AndrewTS

The battles are the only part of the game where you can actually, you know, die. The battles are SUPPOSED TO BE the challenging part, because outside of those you're invulnerable. La la la la--walk around the CG-rendered background, there's a chest, oh, a potion--I'll put those with the 98 others I haven't used since the first hour of game play--la la la la--it looks like I can go there--okay, split second to load the next background....la la la la....WARP EFFECT! RANDOM BATTLE!! JOOOOOOY!!! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!! I got 578 experience points, 1000 gold, and a Hi-Potion. Man, this gameplay rocks! The rest you can just putz around forever with. It isn't just FFVII, but a lot of turn-based RPGs. However, a good bit of turn-based RPGs actually have a bit of challenge to break up the monotony. Also, I already mentioned that shit you mentioned, so I don't get your point. There's far more actual skill involved in Mario "jumping on shit" in the first world than the entirety of FFVII, aside from the Weapons (at least one of which requires hours of time-wasting to get an item to beat). Plus the battles themselves are mindless 95% of the time. The only really tough ones are the optional ones. HAHAHA!! I said "In Tetris, you actually have to think when you rotate and drop blocks." How did you get "Tetric isn't repetetive (sic)" out of that? Puzzle games are, by definition, repetitive, but they require actual skill all of the time. You have to carefully think about the placeement of each block, as opposed to FFVII, where once every 5 hours you might be required to think.

Jim CD is the best version, though. Even if you don't have a Sega CD, you can pick it up for PC for about a buck. It has way better music, 2 new levels (well, 1 + 1/2 + 1/2 = 2), plus the Genesis' intestines level. Jim 2's a really good game, but the Saturn version only has a revamped soundtrack over the 16-bitters, and you have no choice but to jump with "B." The original Jim had the misfortune to come out at about the same time as Super Metroid and DKC, though, so it didn't sell too well. Stupid, stupid...!

Well, it's doable on Easy, but having a friend who is decent at those types of games is extremely helpful. Having a hell of a time on Mission 4 (in both senses), but haven't wired any one path yet. I've ran into a relative of Queen Pulsating, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed Slug-for-a-BUTT. Giant maggots are everywhere in that cavern, and it doesn't help when giant crustacean critters are ganging up on you. PROTIP: Attack aggressively!

Yeah, you're right. BEST RPG EVER but not best game ever. That's reserved for Madden 2005. Not even the FFVII characters can touch Football Guy. I think you just mean Square. I think he's cool with Enix. Also, I think it's primarily the really overrated Final Fantasy games. He loves Legend of Mana, the original Final Fantasy, and thinks Trigger and FFIV were fine games for their time. He digs Crystal Chronicles as well. I've not heard him say anything bad about Kingdom Hearts, and FFT is okay with him I believe; he hates Tactics Advance, though.

Well, now the god-damned Goon gimmick makes a little more sense...

He's big. Naw, Reidenopen's, actually.

Fuck...uh...that guy. Rudo's ideas for Tomko and Fertig were better than WWE's.

Well, considering how much those English like their "football," maybe just in general they are very fanatical about that sort of stuff.

Don't worry, Torrie's team will probably win two falls straight. =P Try to put it up on Ebay and cross your fingers... I'd watch that sooner than this card.

Great American Bash at the Beach, with the return of Cheatum? *shot of children from Beach Blast rejoicing*

I think the tag match has a lot of promise, and if Eugene slaps around Coach, it will be the first really good "sportz entertainment" match WWE's had in a long time. Victoria/Gail will suck no doubt, because the story going into it so far is virtually non-existent, neither are great workrate wise, and both will probably botch moves (Gail more than Vicky, though). Tomko/Jericho = bleeeeech. It's sad when a guy seems to lack the workrate of a broken-down Kevin Nash.

The reports heard at the time were that Vince pushed for Ultimo's signing since HE thought he was a Japanese Rey Mysterio. JR was the main person pushing for Jones, but Jones met with Vince, who was "impressed by his size" and planned to give him a big push (there were even photos of them together). So maybe I wasn't exactly correct, but both cases were something Vince took personal interest in, rather than just being a routine signing he didn't think much of.

"So which is true about hearing peoples ability ahead of time?" Assume everyone coming in is shit unless you've seen them yourself. If they were big in another company, assume they'll be shit because of WWE-style reprogramming.

Not a terrible undercard, except for the "Diva" crap, but those "top" matches are going to hurt... Still beats out Judgment Day, though. So let me get this straight--there's two "Diva" matches? And to boot, they want us to pay to see something we could see for free on ESPN? HAHAHAHA!!

Title shot? Sure, why the hell not? At a PPV? Ehhh--no. A title win? HELL NO!!! Until Randy has a much more dynamic and fleshed-out character, he should stick to the midcard. If he takes over Evolution and has a strong singles run a la HHH/Rock, then they can right ahead.

Eh, they'll probably have an infinite lives code for the Gaction Sheplay sometime soon, anyway. Although considering how far I went in Mission 4 without even facing the boss, the thought of Mission 5 seems really daunting. I'm surprised at how clear the Sunset Riders voices are for 16-bit. Although the voice acting itself sucks. As do the color schemes on the Riders....and those ****ing logs that fall out of the wagon. Oh, hey GTA fans, there are whores in the game! A game along similar lines to Sunset Riders is Wild Guns. It doesn't hurt that the game makes me think of Trigun, either.

At long as the fanboys/girls cling irrationally onto that game as OMG BEST GAME EVA!~ they'll remain true. Are you implying the game sucks on levels yet to be discovered yet, though? However, what can possibly be said that hasn't been said before? I'm dying for the re-release of the game on PSP that incorporates the story of Advent Children and/or lets you revive Aeris. What you feel are the best RPGs you've played, even though one of them is a Strat RPG.* That's why I called it a bitter rant. It deserves at least one hatchet job for each burst delusional gushing praise it gets to even things out to the mediocrity it in actuality is.

Meh, not too bad. I found the Elephant Slug more of a hindrance than a help. Without it I actually did a lot better. It didn't hurt that the Mission 2 boss battle is very easy. On the way through it, remember to take out the sasquatches on the same level as you first. The ones above you can't do anything but freeze you. You can easily break out and take no damage as long as the lower level is free of enemies that could give a follow-up hit. As for on the way back, I found it better to skip the Elephant Slug due to you becoming such a huge target. Stay under the zombies on the top level while killing the ones on your level, then shoot above to take the zombies out on top of you. If you do take the Elephant Slug, you don't have to ride him the whole time. Hop off when needed, for instance. There's also the Player 2 trick if you're really in need of lives and have another controller, but you can only do it once.

Considering he botched the first move he'd ever done on TV, a kick, I'm not at all surprised. Well, Jericho managed to carry an over-the-hill Nash and made it somewhat watchable...

So, you're expecting Vince to use logic here? Remember how they put the belt on Jericho, never pushed him except for when he faced Rock at the Rumble, and he still drew damn well under the circumstances? He also outdrew HHH during that lousy face run. However, guess who never came near the main event since and guess who was champion almost the entirety of 2002....with a major push the entire time. Throw logic out the window here. The obvious problem is that Bradshaw hasn't been pushed and developed enough. Got it?

You have seen his kicks, haven't you? They make Tajiri's look like Kawada x 5. They make Lance Storm's punches look like Terry Funk's punches. Plus, due to injuries he's been a sloppy worker in his WWE matches. Not as bad as Kidman, but hardly worthy of a big push. However, Vince didn't know his style before signing him. He ASSUMED he was a Japanese Rey Jr. You know, how he assumed Bradshaw is the next breakout main eventer, Nathan Jones would be a great acquisition, and--well, we'd be here all day, wouldn't we?

Your Gamestop actually had this running on a demo? That Gamestop rules. I'll admit I'm playing on Easy for now, but I can get up to the 3rd Mission without losing a continue, and only lost one life. However, that damn section with all of those soldiers near the end of Mission 3 and that freakin' robot keep killing me. I don't want to take many serious cracks at Mission 4 until I have 3 down. Would it have killed SNK to give you an extra life after X amount of points? That would have been very helpful.

MGS--both of them--at least have great gameplay. VI the best in the series? Some say that, for overall story, depth, and challenge probably IV wins out. After all, there's actually a point to magic users vs. physical attackers, and it's the only FF game where you're actually forced to use all those healing and magic regenerating items you stockpiled. I haven't actually played X, though, since I didn't like 7-9. V's okay for it's time but really dated, dunno about 1/2 though. You can't be serious, right? Hell, in the ORIGINAL Mario Bros. arcade game you do more than that, hitting blocks from below, and kicking shells. In Super Mario Brothers, there's that, gold coins to collect, Bowser to fight, pits to avoid, pipes to warp in, precise jumps to make, and more. Mario 2 is completely different. Don't even get me started on 3. SMW, Yoshi, 64, Sunshine all make big upgrades to the series. In Tetris, you actually have to think when you rotate and drop blocks. It's already been mentioned that the river loop is a worthless trick because you don't get esper upgrades, but the point made is that most of the turn-based battles are completely brainless, just mashing of the fight command. I guess Contra and Metal Slug are "all you do is shoot things!"? Maybe you can make the case that the mini-games make you do more in FFVII, or that you also have to make that spike-headed guy run in a pre-determined path free of dangers or obstacles. Oh, sometimes you hit "O" to collect something of the field, but very little of that is mandatory. You think? Those other problems were attacked too, incidentally. The Zelda requires no explanation...

Yeah, you're wrong, naive, an idiot, and a bad person, too. Seriously, though, considering the advance word we'd gotten on Jones, SOH, and Mordechai, if people who have seen him work says he sucks ass, I'm inclined to believe them. If he doesn't, it will be a pleasant surprise. However, don't get your hopes up. That being said, if he does, who cares?! It's just Smackdown. It's just dumping another pile of crap of a mountain of crap.

Wonderfully, deliciously bitter FFVII rant. Even I have to give credit to the 411 game peeps--I don't think I spew that much bile about Xenogears, but damnit they did a hell of a job with this one. Thoughts? "OH AERIS! You're even better when you're DEAD!"