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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 5 Nov 2007
17:17:40 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins
<chewbury.gubbins.RemoveThis@nelefa.org.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>I seem to have completely given up on BBA for some reason - haven't
>played it in weeks. Probably because you all sent in scores that were
>double mine

Well, I haven't played it in ages because I can't seem to get any time on the
Wii these days.

Bloody MySims. Grr.

deKay
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deKay wrote:
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 05 Nov
> 2007 06:13:25 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Steve Jackson
> <qwerty.DeleteThis@qwerty.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>> Play:
>
> Ico (PS2)
> Am I the only one who finds this frustrating? Over all, I'm thinking it's 50%
> beautiful and amazing, 50% annoying and stupid. I've just passed the
> waterfall, and my saved game says 5 hours although because I had to redo bits
> so many times yesterday the gap from 4 to 5 took over two hours. Main issues
> are Yorda getting kidnapped as you have no way of telling how long you can
> leave her alone for (and in different bits of the game it's different) and
> dying because the camera flicks slightly to the side when you have to do a
> jump (and miss). And back you go for miles again. GRR.
>

I found it frustrating at times, then I just realised it'd be easier to
keep her by my side at virtually all possible times which worked a lot
better. If I'd have known beforehand it was a 10+ hour game I probably
wouldn't have persevered, but knowing it was less game me reason to get
through it. It was all a bit less inspiring and heartwarming than I'd
been led to believe, I'll put it that way!

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The Rev wrote:
>> Play:
>>
>
> Nurikabe and Slitherlink (DS) - Lovely puzzle action. Mmmmm. I think
> Slitherlink's the better puzzle, but Nurikabe's bite-sized puzzles make
> it far more addictive.
>

What's Nurikabe then? And what's bite-size? I generally take less than
10 mins for anything Slitherlink's thrown at me yet (ploughing through
the 18x10's at the moment) which doesn't seem overly chunky.

>
> Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - I hope this is more 64 than Sunshine. I
> really didn't get on with Sunshine. Far too hard. Void levels were
> lovely, though.
>

More 64 from what I read, but than I wouldn't have said Sunshine was
that hard either - I found it consistently just about right. I've never
really managed to ever get into Mario 64 yet.

>
> Throwing out so many game boxes and manuals when I moved. I know I don't
> have room for them, so putting lots of games in wallets and boxes
> without the packaging made sense, but it would be nice to have some of
> those manuals now.
>

I'm shedding a tear right now for the sacrifice, a game should never
have to be seperated from it's box & manual, it's like losing it's soul!

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The Rev wrote:
> Chris Stevens wrote:
>> "The Rev" <the_rev_yes_really.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:5p85s4Fpu363U1@mid.individual.net...
>
>>> The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass (DS) - Everything about it
>>> now seems like an annoying chore when I try to play. Not sure what
>>> happened there.
>>
>> <gasp> I think this is the first bad word I've heard said about it.
>> I'm still eagerly anticipating it. But not enough to have actually
>> gone out and bought it yet. :\
>
> I don't know what happened. The game's still the same, but now it's just
> pissing me off. The moment I get stuck I turn off, instead of enjoying
> the puzzle.
>

I get this every time I have to deal with the main dungeon, it's putting
me off doing the other bits as I don't want to find out the next thing I
have to do is go back there again

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Rach wrote:
>
> I really didn't like Sunshine. Its probably the only Mario game along
> with Mario Bros 2 that I didnt like.
>

That the "not really Mario Bros" Mario 2? And Sunshine was a fine game!

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Beck wrote:
>
> "Steve Jackson" <qwerty DeleteThis @qwerty.invalid> wrote in message
> news:fgmcf3$15df$1@energise.enta.net...
>> Play:
>>
>
> PLAY
>
> The Simpsons Game (360). I put this in the play bit, but I actually
> finished it last night. Brilliant game, certainly the best Simpsons
> game so far IMO. Such a funny game with hundreds of nods to videogames
> past and present. It was a delight to play.
>
> Timeshift (360). This game has surprised me. The demo level was not
> awesome but the game is really quite enjoyable. Graphically it looks
> great with some good varied level locations. Not been overly difficult
> so far except for one particular section which forced me to put the game
> down for 24 hours. Having gone back to it I finished the hard bit and
> carried on. Probably not inspiring enough to be contender for game of
> the year, but its a solid FPS with a few puzzles based around time
> shifing - pause, rewind, forward.
>

I suppose someone's got to make up the far reaches of a bell curve

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Steve Jackson wrote:
> Play:

Phoenix Wright 3 (DS)- Up to the third case. I thought the second case
was rubbish, but I accidently ran into a spoiler on DeKay's blog which
probably spoilt it for me. Anyway I'm hoping this next case will be better!

LocoRoco (PSP) - I decided to get this after reading very good reviews
and I agree, its a good little game. Very addictive and for some reason
I love the music!

GTA: LCS (PSP) - Still playing this, don't seem to get much time to play
though...I have the same problem with my Wii at the moment

> Want:

Tomb Raider - Anniversary (PSP)
A 360
Guitar Hero 3 (Wii)
Mario Galaxy (Wii)
SimCity Societies (PC)

> Bin:

Having no time to play on my Wii

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Steve Jackson <qwerty.RemoveThis@qwerty.invalid> wrote in news:fgmcf3$15df$1
@energise.enta.net:

> Play:

Castlevania (PSP) - Got to the second half of Symphony yesterday.
Despite having played it through twice before, it's still absolutely
fantastic. Good as they are, they've never quite recaptured the
brilliance with the GBA and DS games. Trying to unlock the PC Engine
game, but the 3D remake is really hard. Plays okay, but looks fairly
ropey. The graphics are far too dark, and turn to mush as soon as they
move on the PSP's screen. Despite not being designed for the system,
Symphony is a lot better in this regard.

Also playing Monster Hunter 2 on the PSP and the odd bit of Zelda, which
is annoying me slightly because my DS won't calibrate in a way that lets
me roll right yet still touch things in the middle of the screen with
any accuracy.

> Want:

Mario, obviously.

Zak and Wiki (Wii) - This sounds great, but has come out at a stupid
time of the year. There're just an insane number of games coming out in
the next week or so, in fact. Just next week in the US, we have: Mario &
Sonic, Bladestorm, Sonic Rivals 2, Soul Calibur Legends, Assassin's
Creed, Orcs & Elves, Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles, Contra 4 and
Godzilla Unleashed, all of which I'm interested in. My solution is to
just buy Mario and try to avoid the rest.

> Bin:

Nothing.

deKay the Monkey was never naughty:
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 5 Nov 2007
> 17:04:29 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins
><chewbury.gubbins.DeleteThis@nelefa.org.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Yup - I think the problem Mr Kay is having is that he's not suitably
>>paniced. The point of the game is NOT to solve the puzzles and get out
>>of the castle - that's secondary. The point of the game is to SAVE THE
>>GIRL. So you only leave her if you absolutely must and for the bare
>>minimum of time.
>
> But there's no way of knowing if you must leave her, or you've missed
> something so shouldn't need to.

Yes! And there's the beautiful dilemma of the game! The whole "do I risk
it?" thing.

Choobs

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"Chris Stevens" <news.DeleteThis@thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote in message
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> "Trousers" <getckd.DeleteThis@bibble.com> wrote in message
> news:IqIXi.151564$JD1.88418@fe02.news.easynews.com...
>>> Want:
>>
>> To know if Tiger Woods 08 is any good before I crack the cellophane on
>> it. Got it bundled with the console from Game along with Fifa 08 which
>> they swapped for Excite Truck easy enough. Anyone got an opinion?
>
> I can't speak definitively about the '08 iteration, but '07 was a major
> disappointment to me. Not, you understand, in terms of content, because it

Have you got your versions confused here? I played the TW08 demo and I'd
say the swing is broken in 08 not in the 07 version which I thoroughly
enjoyed. The demo prevented me from buying the game in any case.

In conclusion. TW08 < TW07.

> had plenty of courses, game modes and options, but purely in terms of the
> feel of the swing. Given that that one simple mechanic is central to
> everything you do in the game, if it is broken then the game's broken.
> What might be worth doing is to check the IGN review of '08, because they
> pretty much nailed what the problems were with '07. If they say that the
> swing is massively improved, then I say yeah, break the seal. If they
> don't then keep it virgin and ditch it.
>
>
> Chris.
>
> GT: SomethingWitty
>
>
>

"WCZ" <Dav123456.RemoveThis@willnotwork.com> wrote in message
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>>>> Want:
>>>
>>> To know if Tiger Woods 08 is any good before I crack the cellophane on
>>> it. Got it bundled with the console from Game along with Fifa 08 which
>>> they swapped for Excite Truck easy enough. Anyone got an opinion?
>>
>> I can't speak definitively about the '08 iteration, but '07 was a major
>> disappointment to me. Not, you understand, in terms of content, because
>> it
>
> Have you got your versions confused here? I played the TW08 demo and I'd
> say the swing is broken in 08 not in the 07 version which I thoroughly
> enjoyed. The demo prevented me from buying the game in any case.
>
> In conclusion. TW08 < TW07.

I think we're talking about the Wii version here. I was, anyway. As you
say though, on the 360 versions, '07 is close to perfection, but '08 has
annoyed many people with the increased swing sensitivity. Personally, I
still like it a lot.


Chris.

GT: SomethingWitty

"Chris Stevens" <news RemoveThis @thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote in message
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> "WCZ" <Dav123456 RemoveThis @willnotwork.com> wrote in message
> news:fgp9a3$npk$1@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...
>>>>> Want:
>>>>
>>>> To know if Tiger Woods 08 is any good before I crack the cellophane on
>>>> it. Got it bundled with the console from Game along with Fifa 08 which
>>>> they swapped for Excite Truck easy enough. Anyone got an opinion?
>>>
>>> I can't speak definitively about the '08 iteration, but '07 was a major
>>> disappointment to me. Not, you understand, in terms of content, because
>>> it
>>
>> Have you got your versions confused here? I played the TW08 demo and I'd
>> say the swing is broken in 08 not in the 07 version which I thoroughly
>> enjoyed. The demo prevented me from buying the game in any case.
>>
>> In conclusion. TW08 < TW07.
>
> I think we're talking about the Wii version here. I was, anyway. As you
> say though, on the 360 versions, '07 is close to perfection, but '08 has
> annoyed many people with the increased swing sensitivity. Personally, I
> still like it a lot.
>

Ah, yes, Mr. Trousers needs to go on a post clarity course when referring to
multiple consoles. Or I could be an idiot. Cross out whatever is not
applicable.

>
> Chris.
>
> GT: SomethingWitty
>
>

In article <slrnfiugce.6pf.google.DeleteThis@ID-171443.user.uni-berlin.de>,
google.DeleteThis@asktoby.com says...
> On 2007-11-05, Mal F <spampit.DeleteThis@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > In article <fgmcf3$15df$1@energise.enta.net>, qwerty.DeleteThis@qwerty.invalid
> > says...
> >> Play:
> >
> > Crysis Demo (PC) - rather enjoyable, if short demo. Definitely
> > considering it. Looks tasty on the new PC too.
>
> Gosh, it's good, isn't it?
> I was pulling an acceptable 25FPS I guess and it did really look stunning,
> especially when you get to watch sunrise. Those faces in the cutscenes
> looked like CGI.
>
> I don't think I'll buy it, yet. I'll wait until one or two upgrade's time
> in order to do it justice.

decided to bite bullet and ordered the collector's edition from game. my
3.2GHz (overclocked) quad core and 8800GTX should be sufficient for me



> > Far Cry (PC) - bought this in early 2005 to play on my then new PC from
> > Mesh. But had trouble with that PC and when i finally got a replacement
> > that didn't BSOD all the bloody time I was too busy playing Dark Age Of
> > Camelot.
>
> I skipped this one for the same reason I'm skipping Crysis now. A few years
> on, I'm wondering if I should load it up an play it. I could probably
> buy it for about 40p these days.

definitely recommend it - can get it from £1.99 + p&p from amazon
marketsellers - recommend dling the patches for it too (think last one
is 1.4) as the later ones added the previously xp 64-bit version only
features for 32-bit users as PCs by then were up to the task (better
graphics and more insects and birds)

mal