BlackKnight

Got DMC4 and Turok.

DMC4 (finally). I'm still waiting for it to get any better than the demo. Bael was a cool boss though.

Lost Odyssey OST Some of it is catchy.

Hilarious. Reminds me of that novel and / or film Matilda.

How much research can you really do though? For someone like me, where renting a new game really isn't an option, if there isn't a demo then all you can do is read other peoples reviews and impressions. It really isn't enough. I'm all for lower prices- you could take a chance on games a lot more often if they were $10-20 each, which would be good and profitable for the industry (if hardware wasn't an even bigger expense... but that's another issue), I'm just saying that its not really feasible atm.

Saying sorry is an admission of guilt. Aboriginal rights groups are demanding monetary compensation... this will be the justification they need.

Prices for games should be lower... but they cost too much to make and the market isn't big enough. It's not going to happen.

This upstart rookie gets in government, screws this country's international relations, bungles the economy and now says 'sorry' for something that will only lead to further misuse of the already poorly-managed budget. The last thing we need at the moment is to be paying compensation (it's going to happen, mark my words) for something that has nothing to do with anything. It seems like everything this moron does is simply to show he has the guts to do the opposite of what his predecessor John Howard did. The problem is Mr. Howard made good decisions, and the country ran like clockwork for the last 10 or so years. I'm scared that Kevin Rudd and his Labor party will screw everything up and then hand their mess back over to the Liberals to clean up at the end of the term. That's my rant- I can't stand our current government or its leader. Here's the issue that sparked today's dissident ramblings; Good job closing them floodgates, Rudd. Source: SMH.com.au. PS: My post count is now a palindrome.

7 and 8 spoiled me like that. I was used to being able to use whoever I liked and then suddenly got stuck with that slag Dagger / Garnet for summons, which were my favourite part of combat. Too bad I hated her.

Damn, you reminded me what this Thursday is.

I just feel like it will be the same game as the PS2 series... just not quite as good. Sure its fun to play, but if you'd tried the PS2 games this would seem like it was lacking something compared to those, and yet adding nothing new.

Michael Pachter reckons we are getting a 'gift' from publishers at the $59.99USD price point, saying games should really cost a lot more. Games already cost a lot more than that in Australia, but that's what he says of the US.

Meh, it will just be a diluted version of the console game. It could be OK, but this game is really what is wrong with the PSP.

Their requests are fair enough but they're barking up the wrong tree..

I'm hurt. Ow. And don't blame May- she just hasn't had much experience is all. Sounding like a cat being strangled isn't her fault.

Yes it is.

Babel. Kill me now.

I hate it It lacks the emotion of previous games. Characters are stilted, the world is far more shallow, and where previous FFs had a very clear purpose, in 9 it always seemed like uh-oh someone's trying to destroy the world again. The lack of range in terms of damage and difficulty also turned me off. Restricting characters to certain roles in battle is something I never liked and incidentally something 7 and 8 didn't force on you. That part got really frustrating..

I think the thread is about Playstation RPGs. It's rare that I make a fool out of myself, but this time I have to hold my hands up Who cares what the thread was meant to be about? The OP is MIA I think Golden Axe Warrior was a fantastic game. Too many wrote it off as a Zelda rip-off but it was legitimately great, all things considered.

FFVIII was the best by far, I agree. I love that game. Lost Odyssey's magic system is pretty uninteresting actually and the game has more than a few texture glitches and framerate hitches... but apart from that its story just keeps getting better. The intro is great but then slips into a lull for most of the first disc. After that though, things keep ramping up- I'm on disc 3 and every step is exciting. It's a very emotional plot and tugs on a lot of the same emotions engame-FFVIII did. Also, just to note LO's boss battles are the most thought-out and difficult I've ever seen in a turn based RPG. I haven't had to replay bosses again and again like this since... well, ever. You really need to find the boss' own weakness and damage them as fast as possible while keeping your party alive with the right shield spells and using the party formation. Knowing what skills and magic the enemy can use is also more important in this game than in any other RPG I've come across. So yeh LO isn't the best, but it definitely gets my thumbs up in both story and boss encounter tactics.

Yes there were some who said that believe it or not. Goes to show that you can't please everyone no matter how hard you try. I was one of those people Didn't like it because the weapon mechanics took a quanitity over quality approach. There were too many plasmids and tonics and while they mostly looked different, didn't really do different things. The enemies were boring, the shooting was not visceral enough, and Gryph is right in saying the movement is of- Johnnie or whatever feels like a rag doll on steroids. My biggest problems with the game are the parts people hype up... first off the setting. It's underwater.. so what? It's not the first game to do that. When people throw around words like 'art deco' or 'dystopia', they are just showing they have no clue what's going on, but like to feel that they enjoy a game that is a bit more intellectual. The story is also pretty immature itself; a bunch of random people's memos? People bagged out Doom 3 for using PDAs to progress the story while the laud Bioshock for doing the same thing? Finally the moral choice business... easily the biggest gimmick and worst let down on a promise I've ever seen. It's not all bad, but not all good either. 10/10? No. GOTY? Hell no. Especially given all the A++ titles that came out in 2007.

No kidding. And you don't even know what internet speeds are like down here- 9000kb/s down is like a fantasy for me and we have download quotas per month too. It really sucks to be us. Thanks for the heads up on those sticks though.. I'll keep my eyes peeled for a local one 2nd hand or something.

Shipping on those is $55USD standard to Australia. :/ Same for all auctions.

$50? I can't get them domestically. Play-Asia's my point of reference for imports... they will charge me $80USD for the stick, and a further $15-20 for shipping depending on delivery method.

Still too cheap for the sticks, come to think of it. Probably won't change until I get a job (which I might have soon, touch wood ). Fighting games aren't gonna be my focus on the 360 anyway.. I might as well just shell out for one of those XFPS converters and use my PS2 sticks anyway.