Molyneux's Shenmue

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:56 am

Fable is out. So has anyone picked it up yet? What's the verdict?

Post by **Segaholic2** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:28 am

I'm waiting for my next paycheck. I guess. I have so many games to buy, it's not funny. Darn you, school.

Ash Holt · Post by **Ash Holt** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:56 am

I have it. I'm only a couple of hours into it, and it's pretty boring right now.

The most exciting things so far are the ability to fart and punch little girls in the face.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:30 pm

Farting is good. I was once designing this action RPG where there'd be a designated "fart" button, and farting would cause different reactions in various situations.

Segaholic2 wrote:I'm waiting for my next paycheck. I guess. I have so many games to buy, it's not funny. Darn you, school.

I asked who HAS the game, not who can't AFFORD the game, macksmocker! Perhaps you'll learn that you are only to speak when spoken to after you've had some time to think...

<img src="http://www.edoropolis.org/violet/gallery/pole1.jpg">

On PRISONER ISLAND!

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 1:56 pm

I have it. It's alright, though I'm only about an hour into it. Whisper's annoying the hell out of me, though.

Ash Holt · Post by **Ash Holt** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:35 pm

You beat her ass a few times down the road.

I'm having more fun now. I am randomly cutting people's fucking heads off during battles now, and it's cool.

And do everything you can to meet that guy's daughter in Bowerstone when you get there, she's hot ;).

Post by **Popcorn** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:40 pm

It's not out here yet, but I really want it. It's a curious want, though, not a lustful one: I don't think it's going to be great, but it might be, and I'm desperate to find out.

There's something about the whole aesthetic that bugs me, though. It's so... British.

Ash Holt · Post by **Ash Holt** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 3:32 pm

Yeah, it is. They spell "practice" with an "s" and everything. I spent damn near a ten minutes trying to figure out what a "jetty" is. It's also sort of a gaudy looking game, and maybe it's just me but I'm suddenly having some framerate issues in towns with a lot of people.

And everyone has this annoying sort of cockney accent. They also call you a "chicken chaser" when you're starting out. I swear, I'm going to obliterate the entire town of Bowerstone when I become more powerful.

On a humorous sidenote, they show little hearts above the heads of women who are attracted to you, and then out of nowhere I see this guy carrying a crate around with a little heart above his head as well. I'm hot shit.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:55 pm

Alright, I did a lot of playing today (Faked illness, because I hate English.), and now I'm flirting with the Mayor(ess). It's great fun.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:27 pm

Are there nekkid boobies?

Post by **Segaholic2** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:39 pm

There's censored sex, according to what I've read.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:00 pm

I think it's mostly implied. Trying to woo this damn woman for 10,000 gold. Then I can go back to the woman who loves me, despite the fact that I have a habit of beating people who look at me funny.

Ash Holt · Post by **Ash Holt** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:26 pm

I was hoping you could kill the children, and I haven't been to a town where I've been able to have a weapon out near a kid, but I found that I can't target the chickes, so the children might be the same. I can kick the chickens, sure, but I can't strike them with my sword.

:(

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:31 pm

asked who HAS the game, not who can't AFFORD the game, macksmocker! Perhaps you'll learn that you are only to speak when spoken to after you've had some time to think...

On PRISONER ISLAND!

Holy Shit, I missed that show. Where did you get that screencap, GG? It's hard to find Samurai Pizza Cat screenshots (so far, I've only found one website which hosts quite a number).
~Neo

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:32 pm

Didn't they make Grand Theft Auto for you repressed criminals?

Apparently this is a far-fetched concept, but let's say I want to play the game without kicking chickens and punching little girls. Is it still fun?

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:33 pm

(so far, I've only found one website which hosts quite a number).

It's probably from that website. It's remote linked, just check the URL.

Ash Holt · Post by **Ash Holt** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:06 pm

Green Gibbon! wrote:Didn't they make Grand Theft Auto for you repressed criminals?

Apparently this is a far-fetched concept, but let's say I want to play the game without kicking chickens and punching little girls. Is it still fun?

I can't even afford armor right now, so I don't think I've played enough to judge the game to any extent beyond this: asides from fucking with people, the first couple of hours or so aren't exciting or engrossing. In fact, the story is fucking retarded so far, and combat is pretty much just hack-and-slash.

I'm hoping that the story will pick up and the depth of how your character progresses as well as more interesting quests will save the game for me.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:13 pm

I noticed a distinct proliferation of beards on the character art. That kind of turned me off the game on the whole, believe it or not.

That, and I believe the X-box is the spawn of Satan. Well, grandspawn of Satan.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:54 pm

asides from fucking with people, the first couple of hours or so aren't exciting or engrossing. In fact, the story is fucking retarded so far, and combat is pretty much just hack-and-slash.

So, in a nutshell, it's Shenmue without the aesthetic sense?

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 12:16 am

No, it's Shenmue without the aesthetics, but with swords and the ability to screw girls (and guys?) . . .

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 5:43 am

Yes, guys too.
In this world, you can be whatever you want to be, as long as it's a white male.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:48 am

That's incredibly moronic. For a game that focuses on customizing it's character . . .

How long would it have taken them to ya know - actually produce a playable female model?

The white part is pretty much a given, though - unfortunately. I can't think of a single game in which the main character WASN'T caucasian or asian. Well, except the Matrix games.

And the stupid thing is that it would only take about 30 seconds to add some more skin textures to an adjustable palette that players could choose from.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 9:11 am

Zeta wrote:I can't think of a single game in which the main character WASN'T caucasian or asian.

Would Crazy Taxi count? One of the drivers you could choose was a black guy.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 9:44 am

I think going out of their way to make the game politically correct would be even more absurd. Being that Fable seems to take place in a medieval European setting, anything other than a white male would be out of place.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 10:55 am

Actually, the designers <I>were</I> developing the game with the choice of playing a female (the hero's sister), but decided to scrap it due to the insane amount of extra work it would have added (thousands of new lines of voice acting and such).

Who knows, maybe in a sequel. God forbid.