Konami Preview Disc

[AndrewTS 0]

I don't know how long this has been out--after all, two of the games on here already are out--however, I'm glad to see Konami looking to churn out some more good games.

 

For those who haven't check it out, here's the run down...

 

Playable Demos

 

TMNT 2: Battle Nexus -- Looks to be a lot better than the first game, and the new zoomed-out perspective allows for easy use of all four turtles for multi-player games. Less extremely repetitive voice samples, feels rather old school. Promising, but the demo was really short and didn't give you much to do.

 

Silent Hill 4 -- no need to recap this.

 

Suikoden IV -- the lowlight of the disc. Looks good, but the loading here and the gameplay showing me nothing I haven't seen in, say, 10 year old RPGs leave me completely disinterested.

 

Ys: The Ark of Napishtim -- This is more like it. Seems like a remake of what I heard was a really good action/RPG series. The perspective, art style, sound effects--all with lots of old school overtones. This could have been a VERY highly polished PS1 game with the pixels smoothed out, though. May be off-putting for some because of that, but I'd give the full game a shot.

 

King Arthur -- I'd be interesting to see the final game. Combat isn't as precise as it should be, although part of that was due to my horse taking damage. Basically, you control one character and I presume the rest of your folks are cpu controlled. Real-time combat that reminds me of the last Dynasty Warriors on PS2. Graphics could be brightened up a bit, as it's kind of dull and ugly right now. However, charging into a group of enemies and hacking them with your sword, switching to your bow and taking out far off enemies, trampling guys with your horse--all quite fine. Fighting on foot isn't too bad either, but the enemies constantly respawn, which makes hacking through a barrier/kicking down a gate a bit tedious. Time and polish could do wonders for this one, but for now I'm mixed on it.

 

Neo Contra -- Now that's a lot better. No need to choose between being locked in one position and firing or being unable to move and firing in various directions--both options are available to you at all times. You're thrown right into the action riding a robot dino, and have access to missiles that lock onto your target (sweep the character across the screen near the target while holding down, release button when ready to fire). Looks good on all fronts so far.

 

Trailers

 

Phantom Crash 2050 -- it has mech suits (think Patlabor or the ones in Appleseed). That's about all I can tell. No gameplay footage shown.

 

Gradius V -- It's already out. Really good, but really hard. 2D shooter with swank CG graphics.

 

DDR Extreme/Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 -- I don't care about either of these, but those who do probably know what to expect.

 

Nano Breaker -- Iga (producer of the Castlevania games since SotN, aside from the N64) is the producer of this project and his involvement is the main reason the title has been granted as much buzz as it has. Very little gameplay footage shown, but what is shown makes LoI look weak. Promising, but probably very early still.

 

Rumble Roses -- Why is the logo a ripoff of the "new" wCw logo? Anyway, presentation is very much DoA Wrestling. Anime-style character designs, gratutious bouncing and booty shots, and maybe less than 6 seconds of actual gameplay footage shown. Gameplay should be decent, but it's absolutely shameless as it is.

 

Characters shown so far are a cowgirl who seems to be mimicking Nash, a Japanese chick who seems to be pulling job duty, and...well, combine Affleck's Daredevil with Halle's Catwoman, and you have the devil-girl character in the trailer.

[IllustriousOne 0]

Unless this is a different disc, and it doesn't look like it is, MGS 3 is a playable demo on that preview.

[AndrewTS 0]

Unless this is a different disc, and it doesn't look like it is, MGS 3 is a playable demo on that preview.

Strangely, I don't see MGS3 on it at all, which I did find rather surprising.

[Angle-plex 0]

MGS3 is on it.

[NoCalMike 0]

MGS 3 is on it, and I am stuck at the part where you have to use your camoflauge to get across the long ass bridge. I can get right up to the bridge with 90% unseen, but I am not sure how to maneuver into the position where you are hanging off the side and monkey bar sliding across the side......I can do it, but I have to stand up first, which makes me get seen.....unless I just have to time it right when I stand up so everyone's back is to me.....

 

Oh is anyone elses disc like automatically restarting to the main menu after so much time? It seems if you go idle for a minute, it does it. It sucks, I hope it is just not MY DISC and I happened to get a defective one.

 

This is one of the better preview discs, EVER.

[AndrewTS 0]

MGS3 is *not* on this one. Other folks must have gotten a different one. This one was free at my EB, but what about the MGS3 one? With a magazine or something?

[NoCalMike 0]

MGS3 is *not* on this one. Other folks must have gotten a different one. This one was free at my EB, but what about the MGS3 one? With a magazine or something?

it is attatched with "Official Playstation Magazine" Says it is the only place you can play MGS 3 before it comes out.

[Angle-plex 0]

MGS 3 is on it, and I am stuck at the part where you have to use your camoflauge to get across the long ass bridge. I can get right up to the bridge with 90% unseen, but I am not sure how to maneuver into the position where you are hanging off the side and monkey bar sliding across the side......I can do it, but I have to stand up first, which makes me get seen.....unless I just have to time it right when I stand up so everyone's back is to me.....

Did you shoot the bee's nest at the top of the tree next to the bridge? If you do it, one of the guards will run across the bridge and then you can get by them easy.

[AndrewTS 0]

MGS3 is *not* on this one.  Other folks must have gotten a different one.  This one was free at my EB, but what about the MGS3 one?  With a magazine or something?

it is attatched with "Official Playstation Magazine" Says it is the only place you can play MGS 3 before it comes out.

Ah, okay. I'm not getting all fired up and excited about MGS3, but how is it so farM (gameplay-wise)?

[NoCalMike 0]

MGS3 is *not* on this one.  Other folks must have gotten a different one.  This one was free at my EB, but what about the MGS3 one?  With a magazine or something?

it is attatched with "Official Playstation Magazine" Says it is the only place you can play MGS 3 before it comes out.

Ah, okay. I'm not getting all fired up and excited about MGS3, but how is it so farM (gameplay-wise)?

it's the fucking shit man, I swear. Not just fluffing here.

[NoCalMike 0]

MGS 3 is on it, and I am stuck at the part where you have to use your camoflauge to get across the long ass bridge.  I can get right up to the bridge with 90% unseen, but I am not sure how to maneuver into the position where you are hanging off the side and monkey bar sliding across the side......I can do it, but I have to stand up first, which makes me get seen.....unless I just have to time it right when I stand up so everyone's back is to me.....

Did you shoot the bee's nest at the top of the tree next to the bridge? If you do it, one of the guards will run across the bridge and then you can get by them easy.

So I am shooting the Bees nest on the side of the bridge that Snake is already on right? Thanks man, I was too eager to cross the bridge to even look around.....lol. My hiatus from video games(sanz sports games) has taken it's toll on me, I have to get back in the mode where you are constantly looking around the enviornment to find useful items.

[Guest Smues]

Oh is anyone elses disc like automatically restarting to the main menu after so much time? It seems if you go idle for a minute, it does it. It sucks, I hope it is just not MY DISC and I happened to get a defective one.

I think just about all demo discs I've played do that.

[AndrewTS 0]

MGS3 is *not* on this one.  Other folks must have gotten a different one.  This one was free at my EB, but what about the MGS3 one?  With a magazine or something?

it is attatched with "Official Playstation Magazine" Says it is the only place you can play MGS 3 before it comes out.

Ah, okay. I'm not getting all fired up and excited about MGS3, but how is it so farM (gameplay-wise)?

it's the fucking shit man, I swear. Not just fluffing here.

I was looking for something a bit more in-depth and descriptive than that.

[NoCalMike 0]

MGS3 is *not* on this one.  Other folks must have gotten a different one.  This one was free at my EB, but what about the MGS3 one?  With a magazine or something?

it is attatched with "Official Playstation Magazine" Says it is the only place you can play MGS 3 before it comes out.

Ah, okay. I'm not getting all fired up and excited about MGS3, but how is it so farM (gameplay-wise)?

it's the fucking shit man, I swear. Not just fluffing here.

I was looking for something a bit more in-depth and descriptive than that.

ok well, the demo is short, respectively. Although with MGS there is always 2 ways to play it, 100% linear, or going around and exploring and looking for hidden items and "easter eggs" that they always put in the MGS games.

 

The mechanics of the game are the same, although Snake does seem to move a bit smoother.

 

The different terrains in the game are fantastic, and I like the fact that you have to change tour camoflauge depending on what type of brush you are going to be crawling in.

 

The Demo feels like the movie Predator, complete with the bridge~! Hahah.

[SpikeFayeJettEdBebop 0]

I agree that the demo is easily one of the best ever. MGS3 is awesome, and is living up to my expectations. I cant wait till the full version is out.

 

Ratchet and Clank is really awesome too/

 

The only thing that REALLY pisses me off, is that in MGS3(Im not sure about any others,cuz Silent Hill 4 froze after awhile and Ratchet and Clank NEVER restarted) but Snake Eater LITERALLY restarts itself if you dont move snake himself, in 45-60 secs. It's absolutly horrible, but MGS3 is still great.

 

I got to where Sokolov is, but then it restarted itself, so thats prob. why it's bothering me so much right now. Either way, its a great demo.

[NoCalMike 0]

The Ratchet & Clank demo is HUUUUUUUGE.