Lost Kingdoms Review

Review GameCube

Review - card-carrying Princess Katia is a girl of little substance, sadly

Version tested: GameCube

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- Release date 8/08/2002
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Blerk #1 10 years ago

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Shame! Could've been good if done right... :-/
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Razz #2 10 years ago

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Figures really... there just too many Final Fantasy clones nowadays. |

-Razz

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otto #3 10 years ago

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I needed an excuse not to buy this and Mugwum's delivered it in, er, spades. As suspected, then, it's not an RPG at all. And if the best recommendation you can find is that it features a half decent beat-'em-up mp, then this is *not* the game for me...
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Nemesis #4 10 years ago

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And there was the Game voucher burning a hole in me wallet. Will hold onto it for a little longer!
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DocX #5 10 years ago

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You can't beat a good 'Friday night gaming party'
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otto #6 10 years ago

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gamesb*tch, (a) no I can't buy & return, I live in Belgium and they don't do that here, (b) I didn't even look at the score tbh, I read the review. I don't have exactly the same taste as Tom in games but I think he gave a decent enough flavour of it to persuade me to save my money for something else.
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Whizzo #7 10 years ago

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cannot you buy and return if you don't like
otto's in Belgium though, perhaps the enlightened "return it if you don't like it" attitude that EB brought across the pond when they set up shop in the UK isn't available over there.

edit: ooh I was right!

Edited by 1 at 09/08/02 @ 12:25
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Blerk #8 10 years ago

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When will they ever do away with random battles in RPG's?

Some of the best ones already did. The Chrono series, the Grandia series - all have baddies you can see and avoid if you want to. Random battles are just lazy.
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Azule #9 10 years ago

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buy and return

Can't you guys rent games?
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Razz #10 10 years ago

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Smart alec

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otto #11 10 years ago

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I can post to you if you want...

Cool! What a gent...

can you play EUR SKUs? or have import machine?

er... *hides his confused embarrassment as he wonders what the hell EUR SKUs are* me got bog standard PAL machine...
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FWB #12 10 years ago

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otto, is someone taking the piss?

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_5 83273.html?menu=news.latestheadlines
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Azule #13 10 years ago

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Wow! That's a visual eyesore. Who in there right mind thinks this is any good?
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Razz #14 10 years ago

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Gestalt, why don't you guys at Eurogamer have previews like this

-Razz

edit: Sorry, my grammer gets from bad to worse

Edited by 3 at 09/08/02 @ 14:12
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FWB #15 10 years ago

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School geography classes would certainly become a nightmare. All that colouring in.
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Blerk #16 10 years ago

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Gestalt, why you guys at Eurogamer have previews like this

And more importantly.... why do all US game sites refer to the Cube as the 'GCN'? GameCube Nintendo? Are they not content with writing their dates back-to-front?
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Razz #17 10 years ago

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"And more importantly.... why do all US game sites refer to the Cube as the 'GCN'? GameCube Nintendo? Are they not content with writing their dates back-to-front?"

LOL! I think it's a reminder that the superior console was not made by M$

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Azule #18 10 years ago

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why do all US game sites refer to the Cube as the 'GCN'?

I'm pretty sure that Nintendo has stated their preference for GCN as opposed to NGC. Maybe they want it to have a closer connection to GBA.
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Razz #19 10 years ago

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Smart alec

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Gestalt #20 10 years ago

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"is someone taking the piss"

Argh, my eyes, my eyes, blinded!

Edited by 1 at 09/08/02 @ 14:14
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Azule #21 10 years ago

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I think it's my turn to give Razz a raspberry (for no good reason).
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Razz #22 10 years ago

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"is someone taking the piss"

Looks like we've been relaxing too many of those drug laws

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Razz #23 10 years ago

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hpmh! I prefer banana :�)

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otto #24 10 years ago

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otto, is someone taking the piss?

Sorry, I was off having lunch (note for UK journalists: rephrase that as "jamming my snout in the gravy train of the Commission's subsidised gourmet canteen".

Yes someone is taking the piss. It did the rounds here a few weeks ago as the e-mail joke of the day. Ain't happening people. Though it does look nice doesn't it?
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Sonics_Idiot_Brother #25 10 years ago

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"Looks like we've been relaxing too many of those drug laws"

The designer is dutch
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Razz #26 10 years ago

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Otto, where's Tom and John today?

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otto #27 10 years ago

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Idiotic isn't it? They give it a sexy little name like 'gamecube' and then call it the GCN! o_O
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Super Stu #28 10 years ago

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It's called GCN because they couldn't use the logical NGC acronym. In Japan, there's a well established console (forget the smegging name, will get back to you on this one) which is known as NGC.

Quite why "Cube" doesn't suffice is anyone's guess.
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otto #29 10 years ago

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eh?? You're asking me... why?
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Razz #30 10 years ago

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"NGC is not an acronym. An acronym, like NASA has to form a pronouncable word from an initialisation."

And if it was, it would sound like a racist remark anyhow.

-Razz
(Its okay, I'm black)
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otto #31 10 years ago

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It is so an acronym. Have you never said n'guc? Or g'cun?
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Razz #32 10 years ago

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"...Or g'cun?"

Sounds like a train on wooden tracks.

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Super Stu #33 10 years ago

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acronym n.

word formed from the initial letters of other words (e.g. laser, Nato). [[Greek akron end, onoma name]]

Yeah, well, you didn't know the reason why NGC wasn't used

Edit - actually, neither www.xrefer.com (where the above came from) nor my tome of a Chambers Dictionary here make reference to the fact that said acronym has to be pronouncable, just that it's made up from the first letters of the words.

I take it back, NGC is an acronym.

Edited by 1 at 09/08/02 @ 15:45
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otto #34 10 years ago

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Ronaldo?

Take it you're a Baggie?
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Nemesis #35 10 years ago

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The Ground away?

Some decent players?
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Super Stu #36 10 years ago

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I didn't realise I was down. If not an acronym, what is NGC then? And why doesn't my two references mention "pronouncable".

And, and... Wolves: LOL.
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otto #37 10 years ago

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Lemme get this straight

Your mother's a baggie, your father's a City supporter, and you support Wolves?

Christmas must be fun in your house...
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Blerk #38 10 years ago

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you didn't know the reason why NGC wasn't used

Neo-Geo (pocket) Colour, perhaps?
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otto #39 10 years ago

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Your b-i-l should be beaten with a rusty hammer for supporting either of those teams let alone both during his miserable life.

The Liquidator is possibly the finest tune ever written.
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Super Stu #40 10 years ago

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Either they are liberated people, or you're younger that you are letting on.

And sorry, every team except The Gunners, Cardiff City and Barry Town are shite.

Up the 'Town.
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Nemesis #41 10 years ago

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo dear this is where Stu and I fall out.
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Super Stu #42 10 years ago

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Life long Gunners fan (sorry Nem), so that's quite a while now. No, I don't support all 3 times equally - jesus, I wouldn't subscribe to Sky Sports just to watch the Bluebirds or the Town play.

I just do my bit for the home teams
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Nemesis #43 10 years ago

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Yid fan. Enough said B*tch.

Gills are the local team though, and they are doing ok the last few seasons. (took em long enough)
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jaa #44 10 years ago

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What the hell are you talking about? Is it on topic? And is it still english?
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otto #45 10 years ago

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Liquidator by Harry J & the Allstars - thought it was the tune played at Molineux when the teams come out? & West Brom also claim first dibs?

Gillingham used to be the sworn rivals of my local team Wycombe Wanderers when we were both in the Isthmian League.
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otto #46 10 years ago

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Is it on topic. Pfft.
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Gestalt #47 10 years ago

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Er .. thanks, that's quite enough of that. My finger is hovering over the zap button at this very moment.
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Nemesis #48 10 years ago

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Sorry mates, would love to comment, but pending zappage stays my hand.

Unfortunately.
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Super Stu #49 10 years ago

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My finger is hovering over the zap button at this very moment.

GUNNERS!!!!!!
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otto #50 10 years ago

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He lets us get away with murder, but as soon as the talk turns to football, things turn nasty.

Oh well. I have to say, I'd hate to be the one paying for all the bandwidth we waste on these discussions.
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Super Stu #51 10 years ago

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Still a bit off topic, but has anyone seen the latest Zelda stills (from the other day)? Can't wait for it. Actually, there's another Cube RPG game which is cell shaded too, which looks equally fantastic. I'll dig up the links to the pics when I can remember what it was.

No cell shading comments please, been there, got the T Shirt etc.
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Nemesis #52 10 years ago

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Why don't Nintendo bring out a card-based game based on football?

Trumps then.
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Daryoon #53 10 years ago

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Everyone is so obsessed with plots these days. Don't they realise that every single RPG follows the exact same pattern as far as plots go? Even the so-called stand outs?

But anyway...I want a game where you can summon Bruce Forsythe.
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Gestalt #54 10 years ago

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Wouldn't that be illegal under the terms of the Geneva Convention?
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[Alt][F4] #55 10 years ago

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of course not. each rpg that stands out had a very original twist to the plot, and thats why it was memorable.(ff7,planescape:torment etc)
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Sonics_Idiot_Brother #56 10 years ago

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"But anyway...I want a game where you can summon Bruce Forsythe."

Nice to see you, to see you nice!
Followed by stupid fist clenching forehead touching stupidity.
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otto #57 9 years ago

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Bump
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