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Chris Martin - January 20th '02- 2:00 Eastern Standard Time
The weekend approaches. Command? Drink hard liquor, dance all night, and pick fights with homeless people. Well, maybe the first two.
For some reason, and I honestly can't understand why, I'm in an especially good mood today. So if the levels of burning sarcasm drop, you know why.
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Sounds like the EU needs to import more RPGs.
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Dear Chesh,
A nagging thought has been bugging at the back of my
mind for some time now, and it is only recently that I
have figured out what it is.
Last night whilst browsing through the RPGamer site, I
came upon the results of the RPG awards for 2002.
Avidly I began to read through, but I became
increasingly dismayed at the time.
You see with the one exception of Phantasy Star
Online, it seems that every game that won an award has
not been, or in most cases never will be, released in
the UK or the rest of Europe. In the case of Final
Fantasy X, us poor Europeans have to wait until at
least June before we can get a copy of this.
Now this is not a letter bemoaning the appalling
console support experienced by European gamers, it is
an expression of concern over this site's seeming
unconcern over this factor.
The massive choice of RPG's available in the US, as
compared with over here is phenomenal to someone like
me who is forced to buy RPG's that most people on this
site wouldn't even look twice at, because sadly they
are the only ones released in this country. I won't
run off the list of games that have never seen the
light of day this side of the Atlantic, the truth be
told it is far too long.
However, this factor never seems to be acknowledged or
even mentioned by this site. And the one time the
situation was reversed, with Shenmue 2, I noticed with
a slight feeling of bitterness that this issue was
much bemoaned and discussed.
Now I may have got my wires crossed, and perhaps
RPGamer.com is only for the benefit of people in
America, in which case I apologise, but perhaps a
disclaimer may have been a nice touch.
If not, I just think it would be nice for RPGamer to
address the European market once in awhile, even
though we are seen as the backwater of videogaming
Yours
-Luke Parker
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Cheshire Catalyst:
The RPG situation in Europe is a darn shame. I grew up in a rural part of Pennsylvania, that had very little access to the more... ecclectic tastes in anime and gaming that I'd acquired. Granted, that was later fixed for me thanks to the internet and my ability to drive a car to the next town, but I think I can sympathize. The Shenmue 2 incident put the shoe on the other foot for most Americans (myself included), so while there may have been some anger, hopefully now those people understand now what it feels like.
RPGamer is for the benefit of anyone who can read it. Our staff comes mostly from the US, but we have a few international faces here too. (Not in the least of which, Singing sensation Mistress Nightshadow: who comes from the paradise of kangaroos and Paul Hogan known as Australia)
We're also a news organization, if not a highly specified one. We can really only report on the state of RPGs in the current market. We can't really do much about it. The companies that produce these games seem to be missing out on the chance to make a nice amount of cash (pounds, lira, francs, etc.) when they withold themselves from the Euro market.
Again, we're sorry, but whenever a game is to be released in Europe, we'll have it placed on the game's page.
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Senile old fart.
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Hey C,
I've got a few questions for you. First of all, I
recently read about the partnership Nintendo and Sony
had in the late 80's, early 90's, some stuff about
Sony developing the PlayStation originally as an
add-on to the SNES. That was until, Nintendo screwed
them over by making a side deal with Phillips, it
would appear. Anyway, I'm a huge Nintendo fan, but my
question is this: Why does Yamauchi act like such a
pain in the butt over Square's 'betrayal' when he
himself is guilty of a much larger betrayal? My
second question is what in the world is with those
CD-i Zelda games? They don't look good; they don't
look good at all.
-jaraph "Save Sylvia from Mr. X!"
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Cheshire Catalyst:
What can I say? Companies like to, nay HAVE to, look out for number one. Square, Sony, Nintendo, Phillips-Magnavox, Radioshack, Value City, Claire's, Spencer's Gifts, Microsoft... All looking out for themselves.
The Zelda CD-I games are the result of nintendo whoring out their liscence. They're known among the gaming jet set to be astoundingly crappy games.
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Twinking characters prior to mooshing enemies.
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Hail Almighty Chesh!
Anyway, the other day Goog had someone tlaking about getting to godlike
levels in a game. Now that's fun. One of my memory cards is a godlike
card, Castlevania, FF VII, VIII, IX, FFT, PE, Xeno, Einhander, are al
godlike. 99 levels, all items, all modes beaten. I mean seriously, taking
out the end guys in FFT with Double Swords, Math, Ignore Height, 3
Excaliburs, Defenders, and Save the Queens. So much fun. Not to mention on
C:SOTN, taking out Armor Lords, and Dracula with 4 hits. Of course, we all
have to start over eventually, but I always keep my gods on that card, and
add to them all the time. WHo else does this? Any personal thoughts?
What games, and what are your favorite things to do? Anyway, enjoy being.
Aeniph - friend of Ein Soph.
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Cheshire Catalyst:
Buffing up in games is, for me, only enjoyable if the leveling-up system at least extends beyond the basics of Gain XP, stats go up, repeat until you wither and die. FFX has done a cool job with this, not unlike its predecessors FFV, FFT, and even (gasp!) FFVII. Smiting your enemies may be fun, but the trip to get that powerful should be at leats enjoyable. It is a game, after all.
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