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So... You got the game...
#1
Posted 19 December 2007 - 05:51 PM
#2
Posted 19 December 2007 - 05:53 PM
#3
Posted 19 December 2007 - 05:54 PM
0.o have the money to buy it but can't find it?I have to wait til I find a Wii to play it on *cries of frustration*
#4
Posted 19 December 2007 - 05:58 PM
Correct0.o have the money to buy it but can't find it?
Went to like, five, no, six stores yesterday checking the status of stock
Toys R Us- gone til Jan
Gamestop- gone
Virgin Megastore- maybe
Best Buy- maybe
Circuit City- maybe
Nintendo World- yes, but I have to line up at 2am
It's hopeless.. AAARRGH I'M SO STUPID
#5
Posted 19 December 2007 - 06:02 PM
#6
Posted 19 December 2007 - 06:23 PM
so far what I've heard... no one is going to be selling the Wiis until February... it has been told in the news as well... I don't know if it is for here in the west coast... or countrywide or worldwide.... xP I got the Wii but I'm just worried about my friends not getting one because they all wished to get one for Christmas but none of them even started looking for them...
@ Kraken:
Thanks for caring xD but hey!.. wait.. I don't know about being more excited would make me feel better 0.o
#7
Posted 19 December 2007 - 09:06 PM
#8
Posted 19 December 2007 - 09:46 PM
Correct
Went to like, five, no, six stores yesterday checking the status of stock
Toys R Us- gone til Jan
Gamestop- gone
Virgin Megastore- maybe
Best Buy- maybe
Circuit City- maybe
Nintendo World- yes, but I have to line up at 2am
It's hopeless.. AAARRGH I'M SO STUPID
Line up at 2AM, it's fun!
(I got my Wii on launch day by lining up at Circuit City at 10-11 PM the night before, but ended up getting it a Target right next door. (Number 59 out of 60. (Just tried lining up there when they started to line up to save myself 2 hours.)))
#9
Posted 19 December 2007 - 09:56 PM
#10
Posted 19 December 2007 - 10:34 PM
I have to wait til I find a Wii to play it on *cries of frustration*
I got my copy of JoD but .....well..... *points up to earlier quote and cries* ,>.<,
#11
Posted 19 December 2007 - 10:36 PM
If you are not one of these people, REJOICE!!
#12
Posted 19 December 2007 - 10:44 PM
#13
Posted 20 December 2007 - 02:06 AM
you people waiting for xmas are lucky
#14
Posted 20 December 2007 - 04:01 AM
oh I am rejoicing believe me. but, I think you guys waiting for it will appreciate it more when you finally get it.Hehe. Those who have the game can't play it because they have no Wii or they have to wait til Christmas, and those who have a Wii can't find the game...
If you are not one of these people, REJOICE!!
The game is quite fun, and the music is just incredible. DEfinitely on par with Mario Galaxy's music and in some cases beyond that.
#15
Posted 20 December 2007 - 10:53 AM
I have to wait 'til Christmas because although I know full well I'm getting a Wii and the game, my mother is all "No! It has to be a surprise! Blah blah blah!" So I have to wait because my mother has this childish obsession with surprises.
actually, that sounds rather nice of your mother! you should be lucky she cares enough to do that for you
#16
Posted 21 December 2007 - 07:03 PM
#17
Posted 24 December 2007 - 08:53 AM
But, on the plus side. Boyfriend stopped over today and let me have it 2 whole days early because we won't see each other again before the big day so I got to cheat!
#18
Posted 25 December 2007 - 12:30 AM
Oh, and I was vigorously appalled how bad the sensor controls really are. The calibration of the cursor really kills it. The cursor is confined inside this invisible circle surrounding NiGHTS and, even when bordering the circle, the cursor acts really spastic even when attempting the simplest maneuvers. Even the pointer itself doesn't move properly because the sensitivity is far too low.
PASS!
I am lead to believe that Journey of Dreams was not designed for the Wii remote after all. In fact, I am lead to believe the game was not originally intended for the Wii at all either. It feels like another GameCube port with tacked on Wii controls. I'm not talking graphically. The graphics are beautiful considering the budget Sonic Team had to work with. No, I mean the way the game feels and controls. To add insult to injury, the best controller for the game is indeed the GameCube controller. Gee, how about that.
However, what the game lacks in working Wii controls, here's what it excells at...
1.) The music. Naofumi Hataya and Tomoko Sasaki did a fantastic job composing the music for this game. I can't get the Octopaw tune out of my head. XD
2.) The visuals. Bright, colorful, and very much reminiscent of an arcade SEGA game. It is faithfully of NiGHTS lore, which is surprisingly good for Sonic Team who keeps putting Sonic in realistic Earth. >_<
3.) The use of classic NiGHTS sound effects. As trivial as they seem to the rest of the game, sound effects really do help convey a distinct "SEGA Saturn" feel for the presentation.
4.) The bosses. I have only fought Donbalon and the Chameleon Magician so far and they were really fun. I can see myself playing them over and over again.
5.) The cinematics. Even the in-game cut-scenes would have been much more tolerable if not for the abysmally low frame-rate and fugly character models. I could have sworn one cut-scene literally ran at 15 fps. I could still stomach them though. Even the voice acting wasn't that bad. The GC sequences are gorgeous, of course.
6.) The sensation of flight. Bar the octagonal groove, the blissful feeling of flight is still there. I still feel the blissful sensation of paralooping, flying through rings and going link crazy on every floating object. I didn't even mind the bird chasing, something that concerned me far prior to the release of this game. Ideya Capture gameplay still would have been nice though.
7.) The overall NiGHTS gameplay. I am not too fond of the other missions, but the chase levels, Octopaw and the boss levels are simply, for lack of a better compliment, awesome. Just awesome. Nightopian rescue missions and platforming stages be damned. Much like the Sonic and Shadow stages of Sonic Adventure 2, the NiGHTS gameplay is where it's at.
Overall, not a bad game. I have no problem putting this game next to the original. Surely it's not a perfect game by any means, but it's a nice sequel and an interesting look at the natural progression of NiGHTS as a series. To be frank, I personally feel Journey of Dreams is the Dreamcast sequel we should have gotten a few years after the original... but somehow, in our linear flow of time, it materialized on the Wii. It's as if something lost from the past has just completed its decade-long hibernation state and stepped out of the time machine just to greet us. Such a pleasant feeling.
I shall be awaiting NiGHTS 3 which will hopefully include Ideya Capture gameplay, improved controls and an appearance from Jackle. In the meantime, I have NiGHTS 2 to complete.
#19
Posted 26 December 2007 - 11:15 PM
Man...
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