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OK OK, so this may well seem a bias topic, but I can assure that after Sega had announced their giving upness of console making I am now 100% without bias (Come on Microsoft!!), but I just think it's a sad time for Playstation 2 owners - they have hardly anything to get excited about at the moment, and although there will be Metal Gear Solid 2 and Gran Turismo 3 - there really needs to be something that is proud of a title woithout a number - so GT3 looks amazing, and MGS2 plays amazingly - it's been done before.
Please don't get me wrong - I feel that PS2 owners deserve a lot better - after all they support Sony by buying Playstations, so they should expect something decent on the Playstation 2. It seems as though Sony has bettered Sega - they've managed to turn themselves into a messed up Games Company after many years of success, whereas Sega are set to make money again, but have given up on the Dreamcast.
It's a shame because I want Playstation and PS2 owners to join me online in a quest on Phantasy Star Online, I want to battle it out on Daytona USA against Nintendo owners who have never really had that much in the way of decent racing games (Mario Kart is a different genre...), and I want to play Quake 3 and Unreal tournament against PC owners, but if sega have given up then it doesn't leave me with any hope that the developers and publishers for the Dreamcast will continue to make games for the format. Shame.
Tekken tag Tournament should have been better - PS2 games shouldn't need to be classed as 'step 1 games' or 'wave 1' games, as they all should have been as good from the start - maybe they'll get better, but there are 2 brand new machines on the way and I feel that they'll bring at least 2 quality launch titles...
I've been playing Phantasy Star Online recently - I haven't even gone online yet, as the offline game is so incredibly addictive! I was blown away by Sonic team's graphical prowess; the player create system is just ingenious - limitless number of characters! Anyway, it's made a slight impact on the charts - check it out if you dare. 10/10 classic, so beware...
I'm now looking forward to the highly anticipated Csequel to one of the freshest games of last year, which even now brings a smile to my face. Yep, Crazy Taxi 2 is about to hit the streets and I can't wait! I'm not advertising for Sega here, or anyone else - I don't care if a console is being produced or not because it doesn't matter, the games are what count and if I'm happy with originality then that's great for me - I'm sure many of you are too. I don't care about DVD features, I have a DVD player, I don't care about 'surfing the net' I have access to my brother's PC (as mine was unespectedly attacked by some hacker of somesort), but it's fantastic to play games online with real people - it's all part of the adrenalin rush that you get, and not seeing who you're beating adds to the fun..
Alas, my rabblings come to an end as I endevour on a journey to watch Jurassic Park on DVD.
Please play me at PSO tonight around 11 - I am D1A1!
Ok thanks,
Dan2K1
Please don't get me wrong - I feel that PS2 owners deserve a lot better - after all they support Sony by buying Playstations, so they should expect something decent on the Playstation 2. It seems as though Sony has bettered Sega - they've managed to turn themselves into a messed up Games Company after many years of success, whereas Sega are set to make money again, but have given up on the Dreamcast.
It's a shame because I want Playstation and PS2 owners to join me online in a quest on Phantasy Star Online, I want to battle it out on Daytona USA against Nintendo owners who have never really had that much in the way of decent racing games (Mario Kart is a different genre...), and I want to play Quake 3 and Unreal tournament against PC owners, but if sega have given up then it doesn't leave me with any hope that the developers and publishers for the Dreamcast will continue to make games for the format. Shame.
Tekken tag Tournament should have been better - PS2 games shouldn't need to be classed as 'step 1 games' or 'wave 1' games, as they all should have been as good from the start - maybe they'll get better, but there are 2 brand new machines on the way and I feel that they'll bring at least 2 quality launch titles...
I've been playing Phantasy Star Online recently - I haven't even gone online yet, as the offline game is so incredibly addictive! I was blown away by Sonic team's graphical prowess; the player create system is just ingenious - limitless number of characters! Anyway, it's made a slight impact on the charts - check it out if you dare. 10/10 classic, so beware...
I'm now looking forward to the highly anticipated Csequel to one of the freshest games of last year, which even now brings a smile to my face. Yep, Crazy Taxi 2 is about to hit the streets and I can't wait! I'm not advertising for Sega here, or anyone else - I don't care if a console is being produced or not because it doesn't matter, the games are what count and if I'm happy with originality then that's great for me - I'm sure many of you are too. I don't care about DVD features, I have a DVD player, I don't care about 'surfing the net' I have access to my brother's PC (as mine was unespectedly attacked by some hacker of somesort), but it's fantastic to play games online with real people - it's all part of the adrenalin rush that you get, and not seeing who you're beating adds to the fun..
Alas, my rabblings come to an end as I endevour on a journey to watch Jurassic Park on DVD.
Please play me at PSO tonight around 11 - I am D1A1!
Ok thanks,
Dan2K1
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But it's only 6 paragraphs long....
(I think Bill dropped his wallet on the floor, to be perfectly honest with you.)
> But there comes a time to stop the arguing...we know that you all love
> your PS2s, and that its the greatest games machine on the planet
> (Better than X-box, Dreamcast and Gamecube put together)...but
> theres no real reason to put down another machine in order to
> promote your own.
I never made any such claim about the PS2..
> PS this still means I can say bad things
> about the X-box because nobody has one except Bill Gates, and well
> he can be consoled by his riches!
Anyone else see on the news, where BG was at some seminar in LA when the earthquake hit? The "whisked him out through a back door" and left everyone else inside! The fools! That was our perfect chance to be rid of him!
> your PS2s, and that its the greatest games machine on the planet
> (Better than X-box, Dreamcast and Gamecube put together)...but
> theres no real reason to put down another machine in order to
> promote your own.
I never made any such claim about the PS2..
> PS this still means I can say bad things
> about the X-box because nobody has one except Bill Gates, and well
> he can be consoled by his riches!
Anyone else see on the news, where BG was at some seminar in LA when the earthquake hit? The "whisked him out through a back door" and left everyone else inside! The fools! That was our perfect chance to be rid of him!
> Well said my wookiee and PS2-owning friend.
Thank you, little Ant!
> PS- Are you looking forward to ZOE????
Very much. Not sure which I'm looking forward to more - ZOE itself or the MGS2 demo.
Thank you, little Ant!
> PS- Are you looking forward to ZOE????
Very much. Not sure which I'm looking forward to more - ZOE itself or the MGS2 demo.
> I WANT the PS2 to be good but it HASN'T been
> as good as it SHOULD be.
I've never disagreed with that, but that's not to say that there aren't some very good games available.
> as good as it SHOULD be.
I've never disagreed with that, but that's not to say that there aren't some very good games available.
They will be, and sooner than non-PS2 owners realise.
I really enjoyed reading this topic... Though I think I`ve heard it before... About a million times!
Oh, and that reminds me. I especially liked the comments earlier that PS2`s only good games would be sequels, which was followed by three supposedly superb future Nintendo Gamecube titles which were also sequels - Zelda, Mario and Wave race 2 or something. Very funny!
Anyway, if you think the PS2 looks bad, then just put it in the vertical position, and it looks amazing (except of course in the eyes of "unbiased" Dreamcast owners or Nintendo`s wishful thinkers).
There was also the comment that games such as Z.O.E. asnd FFX would not be "special". I assume then that you can see the future, where some mystical change happens and the games turn out to be dissappointments. Oh, and that of course would mean that you would know how good the Nintendo games turn out to be, but then you`d be lying.
To finish off, I`d just like to say this:
Keep these pointless repetitive topics coming, they make very amusing reading!
Oh, and that reminds me. I especially liked the comments earlier that PS2`s only good games would be sequels, which was followed by three supposedly superb future Nintendo Gamecube titles which were also sequels - Zelda, Mario and Wave race 2 or something. Very funny!
Anyway, if you think the PS2 looks bad, then just put it in the vertical position, and it looks amazing (except of course in the eyes of "unbiased" Dreamcast owners or Nintendo`s wishful thinkers).
There was also the comment that games such as Z.O.E. asnd FFX would not be "special". I assume then that you can see the future, where some mystical change happens and the games turn out to be dissappointments. Oh, and that of course would mean that you would know how good the Nintendo games turn out to be, but then you`d be lying.
To finish off, I`d just like to say this:
Keep these pointless repetitive topics coming, they make very amusing reading!
Its unecessary for people to argue continuously about how good their Dreamcast or PS2 is, theyre both great machines with great games.
Of course its only natural to promote the machine youve just forked out £300 on at Christmas, who wouldnt!
But there comes a time to stop the arguing...we know that you all love your PS2s, and that its the greatest games machine on the planet (Better than X-box, Dreamcast and Gamecube put together)...but theres no real reason to put down another machine in order to promote your own.
PS this still means I can say bad things about the X-box because nobody has one except Bill Gates, and well he can be consoled by his riches!
Of course its only natural to promote the machine youve just forked out £300 on at Christmas, who wouldnt!
But there comes a time to stop the arguing...we know that you all love your PS2s, and that its the greatest games machine on the planet (Better than X-box, Dreamcast and Gamecube put together)...but theres no real reason to put down another machine in order to promote your own.
PS this still means I can say bad things about the X-box because nobody has one except Bill Gates, and well he can be consoled by his riches!
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