The Gamer's Quarter

Lestrade · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:44 am Post subject:

I played Viewtiful Joe, but I really, really dislike it.

Lestrade · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:09 am Post subject:

Hmm, BG&E seems like it might be a good choice, if I can get it cheap enough. Short 'n' awesome, from what I can gather.

SuperWes · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:28 am Post subject:

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

Luigi's Mansion sounds perfect for what you're looking for, Lestrade.

Paper Mario is long, but if I remember correctly, it's broken up into distinct parts that make its length seem less daunting. Plus, it really is as good as all that.

Pikmin is beautiful and compact the way Ikaruga is. It's very arcade-y. I've played through it four times, which is nearly impossible to do with its sequel.

You can find all of these inexpensively.

I fall on the dislike side of Eternal Darkness, but everyone who says there is a lot interesting going on in the game is absolutely right.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

BG&E is one to avoid, I'd say. It's an attempt at doing a Zelda game. There's barely a single idea in there that isn't from either Mario 64 or one of the 3D Zeldas. Judged against the canon of the 3D Zelda games, though, it falls way, way short.

I don't generally like Ubisoft games, I've found.

Oh yeah, do you value aesthetics in games, particularly? Because F-Zero GX is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen on a television screen. I'm not kidding!

Pikmin and Luigi's Mansion are pretty great. I like Pikmin 2 but it's very big- I don't think the Pikmin concept is really worthy of a 40 hour+ game. Fun for the first time you play through it, but that's it.

wourme · . Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 362 Location: Maridia

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Hey, Lestrade!

PN03 only takes me about an hour to beat now a days. The trick to making PN03 not suck is to avoid the filler: don't do the training missions inbetween the main levels. They were only put there because otherwise the game would be "too short". Without them it's the perfect length, and very action packed. Very very reminiscent of older shmups. (It's for shmups what RE4 is for RE!)
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GSL · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:26 pm Post subject:

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

Wourme, I'd love to take that Luigi's Mansion off of your hands if you want to trade. I could probably part with Viewtiful Joe or Killer7 if you want either of them. Or I can shoot some cash your way. PM me if you're interested in any of that.
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Ketch · . Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 420

I bought a GC and a lot of the games that I thought would be cool, Mario Sunshine, Metroid Prime, Luigi's Mansion, Eternal Darkness, THPS 4, V...... Joe etc. However, I foun that the games I most enjoyed were

Resident Evil REmake: I hadn't played much of the first PS one, so it was cool to be able to enjoy it on GC. I enjoyed it for the fact it was the only game I finished on the GC, + it had good graphics and it was an interesting 'story'. Sure the game side was a bit annoying, but the audio-visual story-ness was enjoyable.

THPS 4: not as good as THUG but quite fun.

Luigi's Mansion, cool, funny and atmospheric but the save system
and gameplay began to grate.

Wind Waker + Zelda TOOT/ MQ disk. Wind Waker was good, really good in parts but the ocean as poorly implemented. Zelda Ocarina of time disk is okay, but I never *really* enjoyed that game so much.

P.S BG&E (played it on PS2 only though, GC is said to be Michel Ancel's fave version).

Lestrade · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject:

Yeah, fuck REmake was good. I might pick it up just to have it. It's gorgeous.

I went to a nearby shop on my lunch and just left, completely uninspired to get anything. If I got anything, it would be cheap, possibly quirky, and something I could play for minutes at a time and not worry about it.

I realized while in the store that my attitude towards games is much like my attitude towards film: if I miss a game, I just let it go. Maybe a few years down the line, when I've nothing else to play, I'll pick it up, but I prefer just dealing with the titles of the moment, and only playing what I comfortably have time to enjoy. Life's a lot less stressful that way.

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Jill Valentine's foxy in that game.

Mister Toups · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:23 pm Post subject:

Lestrade based on your gaming tastes I think you'd enjoy Beyond Good and Evil a lot. And it plays fine on the Gamecube. I had no troubles with it.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject:

Lestrade · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:50 pm Post subject:

Hellllllllll yes.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

BG&E plays like watching a movie. Its simple and straight forward. A lot of fun to watch, not too engaging to play.

Also, seriously, PN03 lestrade.
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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

I liked Beyond Good and Evil a lot. I thought the stealth portions were well done (maybe even better than Metal Gear Solid?) because there was a real feelling of fear I had while playing them.

I also have the Gamecube version and it has never bothered it.
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wourme · . Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 362 Location: Maridia

I also liked PN03, but I played a lot of the training missions (thinking I needed to level up or something) and that made me become pretty tired of the game by the end.

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Yeah, the stealth parts are pretty neat. It's just Sneaking Around Hyrule Castle DX, though.

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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

OH SNAP

Toto · 4th Man Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Posts: 122

Apparently the Cube version of BG&E is the bets version fyi guys.

Ketch · . Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 420

Twin Snakes if you haven't played through PS1 Metal Gear Solid. (I just found this really cheap - 8 Pounds when it usually sells for 30 Pounds.). Okay, I've only played a bit of the first area, but it seems highquality.