[General Discussion] IT'S A PRICE TRAP! EVADE EVADE! Ugghh...

Originally Posted by Elixir

I find it unique how people can judge games that they haven't played for even a single hour.

God forbid they make a game that only lasts 45 minutes.

Originally Posted by Elixir

There is such a thing as giving a game a chance, which you can't do if you're singling out a certain aspect of the game which you don't like, and focusing on it.

I see, so you giving 3D games like Metroid Prime and Zelda a chance = ?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I've never played Metroid Prime and I've never judged it.

I was speaking idiomatically.

How is it not judging when you claim "GC has no games worth playing"? You've obviously judged the game unplayable at that point.

How ya doing, buddy?

Where did I ever say that? That would be kind of moronic considering I own a Gamecube. I can think of a few worth playing, and ones that I'd definitely buy if they were available (you know, they have the "Nintendo being dead in the southern hemisphere" thing going on, and I can't find games unless I import) but the majority of them don't interest me.

I'll admit, I do favor the PS2 over the Gamecube, and that's due to a larger variety, but it's also personal preference. Whatever you want to play is entirely your business.

FELIPE NO

I just went down to Galeria Mall today to see if I could pick up anything at the technically cheaper US prices, when I spotted:
Unison (PS2, $2.99 plus tax, used obviously)

Wanting to experience something similar to Bust A Groove, or Space Channel 5, I was sorely mistaken. Surely, I was fooled by the bright cartoony world in all the cutscenes, but gameplay is hard and unenjoyable! It's basically memorizing the entire dance sequence for both analog sticks by playing the poor, poor covers over and over again!

When I saw the first stage was forced onto you as YMCA, I was sorely disappointed, despite being able to beat it. Then there was the "real thing", because that was apparently practice. So I had to play it again to actually beat the stage. Now I feel bad for wasting my mom's $3.25 USD

How ya doing, buddy?

Good to know of another $3 some I can save. Not that I was going to pick it up anyways.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Jade Empire (Xbox): I've been had, AGAIN! I saw this game for 16€ and I thought: "I'm gonna read the review first". Off I went to IGN.com and saw that this game got 9.9 out of 10!!!!!

OMG I rushed and got the game..... well D'OH this game has excelent graphics and all but it filled with tech problems that make it near unplayable. The frame rate drops every 20 seconds, the loading times are LONG as in 30/40 seconds of loading! ARGH!
I alomost thought my XBox was broken!!
The music and sound are _far_ from great and I'm the kind of person who doesn't care much about the sound!!
And the yapping is immense, damn these morons talk for hours! You can sleep while watching a dialog and when you wake up they're not done yet. The controls and the combat are also far from great, it feels like Legacy of Kain... GONE BAD, WAY BAD!

Oh well I've learned my lessons:
1. You can't evade all price traps no matter how hard you try.
2. IGN sucks ass, Gamespot rated this game 8.4 out of 10, a much fair score.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

So you bought an RPG made by Bioware and are complaining about there being a significant amount of dialog.

Ok.

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Keeping on topic. I picked up a copy of Spy Hunter 2 for cheap a number of months ago. Didn't hold a candle to the first remake. Odd, all things considered. It's not HORRIBLE by any stretch but it sure was a let down.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I'm not sure, but I think any memory card that costs more than the gaming system itself just might be a price trap: http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?...00&source=0613

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

$4.99, Time Stalkers for the Dreamcast. Wasn't worth the money because I only played the game for about three hours in one session before totally hating it. I guess I was excited to see an RPG for the Dreamcast, because I had long since beaten Shenmue. I think this was the only bad purchase I've ever made, but it was a pretty big one. What a horrid game.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Tills

So you bought an RPG made by Bioware and are complaining about there being a significant amount of dialog.

Ok.

DUDE!!!!!!
Significant amount of dialog? I haven't seen so much yapping in a game since Metal Gear Solid 2 and I've played Final Fantasy 6 to 9! Plus the dialog isn't even intresting... BORING!

Originally Posted by Max Biggs

$4.99, Time Stalkers for the Dreamcast. Wasn't worth the money because I only played the game for about three hours in one session before totally hating it. I guess I was excited to see an RPG for the Dreamcast, because I had long since beaten Shenmue. I think this was the only bad purchase I've ever made, but it was a pretty big one. What a horrid game.

I had that game, pretty lame indeed. And have you played Evolution for DC too? Boy that sucked ass, fortunly I had borrowed it instead of buying.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

You mean there's an RPG out there that has more dialogue than a two hour Hideo Kojima productions present a Hideo Kojima film starring a Mortal Kombat character created by Hideo Kojima for Hideo Kojima productions? Unpossible!

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by devilmaycry

Significant amount of dialog? I haven't seen so much yapping in a game since Metal Gear Solid 2 and I've played Final Fantasy 6 to 9! Plus the dialog isn't even intresting... BORING!

Well, at least it saves you from reading. So why isn't it an instant-win with you?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

You mean there's an RPG out there that has more dialogue than a two hour Hideo Kojima productions present a Hideo Kojima film starring a Mortal Kombat character created by Hideo Kojima for Hideo Kojima productions? Unpossible!

Belive me there's at least the same amount of yapping in Jade Empire than there is in MGS 2. Infact I would dare to say that if I didn't skip some portions of the dialog it would twice the yapping of MGS 2.

Originally Posted by Elixir

Well, at least it saves you from reading. So why isn't it an instant-win with you?

You mean skip all the dialog? Fisrt you can't skip all, second I wouldn't understand squat of the story.
What game devs need to learn is the art of resuming.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by devilmaycry

DUDE!!!!!!
Significant amount of dialog? I haven't seen so much yapping in a game since Metal Gear Solid 2 and I've played Final Fantasy 6 to 9! Plus the dialog isn't even intresting... BORING!

God forbid you read books.

On topic: saw another budget game today, basically an arcade game with pin ball and the likes, but can't remember the name for the GBA/DS for like $4.99. Um no. Still the only game I (my sister) has for the DS is the Nintendogs. LOL.

But it's soooo cute, like you wanna smack it with a spatula.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I got Rogue Ops for $1.96 a while back at some clearance Christmas sale. Yuck.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

And what can you credit it in for at EB? So far I think they give a minimum of $3 credit at EB, but US might be different.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I got fucking ripped-off by Killzone... Picked up a sealed copy for 15$ (counting shipping) and I'm having a horrible time with it....

I was speaking idiomatically.

Did you check the reviews first? Just curious.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Not really. I only heard it was to be the ZOMG Halo Killer and for that price, I believed it was a bargain...

FELIPE NO

$15 isn't too too bad. So would you say this is a down right piece of shit horrible waste of time/poor excuse for what they call a game? Or is your $15 justified? Well, actually since you're posting in this thread, I'd say the former, given of the content of your post.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Well I am FPS fan, especially on the PC. So it is always annoying for me to use a gamepad... more natural with a keyboard combo.

But Killzone is nowhere (even though I am not fan of) Halo 1 or 2. The graphics are lacking and suffer some major slow down in certain areas. The weapons are uninspired and there is no variety in in the enemies.

Levels are bland and suffer HORRIBLE lightning. One of the biggest beef right there. Some locations are so damn dark it i difficult to distinguish walls, enemies and entrances.

OMG THE controls. Slow. Sloppy. Unresponsive. Sniping is a pain and even aiming enemies straight ahead is a chore. Let's forget about strafing and circling the enemy....

I need to say more?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

What I don't seem to like, is the Helghast seem to be drawing on quite a bit of Mamoru Oshii's JIN ROH, which have the Wolf Brigade as the special police squad. I don't know if this was intentional or if this is the source of inspiration for the Helghast, or just coincidence in character design, but now when I think of Jin Roh, KZ comes to mind. >_>, despite me never playing KZ.

JIN ROH - Wolf Brigade


Kill Zone - Helghast


I personally like the Wolf Brigade design better. The Brigade looks more menacing.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Spatula

And what can you credit it in for at EB? So far I think they give a minimum of $3 credit at EB, but US might be different.

I don't know about EBs here, but that's not true of Gamestops here (though I imagine it should be the same since they are owned by the same company). I tried to trade in my copy of River City Ransom EX, and all they would give me for it is $1.50. I told the lady behind the counter 'Screw that, I might as well keep the game.', since that was a freaking ripoff. I've seen people selling it on ebay for like $10.00, so I may try my luck there (never used it before, though, to buy or sell).

How ya doing, buddy?

Can't say I bought many games for cheap that I ended up regretting. In fact, most games I buy are in the normal price range.

Star Ocean 3 - I got this game because 1) it was cheap, and 2) I wanted to play a new RPG. Unfortunately, the more I played it, the more things I found wrong with it. Bad things include endless backtracking, some crummy voice acting, hideous dungeons, 90% of the game taking place on crummy backwater planets (I thought this was supposed to be a sci-fi game?), crummy characters (with crappy names), a lame plot twist, and probably lots of other stuff I'm missing.

The battle system was pretty cool though. Too bad it's overshadowed by all the bad stuff.

Oh, and someone lent me Star Fox Assault and it was hideous. Glad I didn't buy it :D

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?