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11/28/09
11/28/09
You guys sound like a bunch of grandpa's to me....
"Dang kids and their newfangled weeeeemote....I remember back in my day I just use dere dials on meh television humph!"
I really don't want to turn into that...
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11/28/09
And I don't want to turn into a jackass flailing about in front to a TV to play a game. I don't even want to think about how much of an idiot I'll look like trying to play a flight simulator with motion control...
Secondly when I get home from class, the dojo, or hikeing, I'd rather vegetate on my futon with my gamepad, than be standing in my cramped bed room flailing about.
What I'd rather see is a continued evolution of the gamepad, as opposed to this motion sensing BS.
11/28/09
Have a little more imagination here. We haven't even seen the kinds of crazy stuff that third party developers might do with this technology. There isn't much good reason for people act so threatened by this little experiment.
11/28/09
With regards to the evolution of the gamepad, I don't know how much further you can take it. The duelshock has been redesigned three times over and yet still sports the same basic design. Some might even go so far as to say that it's pretty close to perfection. Adding an extra button here or there or improving the shoulder trigger's is hardly considered an evolution
No, what I am interested in is people constantly trying to push the envelope and progress towards some semblance of the future. I can understand your hesitancy but with the amount of genuinely smart people running the industry, I have no idea how you can not be excited. Moreover, I don't understand how you can criticize something that isn't even out yet and at best is still a year away from the shelf.
Don't be afraid of change. The more the industry holds back, the less gaming as a whole can progress. Natal might not be the next big thing, but it is a step forward. I eagerly await the day when we can have gaming like they do in Futurama. I say embrace it or get left behind gramps.
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It's not planned to replace controllers, no one wants that entirely. But just imagine small little innovations to games such as FPSs. For example, you could play an FPS with a controller the same as you do today but when you move your head left or right your perspective changes. Think of those Wii headtracking hack videos.
09:46 AM
What worries me is that focus will shift from tradtional imput methods to motion control, something that i don't really want to see happen, it's just an opinion buddy learn to be more tolerent.
11/28/09
11/28/09
Coming soon to DVD and Blu-Ray, Disney Pixar's UP!
"What the-"
Who's our next contestant on the Price is Right? Bernie Johnson, c'mon down!
"Son of a-"
... and it's 100% DEET free. Keep bugs away with OFF!
"God damnit!"
11/27/09
11/27/09
... and I totally agree with him. I'd also like to see Alex, Karin and Rolento (and I also thought that Oro should have been in Gouken's place, considering, ya know - GOUKEN IS DEAD!), but the fact that Elena is still ignored still makes it hard for me and many I know to care about this game.
So, seriously - Do I live it Bizarro Land? Is Elena only popular where I live, or has Capcom been ignoring her for some other reason entirely?
11/27/09
Also, Gouken can't be killed by Akuma's Raging Demon. Raging Demon can only send people who are evil to hell. Anyone else it's only supposed to hurt a bunch. Of course the people who come across Gouken after he gets the smack down laid upon himself don't know that.
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11/28/09
Usually, Elena is considered Mid-Tier, though. I never really understood why she wasn't considered higher, though - she is fast and strong. The only thing she lacks is defense, but ya know - just don't get hit.
As for Gouken, we've been told all along, for quite some time, that Akuma killed Gouken pre-Alpha. Now, they say that wasn't the case. That's just a retcon. Considering Akuma also laid the Shin Goku Satsu upon M.Bison, should he also be dead?
I just wasn't exactly happy with the whole idea of making yet another shotokan, even if he did have a few changes. Those changes could have been applied to the library of pre-existing shotokans to actually make there be a real reason to choose Ryu or Ken over Akuma.
11/28/09
Plus, it would be nice to have her in for the sake of variety. We've already got a ninja (Vega), boxer (Balrog) and muai thai kick boxer (Sagat). Not that I'm against any of those characters being in, but c'mon. I'd like to see some interesting fighting styles.
I dunno, I guess I just ain't that big of a Street Fighter II fan, so it kinda irks me that they saw fit to include every SF2 character, but very little of the SF3 cast. I understand SF2 is 'nostalgic' and 'classic' and other words that people think makes it superior, but at least attempt to balance out the cast.
11/28/09
01:27 AM
It's a retcon, plain and simple. Anyone who reads DC or Marvel Comics is familiar with it. It's a sign of bad continuity, and abuse of it leads to dramatic events having no impact at all. "Well, that sucks that Captain America is dead, but they'll just bring him back in a couple of years."
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-Ibuki
-Alex
-Skullomania
if Capcom is going all out to outdo the previous SF4, they might as well go whole hog, and stuff the roster with more awesome fighters and more specials etc.
11/27/09
Haven't played as Guy since Alpha 2! I'm stoked!
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hopefully they can sneak in Alex,Dudley, or even Yun & Yang.
at least it appears that Ibuki made the cut.
11/27/09
I get what they're going for but compared to the likes of Uncharted 2 it's just sad.
11/28/09
Not all games are Uncharted, some are better.
Why would you compare Indiana Jones game to Beat em up game?
11/28/09
11/28/09
I dont like when people craping on unreleased games.
Give them a chance.
11/27/09
Do you know the chaos that will amount from families shouting at each other because dad wants to watch ESPN and mom wants to watch Lifetime?
Will it understand different languages? Slang?
Just...just focus on the game implementations first then everything else. Don't start throwing out crazy things that are just going to make the thing overhyped more then it already is.
That goes for you too Sony. Just make the damn thing WORK PROPERLY first...then promise that it can heal cancer, summon the Dragonzord or whatever.
11/27/09
11/27/09
No..I did not forget that...that wasn't my point.
My point is do they really NEED to do that. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
If it's successful when it's released then go on and waste money...but neither of them are released. So right now...narrowing your scope is a REALLY good idea.
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11/28/09
And no reason to be worried. As with everything nowadays there will probably be options to turn off given features. And while this idea could go very wrong, it could also go very, very right. I'm interested at least.
11/28/09
Whining about the availability of options that you yourself may never use is, well, lame to everybody else that thinks this is a cool idea.
11/28/09
Research and development is an essential part of progress anyway. Not everything will work out -- most of the time it won't, actually. But sometimes when it does, it works out in a huge way. Just look at the Wii or iPhone. Are you really going to rant against a giant company trying something new? They're eating the cost of developing it, what do we as consumers have to lose here?
11/27/09
.....I like where this is going....
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11/27/09
Mmmm...Bara...LOL!
Nah, I remember the first one having a stripper QTE, I liked the first DTR pretty well..
The second DTR was horrible so here's hoping that this one is better.
11/27/09
11/27/09
I agree, the story was pretty good but I remember it came out around the same time Max Payne came out and I HATED Max Payne....it bored the crap out of me.....
Then again, me and my brother played Final Fight Street Wise....and that was just nuts!?!
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11/27/09
It was SOOO bad....I didn't know why I played the games but we did.
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