Be Excellent To Each Other

Assault Heroes 2. Oh dear.

controls fucked, visuals fucked, all new stuff comes across as showboating rather than being nice little touches.

Should have been the best game on Live, instead it's just a bit blaverage.

Crumbs, Dim!

Where 'we' equals 'him', mind. If I weren't so nice, I'd say what We all used to call him... hint: not Baron Greenback.

Not Stiletto, surely? Although I'd love to hear Dimrill do the accent.

So what's coming out this week - anything good? Although, I've still got to buy Ikaruga...

i'd think twice about that unless you've got a lot of love for the DC/GC version.

it looks nice enough but is nothing but a hateful memory test.

Commando 3 = not that good. the viewpoint doesnt help your aiming and the presentation seems a bit weak. More fun that AssHeroes 2 but not a patch on AssHeroes 1.

Frogger = just like all the 3D Frogger games you got on the PS1/DC/PS2. But not in 3D.

I got Commando 3 for the SFIIHDSDJDAJSJA Beta demo thing, only to realise it doesn't activate until the 25th. Should I bother with the actual game I paid for?

Yep, the demo was very disappointing, so I won't be buying the full version. It's not bad as such, just a bit average, and certainly not worthy of the Commando name.

I bought Commando 3 because I thought the first level was ok and maybe the later ones would be good. Alas it seems not.

The 2nd level is a fucking ridiculous visual mess with scenery in the foreground obscuring your view of the on screen action. Makes you dead happy when something you had no chance of seeing shafts your multiplier.

I tried the demo last night but I won't be buying the full game. It's more Mercs (I only realised last night that Mercs was the sequel to Commando) than Commando but it's not as good as either really. I'd have probably been more likely to buy a tarted-up version of the original Commando or Mercs.

kind of tempted by the 3-player co-op aspect though. but after your opinion Trousers I don't think I'll bother. the only thing this had going for it was the clear visuals and if they get scuppered on level 2, the game will suck.

AH2 and Commando3. Bah!

anyone bothering with Frogger?

Jeff Minter.

You raaarscal.

Am I the only one who enjoyed the Commando 3 demo then? I thought it was rather good (I found it more fun than the first AH, tbh).

So you marstered the blarster?

You're a corck.

picked up Every Extend thingie from that promotion thing. it's not as pointless and gash as I thought it'd be.

Promotional thing?

I was pleasantly surprised by E4 - it does a fantastic job of convincing you that you're not just sitting there pressing one button every six seconds or so.

I still don't have the faintest idea what all those numbers at the bottom of the screen actually mean though.

yesterday's games (some weather thing, some fish photoing thing) are bleak.

I found Sealife Safari quite relaxing, actually. The trial was too short to figure out whether it was worth splashing out, though (arf). Might be a rip-off of that Wii game Endless Ocean, but without having played that one it's difficult to tell.

I really wanted to like Elements of Destruction, but I couldn't work find my recharge stations and kept dying. I might go back and have another try, paying attention to the instructions next time.

Ooh.. Soul Calibur today - haven't played that in ages. *downloads trial*

SOUL CALIBUR GET.

(it's the 'complete game', with the extras and what-not - and it looks lovely, all sharp and 'remastered' and that)

SoulCailbur4 in but a few weeks too. (Hence the timing)

I'm finding it quite hard to resist the tempation to get both.

I'm a little surprised that there's no online multiplayer (doesn't bother me too much as I'd get my arse kicked anyway) in it as I figured that would've gone down well. No mission mode from the Dreamcast version either. Still, very much worth the 800 points.

As I said, it's probably out to provide some kind of promotional thing for SC4. And not to compete with it - adding in online would've done just that.

It's a straight port of the arcade, hence the lack of multi and mission.

A dealbreaker for some.

I assume the arcade version doesn't have all that museum stuff though?

You'd assume. The port excuse is a poor one anyway imo. They're just being lazy and don't want to compete with the retail product. If that's the plan,. throw an emulator together and give the thing away.

I'll just slap Soul Calibur II in the Wii and play that instead. I can "be" Link and cheaply win every round. Yes.

Despite the fact that I'm almost certain to get SCIV later this month, I couldn't resist. Knowing there were all those SC related gamer points and all. Only to be endlessly frustrated by repeatedly getting to 24 kills out the required 25 in extra survival.

I had one attempt at that and got hit on the 4th enemy so I don't think I'll be going back to that mode as my Soul Calibur skills are pretty poor. The only character I've really used is Sophitia so I'm going to have to get used to some of the others, if only to get the achievement for using three characters.

It feels squished playing in a 4:3 format nowadays. Still enjoyed playing the demo, but I think I'll save my dosh for IV.

(It has bigger boobs and more bum too)

All you need for that is to start and die with three though. It's really easy. Although not insultingly easy like the "go into the art gallery" one.

Advice for the extra survival would be use one of the girls, they're the quickest people in the game, which is what you need. I'd go for either Taki or Xianghua as they also have relatively good range too. (And with some patience, you could probably spam Takis upside-down spinning splits kick to victory, quick, long range and horizontal. If it doesn't connect though, you're screwed, as it has a long recovery time)

Other advice: Alter the default control setup.

I thought the trial was ok, but I don't really see the fuss over SC. I tried playing 2 a few years ago and won through on normal difficulty without losing a round. A bit boring.

If you'd gone for the mission mode, you'd have probably found it considerably less easy by the end. And been highly amused by the appalling story line.

I think that's why I enjoyed it and Dead or Alive 2 on the Dreamcast - both accessible fighters for those who aren't necessarily into the depth of the more complex games so even folk like me can get somewhere but there are usually higher difficulty set-ups and modes for the more dedicated folk.

Sorry, the point I'm making is that I'm rubbish at fighting games, so for me to be able to win without losing at all, it just seemed... wrong.

It's a very friendly and invitin(aarh I have a stuck key!) ame is Soul Calibur. Thin is, it's not about completin the ame so much as it is bein able to master it - to be able to play as the different character, and win with each of them. It's all about the two-player ame anyway - which isn't quite so ood as that in its Xbox-era sequel, but is still damn ood.

ugh... Schizoid is horrible. I think it's the first game from M$'s new inhouse team.

the golf thing is better but a bit average.

I was hoping the golf game would've been good but I turned it off when it told me to steer the ball in mid-air.

ah, though about downloading thew golf game, but i probably won't now

liked SC demo, but probalby not enough to spent money on it..

I don't think I'll bother with any of them. I've got that 3D Ultra Minigolf, which is reasonably fun, so I'll stick with that.

And yet when Sensible Soccer does it everyone loves it...

does what? Are you referring to my ball-steering comment?

Yep.

Surely it's just a different way of simulating draw and fade?

It's a bit different though due to the pace of the game. In golf you've got time to select the spin and swerve you want before making the shot in all the time you need. It would kill the pace of Sensiif you had to do all that if you wanted to curl a shot in advance.

Nah, this was more 'oops you've messed that shot up - now steer it back on course'.