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I'd be interested to see how they are going to fit a 7gig installation onto the Wii moreso than the friends code problem. The friends code problem could be easily resolved if both parties work on it - as the Xbox Live issue was with the X360 version.

Most MMOs will need a large installation due to the large nature of their worlds - it would either need to stream off a disc (which means new areas can't be added, or will be limited in their additions) or need an alternative storage option.
wobbler wrote
David wrote
wobbler wrote
Edit: that explains it David, but do you know their reasoning behind not allowing classic controllers to be used for GC games?
Because in order to achieve 100% backward compatibility, the Wii has to become a Gamecube. All the additional features are turned off, the CPU and GPU clock speeds are slowed to half or less, and all the new fast RAM is cut out, allowing for it to be a perfect re-creation of the original hardware.

Unfortunately this includes disabling the bluetooth wireless controllers.
Thanks for that explaination, although it does seem to be a pretty weak excuse by Nintendo. Im sure a workaround for controls of a game wouldn't have been too hard as they are only inputs.
Surely it would be easier to either;

A: Have a small unit that recieves the bluetooth inputs from the Wiimote and Classic Controller and then feeds it onto the unit - relieving stress from the main system and also allowing it to scale back to GCN mode and still use the bluetooth controller. It's the same way that the tools I use at work have been operating since day one of bluetooth integration, and it's been found to be the cheapest and best way to do it.

Or,

B: Why bother with the classic controller at all, why not just use GCN controllers. Sell a white one and call it the WiiCN controller or something.
phoenix89 wrote
Yeah i agree with Xamerkapsy. There were never any aliens in the show. The closest thing i can think of is the Reavers and they were just insane humans that went "bibilty at the edge of space".
Umm, yeah, spoiler alert.

My post was also a double huh, partly for the point you mentioned - lack of aliens, and partly for what the hell does that sentence even mean?

We can choose the type of alien boobies? And there is a large selection?

=/
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Firefly also has its fair share of alien hoobyjoobies, so plenty to choose from there.
Huh?
Is this the same one that was offered through PlayOnline to Japanese customers?
His profile says he has never played a couple of those games online before, yet still has full achievements.

I suppose that could mean all the achiements are attainable without playing a multiplayer match, but my impression was that you'd need to go online for all those games...unless you maybe disconnected the cord, unlocked the achievements and then went back online at a later date?

I don't know much about how offline achievements work, but it sounds a little fishy to me.
It's worth noting that there is a planned update (allegedly) to make the HDD accessible to games that used the PS2 HDD.

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Games that use the hard disk will currently not run. The problem is that the built-in PS3 hard disk cannot currently be used as a PS2 hard disk. We haven't tried it out ourselves, but this means games like Final Fantasy XI and Nobunaga's Ambition Online won't work.

For now at least. The good news is that Sony plans on making hard disk based PS2 games compatible in a future system software update. The list of titles that will work once this magic system update is carried is basically just Nobunaga's Ambition Online, Final Fantasy XI and the Play Online viewer, and Front Mission Online in all their variations, including expansions.
-http://au.ps3.ign.com/articles/745/745439p1.html
nikack wrote
Curiously, couldn't you bring out a class action suit against, Microsoft, Nintendo (after the Wii comes out) and possibly movie studios, for region encoding their stuff. Since if I remember correctly region encoding is against a fair trade law because they use region encoding to raise prices of games here. That would get you your cheaper games.
You can't bring a class action against Microsoft, as their console is not region locked, only the games are at the decision of the developer.

So if you took the developers to court, they'd argue on several grounds.

Firstly, the language changes need to be made in the games, so that they can be adjusted for the markets.

Then the thing that Sony hide behind is the format for output. PAL and the JP/NA NTSC.

Once all that's sorted, you'd still have several hundred million dollars worth of lawyers to deal with, and that would be per country.

Alas, the only person that has gone up against the big wigs in Australia lately, was sadly classed as a Pirate and little more, and was backed by the ACCC in the issue.
I feel it would be more worthwhile and less likely to be exploited if the tools were based less on perhaps a BPS measurement.

Then again, it would need to be related to a users normal heart rate, so perhaps a wristband, or item that hangs around your neck and sticks to your chest that measures your heart beat when you are idle, and compares that to when you are exercising, thus getting a less exploitable measurement of when people are actually exercising.


That's my arrogant jerk alarm.

For the life of me i can't figure out why it's going off?

Hmmm.
Don't SE have another MMO on their hands already? Fantasy Earth or something? I do know it's to be played through PlayOnline, like that FFVII thingo, Tetra Master and of course FFXI.

I think SE mapped out an 18 month gameplan for FFXI at their last convention in the US and they've dropped large hints they have another expanion in the works for when ToAU is wrapped up. It's pretty safe to say there is no sequel on the way.
dymsim wrote
Spanca wrote
Why do they need to? Blu-ray is expensive, and something most consumers don't need or want. I'd take a guess that 95-99% of Australian households don't own an HDTV, so why push a HD movie format upon consumers when DVDs are fine.
Even if you don't have a HDTV to watch the HD movie format, you can still have 50GB worth of game storage on one disk. With the graphics that the PS3 can push out, it's going to need all the space it can get (ie: storing textures, sounds, maps, etc)

I'm no Sony fanboy, but the 9.8gb max of the Xbox360 is really going to hinder it's performance when developers unlock the hardware's full potential.
Because we've never heard of game makers using a second disc before.

The GCN's inability to store a whole resident evil game on a single disc totally ruined RE4.

And besides, how many games are really taking up that much room? Surely developer costs would max out before the capacity of a DVD would?
The other night, I learnt Raise III and defeated Maat.

A good night all in all.
Clearly an attempt to avoid taxes in certain regions by classing it as a PC.
James wrote
*gets out popcorn*
Nice to see you find it amusing, rather than taking a genuine interest in user feedback.
I dunno guys - the fact that it's still lacking anything about the game, or the Xbox specific flaws it has, kinda bothers me.
Mark wrote
"Also, how on earth did you play this game without a keyboard"

Well considering that the original game was a PS2 title, and based off the PS2 controls, I don't see how this would be an issue with the PC or Xbox360 versions. The PC version's controls are set-out like a controller... so... I'm not too sure where you're going with that one.
All versions of the game would need a keyboard equally. It is a heavily text based game, with a chatbox taking up a large portion of the screen for the entire time you play.

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"Have you played WoW? Levels 1-10 on FFXI can be done in a couple of hours with dedication (not the in-game effect, though that helps), which I'm sure is a lot faster than Warcraft."

Completely untrue. World of Warcraft is probably the most easiest MMORPG in the history of MMORPG games, there is absolutely no skill involved in getting to level 60. The same can't be said for Final Fantasy XI (level 70, I think?). In Final Fantasy XI you get penalised for losing battles, and get stuck in a rut if you can't battle correctly. Personally, I think leveling can be a very drawn out process if you don't understand the interface.
Yet Bronze has reached the original level cap in the game (50) just a little while after his first month ended. In fact, it's easy enough to reach level 75, the cap, within three months. And as GTPod pointed out, there were level 75 players in the new jobs around 12 days after the jobs were accessible. That includes the time it took them to discover how to gain access to the new areas and unlock the jobs.

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To Luke's credit though, there are certain things reviews do or do not mention in reviews to prevent them from dragging on. This is subject to change from person to person depending on what stoodout the most for them. You're essentially asking for a full rundown of the game in every single aspect, which is difficult in such a huge game - which is why I refused to review World of Warcraft - and that's not what reviews are for. They're there to highlight the positives and negatives of a game, not a massive FAQ for a game. Whether or not Luke fulfilled this is subject to change depending on different opinions.
I understand the difficulty involved, but this is really only good enough to be a poor preview, not a full review. It also contains false information and I've been mostly ignored and dismissed from the start.

It's good to know that the publisher read the review Luke, but I don't care. I see this as poor journalism.

And if dismissing as an "FF Fany boy" and ignoring my comments at the start when you were clearly wrong, wasn't rude, what is?

Are you honestly telling me now that you played the game without a keyboard too? You played a chat based game, with a heavy emphasis on communicating with other players and you did all this without a keyboard?
Luke wrote
Xamer i didn't mention screen tearing because i didn't see it as an issue, made a mistake with the linkshell and it's fixed.

Topic is over now, the rest of the review is correct. You will find reviewing an MMORPG is difficult and in ANY review it is almost impossible to include as much info as possible. Pretty much done now and yes i have more reviews to work on.

The controls were fine for me (although i only played it on 360) screen tearing wasn't an issue (im not including things only you suggested me too because this is my contention) X360 faults i covered, like the lack of achievements and pointlessness of this conversion.

Happy? I bet not.
Screen tearing that occurs constantly throughout the game is not an issue?
We are talking distortion across the screen that tears and retears every half to full second when the camera is moving.

The review wrote
Once you've levelled up a bit and you're a little richer it is safe to leave the city
You cannot level up inside a city. Perhaps a re-wording is required to clarify what you mean.

The review wrote
The Xbox 360 version is played against players who own the PlayStation 2 or the PC version of the game....
This line is misleading, there is very little PvP in the game, so it would be better to say that the game is played with players from other platforms, and would also be good to mention that a single account can sign in from any platform.

The review wrote
The Xbox 360 version is basically identical to the PlayStation 2 and the PC version released all those years ago...
I explained this to you in PM's.

The Xbox and PC versions are graphically equal, the PS2 version has lower graphics.

The review wrote
...but if you were that interested in the title it's likely you played it a few years ago.
What if you have an Xbox and want to see how it plays on the Xbox as a break from the PC?

What if you played it before and want to know if it's changed?

The game also only launched in PAL territories less than two years ago, so it is unlikely that a PAL gamer would have picked it up "a few years ago."

The controls, when you use the keyboard, and since this game is very heavily community based it very much wants a keyboard to be used, uses the num-pad for movement, and is generally not liked by new players.

Luke wrote
...it is almost impossible to include as much info as possible.
I'm just going to let that one hang in the air for a bit icon_smile.gif

Also, how on earth did you play this game without a keyboard? O.o

Big Pete: It's neither childish, nor adult. It was not the correct thing to say, however given the circumstances, which I already outlined in this very thread, you should surely understand why it was said.

This whole fiasco has proven how little PalGN is taking note of it's feedback.

The bottom of the review says "Got something to say?" and instead of taking on board my feedback, you've been rude and dismissed me.
ugh the boot wrote
I don't see the point of a review if it's gonna have errors in them. People use these reviews to make viable decisions whether or not to purchase games so it's not something that should be taken lightly. I think Xamer has been trying to make a valid point and people keep missing this as him being a fan boy.

Would you be happy if you read a review for a TV which said the resolution was 1280 x 1080 but after buying the tv you found out it was actually 1280 x 720? Small or big....errors aren't something you can afford to make in your profession. If you have made them....then take immediate steps to correct them. It's pretty simple really, especially is someone is just trying to help you fix those errors.

People like me, Xgamer and other people on the forum are the whole reason this site even exists....so it's not something you should just disregard.

A lot of people on here need to grow up and discuss things in a adult manner without thinking that people are having a go at them.
Thank you! icon_smile.gif
Jim Dash wrote
They're obviously not as worried about it or as caught up over it as you are. He's probably writing some other reviews/articles at the moment and is over it.

You've made your point.
I've made my point, in the forums, however on the public front page, there is still misinformation and a large amount of important information lacking from the review.
Jim Dash wrote
Let it go Xamer....honestly who cares, its a game.
I don't think you are understanding this, it's not the game that has me caught up, it's the so called journalism and the response that the author gave me that has me distressed.

I think it entirely unfair that even when we point out that the review contains false information, the only response is to edit out one bit and neglect the rest.

The review also neglects to mention things like gameplay, the poor controls, the Xbox 360 specific faults, such as the glaringly obvious screen tearing that I have mentioned now for the umpteenth time.
leonmc wrote
I think it's time for a settle down Xamerkapsy, you're just blantinly attacking the reviewer now without warrent.

You've made your point, so just let it go.
Tell me who threatened who with libel then.
Luke wrote
Xamerkapsy wrote
It helps by offering a second opinion from someone who actually has played the game for more than a second (yes, on the Xbox 360 too).
Noow im offended, don't go saying i haven't played the game, by my recollection that's libel yes?
Okay sure, go get your lawyers and ask them about libel laws icon_razz.gif
Big Pete wrote
"I'm tempted to write a whole review in reply, because this is just crap to be honest."

How does that help anyone? Xamer?
It helps by offering a second opinion from someone who actually has played the game for more than a second (yes, on the Xbox 360 too).
Oh..my..god...

I have no problem with the fact that you guys didn't like the game.

Have a look at what I said I would have given it as a score.

My "point" was not that the game gets better later in the game, I never said that once.

My point was that he had incorrect information in his review and neglected to tell anyone about major faults in this game, or even how the game is played.

I wouldn't have mentioned skillchains if I were to review it, because they are nuts and bolts, not bigger picture.

It also disappoints me that the most obvious and major fault with this game was not even mentioned, despite the fact I told Luke about it several times by PM.

-Edit

Jibbs wrote
I'm sure i'd get annoyed if i saw a review of advance wars saying the best way to take down a bomber is with a battle copter(copters can't attack high altitude aircraft) but i wouldn't explode either.I may correct the fellow in a calm way, but i would not acuse him/her of putting up a poor review full of lies and is just 'crap'.

No need for that.
Well, when the review was originally posted, I replied, calmly, kindly, pointing out the mistakes that were made. My post was deleted, I was called a fanboy and was accused of making personal attacks.

So I replied in PM, explained to Luke what mistakes he had made, and suggested correcting those before re-posting the article.

He said he would do so, and re-wrote the article, largely unchanged.

I then restated that it may need a complete re-write, and pointed out a few of the things that were still wrong, to which he pretty much ignored and posted his article again.

Then, once that was done, as you can see, I pointed out a few of the mistakes he made again - which people have still ignored or misread what I have said.

It if rather frustrating when a website you start to trust blows you off like this and waves your initial attempts at help as rabid fan-boyism.


And for the record this is my first Final Fantasy game and the only one I've ever paid for...
#11: use it to play the huge number of Xbox games that still aren't supported on the Xbox 360 icon_razz.gif
Quinsisdos wrote
Xamerkapsy wrote
Funny, with this very publication, I was pleased with the last review.
Is that possibly because I was the one who wrote it? I was still a noob at the time, just look at the screenshots.

It's a perfect example of how people's opinions will differ over something like an MMO.

However, the following two points are also true:

- The 360 version is a port, that's gonna piss a lot of people off

- The FFXI community loves either laughing or having a go at bad information in reviews/other media.
How many times do I have to say it though?

This review has incorrect information in it...it lies essentially. How hard is it to go through and correct that at the very least?

This is also AFTER he had a large number of falsities corrected.

The review doesn't even bother to suggest picking up the (now very cheap) PC version over this if you are interested in the game.

This is why the review is poor.

Why can't anyone read my damned posts for once and see what I am saying?

plungmonies wrote
But criticizing a reviewer who has an abundant number of games to review at any one time and has to give all games equal treatment is just plain childish.
If you love your game then thats great, play, enjoy.
If you don't have time to make a proper effort, don't bother at all. They simply could have not reviewed the game and saved a lot of time.
You guys are all missing the points that GTPod and myself brought up.

This review has false information in it.

Is it that hard to read what I am saying?


Also, the reason I would have liked to see a review on it, even though I own the game, is that I own a PC and an Xbox 360

I wanted to know if it was worthwhile getting the 360 version aswell.

We ended up getting it since we have 2 PC's capable of running the game in the house, and three people who want to play it. So we got the 360 version for the 3rd person.

As it turns out, there are a few issues with it, that this review didn't even notice. How obvious does the problem have to be for you to pick it up, and maybe make a slight mention of it?
plungmonies wrote
Honestly this is the reason why blind fans do not review games for major publications. Giving a game high scores just to appease a few people or to justify your own purchase-bizzare brand loyalty is ludicrous.
Take a look at what other major pub's have been giving this game and you will realise that this review falls in line with what other experienced journo's are saying.
I remember a lot of FF fans getting quite upset over Edge magazines review of final fantasy 10 where the game recieved a 6.
If the game makes you happy then great, more power to you,
however the vast populous is grateful of such publications such as palgn and Edge for giving an unbiased opinion on all upcoming software.
I think you are missing the point completely.

The game should not have scored 6, I would have given it a 4.5 or a 5.0 at most.

The review itself it filled with things that are blatantly wrong, and completely neglects to mention how the game is played, or the story behind it.

Any kind of detail about the game would be a welcome addition. This review is just poor.
Funny, with this very publication, I was pleased with the last review.

Face it mate, you simply don't know jack shit about this game, in your original review that you posted, you said people should buy Oblivion instead.

OBLIVION?!?

It's not even 2 player, let alone Massively Multiplayer.

Your review shows your complete lack of knowledge about the game, and on a website which has a fair few people following this game it may have been a good idea to ask some of us for maybe a worldpass before doing the review, considering it is a community game, playing without a community is a bad idea. (yet another point you failed to note in your review)