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In the PSX:
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SaGa Frontier 2
HARD!
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In the Genesis:
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Shining Force
dididi? DODODODO.
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In the Gameboy:
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My cousin's copy of Pokemon
DIE!
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In the SNES:
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Civilization
Outdated
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In the SMS:
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Phantasy Star
Always.
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In the NES:
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Nothing
Poor little thing.
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In the Saturn:
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Nothing
No games yet
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In the N64:
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Goldeneye
2 RCs
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In the Dreamcast:
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Soul Calibur
This victory strengthens the soul of... nobody.
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Googleshng - March 13 '00- 1:30 Eastern Standard Time
This job can kind of suck at times. There's times when I have to
take my own opinion on an issue and lock it up for nobody to hear... or maybe put up on my page
which I meant to get done this weekend, maybe tomorrow. Anyway, my mail box was packed full of
flames about that X-Box story, and I loved reading them despite the fact that they were flames
of a good friend of mine. The problem though is that, believe it or not, I have some standards
and ethics and whatnot. I also know that if I post my opinion on a controversial issue, I will
get 100 or so flames, mostly from morons (not that disagreeing with me makes one a moron, just
that morons like flaming people and I hate reading poorly written mail). So, I can't state my
mind about things like Microsoft, and in fact, I feel obligated to take the defensive on such
issues. Although I kinda told you what I really think just now didn't I. Uh, whoops. Oh well,
the intros off limits for disagreeing with me, OK?
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People hate Microsoft
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Oh goog, I would like to provide this word to the wise:
All the x box is-a cobbled together pc with a fancy video chip! It is
telling people that a console is better for games than a pc...so why do
we need 800mhz chips..to run email! By the time it comes out it will be
out of date. I ghz is on your doorstep. The x-box still runs on the x86
code, a legacy of the old days of PC and hindering the chip design from
the ground up. The Motorola chip powering the G4 and Dolphin is/was
designed without the Pc code baggage...1 gflop and more for Dolphin.. AS
IT USES 128 BIT FLOATING POINT REGISTERS TO do calculations...Intel
chips does it in 32 bit!! They cannot do 128 until until it discards
x86.The graphic chip is the X box only real asset.As for the PS2
it has a 128 bit word chip....it doesn't need to go too high in the mhz
game...betware of those misleading comparisons...6 gflop of pure
floating point vector calculation...intel chips cannot do 1 gflop even
in 1 ghz as its Simd instruction set operate in 32bit! It relys on the
graphics chip.The nintendo dolphin and PSX2 is a more superior design.
I would choose the PS2, because i know im going to get quality games
from squaresoft, konami, namco etc. The X-box is just sounding like a PC
you plug into a TV (Windows on a console WTF???), Its gonna have
installations, and im sure in the future you will be able to upgrade
(the most annoying thing ever, lets upgrade every 6 months!!). We
console gamers do not like windows, we want a simple and effective OS
like the dreamcast one (it doesnt come up with messages like "an
unexplained error has occured, please reboot your system", and even
worse, THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH)
No offense but That RPGamer article is total BS. An official Microsoft
press release probably wouldn't been a more reliable source of info.
RPGamer took everything that Microsoft said at face value, and they
failed to take into account that the demos weren't even being run on an
X-Box. The X-Box's graphics processor (which I'm sure you realize is a
very key component) doesn't exist yet. Which makes the demos about as
meaningful as the "N64" demos that Nintendo ran on SGI workstations.
-Edmond"Flying fat"Honda
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Googleshng:
This is a tad on the extreme side but most of what's in my mail
today is just like this. If nothing else, I think the fact that so many people with so
little provocation are attacking the X-Box this visciously is a very bad sign for it's
potential sales. Anyway, this next letter is a rebuttal from one of the guys who wrote
that article.
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Now from the defense
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I quote, from Microsoft's press release: "More than three times the graphics
performance of the newest-generation game consoles will be offered.
Co-developed with experts at NVIDIA, the custom-designed graphics chip will
deliver more than 200 million polygons per second." However, that's true
that the chip wasn't in the prototype system yet. But, if you think about
it, the technical demos were even more impressive, then. The system and the
demos were running solely upon the CPUs raw processing power, and not even
tapping into the power reserves that the graphics chip will add to the
system. Once the chip is added, it certainly will not downgrade the
performance of the X-Box at all, but simply make it even more impressive.
I'm still reserving my opinion until I can see more of the X-Box, but from
what I saw at GDC of the X-Box, the simple fact that it is very impressive
cannot be denied. Granted, a system is nothing without developer support,
but take a look at all of the high-quality developers that have already
signed aboard. Again, draw conclusions for yourselves; I'm simply reporting
the news. It's still early, and there's a long way to go.
-Dan Calderman
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Googleshng:
I feel I should point out something here. Which system comes
out on top is never a question of who has the most superior hardware. It's all a matter
of which system gets the third party companies. The Sega Master System blew the NES away
technologically, but everyone had exclusive deals with Nintendo. There was a time when
the Genesis was more popular than the SNES. The N64 and the Saturn are both vastly superior
to the PSX, but Sony got the third parties. As for the upcoming systems, well none of them
have the third parties signed at the momment, so if you've already decided to buy one, you
really are taking quite a big risk. Every major company is going to wind up making a few
games for everything, but after that they'll devote themselves to their favorite. Well,
it's another story if you're buying a system for it's first and second party developers,
because Sega, Nintendo, and Nintendo's friends (Rare) DO make some pretty good games.
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Yes I have that much
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This is in regards to the guy who wrote in to Brad yesterday about being
pretty impressed with the X-Box specs, and thinking Sony and Nintendo
must be getting worried...
The thing to remember is that running Windows on an x86 architecture
means that X-Box is going to have a pretty significant cripple when
compared to PS2, Dolphin, and Dreamcast which are running their own very
streamlined OSes on proprietary hardware designed specifically for
gaming. I'm definitely not saying that X-Box is gonna suck, probably
far from it, I'm just cautioning against drawing direct comparisons
between it and other next gens. Not all MHz are created equal...
Mike
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Googleshng:
Well, Doug and Dan aren't here right now, so I can't pull out
a rebuttal here, oh well, I'm sure someone will respond to it. I'm going to look really
hard for some letters that aren't attacking Microsoft, but I'm not making any promises.
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Hey look! It's about RPGs!
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Hey Google!!
I have 1 question for you:
What is Tactics Ogre like?? Is it like FFTactics? And is Ogre Battle
similar to TO?? I remeber that i've played OB on the SNES but only for
like 5 min and i didn't had the chance to buy it because of some unknow
reasons it was VERY rare and the price was quite high (from 120$ to 170$
can (remember SNES RPG were about 90$can)) Anywayz when it come out on
PSX i just didn't see it. Now i can get both for a very cheap price btu
uim not sure if im going to like it. I got FFT when it came out and i
still play and enjoy it. As i seen OB and TO look quite different even
if they are from the same serie....
THANX
*Rudy^
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Googleshng:
Final Fantasy Tactics is from the same team as Tactics Ogre.
I've never played it myself, but I believe it's pretty much the same sort of thing.
Although obviously using Ogre Battle characters and units as opposed to Final Fantasy
Franchise Fodder. I'd love to play it myself, but it's a pain to track down. As for
Ogre Battle, it's something else entirely. There's maps dotted with towns, which you
move parties around on in real time, and the fights are standard RPG style, with the
rather odd little addition that you don't control your guys dirrectly, but there's enough
AI choices that it's a moot point.
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Alternate universes
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Hey Google,
You guys do a kickass job here. I'm a loyal Q&A fan, and have been for a year. It's my birthday.
(Yay!!) Nuff about me. Question time!
1)First off, if the series FF was never created, which rpg would be your fave on the SNES platform?
2)Second, lets assume that Square was never founded, and all of our favorite and cherished titles
were never created. What would you be doing right now? (It's 9:14, just for reference.)
Thanks, Googs, and keep up the good work. (Aren't you glad you're appreciated?)
Kupop "Cuz it only happens once a year?!?" D. Moogle
-Eric Reichel
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Googleshng:
OK, aside from FFs, my favorite SNES RPGs would be Chrono
Trigger and Lufia 2. Obviously I'm not counting Action/RPGs. As for if Square was never
founded, well, I assume it's illegal to say all the people who work for Square would work
for some other company, so I'll play your little game. First off, there would be no RPGamer.
That means I wouldn't be working on the column, and RPGs wouldn't have gotten such a good
foothold, so I wouldn't be playing any of my newer games. I guess I'd be watching X-Files
though. Square didn't do anything for that!
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Oh yeah, the game I wanted questions about
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I want to know if Saga Frontier is worth buying I rented it and got up
to the part where philippe's son is assasinated during the firebrand
ceremony in scenario 1. I want to know if there is a big portion of the game
left so I can decide whether to buy it or just rent it again.
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Googleshng:
Well, I plowed through it in just a few days, that translates
to a play time of oh... 20-30 hours, not bad especially since there's decent replay
value. Let me warn you though, the end of the game becomes insanely difficult. I mean
like FFT is a piece of cake compared to the end of this game. That hard. Very very sick.
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