SSX Blur Comments by Tom Bramwell
Winner of discontent.
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richardiox
16/03/07 @ 14:47
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"looks like a PS1 game"
It's no Cool Boarders 2 that's for sure! It was a 7, now a 6....
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Eighthours
16/03/07 @ 14:48
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I have a feeling I might end up disagreeing with this review, in terms of how Tom found the controls annoying. But we'll see, it's still in its shiny wrapping waiting to be played.
And for goodness sake don't put "Continue" and "Give Up" right next to each other when the latter doesn't even want a confirmation prompt to dump you unceremoniously back to the level hub. In a world reviewing first, Tom actually criticises EA leaving confirmations out, when it's what we've all been asking them to do for years... (Would you like to save? Yes. Are you sure? Yes. Are you really, really sure? Yes. Select save slot. Slot A. Do you want to overwrite save in Slot A? Yes. Warning: saving in Slot A will overwrite your existing saved game - are you sure you wish to continue? Aaaaaarrrggghhh! ) the newer Burnout games are particularly bad for this. |
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dirigiblebill
16/03/07 @ 14:52
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'Hey, this was a 7 now it's a 6. Am I going mad?'
Probably just trying to wrongfoot all the 'so, better than ...' posters :) |
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Eighthours
16/03/07 @ 14:53
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Taking a point off after the fact is more than a little harsh!
Any particular reason, gents? |
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dirigiblebill
16/03/07 @ 14:53
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Wii game in lots-of-potential-but-not-brilliant shockaaaaaargh
/slain by flying Wiimote |
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Well I got this game this morning but I haven't had the chance to try it yet. I'm a bit disappointed it only got a 6, I was kind of expecting at least a 7 going by the US reviews I've read. Guess I'm the only one who really knows how good it is though so hopefully I'll enjoy it more than this reviewer did.
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ive been playing it all night and i'm enjoying it loads, so i'll have to disagree with the review, even more after the additional point being deducted. Wii games seem to divide reviewer opinion more than any other system i can remember actually. i find the controls connect me into the game more than a traditional pad did for the other games in the series for example and i like that it is more difficult to pull off big scoring ubers thanks to feeling more rewarding.
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ForbiddenForest
16/03/07 @ 15:04
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"Hmm... I'm still stuck in the SSX/Excite Truck indecision zone"
I haven't played SSX, but go for excite truck anyway - it's much better than most of the reviews claim - a really, really solid 8 of an arcade racer with prismatic colours and a truly next-gen look and feel. The terrain deforming is a genuinely unique twist to the genre, too. |
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McBradders
16/03/07 @ 15:20
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@Darren
You haven't played it yet are the only one who "knows how good it is"? What planet are you living on?
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McBradders
16/03/07 @ 15:27
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@Santino
Well at least that makes sense.
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yeah, i too am getting a bit annoyed by the lack of great wii games. where are Paper mario and metroid,?any updates on when they are due? It feels like Nintendo released the wii just to "enter the race" (which judging by their past consoles is a good idea) however, am i really supposed to be happy when the first 2 great games (Zelda and presumably Paper Mario) were originally built for the cube. Give me some real wii quality games.
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6 out of 10 because you found the game hard?
What with these game journalists like these days? I welcome a game that is a challenge for once. I have to constantly play games on hardest difficulty to have any challenge from and get my £40 pound worth of time with it. Please for once just say that the controls make the game diffcult to learn and will take time to master. Instead marking down a particular game because you yourself can't pick up and play. Remember not everyone who reads your site is a casual gamer. I also don't remember where there is a Nintendo standards lot check for " Please ensure game is easy to complete for five year olds and grannies alike". Please just grow up for once and write a unbiased and unpersonal review Thanks!
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"I think I'll wait for SSX Oasis, personally."
Its got nothing to do with that, it refers to the fact its not HD. eh? i wasn't referring to anything... i just thought the artwork was a bit sucky. Even in HD it would look bland, but then I've never been a fan of the art style in SSX, that and I fancied a bit of blatant trolling. Anyway i think Kristian was making a joke, and I'm not going to explain it for you, since it was a pretty lame one in the first place, and explaining other peoples jokes on internet forums is always shit. I've probably got the wrong end of the stick completely here. |
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"I think I'll wait for SSX Oasis, personally." Its got nothing to do with that, it refers to the fact its not HD. eh? i wasn't referring to anything... i just thought the artwork was a bit sucky. Even in HD it would look bland, but then I've never been a fan of the art style in SSX, that and I fancied a bit of blatant trolling. Anyway i think Kristian was making a joke, and I'm not going to explain it for you, since it was a pretty lame one in the first place, and explaining other peoples jokes on internet forums is always shit. I've probably got the wrong end of the stick completely here. Eek! I was just baiting :) ... bit dry maybe (no pun intended) /walks slowly backwards |
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Please for once just say that the controls make the game diffcult to learn and will take time to master. Instead marking down a particular game because you yourself can't pick up and play.
Fair point if it were true for this game (I don't know, I haven't played it), but there's a difference between tricky controls that take a little practice to master - like when you play Resident Evil 4 for the first time - and a control scheme that is badly implemented and therefore stays bad no matter how much practice you put in. |
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McBradders - "@Darren
You haven't played it yet are the only one who "knows how good it is"? What planet are you living on?" What I meant was that at the end of the day, a reviewer's opinion is not the "right" one - it's just their own - and the only person who really knows exactly how good (or bad) a game is, is *you* hence my comment!!! ;) |
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coach_mcguirk
16/03/07 @ 16:02
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Before that though, you might want to deploy an ubertrick, and these are really badly done. The idea is to jump, wait for a prompt and then point the Wiimote at the screen and draw one of a number of shapes with the pointer to start the display.
Ooof that sounds so annoying that EA have just lost a sale. Ouch.
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McBradders
16/03/07 @ 16:02
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My reading comprehension needs work ;_;
Excuse me while I go off and be all emo now. |
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coach_mcguirk:
it seems to depend on the person playing with the ubertricks, once you get them down they aren't very problematic at all, to me at least. thats seems to be why reviews on this game are split, some pick it up easily others do not. Edit: Best advice would be to try it yourself as seems to be the case with quite a few of Wii's games.
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