The gaming thread!!!

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

I had an Amiga 500 also ... some of the boxes for the games were huge, yet it only contained a 3.5 inch disk

I saw Fifa 2004 for £14 today, i am tempted to get it, but i think i'll wait until the new year then hopefully it'll be even cheaper.

yeah, the boxes were ridiculous at times. Like the box for Street Fighter 2 was about 3 times the size of a DVD cover.

I've played FIFA 2004, trust me, its not worth it. Get Pro Evolution Soccer 4!!!

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

yeah, the boxes were ridiculous at times. Like the box for Street Fighter 2 was about 3 times the size of a DVD cover.

I've played FIFA 2004, trust me, its not worth it. Get Pro Evolution Soccer 4!!!

I've seen Pes4 ... those players run funny like puppets

I don't think Pro Evolution Soccer 4 is coming out on the Gamecube, i shall check this though

yeah, I don't think PES4 is on GC, but I think its on PC

WOOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!

over 60hrs of play and finally finished Final Fantasy X-2. Its probably the worst of the FF series (not including spin off titles), but its still an incredible game. I seriously am going nuts in anticipation for Advent Children and FFXII now!!!

My pc is quite old, so i won't be getting pe4 for it. I'll just have to settle for fifa 2004.

I am currently about 18 hours into Baten Kaitos, although i have spent alot of that time levelling up my characters and getting new stuff. I think it's pretty cool as when you get cards they evolve into different things, like you'll get green bananas that aren't ripe enough to eat, but you can attack people with them ... then they ripen and you can use them to heal, but then they go bad and you can use them in poison attacks. Plus if you combine cards you get different ones, like honey + cheese = chestnuts (which heal lots of points and cures poison) .... it's really good

I got a bit further in Metroid Prime 2, but i died a long way from a save point, so i have to do that bit all again. The polish on that game is superb and has some of the best menu screens i've seen.

I'm glad i have 3 weeks off over Christmas, gives me alot of time to catch up.

Jim, can you give a little info about Baten Kaitos, its sounds quite interesting

Sure thing Dev.

Well it's an rpg and i think it's pretty good, although i would say that as i imported it from America So far it won't be released here in the U.K. and i'm pretty sure it's Gamecube exclusive. The visuals are amazing, some of the particle effects on the spells you cast are incredible, as are some of the pre-rendered backgrounds. It's not random battles like FF, you only battle if you bump into an enemy, so sometimes you can avoid them if you walk round them. The main difference with other titles is the battle system, you play with a deck of cards. You can carry 1000 cards in your deck, some you can use in battles, some when you're just walking around. The cards are various items, like different swords, types of armour, spells, elemental cards (like ice armour or flame sword, etc). But you also get other items that look useless. For example you might get some branches, combine the branches with a fire spell and you get charcoal, combine the charcoal with some sort of food and it'll cook it and give you something else. Most of these items also evlolve over time too, like the milk will turn into cheese and that gives you more health points, combine that with honey and you get the chestnuts which restore lots of health points. I think there are about 140 combinations to find, some make new spells, overs just new items. When you battle you can only have a certain amount in each character's deck, right now that's about 30 for me, plus you can only draw 5 cards at a time, so you have to have a balanced deck of attack, defence, healing, general cards. Each card has a number on it and you basically play poker, if you get a straight (3, 4, 5) you get a bonus added to your attack/defence points ..... likewise you get a bonus if you draw a pair or 2 pairs, etc. It takes a while, but you get used to it and i think it's pretty cool. There is an element of luck as the deck is shuffled for each battle, so you might be attacking but only have defensive cards or vice versa, so for that you're kind of screwed. But aside from that it's great so far.

Oh and the only way to earn money is to take a photo of the enemies and wait for it to develop before selling it, that's also a pretty nice touch.

Check out the official site or on ign, you can see some screen shots then.

cool, thanks Jim, sounds good

Darkness falls !!!!!!!!!!!!! still playing , so creepyyyyyyyyy !!!!!!!!

quote from the game " May the rats have your eyeesssssssss .... the darkness comessssssss " whaaaaaaaaa



wonderfull games with such a creepy atmosphere. the story is read from a book with human skin as cover and filled with bones . The main caracter finds the book in her old daddy's mansion and starts reading ... while reading you'll play the caracters . Finishing each level will add runes to your magic inventory. That way you can mix rune stones and achieve magicall spells like health restore , sanity restore , magic restore , invisibility , power beam , etc etc ... the coolest thing about the game is the sanity meter, when it's filled your sane . As soon as you encounter monsters and zombies your saninty will decrease wich will lead to hallucinations , shaky camera position , ghost telephone call and when you pick up " remember meeeee" , flying books in the library , hard knocking on doors , screaming ... and once in a while you'll hear the playing caracter say " thiss ... isnt ... happeninggggg " ... I love the game !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A must for every gamecube owner , ah yes , it's nintendo exclusive !!!!


... this .... aint ... happeninggggggg .........

hehe. Nova I know about Eternal Darkness and how good its meant to be. Shame I can't play it.

Speaking of GC exclusives...I played what was meant to be a GC exclusive last night...Viewtiful Joe. Its a great game so far. Very easy to pick up, very well stylised and really a simple idea. However, even though its like this, it provides a good challenge. Can't wait to get further.

Also played GTA: SA yesterday. It seems great but I didn't even scratch the surface yet. GTA fans will feel in familiar territory though

PES4!!! THIS GAME RULES!!! I'm hooked! the passing is so awsome now, its near perfect. The animation seemed a little off at first, but its the subtlety of it that makes you realise how its actually improved. However, there is a drop in frame rate when theres a lot happening on screen, but it never really becomes a problem once you get used to it. The players look more realistic than ever and Italian teams all have the proper names etc.. meaning Milan are correct. Milan are good in the game and many players have been improved (although some are still underrated).

Theres also incredible depth in the gameplay, with numerous defensive and offensive plays, beatifully designed to make it easy for the player to implement the moves. Lets just say, this game is amazing and hardcore football fans and non-football fans can enjoy it just as much

vieuwtifull joe 1 or 2 ??

Originally Posted by Nova

vieuwtifull joe 1 or 2 ??

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2 hasn't been released yet

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

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2 hasn't been released yet

I have Viewtiful Joe for the Gamecube, it's and excellent game ...... very impressive. I might wait for the 2nd one to come out on budget though, save myself some money

Can't say much about the games I'm playing...

Viewtiful Joe is great and on PES I'm trying to play on 4 star difficulty now.

For Gio ...The new Godfather trailer is online...

http://www.gametrailers.com/

I suggest finding it here