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Googleshng - May 16 '02- 2:00 Eastern Standard Time
Garcon's half of the column appeared in my inbox at 9:30 AM today, so
it's a good thing I didn't keep waiting longer than I did. Anyway, let's get rolling.
Garcon: Hey all,
I have to keep this short because I'm in the middle of studying for a
final I have in 3 hours..
so.. let's just get to the letters, shall we? :)
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A wide range of topics
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Googleshng and Garcon,
A Few Questions, thanks for your time
1. Are there any games that come close to the greatness of Planescape:
Torment, story wise? Sure, it was similar to the oh-so-great
Chronicles of Amber, but it's one of the only games I've ever played
that I care about the characters. I liked Xenogears, but it played so
painfully slow so much.
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Garcon:
1. I've never played Planescape, but I can try to make a few
recommendations
story-wise for ya. For the Playstation I loved the epic stories of FFT,
Xenogears,
and Suikoden 2. If you're looking for another computer RPG, I'd say try
Anachronox..
I watched my brother play a good amount of it, and it was definately
story/character
driven.
Googleshng:
Well, if you liked Torment, chances are you'd like the rest of Bioware's stuff. They are more or less
THE PC RPG developer in most people's opinion.
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2. Is Might and Magic VI hard, or is it just me?
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Garcon:
2. Sorry.. 0 for 2 on the games I've played so far :)
Googleshng:
It didn't seem hard from what I saw of it, but I never really liked that series, so I didn't see all that
much.
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3. Don't games like Marvel vs. Capcom 2 or Super Smash Brothers seem
like games dreamed up by a little kid? I love playing both of them, I
wish more games wouldn't try to be serious.
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Garcon:
3. If you have a Cube try out Sega Soccer Slam. It's crazy fun and
definately
doesn't take itself seriously ;)
Googleshng:
Nah, the games pitched by little kids aren't much at all like those pitched by manic developers. I've
seen my fair share of both. The latter group coughs up all sorts of interesting little games though,
like Chuchu Rocket.
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4. Does Tri-Ace have any projects their currently working on? I got
Valkeyrie Profile for Christmas and it left me wanting more 2-d
greatness.
A comment on a previous letter
Dream Theater is a very talented progressive rock group. Fatal Tragedy
is a good song, some of it sounds a lot like Castlevania Music. (The
song is split up into multiple parts)
-BennyBigHair
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Garcon:
4. I think tri-ace develops the Star Ocean series, and a new SO is coming
to the PS2
in Japan soon, and from everything I've read it looks like it'll make its
way stateside.
Googleshng:
VP is nifty, but not quite what tri-Ace normally churns out. Normally they toss around games like Star
Ocean and Tales of Whatever. They have plenty of those games in the works, but nothing along the lines
of VP to my knowledge.
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Our prices are no longer so insane.
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Greetings Goog.
I'm really glad that the PS2's price has been lowered especially since
I finally decided to break down and start saving up money for one. So
I shouldhave one by next month. WOOHOO!I havequestion for both
you and Garcon.
Did either of you ever play Paper Mario? If so, then who was your
favorite partner? Mine isGoombario.
Varios
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Garcon:
I played Paper Mario a little.. I wasn't too into it. As for the PS2 and
XBox game prices,
I'm thrilled - I was about to buy my brother a PS2 for his college
graduation present, and
now I'm shelling out $100 less! :)
Googleshng:
Yes, the PS2 now costs the standard price of a brand new console. Of course, it's the oldest console on
the market with the least RAM and such but hey, now I don't have a strong moral conviction not to pay
the price tag if I get enough money. As for PM, I always dug Watt personally as far as general usefulness.
Easy attack too.
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Letter from another universe....
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I notice a lot of people bashing Squaresoft. I just want to step up
and say that I've really enjoyed just about every Square game I've
played. While I'm sure not everyone will LIKE every game (FF8 comes
to mind, yet my roommate last year hails it as his favorite game of
all time), can you really contest that Square doesn't make quality
games?
Question time. I started playing a bit of Golden Sun to try it before
I buy... The beginning scene was almost painfully long, and I didn't
find talking to the townsfolk all that helpful. Does this continue
through the game? I hope not, cause other than that, it seems pretty
good.
-Renidragon
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Garcon:
Square is definately his or miss. They put out masterpieces like
FF1/4/6/10, Vagrant Story,
Secret of Mana, and the list goes on. However, they're also responsible
for the Saga Frontiers,
Ehrgeiz, Legend of Mana (most disappointing game ever), FF8, and.. this
list goes on, too.
I think the bashing stems from frustration that so many gamers only buy
Squaresoft RPGs while
ignoring excellent titles from other companies.
Googleshng:
Uh, I don't know who's column you've been reading, but I haven't seen anyone bashing Square. I made a
comment earlier this week about how many reviewers will praise Square even when they release a bad game,
but that's not picking on Square at all, just spineless reviewers. I mean, if you've never played a bad
game from Square, there's a few games I'd assume you missed. Plus even if I was bashing Square, I'm just
one person last I checked...
Now then, Golden Sun's intro is a bit long, much like pretty much every RPG, but past that it flows quite
nicely.
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Again with the craziness!
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....is from the halloween episode of the Simpsons where
Mr. Burns locks them in a house with no TV or beer.
I resent that you ragged on FF9... it was a good game.
Admittedly, it suffers from the syndrome where the end
boss pops up from nowhere to fight you... but,
otherwise, it was awesome.
"Tell you what, Smithers, if we come back, and they're
dead, I owe you a Coke."
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Garcon:
FF9 was fun :)
Googleshng:
This is a good example of why you shouldn't put the first sentence of a letter in the subject line. Anyway
though, I haven't even mentioned FF9 in months, so I don't see how I could have picked on it. I get entirely
too much of the mail sent to the evil version of myself frm a parallel universe...
Oh, and that ending quote from... Monday or whenever was half from the Simpsons, half the original Shining
quote.
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Another letter with important info in the subject line.
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Yep. Tell that guy who asked.
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Garcon:
Hey, guy who asked.. check it out.
Googleshng:
The subject on THIS letter was "Gir is still voiced by Rosearik Rikki Simmons", as Mary there was asking
yesterday... and hey, just to prevent a long deja vu, Mary is traditionally a girl's name, so you two
both used the wrong pronoun.
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