The Video Game Thread

[lilyvon schtupp]

Originally Posted by TNT_Tony

I finished LOZ: Phantom Hourglass less than 2 hours ago. It's a pretty good game. It's a bit easy though. Even the final boss was easy once I figured out how to damage him.

Most of the side games were pretty fun. I wasn't a big fan of fishing in this game though.

Good game overall. I didn't think it was as fun as Twilight Princess or Minish Cap, but it was still worth the purchase.

i'm finishing up wind wacker
kinda pissed, there's only three dungeons, too much sailing

[Thender]

I got kinda bored wind waker because of all the sailing until I finally shot that fricken frog...

[iwccgrad]

Did anyone go out and GH3 for any of the systems? If so then which one?

[Chris84]

Originally Posted by Dave

So the orange box is repackaged half life games? I don't get it. I don't know why it would be such a great game if that's all it is, the price seems reasonable for everything you get though. Isn't Half Life 2 a seven year old game?

I went through Halo 3 on Heroic, and I'm doing it through Legendary now, I'm on "the flood" level (Cortana?). Its a bitch to get through.

I don't know the history of Half Life 2 very well, but the graphics don't say, "7 year old game".

In it you get Half Life 2, Half Life 2 Episode 1, Half Life 2 Episode 2, Portal(which is an amazing puzzle type game), and Team Fortress 2(haven't played because its an online FPS). I never played Half Life 2 and thought it was very worth the 60 bucks.

[TNT_Tony]

Originally Posted by Thender

I think the fishing bites to... I still need that big ass fish for the heart container And I still can't master the fricken Arrow game...

It took alot of fishing before I finally saw the Neptoona. Luckily I caught it on the first try.

As for the arrow game, alot of people seem to have trouble with that game. I did at first, but then I found it somewhat easy. I play it now to get ship parts that I didn't have before I beat the game.

[Dave]

Did anyone go out and GH3 for any of the systems? If so then which one?

I'm waiting on Rock Band to see how that plays.

[TNT_Tony]

According to the latest Toys R Us ad, if you buy Super Mario Galaxy from them, you get a free $25 gift card.

The ad said the game would be in by 5PM Tuesday.

[TNT_Tony]

Hmm.. I just read that Contra 4 is out right now even though various websites are saying it isn't. I will definitely look for it when I buy DBZ: BT3 later today.

On a side note I finally got my feather pen stylus from Nintendo. I registered Phantom Hourglass nearly 4 weeks ago and they barely shipped the stylus on Tuesday the 14th.

[Thender]

Feather pen stylus??? Do tell more... I don't remember seeing any offer...

[TNT_Tony]

Originally Posted by Thender

Feather pen stylus??? Do tell more... I don't remember seeing any offer...

Here are all of the steps to getting your very own (free!) stylus.

1. You need to create an account at The Official Nintendo Homepage, featuring Super Mario Galaxy, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations, Battalion Wars 2, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass if you don't already have one.

2.Once you have an account, click on "View My Nintendo" at the top of the screen to go to your own special page.

3. You have to register your copy of Phantom Hourglass. You can get to the correct page from the My Nintendo page by looking to the right and clicking on "Product Registration"

As for how you actually register the game, you need to find the insert in the game's case that says "Register Your Software" It has a picture of Link holding a map. on the back of that there is a pin number. That's what you need to register the game.

4. If you did it right the game's title will appear under your list of registered games. At this point go to Nintendo | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass if you can't find a link on the site.

5. Last but not least you have to take a survey about the game. Once your done with that you have to confirm that you want the stylus shipped to you. There should be something to click on after you finish the survey.

And that's how it's done. I think I may have made it sound more confusing than it actually is....Good Luck!

[Thender]

Thanks Tony. I shoulda followed up that I completed the survey yesterday... I've been a member for a few years, just never took the time to register some of the games...

[TNT_Tony]

Oh...okay.

I joined back in 2003 when they were offering a free copy of Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition for the Gamecube. All you had to do was register any 3 games released by Nintendo. The only other "official" way to get that game was to buy a Gamecube bundled with the game.

[TNT_Tony]

I played Super Mario Galaxy last night and of corse it kicks ass!

Other than that, I'm mostly playing Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3. Alot of people were saying this game is too hard. I think it's a little tougher than the previous game but I can still beat the A.I. nearly every time.

[Chris84]

Originally Posted by TNT_Tony

I played Super Mario Galaxy last night and of corse it kicks ass!

Other than that, I'm mostly playing Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3. Alot of people were saying this game is too hard. I think it's a little tougher than the previous game but I can still beat the A.I. nearly every time.

I put in about 10 hours to beat it after getting 60 stars. Its a great game, but maybe a bit easy. Now I'm playing Assassins Creed. Enjoying it but it might get a little repetitive as some reviews have said.

[TNT_Tony]

Originally Posted by Chris84

I put in about 10 hours to beat it after getting 60 stars. Its a great game, but maybe a bit easy.

I'm going to go for all 120 stars. Also, nearly all Mario games are easy except the original Super Mario Bros. and SMB: The Lost Levels.

[Chris84]

Originally Posted by TNT_Tony

I'm going to go for all 120 stars. Also, nearly all Mario games are easy except the original Super Mario Bros. and SMB: The Lost Levels.

Oh I'll definately play to get all 120 so I can play as Luigi.

[Chris84]

I finally got connected to Xbox Live. User name is: My Cousin Walt

I've only got Halo 3 at the moment, but will probably get Call of Duty 4 sometime.

[Dave]

Hey Chris, I'll get you added, I'm LankBadly. You can sign in with a Windows Live account (aka messenger), and check your stats and whatnot at bungie.net.

My prayers have been answered, just a couple days ago, ESPN NFL2K5 was made backward compatible for the 360. I've been waiting for that since the 360 came out. A whole bunch of games were just added to the BC list.

[Chris84]

Originally Posted by Dave

Hey Chris, I'll get you added, I'm LankBadly. You can sign in with a Windows Live account (aka messenger), and check your stats and whatnot at bungie.net.

My prayers have been answered, just a couple days ago, ESPN NFL2K5 was made backward compatible for the 360. I've been waiting for that since the 360 came out. A whole bunch of games were just added to the BC list.

Sweet, I'll probably play a couple games this morning before I go to sleep.

I've played many 360 and xbox games before but never owned my own until I got this one. So I don't have any old xbox games...yet.

[TNT_Tony]

I'm currently still playing DBZ:BT3. I only have a few more characters to customize and then I can move on to getting every item in the game.

I've also been playing Mario Party DS which is one of the better Mario Party games out there. I still have a lot of stuff to unlock in that game.

[jackson]

Anybody know of a good racing game for xbox?

[lilyvon schtupp]

don't know about Xbox...
but in that same vein
i'm trying to talk my son into a ps2 (until i can get a wii) because of the large number of (cheaper) titles than for game cube, but i'm not seeing too many racing games for ps2 either...

[KUfan_Donnie]

Originally Posted by jackson

Anybody know of a good racing game for xbox?

I've heard some people say they like the Project Gotham Racing line, but have not played anything and I should certainly not be considered an expert

[TNT_Tony]

According to the pc world website, these are the 10 worst games of 2007.

10. Spider-Man 3 (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)

I've only played the DS version which isn't listed here.

9. Beowulf (Xbox 360, PS3)

8. Tenchu Z (Xbox 360)

I've never played a single Tenchu game.

7. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Wii, Xbox 360, PS3)

6. Lair (PS3)

5. Transformers: The Game (PSP)

4. Hour of Victory (Xbox 360)

3. Vampire Rain (Xbox 360)

2. Star Trek: Conquest (Wii, PS2)

1. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (DS)

[TNT_Tony]

Here are the 10 best games of 2007 according to the same website.

10. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)

9. Rock Band (PS3, Xbox 360)

8. Halo 3 (Xbox 360)

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7. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (PS3, Xbox 360)

6. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS)

5. Mass Effect (Xbox 360)

4. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo Wii)

3. Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360, PS2)

2. BioShock (Xbox 360, PC)

1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)