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From a review of "Pikmin" on IGN:
"That said, it becomes extremely important to take care of your Pikmin because of the tight 30 day schedule. Unfortunately, in game time each day is only about 15-20 minutes long depending on cut-scenes and pauses. So in the main adventure only amounts to about 10-12 hours of gameplay. This is perhaps Pikmin's biggest flaw. It rushes you through these lush environments forcing you to complete the game in about 10-12 hours. Ever worse the last two of the five environments are absolutely spectacular, packed with puzzles, and we need not spoil the awesome last boss for you. Why is that a bad thing? Simply because you don't want it to end. Pikmin is such a fresh, new kind of experience and you are rushed through it."
So it forces you to finish in about 10hrs?
Balls to that.
I think I wasted my money on a Gamecube to be honest, Star Wars is good but I've done it and the Monkey Ball thing is simplicity itself.
And nowt being released I want.
That'll learn me to ignore my instinct and return to my own vomit.
"That said, it becomes extremely important to take care of your Pikmin because of the tight 30 day schedule. Unfortunately, in game time each day is only about 15-20 minutes long depending on cut-scenes and pauses. So in the main adventure only amounts to about 10-12 hours of gameplay. This is perhaps Pikmin's biggest flaw. It rushes you through these lush environments forcing you to complete the game in about 10-12 hours. Ever worse the last two of the five environments are absolutely spectacular, packed with puzzles, and we need not spoil the awesome last boss for you. Why is that a bad thing? Simply because you don't want it to end. Pikmin is such a fresh, new kind of experience and you are rushed through it."
So it forces you to finish in about 10hrs?
Balls to that.
I think I wasted my money on a Gamecube to be honest, Star Wars is good but I've done it and the Monkey Ball thing is simplicity itself.
And nowt being released I want.
That'll learn me to ignore my instinct and return to my own vomit.
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Your Honour wrote:
> I thought you got it mainly for Halo. Or was it DoA Volleyball?
>
> Careful er-no, there seems to be a few Xbox games you're looking
> forward to...
>
> :-D
Yeah, there are a few games I am looking forward to.
However, the GameCube is better at the moment as its games are more 'fun'.
Thats the difference between the two consoles.
> I thought you got it mainly for Halo. Or was it DoA Volleyball?
>
> Careful er-no, there seems to be a few Xbox games you're looking
> forward to...
>
> :-D
Yeah, there are a few games I am looking forward to.
However, the GameCube is better at the moment as its games are more 'fun'.
Thats the difference between the two consoles.
Whoever said it - you're wrong about racing game. The LEAST a racer has ever lasted me is about 40 hours. I fear GT3 is running in to the 300-ish range now, and as for WipEout 2097...
Grix Thraves wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> "Playstation 2 is crap, the 5 minutes i played on the X-box was
> crap."
>
> Real good, Dringo.
He obviously wants to insight Turbonutter... :-D
>
> Skies of Arcadia has entertained me for, and I am not kidding, about
> 300 -400 hours. I complete it slowly each time, going through and
> enjoying myself, and I still want to go back and play it again...
> because the story and characters just captivate me. And, it's damn
> fun.
Not bad, but I've found better.
Pokemon Red lasted me over 500 hours (the counter only went up so far).
You've convinced me to get Skies of Arcadia (when it gets its Gamecube release) so give Pokemon Red/Blue a go.
You're exams are nearly over now and you should find it fair cheap - it being 2 and a half years old and all.
> Dringo wrote:
> "Playstation 2 is crap, the 5 minutes i played on the X-box was
> crap."
>
> Real good, Dringo.
He obviously wants to insight Turbonutter... :-D
>
> Skies of Arcadia has entertained me for, and I am not kidding, about
> 300 -400 hours. I complete it slowly each time, going through and
> enjoying myself, and I still want to go back and play it again...
> because the story and characters just captivate me. And, it's damn
> fun.
Not bad, but I've found better.
Pokemon Red lasted me over 500 hours (the counter only went up so far).
You've convinced me to get Skies of Arcadia (when it gets its Gamecube release) so give Pokemon Red/Blue a go.
You're exams are nearly over now and you should find it fair cheap - it being 2 and a half years old and all.
nh wrote:
> **cough cough**
>
> Bloody fool
>
> ** cough cough**
Do you know me at all? Probably not, so therefor you won't get the whole Nintendo rules thing with me.
> **cough cough**
>
> Bloody fool
>
> ** cough cough**
Do you know me at all? Probably not, so therefor you won't get the whole Nintendo rules thing with me.
It's not because......it's got new characters and arenas so there.
And how is that not a remake ? :-)
get super smash bros melee
it is NOT a rekame of the old one
it looks much better. you interact with the scenery more, the moves are more varies and it looks AMAZING
and there are so many modes ive yet to try them all.
it is best with 2 or more people playing though
it is NOT a rekame of the old one
it looks much better. you interact with the scenery more, the moves are more varies and it looks AMAZING
and there are so many modes ive yet to try them all.
it is best with 2 or more people playing though
I thought you got it mainly for Halo. Or was it DoA Volleyball?
Careful er-no, there seems to be a few Xbox games you're looking forward to...
:-D
Careful er-no, there seems to be a few Xbox games you're looking forward to...
:-D
Your Honour wrote:
> You should get Morrowind then. Out already for PC (but you'll need a
> real beefy one to run it), and out on Xbox in a couple of months.
>
> Hundreds of hours of gameplay, completely free roaming structure.
> Sounds an ideal game for you.
The main reason I got an XBox was for this game.
Wow.
> You should get Morrowind then. Out already for PC (but you'll need a
> real beefy one to run it), and out on Xbox in a couple of months.
>
> Hundreds of hours of gameplay, completely free roaming structure.
> Sounds an ideal game for you.
The main reason I got an XBox was for this game.
Wow.
Wait for a bit... a lot like your Playstation 2 really Goatboy.
Get Resident Evil, StarFox, Metroid and Die Hard.
Later this year :)
Get Resident Evil, StarFox, Metroid and Die Hard.
Later this year :)
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