Recent content by LordLocke

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    Devil May Cry 4 Demo released - opinions?

    It feels muted- especially after DMC3, but I guess that's expected with a starter Nero- although even 'out of the box' Dante from the lat game seemed to have a lot more available. Part of it might be the devil arm Nero has occupying the circle button. With just two abilities in the demo (one...
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    Gaming Idea Brainstorming

    Sounds wacky
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    what is the best rpg you have ever played?

    Knights of the Old Republic is my favorite western-style RPG. Good enough for me to play it enough to see all the various content branches for both Light/Dark Side and the romance subplots. Mass Effect's threatening to take over there, but I'm only on my second playthrough for that so far...
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    Father & Son Video Games

    My dad used to play some games with me- we'd alternate lives on the older Mega Man titles (Although I'd eventually have to take over completely in the Wily Castles if we were going to ever see the end of the game)and he was way better then any of my friends at Super Mario Kart or Mario Kart 64...
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    Is the evolution of FPSs moving backwards?

    I dunno. One of my favorite FPS games came out this year in the form of Team Fortress 2, so I can't say I'm too unhappy with the genre right now. Call of Duty 4 and Unreal Tournament III both came out and polished their respective formulas to a mirror shine. Innovation is in places, but...
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    Poll: What tyoe of pointing device do you prefer for PC games?

    Trackball, for space/maneuverability reasons.
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    Did anyone else skip over Doom 3, then go back later and realise it's good?

    I can't say Doom 3 managed to leave that much of a mark on me- I played it start-to-end, but I'll be damned if you can get me to actually remember more then a few key points about the game. Then again, as it's been said- it was a game that started rather well that eventually wound up as...
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    Poll: So, do you emulate?

    I emulate mostly to play games I can't get elsewhere- arcade titles, extremely old NES/SNES/Genesis stuff that's got yet to see the light of day elsewhere. I also use emulation for netplay- experiencing the games with other people. It's Virtual Console's largest left-out, and it's a large...
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    Your Thoughts: Nintendo

    You have to remember that while the Wii is targeting a casual audience with a general void of titles for the mainstream gamer, most of the people who go to the internet to talk about video games... probably are not going to be a casual audience. Quite the opposite, in fact. It's not so much...
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    Your Thoughts: Nintendo

    Me and Nintendo had a far better relationship when I was a kid. Nintendo always had and always will make great games, but I've never been terribly enamored by them. When most people use the term. "It's Zelda" or "It's Mario" to tell me why a game's good, my usual reply is "So?" The 64-bit...
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    The Wii Mote: A revolution or a devolution? (catchy name eh?)

    The Wiimote is just a different way of controlling games, not necessarily a better or worse one. The problem is that motion control technology, at least at the mass market level, still isn't precise or nimble enough to replace what we can get with sticks and button presses- Red Steel, Bleach...
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    Worst Controller Design

    Well, top to bottom- Dreamcast- What could have been a great controller (Exceptional D-pad and analog stick, decent face button layout) was pretty much ruined by the sheer size and shape of the thing. Painful to use for long durations, and uncomfortable reguardless of what's in use and how...
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    Company Problems

    Simple- they ran out of time and money. They banked on Fury being a big, huge return for them, and unfortunately had to keep throwing money into the pit- to give up on it would be sure failure, but no matter how much time and effort and money they put into it, it never turned around and...
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    Could the death of blu-ray be upon us?

    With Blu-Ray currently dominating the hi-def movie sales at a number something close to 2-to-1 (Even with HD-DVD spanking them on the dedicated player front now), I don't think Blu-Ray is in any danger of going anywhere, barring BOTH formats failing in spectacular fashion. Which is less and...
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    Creating Games for Legacy systems and late adopters

    (Insert comment about Blizzard being a generation behind because it takes them a generation to put a game out here) But the point is still valid- games keep wanting to push the envelope but the fact is that, PC wise, a lot of their potential audience isn't willing to spend the estimated...