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  • I HATE it when game reviews start out by explaining some aspect of philosopy or try to tie the game or review to some recurring theme of human existence or culture.

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
 #33956  by Kupek
 Sun Mar 23, 2003 9:16 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.avault.com/consoles/reviews/ ... me=ggx2</a>

I HATE it when game reviews start out by explaining some aspect of philosopy or try to tie the game or review to some recurring theme of human existence or culture.</div>

 #33957  by Don
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 3:20 am
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>It's worse when games try to tie into philsophy</div>

 #33958  by SineSwiper
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 12:13 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>And to review such a shitty game...</div>

 #33959  by SineSwiper
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 12:14 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>You mean like every RPG in existence?</div>

 #33960  by Kupek
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 4:58 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>On of the reasons I am going to avoid Xenosaga.</div>

 #33961  by Kupek
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 5:01 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Have you played it? Some of the comments from Gabe and Tycho at PA made me want to check it out.</div>

 #33962  by SineSwiper
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 5:44 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>If it's a fighter series that isn't out on arcade, I tend not to look at it.</div>

 #33963  by SineSwiper
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 5:45 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Bah...nothing wrong with trying to tie some intelligent dialogue with a game. Certainly better than "go save the princess" plotlines.</div>
 #33964  by Kupek
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 5:55 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>And by several accounts, it sounds like they failed. Along with unnecessarily long cut scenes, bad dialouge, convoluted plot and minimal gameplay. I have not played the game, but these complaints appeared in the reviews I read.</div>

 #33965  by Kupek
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 5:56 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Okay... so, uh, why did you call is shitty?</div>

 #33966  by SineSwiper
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 6:10 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Because I played the first one, and it was just that. I hadn't play this one.</div>

 #33967  by Eric
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 7:28 pm
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Guilty Gear X2 is awesome, you can go to hell!</div>

 #33968  by Kupek
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 9:24 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Ah, okay.</div>

 #33969  by Flip
 Mon Mar 24, 2003 11:13 pm
<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>Extended play on TechTV loved it and gave it a 5 out of 5. That guy tends to have my opinion on games, i think i'll defenitely check it out.</div>

 #33970  by Zeus
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 12:17 am
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>What? Guilty Gear X for DC was excellent</div>

 #33971  by Gentz
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:21 am
<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>Hahaha.</div>

 #33978  by Julius Seeker
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 2:35 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Hahaha.</div>

 #33983  by SineSwiper
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 3:05 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>You mean like NGE, the "best" anime of all time?</div>

 #33984  by Kupek
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:08 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Never seen it.</div>

 #33987  by Ganath
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 9:16 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Hahaha.</div>

 #33988  by Gentz
 Tue Mar 25, 2003 9:53 pm
<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>Assholes like you two trivialize my insightful comments</div>

 #33996  by G-man Joe
 Wed Mar 26, 2003 6:27 am
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>All your base are belong to us!</div>

 #34001  by Julius Seeker
 Wed Mar 26, 2003 11:34 am
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Neon Genesis? I've never heard of it refered to as the best anime of all time. Maybe above average.</div>

 #34010  by Kupek
 Wed Mar 26, 2003 5:21 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Comments like you three trivialize my insightful assholes.</div>

 #34014  by Zeus
 Wed Mar 26, 2003 8:22 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>It's very good, but I wouldn't hold it to the regard that many anime fans hold it to. There aren't many series' better IMO, but it's not heads and shoulders above any other great ones either</div>

 #34015  by Ganath
 Wed Mar 26, 2003 8:43 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>You make it sound like a prostate examination.</div>

 #34016  by Ganath
 Wed Mar 26, 2003 8:44 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Take off every Zig! For Great Justice!</div>

 #34018  by SineSwiper
 Wed Mar 26, 2003 10:42 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Heh...don't start that. When was the anniversary of that, anyway?</div>