AndrewTS

The writers seem to mostly be folks who worked on Xmen Evolution and the Ultimate Avengers/animated Iron Man movies. Also, the voice casting seems pretty solid.

CMW: I'm coming up on this section soon in JLH. Did you get past it yet?

Yeah, wall hugging works well. Also, the missions a bit too numerous but I found them appealing on a level I can't really explain. It's like grinding but more rewarding. You can easily do them at your own pace and just continue on with the story.

My distaste for the Jak games, and my distaste for Daxter himself have kept me in the dark about it. Feel free to give detailed impressions about it.

There's like 2 islands in the whole world there. It would be pretty hard to miss. (Have not beaten Lavos yet, though, FWIW).

Sanctum only shows up in 65 Million BC and 600 AD so far, and the quests there required hopping back and forth between those two periods. I hadn't seen it show up anywhere else.

Crazy Jack Thompson on Take Two stock dip: blame yourself or God! http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/12/30/tho...two-stock-slide

I actually completed the Sanctum. Pain the ass, mostly, but you get the best weapon for Robo out of it and a store that stocks Elixirs, Turbo Ethers, Hi-Potions, and Megalixirs. Which would be awesome if I didn't already Charm a lot of 'em already. Also, the last leg of the Sanctum stuff is pretty decent.

Crisis Core Dracula X Chronicles Ratchet and Clank (if you don't have the PS2 version) Mega Man Powered Up Gurumin While I don't own it, I've heard good things about Patapon. The constant pummeling in software sales by the DS and the low software attach rate hurts it, but there are still titles that do quite well. There are actually many titles coming out that I'm interested in. Prinny: Can I really be the hero? Japanese trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slMNytAc6gE English trailer (awful dub voice) + preview: http://www.destructoid.com/preview-prinny-...o--114457.phtml Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (see the thread) Final Fantasy Dissidia Resistance: Retribution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9frAktiOT_Q) (unannounced but expected) Little Big Planet PSP For the most part, Square is one of the few 3rd parties making money off the games, though.

I've heard of it, but I don't know if it is a full-fledged dungeon or just boss fight(s).

new rant on Prince of Persia. He likes it! Well, sort of: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/vie...rince-of-Persia

Due to money issues, I only got this game recently, for Christmas. Anyway, pretty much everything checks out: SNES quality, with Playstation extras indeed. The music is really really good, with only the time warp sound seeming "off" to my ears. It's really awesome with headphones, to boot. The translation is good--being much the same as before but with some reworked, rewritten, or clarified dialogue. Most of the classic lines are preserved (oddly with "Good morning, Crono" as one of the odd changes). Frog's dialogue is less Ye Olde English, there are many renamed monsters, Cafes are now Taverns as they should have been. Also, The DS allows for you to keep the top screen free of HUD clutter, and the touch screen controls, while pointless to me, seem to work well enough that you could play with stylus-only. However, the most curious addition is the Lost Sanctum. I'd heard it referred to as a bonus dungeon or dungeons, and didn't really understand. Basically, it's bullshit. It sucks so much ass. It does yield a few cool treasures (a new weapon for Robo, another Nova Armor, lots of random items and a few other weapons/armor), but the design is so bad. You'll find yourself running up the same damn mountain over and over again (fighting the same damn enemies) from era to era to pick up a random shiny some asshole back in town needed. I'd do it in bits and pieces if you must. However, you can completely ignore the Sanctum and just play the rest of the original game and not really miss anything too grand. FYI, I'm at the Fated Hour with only the Geno Dome and Black Omen to go before Lavos.

Button-mashy. More or less the same sort as the Acclaim WWF games. Did it get released in America? I couldn't find any evidence after I posted the list. No US release that I know of, and it isn't on GameFAQs for a US release.

It got patched, so there may not be much in the way of issues. I'm not sure. I wouldn't recommend Bully for kids, but rather because it would hit too close to home. It's a world more easily enjoyed long after you've graduated from high school. Still, content-wise it's very tame. Button-mashy. More or less the same sort as the Acclaim WWF games.

http://www.siliconera.com/2008/12/23/suiko...ation-classics/ Insert "Plz announce 2 Sony!!!!" here. Still, the first game isn't all too easy to find either, and while it's quite old-school (being a pre-FFVII RPG), it's still a good game and has some cool features you won't find in other RPGs, like the building up your castle and recruiting. Only five hundred and ninety-nine US cents!

I'd rent, honestly. The highs are really cool and damn funny, but the lows are reeeeally low. The platforming sucks, honestly. It's incredibly basic and most of it is just jumping in the right place in 3d mode. It isn't like SOTN which meshes the action and RPG elements together really well. It got to the point where I played it just for the sake of finishing the game. I haven't played the Wii edition, but honestly this is a great game. This is from someone who has hated every GTA out since forever.

Endless Ocean is one of the few "non-games" I'd recommend. Good for just unwinding with (it's an underwater exploration game. Some missions involve just touring, others getting photographs, etc). 2nding for No More Heroes. The emptiness of its open world aspect drag it down a few points, but it's still damn fun and hilarious. If you don't own a PS2 and Okami already, buy that right freakin' now.

Should have used "s-so yiffing c-cold".

You don't know what NeoGAF is? It's one of the biggest message boards in the gaming community? Often browsed/lurked by game developers? Denis Dyack was banned from it. They have giant proverbial salad-tossing celebrations when they get sales numbers from Japan showing Nintendo products occupying the top-ten spots, like they have Nintendo stock or something.

So people are fapping over thoughts of Nintendo's success? What is this, NeoGAF?

I sold my Wii. Take me off the list.

Wii Music showing up in the list of nominations for best music game (losing of course), looking like the pathetic joke it is, and this: http://i34.tinypic.com/2na18o6.jpg Reminds me of... http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5904/voltronhg4.jpg

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That speculation seems unfounded, as more Disney worlds are going to be present, though unknown (expect rampant speculation on this, though. ). Note 6 minutes in: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8459011768389812639 Also, he *did* fill a musketeer role. Hard to see here, but it appears to be shaping up well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V49joGRN0RY