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    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    02:50 PM

    In reply to Tony Hawk: Ride Review: Time To Bail
    I'll put this review in my time capsule entitled "I Told Ya Motion Games Suck," and I'll bring it out again when the rest of the genre fails to compare to sitting on my ass and using a controller.

    Are there decent motion-controlled games? Of course. They should be in a separate genre, or perhaps a completely separate console. Yes it would be vastly expensive, but if people put down money to buy Motion Controlled Console, they would likely be interested in spending money on the games and peripherals required to play them.

    I can't blame them for trying, and unfortunately it sounds like so much is wrong on this first try. I'm sure someone will eventually get it right, or at least market it correctly, much like the Wii.
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    Image of Kuwabara Kazuo Kuwabara Kazuo
    02:47 PM

    In reply to Tony Hawk: Ride Review: Time To Bail
    Too many reds telling me NOTHXBAI!
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    Image of TheOmnitron TheOmnitron
    02:45 PM

    In reply to Tony Hawk: Ride Review: Time To Bail
    $120 US? Thank you, no. Maybe Skate 3? At least it will be half the price...
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    Image of vid3oman64 vid3oman64
    02:44 PM

    In reply to Tony Hawk: Ride Review: Time To Bail
    Right now, I did not read this review. Reading it will tell me that the peripheral sucks and the game blows. I already know this. I knew this was terrible idea from the day it was announced. Unfortunately, all the stupid little middle-school boarderzzz will buy this game in droves and Activision will make sequels and spin offs and no one will be the wiser.

    God this industry sucks sometimes.
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    02:49 PM

    @vid3oman64: Actually Ride's done pretty bad hasn't it?
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    Image of vid3oman64 vid3oman64
    02:51 PM

    @excel_excel: don't you get my hopes up you
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    Image of Archaotic Archaotic
    02:43 PM

    In reply to Tony Hawk: Ride Review: Time To Bail
    Sounds about in line with everything I've heard everywhere else, yep. Giant Bomb's Quick Look of the game doomed it for me; as soon as I saw how unresponsive it was, I knew the game was doomed.
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    02:44 PM

    @Archaotic: It looked like a poorly though out extreme version of the wii balance board.
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    Image of MrBounce MrBounce
    02:04 PM

    In reply to Testing Out DSi XL's "Multiplayer" Aspect
    The last paragraph of the article sums it up for me. If I had company with me who didn't have a DSi / PSP with them, I would be talking to them, not playing my portable.
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    Image of kagekiri kagekiri
    01:32 PM

    In reply to How Modern Can Zelda Get?
    WoW's inclusion of motorcycles is not a great example of badly matched tech, because they've had steam-punk style stuff from goblins and gnomes since WCII.

    The truly out-of-place and technologically-ridiculous-for-its-setting is the giant trans-dimensional spaceship that the Draenei arrived in. Space-goat people? Riiiiiight.

    (And yes, I know it's all powered by magic or whatever...still more confusing and out of place than steam vehicles.)
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    Image of Ashurahori Ashurahori
    01:23 PM

    In reply to Ubisoft Turns Back Time With Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
    Speaking as someone who frankly thought the cell-shaded reboot was awful when compared to the previous trilogy, with unlikeable characters, areas that seemed the same over and over, and gameplay mechanics which lacked the innovations of the previous ones (let's not even talk about the combat), I think this is a good idea. The Two Thrones was already a bit of an ode to The Sands of Time, with all the elements being brought back. It'd be nice to see a game connecting the movie to the original Sands of Time, or bringing more lore about the movie's universe.
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    Image of madog madog
    01:14 PM

    In reply to How Modern Can Zelda Get?
    Tentacle rape and giant robots are also common in Japanese culture but that doesn't mean I want it in Zelda.

    Kidding aside, a Zeppelin or regular riding helium balloon would seem a more logical step in technology before a train, but so far in reading about it a train seems fine. Just as long as a special skin flute doesn't need to be played in order to change it's direction then we're good.
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    Image of Kicken Kicken
    01:24 PM

    @madog:
    Tentacle rape and giant robots? Mayhaps not. But bestiality? Well, that's a big hit with Zelda fans. :P
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    Image of kagekiri kagekiri
    01:36 PM

    @madog: What confuses me is that he equates trains with exploration when they're on tracks... As in, someone went before you and built the tracks, rather than free-roaming vehicles of nearly any type.

    I guess he could mean the excitement of visiting new places (like personal exploration) rather than being an actual fore-runner who discovers a new area, but all told, trains seem like one of the least obvious choices for a vehicle that's venturing into the unknown. Your examples of blimps would make a lot more sense.
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    Image of madog madog
    02:05 PM

    @kagekiri: If I haven't been there it's new to me!
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    Image of madog madog
    02:06 PM

    @Kicken: Hey now. Becoming one with a wolf, and coming in a wolf are two completely different things.
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    Image of Altima NEO Altima NEO
    01:06 PM

    In reply to How Modern Can Zelda Get?
    Im still waiting for my Victorian Steampunk Zelda
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    Image of Altima NEO Altima NEO
    01:07 PM

    And on a side note, I think a cyberpunk Zelda would be orgasm inducing.

    Twilight Princess already had some of the elements, particularly in some of the effects
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    Image of Gemini-Phoenix Gemini-Phoenix
    01:45 PM

    @Altima NEO:

    I was just going to post a similar comment. I think fans of the series are crying out for a steampunk style Zelda game. I don't think it would be too out of place, and some dungeons in previous games have had a very similar feel to them which felt like they could be almost steampunk

    I think a clocktower would be a good setting for Link. A church and also maybe an underground network of tunnels beneath a bustling city

    I also think muskets would work in Hyrule - I am sure we've already seen pirates with muskets, but anything like a Colt.45 or modern-day Glock wouldn't really work. Could you really imagine Link with an MP5 or RCP90? Me neither.

    The Zelda games are more about swords, slingshots, and boomerangs. Whatever happened to the Fire Rod and Ice Rod? Something which hasn't really carried over well to the modern Zelda games
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    Image of Psudonym Psudonym
    12:13 PM

    In reply to Testing Out DSi XL's "Multiplayer" Aspect
    You guys ever do that thing where you share one headphone ear bud with another person. It's cute but ridiculous from a practical perspective. That's what this sounds like to me. Everyone trying to share the same headphones.

    Handheld gaming isn't necessarily a private experience, but it ain't gonna be kicking the TV's ass for social gatherings.
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    Image of WhiteSkyRising WhiteSkyRising
    12:39 PM

    @Psudonym: I totally do that with cute girls all the time!

    Even more importantly, I pop out my laptop and start gaming.

    Last week I had this cute Chinese girl watch me play the opening of Borderlands for a good 45 minutes.

    In retrospect, it would probably be more worthwhile to put away the earphones and the laptop and get straight to the flirting, but fudge that.

    Gotta get mah Borderlands on.
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    Image of PuffyTail PuffyTail
    12:12 PM

    In reply to How to Comment and Not Get Banned
    Just out of curiosity, is there any sort of function to block comments/messages from other posters? Is there any chance of such functionality being added in the future? It just seems like if you can follow/friend people, you should be able to block them too.
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    Image of The_Foo The_Foo
    11:52 AM

    In reply to Ubisoft Turns Back Time With Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
    Oh no, the game we all love will suddenly certainly be crap simply because it's being tied into a movie based on the game we all love!

    I refuse to wait for actual gameplay impressions or even a game trailer: let's get some torches and burn Ubisoft to the ground!
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    Image of SuperSonik SuperSonik
    11:56 AM

    @The_Foo: It's not like such prejudice is unfounded. It will be interesting, however, to see if a quality outfit like Ubisoft can turn out a quality movie tie-in as this game appears to be. My head will peek out of the trench once in a while but for now my excitement and I are staying low.
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    Image of spiderweb1986 spiderweb1986
    12:28 PM

    @The_Foo: Oh no, the game we all love will suddenly certainly be crap simply because it's being tied into a movie based on the game we all love!

    Street Fighter: The Movie is a pretty good example of EXACTLY THAT.

    I'm not saying that Prince of Persia will be a repeat, but it's not like there isn't precedent.
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    Image of jbarwell95 jbarwell95
    11:50 AM

    In reply to Ubisoft Turns Back Time With Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
    I played the recent cell shaded Prince of Persia, and was my introduction to the series. At first I liked it, but I reached the boss at the third or fourth level, the warrior or something. The boss fight involved pushing the boss to the edge of the platform and mashing the X button to push him off. I found it literally impossible, I tried mashing the button in all sorts of ridiculous positions but could not do it, and thus could not progress. It was a huge shame that such a good game was ruined for me by this.
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    Image of dracosummoner dracosummoner
    12:07 PM

    @jbarwell95:

    This may go without saying, but might I suggest giving Sands of Time a try (if you can still find it at, say, Blockbuster) ? It's pretty different from the new Prince of Persia, in terms of both platforming and combat, if I'm not mistaken.
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    Image of Chirotera Chirotera
    01:27 PM

    @jbarwell95: To reiterate what Dracosummoner is saying - Sands of time is considered by many to be a classic game.

    I never did follow the series beyond it, but the title was a lot of fun to play and one of the first games that I can remember that made good use of a rewind mechanic for frak'n up.
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    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    11:38 AM

    In reply to Ubisoft Turns Back Time With Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
    Any bets on whether the movie and/or game will feature Cher's "If I could turn back time" ?
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    Image of shichi shichi
    11:48 AM

    @Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...: damn it now that image and song are stuck in my head!! gahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
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    Image of Chirotera Chirotera
    01:29 PM

    @shichi: How about a video to match the image? You like that? HUH! YOU LIKE THAT?

    ::coughs::

    Sorry - must have woken up in my torture people with Cher mode today. :-(
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    Edited by Chirotera at 11/30/09 1:31 PM Chirotera was starred Chirotera was unstarred
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