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[Crushinator]

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I hated Metroid Prime as well...I never played it past the opening, because I never got used to the controls. ;p

You kinda have to keep playing the game in order to figure out the controls...

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~super monkey ball - sorry, but i find this game offensive.. i cannot figure this out, but everytime i see the commercial ~ seeing monkeys enclosed in an air tight ball & being abused at all levels is not my idea of an enjoyable social game.. =/ weird thing is, i gots friends that enjoy it ~ but i find it actually disturbing..

You are probably the only person in the UNIVERSE who could possibly find some level of offense in SMB. Lighten up...its a hilarious game, challenging in the Solo mode, and tons of fun in the multiplayer party modes.

Now...onto the topic. HYDLIDE....FUCK I HATE THIS GAME! It has been the bane of my existance since the day I played it when I was a little kid. What the hell is with it...you hold down the A button and plow into the enemies to "fight" them, and then the only way to refill your life is to stand still and wait till it comes back...It takes about 100,000,000 enemies killed to gain ONE GODDAMN LEVEL, and get this...THERES NO FUCKING WAY TO CONTINUE WHEN YOU DIE because some stupid piece of shit kobold catches you while you are trying to regen your health.



I am a glutton for bad game punishment...but GODDAMN why does Hydlide exist :( ....Let's not even mention the horrid Saturn FMV "Virtual Hydlide"...

[Bantam13]

QUOTE (Claymore @ Oct 21 2003, 12:26 AM)

@ HC i hate that game too, it totally sucked... and after all that hype? did everyone think it would be gold just because it was made by rockstar? i bet so... if you want to experience another POS made by rock star.. check out wild metal.. guaranteed to make you puke! i hate Ghost recon also, at least on the ps2, wack controls, graphics, gameplay... i could go on and on but i wont... dont waste your time on this utter garbage.. not even worth a rent. Xenosaga... people love this game.. but i cant seem to play past the third or fourth CGI.. SINCE IT LASTS 25 MINUTES!!! ... seriously though, the graphics are nice, but i literally fall asleep during those boring, lengthy CGI's.... more CGI than gameplay = bad.

....and if you want to further your catalog of shitty Rockstar games, one can only look towards the pile of crap known as Oni. I picked this up for like $14 new a few years back....little did I know I paid $14 too much. I swear that game has the most f'ed up control scheme I've ever experienced in a console game, ever.

Hrmm, I never found the time for Xenosaga....I was playing PSO at the time, as usual. Maybe I can squeeze it in before FFXI hits next week, lol.


Bantam13
--Now as for what to do with Oni....PULL!! **aims**

[Knightsword]

How about the utter bastard of the FF games Mystic Quest.
I mean this game is a horred combination of a standard FF game and Secret of Mana. The story was so dumbed down a smart person might miss it. This is the game we got instead of FF V.

[Khaotika]

QUOTE (Crushinator @ Oct 22 2003, 03:27 PM)

QUOTE I hated Metroid Prime as well...I never played it past the opening, because I never got used to the controls. ;p You kinda have to keep playing the game in order to figure out the controls...

Well, usually if I can't get into the game within the first 10 minutes of playing, there's a huge chance I won't like it if I ever decide to tackle it again. I haven't since the first time. *shrug*

-Khao

[DivA]

QUOTE (Crushinator @ Oct 22 2003, 02:27 PM)

You are probably the only person in the UNIVERSE who could possibly find some level of offense in SMB.  Lighten up...its a hilarious game, challenging in the Solo mode, and tons of fun in the multiplayer party modes.

~& why am i not surprised to see you defending this ridiculous excuse of a game.. *shakes head* that's a pretty daring statement, assuming that you've met everyone in the UNIVERSE..
~sorry, judgement is passed - that game is refuse..

[Crushinator]

Maybe you should actually give it a shot, and not dismiss the game based on some silly theory about cartoon monkies getting hurt inside plastic balls.

The original arcade mode is a true test of skill, that harkens back to the days when videogames relied on nothing but your own reflexes and patience to master the game. Truely the real deal, and I feel sorry for you if you can't appreciate gameplay like that.

As for the multiplayer modes, there is nothing, NOTHING better than kicking back with your friends and playing a few (hundred) rounds of Monkey Target or Monkey Fight. Those two mini-games alone are worth the price of admission. Then there is monkey bowling, gold, and billiards, which are actually very fun, deep, and accurate representations of their respective sports (regardless of the hilarious monkey content). It seems like your friends are already clued into this, though. So I don't see how you could have avoided joining in the festivities because of some bizarre sense of pity for VIDEO GAME CARTOON MONKIES.

[DivA]

~is that so? tell you what, i'll try the game the day you level-up a HUnewearl; both you & i know that would never happen, so let's not kid ourselves, shall we? i'm not convinced, my judgement stands..

& btw, your formula for true test of skill needs reassessment; SMB is a shadow when measured against the old school of video games.. save you pity, i neither need nor desire it..

[Mute]

QUOTE (Crushinator @ Oct 23 2003, 05:12 PM)

Maybe you should actually give it a shot, and not dismiss the game based on some silly theory about cartoon monkies getting hurt inside plastic balls. The original arcade mode is a true test of skill, that harkens back to the days when videogames relied on nothing but your own reflexes and patience to master the game.  Truely the real deal, and I feel sorry for you if you can't appreciate gameplay like that. As for the multiplayer modes, there is nothing, NOTHING better than kicking back with your friends and playing a few (hundred) rounds of Monkey Target or Monkey Fight.  Those two mini-games alone are worth the price of admission.  Then there is monkey bowling, gold, and billiards, which are actually very fun, deep, and accurate representations of their respective sports (regardless of the hilarious monkey content).

Agreed. Super Monkey Ball is excellent for multiplayer fun. My buddies and I have played Monkey Fight more times than I can count. Monkey Target is highly addictive as well. I never got my hands on Super Monkey Ball 2 but I'd like to sometime down the road.

DivA ~ I SOOO agree with you about the Magical Drop series. Tetris is ok, I ain't gonna dis it, but when it comes to puzzle games, I much prefer Magical Drop 2/3 or Bust-A-Move (Puzzle Bobble).

Crush ~ Hydlide has to be one of the worst games ever! There was recently a best/worst RPG discussion at another forum that I post at, and Hydlide was instantly the first thing that popped in my head for worst.

As for the vent list, I'd like to add Enter the Matrix to the fray. Playing through this mess of a game was a really frustrating experience for me. Don't get me wrong, some of the stages were fun, but I found the controls to be quite a downfall, not to mention some collision detection issues. This game is only worth the time if you're a hardcore Matrix fan and want some of the side story. Otherwise, this game just leaves you thinking how good it could have been. >.<;;

[Henge]

i personally liked SMB, it reminded me of the ancient marble madness for the NES. its a light hearted game and there's alot more serious animal rights issues than fake monkeys inside fake balls on a video game.

why should the monkeys miss out in all the fun, how many games at last count, involved killing eachother?(read: human vs. human FPS, Action. ect.)

[unitself]

why o why are we even discussing SMB, when the atrocity of Sonic Shuffle exists! Come on! Sonic is a great character whos main attribute is that he runs very fast. But, for some reason, doing the Shuffle causes him, and all his woodland buddies, to crawl at a snails pace. UHG! No fun. Even for me.
So, forget the monkey. Shuffle is worse.

*drills air holes in the plexi-sphere*
There ya go lil' buddy. Now, go roam free!!

[DivA]

QUOTE (unitself @ Oct 24 2003, 02:01 PM)

why o why are we even discussing SMB, when the atrocity of Sonic Shuffle exists! Come on! Sonic is a great character whos main attribute is that he runs very fast. But, for some reason, doing the Shuffle causes him, and all his woodland buddies, to crawl at a snails pace. UHG! No fun. Even for me. So, forget the monkey. Shuffle is worse. *drills air holes in the plexi-sphere* There ya go lil' buddy. Now, go roam free!!

~you know, scu - you may be right.. Oo Sonic Shuffle = 100% certified waste product; both that & Mario Party (all) would best be suited for target practice..

[Khaotika]

QUOTE (DivA @ Oct 24 2003, 03:21 PM)

Oo Sonic Shuffle = 100% certified waste product; both that & Mario Party (all) would best be suited for target practice..

I happen to like Mario Party 4. With the giant spider known as Waluigi, his royal fatass Wario, and the ability for Peach to say:

"Yeah! Peach is the Porno Star!!"

I mean...Party Star....I think...... :O

-Khao

[Crushinator]

QUOTE (DivA @ Oct 24 2003, 09:48 AM)

~is that so? tell you what, i'll try the game the day you level-up a HUnewearl; both you & i know that would never happen, so let's not kid ourselves, shall we? i'm not convinced, my judgement stands..

Hmm how about we pretend we actually know somebody before we make a statment about what they have and have not done, huh? I have used a HUnewearl character, two different ones in fact on DC, and I DID level them up a good ways too.

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& btw, your formula for true test of skill needs reassessment; SMB is a shadow when measured against the old school of video games.. save you pity, i neither need nor desire it..

If you would actually set your pride aside and give the damn game a shot, you would realize that its gameplay is the exact same type exhibited in the best of the "old school" video games. Except without the "fake difficulty" caused by cheap deaths or shitty controls.

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I happen to like Mario Party 4.  With the giant spider known as Waluigi, his royal fatass Wario, and the ability for Peach to say:

I am a pretty big fan of the Mario Party series, but I think part 4 is a serious piece of not good. They oversimplified the game boards WAY too much (highest difficulty is 2 stars??? what is the point of even ranking the difficulty?). And all the maps have horrible loops that are too easy to get stuck in for the entire game, ruining any fun you might have had elsewhere on the board.

The items were totally stupid, to replace the keys in previous "Party"s they used the mini mushrooms, but to get through a "door" (mini pipe) you need to be within 5 damn spaces of the pipe, AND get a lucky enough roll of the minishroom to get through. Then there's the mega mushrooms...yeah great I can go 20 spaces, but OH WAIT I miss every damn square INCLUDING THE STAR!!! Those are the main offenders...oh yeah and the mini-mega hammer, also stupid, why can't I CHOOSE what fate I want to deal out to my opponent? And also, what happend to the item mini games? Those were great, but now are replaced by that stupid "choose the big or small block" game where you can only get those GODDAMN MUSHROOMS. Lastly, although most of the mini-games are great almost all of the 3-on-1 games on MP4 are SERIOUSLY unbalanced toward one of the teams.

The sad thing is I still play Mario Party 4 with my freinds because of the eye-grating graphics of the N64 ones...oh what I wouldn't give if they would just make a "Mario Party" which included ALL of the previous "Party"'sgames, maps, and items. Online or not, that game would be the real deal.

Anyways, back to the topic another game that needs to GO is Final Fantasy 5...held in such a high regard because of the holy trinity of: 1) It's never came out in the US (till much later anyways); 2) It has the "Job system" (greatest RPG level up method if we are to believe the general internet gaming populace); and 3) Its a FINAL FANTASY

This game just sucks, boring characters, lame pacing, basically no graphical upgrade from FF4. It should have STAYED in Japan to rod, so I would never have had to pay money for it in that worthless Final Fantasy Anthology. Good thing I sold that bitch on Ebay 5 months later for $60.