gamingeek said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

gamingeek said:

The textures and lighting are better, but the game still looks very sparse. And NMH without motion controls......

That was the defining feature of the game, and for the 100th time the game is full price!

5,800.00 JPY    =    65.1503 US

I disagree, the motion controls did make the game more fun but the technical shortcomings brought down what could have been a 9.0 game IMO. In fact it was overrated by the US media when it launched.

If Marvelous really wanted it to sell in the first place they should have polished it like a Capcom game

Like Spyborgs?

Iga_Bobovic said:

Ravenprose said:

                    Gamer planning to sue Nintendo over the disabling of his Homebrew Channel               

Estavillo claims that update 4.3 disabled his Homebrew Channel, which he used to unlock characters in Mario Kart Wii. Plaintiff states that the only way to unlock characters in Mario Kart Wii is to purchase Super Mario Galaxy, which will unlock a single character in the former title. “In essence, Nintendo is forcing customers to buy another game to unlock one character in a different game.”

Wow!

So we have a person that is smart enough to install Homebrew, but yet lacks common sense in all other areas.  How is that possible?

Ravenprose said:

New Super Mario Bros. Wii lets you know when you've done it all

I wish all games would do that.

It also tells you when you took a fart!

I mean, I already know to press "1" whenever I want to use my extra items or waggle the Wii-Mote upward to do a move!

The game may be challenging at times, but it sure assumes that the casual player are dummies that constantly needs reminding how to play the game!

Same thing with Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story. Every room or area is a tutorial. Does Nintendo really think that a Mom like the one in that Wal-Mart commercial will steal the game away from her kids and play it herself?

Ravenprose said:

ASK_Story said:

It also tells you when you took a fart!

I mean, I already know to press "1" whenever I want to use my extra items or waggle the Wii-Mote upward to do a move!

The game may be challenging at times, but it sure assumes that the casual player are dummies that constantly needs reminding how to play the game!

Same thing with Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story. Every room or area is a tutorial. Does Nintendo really think that a Mom like the one in that Wal-Mart commercial will steal the game away from her kids and play it herself?

What a negative nancy! How dare Nintendo inform players of their control options! How . . . dare . . . them! *shakes fist*

Joking aside, I admit they take it too far sometimes. I'm all for having in-game tutorials, but there should also be an option to turn the damned things off too.

Which is why I was disappointed with Phantom Hourglass. That owl statue in every room, it's so hard to avoid not whacking it!

Zelda has always been about figuring things out yourself when you're stuck in a room but PH took away that and made "my first Zelda game" type of thing.

I'm glad to hear Spirit Tracks will be more challenging. But of course, when Nintendo claims it'll be more challenging, according to whom? My aunt? My little niece? For example, my Dad loves spicy food and has been eating them his whole life, so to him a non-spicy food maybe too hot for me. So I can't trust Nintendo anymore. When they say that their next so-and-so core game will be more challenging or traditional, I'll take it with a grain of Himalayan pink salt!

I hate the same talk they always give us, which is, "The game will be accessible for casuals but enough challenges for core fans!" I HATE IT WHEN THEY SAY THIS!!!

gamingeek said:

aspro said:

SteelAttack said:

I should have known.

My fantasy is that it is as good as the John Woo directed Stranglehold, which is an amazing third person shooter available from the vgpress amazon store.  

Are you kidding? You're kidding right? Right?

Dvader said:

I have Modern Warfare 2, anyone want impressions?

After playing 3 COD games I think that I dont really need impressions. Let me guess, it half feels like its on-rails, it tries to fake you out with sensory overload. It's rigidly scripted, tries to be like a Bond movie. Is cinematic to the point where it can detract from actual gameplay. Oh and grenades constantly fall at your feet and shit explodes every second. And the AI is cheap as fuck.

Oh and it relies on invisible trigger points.

Holy shit dude you nailed it.

But I think the sensory overload in this game is so good it makes up for everything. The first few hours I felt were a bit crappy but now I am seeing shit that is making me want to put down the controller for a sec and take it all in. The set pieces in this are amazing. I rather have a game with simplistic core gameplay mechanics that has incredible set pieces and constantly changing gameplay situations than a game with great core gameplay mechanics but it has no level design and is repetitive as hell (FEAR).

And of course all the multiplayer stuff is as good as it gets. This game is excellent.

aspro said:

I don't even want to click it.  What did those dumb bitches at giantbomb have to say about MW reflex?

In the first minute or so they just repeated "this is CoD4 for Wii" again and again and again.

Dvader said:

gamingeek said:

aspro said:

SteelAttack said:

I should have known.

My fantasy is that it is as good as the John Woo directed Stranglehold, which is an amazing third person shooter available from the vgpress amazon store.  

Are you kidding? You're kidding right? Right?

No. You wanna be startin' somthin'?

Dvader said:

Where is the RE5 Gold edition talk????  

 You're the only one that gives a shit about Resident Evil around these parts, 'member?

Oh, since I can't make the podcast, I've been playing some of the Sgt. Peppers DLC for Beatles Rock Band. A Day in the Life is ungodly amounts of win.