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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering          Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| Game: Forsaken 64
Platform: Nintendo 64 (Obvious?) Genre: FPS, aerial ESRB: M, due to blood and seeing limbs of people fly out of their vehicles in multiplayer Note: One of my favorite games on the 64. Copied from a review I submitted to GameFAQs... Well, as I said, Forsaken is one of my favorite Nintendo 64 games. This, combined with the scant few reviews already up for the game, made it a good choice to review since it's likely that mine will be posted. Introduction Earth lies in ruins, destroyed by its own mechanical defenses. Bounty hunters, salvagers, and all other sorts of scum were allowed to go there, to find neither glory nor wealth, but only their death. However, someone was slapped in the face by conscience, and he decided to assemble a task force to go in and destroy the defenses so Earth is no longer a wasteland. This task force is you. You have been given schematics of the defenses and supplied with basic weaponry and fuel. Graphics In all fairness, they aren't perfect. Similarly, in all fairness, this is a Nintendo 64 game. They're a bit angular, and some textures are repetitive, but for their time they are quite good. My only gripe is that in some areas, enemies are a bit hard to see. Overall Score: 8/10 Gameplay You are in a ship of some sort that you have complete control over. Horizontal and vertical strafing? Check. Forward and backward movement? Check. Complete rotation along the X and Y axes? Check. Hovering? Yeah, we got that too. Each ship performs differently, though irritatingly there's no way to know without testing them for yourself. Your primary weapons are Pulsar, Suss-Gun, Beamlaser, Transpulse, and Trojax. The Pulsar is your basic starting weapon. Fires little green balls. Suss-Gun uses unique ammo that's very rare, and is your machine gun of sorts for this game. The beamlaser is rather powerful and has infinite ammo, but can overheat. Additionally, its shots have no 'travel time' - you fire, they hit. Transpulse bounces off a wall towards a target. Trojax can be charged. Then there's the array of secondary weapons, which include two types of homing missiles, three kinds of mines, and another four types of unguided missiles. Switching between these weapons can be a bit tricky with the default setup, but once you get your preferred setup (mine's Beamlaser/Pine Mine), you won't be switching much anyway. You can get a bit disoriented in the game sometimes, and there's no radar at all, so I gotta dock it there. Overall: 9/10 Story Yeah, I went into that in the intro. Nothing special, your average "robots destroy the Earth" thing. Not important, really, but I gotta comment on it. Overall: 5/10 Singleplayer There are multiple branches for the singleplayer game, as well as a nice variety of enemies, some of which are quite interesting. The levels do a good job of giving you the "mechanized Earth" feeling, and the bosses are rather difficult. There are cheap kills here and there, though, and the game can be insanely difficult at times, but it's still very fun. Overall: 8/10 Multiplayer There's AI opponents available, everyone has a choice of vehicle (but two cannot use the same), and when you have AI characters you can choose whether or not their part of the splitscreen shows up or not. There is an unfortunate lack of radar,, however, and the weapons available depend solely upon the level you choose (But most of them have everything anyway). I'll tell you this right now, though - the Bio-Dome is my favorite level. Also, it lacks a team mode... but, if you're playing with friends, you can just arrange an alliance of some sort. The vehicles are pretty easy to tell apart. Surprisingly, no matter how much I've seen going on, there's no slowdown I've ever noticed. Overall: 9/10 Is It Worth It? Yes. Yes. Yes. I cannot stress this enough. If you have an N64 and you see this game for sale, it's cheap, it's good, get it. It's not perfect by any means, but it's a solid game that any fan of shooters should enjoy. |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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You are good at being a pain. 
When I get around to it, sure. |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| Think you could have a bluish version of the second Affiliate button made? I'd stick it in my layout as it is, but
edit: lemme fix this, I dropped my keyboard. but it wouldn't fit, colorwise. Although, I suppose the first one would work, too... Edit: Y'know, maybe making a Green and White one would be wise, too, for other people... For Blue, you could use a Blue Mage (Galuf's best, IMO), for Green a Thief (Faris?), and for White, a White Mage (Lenna/Reina?) I'd do it myself, but I don't have an FFV rom, and I don't have the All Classes code... (Last edited by Tamarin Calanis on 09-04-05 02:18 AM) |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| Hobo, it's not just in California.
I think that in such a case, there should also be a specific age difference. That way, there's no 30/17 relationships, but it'd still allow for a few years off. I mean, the way it is now, they can technically go after someone if there's only a few days difference. And that is fucked up. |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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Originally posted by The PoliticianFunnily enough, the Gamecube is a hundred bucks... How gullible do they think people are?  |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| It'll be even MORE of a pain in the ass.
Point me to one other site that's got reviews submitted by readers where they are all in the same damn format. I'm serious, because I've never seen one... It'd make the process even more difficult, and some people (like myself) already have a certain style that they've been using for a long time. Although, in my initial review, I accidentally skipped over Sound. . . (Last edited by Tamarin Calanis on 09-04-05 03:55 PM) |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| The closest I'd go to agreeing with your idea is requiring that every review cover a few basic areas - that is, Introduction (a little about the game), Sound, Graphics, Gameplay/Controls, Value, Story (when important; mostly RPGs). And since the submissions have to be reviewed by site staff before they're posted, you can weed out the ones that don't have enough information in them. I won't say that you have no clue what you're talking about; your reasoning makes sense, I simply disagree with the idea of making everything effectively the same. (Last edited by Tamarin Calanis on 09-04-05 04:13 PM) |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| Since the site's up, and Xeo can't post the reviews himself without getting credit for them, I don't even see what purpose this thread serves, other than a quick copy-paste option for people to transfer their reviews...
Shaddow: Submit Article, Videogames for category, and... well, the rest better be obvious or I'm gonna hurt you. Or I just forgot something. |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| Perhaps the PS3 Memory Sticks will be compatible with PS1 and PS2 savedata, and so they don't feel that the compatibility with the cards is needed...
Of course, that still cheats me out of my FFT saves...even if what I said IS true. It's just speculation, though. (Last edited by Tamarin Calanis on 09-04-05 07:29 PM) |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| YOu know, this could be the source of your frustration with Acmlm's board. Or Tomguy could be; all things considered, both are likely.
When you hold that paycheck in your hands, do you feel like it's worth it? You've been at the job long enough, I think, to know whether or not you want to stick with it. ONce they FINALLY got me off mornings at Sheetz, I started liking the job a lot more, despite (or because of?) my reduced hours. If it's not worth it, find another job. (Last edited by Tamarin Calanis on 09-04-05 11:28 PM) |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| Uh, what's the rule on further signups? You haven't said anything about that, and many of us are curious - as you can see. | |||
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| Thankfully, that's a recommended format, and not required... no offense meant, but I think I'm gonna stick to my own. It's not so much that it's a bad format, but it places undue importance on the numerical ratings, IMO. |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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Whenever you get to it, if I didn't imply it well enough, I'd like to be interviewed. 
No rush, though. Good things come to those who wait... |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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I've always wanted to dress up as a Red Mage for Halloween. Seriously. The hat, the cape, all of it. And then I'd wait and see how many people had no clue what the hell I was dressed as.  'course, I'd be passing out candy. Don't feel like walking around late at night..
I'd have to make that costume, though. If I did that and posted a picture of the results, it would likely become another OWNED pic, with my fingers bleeding from the sewing needle and myself being tangled in the cape. I'll probably be sitting in here at the computer posting here at Xeogaming while my mother, dressed as a witch, passes out candy. More fun than I could have dealing with bratty kids. |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| Sorting is good. Sorting is very good. Thing is, when we get more reviews, you'd probably be better off sorting by console, and eheh... that'd be fun for you, heh. |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| Paladin.
Specifically, my old Zealot/Ranger hybrid. Not a PVP build by any stretch, but great for quests. Holy Freeze is FUUUUN. Especially since, IIRC, it slows enemies resistant to cold, too! |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| well, I'll probably review all my N64 games...
eventually. |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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Originally posted by MisturMoogleHe meant - and said - PS1 GAMES. That is, you can't save FFT data to a PS2 memory card, even on a PS2. This renders the last part of your paragraph pointless and the first part unneeded and somewhat obvious extra info. |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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| Now that I think of it, shouldn't this probably be in online gaming?
I mean, yeah, you CAN play offline, but most people anymore that'd be doing that are playing mods or just testing builds for online play. |
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Astrophel Fear will kill your mind and steal your love as sure as anything; Fear will rob you blind and make you numb to others suffering Since: 10-03-04 From: Azul Lux Orbital, Kirin Beta Since last post: 2262 days Last activity: 1113 days |
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Originally posted by Kaijin Surohm 1. If that wasn't intentional, it was hilariously ironic. 2. Maybe I got lucky, but most of the bosses I have to deal with are pretty nice. The manager's a complete bitch usually, but she's only there in the mornings. And 3. I've heard this before. So many times. |
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