Beach Spikers Comments by Tom Bramwell

60hz Mode - Yes

thanks whoever implemented this ;) saves me asking on every single console review

H0t B4b3s !

heh.

Hey errol, here is something to take your mind off the H0t B4b3s !

Why !!!...why on earth did i click on that link....bloody hell....thats just terrifying.....

Damn you, terminalterror!!

Thanks to whoever implemented IE's status bar so I didn't have to click on that to know what it was ;)

And indeed, the 60Hz mode info will be very useful in future.

bIg Br345ted w0m3n r0ck.

Errol - we get it - move on! :)

Talking of Soccer Slam, any chance of a review? I want to know if they changed anything in the GC version which has taken around 4 months to be released.

your AI counterpart has the sort of on-court coordination you’d expect from a paralysed elephant
Funny.

Talking of Soccer Slam, any chance of a review? I want to know if they changed anything in the GC version which has taken around 4 months to be released.
Its had some stuff added so its the same as the Xbox version. Apparently its slightly smoother than the XB version as its the native version.

Ohhh... Volley ball game... women with big knockers playing.... 0_0

//brings out the hand cream//

Ohhh... Volley ball game... women with big knockers playing.... 0_0

//brings out the hand cream//


I believe you are thinking of the other volleyball game there Razz. On a related note, I would be willing to bet that either a cheat code or an action replay would be able to 'nakify' the characters in DOAXV (not that there would that much of a change)

I should have guessed that link would only spur Errol on.

Who cares about the Play mechanics? What I want to know is do the girls breasts bounce accurately? If they do I`m buying this little beauty!!!

What I want to know is do the girls breasts bounce accurately?

I second that.

We know you do, Errol :)

Razz thirds that mate! BREAST BOUNCING PHYSICS ENGINE MUST BE TRUE TO LIFE WITH COME EXTRA SPICES!!!!! Need. bouncing. Melons. In .Game.
ooooooooooooooo_00000000000000000000

You'll love Mario Sunshine then - you get to play with some HUGE melons in that!

Nice to see an honest and well-considered review of this game. It would have been to easy to have slated it for having no substance and relying on semi-naked women. Let's face it - *drum roll* a game based purely around beach volley ball is always going to have it's knockers. *cymbal crash*

I loved MArio Sunshine!!! ^_^
I have completed it!

I've barely played it. Had it a week an can't shift the other half off it...

My other half liked the look of it but got totally fed up trying to maneouvre around the paint spill on the airstrip thirty seconds into the game. LOL! I've had about three serious sessions with it, up to 9 whole shines now, go meh, it *is* an absolute blast though I'm not keen on those abstract platform bits (disintegrating sand platforms anyone? Bleh... Not helped by a camera that insists on hiding you from the action...). Oh yes Beach Spikers...

I had one serious session on mario yesterday and went from 23 shines to...... 47. Ahem. Oh, and Fozzie who 'can't get on it' had 24 yesterday, but is busy rectifying that disgracefully poor number of shines right now.
Signed
The-Better-Half-of-the-Gaming-Household

I've got 110 shines in Mario, and am anticipating a hard time in getting the rest. Gawd, that water is so awesome!!!

As for Beach Spikers, I think I'll get it, just to see if it is as good as Beach Volleyball on the Amiga (which wasn't very good, but was one of those games I mastered in my youth).

I had one serious session on mario yesterday and went from 23 shines to...... 47. Ahem. Oh, and Fozzie who 'can't get on it' had 24 yesterday, but is busy rectifying that disgracefully poor number of shines right now.
Signed
The-Better-Half-of-the-Gaming-Household

How are we supposed to know that you haven't just made up your 'better half' fozzie so that you have an excuse for your mario skills?

This is a serious point people - we all see the need to get our other halfs to play the occasional game, so they don't complain (as much!) about the amount of online-ordered little parcels that come through the door, but to the extent that we can't get on to collect Shines?

Jeez and there was me feeling quite proud of my nine shines...

/depressed

Let's face it - *drum roll* a game based purely around beach volley ball is always going to have it's knockers. *cymbal crash*

I'm amazed that your spinning bowtie didn't park you in near-Earth orbit after that shocker Fozzie. Oh and we need to have words about giving other halves usernames & passwords - the thin end of the wedge I tell you. Next mine'll be wanting mine.

Oh and we need to have words about giving other halves usernames & passwords - the thin end of the wedge I tell you. Next mine'll be wanting mine

That shouldn't be nescessary, just add a chack bo to the comment box (if you are username's spouse or significant other, check here) and then add something to the username on the post so we can tell

How are we supposed to know that you haven't just made up your 'better half' fozzie so that you have an excuse for your mario skills?

My 'skills' are so feeble that the only reason I've got the half the shines I have is because I watched 'her' get them first. *grumble*

Oh and we need to have words about giving other halves usernames & passwords - the thin end of the wedge I tell you

I never bother logging out (it's not as if i ever post here on a work computer *hard stares all round*) so there ain't a lot I can do, I'm afraid. We're all going to be victims of female-posting terrorism. Sorry.

we all see the need to get our other halfs to play the occasional game, so they don't complain (as much!)

Well - she did say that when Banjo 3 comes out we can get an X-Box! I'm off to se a solicitor tomorrow and get it drawn up so that it's all nice and legally binding. Now I just need to get permission to extend the mortgage and build an extension big enough to fit one in.

is busy rectifying that disgracefully poor number of shines right now

Nope - I'm still crap.

Great game though - I even like the 'true' platform bits (masochist that I am)

To keep everyone happy, i've got my own username. Besides, even though i remeber saying "we don't need to buy a gamecube, we already have dreamcast, N64, playstation2, 2 GBA's, 2 PCs and a sega saturn" (which is gathering dust), I now see the error of my ways. (Theres also my old C64 but thats more nostalgic than gaming).

In fact thanks to Luigi's Mansion, Mario Sunshine, Super Monkeyball, Jak and Daxter and others i spend more time on it than Foz. The other consoles have good games, but nothing as addictive as Gamecube. Although i have been known to lose myself in Diablo II and suddenly find its 4am.

As for the extension, we already have one room dedicated to the consoles and PCs, complete with big comfy sofa for ultimate gameplaying comfort - which means no room for a guest bedroom. What we do need an extended mortgage for is all the tvs needed for the consoles!

What we do need an extended mortgage for is all the tvs needed for the consoles!

Fozzie? Did you tell your missus that every console needs a new TV? Now that is naughty. ;)

In fact thanks to Luigi's Mansion, Mario Sunshine, Super Monkeyball, Jak and Daxter and others i spend more time on it than Foz

not meaning to be picky, but J&D is a PS2 game

I wonder what it is about EuroGamer that means there are very few spotty faced teenagers posting their lives away, or at least very few who aren't pretending to have jobs and wives.

We're all going to be victims of female-posting terrorism. Sorry.

Hey I was just messin abaht, I think it's brilliant to see Fozzella posting, jeez I wish my other half'd get interested. Well, not to the point of nicking my EG nick and beating me at SMS, but still. :)

"Fozzie? Did you tell your missus that every console needs a new TV? Now that is naughty. ;)"

No, but still we don't have enough tvs. We have the main one downstairs, then bought another large one for the consoles - but it means, as all the consoles are upstairs in the game room, only one of us can play one of the consoles at once.

Mind you, theres b*gger all on the tele at the mo, maybe i'll get foz to hoick the other one upstairs :)

Hey I was just messin abaht, I think it's brilliant to see Fozzella posting,

Nope - got to disagree with you there. For one thing it means I now have to mess about logging in! And, there you go, I knew it. She's off again asking why she isn't allowed to vote. Tch. Give an inch.. *mumble mumble*

jeez I wish my other half'd get interested. Well, not to the point of nicking my EG nick and beating me at SMS, but still. :)

Well, quite. It sounds like you have enough trouble keeping ahead of your little girl at SMB ;)

No, but still we don't have enough tvs.

OK, this proves it, Fozzie's_bird you are a figment of my imagination. No wife/girlfriend could ever say such a thing.

My last g/f had trouble getting past the first temple on Zelda64... And she couldn't get the sword at the start of Secret of Mana.

"OK, this proves it, Fozzie's_bird you are a figment of my imagination. No wife/girlfriend could ever say such a thing."


Nope, very real. I've just never believed in sticking to stereotypes. Believe me, i can nag like a girl when the mood takes me. I can't believe i'm the only gal who loves gaming, thers supposed to be a growing trend of us (none of my female friends are among them- sigh), and, as the best games tend to be console games, more tvs = less fighting over whose turn it is to play SMS (mine off course!).

I was wondering, is it just a girlie thing or does anyone else find peach really annoying? I keep hoping shadow mario will keep her in SMS. When playing Mario Party 1-3, one of the few games foz and i play together now, i always pick her as a computer player just to have a real enemy to play against (yes, i know, that's terribly sad).

I wonder what it is about EuroGamer that means there are very few spotty faced teenagers posting their lives away, or at least very few who aren't pretending to have jobs and wives.

Can only speak from my own view but.. I've gone through plenty of sites in the past few years and very rarely have I actually bothered registering to participate on messgae boards. On the rare occasions I did I soon got disillusioned by the standard of 'debate' which tended to be one group of people shouting at another and neither listening. Anything you said brought a volley of abuse from one side or the other. Couldn't be doing with it.

This site on the other hand seemed to have a more mature bunch of posters. The the one that completely won me over was a Bank Holiday a few months back - managed to have a (almost) heated debate with otto re Palestinian terrorism / eu funding / US foreign policy. When offering an opinion over something as petty as a computer game usually gets incoherent abuse it was nice to discuss something that actually matters in a relatively civilised manner.

To be honest - BGiE and his ilk may get criticised here but they're a hell of a lot more rational than a lot of people you find on other forums.

And Errol always makes me smile...

:) Somebody loves me

managed to have a (almost) heated debate with otto re Palestinian terrorism / eu funding / US foreign policy

We did?? /me goes off to search

Razz, do I get shot down in flames now for revealing that those last two posts came from the same IP? ;}

/comes back from search down memory lane...

Ooh yeah that did nearly get heated didn't it? Jeez that was one of those threads... Still it ended in an honourable draw iirc.

BGiE and his ilk may get criticised here but they're a hell of a lot more rational than a lot of people you find on other forums

You are absolutely right - everytime I take a look at other forums, I soon turn away again. The only exception was the IGN PS2 Pal board a few months/years ago, before they decided you have to pay there. Was a real nice bunch of people. Anyone posted there, too? Really bad are the German forums. The people are less aggressive than on other forums, but they always seem a little...hm, stupid.

Razz, unless you have a static IP (which you probably do if at work), post your anonymous commnet, then log off, log on, and post as you, voila, no IP match

otto, here is the bit where you test my theory, as I have no idea whether it worked or not.

oh and errol, the previous username was referring to tt as in terminalterror, not titties

Not sure if it's wise of me to say so, but yes it worked. :)

"Razz, do I get shot down in flames now for revealing that those last two posts came from the same IP? ;}"

So I guess you know who "Justice" was then... :(

eh?

Gave Beach Spikers a jolly good seeing to last night (phnaar, phwoar, etc), and found it quite addictive and fun. The blocking game is too much of a guessing game for my liking, but I guess it makes it more of a spike-fest rather than a block-o-rama (hence the game title I presume). Some more point win/ victory/ defeat animations would've been nice too.