X-strike Podcast

[shadowdancer21b]

Retrocast 004 Donkey Kong Country: I also truly despise paying for saves and similar. This is especially a pain in Maximo: Ghosts and Glory (which, believe it or not, is a spiritual successor to Ghosts N Goblins). Pay to save, pay to warp, it's a bitch. It blows in Donkey Kong Country 2 as well. Especially since Funky Kong and Candy Kong provided their services for FREE.

[bokista]

Eyyy, all Triple Raid-ios are up on the feed! Huzzah!

[gobbleskat]

Maximo: Ghosts and Glory (which, believe it or not, is a spiritual successor to Ghosts N Goblins)

I think the relationship between those games is pretty upfront. Paying for saves in Maximo is directly related to me not finishing it.

[Ekkebus]

Its not just that you have to pay for saves in Maximo but you have to have a significant amount of money to do so. A hundred coins is nothing to sneeze at in that game and could be much better spent on items, armor, and accessories that could SAVE YOUR FUCKING LIFE. I did finish the game but having the manage my money to make sure I'd have enough to save after I beat a boss was one bit of stress I could have done without. Fortunately they did away with that BS in Army of Zin which, by the way, not nearly enough people have played.

[Jakanden]

Eyyy, all Triple Raid-ios are up on the feed! Huzzah!

Where? I dont see triple raidio in iTunes and a search of X-Strike only shows the old podcasts and the feed doesnt work.

[King wiL]

Eyyy, all Triple Raid-ios are up on the feed! Huzzah!

Where? I dont see triple raidio in iTunes and a search of X-Strike only shows the old podcasts and the feed doesnt work.

i think they mean the RSS feed on the site, not itunes, we're not important enough for our needs to be tended to lol (yes, that is sarcasm, don't worry) :p

[Ekkebus]

They're not back up on iTunes yet but now that we have the feed working again it should be back soon.

[bokista]

Eyyy, all Triple Raid-ios are up on the feed! Huzzah!

Where? I dont see triple raidio in iTunes and a search of X-Strike only shows the old podcasts and the feed doesnt work.

i think they mean the RSS feed on the site, not itunes, we're not important enough for our needs to be tended to lol (yes, that is sarcasm, don't worry) :p

In the meantime, open iTunes and in the menu choose Advanced-->Subsrcibe to Podcast then use http://feeds.feedburner.com/xstrikefeed

[Reznor]

Get All. Thank you.

*Rapes download speed*

[King wiL]

yeah thats all the tripleradio's nice one

[4]

Well technically I'm getting a hold of you guys through Games for Windows Live which connects to the same service. Sometimes I'll be playing a game on the PC and listening to the podcast at the same time for added nerd value, and I'll shoot you a quick message while waiting to respawn or what have ya without having to quit out.

I wish I could enjoy the Scott Pilgrim universe as some of you do. I read through the volumes after heavy recommendation, and upon finishing it I was so disappointed that it angered me. It was that type of frustrating lack of satisfaction. That said, I can see the movie and game panning out to be decent given it can be a visually fun series, but the literary content was consistently painful. I don't think I've ever actually groaned out loud while reading until now. At least I tried. It did make me smile once when the X-Strike move was given its own big panel.

I'm almost tempted to pick up the new co-op Castlevania even though I was burned out on the series back during the Game Boy Advance sequels. Buuuut I've already dumped my summer of arcade points into Hydro Thunder and Monday Night Combat and so far those have been very satisfying. Anybody else here plan on picking these up or what? Monday Night Combat even has a co-op mode which is a mix of horde mode and tower defense. Unfortunately it only has ONE co-op map, so it's not really going to last, but it's certainly fun for what it is. The versus is where the real meat and potatoes are, but if you're like me and you can't find a competent team for 10 matches in a row, the experience is just killed. Maybe today I will win...

Anybody Kane and Lynch 2? ME, RIGHT HERE! My money is all over the parking lot, and I am ready to play it. I bought the first one after it got panned to death and got it for all of ten dollars. I couldn't believe how surprisingly good it was. I thought I was going to get a short afternoon of generic shooter to plow through, but it has some of the most unique level experiences I've played. Namely the club level. It's only the last quarter of the game where it takes a horrifyingly bad turn, and all of the reviews begin to make sense. It's like a bad "The Village" turn where the majority of the experience is very satisfying, but the moment it takes a turn for the worse, it gets really rough. But just like The Village, I still dig it, because when it was good, it was damn good. I highly recommend that you guys check out the Kane and Lynch 2 demo. Even with it being "another third person shooter," I think you'll be rather surprised at how unique it is due to the look and feel of the surroundings in combination with the visual filters. Just give it a shot. Yeah, I get it, you don't give a shit, just try it anyways.

On the topic of Dead Rising, has anybody checked out the live action episodes they've been putting out? I haven't bothered yet, but the preview I saw looked entertaining. I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned on the raidio yet given X-Strike seems to love them some Dead Rising.

I'm still interested in Splatterhouse and giving it the benefit of the doubt. Worse comes to worst, all 3 of the original classics are going to be on the disc, so it's not like you'd be getting a horribly raw deal in the end. I'm hopeful that the near two year delay will give us a game that's at least entertaining even if completely unoriginal. We'll see.

Alright, this is an insane wall of text, and nobody's really going to read this anyways, so I'm cutting myself off here. I've got a round of Monday Night Combat to win. Hopefully.

[Jakanden]

I am a pretty big fan of the Ys series. The DS version of 1 & 2 was crap and I would highly suggest either the PC version or waiting for the PSP release of it. I have the PSP import of and would say it is the second best edition, behind the PC. I have also already pre-ordered both YS 7 and YS: Oath In Felghana. Since you guys enjoyed Ys III, you might be interested in Oath In Felghana as it is a remake of it.

Regarding Ip Man, which particular fight scene were you talking about? The final fight in Flashpoint is still my favorite Donnie Yen fight, but the fights in Ip Man are all pretty wicked., especially the multiple black belt fight.

PS - Just wait till I see you guys at MAGFest. My leg will be fully healed by then, I assure you!

[4]

Yeah I just wanted to hop in and add that Ys is in fact awesome, with Ark of Napishtim being one of my favorite PS2 games. Good ol fashioned action rpg fun with soundtracks that are on a level of their own.

[gobbleskat]

Jay: It was the 10 man fight in the dojo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWGO9p0yyaU

4: To be honest you are the FIRST and only hands on review I've heard about Kane and Lynch. Not good review, not bad, just ANYONE. It's not that I'm assuming their is nothing worthwhile about the game, it's just not a world that interests me. Real world crime games just do nothing for me. It's possible I've pegged it incorrectly though, and I'll check out any demo, so I'll give it it's fair shot.

I really want to go back to Y's 3.

[Juese]

Yeah, the big-ass 10-man payoff fight. I love that fight. On it's own as well as the strength of it with the narrative, it just worked so well for me. Ip Man is officially up there in my grand list of fave kung fu flicks.

Jay, you sent me that fight forever ago from Flashpoint, right? No question a great fight, I still gotta watch the rest of the movie.