What did you play most recently?

[gavin19]

Royal Rumble on the SNES. I played this to death all those years ago. Extremely basic and limited by today's standards. Well, I assumed this because the last wrestling game I played was WCW/NWO on the N64 which wasn't much more advanced.

 

I went and got a copy of the latest WWE game just to compare and it is a world apart. The control system is going to take some getting used to though. I'll have to dig out RR on the DC, I know I have it here somewhere.

 

Which is the best of the modern wrestling games with a Royal Rumble feature, aside from Smackdown vs Raw 08?

[fumanchu]

playing under defeat on the dreamcast,right now.this game needs a xbla release.

Edited April 17, 2008 by fumanchu

[Agozer]

I still don't understand why the Japanese language is SO awesome that people have a desire to untranslate things.

For me, it's about hearing games, shows, movies etc. in their native language. It 's really not so much about loving a particular language. I could probably say that no matter how good an english (or any other language) dub might be, the original language simply sounds more natural (i.e. flows better) to my ear.

 

I don't know, must be because I've grown up watching TV with subtitles, not dubbing. On the japanese as a language, it sounds very much like Finnish on occasion, so that might explain some part of my fancy for it, who knows.

 

Inky: Finished both the first one and the second. Truly scary stuff, although the first one kinda pales in comparison to the rest. Review of 3 coming later this evening.

[Skythe]

Just finished Mass Effect. Gonna continue playing it till I master the achievements.

[Mooney]

Silverfall for PSP. Very addicting RPG.

[Devia Eleven]

I just completed Bully, now I need to choose which game I will complete next.

[gavin19]

I was playing some buggy-as-hell RTS called XIII : Death or Glory. Crashed that much I can't give an honest opinion of it!

Edited April 21, 2008 by gavin19

[L.S.D]

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 on PSP. My gunlance look awesome now.

[Bambi]

N+ on XBLA

 

It's more of something to play when your bored, not all that memorable as I remembered it being

[fumanchu]

progear on fbaxxx on xbox.

[Skythe]

N+ on XBLA

 

It's more of something to play when your bored, not all that memorable as I remembered it being

 

That's because you don't have the essence of the ninja in ya.

[Bambi]

N+ on XBLA

 

It's more of something to play when your bored, not all that memorable as I remembered it being

 

That's because you don't have the essence of the ninja in ya.

 

I've got the essence and the know how.....just not the patience

[Tynvar]

I'm still in a retro gaming binge... I'm working still on Game Boy Wars 2. Which looks like Advance Wars granddaddy. It's not as fun but the strategy element is still in there. Although I dislike the computers overpower tactics instead of finding a better path.

[Bambi]

I'm still in a retro gaming binge... I'm working still on Game Boy Wars 2. Which looks like Advance Wars granddaddy. It's not as fun but the strategy element is still in there. Although I dislike the computers overpower tactics instead of finding a better path.

 

Go even further retro and try Famicom Wars on the NES/Famicom

That's the first one I tried, The computers really cheap in it though

[Agozer]

But you only know the what the native language of the film is because you just know already. What if an anime was made in English let's say and then dubbed into Japanese. Then I show you the Japanese version, followed by the 'native' English dub. You would never know that it was originally an English production unless I had told you.

True, but there aren't any natively English anime. But you do have a point, I would never know.

 

By that rationale, anyone who doesn't speak English is not getting the full benefit of films then - eg. Godfather or Home Alone - because they aren't watching them in their native language?

Depends on the quality of quality of the translation and the competence of the voice actors.

 

And, what difference does it make if the original language sounds more natural if you are reading the subtitles in order to understand it anyway?

This has more to do with knowing that the anime is of japanese (or korean) origin, and comparing the English dub to the original version. Listening the original version is also a way for me to judge the overall quality of the translation, and how it fits to what is being said on screen. I don't know, maybe I'm just somewhat biased, because I've grown up watching subtitled foreign shows, japanese or otherwise.

 

Granted, some English dubs are excellent.

 

Of course, for the Joe Average, what they see is more important than what they hear, so to them this doesn't make any difference.

 

It is much harder to tell poorer voice acting for me if it isn't in English, I don't know why, but it is. I will say that I don't think I have been able to watch an English dub after I have watched the Japanese original. But I think this is because I already have that character's voice in my head, even if I can't understand a word of it. Only exceptions were a couple of the Ghibli animes, Nausicaa and Mononoke IIRC.

Same here, although I can hear the poor japanese ones as well; mostly those whose voice really doesn't match the character.

 

Oh and back OT, I was playing some buggy-as-hell RTS called XIII : Death or Glory. Crashed that much I can't give an honest opinion of it!

Yes, back on-topic.