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Lol, now I really want to watch Wayne's World...And since I own it, I shall do just that! Peace.

I really, really hate the ice world in Shattered Memories.

Well...My plans for moving out this summer have fallen through... crying crying crying

The three "eager" candidates I had for potential roomies ALL backed out...Seems they're not ready to give up sucking their mothers...Anyways, I could always go solo and get a room at the YMCA, but where would the fun in that be?

*Sigh*

Since I'm not moving out, and since my ma was just recently laid off, I decided to be the good child that I am and give her my wages during her downtime. She got so effing emotional, which I so effing hate (I'm not down with the whole kisses and hugs and saying 'I love you" shi* because I'm neither a physical contact person or one who believes that I love you needs to be said on a daily basis).

I hope she finds a new job soon, or I'm gonna have a broke as* summer...

...

I'ma gonna go slip into mild depression somewhere...

Play it on the Wii. You're going to get as pissed as I did when the motion controls didn't register when you need to shake off the monsters from your sides.

Yeah I've had mine or like 3 years.

Glad to see I'm not the only one that has problems with that. I'm going to need to go to my local game store sometime this week to see if they'll try to repair the disc. I get to the part with the glass walls, and I'll get disc errors at random times.

Oi, I'll get to supplying some constructive criticism to Rats in the Wall by tomorrow, k mate? And although I may not be a progressive metal aficionado (Nor Thrash for the matter), I think I can still supply you with some knowledgeable advice, being the uber general Rock enthusiast that I am. =D

But to put it quickly, in a nutshell the song sounded a little amateurish in some areas while totally kick a** in others. But since you said Thrash isn't your forte, that's understandable.

I guess you guys have it there too, huh? lol

Yeah, but you can say that about any game, including ones for the Wii too. And yeah, if you can easily afford the luxury of owning all three consoles, then it's a different story entirely.
And yeah, I can't really play Alan Wake, am I missing out? Sure. I'm missing out. But am I missing out on much? I don't think so. I mean, it's one or two franchises that are out of my hands, but that's exchanging it for two OTHER franchises that I DO have access to. And we're talking about God of War, Ratchet and Clank and Metal Gear Solid, which I was ALREADY following before the PS3 even came out. So I'd rather not miss out on those I'm already loyal to.

But either way, like I said, there's Gears of War and Alan Wake, and those are the only two 360 franchises that I think I'm missing out on, but I'd still prefer to have Uncharted and Heavy Rain over those. And yeah, there's other games out there like Deadly Premonition, but the PS3 has Siren: Blood Curse. Not that I'm EXTREMELY interested in it, but even if I was running short on PS3 excusives to play, I could always get inFamous and enjoy that. And those are just the games that are on my radar. If I counted stuff like Little BIG Planet, Gran Turismo, and other genres that I'm not particularly interested in...
My point is, I'm pretty sure that by now, the PS3 is pretty caught up with the 360.
And I'm talking purely about good games. The 360 has had SO many exclusives that just sucked, that it's nothing to brag about.
All I'm saying is that by now, 2010, I don't think we're at the point where the PS3 is the underdog anymore. I'd say it's at the exact same place, where Xbox 360 would have been, had they come out at the same time.

But still, Online play is naturally more fast paced than playing single player, and because of that, I think it's probably impossible to have the exact same experience online as you do in single player mode.

Yeah, but I just pegged that for budget. But still, Mario Galaxy is the biggest Mario game today, so yeah, I wouldn't deny that it's the most enjoyable one of them all. But considering games like the New Super Mario Bros Wii, or whatever, that kind of stuff seems like filler to me. And honestly? I thought it was ******** ridiculous that Mario Kart for the Wii actually sold 8 million units.

I half a gree. Like, I do think there's no point in owning all of them. It's thoroughly enjoyable, but you don't need every single one. It's more of a, "Get the most recent one and you're set." kinda deal.

But even back in the NES days... My very favorite NES game of all time and still to this day is Double Dragon 2. And one thing I especially loved about that game was that between every level, there'd be a mini slide show with narrative to it. Primitive cinematics, so to speak, that helped to drive the story along. And hell, not only did I not speak English when I first played it, but the version I had was in Japanese anyway, so I didn't really need to understand what it said, the pictures spoke a thousand words. Point is, there was something outside the main gameplay that drove the story along.
It's not so much the STORY itself that enticed me (about games in general) it's things that helped turn an avatar into an actual character. I'm not playing as a dude who beats up bad guys, I'm playing as a guy named Billy Lee who's trying to save his love interest from some Martial Arts crime lord. That's why I liked Disney games a lot back then, like Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers, because I've seen the shows, and I already knew the characters. And as much as I loved the original Super Mario Bros, you think I ever beat it? No, because there was no motivation to do so. It was just obstacles that got progressively more difficult. And yes, in the exact same way as a game of Tetris gets more difficult. It was fun, but I didn't care about how it ends.

Hey, honestly? From what I've seen, it's nothing extremely impressive. Like, not by today's standards. Here's the thing, people talk about how Revolutionary Mario is, and don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to diss it right now. But that whole concept of going from planet to planet, visiting a variety of different worlds and environments, jumping from moon to moon, things like that? Ratchet and Clank did that way before Mario Galaxy was around. And if you wann dig, yes, that concept has been around for a long time, like even games like Ristar come to mind.
So there's really nothing revolutionary about the Mario Galaxy concept. If it's fun, it's fun. But I don't think Mario should be revered as the platformer that's always miles ahead of other platformers in its ideas.

Well, I beat the first one... As much as I suck at FPS games. I just used duck and cover a lot. It was pretty fun. Certainly gave me my fix of commandos battling evil bug alien creatures, which I had a craving for back then. Haven't checked out the second one, but it looked so much more epic.

MGS3 still pushed the conventions of stealth games forward by a lot. Its food, camo and healing mechanics have never been done before. Not to that extent anyway. Just because nobody decided to rip it off doesn't make it a worse game than RE4. And even if RE4 was this big revolutionary title, I'm talking purely from the PS2 perspective here. The graphics on the PS2 version of RE4 were underwhelming, the gameplay wasn't as fluid and fun, and the GameCube version has been out for... What? At least 6 months before it came out.
But even not counting those factors, RE4 wasn't nearly as deep or fulfilling as MGS3.
And it's not like RE4 didn't rip off every other game franchise itself, in its design and conventions. Everything from Zelda, to Battletoads, to the very same MGS with its radio conversations. Subtle. And hell, even that Merchant system that you say MGS4 ripped off, I mean, that's been around for ages in RPGS, and even Survival Horror/RPGS like Parasite Eve 2. So it's not like it was anything new. RE4 simply happened to get the most hype.

Well, because I highly doubt that Mario Galaxy 2 is a better game than MGS4. Now, they're very different, sure, but point is, I don't even think MGS4 deserved a perfect 10.


EDIT: Well, I just finished Lunar. Which as I've said, is the first JRPG I've beaten since Persona 4, even though I've actually played at least 5. So that says good things.
It didn't have a complex storyline, extremely deep characters, or crazy plot twists like Final Fantasy or Persona, but you know what? I kind of like that. It was simple, it wasn't very long, but it had great pacing and memorable characters, and didn't require extreme grinding. I've always wanted to play it. So them remaking it for the PSP was very good for me. Next JRPG on my list is Hexyz Force.

Well, we don't all have awesome contacts like that.

Erm... Import it from where? I didn't even think a PS3 version of it existed at all. At least I can't find it.

Yeah, but it's pretty fuzzy. I mean, it's one thing if one console had all the exclusive racing games, sports games and FPS games, and 360 had exclusive platformers, 3rd person shooters, and RPGs. Then yeah, it's a heavy line of what type of games you like. But right now there's still a fair amount of every type of game on each.

CQC is a bit of a pain in the a** in MGS4, which sucks, because it was so awesome in MGS3, and even Portable Ops. But it could have been programmed differently, like the melee system in Uncharted 2, which is drastically different on the single and online modes. Same with a few other mechanics.

Still, 8 million units within a year of release? Of course, it could be because 80% of Wii racing games are garbage. Or at least were by this time last year. Since then, I've been a little less in the loop.


Kingdom Hearts happened.

Still, it's different to see something and to experience it.
Also, no offense, but if you're not impressed with the scale of God of War, I don't see how you could be with Shadow of the Colossus...

So what? They're still characters, with personalities. But they're very developed. The characters in the game have plenty of dialogue, and it's extremely well written. That's one of the best things about it. Certainly the thing that kept me buying the sequels. Afterall, I was very interested to see what would happen in the next one.
Dude, even when doing voice overs, an actor would have to delve into what it's like being this character, what their motivations are, etc. Otherwise you get RE1.

It's fun. I mean, it's the same team that made Ratchet and Clank, so you can expect some pretty creative weapons.

Still, you're missing the point. There's no such thing as a game that's revolutionary on release date. It's not like the critics waited to see how RE4 affected the industry years down the line, and THEN gave it a score. My point was that RE4 got a higher rating than MGS3, and it shouldn't have.

Which, like the binocluars, makes it an inconsistent, underdeveloped feature of the game. And as for no impact on the game? What it does do, is it totally breaks the conventions of ANY Resident Evil game right at the beginning by saying, "I'm sending you a training manual."

Well, I don't believe that it's a PERFECT platformer. I can't even think of a single game that I'd give a perfect score to. Not without bias.

Well, then MGS3 deserves an 11. By those standards.