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feeds@yuku.com (yCrAsH13) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:44:15 GMT

Wayne Brady? That's.....unexpected.d

Is Sparx gonna have to choke a *%*%+???

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feeds@yuku.com (MRacer) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:33:49 GMT

Well, I still have the same PS2 I've had since Christmas 2000 (one of the first 165,000 which entered the UK, and apparently only 75% of those even worked!). A collector's item, in other words.

And yeah, I'm still too much of a console gamer myself. I've stuck to sports-oriented games for a while now (LMA 2007; Gran Turismo 4; Colin McRae 2005) but always seem to need that light-hearted, indoorsy fun that only videogaming really seems to offer.

It rains...

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feeds@yuku.com (MonBeeb) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:56:09 GMT

Wtf? Wayne Brady? What bizarre choices.

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feeds@yuku.com (Ms RexRock) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:42:03 GMT

Yes, there was a reboot two years ago, shifted to a more action-oriented title. This change and the disregardation of the prior storyline received mixed reactions, though I'm one of those that supported the change. You're right in saying that Elijah Wood voices the titular character, though Sparx's voice has constantly changed no thanks to his voice being constantly under fire game after game - first, like you said, was David Spade (A New Beginning), then came Billy West (The...

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feeds@yuku.com (MonBeeb) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:25:56 GMT

I haven't been keeping up with Spyro. Wasn't there a series reboot or some such? How did that go?

All I know is Elijah Wood does the voice of Spyro, and David Spade (God knows why) voiced Sparx.

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feeds@yuku.com (Ms RexRock) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:48:58 GMT

Gavin, it was Eurocom that did Crash Bash. Traveller's Tales worked on The Wrath of Cortex and Twinsanity.
I do admit that Eurocom aren't bad though - can put together some decent games together, though some of their cosmetic decisions kind of baffle me, particularly for Spyro: A Hero's Tail (the ridiculously light-hearted tone almost made me gave up the franchise).

I'm still active with console gaming, mind you - got nothing better to do with my...

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feeds@yuku.com (Donut Dunker) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:44:08 GMT

Yeah I hardly play console games anymore. Got a PS3 though but I only have that for GTA4 and online gaming.

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feeds@yuku.com (MRacer) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:20:42 GMT

This thread reminds me of the fact that I was browsing through some old Amazon.co.uk pages/reviews for old PlayStation1 favourites lately. Those were the days, before I went truly cuckoo and turned into a hopefully oblivious internet addict circa late 2000, in particular!

The original Colin McRae Rally (where I was hopeless even in a Ford Escort WRC on the first stage in New Zealand!), Gran Turismo (where I tooled...

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feeds@yuku.com (MonBeeb) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:42:35 GMT

Because usually victory in a kart racer is entirely arbitrary and dependent on who gets the best items. And because front and rear weapons are mapped to the same button and same item slot, the player in first place is always punished for their position; they only get the worst items, and they can quickly end up in last place for no other reason than that they were better than the competition.

Jak X solved the problem by mapping red and yellow weapons to entirely different buttons....

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feeds@yuku.com (Ms RexRock) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:01:47 GMT

I wish to know exactly how Jak X was "balanced". As far as I know concerning that game, the difficulty level was way too steep, even for what is essentially a kart racer.

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feeds@yuku.com (MonBeeb) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:28:05 GMT

I played the first Jak again at a friend's house the other day and had forgotten how amazing it was (I lost my copy years ago, probably right after I had gotten mad at the secret "ending"). I realize that my initial disappointment with it was because I was young and naive, and it was the first game (for me at least) that had any "hype." I got in the internet in the CTR-era, I guess, so J&D was the first release I had to "wait" for while seeing all the...

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feeds@yuku.com (Ms RexRock) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:24:37 GMT

Yeah, but even if Naughty Dog DOES move on, it doesn't mean that the Jak series couldn't be put into other developers' hands. As far as I know, Ready At Dawn did a very neat job at Daxter on the PSP

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feeds@yuku.com (PP Administration) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:51:49 GMT

or ND is going to get rid of J & D like they did Crash.

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feeds@yuku.com (Ms RexRock) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:52:13 GMT

Even if Jak and Daxter would be better at the time, I still feel that it was a pale experience back then. Either way, the Jak series has weird ways with consistency; Jak 2 is among my all time fave games on the PS2, Jak 3 had issues (namely with plotholes and fan service) that too easily got my goat, and I never quite understood the direction for Jak X - it's like taking Halo's Master Chief and putting him into a puzzle game spin-off; just another attempt to cash in on the fame of the...

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feeds@yuku.com (MonBeeb) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:14:01 GMT

I remember way back in the land before time, everybody thought WoC was going to be great and Craig was the lone wolf that thought J&D would be better.

I sure feel stupid now.

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feeds@yuku.com (Ms RexRock) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:02:07 GMT

Hah, I find it odd that even though I wasn't too fond of it, it ended up being the post-ND Crash title I played the most.
Whichever, the load times are reason enough for me to discard it and at least replace it with a GameCube copy or PS2 platinum depending on the circumstances, just to at least shrug something as awkward as that off altogether.

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feeds@yuku.com (yCrAsH13) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:31:30 GMT

Indeed. Or as most of us referred to it, WaC -- excuse me WoC.

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feeds@yuku.com (IB Kslost EA) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:37:15 GMT

The Wrath of Cortex.. isn't that what it was called?

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feeds@yuku.com (yCrAsH13) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:17:35 GMT

Yea it was horrible. The graphics were actually pretty nice and shiny...but those load times might have been the worst I've ever seen.

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feeds@yuku.com (IB Kslost EA) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:43:56 GMT

PP Administration wrote:
Hehe I remember spanking Crash 2, 3, and CTR. I don't ever really remember Crash Bash (maybe cuz it sucked)? I definitely didn't play any of the new ones for PS2.

Don't.. The one for PS2 ( I don't even remember what it's called) sucked so bad. The load times were literally longer than the stages.

Admins + Moderators + Other Stuff

feeds@yuku.com (yCrAsH13) — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:24:36 GMT

I have no idea how to change all that stuff. The user panel is insane. So much for me not changing things...I'm trying! I figure all the OG members can be moderators, and I'd like to leave myself and Jeff as the admins. I'd like Jeff to be one because he actually knows his stuff.

Gav and Ben would be fine as moderators. Along with Tyler, Justin, Dougy, and whoever else. But seriously. I have no clue how to change all that stuff.