Conker: Live and Reloaded

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Wow, the demo is just awesome on the Jade Empire LE. I'm geeked for this
one.

Jonah Falcon

 

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i can appreciate your viewpoint. however, folks like me who never had
the N64 now have the opportunity to play this title will now finally
have that chance. i recall hearing it was set up for Live!, which, for
me, is too bad as I don't subscribe. still, this may be a great weekend
rental all the way. looking forward to it! ;o)

 

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> i can appreciate your viewpoint. however, folks like me who never had
> the N64 now have the opportunity to play this title will now finally
> have that chance. i recall hearing it was set up for Live!, which, for
> me, is too bad as I don't subscribe. still, this may be a great weekend
> rental all the way. looking forward to it! ;o)
>
>

"Finally have a chance"? Did you know for less than the $49.99 this is
going to cost on the XBOX, you could get an N64 and the original Conker?
And maybe have enough left over for a beatup copy of Goldeneye.

 

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> I still can't understand how Microsoft buys a company & waits 3 years
> for them to improve the graphics on a (now) 5 year old game. Don't
> get me wrong- the game was one of the highlights on N64, but I just
> can't believe how positive everyone (including media) is about this
> game- when we've already played it. I can't believe that some of the
> references in the game to (now old) movies like Saving Private Ryan,
> Matrix, etc. aren't going to go right over the heads of some of
> today's gamers.
>
> For my money, I'll pick up Psychonauts if I'm in the mood for a
> platformer. From what I've read, it sounds like a great (NEW) game-
> dropped by Microsoft- probably by the same genius who decided to drop
> Oddworld Stranger.
>
> (Sorry- don't mean to flame anyone's enthusiasm. Like I said, I DID
> enjoy the game back in the N64 days)
>
>
> "Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>> Wow, the demo is just awesome on the Jade Empire LE. I'm geeked for
>> this one.
>>
>> Jonah Falcon
>>
>
>

I just got the Psychonauts demo for ten dollars (with a free copy of the
May issue of OXM). It says right on the cover that Psychonauts is the
best XBOX Platformer. "It has to be very damn good to pass Voodoo
Vince" I told myself as I got it. I found the demo to be very good. I
moves the game up a few places on my need to get list.

 

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did you notice i had written that it'd be "a great weekend rental?" it
seems unlikely i'd find a decent N64 console with controllers and a
copy of conker for under $7. lemme know if you hear anything. ;o)

 

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Yep, but you won't be playing multiplayer on live.


Its the multiplayer thats going to make this game a classic

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"TheLightsAreOn" <fake@thisaddress.com> wrote in message
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>> i can appreciate your viewpoint. however, folks like me who never had
>> the N64 now have the opportunity to play this title will now finally
>> have that chance. i recall hearing it was set up for Live!, which, for
>> me, is too bad as I don't subscribe. still, this may be a great weekend
>> rental all the way. looking forward to it! ;o)
>>
>>
>
> "Finally have a chance"? Did you know for less than the $49.99 this is
> going to cost on the XBOX, you could get an N64 and the original Conker?
> And maybe have enough left over for a beatup copy of Goldeneye.

 

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> did you notice i had written that it'd be "a great weekend rental?" it
> seems unlikely i'd find a decent N64 console with controllers and a
> copy of conker for under $7. lemme know if you hear anything. ;o)
>

Your post:

>> i can appreciate your viewpoint. however, folks like me who never had
>> the N64 now have the opportunity to play this title will now finally
>> have that chance. i recall hearing it was set up for Live!, which, for
>> me, is too bad as I don't subscribe. still, this may be a great weekend
>> rental all the way. looking forward to it! ;o)

Your line about 'Finally getting a chance to play it' is separate from your
line about 'renting it for a weekend'.

I still should have put them together myself, but had just gotten finished
playing the Psychonauts demo from the May OXM (#44). My mind was else where
(pun intended).

 

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.... what is your verdict on Psychonauts? i'm also a big Vince fan, so i
guess i'm expecting a lot from the next big platformer... does it live
up so far?

 

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I enjoyed the T2 reference, myself, in the trailer for the Live experience.

Jonah Falcon

 

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"Mickey Johnson" <mickster@derbyworks.net> wrote in message
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> Yep, but you won't be playing multiplayer on live.
>
>
> Its the multiplayer thats going to make this game a classic

Not only that, but it's class-based MP (like TeamFortress).

Jonah Falcon

 

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> ... what is your verdict on Psychonauts? i'm also a big Vince fan, so i
> guess i'm expecting a lot from the next big platformer... does it live
> up so far?
>

I will be picking it up as soon as I can. I had a lot of fun with the demo.
I look forward to some platforming goodness.

 

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"Fizzlestix" <fizzlestix@metallica.com> wrote in message
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> ... what is your verdict on Psychonauts? i'm also a big Vince fan, so i
> guess i'm expecting a lot from the next big platformer... does it live
> up so far?

It's a great platformer, and it's 100% Tim Schafer.

Jonah Falcon

 

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"TheLightsAreOn" <fake@thisaddress.com> wrote in message
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>> ... what is your verdict on Psychonauts? i'm also a big Vince fan, so i
>> guess i'm expecting a lot from the next big platformer... does it live
>> up so far?
>>
>
> I will be picking it up as soon as I can. I had a lot of fun with the
> demo.
> I look forward to some platforming goodness.

Really looking forward to this, and I'm very interested in Conker too. No
matter how cheap a N64 with a controller and the original Conker is, there's
just no excuse for the worst gamepad ever. Gimme the remake anytime.

Tommy

 

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"Wurm" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:d40thp$srv$1@dns3.cae.ca...

> The intro and slick graphics really pique my interest in this title, but
> then I remember the gameplay shown in that demo..... *shudder*..... I'll
> grab it when it hits the 20$ bargain bin ;o)

That's what I'm talking about. That part of the game has completely
different controls than the rest of the game. Conker doesn't even have guns
through the majority of the game--he has a frying pan. Actually, I think he
does have those platformer controls on the run up from the beach, but
there's no platforming to be done there. The controls are a bit tough at
any point in the game--they could certainly be tighter--but that FPS-type
part in the demo was one of my least-favorite parts of the game.

 

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TheLightsAreOn <fake@thisaddress.com> wrote:

> "Finally have a chance"? Did you know for less than the $49.99 this is
> going to cost on the XBOX, you could get an N64 and the original Conker?
> And maybe have enough left over for a beatup copy of Goldeneye.

I personally don't want to have to go buy a used N64 for just one game.
To say nothing of the fact I don't like the N64 controller at all...

Besides, wait a bit, and the game will drop to $20, like they all do
eventually.