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Tue 23/12/03 at 15:02
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A list filled with copied, repeated and just plain boring titles to which we can thank EA for.

1. Medal of Honor Rising Sun (EA): Boring follow up to series well past its play by date.
2. Need for Speed: Underground (EA): Not so bad but still, part of a series again - lack of an innovation/imagination.
3. The Simpsons: Hit and Run (Vivendi) - Shamless tie-in.
4. FIFA Football 2004 (EA): Boring game, even worse series, even worserer name!!
5. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (EA) - See No.3
6. True Crime: Streets of LA (Activision) - Vice City copy, not a good one at that.
7. Tony Hawk's Underground (Activision) - 108th in the series sees 69 year old tony kick flip for us. again.
8. The Sims Bustin' Out (EA) - The billion add-ons for the PC start to take effect on the console (i still like the sims though....somtimes.)
9. Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (EA) - see No.5.
10. Finding Nemo (Disney/THQ) - whats this doing here?!?

I suppose if it isn't broken, don't fix it but still. Im dissapointed.
Tue 23/12/03 at 22:29
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Rising Sun...Fabulous

Ar... Ha Har... Ha Har

Never.
Tue 23/12/03 at 22:22
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"Teal'c"
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mikelar wrote:
> 3. The Simpsons: Hit and Run (Vivendi) - Shamless tie-in.

Have you even played this?

And dude, they're out to make money. Quit with the "Shameless shameless tie-in tut tut tut" crap.
Tue 23/12/03 at 22:18
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"Which one's pink?"
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mikelar wrote:
> 1. Medal of Honor Rising Sun (EA): Boring follow up to series well
> past its play by date.

Eh-eh. Wrong. Rising Sun is a fabulous game.

> 2. Need for Speed: Underground (EA): Not so bad but still, part of a
> series again - lack of an innovation/imagination.

Lack of innovation/immagination? Sorry? Since when was the ability to customly paint your car, add all sorts of mods (ok, maybe taken a little from GT), and mess about with Nitrous Oxide mixes unimaginative, and uninnovative?

> 4. FIFA Football 2004 (EA): Boring game, even worse series, even
> worserer name!!

Something tells me you own PES3 or something.

> 8. The Sims Bustin' Out (EA) - The billion add-ons for the PC start
> to take effect on the console (i still like the sims
> though....somtimes.)

See what Kyzo said.
Tue 23/12/03 at 22:12
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"Hellfire Stoker"
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Strangely enough, I've heard nothing but good things about it. Great gameplay, graphics etc. hope to get ti soon. :P
Tue 23/12/03 at 18:10
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"Touched!"
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To be fair, they are all pretty poor apart from Hit and Run, which is surprsingly good, NFS:U is dog poo, stay well clear!
Tue 23/12/03 at 15:14
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"50 BLM,30 SMN,25 RD"
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Makes sense to me. The games in the chart are the ones that have received most advertising. It's the publishers that are the gimps.

(remember this is the time of relatives buying games that they think their sprogs will like)
Tue 23/12/03 at 15:10
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I know, im saying all the add-ons for the PC are taking effect on the console, this is the second Sims game without actually being a proper sequel! And it's not just on the GC, its across all formats.
Tue 23/12/03 at 15:07
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"SOUP!"
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Sims busting out isn't an add-on, its a GC game with missions and stuff.
Tue 23/12/03 at 15:03
"slightlyshortertagl"
Posts: 10,759
For funks sake...

The game buying population are gimps :-/
Tue 23/12/03 at 15:02
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A list filled with copied, repeated and just plain boring titles to which we can thank EA for.

1. Medal of Honor Rising Sun (EA): Boring follow up to series well past its play by date.
2. Need for Speed: Underground (EA): Not so bad but still, part of a series again - lack of an innovation/imagination.
3. The Simpsons: Hit and Run (Vivendi) - Shamless tie-in.
4. FIFA Football 2004 (EA): Boring game, even worse series, even worserer name!!
5. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (EA) - See No.3
6. True Crime: Streets of LA (Activision) - Vice City copy, not a good one at that.
7. Tony Hawk's Underground (Activision) - 108th in the series sees 69 year old tony kick flip for us. again.
8. The Sims Bustin' Out (EA) - The billion add-ons for the PC start to take effect on the console (i still like the sims though....somtimes.)
9. Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (EA) - see No.5.
10. Finding Nemo (Disney/THQ) - whats this doing here?!?

I suppose if it isn't broken, don't fix it but still. Im dissapointed.

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