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"SEGA RAMBLINGS"

Maybe it's time the world woke up to see how good Sega's games really are - put any of the recent EA Sports titles up against the Sega equivelant (excluding Sega's Worldwide Soccer series...) and you'll see which company are producing the best games.
For a while now, Dreamcast owners have had the luxury of exclusivity - all of Sega's genial had been released solely for them (us!), but now it's the rest of the gaming world's turn to experience NBA 2K1, NFL 2K1 (or even 2K2), Virtua Tennis 2 and many more.

Give me one EA game that betters Virtua Tennis and I will personally write a letter of apology to EA themselves - apologising for not buying any of their games...

I think that as Sega encroach themselves into a market dominating position of Sony's PS2 (i.e. having the most games sales of PS2 Sega games) it could see the fall of EA - possibly making them jump ship to the disgruntled XBox.

Who knows - maybe one day EA will be taking 'how to treat your customers with the respect they deserve' training course at Sega HQ (or maybe not...) and maybe one day Sega will tell us what on earth the PACE STB is going to do for the gaming front - yeah it'll be compatible with existing and future DC games - but how many future DC games are there?

These questions will be answered - perhaps. As we edge nearer into the next generation world, people with mere PSones will be frowned upon by the upmarket XBox owner - Nintendo will be kidding itself if it thinks Pokemon will sell another game - identical all but in colour. Sega will be rivalling BT to get premier league coverage on their Set top boxes, while, in the backstreets of Suburbia Panasonic will be readying their new market capturing new console - the 4DO...

Rest in the hope that Crazy Taxi 2 will be an exclusive for you.

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Give Evolution a whirl, maybe avoid Silver though...

Why don't you steer away from the RPG scene and go for something like Space Channel 5 - instantly fun! Maybe Crazy Taxi or something.

(you could always try and find some1 who wants it!)

Oh 5 you say...

I'm not entirely sure which games slot into the RPG area, but there are a lot of them coming out soon.

PSO as you say.

Skies of Arcadia - USA import is available, but it'll be here soon.

Grandia 2. You know this'll be good.

(Sonic adventure 2 doesn't count does it)

Soldier of Fortune (what's this?)

PSO will be enough to keep you occupied...

Dan...

www.dooyoo.co.uk front page hall of fame....

:)

Apart from Shenmue and PSO, name 5 decent RPG's on the DC for me, someone, please?

I got one yesterday with MSR and Shenmue. MSR rocks, but it's a bit like doing the licences on Gran Turismo permanently. (Arrrrrgh!!).

Shenmue on the other hand will take a bit of getting into methinks, but plays well for the half hour that I was trying it out for.

But I need RPG's. Any good suggestions?

(Oh, and sorry Dan, I didn't realise you had one for sale or else I'd have snapped it up.)

Nice one mate - it'll be astonishing value really - £150 for a console that is better than the PS2 and has amazing games bundled with it!!

I need to sell mine to someone quickly though...

Might think about a DC if i do well in GCE's.

yes Sniper - it is.

Is PSO the RPG to own?

Nice.

Shame about Sonic Team - finally being unleashed so that the rest of 'humanity' can absorb their wonder.

Bring on PSO, that's what I say!!
Dreamcast is still for sale...

Rareware!

Hurrah for Rareware.