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Why would he need to pick up a used Gamecube to play RE 0 and the REmake?

Darth Chaltab said:

Why would he need to pick up a used Gamecube to play RE 0 and the REmake?

Because they are Gamecube games, and at the time of posting that I didn't know dark_jedi owned a Wii.

Since used GCs are only thirty bucks now, $35 with a year warranty, buying a used Gamecube is a good suggestion for anyone who wants to catch up on the few good exclusive games that came out on it (RE titles, the two Zeldas, Metroid, Rogue Squadron, etc.). It is a two hundred and twenty bucks cheaper than the Wii, and most of the games can be picked up for pocket change. I got my copy of the REmake for $7 and it looks brand new, Metroid Prime for $6.

Of course if you have a Wii you don't need a GC, but it is still definitely worth going out of your way to buy a GC controller and to pick up a handful of wothwhile old GC games.

I wish my X-Box was fixed already. I seriously wanna try that Resident Evil 5 demo.

I finally got them to fix it free of charge. It's been in service for a week and a half now.

Jay said:

I'm still working my way through Fallout 3. What a fantastic game. I don't see how anyone who walked through it in a week could have possibly enjoyed everything it has to offer. It's the kind of game that makes me want to explore every nook and cranny on the map (and explode heads while I'm doing it).

Some people just want to beat games for the sake of beating them I suppose, and collected as many achievements on the way as possible no doubt. Same thing for Bioshock, everyone talks about what a short game it is and how it can easily be finished over the course of a single weekend, and so far I have spent hours on it and am not all that far in the game, there is just too much to take in to rush through it like that. Not sure there is a lot of point in playing a game like Oblivion or Fallout 3 if you are just going to rush through it, too much additional care was put into the making of such games.

I just bought Fallout 3 a few days ago, Target had it on sale for $39 last week, couldn't let that deal pass by. I haven't has a chance to play it at all yet, I'll probably finish Bioshock before getting into it.

I've never played any of the Metal Gear Solid games before, so I bought the Essential Collection at Gamestop a few days ago (it includes MGS1, MGS2:Substance, and MGS3:Subsistence, minues the second disc), and I have to say it's one of the best gaming purposes I've made in a long time. I've been playing through the first one over the past few days and I'm loving it. I think MGS is another game that falls into the category that you guys are talking about; I kept hearing people say that it was a short game, and yet I've racked up about 6 hours of play time and I haven't even made it to Disc 2 yet.

C3PX said:

Some people just want to beat games for the sake of beating them I suppose, and collected as many achievements on the way as possible no doubt. Same thing for Bioshock, everyone talks about what a short game it is and how it can easily be finished over the course of a single weekend, and so far I have spent hours on it and am not all that far in the game, there is just too much to take in to rush through it like that.

The same thing happened with Half-Life 2: Ep 1 and Ep 2 (1 to a lesser extent).  People are simply rushing through so they can say they beat it in less time then the developers said it would take.  HL2: Ep1 was suppose to be a 4-6 hour game.  Some people managed to beat it in 2 hours, no doubt by simply running through.  It took me 5, mostly because I got stuck at the very end, otherwise it would've been 4.

I like to enjoy a game first.  Once I finish it, then I'll go back and do a speed run.

Metal Gear Solid is an amazing game. It has its goofy side and so whoever happens to dislike it for that is entitled to do so, but I found it incredibly fun. I haven't played any of the three sequels that came after it though.

Great choice on picking up the MGS essential collection, Nanner. You've just taken your first step into a larger world... or something like that. I eagerly ran out and bought that thing on the day it was released. Fantastic deal, great looking set, and you can't beat having the first game in PS2 style packaging to match the others.

Sure the game takes some over the top Japanese anime-like liberties with reason and sense, but the experience of playing them is so unique and enjoyable that it is easy enough just go along with it.

If you really enjoyed the first one, and I mean really enjoyed it to the point of wanting to play it again, then you definitely want to pick up the remake for the Gamecube. Mostly the same game but with upgraded graphics and a few extra features (for example, when you get shot you will leave a trail of blood, so you have to use bandages). Oddly they redubbed the voice acting, but with almost all of the same actors, and didn't quite do as good of a job as the original IMHO. Still a pretty cool game though. I'd recommend the original for newcomers, and the remake for someone who wishes to revisit the game again later.

If i remember correctly the remake of metal gear solid renamed the twin snakes for the gamecube used the same game engine as metal gear solid 2.

To me the first one was the best and most original of the lot and a remake for the ps3 would be welcomed, as well as a remake of Final Fantasy VII,lol.  Seriously these two games made owning the original playstation worthwhile. 

That and the first medal of honor game, which looks silly now in comparison to the Call of Duty sequels.

Halo 3 has owned every first person shooter except for maybe call of duty modern warfare, or goldeneye 64.

skyjedi2005 said:

To me the first one was the best and most original of the lot and a remake for the ps3 would be welcomed, as well as a remake of Final Fantasy VII,lol.

 

They'd already made one remake of MGS, how many do you want?

Anybody else playing/played Fallout 3? I find it to be a terrible waste of time, takes hours to make very little progress, and I feel like I am constantly wasting my free time treading across the desert, making it halfway to my desired location before being ambushed and killed by mutants and having to load from my last save point. Frustrating and time consuming, but it is a hard game to put down. Amazing visuals and occasionally some pretty unique game play make it worth sticking with it despite it being the time waster it is.

The "Traquility Lane" portion of the game was brilliant! Psychotic and rather disturbing in many ways (this is the kind of thing you don't want kooks like Jack Thompson or Hilary Clinton to see), but also incredibly amusing, and sometimes outright hilarious. Very reminiscent of the old Twilight Zone episodes, they captured a really cool erieeness with the whole black and white thing. Seriously, this single quest is a great concept for a whole game in itself. I'd pay good money for an extended experience of Tranquility Lane. Imagine spending hours doing tasks for Betty, or figuring out ways to defy her. I'd buy it.

It isn't really hard in a challenging, "alright! I gonna beat it this time!" kind of way, but more in a, "Holy freaking hell! That guy just came out of nowhere and killed me and I haven't saved the game for a whole 15 minutes!" kind of way.

The first bit of the game was kind of slow, a clever way to let you customize your character (the baby book and the G.O.A.T. exam) while also giving you back story on your character, but perhaps a bit unnecessary, it did make for a rather slow start. I didn't mind it so much though. When I sit down to play an RPG I am not expecting things to move along super quickly anyway.

Resident Evil 5 demo was released officially for the 360 yesterday, so no longer the need of torrenting the Japanese demo and burning it onto a disc. Guess the PS3 version will be out in Feb.

Fallout 3's first add-on, Operation: Anchorage was released today, I went ahead and bought it, and I got to say it was most definitely worth ten bucks. Seems kind of silly in a game bursting at the seams with things to do and side quests to spend money for a single additional side quest and a few additional weapons. But this thing is so different from anything else in the game, it is pretty cool to see what else the engine is able to do. The change of scenery from burnt out wastelands to Alaskan Mountains is pretty nice.

My first post about being annoyed at getting killed while wandering the wastes was made around my second day of playing. I think I was about level 5 or 6 at the time. At that point I was working my way through the main story missions and trying to make my way to the radio station from Megaton, which is the point I kept getting killed at, that is a long ways to travel at a low level. I talked my way out of helping Three Dog with his broadcast problems and got him to tell me where Liam Neeson was anyway, which I did not know at the time robbed me of being forced to gain precious experience points. By the time I finished clearing mutants out of the Jefferson Memorial, my level had reached a decent point where I am able to travel just about anywhere without dying too much.

Some exploration prior to beginning the story missions in order to build experience would have been wise and saved me a lot of frustration. At that point the game just felt overwhelmingly huge, and the story missions where the only sense of direction I had.

Now I am throughly enjoying the game, and can't see myself getting tired of it anytime soon. Now that I have discovered enough locations, it is easy to travel from place to place without trudging through the wasteland for hours. Biggest complaint now is that while playing the things hours just fly by, I'll start playing it sometime early in the evening with the intention of buring just a little bit of time, and before I know it it is dark outside and nearly bedtime.

I'd definitely recommend starting on Fallout 3 next. Once you get out of the shelter and get going in the wastelands you'll love it. 

I have no freakin idea what kthxbye stands for, but I certainly didn't post any spoilers whatsoever. Hell, I haven't even played the GNR level yet, as I said, I talked my way out of it. Since you are out of the shelter, it is no secret to you that your dad ran off and your mission is to track him down, so it should be no spoiler that eventually somebody tells you where he is. The fact that some dude needs you to repair something should be no spoiler either, since there are about a million people in the game that ask you to do favors for them by fixing something they are too lazy to deal with themselves. I guess the mutants in Jefferson Memorial could be a spoiler (comes much later than GNR though), but the fact that Mutants pretty much occupy every above ground building in that area should come as no surprise that a few of them hang out there. That would be about as big of a spoiler as me saying there are ghouls in the subways.

Wow, you are at level 13 and you haven't done any of the story missions beyond the shelter? This game is going to be damn easy for you.