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[quote name='matrix9280']The people that reviewed Sonic Adventure are either hypocrites or liars. How can the same game that people were saying was great back when it first came out say that it's horrible now. I don't accept that. A good game is a good game is a good game. If I was a gold member I would buy the game.[/QUOTE]

You typed this on purpose? I'd give a rebuttal, but everyone else took care of it for me. After your trolling efforts in the Fable Heroes thread, I can see that you have trouble accepting other people's viewpoints. That's not good.
 
[quote name='ZForce915']Re-read that. He asking, not telling.[/QUOTE]

His lack of sufficient words to make a full sentence and punctuation certainly work to obscure the intended meaning!
 
[quote name='Chrono Gear']I feel the same way. A good game is a good game. However, I am finding that some games really just stand the test of time. I used to like the original Sonic games when I was a kid, but I can't stand them now. However, Sonic Adventure was never a good game. IMHO it was the start of Sonic's fall from grace. He just couldn't make the transition to polygonal 3D.[/QUOTE]

That view I can definitely respect if not necessarily agree with. After going through the game the same problems that were around back then didn't go anywhere. It's still a good game though. No way it should have gotten a 48 on Metacritic. I have a couple of reasons why that may have happened. but I'm basically done with this issue so I won't get into it. Looks like I'll be playing a lot more game demos and looking a lot less at so-called expert critics.
 
[quote name='eastx']You typed this on purpose? I'd give a rebuttal, but everyone else took care of it for me. After your trolling efforts in the Fable Heroes thread, I can see that you have trouble accepting other people's viewpoints. That's not good.[/QUOTE]

I've expounded on that post. If you want to post holding petty grudges and making personal attacks on my character you're wasting your time.
 
Sonic hasn't aged well. The formula was novel at the time when the Genesis was a processing beast compared to its peers, but once that was no longer the case you were just left with a poor platformer with increasingly annoying characters.

I just finished Sonic Generations and found the 3D parts absolutely brutal (no fun at all), and found the 2D parts OK.

Sonic 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, but i just don't think there has been a good sonic game after the Genesis era.
 
I dunno, I think Sonic Adventure was good at the time. It had many obvious problems like falling off of ledges too easily, crummy cameras, the extremely stilted and childish dialogue, Big the Cat, Knuckles' levels, etc. but it still had a lot of gameplay and heart. The XBLA version should have been updated with widescreen support, but otherwise it's a good port. However, I don't see people who don't have nostalgia for the original enjoying it very much due to the aforementioned problems.
 
[quote name='eastx']His lack of sufficient words to make a full sentence and punctuation certainly work to obscure the intended meaning![/QUOTE]

He's saving them for a really good post someday.
 
As I understand it these sales usually overlap for a bit Tuesday morning. I'm looking to get The Walking Dead Episode 2 if it is available tomorrow, but if it isn't I think I'm just going to use the points on Tornado Outbreak. What time do the sales end?
 
[quote name='weeman43302']As I understand it these sales usually overlap for a bit Tuesday morning. I'm looking to get The Walking Dead Episode 2 if it is available tomorrow, but if it isn't I think I'm just going to use the points on Tornado Outbreak. What time do the sales end?[/QUOTE]

go no later than i say 11:30, maybe 12 pm eastern
 
[quote name='weeman43302']As I understand it these sales usually overlap for a bit Tuesday morning. I'm looking to get The Walking Dead Episode 2 if it is available tomorrow, but if it isn't I think I'm just going to use the points on Tornado Outbreak. What time do the sales end?[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't expect The Walking Dead Episode 2 tomorrow. They still haven't given a specific date on it for any platform.
 
The achievement list for Jet Set Radio dropped. Any have an idea on the release date? I never had the chance to play this when I was younger and I want to see where all the hype and notority comes from.
 
[quote name='louiedog']I wouldn't expect The Walking Dead Episode 2 tomorrow. They still haven't given a specific date on it for any platform.[/QUOTE]

That's what I figured, but someone posted in the thread earlier that it was the date. I'm not getting my hopes up too much though. That date was probably picked because Telltale said "the end of June" and it's the last Tuesday of June. We'll see tomorrow though. Thanks for the info, both of you.
 
[quote name='Royal High Knight']The achievement list for Jet Set Radio dropped. Any have an idea on the release date? I never had the chance to play this when I was younger and I want to see where all the hype and notority comes from.[/QUOTE]Officially, just "Summer" at the moment. Sega hasn't announced any specific date.

I'm still hopin' for some avatar awards, considering the other Dreamcast games had them & Sega's pretty much put them in some of their games recently, mainly the downloadable ones.
 
[quote name='cthomer5000']Sonic 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, but i just don't think there has been a good sonic game after the Genesis era.[/QUOTE]

Sonic Generations is the closest SEGA's come to matching any of the Genesis-era efforts.

I thought that one was about as good as any 3D Sonic game can be.

Sonic and 3D have just never gotten along very well.
 
[quote name='louiedog']I wouldn't expect The Walking Dead Episode 2 tomorrow. They still haven't given a specific date on it for any platform.[/QUOTE]

Also, XBLA games don't come out on Tuesdays. They come out on Wednesdays and sometimes Fridays.
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']Also, XBLA games don't come out on Tuesdays. They come out on Wednesdays and sometimes Fridays.[/QUOTE]
It's DLC, not an XBLA game, so the rules don't apply to it. The person that said it was coming out tomorrow didn't provide any source/proof to back it up, so he's most likely talking out of his butt.
 
[quote name='Royal High Knight']The achievement list for Jet Set Radio dropped. Any have an idea on the release date? I never had the chance to play this when I was younger and I want to see where all the hype and notority comes from.[/QUOTE]

JSR may have been my favorite game ever at one point, it's such a stylish mixture of quirky music and inspired gameplay. I think I finished the DC version nine times, looking forward to finishing the XBLA version yet again.
 
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The first two games I got for my Dreamcast were Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi. Crazy Taxi became one of my favorite games of all-time and Sonic Adventure is one of my least favorite of all-time. The action stages were cool at the time, but the unbelievably dull adventure stages destroyed all of the enjoyment I could have had if they let me just play the action stages. Those were my thoughts over a decade ago and they're still the same today.
 
[quote name='Zonic505']Officially, just "Summer" at the moment. Sega hasn't announced any specific date.

I'm still hopin' for some avatar awards, considering the other Dreamcast games had them & Sega's pretty much put them in some of their games recently, mainly the downloadable ones.[/QUOTE]

There were rumors of a June 26th release, but it looks like that isn't the case anymore ...
 
according to neogaf, the following titles will be on sale....

Trine 2 - 600msp
X-men arcade - 400msp off
shoot more robots - 400msp off
Worms armageddon - 400msp off
Gotham imposters - 400msp off
Nexuis 600msp off
 
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/P...Specials/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d530a02

Microsoft is going to release some sort of Sales app, which shows up on the marketplace and on the console with a search even though you can't download it yet.

"Download the free Sales & Specials+ App and get great discounts on Xbox LIVE content. Try your luck at Scratch & Match to get a great offer every week or get great discounts on the Chain Offers that change every month."
 
[quote name='marineal']according to neogaf, the following titles will be on sale....

Trine 2 - 600msp
X-men arcade - 400msp off
shoot more robots - 400msp off
Worms armageddon - 400msp off
Gotham imposters - 400msp off
Nexuis 600msp off[/QUOTE]
Whoa! If Trine 2 is one then I'm definitely jumping all over on that one.

What the hell is Nexuis though?
 
[quote name='bardockkun']Whoa! If Trine 2 is one then I'm definitely jumping all over on that one.

What the hell is Nexuis though?[/QUOTE]

DO NOT BUY NEXUIS

bad twitch shooter that was released dring the house party promotion. I only got it because it was effectively free since i was going to buy the other 3 games. And i still felt ripped off .
 
[quote name='cthomer5000']DO NOT BUY NEXUIS

bad twitch shooter that was released dring the house party promotion. I only got it because it was effectively free since i was going to buy the other 3 games. And i still felt ripped off .[/QUOTE]

I cannot recommend the game either. Even if you like the gameplay, there are several issues with the game that make it frustrating. When I played the week of release, when the most players were likely to be around, matchmaking took a really long time. Finding and getting into a match took at least as long as the match itself. That's no fun. The game also didn't seem to add players midmatch. So when you're playing 3 on 3 and one guy quits because he doesn't like the map selection, and then another guy leaves because he doesn't want to play outmatched, you're left with three guys running around the map hunting one guy on the other team.
 
[quote name='louiedog']I cannot recommend the game either. Even if you like the gameplay, there are several issues with the game that make it frustrating. When I played the week of release, when the most players were likely to be around, matchmaking took a really long time. Finding and getting into a match took at least as long as the match itself. That's no fun. The game also didn't seem to add players midmatch. So when you're playing 3 on 3 and one guy quits because he doesn't like the map selection, and then another guy leaves because he doesn't want to play outmatched, you're left with three guys running around the map hunting one guy on the other team.[/QUOTE]


I co-sign all those issues. You are right that no one can be replaced mid-match. Also it didn't even support 4 v 4 at lanch. 3 v 3 was the max. No idea if they patched that, but i imagine the community is only smaller now regardless. Not a good game.
 
[quote name='marineal']according to neogaf, the following titles will be on sale....

Trine 2 - 600msp
X-men arcade - 400msp off
shoot more robots - 400msp off
Worms armageddon - 400msp off
Gotham imposters - 400msp off
Nexuis 600msp off[/QUOTE]

Pretty good sales if true. I have everything except the 2 MP shooters naturally, but at least there will be some new content for people to pick up.

Also, that deals app sounds pretty interesting...
 
[quote name='marineal']according to neogaf, the following titles will be on sale....

Trine 2 - 600msp
X-men arcade - 400msp off
shoot more robots - 400msp off
Worms armageddon - 400msp off
Gotham imposters - 400msp off
Nexuis 600msp off[/QUOTE]

I already have Trine 2. I'm definitely interested in shoot mmore robots. The rest are garbage.
 
Yawn...

You'd think that they would put the Magic 2012 DLC on sale with last week's release of Magic 2013 and all...

Not much peaking my interest on Live lately. Guess I'll be waiting a wee bit longer. If Dawnguard makes it out, I may bite on that tomorrow.
 
[quote name='preston181']Yawn...

You'd think that they would put the Magic 2012 DLC on sale with last week's release of Magic 2013 and all...

Not much peaking my interest on Live lately. Guess I'll be waiting a wee bit longer. If Dawnguard makes it out, I may bite on that tomorrow.[/QUOTE]

the dlc is 400 msp. Its not like its 3284329 MSP. If nothing intrests you from that list then just buy it.
 
[quote name='preston181']Yawn...

You'd think that they would put the Magic 2012 DLC on sale with last week's release of Magic 2013 and all...

Not much peaking my interest on Live lately. Guess I'll be waiting a wee bit longer. If Dawnguard makes it out, I may bite on that tomorrow.[/QUOTE]


magic 2012 and dlc were on sale couple weeks ago
 
If that sale prediction is true I'll need to buy some points. Definitely want Shoot Many Robots, and will probably also get Trine 2.

From this current sale I bought Dark Void (good fun in smaller doses), Blazing Angels (also looks to be fun in small doses), and I'll probably cash in a 400msp Bing Rewards code to get Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands.
 
[quote name='officerrickyross222']magic 2012 and dlc were on sale couple weeks ago[/QUOTE]

Oh, but of course. I miss out on the deal. Oh well, knowing Microsoft, they'll repeat the deal at least two more times before Christmas.
 
[quote name='marineal']according to neogaf, the following titles will be on sale....

Trine 2 - 600msp
X-men arcade - 400msp off
shoot more robots - 400msp off
Worms armageddon - 400msp off
Gotham imposters - 400msp off
Nexuis 600msp off[/QUOTE]

That's a good list if true. First time discounts always make me happy, even if they are for games I won't buy or the discount is not good enough. I'll buy Trine 2 for 400msp on impulse just to have it on 360 since I already got it for PS3 (I think it was a PS+ freebie?), Gotham City Imposters' discount isn't good enough-600 is my max buyout, and Nexius holds no interest to me (would buy if they put it on some crazy Black Friday-eque sale for 200msp or less). Already own Worms and X-Men. Will have to check out Shoot Many Robots. Heard it was mediocre but I have trouble passing on anything I'm remotely interested in for 400msp.
 
[quote name='killer9']Indeed[/QUOTE]

Its Microsoft man, not sony. They denied Strangers Wrath just cause it was already an xbox game. I would bet a billion dollars that microsoft would never do the type of sale that you keep asking for.
 
[quote name='preston181']Oh, but of course. I miss out on the deal. Oh well, knowing Microsoft, they'll repeat the deal at least two more times before Christmas.[/QUOTE]

Hopefully you will miss those too.
 
Does anyone have any further opinions about the following games since it's crunch time:
Surf's UP!
Bolt
Open Season

Looking at ebay/bb/gs, I think I can get Tornado Outbreak, Meet the Robinsons and a couple others fairly cheap if I need something else for the kids.
 
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