now that they're porting it to the PS2 (with extra anime cut-scenes, no less)
Oh, cool, another game to get [img]graemlins/devil.gif[/img] lol
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now that they're porting it to the PS2 (with extra anime cut-scenes, no less)
Oh, cool, another game to get [img]graemlins/devil.gif[/img] lol
Hahaha, well, its sad because ToS didnt sell very well in Japan (which is odd), hence the port to a more popular console. [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img]
But now it will sell [img]graemlins/devil.gif[/img] [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
aww so sad... owell onward to halo 2 =P
XBOX isnt going down the road of the japanese role playing game methinks... atleast gamecube is getting tales of symphonia, w00t!
hmmmm I pretty much use mine for both of my Project Gotham games, maybe Soul Caliber 2, and Ninja Gaiden. Never really played Halo since I'm no good w/guns and shooting T_T
I dont really know why i own an X-box. I dont particularly like sport, action, racing or FPS games, which the X-box has in abundance. I guess im in it for Halo and Halo 2 (and for the fact i got it really cheap).
*Browses X-box RPG selection*
Is...Morrowind III: The Elder Scrolls any good?
I believe H2 will be reason enough alone to own an XBox once it comes out.
Online GG is enough for me.
Hmm, if GGXX Reloaded has online play, isnt there a possiblity that it'll be in Guilty gear Isuka? If so, that'd render GGXXR obsolete.
That said, i would like to thrash Xel at GGXX [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Which characters are your fav's?
IRT Cata: Is...Morrowind III: The Elder Scrolls any good?
This has a complex answer. The short version is "yes, but don't get the Xbox version, play the PC one". The long version is: the game itself is ok. It's a PC RPG (i.e. a dungeon crawler), has a story but it's not too great and you can very well avoid it, no cut-scenes, no party, first person view, and don't expect much in the artistic area. I'll take most of today's cRPGs over any PC RPG. But it does have something that rocks, and is, in a way, something close to Shenmue (save the distance): you are in a huge island, you can do anything you want, talk to anybody you want, get stuff, get to be liked or hated by people, kill whatever you want, work however you want, get involved in different guilds and factions, explore, find trouble, or be found by trouble. The pros and cons of the game are:
Pros:
- You can do pretty much anything you want, join different factions, be good or evil, play in your style, lots of freedom
- HUGE island, thousands of people to talk to, monsters to kill, and places to raid for loot
- Lots of missions (distributed in several factions as well as freelance ones)
- Lots of items, spells, create your own items and spells with alchemy and spellcraft
- Characters can like or hate you depending on your actions and your bribing
Cons:
- Butt ugly graphics sometimes, especially the character models, textures lack color and variety, and sometimes, detail as well
- Slowdown
- Repetitive music (6 or 7 tracks for a 100 hour game?)
- Annoying cliff racers (enemy that sucks)
- Xbox only: limited inventory and window UI
- Xbox only: even more slowdown than in your average PC
However, what makes Morrowind great, is its editor and its versatile engine. There's a very active modding community who virtually redid everything in the game in one way or another! However, you can only extend the PC version, and you need fat RAM for this to work properly (256 MB minimum to work properly with all the extensions). Most of its cons have a partial or complete solution with modding and customization, and once you set your Morrowind properly, you'll have a great game to enjoy, with state-of-the-art graphics. That's what renders the Xbox version useless ? if you were to compare the standard Morrowind (i.e. Xbox) and a good modded Morrowind screenshots, you wouldn't believe it.
To show you how versatile and extensible this game is, I'll list the modifications I've added to my game. I disabled some of them to save fps though, as some of them are time-consuming and you only want them if you have an Athlon XP 2200+ or better. I'll mark the ones I've disabled with (*).
? Textures Replacement: Massive replacement of textures with high-res, colorful, realistic ones!
? Wilderness mod (*): Add bugs, butterflies, fish, and all sorts of things to Morrowind to make it alive!
? Better bodies: Major modification! Change all those ugly bodies for these high-polygon, awesome models! As a plus, they are realistic, which means if you take off yours or somebody else's armor and clothes, you'll see them naked, both men and women, as it should be.
? NPC replacer: Another great one! Change all those ugly, low-res, high-polygon, poorly done faces with awesome Shenmue-quality ones (animation won't be nearly as good as Shenmue, but the static faces sure are), which use even less polygons than the originals!
? Tribunal: The first expansion pack (commercial).
? Bank: Deposit your money, earn interests, get loans, letters of credit, and real estate - yes, you can buy your home.
? Ambient light and fog update: Better ambient light and fog settings.
? Light sources: Major modification to dramatically improve lighting ? the game engine supported it, but all the lights were the same color and dull. Fixed. Water lighting presets improved. Also made that your sneaking abilities vary depending on light and shadows. And more people will be carrying torches to use at night.
? Varieties of trees: Massive trees to create some really thick forests you can't see the sky from, with falling leaves and all.
? New trees replacement: Replace trees with the game with better, larger trees.
? Window lights: Illuminate windows in the outside of buildings at night
? Laura: Girlfriend that follows you and helps with fighting and carrying items, gets dressed as you want, and has her own storyline and missions. Also adds a nice house for you and a nice pet to follow you if you want.
? Twin Lamps: New faction to free slaves from Morrowind.
? Interior daylights: Make interiors of houses brighter or darker depending on time of the day and weather conditions
? Cliff Racers: Disable these pests, most annoying thing in the game
? Female pants replacement: Women were using male pants so they were packed, fixed.
? Travelling merchants: What the name says, between several cities and towns
? NPCMove: Ask people to move if they are blocking your way
? Earthly Delights: Now you can go to the whore house in Suran and get laid for some 150 gold coins
? Secret masters fix: Game bugfix package
? Cloak of Three: Add cloaks to the game, the game didn't have any. Some of them gib special powers.
? Weight fix: Make stuff weight what it should (you can carry a limited weight of items)
? Atmospheric Sound Effects (*): Add several hundred of 3D sound effects to the world of Morrowind for a richer experience.
? VGreetings: Game bugfix to enable hidden greeting lines.
? Persuasion Response Expansion: Make people respond with funny lines when you bribe, admire, intimidate, or taunt them.
? FPS Optimizer: Program to dynamically adjust how far you see according to fps, to let you control it with the mouse wheel, and to do some other neat things.
Not too bad, huh? If you're interested in the game save this post because you'll want to get all of this, and install them in this order. All of this is only available for the PC version, that's why the Xbox version is no use. I'll explain you how to install them if you're interested.
Here, I have some neat screenshots for you to get a glimpse of the game. All of them will show a different aspect of the game.
First, an original vs. modified comparison. First pics taken with the original version, as it should look unmodified and in the Xbox version. Second pics taken with my customized game (changing everything ? look at models, textures, lighting). I've laveled them "Xbox" (as in the Xbox version) and "XPC" (as in an extended PC version).
Ship (intro) ※ XBox ※ ※ XPC ※
Character creation ※ XBox ※ ※ XPC ※
Character body ※ XBox ※ ※ XPC ※
Interior ※ XBox ※ ※ XPC ※
Town ※ XBox ※ ※ XPC ※
Now let's focus on the final modified game (I don't have equivalent screenshots in the original game).
Laura's house ※ Link ※
Town at night ※ Link ※
A freak's custom-made character ※ Link ※
How about this? (NR-13) ※ Link ※
Sakurawind ※ Link ※
Example of a total conversion mod ※ Link ※
And yes, there are hundreds of mods adding dungeons, castles, towns, islands, or total conversions (replacing every data element in the game with new ones, as you could see in the last pics).
Phew. I hope this answers your question [img]smile.gif[/img] .