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Happy Birthday to Stu! Get Bigger!
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Hi Goog! It's my birthday today! To celebrate, I have a few questions for you.
1)All things considered: technology, game library, other factors, which did you think was a better console, Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis?
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Googleshng:
SNES. No contest really.
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2)This isn't really a question, but isn't it neat that Arc the Lad Collection (which I've been waiting a long time for) is being shipped on my birthday?
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Googleshng:
It shipped yesterday... oh wait, you sent this letter yesterday. Darn time travel involved in writing
a column...
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3)Since most people seem to like Final Fantasy X, and being that it's VERY similar to FF8, do you think people will give FF8 a second look?
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Googleshng:
You'd think so, but they haven't been.
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4)As you may have guessed by the last question, I'm working on Final Fantasy X. I already know about Grandia 2, but what other traditional style RPGs do you know of coming out for the PS2 that might be worth a look?
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Googleshng:
Uh... WA3?
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5)Have you ever played any old Sierra games, like King's Quest, Space Quest, Quest For Glory, or Leisure Suit Larry? Along the same lines, have you ever played any of the old Infocom all text adventures like Zork, Enchanter, or Planetfall? Highly recommended if you haven't.
Well, that's it for me, time to go have cake.
Robust Stu, signing off
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Googleshng:
Respectively: Maybe, yes, yes, yes, yes, no, and no. All pretty spiffy. The only adventuere game I've
ever played and disliked that I can think of was Myst.
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VI
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Wow, I bet I'm the only person who got what you were
saying about Fallout. At least it seems that way.
Nobody plays Fallout anymore. Just recently, I have
been having a strange "Fallout binge" and I have been
rabidly playing both 1 & 2, trying to get all the
sidequests and alternate endings. I wanted to ask you
a few questions concerning Fallout and a few other
things:
1. Did you enjoy Fallout 1 and 2? If so, which one
more? I thought Fallout was an extremely good RPG that
was sadly overlooked by many people who prefer
Japanese RPGs. Oh yeah... and did you like Fallout:
Tactics? (Blah)
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Googleshng:
Black Isle has the amazing ability to make PC RPGs that console people don't hate. They REALLY deserve
a cookie for that. Anyway though, I haven't played enough of either to pick a favorite.
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2. Will anyone in the RPGamer staff be attending the
huge upcoming anime convention Project A-Kon?
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Googleshng:
If so, they haven't told me, but I think a few are hitting ACen this weekend. Not me though, too broke.
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3. How did the whole Final Fantasy remake rumor get
started concerning the old PSX FFs? I thought it was
official, but apparently it isn't (at least not
anymore).
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Googleshng:
Well, it started by Square publicly stating they were going to do it. Then they kinda changed their mind,
so the project is "on indefinite hold" now. Which basically means, they might remake them some time on
some system, but don't go holding your breath.
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4. Did you hear they were making a Fallout game for
the PS2 called Fallout: Fantasy? (Not a rumor, it was
confirmed to be shown at E3 by whatever stupid new
company was making it.) I don't think it will be any
good considering Tactics sucked because it wasn't a
Black Isle game and console conversions of PC games
with advanced battle systems tend to get watered down.
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Googleshng:
I hadn't heard that, but the prospect does not seem pleasant.
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5. What do you think of the Armored Core series? I
think it is wonderful. Armored Core 3 rocks the
casbah.
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Googleshng:
I think I've never played any of them.
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6. Where do babies come from?
-Neon Dingo
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Googleshng:
Mexico.
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Remember, white space is your friend.
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Hey Goog, one of your loya... err, well, one of your
minions anyways, here. I've got a few comments related
to yesterday's column. First off, please post that url,
I would like to look at that. Please? Second is an
actual question: what is Mother? Lastly, I agree, stupid
lawyers, however, under the 3rd ed writeup for
halflings, they do not have furry feet. This of course
does not mean that if you want them to they can't, I
just tend to notice small technical facts that don't
matter a bit. And lastly(again), since I'm too lazy too
look for myself, is the Star Wars RPG refered to
SW:Galaxies? If so, it's being an MMORPG is reason
enough to completely ignore it, if not, interesting,
though I do agree about Lucas. Wow, that was long, sorry
dude.
Xarls Taunzund
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Googleshng:
Yes, that was refering to SW:G yesterday. Now... what else do we have here... please post url... what
url? ... and ... what's Mother? Ah, that I can answer. Earthbound is Mother 2. The first one was only
released in Japan on the NES. Oh, and could everyone who just started to say "Shouldn't that be Famicom?"
slap themselves? I'm too tired to track you all down. 8)
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Cattle mutilation
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I don't think this one has EVER been brought up before, in fact; correct me
if I'm wrong in that assumption.
Anyway, after watching my sister play through Harvest Moon: Back to Nature,
and Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland, I realized that these were fun little
games. However, you were always forced to assume the role of a male
protagonist and marry some chick. I know across the Pacific, they released a
"Girl's" version of Harvest Moon--I can't find too many details on it
otherwise. Wondered if you knew anything about it? (yeah, wrong person to
ask, sorry)
~SmartLaine
"YOU! OBEY THE FIST!"~Zim
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Googleshng:
I don't recall ever hearing that, but I do know the Game Boy Harvest Moon let you pick a gender. However
it also removed the whole dating/getting married thing, which means, to my knowledge, there is still no
game out there where the main character is pregnant during actual gameplay. What's really creepy though
is that I'm actually bothered by that fact. Just because it's about the only thing I've never seen in
a game.
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Your money or your life
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Heya, Google-sama! I have an extremely unimportant dilemma that probably only applies to me and no one else:
I've been torn apart for a couple weeks on whether to purchase Breath of Fire or Mega Man Battle Network (the originals, not the sequels). On the one hand, I have a classic RPG I should've gotten around to playing when it was new, and on the other hand, I have a new RPG that looks pretty kewl. I finally decided to purchase Mega Man Battle Network. So I go online to make a purchase when I notice that every major online retailer either doesn't carry it or is out of stock. I figure I have three choices here. I could:
1. Wait for a store to get more copies of Mega Man Battle Network
2. Look harder for Mega Man Battle Network
3. Purchase Breath of Fire
Which option do you recommend? You seem to know a lot about GBA games. And is Breath of Fire's random battle problem really as bad as people say it is? Thanks a bunch! I'd be your minion, but I feel that trying to take over the world is morally wrong. But that's just me.
BL Alien
PS: To that guy yesterday: I think I read somewhere that Lucas canned the whole N'Sync thing after a bunch of Star Wars fans complained.
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Googleshng:
You can also wait for a guest host to ask for a game you have, give it to them, and ask for MMBN... which
is honestly what I might end up having to do. As for whether you should get MMBN or BoF though, I'd base
my decision solely on my opinion of Tron. I'm weird that way.
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It's like checking webmaster@...
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Hey'a google.
One simple question. Is'nt it possible for rpgamer to maybe
start a new section called Petition or something similar?
Beacause I just took a peek at th ff wsc screens and decided
that I can't stand by and let that game slip through my hands without
a fight. I bet there are lot's of people besides me and my buddies who
think the same so would u consider it??
Best wishes Katten i tsatsikin.
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Googleshng:
RPGamer has always had a policy against dealing with petitions, thanks to the fact that, contrary to
popular belief, (in this industry at least), companies flat out ignore them as a rule. If you want FF
remakes on the GBA though, wait a couple months and you'll most likely see them announced.
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