 |
|
You are not logged in! F.A.Q Log in Register |
 |
|
 |
 Now online (2)recycle Roger Wilco ...and 412 guests Last 5 registered Oplandisks nothingstar N_loop yipe foxtrotromeo Browse members... |
 |
Members 8025Messages 2614093 Today 6 Topics 127542 |
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Should i purchase one of these or not? I am tempted as i am an avid game player. Are the games worth it? Can someone give me some insight? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
they've got some great games.. not all that many.. but good ones.. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Mario Kart is out soon! |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Cheap console, decent control pad. There's a bunch of games like Mario Sunshine now which are £20 new. The problem is the second hand market just doesn't come close to the PS2 - with PS2 games you can get stuff like GTA3 for £10 second hand. Most GC stuff is like £30 second hand (for the good stuff). Plus, there just aren't that many games that interest me. If you have a PS2 already and have got a bit fed up with it, then go for it. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
you should check out ign.com |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
some great party games on it, last weekend I had a lot of fun playing "monkey ball" and "super smash brothers", timesplitters is alright, but it's avaliable on other systems metroid is a really nice game, and zelda is supposed to be pretty solid, |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
iv'e got a GC, but i regret i bought it. there isn't any good games. buy a PS2. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
I am already a proud owner of a PS2. From what i hear, i may save my money. As long as they keep pumpin' out the Final Fantasy games and Metal Gear Solid's on PS2 then i shall be happy. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
I dunno the second hand market for GC stuff isn't that bad here. Cash generator put all games at £15 here. So, Burnout (£10 new) is £15, but so is Splinter Cell.. There are a few really outstanding games on it, but it's true at the moment if your the sort of person who buys a game a week you may find a lack of quality releases. Good games: Supr Monkey Ball (I prefer 1, but 2 is good as well), Soul Calibur 2 (available on other systems, but the general consensus is that this is the best version), Splinter Cell (not as good graphics wise as the xbox version, but a better storyline and superb use of the GBA link cable if you have a GBA...) Metroid Prime, Burnout is a good driving game- it lacks the depth of say GT3 or Project Gotham, but as an arcade racer it's superb. Best crash physics in any game as well... As Refund said, some good party games, Mario Party 4, Smash Brothers etc. which are good simple fun games- the sort of things you can play with friends who don't normally play video games. F-zero GC is imminent which will be absolutely amazing if the videos/magazine reviews/previous games in the series are anything to go by... Mario Kart is also near to release, but from what I've seen/read I'll wait till I play it before buying it. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
BTW the definitive version of metal gear solid (the psOne original) is coming to the GC soon... |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
NO YOU SHOULD WASTE YOUR MONEY ON RECORDS. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
i do that enough man, and it's not wasted, its wisely invested ;) |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Buy the Gamecube!! You won't be sorry! Ceri: "Mario Kart is also near to release, but from what I've seen/read I'll wait till I play it before buying it. " ........ don't you mean you'll wait till I buy it, and then buy it?!?! :P |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
* I'll wait till I have that new mixer before I buy any new games anyway :P |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Gamecube is great. Just got Viewtiful Joe, it's a side scroller, with very stylish graphics and old school gameplay, I highly suggest it. Windwaker rocks also. And don't forget F ZERO if your into amazingly fast racers! My PS2 got a little old, Castlevania is the only game I'm interested in. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
i got a gamecube for zelda and ikaruga and i'm glad i did. : ) even if zelda is a bit short it's a great game. ikaruga is great too, if you like 2d shooters, don't miss it... (if you can still find it!!) soul calibur II as well. and there are the resident evil series too. and f-zero gc coming... - now my brother already had a ps2 when i bought the gamecube, and there are more games on ps2 that's for sure - if i had to choose one between the two, i'm not sure which one i would take. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
and if we wait a couple of days it's only 99 euros in europe too! how cheap! Now I even think about buying one! |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Soul Calibur 2 was only supposed to be on the Cube (hence the "Licensed by Nintendo" before the intro on every version) and link actually has a weapon. Super smash Bros... all the way! I own a PS2 BTW. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
I had a GC for a while. It was great, but I sold it cuz I couldn't afford that shit anymore. The wireless controllers are well ace, and teh games are good enough. I can't afford that shit anymore, but if you can, go for it, nice system overall. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
It's slim pickings compared to the PS2, but it's worth it. Metroid Prime, Mario, Zelda, Mario Kart, Twin Snakes, Resident Evil, all kinds of exclusive games that the PS2 and Xbox will never see. It's worth it. And they just chopped the price anyway. You'll quickly exhaust its library of great games though. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
The thing about the Gamecube - it's the only game system i own right now - is that while it doesn't have the DVD capability of Xbox or PS2, this is actually a good thing. Nintendo didn't take the approach to an "entertainment" system, they took an approach towards a gaming system. Notice that a PS2 doesn't last very long because the hardware is shit, and Xbox lasts about three times as long as this, but my friends have already had to replace theirs once, but that's because they used it to watch DVDs. A Gamecube is built to last. I've had mine for almost two years now and its never done me wrong once. Plus, I don't know if you've noticed, but the games on PS2 lately are becoming of a lower and lower quality. And while Microsoft is improving in terms of being a game company, many japanese companies have little interest in developing for it. Gamecube however, seems to have the best of both worlds. It's got decent incarnations of many quality third-party titles, and its first party product is damn near indestructable. Plus they're very cheap now. :D |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
The Gamecube will be dead in a year, I doubt the PS2 will |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
GAMES: Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Super Mario Sunshine Super Smash Bros. Melee Soul Calibur II Phantasy Star Online Ikaruga Mario Kart Double Dash F-Zero GC Resident Evil 0 Resident Evil Resident Evil 2 Resident Evil 3 Resident Evil 4 Killer-7 (out soon) Viewtiful Joe!!!!!! Metroid Prime Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes Bomberman Generations Sonic Mega Collection Sonic Adventure DX Sonic Adventure 2 Capcom vs. SNK 2 |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
I've said it before, and I'll say it again; Sony disc reading hardware is shit and always fucking breaks on me. GameCube controllers are the best- |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Your Playstations must hate you guys, cuz mine PSs have been nothing short of sweethearts since 1996. You suck at life and your hardware knows it and reacts accordingly. There aren't many Gamecube games I'm after right now... The Twin Snakes is the only one I really REALLY want. But I'd need 7 hands to count all the PS2 games I've got to pick up. The Fall of Max Payne and Final Fantasy X2 first and secondmost! |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Everyone seems to love the GC controller... whilst I think it is the best of the three current systems, people don't seem to mention its flaw: The position of the Z button. Stupid, stupid way it's places and the concave shape of the shoulder buttons mean that pressing it is as hard as the Start button. It should only be used on menus IMO. Thankfully most game designers have realised this and don't assign z as anything important... |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
i needed quite a long time to get used to the GC controller, i didn't like it at all before... (i still don't like how the L and R triggers are, though) |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
I LOVE the Gamecube controller! It looked ridiculous at first glance but it fits like a glove. The Z button is definitely foolish though. The C Stick is also strange, it's like in an octagonal pit or something, it feels weird, doesn't rotate smoothly. I have the old Xbox controllers, with the buttons all scrunched together and the Black and White buttons in an awkward position. And I can barely get my hands around the thing anyway. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
ya gamecube is solid man. fun fun. Mario Golf is tha shit |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
word to that mappatazee. ophecks, i'm sure you don't use your ps2 for dvd playing - i know you're far too smart for that - =D it's just a lot of people move theirs around, take them places, and use them for DVD playing, which fucks them, but obviously you take exceptional and proper care of yours. But seriously, you're the only person I know who hasn't had to replace their ps2 yet. I like the Gamecube controller, but FUCK its microscopic d-pad - it really irritates me because i prefer the d-pad for same games. And anyways, I've heard a rumor that Nintendo is going to get the jump on Sony and Microsoft in the next system war, apparently. But it's not like Nintendo is going to go away anytime soon. They made the Game Boy - which has sold millions (or billions) worldwide, being the best-selling system ever, so Nintendo's pockets should be deep enough to stay afloat for a while. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Yup, I treat my PS2 like a newborn baby! I spilled chocolate milk all over my Gamecube once and now the open button sticks, and sometimes the lid won't stay shut. But that's my fault, not the hardware. I have poor motor skills when I'm drinking. And Nintendo's cash cow is definitely the Gameboy Advance, so it's really going to be interesting to see how the Pocketstation or whatever it's called fares. A portable Dreamcast-quality system... yikes. I'll always be a Nintendo fan, first and foremost... they still make the best first-party games around... but Sony has most of the big THIRD party names onboard putting their flagship titles out for the PS2. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
i figured as much - no wonder yours has lasted so long. mine was actually doing well until my little brother started watching dvd's on it. then it just went downhill from there (i used it too for dvds a bit, though) Nokia's N-Gage isn't going to last too long - the price is too high, and classically the swiss-army knife notion hasn't worked with gaming systems at all. As for the PSP (Playstation Portable), it all depends on the price and hardware quality. But personally, I don't think a portable disc based system is going to be cheap at all. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Which reminds, a company (don't remember the name) actually developed a working 3D gaming engine for the GBA, and the graphics were of PSOne quality. It's a shame no one has used it yet, but i could care less, cause i enjoy the oldschool gaming action. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Oh yes, add ANIMAL CROSSING to my list of quality gamecube games - that's one of the only games I've played next to Phantasy Star Online where I have to clock my gaming time in days, not hours. I'll warn you though, Animal Crossing will ruin your life. Coming off it is like coming off of heroin! |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
by the way, i found Super Mario Sunshine deceiving... Super Smash Bros. Melee is great fun at 4 players though (and easy to play) =) |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
THAT is the truth. Insane fun, indeed! |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
do they have mario or starfox for xbox? oh wait...there's no reason to. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
I must pay homage to nintendo i love the gamecube ,i havent had it long . want list: mario golf (graphics look amazing ) mario kart soul cal 2 mario 128 I got rid of my ps2 and bought a dvd player for £40 ,the only thing i miss about ps2 is grand turismo 3, thee best game in the world !! anyway nintendo has a talent for making games which sony and microsoft could only wish for . |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
don't make me kick you. :D warpphex: glad to see you share my love for nintendo did you the symbols (japanese) that make up the word "nintendo" actually translate to "heaven blesses hard work"? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
there was an add on tv the other day "the game cube is now only $99 USD" so yeah thats like... cheap? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
yes it has been dropped - i heard they also slashed the GBA Player for GC down to $50, and that they're now selling it in bundles with the GC for about $129.. or it might be more. by the way kcinsu, how are things? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
things are pretty good... busy with school and work though hows about you? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
working on a concept album while waiting for: a) new albums on crazyfungus to come out b) for my music to start selling c) for my interview with dallaslocalmusicscene.com and reviews of my music there (Oct 27th!!) d) for press kits so i can write more for muisc.org lots of waiting - and i'm in another remix contest. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
does anyone have every played summoner on the gamecube? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Nope... I didn't even know there was one! I've been looking for Summoner for the PS2. It seems Nintendo systems have been completey devoid of RPGs since 1996. They get Square's second rate Final Fantasy games now. Even the Xbox has Knights of the Old Republic and Morrowind... and Fable is looking pretty cool. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
it might have been cancelled, because THQ recently pulled out of developing for GC - but then again, it might have been released.... but if its anything like the PS2 version (Summoner 2) it should be worth some cash. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
game cube was recently hacked using the lan port i believe |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Get a Gamecube, I have two so when I move out its coming with me |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
I really wish that game cube was backwards compatible ie played 64 games with an adapter, kind of like how it does with game boy (although I still have my 64 less space is ace). Soul Caliber II is great. I like the X-Men fighting game also. I haven't gotten the Zelda game for game cube yet. I really liked ocarina of time, although majora's mask really tried my patience and I didn't get very far. The idea was good in concept but annoying in execution. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
glasse > nice avatar... ; ) Ocarina of Time is my favourite game of all time. i didn't like Majora's Mask though, i even gave up and i'm locked in the ice goron temple... i didn't like the ambiance of it, like Ocarina through a weird dream/nightmare... ...but Wind Waker is good! =) not as good as Ocarina of Time... but still well worth it. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
|
Messageboard index
|
|||||||||
