Late Night Consoling
When I haven't been indulging my growing Paperboy addiction, I've been playing Legacy of Kain: Defiance. There's a lot I like about this game, but the camera is absolutely breaking my heart. It seems like the developers wanted a more "cinematic" feel (yeah, I know) and the result is a frustrating mess of fixed camera angles and set movements. The one thing I absolutely detest about third person cameras is when the camera forces you to attack enemies you can't actually see. Resident Evil did it, Eternal Darkness did it, and sure enough, LoK: Defiance does it. Also annoying is when you find yourself looking around for a specific place only to find out that the camera prevented you from actually seeing where you were supposed to go. Throw in some blind jumping, where you can only hope to land on the next platform, and you've got some frustrating gameplay. I'm sticking with it, because I really, really like this franchise, and there's some great stuff for fans in here. But I just don't understand why they did this...the camera in Blood Omen 2 wasn't perfect, but it wasn't this bad...why did they have to fiddle with it?
| Nintendo, Wizards of the Coast Settle Lawsuit Wizards of the Coast announced today that they have resolved their dispute against Nintendo and Pokemon USA regarding the Pokemon trading card game. No details of any kind were released, buy it was a pretty far-reaching lawsuit, so chances are that some serious money exchanged hands. |
| GBA Video Carts Announced Majesco formally announced today their plans to release a series of video cartridges for the Game Boy Advance, which utilize their video compression technology. Their technology currently allows for 45 minutes of video on a GBA cart, with 90 minute variations in the works as well. Approximately 12 titles will be released this spring. Thanks Slashdot Games for the tip. |
| Lik-Sang Does PSX e-Tailer Lik-Sang has posted a comprehensive look at Sony's PSX ubersystem. Their article contains a slew of pictures of both the external and internal workings of the device, and also has nifty factoids like the fact that the USB ports are 1.1, not 2.0 as Sony had originally announced. |
| Dream Mix TV World Fighters Lineup Revealed It's a little late (the game's arriving in stores in Japan this week), but nonetheless the official Dream Mix TV World Fighters site has been updated with a full roster of the various characters in this fighting game (hit "Character" to see the list). And what a lineup it is...Simon Belmont, Solid Snake, Optimus Prime and Megatron are all here among many, many others. Thanks 1UP for the tip. |
| Misc. Media/Previews | |
| The Magic Box has new shots from Killer 7 (GC) and True Live Fantasy Online (Xbox) and 1UP has a new preview (or at least links to previews) of Drakengard (PS2). |
