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Thread of the Enders
the_Willard
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alright, before my Metal Gear thread gets side-tracked into a Zone of the Enders thread i decided to give ZOE it's own thread. I found ZOE to be pretty damn unique, especially after having played Armored Core. Giant mechs that don't actually walk? and move fast as fuck? and whose cockpit is a...cock? fuckin a man!
so discuss; what did you like/dislike about the first two series entries? What would you like to see in a third entry? would you even like a thrid entry?
i'm kind of hoping they give the more grown-up, less whiny, Leo Stenbuck the controls of Jehuty again, but then i'm torn because Dingo was cool too...maybe share the game between the two...i dunno that's what you're here for.
what is it with Hideo Kojima and making whiny-ass main characters into cool side characters? (see: Raiden from MGS2/4)
so discuss; what did you like/dislike about the first two series entries? What would you like to see in a third entry? would you even like a thrid entry?
i'm kind of hoping they give the more grown-up, less whiny, Leo Stenbuck the controls of Jehuty again, but then i'm torn because Dingo was cool too...maybe share the game between the two...i dunno that's what you're here for.
what is it with Hideo Kojima and making whiny-ass main characters into cool side characters? (see: Raiden from MGS2/4)
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I hope we hear some new info on ZOE3 now that MGS4 is done. It's been a while since we heard any news.
I never asked for this!
If so, many
If not, fuck you for getting my hopes up.
I never asked for this!
I've never heard any news about a third installment ever. So yeah. Kojima said he'd like to do it though i think, during an interview like 2 years ago. But i don't think it's ever been said it WILL be done or that it is in any way even being made at this time.
Other than that, i actually liked ZotE series a lot more than i liked MGS and i really wish they'd pick up the series for a new installment.
This isn't directed to anyone here btw, mostly to cesspools like Neogaf.
but now that i've written that list, all of those games got/have coming sequels of some kind. hmmm, now i have ever so slightly more hope for a ZOE 3
What system were these for? I've heard good things but I've always been curious.
I would hazard a guess and say PS2.
what the hell...since when do i talk like that?
damn, beat me.
for shame.
although...i just bought God of War II a few days ago to prepare for III so....you could probably say the same to me
I have about a dozen PS2 games I need to finish up. About the same number of 360 games.. =P
Not quite the absolute classic some claim, but a fine game nontheless.
A sequal would be welcome.
I wasn't saying that Kojima isn't in charge, his studio is called Kojima Productions, he's quite obviously in charge (Murata is his employee). I somehow doubt Konami would over-rule him either, especially with the state of the rest of their internal studios (aka, they're a complete mess).
And Kojima doesn't have a distaste for the 360, any claims of him having one are ridiculous. He just doesn't like making multiplatform games, he prefers making a game for a single system and hates ports (due to shitty prior experiences with MG1 and MGS2: Substance).
I doubt it'd be developed on the PS3 or 360 anyway, it'd cost FAR too much and ZOE isn't exactly a huge franchise. My guess? PSP.
I think the biggest thing to remember when thinking of the quality.
It's a mech game. The average game in this genre is pretty mediocre at best.
That makes it far better than it's above average self would normally be.
and i wasn't saying that he wasn't in charge at all, i'm aware he got his own studio in 2005, just that without ZOE being directly under his influence, the game's director would likely decide what platform it lands on. but since my original assertion that he dislikes the 360 was incorrect the point is moot.
Yeah, not surprising. The game is incredibly hard to come by. ZOE 1 on the other hand is fairly easy to find.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyphxphcPYQ
The inclusion of this song on Snake's Ipod in MGS4 was what spurred me to track down and complete both ZOE games.
It's so infuriatingly catchy yet totally impossible to hum, whistle or sing to yourself.
I really liked the song from the first one too. i think it was the opening song, but i know if you let the main menu idle for a few minutes it plays it with a gameplay montage. anyone? anyone? bueller?
didn't care too much for dingo but I loved Leo Stenbuck so much i'm naming one of my kids after him. i thought it was great that even though he's still really young he's such a badass and if you played ZOE2 after the first than you just felt you were with him as he became that badass. I just wish that he would have came in and finished viola's orbital frame then that lame deletion boss fight.
Oh you know I would love to sooo much, but I have no way of capturing the video. It's depressing.
Also, if you liked the games, you should watch the ZOE: Idolo OVA. And maybe even the ZOE: Dolores,i series, Nohman/Anubis show up in it.
And yeah, as cool as Dingo is, his name is so terrible.
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I always forget how to check a stage's score in ZoE2, anyone recall?
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Oh fuck yes. That part was sooooo awesome. I remember being all "WHAT THE FUCK NO WAY!" when that happened. So epic.
Eventually I beat the game. Giant squids, bombs, Viola, and I even survived the teleporting murder machine that was Anubis. With Jehuty, I think, I'm a little less than unstoppable.
Oh hey, the game has a versus mode! That's cool. So I call a friend over. He's not played the game before, but he's heard me talk about it, and after a few minutes learning the controls, he's ready to go.
He kicks my ass. Over and over and over. I don't understand it, and I am so angry. So we put the game away and move on to other things.
But since then, every time I note a game has a two player versus mode, I think finally! My chance for redemption!
But even when I win, there's still a part of me, in the back, that's sore about that ancient, humbling defeat.
go pick up RAD for the ps2, most fun you will ever have in a VS mode in any game ever.
Getting better and better weapons and facing bigger and bigger battles? Still fun.
Giant showdown with a flying battleship armada? And you have a giant space-time distorting laser beam that requires a cool charging sequence? Awesome.
Giant robot melee with dozens of enemies clashing around you and you're just running around ruining all kinds of shit? DOUBLE AWESOME.
And I dare anyone who plays the game to not go "OH FUCK YEAH" when they get the Zero Shift.
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Someone will take up this challenge.
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in armored core i always feel clunky and slow, but in ZoE you pretty much kicked ass