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Yeah, did a little digging around after posting that. There wasn't a multiplayer option on the PC version, despite having a "Player 2 press return" message flashing whilst playing through the game. There is a LAN option, but it wasn't technically supported at the time. I think I tried that out at some point without much luck, might give another go if I get chance.

No I'm not saying the game should be less frantic, maybe they should tone down the graphical effects so that it doesn't slow down 5% of the time. Because I'm betting that when there is a lot of action going on, that is the worst time for there to be slow down. Why not have some options to turn off some effects, so that people have the choice of haing a top notch looking game or one that's as smooth as silk. Those sort of options have been in most PC games as long as I've been playing them. Doom, for instance had the option of shrinking the screen size. Ok those options pretty much have to be there in PC games in order to support a wide specification range, but I think it's something that the console dev community can learn from. Luckily Nintendo are usually very good in that respect I can't really remember any nintendo game I've played that's had noticible slowdown. But anyway, my main point is that this is my opinion, and I'm sorry guys but there isn't no budging me on it. But obviously it doesn't matter as much to others. Oh and slightly more on topic, you never know without the blood effects the PAL version might have less slowdown. Which could put me back on track to buying the game, but I'll wait and see what the verdict is on here before I get it.

What's hardware got to do with slowdown? It's the software that slows down because it's too ambitious for the hardware. I think it really gets to me as I came from a PC background, where if a game had slowdown it meant something was wrong or it was time to upgrade. Usually if that was the case I'd put the game down and come back to it when it would run smoothly. IMO console games have no reason to have slowdown, the hardware is set in stone and it should be picked up during bug testing. I think there are a few dev's that don't see slowdown as much of a problem and that it's acceptable. I can't think of anytime slowdown can happen without effecting gameplay, unless it's during a cutscene of course.

It's all down to opinion at the end of the day. No one is disputing the fact that the overworld isn't as good as it should be. Some people are of the opinion that this should knock a few marks off of the final score, others are not. For instance in my opinion any slow down in a console game would knock my final score almost by 10% as I'm of the opinion that there's no reason for it in a console game. Whereas someone else might not be bothered by slowdown at all.

I wonder if they'll bundle typing of the dead in with this, could never get two player worker on my PC. Could be quite cool to plug in two USB keyboards to the Wii and have a blast.

Is that a philosophy about life or a comment about the update?

Yeah I know but...

Maybe you continue the fight under the fireworks?

To be honest I don't think Suda has much say in what countries what version gets released in. I think it's Marvelous that are pulling the strings on this. Not saying this is definitely the case but it seems that way to me.

No stock near me either, Asda, Tesco, Woolworths all zip. Might have to venture into Luton Town Centre to get it from Gamestation or Game.

What do you call a women with no legs standing in a strawberry field?

Wouldn't it be the text that accompanies the trophies that would take the most time to translate tho? Still fingers cossed for March/April

Yeah Battle Chess, I had it on the PC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Chess

Zack & Wiki for me, loved point and click games since day of the tentacle. Will probably get Ghost Squad after january pay day, depending how I feel and what else is comming in Feb. Nights and Geometry are "maybe's" for the future, depending if there's any sort of draught this summer.

Am I invisible? If so, show me to the womens locker room

Try shooting them with a star, tricky to hit, but it'll slow em down.

But the version with blood in it was the first version to be shown, and this was before Ubisoft were announced as the publisher. Yes it was a design decision to not have blood in the japanese version, but only because they knew it wouldn't get past the japanese censors. I had an idea the other day, that maybe they chose the censored version for europe. Not because of the BBFC but maybe to give them a chance to release the game in Germany. If this was the reason, it doesnt seem to make me so angry. At the end of the day England isn't the only country in europe. Oh and some food for thought, if you had a chance to watch Robocop on either on DVD or the cut to ribbons ITV version. Which would you choose? That's because he has a license to kill :awesome:

Some Ubisoft Dates Source, these look pretty genuine

These Sega release dates came through yesterday. Pretty sure these are official as the source is MCV. Source GoNintendo Link