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Gaming / Re: Talk about Sonic

« on: August 27, 2010, 05:45:45 AM »

"I just love a woman that can kick my ass!"

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: August 27, 2010, 05:43:42 AM »

Damn. What a choice.

-Hang out with friends/go get delicious Ramen & Hirata Pork Buns (soooooooooooo heavenly good) then go see Expendables

OR

-Work and make a quick $155

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: August 26, 2010, 06:56:44 PM »

The first one does have the King Caesar song, as well as some pretty good fight scenes.

Terror of Mechagodzilla was awesome too, and had a fantastic soundtrack.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: August 26, 2010, 06:42:46 PM »

What's the best Godzilla movie of all time?

Very tough call...

I mean, the original original Japanese movie is a classic, and is the starting point for every era of Godzilla movies. It's the most serious of them all I'd say.  What I can do is give you my favorite from each era, excluding the original Gojira movie..

Showa Era - Godzilla vs. Gigan

Heisei Era - Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Millennium Era - Godzilla against Mechagodzilla/Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (I combine the two together for the most part.

The difference between Eras is more that in the Showa Era, Godzilla is more of a heroic figure. The two series after is when he's depicted more like he was intended, as a force of nature.  These three movies also have fantastic soundtracks as well.

Mecha Godzilla. No contest.

You'd have to be more specific. There are 5 movies with Mechagodzilla.

Posted on: August 26, 2010, 11:40:29 AMAlso, if you can find them online somehow, MST3K did two Godzilla movies; Godzilla vs. Megalon (my favorite MST3K ever and the one that started me on that grand journey) and Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster.

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Gaming / Re: Talk about Sonic

« on: August 26, 2010, 06:30:26 PM »

The 360 demo only had the platforming part. Not the racing forward part.

I think the PS3 version had the platforming part as well. It was that one grassy stage with the glass you jumped through or something like that.

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Gaming / Re: Talk about Sonic

« on: August 26, 2010, 06:04:32 PM »

I actually thought from the 360 downloadable demo that it wasn't going to be that bad. I mean, it felt like Adventure back then. Boy was I wrong...

LoL, maybe the PS3 version was more honest! 

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: August 26, 2010, 06:03:04 PM »

Ah Yes, because as we all know the only way to stop pollution is to have a giant radioactive lizzard beat the everloving crap out of itīs physical manifestation...

Damn right!

For a Godzilla virgin, which movie would Godzilla fans advise me to start with?

(and by that I mean ease me into the movie and wow me with it. Don't just tell me a long list to catch up with the canon, I just wanna watch something fun)

What kind of "fun" are you looking for? Cause different eras offer different Godzilla genre's.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: August 26, 2010, 05:48:34 PM »

and that one with the little kid having daydreams about being friend with little Godzilla...

That's the one! I own Godzilla's Revenge for the same reason I own X7; collection purposes.

I LOVE Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster though.  IN FACT...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxpHAlsIGOE[/youtube]

 

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: August 26, 2010, 05:37:37 PM »

I hope you donīt mean all of them! Some of them are mind screwy!

All of them except one, cause there's only one I refuse to watch.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: August 26, 2010, 05:28:59 PM »

I think I'm long overdue for a Godzilla marathon!

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News and Announcements / Re: Rockman Online artwork and details.

« on: August 26, 2010, 05:18:44 PM »

Funny how the entire cool factor of the trailer is that it's got no gameplay footage whatsoever, and it's entirely fan-pandering. =P

It's hella cool to see classic characters duking it out like that in crisp clean anime, yeah. But it's all for the sake of promoting a game we know nothing about so far. =P

LoL, in the end it's promoting a game we're most likely not getting, so I think we're all just loving the animation & DrillMan remix! 

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Gaming / Re: Talk about Sonic

« on: August 26, 2010, 05:16:43 PM »

Playing Sonic '06 - biggest [tornado fang]ing mistake of my life.

What's funny is that I have the PS3 pre-release party to thank for me NOT playing that game. At this PS3 event, they had a demo of Sonic '06. Despite the...*shudder* 1:07 minute loading time (yes, I actually timed it at one point), I couldn't believe how god awful it played. Awful handling, falling through levels, and all that fun stuff.

The demo was SO awful, it only took me 3-4 minutes to convince me never to play it ever. I believe that's a record, which probably would've been shorter if the loading time wasn't so bad.

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: August 26, 2010, 05:12:10 PM »

Let's weep for our horrible fates once more.

Yeah, I read the OMiT #3 that I missed last week.

...it's amazing how it continues to get worse.

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News and Announcements / Re: Rockman Online artwork and details.

« on: August 26, 2010, 10:06:14 AM »

You better! ^^

Hehe, you know it baby! 

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News and Announcements / Re: Rockman Online artwork and details.

« on: August 26, 2010, 10:00:00 AM »

Once again, U Wanda!

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News and Announcements / Re: Rockman Online artwork and details.

« on: August 26, 2010, 09:42:30 AM »

U Wanda! 

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News and Announcements / Re: Rockman Online artwork and details.

« on: August 26, 2010, 08:40:34 AM »

The DrillMan remix is pretty sweet too.

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News and Announcements / Re: Rockman Online artwork and details.

« on: August 26, 2010, 07:58:23 AM »

.......okay, someone needs to .gif me that Blues scene from 2:01-2:04 like right [tornado fang]ing now!

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: August 26, 2010, 06:58:18 AM »

Also, Superman: Secret Origins finished. Easily one of the best Superman stories I've ever read.

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Gaming / Re: Talk about Sonic

« on: August 26, 2010, 06:07:24 AM »

Sonic Boom is still the best Sonic song ever made! 

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Gaming / Re: Sonic and Knuckles 3D - Mushroom Hill Zone

« on: August 26, 2010, 06:01:05 AM »

What im getting from this- is that basically, Sega releases Sonic 06. its full of problems and everyone finds something to [sonic slicer] about. Sega should basically say sorry, and re-release the game fixed? or recall every single one and release another version?
how would that benefit the company? Nobody seems to remember that Sega is a company. Yeah yeah I know. go ahead and whine at the "company excuse". but its true. they make a game to make money, nothing more. Some companies care more about the fans wishes and respond better to them than others. Sega made Sonic 06. it was hated universally. So ok. they made their money, what they could- and lets move on to something new then. Sort of how X7 flopped, and so Capcom did something different witht he next game.

What do you mean, "How would that benefit the company?" Do you even know how PR or Customer Service works?  The first, FIRST, step towards keeping your customers happy, the people who purchase your products with their money, is to INSTANTLY admit a mistake when then [tornado fang] up and to apologize.  It's one reason why Netflix flourishes while Blockbuster dies, because not only is Netflix a far superior company & video rental service, but because when they [tornado fang] up, they IMMEDIATELY say they're sorry and try to make it up to you, which is the 2nd step: making it up to your customers.  Good customer service & PR can go a long, LOOOOOOOOOONNG way into keeping a business going, because people will definitely pay even a little extra for the promise of good customer service, and knowing that when an accident or screw up happen, the problem will be apologized for as well as dealt with with as little hassle as possible.

Now like you said regarding Colors, it seems like SEGA is trying to make a better day-time Unleashed game, which is a good thing, cept for people who did not like the day-time mode in Unleashed.  However, you can't please everyone.  Regardless, for the most part I don't really see anyone complaining about Colors that much.  I'm sure they're out their somewhere, but this game seems to be widely accepted, and IMO, looks like a lot of fun.

Hell, Sonic 4, to me, looks like a lot of fun too.  All I'm saying is that I understand how people like Ben get pissed at how SEGA's PR department has handled the Sonic 4 situation.  The best MM equivalent I could give towards that is if Capcom made an X9 game and it played like a Zero series game.

Take a cue from Domino's Pizza, for crying out loud!

It's still [parasitic bomb] pizza.......but at least now it's actually edible!

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: August 26, 2010, 05:28:30 AM »

Yeah, I read Batman #702 today, and it really just confirmed what I've always believed, in that there is nothing that Grant Morrison excels at more than writing anything related to New Gods stuff.  It fits his warped genius mind so absolutely perfectly, and Batman #702 proved that wholeheartedly.  It was absolutely brilliant.

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Gaming / Re: Sonic and Knuckles 3D - Mushroom Hill Zone

« on: August 26, 2010, 12:28:02 AM »

I think he has, at this point. I think the problem is that the chefs at the restaurant use to be so good, and it's just hard to let go and see what bad ownership has done to a good restaurant. 

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Gaming / Re: Sonic and Knuckles 3D - Mushroom Hill Zone

« on: August 26, 2010, 12:20:41 AM »

Sonic Rush, having levels that matched the design of the original in any way? The curves, gravity, boosting, verticality, size and overall COMPLETELY different design didn't make you realise it's pretty much a totally different game on all counts? Plus, even without using the boost mechanic, the levels there are pretty much based on speed with little platforming. if anything, I'd consider this Sonic closer to Sonic Advance. And how does it LOOK like a Rush game? Or play? Except for different physics, it's pretty much all classic. And it's only Episode 1. I'm guessing other characters will be available in the next episode. Or if they're not, I don't really see anything wrong with it. Didn't Megaman 9 get rid of the dash that had been in the game for years, and the charge beam just so it could be more like 2?

See this is why I'm asking. Several people in this topic have said that Sonic 4 essentially looks like a Rush game based on what they saw, except without the boosting. This one guy who gave a review for Sonic 4, praising the game, still said "yeah, it's Rush" when describing how it looks and feels when he played the game. And like I said, I'm no expert on Sonic. I don't remember the classic Sonic games as super memorably as I do Mario games or Zelda games, as I briefly played them & Sonic CD on my brother's Genesis. So no, Rush did not make me realize that it's a "totally different games on all counts" as you put it!

This is why I'm asking these questions, and trying to compile all the facts about why people are complaining, praising, loving, hating, [speed burner]ing, vilifying this game and the franchise. And ultimately, only Ben here has given me full, well rounded out rationalizations as to why SEGA should be ashamed of what they have done and what they continue to do with their mascot and how they market him to fans. Mind you, I don't agree with all his view points because in the long run, I'm not a hardcore classic Genesis Sonic fan like he is. However, I can understand why someone like him would be really [tornado fang]ing frustrated.  It's all hypothetical at this point, but still he brings up a good point. If that leaked never happened, regardless of whether it was just a demo or really close to the final product, would SEGA have gone back to fix Sonic 4 or would they have just released it like it is?

But nooooo, when Sega tries to fix their ways, they're eeeevil bastards and must be treated with total disrespect for doing so.

Perhaps not with total disrespect, but there comes a point when their shitty service has to be addressed.

The best analogy I can give for this is to imagine that SEGA is a restaurant. Now, it's customary to tip the waiter, but imagine the waiter keeps up [tornado fang]ing up your order, like say more than 3 times. (I consider more than twice worthy of no tip, but that's me) Sure, he eventually gets it right after going back and fixing it all those times, but after all the times he's screwed up, do you tip him as well or forget how god awful the service was?  Or, for that matter, do you continue to go back to that restaurant at all in the first place?  And lets say you do go back and you see the same waiter who [tornado fang]'d up your order the last time. Do you walk in and sit down and eat, hoping you don't get the same waiter, or do you put up with it because the food is so good?

It really all depends on what type of person you are. Clearly, Ben and other fans like him have had enough shitty service from SEGA, so when they continue to market a game as "going back to Sonic's roots" like I assume they've done in the past (again, not an expert), they don't forget that same shitty service they received in the past. Whereas other fans are willing to continue to give SEGA a chance because the service may be shitty, but they still like the quality of food.

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Gaming / Re: Talk about Sonic

« on: August 25, 2010, 10:45:58 PM »

When I look at the Sonic franchise, I go and hug my Super Mario Bros. games.