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You Are The Bus Driver

Sabash — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:54:08 MDT

FYI, these guys didn't make Deer Hunter II or III (or any Deer Hunter games). They made the Hunting Unlimited series. Some of their tech was licensed for the Deer Hunter series (apparently), which was developed by Sunstorm Interactive (which has been out of business for several years).

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J-Fro — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:50:54 MDT

San Francisco Rush: Now with less Rush and more Bus

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knickers — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:32:28 MDT

What we really need is Virtual Stuck Behind a Bus... like Peter played at Cheesy Charlie's!

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TearsandScreams — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:06:12 MDT

@PlayerX: You sold your Dreamcast? You heartless bastard.

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Americo — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:30:59 MDT

I'd only play this if there's Xfire support.

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rawg — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:15:21 MDT

@kirk4ever: Made me LOL and I don't know why :)

@Zenshai: Brilliant!

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Crawl to China — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:51:11 MDT

@Zenshai: LOL

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Zenshai — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:31:46 MDT

You never turned off the movie guy voice so i had to read the whole post in it...

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PlayerX — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:37:52 MDT

@ilyag: "What do you guys think about Microsoft Train Simulator? "

My uncle drives trains for a living. I went with him in the locomotive once, to see what it was like. It was kinda neat seeing the tracks move from the front, but that wore off after about 30 minutes.

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kifbox — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:11:51 MDT

All I wanna know is, "Are you on or off the bus?"

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PlayerX — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:01:27 MDT

@Booji-Boy: "GTA called, it wants its concept back."

1992 called. It wants its joke back.

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PlayerX — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:00:39 MDT

@Archetype: "It's like Tokyo Bus Driver!"

That must have been the game I was thinking of on the DC!!!

Christ, now I want a DC again. I have no idea why I sold it.

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PlayerX — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:56:29 MDT

There was a game like this on Dreamcast. It was a JDM game; don't think it ever came here... played it for awhile once.

I think it was designed as a tool for either frustrating the shit out of people, or for people who are so into pedantic details they'll just stop and play this and do nothing else. In the Dreamcast game, you HAD to maintain the speed limit. Not even 1km/h over. You couldn't cross the lines on the street. You couldn't even nudge things. Basically, it was as realistic as it could get with regards to the demands placed on an individual working as a bus driver, but you had to do this THROUGH video game controls, which though they were good, are still way more difficult to be fine with than a real bus.

I think about that game from time to time... I'm the type who'll play a game like the original Driver and just try and drive from one end of town to the other without breaking the law just to see how long it'll take. I used to love entering the codes that'd let me play as a truck in NFS 3 on the PC. I know, I'm weird.

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RadicalAns — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:03:47 MDT

You know Bret, sometimes when I'm driving at night I imagine I'm a bus driver.

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Billkwando — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:50:54 MDT

@Archetype: I wanted Tokyo Bus Driver sooooo bad!

I wanted to play it with my racing wheel & seat. My plan was to angle the wheel up so it was horizontal/parallel to the floor.

I still want to, actually...

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MickyK — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:48:46 MDT

This isn't a taxi...

THIS...IS...BUS RIDE!!!!
(kicks off paying patron)

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phicaluk — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:27:10 MDT

A friend of mine was a bus driver while he was a student. His two best stories are the time somebody took a dump on the back seat, and the time somebody set the upper deck on fire.

For those of you who might be familiar with Glasgow, both these events took place on the streets of Easterhouse.

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AllOfUsAreLost — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:25:49 MDT

I am staring at my copy of Tokyo Bus for Dreamcast right now, remembering how fun, yet frustrating it was to play.

Mind you that was in Japanese, so i guess it's easier when you can understand instructions?

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Pinhead — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:24:26 MDT

Keep that speed limit.
Stop at the red light.
Take a left.
Take a right.
Rinse.
Repeat.

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DJ_Izumi — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:01:37 MDT

How is this game coming out in May? I'm certian it's already out. I had a friend, he got it for like, $7 at Wal-Mart in October.

[www.busdrivergame.com]

You can buy it from the site already even.

Wikipedia lists it's release date as a year ago. o.O

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Karlott — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:12:55 MDT

Needs more Desert Bus.

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Paul Soth — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:27:44 MDT

If there's no short bus, Partrage Family bus, or Merry Pranksters bus, it's not worth it.

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static — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:36:16 MDT

I have totally played this game and many of the other 18 wheel franchise games, yep I was bored. I wish a decent game company would attempt to create a trucking sim.

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normal — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:43:51 MDT

This really seems like something that simple2000 would have done a long time ago. They might have made it better by adding zombies or robots.

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Ashkihyena — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:18:39 MDT

Hail to the bus driver, bus driver, hail to the bus driver man, he drinks and he cusses, he stinks up the busses, hail to the bus driver man.

Sorry, I had to do it, as for the game, yeah, looks int resting, I /might/ look into it. Heh, though knowing me, I'd be more interested in making my passengers terrified by my bad driving.

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judacris — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:03:02 MDT

reminds me of Midtown Madness. That was fun.

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ApocalypseVII — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:03:01 MDT

As a fan of the Dreamcast "Tokyo Bus" I have to say...
BOOYAH! Excellent.
Now, if there is a slight chance I don't have to learn the rules of the Japanese road ON MY OWN then perhaps I might be willing to throw down some green baby. I had to learn the hard way last time. Dear...
God.
-Adam

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Mupp — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:58:19 MDT

YES! Finally a worthy followup to "Tokyo Bus guide" from the old days of the DC. :D

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Mike Fahey — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:41:27 MDT

@Xizer: It was released in Europe last year. This is it's North American debut.

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Mike Fahey — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:39:51 MDT

@nutmilk: I've mentioned Desert Bus before, so nya!
[kotaku.com]

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Superhacker75mil — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:39:11 MDT

For some strange reason, the picture reminds me of the good times I had with Interstate '76.

Perhaps it's the lack of detailed textures, or perhaps it's the lack of draw distance. Perhaps it's just that I needed an excuse to mention Interstate '76.

We'll probably never know.

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nutmilk — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:31:59 MDT

may I be person number 50 to proudly declare my knowledge of Desert Bus in an apt but vaguely related comment.

No really you should have pre-empted this by mentioning it in your item.

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mescalineeyes — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:31:47 MDT

@ghnvt: uhm yeah, I bet that's all he wants to do when he gets home from work.

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mescalineeyes — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:30:37 MDT

@Sinnbox: the post above this one is referring to you.

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mescalineeyes — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:30:01 MDT

so is grammar.

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Frank — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:23:53 MDT

I'd like to see a game like Thrill Ride, only more Burnout-Style. You know, the game where this chick screamed and crashes were (supposedly) supposed to feel realistic...

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GrimaceXL — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:10:51 MDT

@Archetype: me and you are the two people who played that for the dreamcast.

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4 8 15 16 23 42 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:09:26 MDT

this would be worth buying if it were a next-gen desert bus remake. that would be so awesome.

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battra92 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:03:06 MDT

This reminds me that one of these days it would be awesome to get an English port of Densha De Go.

Funny that even the so called new casual audience wouldn't be drawn to that.

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ghnvt — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:00:25 MDT

My friends dad would love this game, he is a bus driver.

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goliathvv — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:58:54 MDT

*cue movie guy voice* Will you have what it takes to get the job done?

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swarmster — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:57:27 MDT

I'm really glad others have mentioned Tokyo Bus Guide. I can't speak for this game, but to those hoping for something like Crazy Taxi, TBG couldn't have been farther from it - it was just as ridiculous, but in the exact opposite direction. It was a public transport simulation, of the most self-flagellating kind.

If you didn't signal your lane changes well in advance, or exceeded the speed limit by even 1mph, or stopped to fast, or didn't open the bus doors for long enough, or were too far from the curb, or you disobeyed any number of other minute little driving/bus operating rules, you lost points. I don't remember the gaining of points even being involved.

To this day I can't figure out why it was so much fun, lol.

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Hannah — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:48:53 MDT

And... here is Germany's contribution to the genre: [www.bussimulatorgame.com]

It scares me that there is enough of a market to support multiple localized bus driving games.

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geekgrrl — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:46:31 MDT

cue "songs to enrage bus drivers"

"i don't know why i bought this stupid tape!"

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Mustakrakish — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:30:31 MDT

I've seen this several times in my local game store and have been tempted to buy and then pan it on YouTube.

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thewisestfool — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:27:03 MDT

"The driver on the bus... says move along please... for the last time..."

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animagnum — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:17:39 MDT

Did the GUI artist even bother to change the default values of some of the Photoshop layer effects? I mean, Christ, at least make it look like you cared... oh... I get it... nevermind.

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Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:15:24 MDT

It's much more fun in GTA.

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NotPigeons — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:15:13 MDT

I am contractually obligating to post this:

Hail to the bus driver, bus driver, bus driver!
Hail to the bus driver, bus driver man!

He yells and he cusses,
and smells up the busses,
Hail to the bus driver, bus driver man!

He steps on the clutch
and the toilet goes flu-ush,
Hail to the bus driver, bus driver man!

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Sinnbox — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:08:22 MDT

@glaeven: Torrent's are free.....

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MajorMcMuffin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:06:59 MDT

This reminds me of ms train sim. Another tense, riveting transport adventure. And another game where I just wondered why. Still, if you've seen Dirty Harry, you know how much fun school buses are.

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SirNirian — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:02:43 MDT

Don't fret i feel for ya Fahey as i too am quite tall (about 6'3") and i too have had to ride in very small cars before and let me tell you it was not pretty.

PS: Ironically though i would LOVE to own a Mini Cooper.

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glaeven — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:00:41 MDT

will it be free? because i would not pay anything over nothing for that.

but if it were free, i would be all over it.

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Zenax — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:57:02 MDT

sounds like crazy taxi meets the bus system? Sign me up, I want to try.

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t0yrobo — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:56:57 MDT

I always wanted to try Tokyo Bus Driver, but I think I'm more drawn to Densha De Go because the controller for on e the the systems (dreamcast I thin) has a cup holder built into it.

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Sinnbox — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:56:23 MDT

@Essonse: this game is more Saturn/Ps1 like...the N64 was way to blury....better 3D, but it had some funky blurr effect that totaly destroyed alot of games for me.

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Essonse — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:54:45 MDT

It makes me sad that whenever someone sees a game that looks like it belongs on a system from the generation before last, they reference the N64.

Are the Saturn's and Playstation's graphics not dated enough for you people?

Show some love!

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Sinnbox — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:53:39 MDT

@Gunhaver: Ya, I had a fried that played Microsft Train simulator...it was amazing you could speed up your train and slow it down... He got made fun of alot...and he paid like $60 for the game.

@vicmasterinc: PC gameing have alwas had it's share of lame games, because anyone can create a game...The Wii on the otherhand has alot of crappy games that Ninendo should have stopped in thier tracks...

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Xizer — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:51:41 MDT

This game has already been out for a year. It was released on March 22, 2007.
[www.gamefaqs.com]

I have it installed on my hard drive right now, and I've beaten all of the missions already. It's pretty good, actually. Here's the Wikipedia article (but it's pretty crappy): [en.wikipedia.org])

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ilyag — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:51:09 MDT

I don't understand all this criticism. What do you guys think about Microsoft Train Simulator? It's a game where you drive a train, for god's sake. You can't even turn! You just go faster or slower.

There's also another game coming out where you drive boats. Just boats. And ships. In the open water. No bad guys or anything, just steering your ships and boats.

This basically looks like the same thing.

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Aethyr — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:50:17 MDT

That is one beautiful and well-designed HUD.

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Superstar90 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:49:15 MDT

Well it's a PC game, so SOMEONE will enjoy it. Not better than that Dreamcast bus game through.

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ceilingFANBOY — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:48:01 MDT

@scotty: My rides would eventually end when I inadvertently drive into the wrong part of town and start getting shot at by random gang members.

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vicmasterinc — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:47:14 MDT

is it me or has pc games gotten really really really crappy its like they shit on a plate and mold it into the dumbest concept they can render

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Gunhaver — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:46:00 MDT

Game's been out a while, actually. I know a guy who plays it. I make fun of him alot. He slammed a chair into a wall and made three holes once.

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Nslick — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:42:49 MDT

All this game needs is a pretty cool sounding contest involving finishing the game that mysteriously never happens. Then it can be a complete Desert Bus ripoff.

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Does Not Equal (ダズノット) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:42:25 MDT

@scotty: Same here. Saints Row is a little better for safe driving, if for no other reason than you don't suffer from massive gridlock because one car won't go forward. (Cars in Stilwater will eventually back up and drive around.)

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Sinnbox — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:37:14 MDT

@Archetype: I'v been wanting to play Tokyo Bus driver since ODCM Previewed it back in 1999...sadly this looks like a saturn prototype. boo.

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scotty — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:34:35 MDT

@YOBNAFgniliec: I did that too, I felt....good actually.
Then some random taxi cab crashes near me all the time and I go road rage all over again.

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ceilingFANBOY — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:30:40 MDT

Has anyone else driven around town in GTA for about half an hour using perfect driving, no speeding, running red lights, or going the wrong way down the road? No, that's only me?

Who would have thought that this article was going to become a Simpsons quote thread?

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scotty — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:30:09 MDT

@excel_excel: Oh man! I loved that movie! But, just like you, I forgot what it was really called....damn, I feel like watching it now...

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ForAllThatEverWas — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:28:46 MDT

@Archetype:

OH MAN... TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH! Next-Gen Tokyo Bus Guide FTW.

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eddw1n — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:28:30 MDT

welcome to japan circa 1999.

[www.gamespot.com]

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J-Fro — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:25:13 MDT

I'd like to see a steering wheel adapter shipped with the game that's the size of a coffee table.

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17-A — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:22:58 MDT

@Archetype: I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who remembers that game. I seem to recall that you get points for things like using your turn signal properly. Sometimes random information like that, floating around in my head, is indistinguishable from nonsense I come up with to confuse/annoy my friends.

On a different note, this game definitely needs a Desert Bus level.

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TheEngineer — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:21:41 MDT

Sweet! I can't believe somebody is making a new N64 game!

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RYAMATSU — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:21:37 MDT

I hope I can customize my bus driver to look like Chris Farley.

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Pylon — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:20:44 MDT

Seems like a fine idea to me. I think that games that educate about reality ought to be encouraged. I mean, there's nothing wrong with driving a bus. Most people don't get to do it. It's better than senseless violence and all that. Bravo to the guys making it, why not?
I'm curious about more games that are set in the natural world, that don't involve crime and war.

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Booji-Boy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:16:45 MDT

Will this also be released on N64?

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excel_excel — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:16:23 MDT

Its just like that movie!! I think it was called "the bus that could never slow down"

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excel_excel — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:15:42 MDT

Do you find something comical about my appearance when I'm driving my automobile?
Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. This was the largest auto that I could afford. Am I therefore to be made the subject of fun?

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njhardcoreguy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:14:58 MDT

"It's like Speed 2...

but on a bus!"

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Sentientv2 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:12:45 MDT

I like sim games, but to be honest, it appears they put about one working day into the interface and put it on the shelf. There's nothing immersing or exciting about it.

@Polywhirl:
It is definitely a simple vertex lighting, which is the same type that UT2004 uses, minus the exception of the baked on lighting, which makes UT2004 acceptable.

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Fireblast — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:12:13 MDT

@Hion:

Probably the same set of people who sat down and thought the world needs an eating game.

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Cruithne — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:11:52 MDT

Otto: Hey bart dude dont worry, I failed the fourth grade too. And look at me, now I drive the school bus"!

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namesRhard — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:11:10 MDT

Finally the opportunity to be a prick and drive past a bus stop full of people!

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kirk4ever — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:10:39 MDT

i am...bus driver...

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Hion — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:10:27 MDT

Who sat down and decided that this world of ours needed a bus game?

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Booji-Boy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:09:43 MDT

GTA called, it wants its concept back.

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Polywhirl — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:09:14 MDT

Maybe I'm mis-reading the pictures, but it looks like a game for five year olds.

And bah on 6'6'' people.
They make us 6'0'' people look tiny.

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Musai — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:08:35 MDT

GOTY 2008. I'm calling it.

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Archetype — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:06:53 MDT

It's like Tokyo Bus Driver!

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ittekimasu — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:06:40 MDT

do you think the dev's seriously think we'll be trying not to crash and kill people in this game -.- btw there better be people in this game.

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frostcircus — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:06:17 MDT

I hope Penn and Teller get royalties

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