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Flabio wrote:
Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:Essentially the entire gameplay of Dragons Lair!
Except Dragons Lair doesn't tell you which direction or button to push beforehand...
Doesn't it flash which direction/exit you need to go in? It's been awhile since I played it...
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Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:
Flabio wrote:
Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:Essentially the entire gameplay of Dragons Lair!
Except Dragons Lair doesn't tell you which direction or button to push beforehand...
Doesn't it flash which direction/exit you need to go in? It's been awhile since I played it...
Most of the time but that doesn't always make it clear what you have to do.
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betamax wrote:It's horribly annoying to find in a game and feels like a step backwards.
Fixed. :)
Except it worked in Resi 4. :D
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betamax wrote:Except it worked in Resi 4. :D
No, it really didn't - it was easily the most annoying thing in the entire game :D

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betamax wrote:Except it worked in Resi 4. :D
No, it really didn't - it was easily the most annoying thing in the entire game :D

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I disagree. It did work, otherwise it would be bitched about endlessly and have impacted on the games review scores. The QTE bits were mericifully few and far between and not complicated in the least (two possible button combos or track and field style bashing).
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Yeah, but they're still a boil on the arse of an otherwise excellent game. :)
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betamax wrote:
Bubba wrote:
betamax wrote:Except it worked in Resi 4. :D
No, it really didn't - it was easily the most annoying thing in the entire game :D

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I disagree. It did work, otherwise it would be bitched about endlessly and have impacted on the games review scores. The QTE bits were mericifully few and far between and not complicated in the least (two possible button combos or track and field style bashing).
Still didn't like 'em, even if Res4 was a brilliant game.
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'Splash Tetris' on XBLA today.


What the fuck is so difficult about getting Tetris right? There hasn't been a good new big console version since 'The Next Tetris' on the N64. Since then they have been pound-shop quality shovelware bollocks of the worst kind. This latest iteration seems to have taken all of its design cues from Feeding Frenzy, for Christ's sake.

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Flabio wrote:Surely it's impossible to get Tetris wrong...
See. I did try to hint it wasn't very good...
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It's "OK" I guess - Don't think it's worth 800 points though.

Best Tetris version remains the original GB version.



And I'm still in awe as to how they've managed to get it upto 23Mb for the game...
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teamonkey wrote:Yeah, but they're still a boil on the arse of an otherwise excellent game. :)
Some people are never happy ;D
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The Captain wrote:'Splash Tetris' on XBLA today.


What the fuck is so difficult about getting Tetris right? There hasn't been a good new big console version since 'The Next Tetris' on the N64. Since then they have been pound-shop quality shovelware bollocks of the worst kind. This latest iteration seems to have taken all of its design cues from Feeding Frenzy, for Christ's sake.

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Hateful, insipid dross that doesn't deserve to share a text string with SG.
They should have done twintris (from the amiga) , the best home rip off. Handheld seems more natural for this game though...
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I had a decent version on my CPC 464 called Dredris. It was German. Does this count as a waffling semi-relevent anecdote?
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turk182 wrote:
The Captain wrote:'Splash Tetris' on XBLA today.


What the fuck is so difficult about getting Tetris right? There hasn't been a good new big console version since 'The Next Tetris' on the N64. Since then they have been pound-shop quality shovelware bollocks of the worst kind. This latest iteration seems to have taken all of its design cues from Feeding Frenzy, for Christ's sake.

And all those of you who have a problem with the tutorial in Space Giraffe should check this baby out.

Hateful, insipid dross that doesn't deserve to share a text string with SG.
They should have done twintris (from the amiga) , the best home rip off. Handheld seems more natural for this game though...
Holy shit, I was going to mention Twintris; didn't think anyone else would have heard if it. Should have known Yakyak better :)

God, I'd love to play that again.
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turk182 wrote:
The Captain wrote:'Splash Tetris' on XBLA today.


What the fuck is so difficult about getting Tetris right? There hasn't been a good new big console version since 'The Next Tetris' on the N64. Since then they have been pound-shop quality shovelware bollocks of the worst kind. This latest iteration seems to have taken all of its design cues from Feeding Frenzy, for Christ's sake.

And all those of you who have a problem with the tutorial in Space Giraffe should check this baby out.

Hateful, insipid dross that doesn't deserve to share a text string with SG.
They should have done twintris (from the amiga) , the best home rip off. Handheld seems more natural for this game though...
Agreed. Twintris was ace. I loved the massive screenshake you got for clearing 4 lines at once (which got even more severe if you managed it twice in quick succession). Top game.
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