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What attracts you to buy your games?
Is it certain roles you have to play like a hero that saves the earth or a manager of a well known football club?
Is it you liked the prequel to it and hope this one will live up to the high standards?
Is it the price, are you captued by bargains and don't mind what the game is like, so long as you got it cheap?
Have you read reviews about it and have decided it looks good and you want to buy it?
There are many reasons for purchases, what are yours?
If you want you can name the game you are talking about such as, "i preorded GTA San Andreas because it looks like it will have inproved greatly on Vice city and looks like a game that will turn out to be a must buy."
Is it certain roles you have to play like a hero that saves the earth or a manager of a well known football club?
Is it you liked the prequel to it and hope this one will live up to the high standards?
Is it the price, are you captued by bargains and don't mind what the game is like, so long as you got it cheap?
Have you read reviews about it and have decided it looks good and you want to buy it?
There are many reasons for purchases, what are yours?
If you want you can name the game you are talking about such as, "i preorded GTA San Andreas because it looks like it will have inproved greatly on Vice city and looks like a game that will turn out to be a must buy."
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Yeah, when you driving around and there a loads of cars with black smoke coming out of them and your searching for that last one creeping around looking and looking
man i love that game
man i love that game
None of the sequels compare to the first time you play it, trying to survive in the the bowl on one tyre and an engine that will barely get you up on the side wall, knowing that it's just you and one car left, knowing that you cant drive straight into them because you'll blow up.
Flockhart wrote:
> As was i until i found that i couldnt get broadband, i played the
> demo and frankly i hate it when they try to make it more than it is,
> theyve added all sorts of crap to the destruction bowl, when they
> didnt need to.
I think DD reached it's peak with number 2, when Reflections were still in charge. Studio 33 have taken the series in a completely different direction but I still find it fun, if a little out of the ordinary.
There's a game due out in September, 'Flat Out', which looks like it'll completely destroy the destruction derby series, I for one can't wait for it. If you want a good smash-em-up you'd probably be better waiting for that.
> As was i until i found that i couldnt get broadband, i played the
> demo and frankly i hate it when they try to make it more than it is,
> theyve added all sorts of crap to the destruction bowl, when they
> didnt need to.
I think DD reached it's peak with number 2, when Reflections were still in charge. Studio 33 have taken the series in a completely different direction but I still find it fun, if a little out of the ordinary.
There's a game due out in September, 'Flat Out', which looks like it'll completely destroy the destruction derby series, I for one can't wait for it. If you want a good smash-em-up you'd probably be better waiting for that.
Once you make the first game so good it is very hard to improve it in sequels, the best you can do is improve the graphics and leave it as good as it was.
I can remember the original, where you have little tourney where you start off with a white and go up throught the leagues changing your roof colour. Aaaahhhh, the classic.
I can remember the original, where you have little tourney where you start off with a white and go up throught the leagues changing your roof colour. Aaaahhhh, the classic.
Bagz wrote:
>
> Heh, GTA and Final Fantasy games at the top of your list?
course.
I like sports games aswell.
Socom online is one of the best.
>
> Heh, GTA and Final Fantasy games at the top of your list?
course.
I like sports games aswell.
Socom online is one of the best.
Bagz wrote:
> What is Destruction Derby Arenas like, i was considering buying that.
It's basically the same as the other Destruction Derby games; you drive around tracks or bowls trying to gain points by knocking your opponents sensless. I've always been a fan of the Destruction Derby series though so other people may not like it as much, I've written a review of it so if you click on my stats you should be able to read it.
> What is Destruction Derby Arenas like, i was considering buying that.
It's basically the same as the other Destruction Derby games; you drive around tracks or bowls trying to gain points by knocking your opponents sensless. I've always been a fan of the Destruction Derby series though so other people may not like it as much, I've written a review of it so if you click on my stats you should be able to read it.
Bagz wrote:
> What is Destruction Derby Arenas like, i was considering buying that.
As was i until i found that i couldnt get broadband, i played the demo and frankly i hate it when they try to make it more than it is, theyve added all sorts of crap to the destruction bowl, when they didnt need to.
> What is Destruction Derby Arenas like, i was considering buying that.
As was i until i found that i couldnt get broadband, i played the demo and frankly i hate it when they try to make it more than it is, theyve added all sorts of crap to the destruction bowl, when they didnt need to.
Lou Role wrote:
> Yea of course I read reviews too but I don't really let them make
> decisions for me, I read the review to see what type of game it is
> and to see if it has any interesting features, but I don't take too
> much notice of the final score.
>
Well yeah, genre does make an effect, but i only read the review if the game looks good anyway. So i only look at the games that i feel might be good.
>
> Splinter Cell recieved 10/10 recently but I'd never think of buying
> it because I hate the stealth genre, Destruction Derby Arenas got 35%
> but I still bought it because I find it to be a really fun game.
> It's not as good as Destruction Derby 2 mind, but still, so long as
> it's fun I'll play it.
What is Destruction Derby Arenas like, i was considering buying that.
> Yea of course I read reviews too but I don't really let them make
> decisions for me, I read the review to see what type of game it is
> and to see if it has any interesting features, but I don't take too
> much notice of the final score.
>
Well yeah, genre does make an effect, but i only read the review if the game looks good anyway. So i only look at the games that i feel might be good.
>
> Splinter Cell recieved 10/10 recently but I'd never think of buying
> it because I hate the stealth genre, Destruction Derby Arenas got 35%
> but I still bought it because I find it to be a really fun game.
> It's not as good as Destruction Derby 2 mind, but still, so long as
> it's fun I'll play it.
What is Destruction Derby Arenas like, i was considering buying that.
Squall wrote:
> i base my decision on guns,wheels or final fantasy's.
Heh, GTA and Final Fantasy games at the top of your list?
> i base my decision on guns,wheels or final fantasy's.
Heh, GTA and Final Fantasy games at the top of your list?
Bagz wrote:
> Reviews do sway me towards a decision because they can be very
> persuading ,they make you think that a game is good or not.
Yea of course I read reviews too but I don't really let them make decisions for me, I read the review to see what type of game it is and to see if it has any interesting features, but I don't take too much notice of the final score.
Splinter Cell recieved 10/10 recently but I'd never think of buying it because I hate the stealth genre, Destruction Derby Arenas got 35% but I still bought it because I find it to be a really fun game. It's not as good as Destruction Derby 2 mind, but still, so long as it's fun I'll play it.
> Reviews do sway me towards a decision because they can be very
> persuading ,they make you think that a game is good or not.
Yea of course I read reviews too but I don't really let them make decisions for me, I read the review to see what type of game it is and to see if it has any interesting features, but I don't take too much notice of the final score.
Splinter Cell recieved 10/10 recently but I'd never think of buying it because I hate the stealth genre, Destruction Derby Arenas got 35% but I still bought it because I find it to be a really fun game. It's not as good as Destruction Derby 2 mind, but still, so long as it's fun I'll play it.
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