankings? Remember a few years back when they stated Cindy Margolis as the most downloaded... when none of us have ever heard of her?
I cant get enough of these games. They put so much into each one and they finally got it right with #5. They added all brand new mini-games, (very few were similar to previous mario games), along w/ sub-games such as Ice Hockey and Beach Volleyball. Keep these ideas flowing in and the mario party games coming!
What website do the "indian geeks" have to at their use? Or, do they actually read our slashdot; which would seem somewhat ironic since they can't even speak english (ie. call centers)
Sorry, what i mean is..
When gamecube came out, their games targeted kids. Nintendo noticed that they didnt target adults, so as a result, when the GB Advanced was released, the print ads featured adults.
You seem to be very passionate about this so let me try to clarify my point for the hopefully the last time.
Gamecube console sales were not doing well.. either by the standards of nintendo or the gaming industry as a whole. We have seen the system's price plummet from 199US to 80US. A price drop to 40% of the original price only 1 1/2 years after its debut... prob not what the folks at nintendo had in mind in order to sell their consoles.
The games they have for gamecube are great. Im talking about Mario (kart, party also), Zelda, Pikmin, Monkey Ball, VJoe. These titles sell pretty well because a large percentage of gamecube owners purchased these games.
However, Gamecube may induce more sales in their gaming titles if it had decided to include M-rated titles like Halo, GTA. It seems like they will not though.
But even if they did, would it sell as well as the same title on PS2? Probably not. Case in point: all sports games that are available for all 3 systems, PS2 sales are the highest and GC the lowest.
Which leaves me with the statement: I feel bad for gamecube. They DO have a good system and solid games but they will never be able to outsell PS2 or Xbox. Quality of game titles is certainly NOT the reason but Quantity might.
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WARNING: Do not play multiplayer for this game - it is utterly pointless.
Ridge Racer's gameplay is really smooth, and while playing multiplayer, you do not ever see any lag (or screen skipping). BUT, for some reason or another, there seems to be a certain delay in the game. For instance, if I'm speeding past my opponent, he won't see it on his screen until a few seconds later. This means, there are certain times during the game where we both can be in first place. Additionally, sometimes I purposely bump my opponent but on their screen, they have a clear path.
I'd give the game a 1 out of 5 for multiplayer - as the races never reflects its true state... leading to confusion in real-time.
One feature I noticed on the new personalized Google site was that you can add your own RSS feed. Google should integrate this into their toolbar (like Yahoo's toolbar), in case some users aren't really sure how to find the RSS file associated with each website. Instead, the toolbar should recognize that an RSS feed is available and a button should appear stating something like "Add this RSS feed to Personal Google page".
I usually do a variation of this.
For example, on a bank website, I'll open another window and type '0123456789'. Then I'll copy and paste each individual digit into the pin number field. Are the keylogging tools good enough to track MOUSE activity also??
except for the fact that one has to "manually" vacuum (cleanup + reindex) the db
Postgres 7.4 has introduced an auto-vacuuming feature.
Your friend should have saved 5 cents and paid for a 32 cent stamp!
But I don't think anyone has ever dominated a sport as much as Schumacher has in the past few years
He's not exaggerating..
Current 2004 results
Not to mention how easy it is to pirate CD/DVD games.
So Movieokie might be called "MTV" which is actually affliated with music instead of movies. Ahh, the irony.
You can buy the mouse standalone for 79.95. The mini-wireless keyboard is 40 to make the total 119.95.
My co-worker purchased it last year and i thought it was a sweet product... but definitely not for gaming as there is substantial LAG during movements.
A coin is more likely to land on the same face it started out on.
If this is true, we would still want to call the opposite face since we after it lands, we always flip it onto the other hand. That is, if we start with heads facing up, and it lands more frequently with heads facing up on our palms, by the time we slap it onto the back of our opposite hands, tails is facing up!
My wishlist for future GTA releases is a simple one.
Make sure the PS2 can handle the game.
Have you guys replayed the first GTA3 and compared it to the Vice city? The former had consistently more people and more cars on screen at any time. In fact, sometimes I would hang out at pedestrian hot spots and recreate massacres. But, if you play VC, look down the road at any time. The streets are completely empty with the exception of one or two vehicles and there may be 3 pedestrians max. If you get your "star" rating up where the cops,fbi, etc are going after you. Hide in the corner and WATCH THE GAME LAG!!
This was the biggest dissapointment for me. A lack of pedestrians and vehicles to blow up at any time during the game, and the lag experienced when too many objects are on the screen. Fix these issues and the game will be great!
By the way, the old slashdot story only links to the qualifying of the games, the actual bracket is here.
The closest race I noticed between 2 games in the same category was between two 90's arcade favorites, Street Fighter 2 and TMNT.
Is there a PART 2 of the voting? I did not even see Starcraft or Madden!
So instead of shooting, are you suggesting they just decend a bit, hover above the correct coordinates, and let the rod go?
Movies Stars Seek More Control Over Videogames
Liu Kang is upset at the way Robin Shou portrayed him in the Mortal Kombat movies and will start training Shou in martial arts next summer.
The machine itself makes the Xbox great. For instance, have you ever ran the same title on the PS2 and the Xbox? The load-time seems to be half of that of the ps2's.
Guess hes do busy running Games.com?
But can we really trust AOL w/ these type of polls/rankings? Remember a few years back when they stated Cindy Margolis as the most downloaded... when none of us have ever heard of her?
Otherwise we'd be flying all over the place.
The remaining 70% is even stranger. It is known as dark energy, and acts to push the universe apart.
I cant get enough of these games. They put so much into each one and they finally got it right with #5. They added all brand new mini-games, (very few were similar to previous mario games), along w/ sub-games such as Ice Hockey and Beach Volleyball. Keep these ideas flowing in and the mario party games coming!
So you want the cache to cost more than the actual console?
What website do the "indian geeks" have to at their use? Or, do they actually read our slashdot; which would seem somewhat ironic since they can't even speak english (ie. call centers)
Sorry, what i mean is.. When gamecube came out, their games targeted kids. Nintendo noticed that they didnt target adults, so as a result, when the GB Advanced was released, the print ads featured adults.
Just an example sir. It would be more applicable if you had to take the derivative of ((3x^2)*(e^(2x/3ln(x))))/tan(x).
You seem to be very passionate about this so let me try to clarify my point for the hopefully the last time.
Gamecube console sales were not doing well.. either by the standards of nintendo or the gaming industry as a whole. We have seen the system's price plummet from 199US to 80US. A price drop to 40% of the original price only 1 1/2 years after its debut... prob not what the folks at nintendo had in mind in order to sell their consoles.
The games they have for gamecube are great. Im talking about Mario (kart, party also), Zelda, Pikmin, Monkey Ball, VJoe. These titles sell pretty well because a large percentage of gamecube owners purchased these games.
However, Gamecube may induce more sales in their gaming titles if it had decided to include M-rated titles like Halo, GTA. It seems like they will not though.
But even if they did, would it sell as well as the same title on PS2? Probably not. Case in point: all sports games that are available for all 3 systems, PS2 sales are the highest and GC the lowest.
Which leaves me with the statement: I feel bad for gamecube. They DO have a good system and solid games but they will never be able to outsell PS2 or Xbox. Quality of game titles is certainly NOT the reason but Quantity might.
This is my point. Feel free to argue.