I'm in Europe, it was released here today. The price drop turned out to be 6 Euros out of 60, couldn't they have dropped it down to 50 Euros? 54 isn't much less than 60 and I don't think anyone will be more likely to buy it at that price.
I'm waiting for someone with the full version to comment on the game (I've seen it in stores for sale so I assume someone will have it). Does a game goal of "detroy everything" mean you are pretty much a walking tank (as in Serious Sam) that can take a rocket in the face without flinching or do they still expect you to take cover and not get hit?
Do you really expect developers to completely retool their games in order to use procedurals just for the asian market? You can't synthesize realistic sound or graphics so you'd have to go for abstract sound and graphics.
It is mostly nostalgia. Most genres have evolved conventions that make the games a LOT more fun. Compare e.g. Metroid and Super Metroid. SM does things M could have done just as well (e.g. a map, restarting from savepoints instead of the begining of the level at 30 health, diagonal aiming, ducking, including the ability to hit zoomers without using the morph ball) but didn't and that's just one example. Not to mention that increased computing power means increased options for gameplay. Bullet hell shmups weren't possible on the old systems.
Modern games don't let the player get stuck without killing him unless they are buggy. Modern games don't force you to start with Wily1/Sigma1 again no matter how far you got before you powered down. Modern games don't reuse rooms as much as Zelda 1 did (except maybe for Halo), they don't force you to start again from a far off place each time you die (Zelda 2 anyone?), they don't require the manual to explain every room you come across and what those pixels are supposed to be, they don't require you to find things that are never even alluded to, they rarely expect you to figure out a boss's pattern by trying and dying, they don't have enemies with collision boxes twice as large as their appearance that can kill you with a simple touch, they don't have enemies that are programmed to try and throw you into a pit with your damage recoil, they never expect you to play through the game twice in one sitting to see the ending (Ghosts and Goblins anyone?), etc, etc.
Nostalgia is blinding. While some of those old titles hold up today, others are just a pain to play and serve as little more than a reminder how far we've come.
Make that HALO 2, DOA 3, DOAX, DOA Ultimate, Project Gotham Racing, Project Gotham Racing 2, Jade Empire, Jet Set Radio Future, Sega GT Online, and Rallisport Challenge 2 since we're talking about exclusives only here (he said "missed out because I don't have an XBox", you don't miss out on e.g. Fable if you don't have an XBox, there's a PC version available with added stuff). Halo 2 will see a PC port in the future (though it will be Vista-only) so I could play even that without getting an XBox.
So we have one FPS, three DOA games, an RPG, JSRF (dunno what that is but nobody bought it) and a bunch of racing games in addition to the above mentioned Ninja Gaiden and Panzer Dragoon: Orta, which for some reason noone mentioned (probably because noone bought it). As opposed to either a gigantic list of PS2 exclusives or a decently sized list of Gamecube exclusives (even though most of them are made by Nintendo themselves).
BTW: The only Playstation "exclusives" worth wiping your ass with were the GTA series
If GTA is seriously the only title out of that list that you can appreciate you have VERY narrow tastes. But I have a feeling you're just trying to troll with that statement.
The problem is that, at least in EWJ2, there is no defining gameplay present. Each level plays like an entirely different game and the result feels like a disjointed mess. The platforming with guns levels seem to form the majority but they are still too few and too different for being called the main gameplay.
Even if the case isn't locked down (some poster mentioned stickers that indicate tampering with a color change...) a disappearing BIOS password and configuration will raise some questions.
Except that speculating source has a reputation and isn't too likely to just pull something out of its ass and they're not just speculating, they're saying a source told them so (so they're either right or blatantly lying). Shortly after that a senior employee of Nintendo of America that was known for being loose-lipped left for unspecified reasons.
Meh, if you want substitute the tense in the original post with the appropriate ones for speculation.
How do you boot Knoppix if you can't access the boot device selection without the BIOS password? Do you want to open the case and reset the CMOS? That'd leave so many traces you can be sure to land in court.
Remember, the higher ups don't believe that they should die for the cause, they think others should do the dying for them. Noone really wants to die and someone who knows he's just making shit up when talking about a great afterlife. I think all major religions despise suicide and the higher ups know that God won't approve of an action that is essentially suicide (and for a cause that God wouldn't approve of).
Really, I don't think the leaders believe that they are really supported by God but they know that claiming it keeps the grunts motivated.
Of course they don't boot off removable media unless you know the bios password, floppy drives are a dying breed and CDs aren't writable if the drive isn't a writer. Sending encrypted data home can be forbidden with an appropriate policy (e.g. "no sending non-work-related email"/"no using external email services", if internet usage has to be enabled at all).
Besides, there will always be legal consequences for leaking data or attempting to.
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Interesting... I've read previews on the game and they never expanded the name so I assumed it was an acronym without meaning, like TWAIN.
I'm in Europe, it was released here today. The price drop turned out to be 6 Euros out of 60, couldn't they have dropped it down to 50 Euros? 54 isn't much less than 60 and I don't think anyone will be more likely to buy it at that price.
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What now?
(stupid lameness filter doesn't recognize acronyms...)
I'm waiting for someone with the full version to comment on the game (I've seen it in stores for sale so I assume someone will have it). Does a game goal of "detroy everything" mean you are pretty much a walking tank (as in Serious Sam) that can take a rocket in the face without flinching or do they still expect you to take cover and not get hit?
Do you really expect developers to completely retool their games in order to use procedurals just for the asian market? You can't synthesize realistic sound or graphics so you'd have to go for abstract sound and graphics.
The idea of allowing only DRMed downloads for distribution in high-piracy areas was implemented earlier with Nintendo's iQue system.
Bluray discs hold 25GB per layer and supposedly use 2 layers on average.
It is mostly nostalgia. Most genres have evolved conventions that make the games a LOT more fun. Compare e.g. Metroid and Super Metroid. SM does things M could have done just as well (e.g. a map, restarting from savepoints instead of the begining of the level at 30 health, diagonal aiming, ducking, including the ability to hit zoomers without using the morph ball) but didn't and that's just one example. Not to mention that increased computing power means increased options for gameplay. Bullet hell shmups weren't possible on the old systems.
Modern games don't let the player get stuck without killing him unless they are buggy. Modern games don't force you to start with Wily1/Sigma1 again no matter how far you got before you powered down. Modern games don't reuse rooms as much as Zelda 1 did (except maybe for Halo), they don't force you to start again from a far off place each time you die (Zelda 2 anyone?), they don't require the manual to explain every room you come across and what those pixels are supposed to be, they don't require you to find things that are never even alluded to, they rarely expect you to figure out a boss's pattern by trying and dying, they don't have enemies with collision boxes twice as large as their appearance that can kill you with a simple touch, they don't have enemies that are programmed to try and throw you into a pit with your damage recoil, they never expect you to play through the game twice in one sitting to see the ending (Ghosts and Goblins anyone?), etc, etc.
Nostalgia is blinding. While some of those old titles hold up today, others are just a pain to play and serve as little more than a reminder how far we've come.
Anthropic principle: It's the way it is because if it wasn't we'd wonder why it is that way.
So he probably said (or wanted to say) I am, therefore I am.
That'd be nice, all that 3d stuff is hurting the games.
Can't be worse than using an Eyetoy demo unit in a store.
Sounds a bit like THPS to me...
Make that HALO 2, DOA 3, DOAX, DOA Ultimate, Project Gotham Racing, Project Gotham Racing 2, Jade Empire, Jet Set Radio Future, Sega GT Online, and Rallisport Challenge 2 since we're talking about exclusives only here (he said "missed out because I don't have an XBox", you don't miss out on e.g. Fable if you don't have an XBox, there's a PC version available with added stuff). Halo 2 will see a PC port in the future (though it will be Vista-only) so I could play even that without getting an XBox.
So we have one FPS, three DOA games, an RPG, JSRF (dunno what that is but nobody bought it) and a bunch of racing games in addition to the above mentioned Ninja Gaiden and Panzer Dragoon: Orta, which for some reason noone mentioned (probably because noone bought it). As opposed to either a gigantic list of PS2 exclusives or a decently sized list of Gamecube exclusives (even though most of them are made by Nintendo themselves).
BTW: The only Playstation "exclusives" worth wiping your ass with were the GTA series
If GTA is seriously the only title out of that list that you can appreciate you have VERY narrow tastes. But I have a feeling you're just trying to troll with that statement.
The IBM-based Gamecube didn't have this bad a shortage either.
The problem is that, at least in EWJ2, there is no defining gameplay present. Each level plays like an entirely different game and the result feels like a disjointed mess. The platforming with guns levels seem to form the majority but they are still too few and too different for being called the main gameplay.
Maybe he mistook Kurt's sprite for a 3d model?
Even if the case isn't locked down (some poster mentioned stickers that indicate tampering with a color change...) a disappearing BIOS password and configuration will raise some questions.
Except that speculating source has a reputation and isn't too likely to just pull something out of its ass and they're not just speculating, they're saying a source told them so (so they're either right or blatantly lying). Shortly after that a senior employee of Nintendo of America that was known for being loose-lipped left for unspecified reasons.
Meh, if you want substitute the tense in the original post with the appropriate ones for speculation.
How do you boot Knoppix if you can't access the boot device selection without the BIOS password? Do you want to open the case and reset the CMOS? That'd leave so many traces you can be sure to land in court.
http://mozlapunk.web-log.nl/log/4442762
All your bug are belong to us?
They're also adding stuff for the Revolution, you can probably use the rod to swing the sword on the Rev.
Remember, the higher ups don't believe that they should die for the cause, they think others should do the dying for them. Noone really wants to die and someone who knows he's just making shit up when talking about a great afterlife. I think all major religions despise suicide and the higher ups know that God won't approve of an action that is essentially suicide (and for a cause that God wouldn't approve of).
Really, I don't think the leaders believe that they are really supported by God but they know that claiming it keeps the grunts motivated.
He was just referencing a SciFi clichee, anyway. Two exact copies can't exist because of Heisenberg's uncertainity principle.
Of course they don't boot off removable media unless you know the bios password, floppy drives are a dying breed and CDs aren't writable if the drive isn't a writer. Sending encrypted data home can be forbidden with an appropriate policy (e.g. "no sending non-work-related email"/"no using external email services", if internet usage has to be enabled at all).
Besides, there will always be legal consequences for leaking data or attempting to.