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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Cursed Mountain

« on: August 22, 2008, 03:47:31 PM »

The atmosphere looks great, although not too much was going on in the environments.

Well what should be going on?  You're way up in the middle of the Himalayas, exploring a ghost town...

I'm not saying that there SHOULD BE lots of stuff going on in the middle of the Himalayas. Instead, I'm just noting that the graphics engine is not registering a lot of enemy AI, npc AI, moving objects or the like. Thus, the graphics should be pretty solid for such static scenes. I just hope the visuals transer over well during fighting scenes and when the ghosts/spirits swarm your character, who, did not look that great from the first footage.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Cursed Mountain

« on: August 22, 2008, 01:01:26 PM »

The atmosphere looks great, although not too much was going on in the environments. The main character, however, looked rather atrocious. The visuals did not pop with him, looking very low-res (did you see his backpack?)...Cursed Mountain does have a lot of development time left, so I expect things to improve tremendously.

Like you ShyGuy, the dancing shadows scared me.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Conduit

« on: August 22, 2008, 12:17:01 PM »

The lack of having local multiplayer doesn't really bother me, if at all. I am happy they're including LAN, so my friend can bring his Wii over and play some. However, I really doubt we do this too often.

Really, I'm just hoping for a super smooth online experience...one that's similar to MoH: Heroes 2. At the same time, I want stat-building or a hook (a la CoD4), that brings me back online day after day.

The Conduit, all in all, just looks awesome.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Top 5 Maddening Aspects of Madden Wii 09

« on: August 21, 2008, 08:36:58 PM »

I was unable to find a previous Madden Thread, especially for this All-Play Edition. I can also just copy and paste my thoughts, if you wish, but that would add lots of scrolling to a single post.

I'll def just leave it in my sig unless it pertains specifically to a topic.

Anywho, anyone agree or playing online at all?

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Nintendo Gaming / Top 5 Maddening Aspects of Madden Wii 09

« on: August 21, 2008, 07:25:25 PM »

The title says it all...check it out.


http://thefinallevel.blogspot.com/2008/08/top-5-maddening-aspects-of-madden-wii.html

Still an awesome game.

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General Gaming / Close-Minded Gaming

« on: August 20, 2008, 08:59:20 PM »

Hey Everyone,

I wrote a personal note about how I've never played an MMORPG. Does this make me less hardcore or close-minded?


http://thefinallevel.blogspot.com/2008/08/close-minded-gamer.html

Let me know either on the blog or on here...

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Should Follow Capcom's Lead

« on: August 18, 2008, 05:16:33 PM »

People also care about Mega Man 9 because Capcom is playing to their loyal, hardcore fan base. This project even has an awesome, old-school boxart that rekindles the flame of the original cover design. Capcom is pouring their souls into the title, instead of just milking their Tiger Alpha Rewind Network series (although, they are still doing that).

This is why I wrote the article. Nintendo has upset and pissed off some of their fan base (obviously, the hardcore). Capcom has shown the kind of love that a downloadable, old-school title can bring with the right mix of passion and effort. Nintendo would still be bringing out the DS and Wii titles, just give some smaller guys a chance at an offbeat sequel or spin-off on WiiWare. Heck, I want Punch-Out on Wii, but giving me the old formula w/ two buttons and some new characters. Punch-Out 2: Little Mac faces Big Mac.

Ha, but love to see what you guys have to say. Obviously, Nintendo has a hard road no matter what they do. Simply revisting the pixels of the past may not be what the doctor ordered.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Should Follow Capcom's Lead

« on: August 18, 2008, 04:11:11 PM »

I'm surprised you wouldn't want to some old-game goodness from Nintendo. Even like a lesser known franchise, at least getting some love instead of some half-baked idea like Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast? Or what about F-Zero WiiWare title w/ online racing?

I don't see following their lead as jumping on a bandwagon. Especially when NWR is asking Iga to bring Castlevania to WiiWare. Does that make Konami bandwagon jumpers, too?

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo Should Follow Capcom's Lead

« on: August 18, 2008, 01:40:38 PM »

Hey Guys,

I wrote an op-ed about how Nintendo should follow Capcom's lead on the downloadable front. I mean, who wouldn't want an 8-bit Metroid sequel or even extension of Super Metroid.

You can check it out here: http://thefinallevel.blogspot.com/.

Let me know what you think.