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Rachel Craven
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posted 11-09-2004 09:24 PM

quote: Dean Kollet
To me, the best premiere for a game, and one completely worth staying up all night for was "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" <--- that was a game.

No, just no.

It was a good game but NOT the best! [Razz]

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Joe Redifer
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posted 11-09-2004 10:30 PM

I agree. The N64 graphics made me ill just looking at them. And that Zelda game only engrossed me for a few hours before I became bored and started picking fibers out of the carpet one by one for entertainment.

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Jennifer Pan
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posted 11-10-2004 01:21 AM

Yeah... ah huh. This comic sucks. I think I could have understood it just fine without reading the stupid quotes. Yes, the emotions on their faces is so dog gone good... they should win... whatever award is out there for comics.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 11-10-2004 01:25 AM

BUG REPORT!
There is already a bug in this game, and it is all over the internet now. Bungie can't hide it and they'll have to release an update soon (via Xbox Live download... non-Live connected players are screwed). The bug appears when you play the game in progressive scan mode (480p). The HUD is not positioned correctly onscreen. People are reporting that their radar is being severely clipped off of the screen, and you can't read the number on the left grenade. "Checkpoint" is "heckpoint" and all is not right. Tons of HDTV owners are noticing and reporting this all over the internet. It seems to specifically be a problem with the 480p mode, as when the Xbox is switched to 480i, the problem goes away completely. On my TV, the very edge of the radar is clipped, and the grenade boxes are touching the edges of my screen. Not right! Some HDTV users aren't seeing a problem, but those people have sets with very little overscan.

Who can blame Bungie, though? With a game that was super-rushed as Halo 2, who has time for beta testing? If this game were programmed in Japan, this problem would not be here, guaranteed. That and the graphics would probably be better.

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Chris Hipp
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posted 11-10-2004 01:27 AM

I'm with Dean, Ocarina of Time is one of my favorite games of all time. One thing I like about Zelda is that they do not rush at all on it and usually end up pushing the release over a year.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 11-10-2004 02:10 AM

Check it out. Here is my screen in 480p mode (my screen is not round, it is just barrel distortion from the camera. I hate RCA TVs and would never buy one... they are almost globes!):

480p

Notice how the HUD is clipping the edges of the screen in every single instance.

But if you switch the Xbox to 480i (Halo 2 does not support 720p or 1080i) and reboot the game in that mode ON THE SAME TV:

480i

Notice how the HUD is now safely within the boundries of the screen. Yes, I know the HUD appears stretched. Only the in-game ploygons are anamorphic. Sega is the only company who can get a game 100% truly anamorphic. Anyway, Halo 2 is teh suck!

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Michael Schaffer
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posted 11-10-2004 04:22 AM

Probably my favorite of the computer games I have played is "Warhammer - Dark Omen" which had very neatly designed and detailed 3D landscapes which could be freely zoomed and rotated. It looked incredibly good for '98 standards. People tell me it was too difficult to play on the Playstation though. It involved a lot of mouse action on the screen and on the control field and could get hectic at times.
Still, it was a lot of fun right up to the last level in which I encountered the seemingly invincible "Mummy King". He had decimated most of my troops when I decided to try a desperate last attack and simply ran him over with the Imperial Steamtank. That ended his dark reign.

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Wolff King Morrow
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posted 11-10-2004 11:31 AM

quote: Chris Hipp
I'm with Dean, Ocarina of Time is one of my favorite games of all time. One thing I like about Zelda is that they do not rush at all on it and usually end up pushing the release over a year.

I'm also a big fan of Zelda: OoT. I got that special bonus pack of it with the Gamecube Zelda and I ended up liking it better than the Gamecube Zelda (which was Nintendo's "Waterworld" remake). The resolution is actually better on the bonus version than the orginal N64 version. Of course, using an emmulator allows you to get even better image quality...

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Adam Fraser
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posted 11-10-2004 01:40 PM

If all you want to do is gaming and listen to music, just have someone modify your xbox. Put in a bigger HDD, add a dashboard, and a few programs and you have a gaming PC brand new for $250.00

My xbox was 143.00 new and the modification with a 120GB HDD was $100.00.

www.xbox-scene.com has more info, some things on the site are legal some are not.

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Dean Kollet
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posted 11-10-2004 08:23 PM

I'm having the same problem in 480p....a lot more than the HUD is cropped off though. The lower right where the names and time left is 1/2 cut off too.

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William Leland III
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posted 11-14-2004 01:31 AM

Bobby, PS2 does have 5.1 surround sound. my NFL 2k5 has Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, most PS2 games do have 5.1 surround. also bobby a friend of mine bought an x-box 2 controllers at a pawn shop for $134, also the x-box does have a hard drive, but if u wanted to play for character against your friends you would still need a memory card. just something to think about, but if i where you i would wait until the new x-box comes out.

i played halo2 and it's an okay shooter, but compared to san andreas, i would rather play san andreas. if halo was on ps2 i would probaly buy it used or if it went to greatest hits. to me shooters are linear, just go around and shoot. as for san andreas it's like an RPG action game. more thought is gone in to it and i get more out of it.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 11-14-2004 02:03 AM

PS2 has ZERO games that have in-game 5.1 Dolby Digital sound. I do know what I am talking about. The system does, however, have a few games that stream Dolby Digital 5.1 during FMV (full motion video) cut-scenes. But the system does not have the hardware to encode Dolby Digital, much less in real time. The two games that do DTS 4.0 (SSX 3 and Grand Theft Auto Vice City) do so respectably, but you'll be missing your center and subwoofer for sure. Many PS2 games are in Pro Logic 2, which is a poor-man's Dolby Digital.

Halo 2 is a 5.0 game as it has zero discrete subwoofer. This is from Bungie's (the morons who made the game) web site:

quote: Bungie
"Here is the skinny. In Halo 1 we sent all signal through the LFE as well. After we shipped we realized that 99% of commercial decoders "redirect" the Front-Left and Front-Right signals to the subwoofer. So in effect in Halo 1 we doubled up on our bass unintentionally.

For Halo 2 we decided to do what commercial decoders are expecting and we use a 5 channel mix (four surround plus center) and count on the decoder to be set up properly to redirect the front speaker signal to the subwoofer. We intended on then utilizing the LFE at times (as we can send full 5.1 mixes through the audio chip) but time and disk space got in the way. You have not seen the last of the audio content for Halo 2 however..."

They are morons. The only benefit to having the sub handle all of the bass is if your main speakers suck ass. It is not a proper set up!

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Rachel Craven
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posted 11-14-2004 10:46 AM

I'm one of the cool kids, I got Halo 2 two days ago.

It's ok, I love that it is live but so far I enjoyed the first Halo much better.

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Gordon McLeod
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posted 11-14-2004 11:54 AM

M faorite game is still return to wolfenstein

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Adam Wilbert
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posted 11-14-2004 12:40 PM

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is still one of the best 1st person shooters out there. I can't get used to console 1st person shooters, such as Medal of Honor on my ps2. I really wanted to like that game and play it all the time, but my thumb dexterity is just not up to par with a mouse control.

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