Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Craig Graham Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Ssssh! Dreamcast talk... Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 17:24:37 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 76 Message-ID: <935515477.1696547151@news.playstation.co.uk> References: <7pts91$6lp5@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: d4-s47-49-telehouse.mistral.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-NewsReader: kexpress 0.8.0 "Nick Ferguson" wrote: >(Everybody quiet now...) >Has anyone played on the new Dreamcast demo machines which popped up in My baby brother got a Jap import DC back in May. I borrowed it and spent an evening with my mate from Pixelogic trying out a couple of the games..= =2E >Sonic Adventure (video) >- Pretty badly edited video. Interesting if you haven't seen the game >running already, I suppose. I'd just like to say that what I've seen of = SA >makes it seem significantly more interesting than this footage. Cool >twister, tho' I was really disappointed with this - it just didn't have the impact that a really great game should have the first time you see it. I remember whe= n I first saw Mario64 (in Hong Kong) - I layed my money straight down and bought an N64. Sonic just doesn't have it - looks rushed, gameplay is unbalanced and it's just not enough fun. >Not a sausage on the disc about truly wank-worthy titles Shen Mue, Get B= ass, >RE: Code Veronica, House of the Dead 2, Soul Calibur or anything to do w= ith >net access. Hmmm. Sort it out, Sega. Did I mention Incoming's 50 / 60 Hz You didn't mention Blue Stinger (which is another game my bro's got) - the folks who liked Resident Evil will love it - but I was almost frog = marched out of SCEE's Noel St office when I voiced my opinion about Resident Evil (I hated it) - better than Sonic, but again, not enough better to interes= t me in a DC. Another thing my bro's got is the browser, unfortunately the Jap spec modem doesn't work in the UK so I didn't try that.... >disc - I don't think you can draw many conclusions from demo versions, >though (look at Driver)! Loading's no faster than a PSX really. >I was quite disappointed with the contents of the disc. If it wasn't for >TrickStyle, I would say that there wasn't a single playable demo that sh= owed >the DC's potential. The videos show off the detail of the game environme= nts, >but compression artifacts and the low frame rate really make the graphic= s >look horrible compared to how they really appear. I really hope this isn= 't >the disc to be bundled with the retail version... In comparison, the US = demo >disc has *playable* versions of Power Stone, Sonic Adventure, Get Bass a= nd >HOTD2, among others. Video is reserved for games still in development, o= r >much less exciting releases. Hmmm - *already* I'm glad I'm getting a US >Dreamcast. The ingame FMV is a bit of a let down from what I've seen - poor quality, low production values (nothing to come close to Soul Blade's intro). >This has been a public service announcement. :) > >Is anyone else here definitely getting a Dreamcast? Definitely not. I'll get an NGPS or (and?) a Dolphin instead... >Nick "Pong 3D" F Craig.