Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Rikki Prince" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: PSM Scary Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 12:45:49 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 69 Message-ID: <8017ur$auc3@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <8011q5$auc2@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: th-gt141-102.pool.dircon.co.uk X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 > Just read the new PSM the one with the really scary Lara on the front (Who > looks disturbingly like Marina out of StingRay with collagen implants) Lol > I'm not even going to question why they say that you can add a keyboard to > the PS2 with the PCCard slot, surely the USB slot is a lot easier as the > keyboards already exist, shall we put that down to an oversight. What I They really haven't got a clue. They very obviously only ever used a PSX and probably typewrite the magazine. It seemed much of what they said in their PS2 section was all assumed, and they assumed wrong. Another strange thing they said was that with the downloadability of "digital content, the memory card could be an essential purchase". Are they trying to say that people will buy an 8meg memory card to download movies and games onto it? I thought the increased size was so you wouldn't have to have fourteen million memory cards lying around, not knowing what is on each one. This was especially dumb as they say later that there will be a HD for storing downloads... Finally, they also seem to be excited about recordable DVD, but surely that will just lead to even more piracy. Oh, and wouldn't the output to MiniDisc be through the digital optical out, rather than the PCMCIA card? > question is their apparent lack of knowledge of the industry, in the PS2 > overview bit they are talking about the DVD capabilities of the machine and > the rumours that George Lucas is getting involved to oversee interactive > movies for the machine, IMHO that is the last thing the machine needs, > interactive movies have failed, and probably always will fail nobody wants > to watch a film and press left or right just before jumping out of a train > or something, I can't think of anything more boring, the only interactive > movie I want to get involved with will take more than a PS2 to achieve, I > need a holodeck, a large starship and a chatty computer. Again, I think it's more naivity on PSMs part. Their typewriters and morse code has let them down again ;) Anyway, it will be the developers that fail by trying to bring in interactive movies, not the machine, as there are going to many other games than just IMs. I reckon it would be good if you had a reasonably normal movie that reacted to things people shout out when watching it (eg. "He's behind you" will make the character spin around and start shooting, or something), but that's probably beyond PS2. > If PS2 is to usher in Interactive movies, I'll stick with my N64 and > Cartridges. > > My other problem is with their review of Tomb Raider, I've never been a fan > of TR, but they were stupid enough to put a playable demo on the CD so we > could see what it was like, well I would give it about 3 or 4 if I was being > generous, the control system is the worst kind of wank I've ever seen, if I > could get lara to aim at something was a miracle, if they fixed the controls > it might be an average game but as I say it a sub standard game... For some reason I bought TR1 and TR2 and hated both, and sold them. Shame they couldn't make 3 or 4 any better. Actually, no it's not. The whole idea of the sequels is a complete rip off, as it's the same stuff over again, and none if it's fun. There's not enough battling, and any that does happen is to difficult to control from third person, and after that you've got searching around and trying to guess which blocks to move or switches to 'flick', which is difficult in third person view as the camera buggers off and points in the other direction... Rikki