bugsonglass said:

robio said:

I've been following this for about 2 months now. It's a great concept for a game - a puzzle game where you play as water and have to shift between its three states in order to get from one end of a level to the next. Simple, straight forward idea that really allows for a lot opportunities. Can't wait for it.

I'm not saying it was a good game or anything, but that's what Dewey's Adventure was about

I've seen that game used for like £6.

Always tempted but always put off by tilting motion controls.

bugsonglass said:

robio said:

I've been following this for about 2 months now. It's a great concept for a game - a puzzle game where you play as water and have to shift between its three states in order to get from one end of a level to the next. Simple, straight forward idea that really allows for a lot opportunities. Can't wait for it.

I'm not saying it was a good game or anything, but that's what Dewey's Adventure was about

Well this really iisn't too much like Dewey. Should be a lot better for at least one reason; Nintendo is developing this game this game themselves (hat should answer one of your questions Geek. Oh and yes Steam is the third state of water. Your grade school teachers are crying that you even asked that.

gamingeek said:

I think having it be a 2D game on one plane will be the reason tilting works and feels good. But then Monkey Ball and Kororinpa are allright I hear. The first Monkey ball wii was a screw over because they made you hold the wii remote pointing at the screen do you couldn't get the full range of motion that you would with two hands and holding the wii remote sideways.

i've tried several of these wii games because i like this type (marble madness) of game when done right.  i think the best ones on wii are mercury and kororinpa.  not so much the monkey ball games

US game writers get massive pay cut

This seriously pisses me off.  If you ever want to be unappreciated, be a professional writer. If you a write in a professor setting that's anything other than Hollywood related more than likely you're treated really poorly, essentially like what you do is easy and can be done by anyone. Hell you don't have to look far to see examples. How many good video game reviewers have you seen tossed aside to be replaced with guys who can't put two sentences together?

To bring it a little closer to home let me tell you a quick story. Earlier in the year a friend suggested I go to Textbroker.com. It's a site for freelance writers to get assignments from companies and individuals who need articles written. Great concept. I used to write for a magazine so I figured this could be a good opportunity for extra money.  Not really... the average fee for submitting a 500 word article is around $4.00.  Years ago the fee for 500 words was around $50, and that's on the lowest end. But anyone with a computer can write, so why pay for quality?

Anyway getting back to the Eurogamer article, I sort of get why the pay cut took place. No question that most dialogue in videogames is crap, but by keeping the pay low they're ensuring that it will never get better.

gamingeek said:

I've always been tempted by Kororinpa but its reviews have varied a lot.

I didn't like Kororinpa at all. The few levels were good, but once you hit the third zone/world it became way too difficult. It has very loose controls and it's just too easy to lose the marble.

Got to give it to Nintendo they are really putting thier full weight behind Last Story. The bundle really shows they think this game can move systems. Just stregthens my opinion that we won't see the Wii 2 until 2012.

These pics are so awesome

gamingeek said:

Nintendo Power - review score details

Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)

-"...the only bad thing about the game is that it took 14 years to get here."


                    -"...DKCR moves at a slower, more plodding pace than NSMBWii, and DK's hulking frame makes his movements less sharp and precise than Mario's."


                    -"DKCR is also a lot harder, which is saying something since NSMBWii can be pretty darn challenging at times."


                    -"a well-timed second press of the jump button can bounce DK off an enemy and high into the air. But when Diddy is on the ape's back, that same button press triggers the Barrel Jet and screws with the timing of the high jump."


                    -bosses, while good, "aren't quite up there with the genre's best."


                    -co-op doesn't have as big an impact because already in NSMBWii


                    -co-op makes the game more difficult than it already is

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (DS)

-"If you haven't played the older titles, certain callbacks and cameos obviously won't resonate as strongly, but you're never left confused."


                    -being able to gain new powers in the game (Psynergy) "allows the dungeons to evolve constantly and keeps you engaged in a way that most RPGs can't."


                    -the puzzles are at the perfect difficulty level


                    -battles are easy. Not because of the battle system itself, but because of the enemies. "...the enemies-including most bosses-are such pushovers."


                    -reviewer took 35 hours to complete the game and never saw a "Game Over" screen


                    -battle graphics are praised (animations, character models, etc.)


                    -3d graphics do a better job of telling the story than the 2d graphics from the GBA games


                    -"Dark Dawn also boasts a quality, if sometimes inconsistent, soundtrack."


                    -"You can save the game at any time, buying and selling equipment has never been more user-friendly, and there are multiple ways to reduce the frequency of random battles (which are already sparse in the puzzle-heavy areas.)"


                    -game ends in a cliffhanger


                    -"Though the final destination may be a bit frustrating, the journey is one worth taking."

Thanks for posting the info.

Can't wait for Golden Sun Dark Dawn!

Still deciding about Donkey. I already got GoldenEye and those two PSP games so don't know if I want to get this yet. Maybe in Dec.

phantom_leo said:

Oops. Someone needs to delete the Mass Effect story I posted. It's a duplicate to GG's CVG story.

Leo, how's Hot Pursuit? Hot or not?

gamingeek said:

Didn't EA say something like, Activision is a publisher built on 3 franchises or something?

I just heard that the new Tony Hawks flopped and Guitar Hero seems to be slowly petering out.

So Call of Duty is the cash cow, and they are expanding the franchise with multiple new developers.

What else have they got?

Bond licence of course, but in terms of large cash generating, reliable franchises?

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