punk rebel ecks said:

Claymore didn't bomb because it didn't have enough emo or girly boys (Raki almost ruined the show anyway). I mean One Piece and Bleach don't have many characters that fit those specturms (if any). I guess maybe it was the timing or possibly marketing?

No Raki was a cry baby. when not crying he acted normal. With Emo I mean dark brooding powerfull types. That have a tragic past and act all high and mighty. Basically jerks. Like Sasuke Uchiha. Bleach has that Byakuga guy, a dark Sephiroth type of character.

That's another reason why the manga is better, because he cries less there.

P.S. the emo theory was a joke. I have no clue why it bombed. I was just talking out of my arse.

P.P.S. Mushroom Men looks awesome

I've moved onto Odin Sphere now, and am only playing Persona 3 when I don't mind grinding, such as while listening to a podcast.

I'm not sold on Odin Sphere's battle system, yet, and I hate the limitation on the number of items you can carry.  Some of the music is a LOT like Final Fantasy XII--indistinguishably so.  And the art is terrific.  More vibrant 2D games, please!  Also bonus points for voice language options.

darthhomer said:

Thanks Iga.

Don't mention it, now start reading the Metroid manga.

To be continued..

Vader did you not give Galaxy a 9.9? Cheap bastard, should have given it an 11 . Hey where is Mario 64, World and 3, while we at it. And no Super Metroid? There is no single 2D game in it!!!

In a more serious note, what is your criteria for a 10. I already said what mine was! See few posts back.

punk rebel ecks said:

yodariquo said:

I've moved onto Odin Sphere now, and am only playing Persona 3 when I don't mind grinding, such as while listening to a podcast.

I'm not sold on Odin Sphere's battle system, yet, and I hate the limitation on the number of items you can carry.  Some of the music is a LOT like Final Fantasy XII--indistinguishably so.  And the art is terrific.  More vibrant 2D games, please!  Also bonus points for voice language options.

So quite possibly my favorite game ever?

I will say one thing though the game plays like a tactical action RPG. So all in all don't just level up when you can't clear a map. Just keep trying to find different ways to defeat them. Also pay attention to the alchemy system. Also the guys who does the music is the same guy who did the music in FFXII.

My ears pwn

And I basically never grind until I have absolutely no choice; FFXII didn't like that.  Oh, and Odin Sphere: Big win for not giving you Game Over for dying, but instead start retry the currently level/section/boss.  Persona 3 is incredibly irritating with the your character dies, back to the title screen mechanic.

phantom_leo said:

The GameSpot "Moron of the Week" award goes to:

185twewy185

Witness as he posts elaborate and well thought out topics such as:

"TWEWY vs. FFIV"

...and answers every, single one of his own topics with a one sentence or one word reply of:

"FFIV."

...and then goes on to repeat the same kind of question about 7 or 8 times over, in new topics each time, maybe varying one of the games... sometimes both...

...and the Mods of the DS forum do NOTHING...

Wheee...!

People like him hirt mah breinzes... end meaks mi mour stoopider!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's what I love about GS - when you talk about something that shouldn't really be illegal (but according to GS, it is), the mods are quick to act. With shit like this, they won't do jack.

Ok, I just played the first mission of Killzone, and LMAO. No, LMFAO......I cannot for the life of me understand how THIS got hyped up to be on the level, or even better than, Halo. My fucking word.

Admittedly, the enemies are pretty cool looking, sure. That doesn't make the game as good as Halo. Sorry Sony.

Just on the PS2 alone, there's a bunch of shooters that blow this away. Red Faction blew Killzone away. Half Life 1 blew Killzone away. Fucking Medal of Honor Frontline blew Killzone away. Again, where did the hype come from? Oh...Sony's asshole. That's right.

Even graphically and sound-wise, its nothing special. There's no draw distance at all, and textures look pretty damn plain. God of War laughs at this shit. And the sound is like a fucking PS1 game. Compare the sound in this to like MGS2.

This makes me mad that Killzone 2 is getting the hype all over again. How does a series like this get so much benefit of the doubt, while many actual proven franchises get nothing? From what I've seen of Killzone 2, it looks real nice, but the gameplay looks amost exactly the same as what I just played of Killzone 1. I mean hopefully it will end up being a good game, but PLEASE STOP THE HYPE TRAIN. Until K2 comes out and is of actual high quality, this series doesn't deserve anymore hype.

steelattack said:

gamingeek said:

edgecrusher said:

I just got Endless Ocean, as well as Darkness (already played it, but wanted it. The guy who does the main character's voice has the same last name as me....awesome!) and Killzone (cause I'm curious).

Don't expect me to play EO anytime soon. I haven't even played Boom Blox yet, hahaha.

Well at least you bought it right? Now it's me, bugs, Edge, Foolz and raven who own this.

You sonofabitch. I bought that too!

Suck my dick.

You're not on the list because with those steel balls you'd drown.

gamingeek said:

edgecrusher said:

I agree.

I think MGS4 was more deserving of the 10's it got, but even that game in many ways could have been better. There are extreme points of badassness, and also points of MEH...in it. In some ways MGS3 was a better game, yet Gamespot gave it an 8.7 originally (until they added ONLINE MULTIPLAYER! Then it got the 9 it should have got) But the high points of MGS4 are indeed the best points of the series, at least IMO.

It all seems pretty shady to me how suddenly places are giving perfect scores out like they are. Like they're just trying to either kiss ass, or attract attention.

I think since gertsmangate, gamespot has given out something like three 10.00? What's going on there?

There's only one game I can think of that I would give a straight 10.00 to, all the others, even some of the greatest I've played would be 9.6 or 9.8.

The only game I ever seriously considered giving a 10 was Ico (and it got it! Best game ever)though I don't really take ratings too seriously.

gamingeek said:

I just read this on Rag's blog

Foolz3h

"Just remember that Insert Coin is made by a talentless fat german nazi, while insert coin is made by a bunch of uber-talented sexy macho men. None of whom hate the jews, except maybe steel."

I think he made a typo, because otherwise, we have reason to be annoyed

Why is OneWing getting blank pages here? WUT?

Also F1 Legend won't touch this place with a 10 foot pole

I made a bubu!

edgecrusher said:

I just got Endless Ocean, as well as Darkness (already played it, but wanted it. The guy who does the main character's voice has the same last name as me....awesome!) and Killzone (cause I'm curious).

Don't expect me to play EO anytime soon. I haven't even played Boom Blox yet, hahaha.

Welcome to the dark side!

I've pretty much already had enough of Odin Sphere.  When you start draining my health and there's nothing I can do it about it, you can piss right off.

yodariquo said:

I've pretty much already had enough of Odin Sphere.  When you start draining my health and there's nothing I can do it about it, you can piss right off.

Yeah I couldn't get into that game either. Its definitely sweet LOOKING though.

angry_beaver said:

I have ICO and have beaten it, but now want to get rid of it for some cash. What do you guys like so much about it? Just curious.

I liked ICO because it was an exploration/puzzle based game like Tomb Raider. I love games like that. The puzzles I thought were some of the best ever, the way they just felt totally natural within the environments.

Its been awhile, but the one that I remember the best was a certain part where you had to blow up a giant wooden pole to make a bridge across to the other side. Combat, however, was craptastic. They shouldn't have even bothered putting combat in the game IMO.

punk rebel ecks said:

edgecrusher said:

Ok, I just played the first mission of Killzone, and LMAO. No, LMFAO......I cannot for the life of me understand how THIS got hyped up to be on the level, or even better than, Halo. My fucking word.

Admittedly, the enemies are pretty cool looking, sure. That doesn't make the game as good as Halo. Sorry Sony.

Just on the PS2 alone, there's a bunch of shooters that blow this away. Red Faction blew Killzone away. Half Life 1 blew Killzone away. Fucking Medal of Honor Frontline blew Killzone away. Again, where did the hype come from? Oh...Sony's asshole. That's right.

Even graphically and sound-wise, its nothing special. There's no draw distance at all, and textures look pretty damn plain. God of War laughs at this shit. And the sound is like a fucking PS1 game. Compare the sound in this to like MGS2.

This makes me mad that Killzone 2 is getting the hype all over again. How does a series like this get so much benefit of the doubt, while many actual proven franchises get nothing? From what I've seen of Killzone 2, it looks real nice, but the gameplay looks amost exactly the same as what I just played of Killzone 1. I mean hopefully it will end up being a good game, but PLEASE STOP THE HYPE TRAIN. Until K2 comes out and is of actual high quality, this series doesn't deserve anymore hype.

Don't you love the fact that you are on a PATH in the game? I mean that wasn't so bad for games like Resident Evil 4 or God of War but a FPS?

Well most games are on a path of some kind. Killzone's problem seems to be the path is too damn small. But regardless, it just doesn't seem very exciting for satisfying in any way. I'll play more though, there's gotta be SOMETHING good in here...