AndrewTS

However, people are suggesting compilations because it would be cheaper that way. Phantasy Star IV, just the cart by itself, would run you 20-30 bucks. I and II vary, but getting the Genesis Phantas Star 1, 2, and 4 might run you about 50-60 bucks total if you're lucky. Warsong is the only rendition of the Langriesser series to make it Stateside. I think it's either L1 or L2. It's perhaps the rarest Genesis game out there, alongside Herzog Zwei and M.U.S.H.A. I believe. EDIT: Gamefaqs says it's the first game.

Not including games you haven't played it better than including games you haven't played. I'm sure people will hate my list, because it's going to be a list of my favorite games IMO, not games I can honestly swear up and down are the best games on the planet. It's also going to be Nintendo-heavy and concentrated on my favorite genres.

In other words, you probably played the part of the game with that scene and little else? Yeah, I guess it'd be easier to remember one small part if that's your only experience with it as opposed to playing the entire game, and coming back to it 6-7 years later. I remembered nearly every other major plot point besides, and I'd had a hunch who it was back when I originally played it, but I'll admit I have a crappy memory sometimes. It's weird--I remembered how to get the fire arrows without even reading the clue on the memorial, but I forgot something major like that. I wasn't looking for it to be anyone else, though. Just assumed it was separate character.

Fallon was much, much better than I expected in the House on Haunted Hill remake. I think you are getting Chris Kattan (sp?) and Fallon mistaken as two of the same. Oh, okay. Then Fallon still sucks.

I've yet to tackle Majora's Mask since I've yet to complete OOT again, but it's sitting in my collection in the meanwhile. I feel I should beat OOT again first, since I've forgotten so much. Until I rented Smash Bros Melee I had forgotten who Sheik really was (go ahead and laugh, but the red eyes threw me ). Majora's Mask I've heard people absolutely love or loathe it completely. Seems that few people feel otherwise. Could you give me a mini-review of it?

Moore appearing in a parody show, way thinner than he is in real life, appearing to be a nice guy overall, and escaping unscathed was weaksauce. Liked the Anne Frank segment the most.

Capcom's classics compilation is going to kick the snot out of it, though. Did RVD name his move after the game?

Oh, don't suggest Shadowrun at ME, I'm king shit expert at Shadowrun. Any Shadowrun questions? Right here. So... which Phantasy Star games are worth buying, again? IV is usually considered the best. II is really good, but wait for the remake. You can't tell how good the equipment you're buying is or even if it is better than what you have unless you buy it. The Phantasy Star Collection includes a list of shops' inventory with that information, but you need to find it complete for that or look it up in a FAQ, and it's still a pain in the BUTT to do it that way. I'm sure the remake will be correcting that. I'll leave III up to somebody who has played it, but I hear its the worst of the series and follows several generations throughout the game. The collection of Phantasy Star remakes apparently will be I, II, and IV--even Sega thinks III sucks.

Believe me, I understand exactly what you're saying. I wasn't into Zelda much when I was younger, because of the story's rather weak execution. However, these days gameplay matters more to me than story, hence why I'll pick an Adventure game with a "just okay" story over a well-told turn-based RPG. Ocarina currently has the most epic, mature feel out of all the current Zeldas (and over most Adventure games), and the greater role of story in it compared to the other games is why I (and probably many others) prefer it over the rest of the games. Wind Waker seems to have the actual story so sparely told, the dungeons seem less awe-inspiring due to their short length, and the little gripes like the excessive sailing, the Wind Waker itself's relatively small role in the game compared to OOT, ultimately make it less memorable. Plus, the frustration and ultimate triumph of completing the Water Temple? The first time you fight that temple's "sub boss?" I don't really feel WW has anything to compare to that, really. However, considering how much you liked Zelda II, I'm not surprised.

Ultimately, this is going to be the TSM posters' top 30 or so list of favorite games. Likely one of the FF games is going to pop up in the top ten, although it may not necessarily be the real best RPG. I think we should just come and make it a favorites list. ^ didn't care for Grandia, and Lunar 1 and 2's translation really hits them hard, so I'm inclined to agree.

Fallon was much, much better than I expected in the House on Haunted Hill remake. So I can tolerate Fallon as a whimping, pants-wettings sissyboy, but that's about it. Him actually trying to delivery jokes does nothing for me. I don't care about baseball so Fever Pitch isn't interesting to me anyway. I'll probably catch Hitchhiker's and check out Sin City before it leaves theaters.

I remember that one. In particular the gag about "this space reserved for DVDs" was awful. The one where Homer built his own battlebot wasn't at all funny either, but I'd seen it done much, much better when a friend of mine did it in a skit for an Efed, so I couldn't view it objectively.

Those people are nuts. Wind Waker destroys Ocarina in every way I can think of. However, the best Zelda is either the original or Link's Awakening. Ocarina (like FF7) is really overrated. I could probably list 100 games better than Ocarina. You realize of course that a) you're in a very small minority on those opinions and b) you aren't really justifying those beliefs. Unlike my disagreements over FFVII, where myself and others on this board have already discussed the issue at length many, many times. To me, Wind Waker is the Mario Sunshine to Ocarina's Mario 64. Good game, superior in some ways, but introduced a few nagging gripes, making it overall not at satisfying. Let be known that I *love* Wind Waker's visual style, too. If you're asking to be a part of the panel, ask Flik. I doubt your choices are going to be any less popular than Anya's.

The only one that does. 2 and 4 are practically to the crotch. the site: "these Babyz™ already know how to flaunt it," That's just creepy. Plus, little babies wearing makeup is just wrong. So, it's okay to base assumptions around dolls based on their appearance, except when they're stereotyping your demographic? Gotcha. The ones shooting laser guns with goofy characters like Shipwreck? I find the fact that they were 30 minute blocks of commercials disguised as entertainment to be malicious enough by itself, personally.

This week's going to be a bit hectic this week--possibly for any other people having finals. I suppose I could ask for an extension if I need it.

http://www.mgae.com/2004_product_pages/Pro...zSecretDate.asp Perfectly innocent. And remember, they drink *smoothies*. Nothing alcoholic, no. And how dare you cast aspersions on the Lil' Homiez, Ripper. For all you know they could be fine, upstanding members of their community with dreams of going to college and makin' a difference, yo. What kind of RACIST!~ are you anyway? And yet another doll convincing little girls to be obsessed with fashion and appearance isn't really a good thing.

Lois is a "Protestant whore." He called Jesus a "children's character," though.

Missed the first part, unfortunately, but saw it from the opening credits onward. Too bad people had the Passion 2 stuff in their sigs for maybe a month or so before it aired. American Dad was better than the pilot but still not really too high on it. The toothless and utterly pointless political slants just lay there and die, and Stan's god-boying is already getting predictable and old.

Oh yeah--I asked about imports, and PC/console is good question too. Flik, lay the ground rules.

Okay. How much time, and do we PM it to you or are you going to start a thread for it? There's a few games I'll need to rent to see if they'd place for me.

In the Hunt?

I'm honored, but I think we should really do a breakdown by genre besides, or at least as a start. Also, I enjoy playing fighting games, but at the same time I'm not very good at them, with next to nobody to beat on save for the computer and a couple of scrubby friends. Jer'd probably be a good choice for at least the fighters. I plead complete ignorance on the best FPSers (well, I love Prime, but not a true FPS), sports games, and pretty much any PC games. My knowledge of NES games is pretty limited, having never owned one personally. What's the status on imports? Kinda unfair to rate a game that isn't accessible to most people. Of course, the imports that never ever made it here are mostly shooters, and I don't know anyone here who really considers themselves well-versed at side-scrolling shooters.

It's the Neo Geo Pocket Color game, not the arcade game. It's a good portable game, but yeah--shouldn't be ranked that high. I have a hard time believing that all the people who voted for it actually played it, though. Castlevania always had crap controls until, oh, say Bloodlines. Weren't really "good" until Symphony of the Night. Double Dragon's hardly a classic, but it was a big hit so people often consider it one. Ghosts and Goblins had good controls, it was just hella hard and your enemies were far better at maneuvering than you. How fucking pretentious can you get? FFVII is more like those Oscar winners where you look back and wonder how a certain other movie didn't win instead. If it were old *and* overrated, perhaps it would be a better comparison. The Shenmues are boring as hell, and the voice-acting/pacing is painful. I've heard lots of people talk about how both games get much better later on, but I've never made it that far on either of them. I think I was still looking for sailors and playing Sega arcade games on 1 and on 2 the last thing I did was air out books. Does anyone remember when people were calling Banjo-Kazooie better than Mario 64?

I think what CT means is--once the marketing hype has died down, the game has been played, and long after it has been released--how will it stand? Obviously it will be different for different people, but the general consensus I'd heard is that a lot of people didn't think Halo 2 quite matched up to the hype, at least for the single-player missions. I'd often heard it referred to as a glorified expansion pack. In comparison, Halo 1 might be more fondly remembered in the long run, but I think both will be given plenty of props in the future. The best of the Mario/Sonic/Zelda games are going to be fondly remembered by casuals and hardcores. I don't like that "unquestionable loyalty" assertion, though. There's some smug assumptions made about fans, of--oh, the GTA games. Despite the fact that they're good games, there are many, many people who love it who are idiots, and don't know shit about games besides. It's easy to hate something because its popular. A perfect example of this is the opinions about X-Box 360 being debuted on MTV, which is a complete joke to just about any gamer over the age of 13 (and likely plenty of non-gamers as well).