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Yeah it would be crazy not to have a save point right before the disc change. I was just wondering what to do if you couldnt save for one reason or another. Thanks you two for telling me that save states don't work.

Yeah you can play the disc thru ePSXe (I used to run WELeague that way), but when I tried to play Gradius Gaiden it wouldn't work. So I always mount games through Daemon tools and they work perfect everytime. Someone in this forum suggested the Daemon tools method. Thanks for the help guys There doesn't seem to be a way to change discs without quitting though. If there was a game where you couldn't save just before the disc change, there would be no way to progress. (I wonder if any developers are that stupid though?) Maybe a save state on the disc change screen, quit, mount CD2 and load state would work though. anyway, Thanks.

I'm thinking about downloading Driver 2 to use in ePSXe but don't know if it's possible to switch to disc 2 when prompted. If it is possible, can you tell me exactly how to do it? Does it involve pressing ALT and TAB to go back to windows and then mount the 2nd disc in Daemon tools, and then going back to the game? ePSXe is very unstable when minimising from Full Screen mode and wondered if this is the only way or not. So anyone who has played games like Final Fantasy with multiple discs on ePSXe, please help. Thanks

Well obviously, I'm just emphasising.

The film might be good, but everyone knows the game will completely suck. What are the chances that Vivendi Universal will release a game capable of competing with Virtua Fighter, Tekken or Dead or Alive? None. I know some of you will want to play it for the novelty (because you liked the film), but I wouldn't even play a game based on my favourite movie (Falling Down) if it was developed by such 3rd rate losers. Don't reply saying "How do you know until you've played it?" Because I have judged millions of games before they were released and my opinion of them stays the same even after I have played the games.

Yeah the jesus one is Rasputin (he was gay by the way), but the M.Bison Inspector Gadget was Brocken. Captain Kidd was the pirate.

Bit off topic, but does anyone know that the topic title is spelt wrong. Maybe someone in charge could change it. Not that important I know, but someone may as well change it.

Play it on an emulator and save your state often. You'll have no trouble with any game that way. Obviously it's less fun this way, but if you wanna see a particular game but suck at it, use it. It's the console game equivalent of the dreaded Quick Save. Good review, I enjoyed the game, but obviously not as much as you. 9.5/10 I see quite a few games being over-rated on here, it's probably because you wouldn't write a review unless you loved it to death (or dispised it, in the case of my MGS2 review).

Hey Fatal, don't know whether you thought Shenmue was a good story or a bad one. ???? I think it is pretty good. Not as good as many movies obviously, but for games it is quite good. Especially with the Shen Hua section and that lovely cherry blossom tree. Don't get that crystal bit at the end of Shenmue 2 though. Anyway, it may get finished. Shenmue Online is coming soon, and if this sells well enough, someone may give Yu Suzuki a few million dollars to make part 3. :D I hope so. I want to get Lan Di.

I'm always right (joking)

My full collection of Offspring and Bad Religion albums while I play Crazy Taxi 1, 2 or 3.

So basically, developers should only implement a story if they can do it well. 90% of developers always add story but can't do it. Maybe someone should tell them to quit because they suck. Halo, Metal Gear Solid, TimeSplitters, Sands of Time - the list is endless, all have sh/t stories. Hardly any games have a good enough story to compete with movies, books and even TV shows.

OMG!!! (agozer and Skythe) I used 24 as an example, stop wasting your time replying saying you don't watch it. Completely pointless.

Yep, story is absolutely unimportant. Are Gradius, Crazy Taxi, Super Mario Bros, Virtua Cop and so on crap because they don't have a story? No. The sooner the games industry realises that stories are not essential, the better.

If you completely understood the story, you wouldn't think it was something worth boasting about. It is only because you have to put so much effort in to try and work out what's going on in this mess of a "story". People who think there is something to understand, and think they are clever for pointing out that they do are only saying it because in actuality, it confused the hell out of them. Why don't you brag that you understood last week's episode of 24? Because outside of any "hidden meanings" the events are as plain as day to anyone.

No, a director who creates the whole ideas aswell. Mostly, directors don't contribute much to the design, just make sure everything put in is good quality.

How can anyone not see that it is completely different? You can't notice much if you think it is identical to Doom 1 and 2. It may say Doom on the box but it's nothing like the predecessors. The first two are mindless fun with thousands of enemies, baddies attacking from multiple angles, scramble to survive etc The other is scary and slow paced, un-fun and similar to other FPSs. An absolutely ridiculous decision from Id to disregard their whole franchise and just make the game completely basic and un-original. Why bring out a sequel to Doom and make it Half-Life with better graphics?

It's impossible not to understand the plot, but the reason no one got it, is because it is appallingly written. Over-complicating a sh/t story with terrible plot holes and pointless obligitory Kojima twists. Where did all this "not understanding the plot" come from anyway?

What the hell do you mean? How can you not know what it means? Take a guess. It means I design video game concepts, characters, stories and everything else. Basically everything that goes into a game (visual style, type of music, clothes on characters, what collectables are in the game etc etc) And it's the other way around, it's you that doesn't understand why he is NOT a genius. Just because all the magazines, web sites and so on think he and his games are good, that makes you automatically think the same. It takes someone special to realise he is a joke. Videogame geniuses are Yu Suzuki, Shigero Miyamoto, Akira Nishitani, Hisao Oguchi etc. Kojima is just a wazzock who wishes he was in Hollywood, but isn't because he is completely useless. The only talent involved with MGS is Yoji Shinkawa, his artwork and character designs are excellent. Hideo "sucks" (to use vernacular you'll understand).

What the Fook is that zombie dude in the shower!?!?!??! That's disgusting. I appologise for posting and bringing this topic to the top, more people will have to see Gryphon's picture...

Bit immature there ugen, nothing wrong with saying some men are good looking or that Orton has a good body, he does. I am as straight as they come, but that doesnt mean I don't think Tom Cruise is good looking or Mark Wahlberg has a good body or whatever. I just prefer Jessica Alba's body to his (Mark Wahlberg's girlfriend). As for steroids making you fat, I didnt know sorry. Just thought he had given up and ate his sisters birthday cake or something. But yeah, he needs to do some sit ups to get his 6 pack back instead of his pot belly.

Sorry, I'm a bit late. But for £20, I'd buy a couple of old games that you missed out on from ebay. I don't know what PS2 games you already have, but I'm sure you are missing some A+ titles. If you must get 1 of those, get Silent Hill. Man Hunt is a terrible game.

I like your review Gryphon, but I think 8/10 for gameplay was a tad much. You said that the games major downfall was the mediocre gameplay. From reading, it sounds as if the basicness of the game frustrated you a little and I think you could have elaborated a bit more. Good review, just don't feel bad for slating games. The graphics rule, it is certainly the scariest game ever (resident evil in first person would be BAD) but you could have marked it down a bit. I say: Graphics: 10 Sound: 9 Gameplay: 4 Overall: 5.5 - Quite Average other than graphics etc And yes, I loved the original Doom and some people might be sharp to say you have to play the original to appreciate it, but I disagree. Playing the original just highlights how basic this game is. Although Doom was the first FPS, I still think it had the best game design in an FPS so far. Only Quake 1 (and maybe 2) has rivalled the single player of the original Doom. Just my opinion though, I don't care for the game enough to do a full review, I'm just summarising.

Thanks a lot Gryphon, I'll try to please you At last, someone who understands where I'm coming from. About the substance, I don't think any games worth 5 CDs worth of your Hard Drive. If you have a PS2 or Xbox, buy it for that, if not, you should maybe play thru it once and then uninstall it. I havent got substance myself, so I dont know what extras it has (It won't be much of an improvement, just mini games etc) but I dunno about downloading 5 gig or whatever.

Yeah I've got this game for my SNES and it is pretty good (although it is called Kirby's Fun Pak or something in the UK). I wouldn't say it was a 10/10 masterpiece but that's just my opinion. Good review. By the way, Great Cave Offensive is the best name for a game ever. Shame about the actual game though (it was my least favourite).