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Now, before I start I'd just like to say that I am a PS2 owner so I am extremely biased in every possible way. This doesn't matter though.
I just the latest CVG (issue 239, October) and the cover feature is about the GameCube. How exciting. 10 whole pages dedicated to it. And I knew very little about Nintendo's new console so I read it and I am shocked by the overall shoddiness.
ATTENTION: ONLY CHILDREN UNDER 5 SHOULD BUY GAMECUBE!
Out of the twenty or so launch games, over half feature cutesy little animal characters and/or garish cartoony graphics. Pikmin? Super Monkey Ball? What the hell are they? They even made Zelda in to a cartoon! For a super powerful console, 2D graphics are not acceptable even if they ARE 3D but just look 2D.
And to make it even worse, hardly any of the games are original. There's the usual Mario/Luigi nonsense, Zelda, Star Fox, Bomberman (which I admit is cool), Fifa (obviously), Super Smash Bros and loads of other games which feature numbers at the end of their names. I'm not going to complain much because a lot of the best games on PS2 are sequels too.
And...oh god I can't even bear to say it...there's bound to be Pokemon. NO! Or, rather there will be Gamecube versions of Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Green, Silver, Gold, Crystal, Platinum, Titanium, Aluminium, Cardboard and MDF.
But that's the end of my little rant. If you really like cartoony characters running around doing puzzles and stuff then I hope you enjoy your new GameCube. I'll just be driving on GT3, shooting stuff in Red Faction, slaughtering zombies on Code Veronica and couting the days until Metal Gear Solid 2.
That's it...
I just the latest CVG (issue 239, October) and the cover feature is about the GameCube. How exciting. 10 whole pages dedicated to it. And I knew very little about Nintendo's new console so I read it and I am shocked by the overall shoddiness.
ATTENTION: ONLY CHILDREN UNDER 5 SHOULD BUY GAMECUBE!
Out of the twenty or so launch games, over half feature cutesy little animal characters and/or garish cartoony graphics. Pikmin? Super Monkey Ball? What the hell are they? They even made Zelda in to a cartoon! For a super powerful console, 2D graphics are not acceptable even if they ARE 3D but just look 2D.
And to make it even worse, hardly any of the games are original. There's the usual Mario/Luigi nonsense, Zelda, Star Fox, Bomberman (which I admit is cool), Fifa (obviously), Super Smash Bros and loads of other games which feature numbers at the end of their names. I'm not going to complain much because a lot of the best games on PS2 are sequels too.
And...oh god I can't even bear to say it...there's bound to be Pokemon. NO! Or, rather there will be Gamecube versions of Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Green, Silver, Gold, Crystal, Platinum, Titanium, Aluminium, Cardboard and MDF.
But that's the end of my little rant. If you really like cartoony characters running around doing puzzles and stuff then I hope you enjoy your new GameCube. I'll just be driving on GT3, shooting stuff in Red Faction, slaughtering zombies on Code Veronica and couting the days until Metal Gear Solid 2.
That's it...
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If you like Resi then a Gamecube is an attractive console. 6 games? Nice. But for everyone else it's a bit t**d.
aaaaaaa gamecube aint that bad, I'm getting one but I think my PS2 will have the most attention.
Yeah I know
But it really isn't a swear word. Honest! Ask any Irish person, or watch Father Ted. Damn that's funny.
Your tagline would have been better for title :-D
Although I suggest you change it... you know what there like here ;-)
Although I suggest you change it... you know what there like here ;-)
Yeah suppose so :-D
But I only said it in the title...Damn i want that 41%. How about 20.5%? Is it a deal?
The respect I would have for this post would have increased by 41% if you didn't say pants.
;-)
;-)
SHEEPY wrote:
> Don't say pants.
:-D
And there's going to be a forum wide ban on the word pants soon too!!
> Don't say pants.
:-D
And there's going to be a forum wide ban on the word pants soon too!!
Vektor wrote:
> Your amazed by your Ps2...??? Thats a new one...look this is going to end up as
> a console wars topic....not that your pitiful excuse for a post wasn't one in
> the first place, but I don't like such blatent biasism. It really naffs me off.
> o and read my preview before making comments on Zelda. Or if thats too hard for
> you, go and read IGNs one.
VKTR
I didn't mean to start a console war, or a Vektor war for that matter. But you're having a go at me about bias and then telling me to read a preview of a Nintendo game on a dedicated Nintendo site?! Err...ok then. Whatever.
> Your amazed by your Ps2...??? Thats a new one...look this is going to end up as
> a console wars topic....not that your pitiful excuse for a post wasn't one in
> the first place, but I don't like such blatent biasism. It really naffs me off.
> o and read my preview before making comments on Zelda. Or if thats too hard for
> you, go and read IGNs one.
VKTR
I didn't mean to start a console war, or a Vektor war for that matter. But you're having a go at me about bias and then telling me to read a preview of a Nintendo game on a dedicated Nintendo site?! Err...ok then. Whatever.
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