Mmm, brains.

Post by **Popcorn** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:44 pm

Green Gibbon! wrote:
Also, BG&E was awesome, you nimrod. Flawed, but awesome.

There's a character in Wander called Nimrod.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:46 pm

QUIT SPOILING THE GAME

Post by **Popcorn** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:13 pm

Green Gibbon! wrote:QUIT SPOILING THE GAME

He's in the goddamn introduction sequence. Everyone dies at the end btw.

Post by **Esrever** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:23 pm

The PS2 version actually holds up quite well! I mean, of course it looks worse than the Xbox version. But it's a very thought out, careful port. I'd recommend giving it a rent, at least!

The Doc · Post by **The Doc** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:37 pm

Is this game worth buying an XBox? Especially this close to the birth of the Next GenerationÃ‚Â®?

Post by **Esrever** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:42 pm

It is, but I bet there will be an Xbox price drop before the year is over. So perhaps wait for that!

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:59 pm

QUIT WASTING EXCLAMATION POINTS

Post by **Esrever** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:09 pm

Ok!

But getting back to something you asked about half a thread ago, Ancel is doing the King Kong game. But apparently Peter Jackson was a fan of BG&E, and requested Ancel by name. I don't know... the game looks promising, but it's hard to get excited about it because I don't really care about the film at all.

Adam Adamant · Post by **Adam Adamant** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:27 pm

I hate to go on about it, but BG&E was soo average. Really. There was nothing really inovative in it. The combat system was boring and repetitive (get your buddy to do their attack then do yours, repeat). The stealth bits were rubbish and the camera for them was worse meaning I, at least, had to play many of them several times till I knew the guards routes, which was really tedious. The photo thing was interesting but, I felt, a really awkward gimmick that, whilst not making the game worse, certainly didn't make it better than any game without such a device. The story was nice, the anti-coporate, enviromentalist thing was well intentioned but so lacking in 'oomph', it seemed really dull and barely relevant to 'politics' or whatever they were trying to get across. Forgettable enough that I've forgotten most of it.

Anyway, my soapbox away, I'll admit I gave up before I got to the space bits. After setting really low targets for orb collections before, it ramped them up for the space engines so I would have had to revisit almost every location (and those awful stealth pieces) to proceed. I couldn't be bothered and maybe I'd think the game was double-ace if I'd persevered but my impression was of severe mediocracy disguised with some awful political story.

Post by **Popcorn** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:39 pm

Yeah, but you think Fur Fighters is an underloved classic.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:01 pm

ADAM ADAMANT EATS POO-POO

Post by **Esrever** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:43 pm

It's true that many of BG&E's individual gameplay components -- the stealth, the combat, the photos, the hovercrafts, etc -- were not particularly innovative. What made BG&E so good, though, was how it managed to do so many different things, do them all well, and integrate them seemlessly in the service a single (excellent) story.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:57 pm

Second'd. Plus, Mamago's!

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:40 pm

It was short as hell though.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:16 pm

JADE IS HOT

Post by **Esrever** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:51 pm

I don't really mind when games are short. If a game is really long, all that usually means for me is that I'll never finish it! :/

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:57 pm

Adam Adamant wrote:Anyway, my soapbox away, I'll admit I gave up before I got to the space bits. After setting really low targets for orb collections before, it ramped them up for the space engines so I would have had to revisit almost every location (and those awful stealth pieces) to proceed. I couldn't be bothered and maybe I'd think the game was double-ace if I'd persevered but my impression was of severe mediocracy disguised with some awful political story.

I don't know if I remember everything exactly cause I was under the influnce of painkillers when I played this game, but I seem to recall finding several locations that I hadn't been to before that gave me liek 10+ of the orb things each. Also the twist at the end, after you get into space mind you, was definately unexpected by me at least.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:09 am

Double post! OH NOES!

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/p ... sychonauts

Is it just me or is the used version of the game 6 bucks more than the new version?

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:37 am

That actually happens sometimes. If it's a game that's been discontinued, they mark it down to purge any remaining stock. Used games, however, are always active in the system. In instances where a game is discontinued very quickly (usually in the case of a game that isn't selling), there will often be leftover stock of factory-sealed games that sell for cheaper than the used ones.

Adam Adamant · Post by **Adam Adamant** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:10 am

Green Gibbon! wrote:ADAM ADAMANT EATS POO-POO

GREEN GIBBON LIKES TO SIT ON HIS MOTHER'S FACE

Post by **Popcorn** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:17 am

AND WIGGLE.

Adam Adamant · Post by **Adam Adamant** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:21 pm

THAT'S A PREREQUISITE WHEN IT COMES TO GIBBONS MUM

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:25 pm

Well, isn't this different.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:10 pm

Brazillian Cara wrote:Well, isn't this different.

Excellently put.

Majestic Joey · Post by **Majestic Joey** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:42 pm

I finally have met some one that actually knew what psychonauts is without explaining it. only thing i did not like about the game was the punching. it just did not work right.