The Bard

No you aren't a terrible player. You are an average player, Ikaruga was a game that appealed to me because it reminded me of the good old days of shooters on the Snes and Megadrive. It took a lot of mastering, and I mean a lot, but it was never unfair, ever and thats what set it apart from any other hardcore shooter I've ever played, when you died, you felt you deserved it and didn't feel the need to hurl the controller at the wall. The day I finished level 5, I felt like a champion, and there's no feeling to compare. Sad? Perhaps, but I live with it. Gets my vote for best shooter of all time alongside R-type 2 and Fantasy Zone. I thought Sonic Rush was the best sonic I've ever played. Wave Race Blue Storm was one of the only racers I've ever been able to tolerate....wierd...

A dumbass says what? I seriously doubt he's played a single game to completion in his incredibly pointless life. Just trying to steal Nintys E3 thunder.

My chemistry teacher last year had a huge wart/mole (canay tell the difference) on his left cheek...anyway, when the time came to do "moles," he announced "now were going to move onto moles" the entire classroom just went completely silent, although you could more than hear the silent laughter...kids can be mean... On topic: ouch, that sounds painful, but I suppose you'll be happy when its gone...no pain, no gain.

Aye, polititians can be a tad callous at times.

Now thats just a load of crap. No matter how much you tout it as your "opinion," this is one case where opinions can clearly be wrong. ToS is not better than any main series FF, other than perhaps X or V. ToS was indeed a great game, but it wasn't a classic, some parts were just downright boring, the story was poor (to say the least) when compared to any Playstation final fantasy, the music wasn't interesting enough (even 8 years down the line, every time I pick up my guitar I find myself playing the FF7 boss theme yet I can't even remember a single piece of music from ToS), everything about the PS FF's was classic and ToS is just not in the same league. It did not inspire the same strong feelings of involvement or liking or absolute infatuation with the game (unless you're a simpleton)...I suggest you go and play 7, 8 and 9 again and because I can't really believe that anyone who's actually played them properly can still prefer ToS... I disagree strongly, turn based battles can be incredibly tedious if done wrong, but there are games which they are perfectly suited for, such as Chrono Trigger (specifically) and the Final Fantasy series, it brings a sense of strategy into the game...I agree random battles are very annoying, but the same can't be said of TBB's, without which, games like Advance Wars and Fire emblem would not work. I liked ToS' battle system, but for one based on action, it was ridiculously simple, everytime I went into a battle I found my self hammering A...ocassionally the B button...maybe the C stick to add a little variety...there were no huge summons to make it worthwhile...All in all, it could have been better. Anyway, In my opinion the cube was a resounding success, it had the best games out of all 3 consoles, and even from a purely fiscal perspective, it managed to earn Nintendo a fair bit of dough.

I have an outline of the gates of Valhalla on my back that me and my mate both went and got done on my 17th, I'm too chicken to go and get it finished...don't even ask if it hurt (like a motherfucker) Anyway, There was a convention where the organisers were giving away $1000 to anyone who went and got a scrubs tattoo...and I was seriously considering getting one done, but I didn't want to fork out £400 to get to LA to collect my prize. I would so love that....or I could get a SOLDIER or Avalanche tattoo would be cool...

Hells yeah! The first time I saw someone play soul calibur in the arcades, one of the people playing was using Maxi, and I remember thinking "Woah, look at that guy move!!!" All of his moves just looked so flashy and amazing, and that's primarily the reason I went straight out and bought my Dreamcast. He is without a doubt the coolest character in the game. As to whose the best, that's debatable, I don't really think there's a "best" character, most of them seem to be pretty well balanced...

No they're not easiest to use...well they are but they have depth , once you master them, they're literally unbeatable. Easiest characters to use are, Mitsurugi, Kilik and Link...

Bollocks! I say Maxi and Nightmare are the Best. I pwn Mitsurugi continuously, on Extremely hard mode, and most of my mates use him aswell, he's no match for Maxi. Also, Maxi IS Elvis, so he wins by default.

Just completed PoP: Warrior Within...the last boss is a BITCH! I think the combat this time around was a lot more fun and much more tolerable than in Sands of Time - there's no blocked hallways filled with legions of undead that take at least half an hour to kill, all exactly in the same way, but to counteract this, the platforming sections were less innovative, or complex in comparison. Overall though, it's one of my favourite games.

Sure its hard, but it's been done, so its possible, so that means there's no excuse, even If all they do is make Virtual console fighters online, ill be happy...

Naaah, In my opinion SC2 was better, SC1 was mindblowing at the time because it was so new and fresh... So anyway, yeah SC1 and 2 are widely regarded by a lot of gamers (including me) as the best fighters ever... My favourites are Maxi with Fatibal Nightmare with Soul Calibur or Soul Edge (Growth): I absolutely pwn with those two Other characters I love to use are Ivy and Cervantes. I think the reason why SC1 was such a success was because it was so fluid, and fast in comparison to other fighters at the time (and still) and the fact that a newbie coul pick up the game and pose a serious threat to a veteran, that and the quest mode was the best single player in any fighter ever.

Holy fuck, what a psycho...

I like "Strangle" Others are: Choke, Maim, Incarcerate, Decapitate, Eviscerate, Strangulate...there are others aswell...

Hehe...now wouldn't that just be awesome...and Ninty could be Avalanche...

I really hope Excite Truck is online, that game looks absolutely amazing. Other than that, I'm hoping for a Tales MMORPG and just rpg's in general, some good Online FPS' some good online Beat Em Ups everything else looks awesome so those are the only things I really want developers to go for.

Lol, that was great.

Ha, it's funny how I'm bitching aboot the weather now, expecially when in winter I couldn't wait for summer to come. Still, the weather's gone out of control, it was snowing here in mid April Also, does anyone know when Brazil's first match is? I don't have one of those timetable thingies...

Well...Heaton Norris in Stockport, I'm not sure whether that's classified as being in Manchester...? Also, yeah, the weather can be nice, I love the spring months, It's not too hot it's not too cold, but it's always sunny...but today's just been unbearable...I suppose it'd be great if I was walking around in a banana hammock... Edit: Haha, yeah, the match was great! Becksy scoring in 3 minutes and I was like, this ones in the bag, but Sven decided to be a jackass and take Owen out, wtf was that about? Crouch was a bit of a joke aswell tbh...

Holy crap, for 30 degrees it's way too hot out here in Manchester, of course that could be because of Britain's distinct lack of an ozone layer, but you never know. How has it been where you are? Was so tired this noon that I went to sleep only to wake up in a pool of my own sweat 50 minutes later.... Also, on a side note: 1-0 Woot!!!!!111!!!one.

Yeah...I don't know, how it got to this point. Also, I only copied the defination of Fascism from wikipedia, why do I need to say that I did that? Is there any point in going, "Oh and by the way, for those of you that give a crap, the following sentence was taken from wikipedia."

For myself im predicting 10/10, which is what I'd give Rayman 2. Rayman 3 kinda blew it, but I'd still give it 8/10 and that only happened because Ancel wasn't involved. For me Rayman 2 was superior to Mario 64.

Are you a complete jackass? The US is very censored. I didn't say that it was completely fascist, I said it has traits of fascism. Freedom of speech is admittedly there to some degree but anyone who thinks we are able to say whatever we want and get away with it is a complete fool. What about the recent Blasphemy Laws, where it almost became illegal to criticise religion or speak of it negatively? You aren't allowed to criticise Judaism at all because apparently they are a "race." Or how about the fact that we aren't allowed to use expletives in the vicinity of senior citizens? If that is your idea of free speech, then that sort was there in Hitler's Germany. Nazism is not Fascism. They are closely related, but The term Fascism is often used in a very broad sense, to refer to a variety of authoritarian nationalist political movements that exist or existed in many countries. As such, Nazism is usually classified as a particular version of Fascism. Fascists had no strong opinion of the question of race, which is something that played a central role in Nazism. Do you think it really matters what people refer to George Bush as? You have to stop listening to other people's definitions or opinions on things and see the evidence for yourself. Also, it's Der Fuhrer, which in German just means, chief or head or leader. So, Tony Blair or Bush are in fact fuhrers. Also, I think it's better not to reply to me when I'm talking crap, because that just makes me talk more crap, which if you reply to it, will just make me talk even more crap...and, are you starting to see a pattern here...?

Waaaaah, someone deleted my post

Is it an FPS or what? I loved Duke Nukem 3D