TNL's GotM: October 2006

[AaronChance]

Tank controls were great... in 1983, when they were the only conceivable way of translating Battlezone to 2600.

I can only assume you played the game for a minute and your right stick is broken.

[Yoshi]

You know, November won't be about FFXII. It's going to be all about Guitar Hero 2.

IBTMFN

[Frogacuda]

Tank controls were great... in 1983, when they were the only conceivable way of translating Battlezone to 2600.

Tank controls are a 2 stick setup, like arcade battlezone. Or Katamari Damacy (sorta). The word you're looking for is "character-relative controls."

[Bacon McShig]

Wow. And here I thought it was one of the best months for gaming in a good while.

A month slightly better than a lot of really bad months =/= a good month

[Frogacuda]

A month slightly better than a lot of really bad months =/= a good month

A month where there's more games that I want to check out than I have time to play=good month. The fact that I'm not playing the latest entry in my favorite RPG series (Tales of the Abyss) right now should speak volumes.

[Thief Silver]

If by beyond you mean more enjoyable, then yes I agree with you. Also, it's a game just like the others. I have to pop it in the PS2 to enjoy it.

Exactly, music games once established are hard to mess up, it's guarenteed to be amazing and nothing will be able to compete .

Uhhh, what? So you're saying that Double Agent is better than God Hand but I should prefer God Hand because it isn't a franchise or licenced?

No I'm just saying regardless of what you enjoy, you come off as a complete douchebag when yhou think that people who share a different opinion about a game that may fit their pallet more than your crap need to move to Japan is just a retarded comment. I'm moreso attacking your judgement that you can only be a japanese lover to like the game, that you're a prick. Same with Joust, it's just, we all knew Joust was a prick.

[ElCapichan]

Splinter Cell FTW! Sure there are some other great games on the list, but I am not as big a fighter or RPG fan as I used to be. Splinter Cell offers the best of both worlds with an awsome single player story (ok its no insert amazing book or movie but it isn't awful) that offers some incredible gameplay, and the online multiplayer is some of the most fun I've had on Live since GRAW.

BTW, I'm pretty sure that FFXII will be in stores on the 31st, at least thats what my manager keeps telling me.

[Tain]

You apparently missed the bland, generic levels and constantly repeated enemies in God Hand.

And The Warriors is apparently full of variety.

[Finch]

A month where there's more games that I want to check out than I have time to play=good month. The fact that I'm not playing the latest entry in my favorite RPG series (Tales of the Abyss) right now should speak volumes.

): I'm still caught up in Okami from last month, and Jesus help me if i couldn't last until at least March on this month alone.

[bVork]

Tank controls are a 2 stick setup, like arcade battlezone. Or Katamari Damacy (sorta). The word you're looking for is "character-relative controls."

I said what I meant and meant what I said. That's why I specifically mentioned 2600 Battlezone and not the arcade one. I used the word "tank" because it has the additional connotation of being slow, unwieldy, and ponderous. Tank controls sucked in Alone in the Dark, they sucked in Resident Evil, and they suck in God Hand. Katamari Damacy's control kinda sucks too.