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shouryuuken
07/10/09

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man, this is what they should have done a long time ago. capcom, konami, sega, taito, namco, and ESPECIALLY midway should have jumped on this back when arcades started to slump in the states.

ive also wanted to see more western games developed by japanese studios and vice versa. a turn based or strat rpg by bioware, blizzard, or bethesda... an fps by sega, namco, or konami.

time crisis and virtua cop should have had spin offs that were fpses and not rail shooters. quick, unreal styled gameplay.. co-op or deathmatch, and online play that allows you to play with people at other arcades when theres nobody else to play with.

there could be 2 pedal controls, one for crouching, one for jumping. and then there could be the regular arcade stick for moving around, and an actual gun for looking.

just a thought.
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Witzbold
07/10/09

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Looks like the in game battle damage is just something as simple as piece of "armor" go poof from the character models.

Just got through watching the gameplay video from the website and it looks "ok" nothing special, but might be still worth at least a play or two.

Even seems to "lift" the idea of the grav gun from Half Life 2 cept its done with your hand instead of an actual weapon.

Copy and Paste the link below to see the gameplay movie.

http://cyberdiver.jp/

Into the briefing Room --> Special Movie
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gametr4x
07/10/09

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Everytime I see these kinds of things, I'm bummed we don't have any real arcade hall penetration here in Holland. There's one in Scheveningen, which is quite a drive from where I am, but that's still pretty old fashioned compared to any of this stuff. D:
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tylerstyle
07/10/09

@gametr4x: It never took a foothold in Germany either. Even in the glorious days of Arcades in the 80's and early 90's. Here in Germany, they have always put Arcade machines into places, where slot gambling machines stood, too. And by German law, that meant, entrance only if you're 18 or older. That totally destroyed every chance of it being profitable.

Nowadays, for example here in Cologne, there is an Arcade, where you can play some Cruisn' and Bike Games. But not very many different machines. It's the only place I personally know of, where you can play those things.

I always hated that fact, because the setup of extra gameplay input, like a bike to sit on or a car to sit in, lightguns, what have you, was an awesome concept to me, which you couldn't have at home.

But I digress. The input on this device here looks more like a flight sim, then a shooter. Joystick? Seriously?
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Witzbold
07/10/09

@tylerstyle: Try watch the third video I had posted down below. It should give a "similar" example of how the controls might work. Also I think the HL2 arcade game is the same way. It works just fine once you get used to it after a few play throughs.
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tylerstyle
07/10/09

@Witzbold: I see. But in the Video you posted, it much rather looks like a mouse in the right hand of the player. In the Cabinet from the Post here, it doesn't look like it would be too similar to a mouse input. But I can see, how it would feel, when you navigate a Robot into battle. It seems more natural, then classic mouse keyboard input.

Thanks for your input!
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RyuuzakiBjorn
07/10/09

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I'm still wondering to see how Metal Gear Arcade will function, do you think it will use controls similar to this (Obviously in third person though?)
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Witzbold
07/10/09

@RyuuzakiBjorn: Wouldnt be suprised if they also had a PS3 controller stuck to the inside of the cabinet. Ive seen some winning eleven arcade setups with a PS3 controller. Pretty sure it was winning eleven.
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Yowza57
07/10/09

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"new game system that displays in game battle damage"

Sooo an on-screen life bar??
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Witzbold
07/10/09

@Yowza57: Its very simplistic as armor / clothing from the player models come off.

No idea why they decided to go with that since its not that impressive looking and with the small bit of effort put into the effect that goes with it from the gameplay video had watched dont think they should really be trying to flaunt said feature.
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