I think you're confusing "easy" with "not getting set back by dying."
Haven't played it since the first one, but wasn't it alot of block puzzles (like Soul Reaver?) Sure you couldn't really die, but there were plenty of places where you just had to give up and look up where to move the shit so you could save.
Even after all the subquests, there's tons of stuff you forgot to do:
-Get 7 more economizers from the dinosaur forest. More if you screw up at the coliseum.
-Full set of Genji Armor (monsters in Owzer's house drop tabby/chocobo suits, gamble them up at the coliseum)
-Turn a useless character into Kappa the Imp (rename card, full set of Imp gear from the dinosaur forest)
-Get all of Gau's rages at the veldt
-Use the right combination of equipped espers at level ups to max each character's stats as much as possible (which means not using espers/magic for most of the game)
-Can you get a full set of paladin shields/genji gloves/atma weapons/offerings? I forget.
Sony the insurance company. Sony the personal electronics company. Sony the Media Giant. Sony the bank. Sony the stock broker. Sony the realy big R&D lab...
...Sony the T-shirt, Sony the Coloring Book, Sony the Lunch box, Sony the Breakfast Cereal, Sony the flamethrower!
That's a nice comprimise, but it falls apart when you get to extremes in the spectrum.
For example, a pedo might say "it's okay for me to fantasize about (insert depraved sexual encounter here) as long as I know it's only a fantasy." However, the vast majority of US citizens would want this person executed for doing so.
Playing the Columbine RPG, any such sentiment would be creepy and morally wrong. "Yeah! That'll teach those innocent students!" I don't know the actual plot of the game, but I can't imagine it is as detached as playing a gangster, soldier or pilot etc.
Ah, you subscribe to the "if you think it, you did it" system of morality. Does it work the other way around? If I daydream about helping out in a soup kitchen or giving clothes to the salvation army it earns me brownie points with my local magic sky diety?
That's not the point. Someone, somewhere coded this crap up and thought people would like it. Which means they are suffering from a staggering disconnect with reality.
Sure, we could ignore it. But it's like hearing "if it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college." Once you hear about this train wreck, it's stuck in your brain!
That's certainly true. But it only proves that the violence came before the video game, making any legislation/protest/feelings whatsoever about how grand theft auto is "haxxoring my kidz" completely pointless
I can just imagine Haseem or Wahid blundering through the door after a hard day of killing infidels, hanging up his AK-47 on the coat rack, then somehow forcing himself to stay up and add a few character models to Barbie's Horse Adventures before finally hitting the sack.
I remember when I was like 4 or 5, going to my dad's office for the first time. He sat me down on his lap, booted up his copy of Windows 2.0, and then said "watch this..."
From the first time I saw the rook piece fuckin' swallow the queen whole in Battle Chess, I knew computers were going someplace.
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That's because PC gamers have hax
Fixed.
I think you're confusing "easy" with "not getting set back by dying."
Haven't played it since the first one, but wasn't it alot of block puzzles (like Soul Reaver?) Sure you couldn't really die, but there were plenty of places where you just had to give up and look up where to move the shit so you could save.
FF8? I thought it was called Squaresoft Presents: DRAW FOREVER
Ah, I see you've played the original Ninja Gaiden as well.
//still haven't beaten Castlevania
Even after all the subquests, there's tons of stuff you forgot to do:
-Get 7 more economizers from the dinosaur forest. More if you screw up at the coliseum.
-Full set of Genji Armor (monsters in Owzer's house drop tabby/chocobo suits, gamble them up at the coliseum)
-Turn a useless character into Kappa the Imp (rename card, full set of Imp gear from the dinosaur forest)
-Get all of Gau's rages at the veldt
-Use the right combination of equipped espers at level ups to max each character's stats as much as possible (which means not using espers/magic for most of the game)
-Can you get a full set of paladin shields/genji gloves/atma weapons/offerings? I forget.
Anyway, get cracking, soldier.
Bleh, you're probably the same type of half-assed player that missed out on the orthopedic underwear.
Consider me Miles Davis
Sony the insurance company. Sony the personal electronics company. Sony the Media Giant. Sony the bank. Sony the stock broker. Sony the realy big R&D lab...
...Sony the T-shirt, Sony the Coloring Book, Sony the Lunch box, Sony the Breakfast Cereal, Sony the flamethrower!
The kids love that one.
This should've been the first comment, it's the entire student side of the story.
Used game sales bring no profit to the hardware manufacturers, game publishers, and developers for a reason. They've already sold the product.
Your other point about them "allowing" a used game market is quite apropos to how they feel..
That's a nice comprimise, but it falls apart when you get to extremes in the spectrum.
For example, a pedo might say "it's okay for me to fantasize about (insert depraved sexual encounter here) as long as I know it's only a fantasy." However, the vast majority of US citizens would want this person executed for doing so.
I don't think you understand how these intraweb tubes work.
Google removed its link to the pdf, not the magnetic series of ones and series that make up the physical location of the actual pdf.
Playing the Columbine RPG, any such sentiment would be creepy and morally wrong. "Yeah! That'll teach those innocent students!" I don't know the actual plot of the game, but I can't imagine it is as detached as playing a gangster, soldier or pilot etc.
Ah, you subscribe to the "if you think it, you did it" system of morality. Does it work the other way around? If I daydream about helping out in a soup kitchen or giving clothes to the salvation army it earns me brownie points with my local magic sky diety?
You don't see a WWII "extermination camp simulator" do you?
They made one for the NES. It's called Deadly Towers.
That's not the point. Someone, somewhere coded this crap up and thought people would like it. Which means they are suffering from a staggering disconnect with reality. Sure, we could ignore it. But it's like hearing "if it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college." Once you hear about this train wreck, it's stuck in your brain!
Yes, but were they an hero's?
This comment is more Informative about Linux than anything else you'll read in the thread.
That's certainly true. But it only proves that the violence came before the video game, making any legislation/protest/feelings whatsoever about how grand theft auto is "haxxoring my kidz" completely pointless
Can we really blame him, then?
I can just imagine Haseem or Wahid blundering through the door after a hard day of killing infidels, hanging up his AK-47 on the coat rack, then somehow forcing himself to stay up and add a few character models to Barbie's Horse Adventures before finally hitting the sack.
Hi, you must be new here.
I remember when I was like 4 or 5, going to my dad's office for the first time. He sat me down on his lap, booted up his copy of Windows 2.0, and then said "watch this..."
From the first time I saw the rook piece fuckin' swallow the queen whole in Battle Chess, I knew computers were going someplace.
What was the name of that video game Hitler used to play?
Because ad hominem is fallacious reasoning.
Rarely is the question asked: Is our players modding?