Another year has gone,and more games await us.I made this thread because LOKI had a good idea and made the awards of 03.The following are in order,but i hope you submit your own entries.

1:Half Life 2 (Looks great,but delayed due to hackers)

2:Metal Gear Solid:The snake eater (set in the 60s,rumours has
it that you play as big boss in the cold war,not snake)

3:Final Fantasy:Crystal Chronicles (Classic GC stle)

4:Halo 2 (This looks great,if its better than the original,it will
be a must have)

5:(OTHERS GAMES-Doom 3,LOTR:battle of middle earth,MGS:The twin snakes.

1.) Gran Turismo 4. (PS2) For all your driving needs.

2.) Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2). Hey, so sue me if I'm in a zone with the better TV colour encoding standard.

3.) Actually, that's about it.

There's a long list of games that I wish certain companies would just get around to releasing in Europe already, but meh.

Star Ocean 3 - if it ever comes out in America. The Japanese are already getting the director's cut of this game and we haven't seen the original yet.
:notgood:

Other than that FFXI - I know it's already out but I don't yet have a computer capable of handling it.

Heroes of Might and Magic V - I enjoyed the entire heroes series until IV, but I blame 3DO's lack of money for that, now Ubisoft is the new developer and it seems like their dedicated to making V just as good as 1-3 were.

@Durendal
Wasn't the original of Star Ocean 3 full of bugs? Maybe it's good to wait a bit...?


Let's see... I plan on getting Suikoden III like next month. I've been talking about this with my sister. I guess we both agreed.

I'm looking forward to
Final Fantasy XII
and as always hoping for a Chrono game. :)

The Half Life 2 looks interesting.... but I'd rather see what people can do to mod it. Usually it's these types of games (Half Life and Quake) that interest me... not for the original game but what people can do with it.

Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Doom 3... thats really about it... next year doesn't look too great for video games.

Movies on the other hand....

Originally posted by Bahamut ZERO
1.) Gran Turismo 4. (PS2) For all your driving needs.

2.) Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2). Hey, so sue me if I'm in a zone with the better TV colour encoding standard.

3.) Actually, that's about it.

There's a long list of games that I wish certain companies would just get around to releasing in Europe already, but meh.

Hey, sue me if you weren't being sarcastic about the better TV colour encoding standard. ;)

(Off topic) PAL is superior to NTSC in terms of Hue quality. NTSC has a bad habit of sometimes getting the hue of the picture wrong.

But I am trying to forget about TV and Radio Systems now I've done the exam.

(On topic) I should get my PS2 chipped.

RIVER CITY RANSOM EX

Originally posted by Bahamut ZERO
(Off topic) PAL is superior to NTSC in terms of Hue quality. NTSC has a bad habit of sometimes getting the hue of the picture wrong.

But I am trying to forget about TV and Radio Systems now I've done the exam.

(On topic) I should get my PS2 chipped.

Perhaps, but otherwise NTSC is superior in terms of resolution, refresh rate and framerate.

NTSC is superiour when it comes to THE NUMBER OF GAMES RELEASED.

Yes,the number of games,but what about the quaility,apart from an obvious bunch there isnt much quality out of Japan,look at western games like,Star wars KOTOR,Metroid prime,Half life 2,halo,gta(possibly),Beyond good and evil,Deus ex,far cry.these games would never be made in japan,maybe cause they dont like first person shooters.The majority of games in japan are games with names like SUPER,SUPER,BAKABAKA PINGBONG BASEBALL COWGIRL 7/ALPHA9.07.But yes,now and again they make amazing games,FF,REZ,ZEALDA,SONIC,MARIO,GRAN TURISMO.......etc......But hey,it seems like the west is taking over games.

tim burton's the nightmare before christmas. ill have to wait till halloween, and it probably wont be any good, but hey, it would still make me happy.

Originally posted by Misao
NTSC is superiour when it comes to THE NUMBER OF GAMES RELEASED.

Actually...


NTSC : 320 X 240, 60hz, 30 fps
PAL : 320 X 220, 50hz, 24 fps


Better resolution, better refresh rate and better framerate. That says it all. Oh, also add the fact America and Japan both use NTSC also help. Because then you don't have to make the conversion.

Isn't NTSC 60 frames per second, and PAL 50 frames per second? Or is that images per second? With interlaced scanning and all.

o.o

And the reason 50Hz was chosen for PAL was because of the mains voltage supply here in Europe (to reduce the effect of the supply on the screen.)

The resolution is lower because there's less scanning lines. Well, active scanning lines, anyways.

Sorry, I'm miles off topic now... Just trying to remember exactly what I was have meant to have learnt for today's exam... ._.

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In terms of old games that I want to play this year, here's my list:

1.) Suikoden III. Import it. Chip PS2. Play. Sounds so simple like that.

2.) Chrono Cross. Read above. Replace PS2 with PSX.

3.) Dragon Warrior VII. I'm sure I saw this in the import list too...

So, uh, the list is slightly longer...

Originally posted by Bahamut ZERO
Isn't NTSC 60 frames per second, and PAL 50 frames per second? Or is that images per second? With interlaced scanning and all.

o.o



Nah, you're confusing it with the refresh rate. As hard as it is to believe, NTSC TV is 30 fps and PAL TV is 24 fps. But I AM talking about TV itself, like a news broadcast for example. Movies, games and such aren't the same. And actually, a "frame" and a "image" is pretty much the same thing. The main difference is that in a frame the elements are independant of the other whereas it's not in a image. But otherwise, in terms of fluidity, it's the same. Or so I've heard. I'm no expert but did some research on it.

I guess I really should stay on topic, though.

My games for 2004 ? Oh, well, considering I'll have my share of "financial responsibilties" I might contend myself with FFCC for my Cube and FFXI for my PS2. Although I'd be interested in the already-released Sonic Heroes on Cube, Tales of Symphonia on Cube, Xenosaga II on PS2 and a couple others. We'll wait and see. The year is still young.

PAL is superior to NTSC in terms of Hue quality.

NTSC units can also output in RGB which PAL sets tend to have from the get go while we have to bother with mods and the like, but once thats settled there shouldn't be any discrepancies regarding hue quality and what have you.

FFX-2
FFXII
Zelda: The Wind Waker sequel
World of Warcraft ^^';

That's about it :B

All new PAL TVs have the capability of doing 60Hz these days, though. ;)

I can't say I'm looking forward to anything especially, except maybe the MGS re-release for GC.

The TV sets themselves, not the broadcast ;)

EDIT : Speaking of MGS, have you seen that 27 minute trailer on IGN ? I'm no fan of MGS and even "I" was blown away.

But anyway there is a huge majority of games in japan that are dished out very quickly,that those crazy japanese business buy.Put it this way,awhile ago in Edge there was a new japanese games out in the arcade,you could choose a girl,thief or a pervert,and the player (istead of a joystick had a huge finger) which you would constantly poke a fake ass.Put t this way,the aim of the game was poking a giant finger into a plastic ass.now if that is what games are today just shoot me...........

Originally posted by denny
But anyway there is a huge majority of games in japan that are dished out very quickly,that those crazy japanese business buy.Put it this way,awhile ago in Edge there was a new japanese games out in the arcade,you could choose a girl,thief or a pervert,and the player (istead of a joystick had a huge finger) which you would constantly poke a fake ass.Put t this way,the aim of the game was poking a giant finger into a plastic ass.now if that is what games are today just shoot me...........

*shoots you*

What the fuck did you just say btw?

Is FF11 getting a european release at all,im a little confused about it,

ps,LOKI,why do you always post up a repeat of someone elses post,trying to be different??cool??annoying??

Originally posted by denny
Is FF11 getting a european release at all,im a little confused about it,

ps,LOKI,why do you always post up a repeat of someone elses post,trying to be different??cool??annoying??

No FFXI is not planned for a European release as of now.

And as for repeating someone elses post... its called a quote button, its on the bottom right of every post... use it.

God I hate people.

OK,i will keep that in mind.Right now im downloading Ehrgiez for MAME,Anybody know if this 7 hr download will work???

denny, could you please refrain from attaching images to your posts? It eats away at server bandwidth and isn't really contributing to the discussion that much. Thank you. :)

On a sidenote, you can import FFXI for the PC quite easily. I staggered across a copy in an import shop over Christmas. The downside was it would've cost me �55 to buy it. Plus monthly fees, and the fact that my PC is not that great, I abstained.

Yeah I knew that you could import it. Do you know if it runs any slower over there, since there are no servers in the country and all? Any idea?

It runs okay, or so I've heard.

1) Metal Gear Solid 3

The first two were critically acclaimed, but suffered from being overly cinematic at time. However, its if anything like the others, this game will rock.

2) Silent Hill 4: The Room

...YES!!! This Silent Hill will feature a guy trapped in his apartment who can only travel through portals...the view will be 1st person in his appartment but 3rd in the exploration. Puzzles will be a bit more oriented along with other new gameplay elements like real time item and weapon selection for action pacing (because so many idiots whine its not quick enough) along with spirits that can go through walls, so maybe enemies will follow you now? Hopefully the enemies will be smart like the first one.

3) Xenosaga Episode 2: Beyond Good and Evil

Another huge game. The first proved to be worthy of the name, and the second one will unlock the features you saved after being the first one. What is going to happen and how will things change? Simply a waiting game...

4) Sonic Heroes

Already out on GC, I'm waiting for the PS2 version which should be released within a week I believe. The Dreamcast version brought sonic to even bigger better level, and this installment will also serve well as another sonic game.

DAMN,Ehrgeiz didnt work for mame,it jumps and has no sound,anyone?help?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000038AB3/qid=1074797232//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl63/102-5284646-1423335?v=glance&s=videogames&n=507846


20 bucks... get a job.

I sense some bad blood between us loki?But anyway,i cant find it??Someone give me a link to and emulated version.Call it quits loki?

Originally posted by denny
I sense some bad blood between us loki?But anyway,i cant find it??Someone give me a link to and emulated version.Call it quits loki?

1. Learn to write a sentence
2. Get a fucking job.
3. Stop stealing games from the internet.
4. Click the link I provided in the previous post and buy the shit from the internet.

You're not fucking special, you need to pay for games like everybody else does.

If there is any 'bad blood' between us, it is just this pet peeve I have. I hate stupid fuckwads... it's just a thing i have.

1. Missile Command
2. Crazy Climber
3. Stratovox
4. Astro Invader

Oh man, I so can wait for these games. This year is going to rock!

Whats your problem loki?!You think you can mess up this thread.Y,know this was about the games were looking forward to in 04 until you came along,i have noticed that a lot.You bust your way into threads and start fights.Just stay outta my threads from now on.I have no plan of talking to you again.FFSHRINE shouldnt keep you in here.Just stay outta my threads at least Azderiel Bane is getting on and disscussing the topic at hand.But,hey,you probably wont read this,just send back smart assed remark.Get a life..............

STOPPIT~ STOPPIT~

CAN'T YOU SEE YOU'RE TEARING US APART? WHAT ABOUT US?!?!? :(

And plus Ehrgeiz is FAR from being playable in emulation. Get a job and buy the game anyways. We don't condone piracy here in the first place. We'll help support looking for emulators and stuff, roms and helping to get those roms working is something else.

At the moment, there's only one game I'm after at the moment and that's Dynasty Warriors 4 Extreme Legends. Good thing it's gonna be released here in AUS, in February.

Does anyone know if there's going to be a Dynasty Warriors 5? I've heard rumours but that's all.

Also, if a Dynasty Tactics 3 comes out, I'll grab that as well.

Thank you,look lets forget about loki.Anyway i have a job,i will calm down.Lets just get on with the topic at hand.............

What im looking forward to is Half life 2,ahhhh,its such a pity that hackers stole the code.Doing something like that is pathetic,maybe loki did it,oh,ok,okit was a joke.

Originally posted by denny
Thank you,look lets forget about loki.Anyway i have a job

Then do what Loki said and use the money you earn from it to pay for goods and services.

Originally posted by rezo


Then do what Loki said and use the money you earn from it to pay for goods and services.


Originally posted by Mogknight And plus Ehrgeiz is FAR from being playable in emulation. Get a job and buy the game anyways. We don't condone piracy here in the first place. We'll help support looking for emulators and stuff, roms and helping to get those roms working is something else.

*sticks his tongue out at denny*

Also,Final Fantasy CC will be out,its goin to be good to see what Square enix bring to the GC.The trailers that i have seen are very nice.Graphicaly its beautiful,but will it be great.Although,along with ffcc,GC is getting MGS,the twin snakes.Looks very,very similar to MGS,i know its a remake but can it out do the original.

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But the pc has Half life 2,if you havent seen a video yet,get one now.It looks amazing,the new havoc reactor(physics)are mind blowing.Any games you guys looking forward to???


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1. Star Ocean 3
2. Front Mission 4 (if they ever release it in the US)
3. Ninja Gaiden
4. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
5. DOA Ultimate
6. Dead Man's Hand
7. Custom Robo

And that's just off the top of my head....

Typo wonders if R-Type Final will hit the US this year...

Originally posted by Ndi
1. Star Ocean 3
2. Front Mission 4 (if they ever release it in the US)
3. Ninja Gaiden
4. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
5. DOA Ultimate
6. Dead Man's Hand
7. Custom Robo

And that's just off the top of my head....

and as that starts my list I continue on with:

The Nightmare Before Christmas
Psychonauts
Jade Empire
Kingdom Hearts 2
Starcraft Ghost
Drakengaurd
Darkwatch


and last but not least Steel Mutha Fuckin Battalion, specialised 40 fuckin button controller for the most realistic mech game ever created including three foot pedals for gas, break, and boost strafing, $200 just for the original and the controller, and another 50 in a couple months for the sequel which will find me a in a complete stupor on X-Box live 24/7 seeing me quit my job and abandon any and all human contact. . .I'm gonna miss mah Mandi, but goddammit, these are fuckin sweet ass mechs

Originally posted by Deus Fatale


. . .I'm gonna miss mah Mandi, but goddammit, these are fuckin sweet ass mechs

So let me get this straight. You're leaving me.....for a mechgame?

*scratches out Steel Battalion from his list*

sowwie. . .

Originally posted by Deus Fatale
*scratches out Steel Battalion from his list*

sowwie. . .

You can keep it, I know you'd never leave me. See, I've worked out this plan....if you ever bring up leaving me, I'll bring up how we'd divide up our games...and every single game I can own you in, I get to keep. :lol

Originally posted by Ndi


You can keep it, I know you'd never leave me. See, I've worked out this plan....if you ever bring up leaving me, I'll bring up how we'd divide up our games...and every single game I can own you in, I get to keep. :lol

. . .bu. . bu. . .bu. . .I'm not gonna get to keep any games. . ..

Originally posted by Deus Fatale


. . .bu. . bu. . .bu. . .I'm not gonna get to keep any games. . ..

Yeah, see, that's the beauty of my evil plan. I know you'd never leave me if it means your games leave too.

By the way, is it really, really sad that we're having a conversation in the middle of a thread when I am sitting on your lap as I type this?

Originally posted by Ndi

By the way, is it really, really sad that we're having a conversation in the middle of a thread when I am sitting on your lap as I type this?

<marquee>u</marquee>

I think it's even more sad that he would give up his woman for a FUCKING MECH GAME.

Steel Batalion is going to suck by the way. Why? Because it's got big fucking robots in it!

I sense a rock 'em sock 'em robot story from your youth here. . .

Yes i was tied up in a closet with a rockem sockem robot and a shaved kitten. The kitten kept pressing the button and the robot kept hitting me in the face. And then my head popped off.

you poor poor bastard. . .

...Okay I'm going to try and get this conversation back on topic.


The games I'm looking forward to this year are:

1. Final Fantasy X-2
2. Metal Gear Solid 3
3. Kingdom Hearts 2
4. Silent Hill 4
5. Star Ocean 3

A few more I'm after...

Star Ocean 3 (Although I'm stuck in Star Ocean 2)
Front Mission 4
and basically any RPG which comes out, which catches my eye. At the moment, I just hope Koei releases Dynasty Warriors 5 this year.

See, you should be excited about Samurai Warriors as well

Metal Gear Solid 3:Snake Eater!! NO doubts, tat game is gonna be voted 2004 Game of the Year!!!

Im also lookin forward to Samurai Warriors, cos its a different environment from the vast plains of China, and wad's more, SAMURAIS!!!

EDIT: I forgot to mention: Kingdom Hearts 2. :D

I'm looking forward to:

1) Chrono Break

2) FFXII

3) Kingdom Hearts 2