I can't give you a performace comparison, cause I only played the game itself - not the demo. The demo was released after the game, so I would guess they play pretty similarly.

If you want to know how good the game is, I thought it was great - a flawed masteripece. The missions themselves were great. The city sections were a good idea, but I think they missed the mark in execution. In any event, it was a fitting end to one of the best gaming series, EVER~!

I played it on an Athlon 1400, 512M, and GeForce 5600 FX. My vid card is a bit better than yours, but otherwise your system should be faster. While it wasn't sily smooth, it was more than acceptable for me. Turning Anti-Aliasing off will help a lot.

Interface: ...  Chatting and other communication tools are fairly similar in both games, although the extra windows in  EQ2 are nice.

Just so you know, you can open and customize multiple chat windows in WoW. I assume that your sentence indicated that you thought you couldn't do this in WoW. Just wanted to let you know you could. If I interpreted your sentence completely wrong, feel free to yell at me and call me an idiot.

One other warning: I believe the DS will NOT play GBC or GB games, only GBA games....

I don't own one, but on the OO forums a thread on the DS said that the DS has "10 hours of battery life under ideal conditions". No, I don't know what "ideal conditions" means!

And I have made so many comparisons of it to virtua boy  :roll: .

And my original post wasn't directed towards you, so please roll your eyes elsewhere!

Yeah, and it is really showing in games. Im just saying that you can sell all the systems you want, without games, the system is shit to me. And that is what the DS is to me now because of their games. I think it has huge potential.

And what I am saying is that Nintendo has already raised their sales expectations for this system TWICE. And what are we, 9 days after it launched in the US alone?

I'm not saying the launch titles are anything great. I agree that they are not (I don't own or have any immediate plans on owning a DS.) I am saying it's silly to think that the DS will be like the Virtual Boy and get no future support from Nintendo or 3rd party developers when it's clearly exceeding expectations saleswise.

Uhm, Nintendo is now projecting that they will sell 5 million units by March 31, 2005. I think it's safe to say this unit will get TONS of support from Nintendo and 3rd party developers.

Every time I see one of those Zelda shots, I start pining for that game big time. It's going to be a LOOOONG torturous wait for that bad boy!

You might want to add whether you are Horde or Alliance!

(May as well revive this thread from GG today!)

Today, November 23, 2004 is the 41st birthday of Doctor Who! Happy Birthday to the greatest science fiction show ever!!! YAY~!

 

I picked up a copy at lunch. Didn't need to reinstall since I was in the beta. I had ZERO problems creating an account. I was SHOCKED by how smoothly it went, after the open beta was so horrific. I created a couple of new char's and there was no lag. The true test comes tonight, but so far, smooth as silk launch for me.

Gamespot gave it an 8.5.

Review

Wow. That's unfortunate. So if you buy retail, you are buying a more expensive, inferior version of the game. I'll keep this in mind when I am looking for this one in the bargain bin.

Isn't buying the CD the equivalent of buying a Bronze account? Couldn't you set up your account with Steam, then uninstall HL2 and then tell Steam to download HL2? Wouldn't you then have a no-cd version of the game?

As with Metroid Prime 2, I am surprised noone has talked about this one yet either. I have a RPG backlog that includes Paper Mario, Tales of Symphonia, and Mario & Luigi superstar saga (oh, and World of Warcraft, Yikes!) but I might add this to the list if I hear about how good it is, and how that card system (shudder) works. Anyone pick this up in lieu of the other heavy hitters today?

Anyone get this? I'm not planning on buying this until next year (when I have a chance to finish #1) but I am still interested in hearing about it! I guess everyone got HL2 instead!  

Since the open beta, the lag has been really bad. I found it unplayable this afternoon.

They better have this resolved when it hits retail.

Just wanted to chime in again on how great this game is. I am at the start of Chapter 4 now, and the curse on this town is absolutely hilarious.

I loved Chapter 3. Expecting another dungeon, what I did get was just hilarious!!!!

All the Bowser parts are just classic!!!

VIVA PAPER MARIO~!

Another recommendation for Paper Mario here. Also, if you like console RPGs and never played Skies of Arcadia on the Dreamcast, pick up Skies of Arcadia Legends if you can find it. A real gem of a game (although be prepared for LOTS of random battles).

Agree completely on both games!

I wholeheartedly second almost all of the recommendations (except for the Resident Evils, I just hate the controls for those games, blech! But that's just my preference.)

Just make sure you get Eternal Darkness. Man is that game ever awesome!!!!!!

You know, I haven't seen a single complaint about the 1st day registration/lag/stability issues yet. Does this mean we have had a smooth launch? Wouldn't that be a first for SOE? If so, BRAVO. It took them a while, but they finally got it right!

I fully expect Blizzard to NOT have a smooth launch now, based on my open betal experience. I really think the game needs more time. (WoW)

Er no, Metroid Prime plays fundamentally different than a FPS. In MP it is IMPOSSIBLE to run, aim, and shoot at once, not due to the controller, but due to the setup of the controls. In MP you LOCK onto targets and then shoot. To me this represents wildly different gameplay than your standard FPS. Roll your eyes and made snide remarks all you want....

Congrats! Don't let all the X-Box and PS2 nerds ( ) around here tell you that you made the wrong decision! The GCN is awesome!

Don't give up on Metroid Prime. I had similar problems to you. The thing is you're really NOT playing a FPS on a console. You are playing a First Person adventure with shooting in it. There's a big difference. Remember when shooting, that you don't have to aim, you lock onto creatures with your L-Trigger. Once you get used to it, you'll be loving all that Metroid goodness!

Now, you need to go out and buy Zelda Wind Waker, and Eternal Darkness and you'll be in gaming bliss! Oh and don't forget Paper Mario 2. I finished Chapter 2 last night, and it's a total blast!

Have fun!

 And that offer goes to anyone.  Please.  How can I be so wrong?

Being in the Majority != Right
Being in the Minority != Wrong.

You know, I actually thought of a scenario that could justify the denial of the "benefits" of marriage to gay couples. (Please note, this is me inventing a fictional reason for the benefits. I am not saying this IS the reason.) What if the reason for the marriage benefit was to encourage procreation and having the ideal environment (2 parents) for the child(ren).

In this case, though, would 'they' be just as morally outraged by marrying to 70 year olds?  Or how about a couple that has made it clear that they have no intention of bearing children?  Shouldn't that be just as morally outrageous?

I never said my scenario was foolproof!

I just came up with a semi-logical, non-religious explanation. You know, playing "Devil's Advocate"! Oh wait...

You know, I actually thought of a scenario that could justify the denial of the "benefits" of marriage to gay couples. (Please note, this is me inventing a fictional reason for the benefits. I am not saying this IS the reason.) What if the reason for the marriage benefit was to encourage procreation and having the ideal environment (2 parents) for the child(ren). That would actually have a bit of logic.

Having said that, I find the ammendment passing appalling. My biggest beef with it is that we are actually wasting so much tax money and government man hours actually debating something so ludicrous. I just don't get why the people who are so passionately opposed to gay marriage CARE at all about it. Why?! How does it affect your life or your marriage? I just don't get it. On the other hand, I'm single, so what do I know about it?

Thought I would start a new thread since the other got locked. I want more impressions pleaase!

Honestly, with HL2 being delayed for over a year, if Troika can't get THIS game out stable, they never will.

I finished Chapter 1 last night, and so far, I am delighted with it. The gameplay is fun and challenging. There have been some VERY funny moments in the game...




...(SPOILER: The game show challenge and the first Bowser "cut scene" really cracked me up!) ....




Well worth the $50!

Didn't you hate that damned bat? I always made it a goal to trap it in a castle if possible.

Finally, finished Skies of Arcadia Legends last night, (YAY! What a great game, even if the random combat drove me insane sometimes!) and finally got to play through the prologue of this last night. For a game that I have consistently heard gets off to a slow start, I must say I had a blast just doing the prologue last night. I would guess some good times are ahead!

Adventure is definitely one of the all time best games, ever. I still keep an emulator around to play it from time to time. I remember someone on GG posted a link to a flash version a while back.

Adventure also has the distinction of being the first video game with an easter egg in it.

[How many characters are allowed per account?]

Just so you don't think WoW is allowing a whole lot more characters, from the FAQ:

How many characters are allowed per account?
The current limit is a total of 8 characters across all realms. This number is subject to change.

Wasn't that quote written when Blizzard only had one beta server? I'm pretty sure you can have more than 8 chars between the 2 servers now. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.)

This now makes the system viable. I just couldn't imagine how this thing would compete with the DS or the GBA at the ridiculously rumored $300 (or more) pricetag. If I am Nintendo I am VERY worried now. All of a sudden my gimmicky double screen deal is only $35 less than the Sony portable powerhouse.

Somehow I knew Sony would be too smart to price it for double the cost of a PS2....

Ultima IV = GREATEST....GAME....EVER~!~!~!~!

Really can't wait to finish Skies of Arcadia Legends so I can go get this one! It seems to be universally loved (well except for Game Informer that is...)

Have fun with it Chirsoc!!! Even though I don't have many situations where I need a portable gaming system, I love my GBASP and its games!

I heartily recommend Metroid Fusion and Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga. I find Donkey Kong Country to be fun too, though it doesn't look as good as the gorgeous SNES version.

How spoiler-ific is the PC Gamer review?  I want to read it, but not at the expense of the story being ruined.

The main HL2 spoilers are in regards to the beginning of the game. HL1 is pretty thoroughly spoiled in the review however.

It does seem a radical departure from the original. Not that that's a bad thing necessarily. I had a love/hate thing with Bards Tale. Was I the only one furious at the non-ending of the game? I spent all those hours mapping out the last two tower dungeons, kill Mangar, and NOTHING WHATSOEVER HAPPENS! No ending, no congratulations, nothing.