OT- Mind work... (Was For filePro and overall strength which isbest, SUSE or RedHat?)

[William Randall]

You know....our list friends are going to hate this thread...well, maybe
only some of them.

> > Maybe you need to play more POP-Warrior Within to sharpen the mind and
> > skills.  I find WW to be much more difficult than SOT was....but I am
still
> > having fun and it makes programming in filePro seem so easy in
comparison.
> > :)
>
> Beat it.  On "Easy" anyway.  I don't even want to -know- what "Hard" is
> like.  The Princess kept leaving be feeling a little sushi-like, honestly.
> And the Darhaka...I -hate- that thing!!!  (Still, the effect it had on the
> game was cool...I just got annoyed with the difficulty.)
>

I have no idea what Hard is like but I switched quickly for Easy to Normal
because of the fact I love torture.  :)  I found Easy too easy and restarted
on Normal because I figure if I can't beat normally on normal I might as
well give up games.

> Overall, the game isn't harder puzzle-wise, but the new emphasis on
combat,
> including the addition of more bosses throughout--well, it frankly makes
> that bridge battle in TSoT where I died 20 times before getting it...pale
by
> comparison.

I agree that the puzzles are not that difficult but the fight scenes and the
bosses are completely beyond 'my' normal capabilities.

>
> Then I beat 007: Nightfire, which was actually the best Bond game released
> since Goldeneye for the N64.

I remember the N64 game and liked it.  I will have to give the new one a
try.

>
> If you want to talk about -hard-, grab a GameCube and try Metroid Prime 2:
> Echoes.  Ye gods.  I beat the original, and only two things gave me any
> huge problems in that--the Omega Pirate and Metroid Prime itself (I just
> ignored fission metroids, it's hopeless to fight them).  But the sequel,
> besides getting a massive graphical boost (I didn't think that was
> possible!) also got a LOT harder.  Some of the fights in this take as long
> as the final fight in the original MP.  It took me 11 deaths at 15min a
> crack to finally beat the Spider Guardian.  Don't mention the giant Worms
a

I was reading the reviews on Metroid and it really sounded like something I
wanted to try.  Guess that one will be in my 'to-do' list.

> After I beat this (give it at least 2 weeks--been working on it that long
> and I'm only 66% done at best...and I just hit the REALLY hard
> area--Sanctuary), I'm moving on to Beyond Good and Evil.  I've heard
> nothing but good things about it, and Kelly says I should like it from
what
> she saw.
>

I agree that it sounds really good but I have never liked the grotesque
story line so I have have stayed away from it...at least for now.

> I -so- disagree with the reviews PoP:WW got.  Do you?  I must have read a
> good nine reviews on it (after purchasing and playing it--got it release
> day), and every last one of them really seemed to have it in for the game.

Agreed

> Yes, I felt QA was rushed...there was one crash and an annoying graphical
> bug where the hazed "pulsing" from recall never stops after you stop using
> recall.  That happened to me twice and a reboot of the console fixed it.
> Other than that, I thought it was just as good, although far harder.

I also have had some of those issues but have been able to go back (thank
you for saving) and have changed my approach just enough to avoid the
glitches.

>
> "Have I mentioned my fear of heights?" has to be the most commonly uttered
> phrase in this home when playing PoP.

Oh my.   I hate jumping long distances and to areas that don't seem to be
logical.

>
> OB fP:  Thinking of making a database to keep track of game, platform, how
> many copies I own (I must have 6 of Command & Conquer!), where I bought
it,
> whether or not I've beaten it, and on what skill level.  How much gameplay
> you get out of it is another interesting factor.  Average game time these
> days is 20hrs on really good games.  I exceeded that with PoP:WW, and I'll
> probably treble it with MP2:E.  Seems like, with rare exceptions, that
time
> per game is actually dropping, despite the amount of content on the media
> actually growing.  I'd grudgingly add in how much I paid for each, but
that
> would be too much of a reality cheque.  (Pun intended via spelling.)
Right
> now, I only track my Cube games, and it's in a text file.  I don't even
> have a comprehensive list of my PC and PS2/PSX games.
>

Sounds like something I already have.  Keep track of levels, feelings and
bugs found.  I seem to wait on buying until Price Grabber finds them really
reasonably priced.  Since I only play PS2 games, I have no need to compare.

Bill



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