You know what was horrid. I went to a retro gaming event in the Uk that ended up being near my parents. It was advertised in retro gamer etc. Well it was a small but pretty cool event, and I chatted to some really nice people. The bad part, many people were using pirated games, from megadrive, to snes backups. Playstation copies you name it. It was pretty harsh considering there as this cool shop at the event selling loads of pretty rare and excellent games all legit.
Back in college, I knew someone who spent a lot of time pirating PC games. At some point, he had more games than time to play them. If anything, collecting games became a mini-game itself ... finding more and more to acquire, but not actually doing anything with it. I bet it's the same thing.
I agree.
What basically happens is that he literally acquires about 25 games, all of which are really really good. But you can't play 25 games at once. But since he acquired them all at once, he attempts to play one only to be distracted by the promise of another. He'd play one game until he got 'stuck' or 'died' a single time, then move onto another immediately. What happens is he never really acquired the skill, however minimal, to progress through any one game; and he never gave any one game the proper attention it took to appreciate that game and fully enjoy it and become engaged by it enough to complete it (or even get past the first few levels). Trauma Center, for example, he passed maybe 2 surgeries. New SMB? Maybe the first world. Castlevania? The first boss. Then he'd put it down and forget about it. Because he had no real connection with any of these games individually. And since he had acquired them all so effortlessly, he had no real incentive to try to get into the games at all. Thus, his DS remained untouched since that weekend he got back from his trip and sits there collecting dust to this day.
That's my theory on the psychological aspect of it, anyway.
Sounds kind of like me, well except I buy all my games... There's so many great games sitting on my shelf that I haven't even opened, it's really not funny. And every time I decide to go back and play the top game on the list (it's a pretty big list), another great game is released and I suddenly start playing that (like DMC4 early next month). There's too many good games.
I used to be big into piracy during college. I only worked during the summers off and didn't work during the school year because (a) I was on a full-ride scholarship, and (b) I worked damn hard to keep that scholarship. I had to make my summer earnings last a whole year, and with a dorm-wide T1 connection, it was pretty easy to stay ahead of the IT dept's efforts to curb rampant downloading.
Every now and then I'd drop $30-$50 for a game that was multiplayer or that I felt the developers especially deserved my money for (Operation Flashpoint GOTY Edition certainly did at $30), but most of the time I was just doing things for singleplayer experiences.
I told myself I'd stop when I graduated and got an actual salary. And that's exactly what I did, although I find that I'm still unable to afford endless purchases of games.
HOWEVER
My history of piracy did catch up with me. I was offered a government job right out of college that was my dream job. They gave me a conditional offer on the month that I graduated, including my offered salary and a pamphlet on where I'd be working and what the benefits were. However, the job itself was conditional upon passing a background investigation. Before the investigation even started, they prepped me over the phone for answering embarrassing questions truthfully.
Well, you know what? I had to cop to pirating all sorts of shit. I'd gone legit with music awhile back thanks to iTunes, but I still had all these games and applications to atone for. Worse, my hobby of modding had required that I acquire things like 3dsmax and Photoshop, and you know how much those run. I had to give a price estimate over the phone for my habits.
Shortly thereafter, I received a letter saying that my job offer had been rescinded and that I could reapply in a year. My credit was good, my personal history was clear (and uninteresting)... piracy was the only thing that could've torpedoed me.
TLDR: Piracy is bad, even if you justify it by saying "I can't afford all the games I want." That may be true, and if you had a million dollars I'm sure you'd make sure every single developer got what they're owed because you appreciate them so effing much. But if I had a million dollars, I'd also buy a freaking BMW Z4. But guess what, I can't afford it, same distinction.
People can still get away with it to some degree, but a lot of jobs that require background checks - both government and private - are asking you about piracy now. I had to admit to doing something very wrong, and I paid the price.
I used to pirate PC games alot back in the day, when I was in High School. I stopped doing that about 4 years ago because I want to get into the video game industry, and felt that by pirating games I was bringing down the industry (even if it was a little bit). Plus, I'd be a hypocrite. And I hate being a hypocrite.
I dont think rampant piracy as helped anything in the course of history, except maybe the sales numbers for rum.
Damn you, I laughed so hard my boss looked at me funny.
I have sigged this because it combines software piracy with rum, and therefore is awesome.
Im honored.. maybe you can fix the typo in there? as=has. I type too god damn fast when im on here.
Anyways today is numbers day is it not?
Haha, that's pretty good! And yeah today should be numbers.
Not OT:
Who is that in your profile picture? I swear I recognize him.
Alex from a Clockwork Orange.
Ah! Thought so. Though I kinda miss your Spy avatar. :P
It's Thursday? I always thought they landed on a Wednesday. Though I'm known to get my days wrong. Scarab should whip up the next OP.
The spy avvy might come back as I fired up TF2 for the first time in months last night and after a round of dustbowl I thought "Why the fuck did I ever stop playing this game?".
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Shortly thereafter, I received a letter saying that my job offer had been rescinded and that I could reapply in a year. My credit was good, my personal history was clear (and uninteresting)... piracy was the only thing that could've torpedoed me.
While I don't work for the government, members of my immediate family do in positions that require security clearance, and I have applied to government jobs as well. It likely wasn't the piracy that messed you up, but your admitting to it. Either that, or they really didn't have a position for you at the time.
Two things to remember about these sort of jobs: first, they have a constant stream of applicants so they don't feel obligated to keep someone on the backburner when someone else will almost certainly be available when the position is actually ready to be filled; second, they don't want absolute honesty. They expect people to be forthcoming to a point, but they don't want saints that will cop up to the time that they stole a candy bar in 3rd grade. Unless you're Mormon, then they'll believe you if you told them you built the Sistine Chapel.
Sorry to go off-topic, but the thread is near capacity anyway.
Like this thread, Ill make a new one when the numbers hit so the first post is the data and the following is the fallout.
Im almost certain they are tomorrow. Ill check though.
Yeah numbers are January 17th 4pm EDT but we will probably get them a few hours later.
Yep NPD day is always a Thursday. 4pm EST the reports go out and at 6:30pm EST the source at GAF posts the numbers, although last time 1UP also posted numbers at the same time.
Sorry to keep harping on this so I'll be brief: today's the last call for predictions. Learn here. Tonight I'll post a teaser of what the group thinks is going down.
Don't be too down, there are some numbers. The usual Wednesday suspects.
looks like wii took a bit of a dip. handhelds reign supreme, once again.
But I'm impressed with RE:UC's numbers. 240k? That's none to shabby. combined with worldwide numbers, it's probably sitting somewhere around 500k, which is downright solid.
looks like wii took a bit of a dip. handhelds reign supreme, once again.
But I'm impressed with RE:UC's numbers. 240k? That's none to shabby. combined with worldwide numbers, it's probably sitting somewhere around 500k, which is downright solid.
Damn right. The game is actually really good, especially with a friend.
looks like wii took a bit of a dip. handhelds reign supreme, once again.
But I'm impressed with RE:UC's numbers. 240k? That's none to shabby. combined with worldwide numbers, it's probably sitting somewhere around 500k, which is downright solid.
Damn right. The game is actually really good, especially with a friend.
looks like wii took a bit of a dip. handhelds reign supreme, once again.
But I'm impressed with RE:UC's numbers. 240k? That's none to shabby. combined with worldwide numbers, it's probably sitting somewhere around 500k, which is downright solid.
Damn right. The game is actually really good, especially with a friend.
Here's hoping that Capcom gets the clue with RE5.
Be quiet you.
Unless you're saying RE5 should have co-op, because that would be awesome
Shortly thereafter, I received a letter saying that my job offer had been rescinded and that I could reapply in a year. My credit was good, my personal history was clear (and uninteresting)... piracy was the only thing that could've torpedoed me.
While I don't work for the government, members of my immediate family do in positions that require security clearance, and I have applied to government jobs as well. It likely wasn't the piracy that messed you up, but your admitting to it. Either that, or they really didn't have a position for you at the time.
Two things to remember about these sort of jobs: first, they have a constant stream of applicants so they don't feel obligated to keep someone on the backburner when someone else will almost certainly be available when the position is actually ready to be filled; second, they don't want absolute honesty. They expect people to be forthcoming to a point, but they don't want saints that will cop up to the time that they stole a candy bar in 3rd grade. Unless you're Mormon, then they'll believe you if you told them you built the Sistine Chapel.
Sorry to go off-topic, but the thread is near capacity anyway.
Pretty much, yeah. When an interviewer asks what you think your biggest flaw is, they don't want you to actually tell them what your biggest flaw is, they want to see if you can bullshit on your feet and come up with some crap about how you're a workaholic or a perfectionist or something.
I'd rather they focused on a new RE4-esque game for Wii instead of concetrating efforts on a downgraded port.
Oh good God yes. I'd be happy with a side-story game specifically for the Wii, since I've pretty much given up on caring about RE's story or upholding canon. Make it a full game with Ada, even - just make it epic and awesome like RE4.
Stick the remnants of Clover on it (like they did with RE:UC) and nothing but good can result.
looks like wii took a bit of a dip. handhelds reign supreme, once again.
But I'm impressed with RE:UC's numbers. 240k? That's none to shabby. combined with worldwide numbers, it's probably sitting somewhere around 500k, which is downright solid.
Damn right. The game is actually really good, especially with a friend.
Here's hoping that Capcom gets the clue with RE5.
Be quiet you.
Unless you're saying RE5 should have co-op, because that would be awesome
I think he meant either that or a RE game on the Wii.
Shortly thereafter, I received a letter saying that my job offer had been rescinded and that I could reapply in a year. My credit was good, my personal history was clear (and uninteresting)... piracy was the only thing that could've torpedoed me.
While I don't work for the government, members of my immediate family do in positions that require security clearance, and I have applied to government jobs as well. It likely wasn't the piracy that messed you up, but your admitting to it. Either that, or they really didn't have a position for you at the time.
Two things to remember about these sort of jobs: first, they have a constant stream of applicants so they don't feel obligated to keep someone on the backburner when someone else will almost certainly be available when the position is actually ready to be filled; second, they don't want absolute honesty. They expect people to be forthcoming to a point, but they don't want saints that will cop up to the time that they stole a candy bar in 3rd grade. Unless you're Mormon, then they'll believe you if you told them you built the Sistine Chapel.
Sorry to go off-topic, but the thread is near capacity anyway.
Pretty much, yeah. When an interviewer asks what you think your biggest flaw is, they don't want you to actually tell them what your biggest flaw is, they want to see if you can bullshit on your feet and come up with some crap about how you're a workaholic or a perfectionist or something.
Sorry if I'm being vague, but I'm deliberately withholding a bit of information with this anecdote. Suffice it to say that the phone call was in preparation for a polygraph test where I was gonna be asked the same questions. Let's just stick with the "piracy is bad, it can come back to bite you in the ass" moral.
Anyway! Sales! I hear they involve numbers. Also, I'm eagerly anticipating RE5 on my brand spankin new 360. Is that this year?
Sorry if I'm being vague, but I'm deliberately withholding a bit of information with this anecdote. Suffice it to say that the phone call was in preparation for a polygraph test where I was gonna be asked the same questions. Let's just stick with the "piracy is bad, it can come back to bite you in the ass" moral.
The polygraph is far from perfect, and for the most part a glorified interrogation that depends on your believing it to be accurate and thus telling the truth.
Most everyone has smoked marijuana (except me, and I'm being perfectly honest), and yet they'll tell you that drug use is a big no-no. They get around this by expecting you to lie. Even if the poly tells them that you are lying (which it really can't), they need you to lie at least a bit to even know what you lying looks like on the paper. What they are looking for in the poly is information that can be leveraged against you and ultimately them if you come under duress. Music and software piracy ranks right above parking in a red zone in the grand scheme of "things that are not legal but people do anyway". Nobody has lost their job for downloading a song or computer game - but people do lose their jobs for hard drug use or sexual deviancy.
The DoJ, CIA, DEA, FBI etc. are not looking for boy scouts, no matter how much they tell you. They want somebody who isn't afraid to get their hands a little dirty for God, King, and Country. If you weren't applying to one of those, then I may be mistaken, but generally when someone is hush on details, it means one of those.
I'd rather they focused on a new RE4-esque game for Wii instead of concetrating efforts on a downgraded port.
Oh good God yes. I'd be happy with a side-story game specifically for the Wii, since I've pretty much given up on caring about RE's story or upholding canon. Make it a full game with Ada, even - just make it epic and awesome like RE4.
Stick the remnants of Clover on it (like they did with RE:UC) and nothing but good can result.
If there is anyone at Capcom actively fighting the creation of a fully epic RE4Wii style spinoff game they deserve to get axed. And that's not a metaphor for being fired - I mean literal axe-to-the-face-now-go-make-my-WiiRE-game-you-bastards axed.
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I used to pirate PC games alot back in the day, when I was in High School. I stopped doing that about 4 years ago because I want to get into the video game industry, and felt that by pirating games I was bringing down the industry (even if it was a little bit). Plus, I'd be a hypocrite. And I hate being a hypocrite.
Me too!:^:
Err... I'm excited to see the numbers tomorrow. Sure am.
I'd rather they focused on a new RE4-esque game for Wii instead of concetrating efforts on a downgraded port.
Oh good God yes. I'd be happy with a side-story game specifically for the Wii, since I've pretty much given up on caring about RE's story or upholding canon. Make it a full game with Ada, even - just make it epic and awesome like RE4.
Stick the remnants of Clover on it (like they did with RE:UC) and nothing but good can result.
Except that most RE side-stories haven't had anything like the development time and attention to detail of the main series.
I'd rather they focused on a new RE4-esque game for Wii instead of concetrating efforts on a downgraded port.
Oh good God yes. I'd be happy with a side-story game specifically for the Wii, since I've pretty much given up on caring about RE's story or upholding canon. Make it a full game with Ada, even - just make it epic and awesome like RE4.
Stick the remnants of Clover on it (like they did with RE:UC) and nothing but good can result.
Except that most RE side-stories haven't had anything like the development time and attention to detail of the main series.
I'd like to see them do it kinda like the FF vsXIII thing - same part of the story, both 'mainline' numbered games, but with a different perspective. To give an example, it would be like having RE4 on the PS2 and RE4: Infiltration (a full-length game focused on Luis' espionage/escape attempt) on the GameCube. The plotlines would weave in an out of each other a little bit (we'd see what Luis went through all those times he ran off by himself for example), but they'd both still be distinct games.
But I'm impressed with RE:UC's numbers. 240k? That's none to shabby. combined with worldwide numbers, it's probably sitting somewhere around 500k, which is downright solid.
I was going to mention that, too. Capcom's expectations for this game were planned to be somewhat moderate in sales; I think they were expecting it to do 250k world wide. It's great to see that they're approaching 250k in Japan alone. Hopefully combined with US numbers (and other sources) it'll hit 500k. Hope so.
RE:UC is a really, really interesting game. It's not at all a traditional light gun shooter. People are confused about it. It's not meant to be a fast-paced arcadey shoot-as-fast-as possible thing. This game is slower paced. It rewards ammo and health conservation. It rewards fewer, more accurate pinpoint shots. It rewards blowing up as many objects and enemies as you can, sure, but there are a hell of a lot more rewards for doing so. The bosses have much more elaborate patterns, in general. The variety of weapons at your disposal adds a lot of depth (relative to lightgunners) that can really change the way you play - whether to S-rank a stage or to defeat bosses more easily or to discover more hidden items. Furthermore, there is a HELL of a lot more meat on REUC than your typical lightgunner. The typical lightgunner will last maybe 45 minutes on a single playthrough. REUC really does last several hours, and there are tons of levels compared to typical lightgun games. Plus, there is tons of unlockable info on the series, and many unlockable levels. On top of that, you can go back and get better ratings for better Ranks on the levels, which unlock and open up more stuff. Also, the game really does have a Resident Evil atmosphere if you can believe that. It really does.
The game is awesome. But definitely not the typical reflex-heavy lightgun game.
edit: Oh man, I just beat the game. This game is freakin' awesome. There is so much meat here for a rail shooter it's unreal.
Actually, I want a fast-paced lightgun shooter. But Sega seems to be trying to cover that.
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Sega is doing the job. Ghost Squad, for one, is awesome and it fully supports 1:1 direct aiming on the system. It's a great arcade game and a great home port and has tons of replay value and alternate paths and unlockabel costumes and weapons. The more you play, the more you level up, which increases the number of paths you can take through levels, the number of weapons you can choose, and the difficulty increases by adding new facets to each objective.
It's really cool, and only $30. I think it's worth it for lightgun shooter fans.
Hopefully Sega will add the 1:1 shooting calibration in HOTD2&3 like they did for Ghost Squad. Works perfectly.
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Sounds kind of like me, well except I buy all my games... There's so many great games sitting on my shelf that I haven't even opened, it's really not funny. And every time I decide to go back and play the top game on the list (it's a pretty big list), another great game is released and I suddenly start playing that (like DMC4 early next month). There's too many good games.
Damn you, I laughed so hard my boss looked at me funny.
I have sigged this because it combines software piracy with rum, and therefore is awesome.
I used to be big into piracy during college. I only worked during the summers off and didn't work during the school year because (a) I was on a full-ride scholarship, and (b) I worked damn hard to keep that scholarship. I had to make my summer earnings last a whole year, and with a dorm-wide T1 connection, it was pretty easy to stay ahead of the IT dept's efforts to curb rampant downloading.
Every now and then I'd drop $30-$50 for a game that was multiplayer or that I felt the developers especially deserved my money for (Operation Flashpoint GOTY Edition certainly did at $30), but most of the time I was just doing things for singleplayer experiences.
I told myself I'd stop when I graduated and got an actual salary. And that's exactly what I did, although I find that I'm still unable to afford endless purchases of games.
HOWEVER
My history of piracy did catch up with me. I was offered a government job right out of college that was my dream job. They gave me a conditional offer on the month that I graduated, including my offered salary and a pamphlet on where I'd be working and what the benefits were. However, the job itself was conditional upon passing a background investigation. Before the investigation even started, they prepped me over the phone for answering embarrassing questions truthfully.
Well, you know what? I had to cop to pirating all sorts of shit. I'd gone legit with music awhile back thanks to iTunes, but I still had all these games and applications to atone for. Worse, my hobby of modding had required that I acquire things like 3dsmax and Photoshop, and you know how much those run. I had to give a price estimate over the phone for my habits.
Shortly thereafter, I received a letter saying that my job offer had been rescinded and that I could reapply in a year. My credit was good, my personal history was clear (and uninteresting)... piracy was the only thing that could've torpedoed me.
TLDR: Piracy is bad, even if you justify it by saying "I can't afford all the games I want." That may be true, and if you had a million dollars I'm sure you'd make sure every single developer got what they're owed because you appreciate them so effing much. But if I had a million dollars, I'd also buy a freaking BMW Z4. But guess what, I can't afford it, same distinction.
People can still get away with it to some degree, but a lot of jobs that require background checks - both government and private - are asking you about piracy now. I had to admit to doing something very wrong, and I paid the price.
DON'T PIRATE SHIT.
Im honored.. maybe you can fix the typo in there? as=has. I type too god damn fast when im on here.
Anyways today is numbers day is it not?
Haha, that's pretty good! And yeah today should be numbers.
Not OT:
Tomorrow.
At least I think so, since everyone was saying "thursday" yesterday.
*some kind of relevant Clockword Orange reference*
Either way, they will probably be a bit late anyways but I can whip up a new thread in plenty of time if needed.
Ah! Thought so. Though I kinda miss your Spy avatar. :P
It's Thursday? I always thought they landed on a Wednesday. Though I'm known to get my days wrong. Scarab should whip up the next OP.
Im almost certain they are tomorrow. Ill check though.
Yeah numbers are January 17th 4pm EDT but we will probably get them a few hours later.
The spy avvy might come back as I fired up TF2 for the first time in months last night and after a round of dustbowl I thought "Why the fuck did I ever stop playing this game?".
While I don't work for the government, members of my immediate family do in positions that require security clearance, and I have applied to government jobs as well. It likely wasn't the piracy that messed you up, but your admitting to it. Either that, or they really didn't have a position for you at the time.
Two things to remember about these sort of jobs: first, they have a constant stream of applicants so they don't feel obligated to keep someone on the backburner when someone else will almost certainly be available when the position is actually ready to be filled; second, they don't want absolute honesty. They expect people to be forthcoming to a point, but they don't want saints that will cop up to the time that they stole a candy bar in 3rd grade. Unless you're Mormon, then they'll believe you if you told them you built the Sistine Chapel.
Sorry to go off-topic, but the thread is near capacity anyway.
Sorry to keep harping on this so I'll be brief: today's the last call for predictions. Learn here. Tonight I'll post a teaser of what the group thinks is going down.
Don't be too down, there are some numbers. The usual Wednesday suspects.
Famitsu
NDS: 103000
PSP: 84000
Wii: 82000
PS3: 34000
PS2: 15000
360: 5500
1. WII: Wii Fit 93000（1005000）
2. NDS: Mario Party DS 52000（1493000）
3. WII: Wii Sports 41000（2633000）
4. WII: Wii Play 26000（2120000）
5. NDS: Layton 2 23000（697000）
6. NDS: FF4 20000（547000）
7. PSP: MHP2 20000（1551000）
8. WII: Mario Sonic 20000（457000）
9. NDS: Mario Kart DS 19000（2783000）
10. NDS: Rune Factory 2 18000（74000）
11. WII: SMG 18000（827000）
12. WII: MP8 16000（1138000）
13. NDS: DQ4 16000（1139000）
15. PSP: SO1 14000（175000）
16. PS2: WE 13000（595000）
17. NDS: New SMB 13000（5051000）
18. NDS: ACWW 12000（4554000）
19. PS3: COD4 11000（50000）
20. NDS: Layton 11000（803000）
21. NDS: Pokemon Dungeon 11000（1313000）
24. NDS: Brain Age 2 9100（4816000）
25. PSP: Golf PSP2 9000（194000）
26. ??? 家計 8300（396000）
27. WII: REUC 8200（242000）
28. NDS: Pokemon 7900（5425000）
30. ???龍2 7700（95000）
NDS - 16
WII - 7
PSP - 3
PS3 - 1
PS2 - 1
??? - 2
looks like wii took a bit of a dip. handhelds reign supreme, once again.
But I'm impressed with RE:UC's numbers. 240k? That's none to shabby. combined with worldwide numbers, it's probably sitting somewhere around 500k, which is downright solid.
Damn right. The game is actually really good, especially with a friend.
Here's hoping that Capcom gets the clue with RE5.
PSN = Wicker86 ________ Gamertag = Wicker86
Pretty much, yeah. When an interviewer asks what you think your biggest flaw is, they don't want you to actually tell them what your biggest flaw is, they want to see if you can bullshit on your feet and come up with some crap about how you're a workaholic or a perfectionist or something.
Actually, I want a fast-paced lightgun shooter. But Sega seems to be trying to cover that.
Also, great sales for Layton and DQIV. FFIVDS disappointing.
Platinum FC: 2880 3245 5111
Oh good God yes. I'd be happy with a side-story game specifically for the Wii, since I've pretty much given up on caring about RE's story or upholding canon. Make it a full game with Ada, even - just make it epic and awesome like RE4.
Stick the remnants of Clover on it (like they did with RE:UC) and nothing but good can result.
I think he meant either that or a RE game on the Wii.
Sorry if I'm being vague, but I'm deliberately withholding a bit of information with this anecdote. Suffice it to say that the phone call was in preparation for a polygraph test where I was gonna be asked the same questions. Let's just stick with the "piracy is bad, it can come back to bite you in the ass" moral.
Anyway! Sales! I hear they involve numbers. Also, I'm eagerly anticipating RE5 on my brand spankin new 360. Is that this year?
Well stop that! Dammit, you're making the rest of us "average" workers look bad.
The polygraph is far from perfect, and for the most part a glorified interrogation that depends on your believing it to be accurate and thus telling the truth.
Most everyone has smoked marijuana (except me, and I'm being perfectly honest), and yet they'll tell you that drug use is a big no-no. They get around this by expecting you to lie. Even if the poly tells them that you are lying (which it really can't), they need you to lie at least a bit to even know what you lying looks like on the paper. What they are looking for in the poly is information that can be leveraged against you and ultimately them if you come under duress. Music and software piracy ranks right above parking in a red zone in the grand scheme of "things that are not legal but people do anyway". Nobody has lost their job for downloading a song or computer game - but people do lose their jobs for hard drug use or sexual deviancy.
The DoJ, CIA, DEA, FBI etc. are not looking for boy scouts, no matter how much they tell you. They want somebody who isn't afraid to get their hands a little dirty for God, King, and Country. If you weren't applying to one of those, then I may be mistaken, but generally when someone is hush on details, it means one of those.
If there is anyone at Capcom actively fighting the creation of a fully epic RE4Wii style spinoff game they deserve to get axed. And that's not a metaphor for being fired - I mean literal axe-to-the-face-now-go-make-my-WiiRE-game-you-bastards axed.
Me too!:^:
Err... I'm excited to see the numbers tomorrow. Sure am.
Except that most RE side-stories haven't had anything like the development time and attention to detail of the main series.
I'd like to see them do it kinda like the FF vsXIII thing - same part of the story, both 'mainline' numbered games, but with a different perspective. To give an example, it would be like having RE4 on the PS2 and RE4: Infiltration (a full-length game focused on Luis' espionage/escape attempt) on the GameCube. The plotlines would weave in an out of each other a little bit (we'd see what Luis went through all those times he ran off by himself for example), but they'd both still be distinct games.
I was going to mention that, too. Capcom's expectations for this game were planned to be somewhat moderate in sales; I think they were expecting it to do 250k world wide. It's great to see that they're approaching 250k in Japan alone. Hopefully combined with US numbers (and other sources) it'll hit 500k. Hope so.
RE:UC is a really, really interesting game. It's not at all a traditional light gun shooter. People are confused about it. It's not meant to be a fast-paced arcadey shoot-as-fast-as possible thing. This game is slower paced. It rewards ammo and health conservation. It rewards fewer, more accurate pinpoint shots. It rewards blowing up as many objects and enemies as you can, sure, but there are a hell of a lot more rewards for doing so. The bosses have much more elaborate patterns, in general. The variety of weapons at your disposal adds a lot of depth (relative to lightgunners) that can really change the way you play - whether to S-rank a stage or to defeat bosses more easily or to discover more hidden items. Furthermore, there is a HELL of a lot more meat on REUC than your typical lightgunner. The typical lightgunner will last maybe 45 minutes on a single playthrough. REUC really does last several hours, and there are tons of levels compared to typical lightgun games. Plus, there is tons of unlockable info on the series, and many unlockable levels. On top of that, you can go back and get better ratings for better Ranks on the levels, which unlock and open up more stuff. Also, the game really does have a Resident Evil atmosphere if you can believe that. It really does.
The game is awesome. But definitely not the typical reflex-heavy lightgun game.
edit: Oh man, I just beat the game. This game is freakin' awesome. There is so much meat here for a rail shooter it's unreal.
Sega is doing the job. Ghost Squad, for one, is awesome and it fully supports 1:1 direct aiming on the system. It's a great arcade game and a great home port and has tons of replay value and alternate paths and unlockabel costumes and weapons. The more you play, the more you level up, which increases the number of paths you can take through levels, the number of weapons you can choose, and the difficulty increases by adding new facets to each objective.
It's really cool, and only $30. I think it's worth it for lightgun shooter fans.
Hopefully Sega will add the 1:1 shooting calibration in HOTD2&3 like they did for Ghost Squad. Works perfectly.
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Any truth to that? Last I heard it was around half a million...
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