Wind Waker Or Soul Calibur 2?
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<div class="IPBDescription">decisions decisions...</div>Well I've decided to blow that $45 gift card on either Wind Waker, or Soul Calibur 2. But I can't really decide which. :/
- I've already beaten Wind Waker, and don't have an immediate desire to play it again, however it is one of those games that I know I'll run through again at least 8 times in the next 10 years. Its one of those games I don't want to ever get rid of like I did (regretably) with A Link To The Past.
- Soul Calibur 2 is fun, but I only like it cause I can play as Link. I have absolutely zero desire to play it as any other character. And when I rented it, I had already beaten the game with Link, and I'm quite sure that the only time I'll play it is 2 player with either my roomate Chad or my friend Stephen, both of whom are kinda indifferent to fighting games, but I really don't have any good 2 (or more) player games to play...
- I've already beaten Wind Waker, and don't have an immediate desire to play it again, however it is one of those games that I know I'll run through again at least 8 times in the next 10 years. Its one of those games I don't want to ever get rid of like I did (regretably) with A Link To The Past.
- Soul Calibur 2 is fun, but I only like it cause I can play as Link. I have absolutely zero desire to play it as any other character. And when I rented it, I had already beaten the game with Link, and I'm quite sure that the only time I'll play it is 2 player with either my roomate Chad or my friend Stephen, both of whom are kinda indifferent to fighting games, but I really don't have any good 2 (or more) player games to play...
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all I know is I got bored of SC2 in one rental period =P but I'm not a fighter guy...
Gasp! At least you owned it once.
I'd pick Wind Waker, if you want a fighting game for GameCube, go for SSB:M. I haven't played SCII, but I heard it's really bad, and Link's a cheap character.
but if i HAD to choose, i'd get wind waker. scII is a good game, but it gets boring after a while. and even after hours of learning a characters entire move set, AND more hours of learning when to use the moves and stances, you still get beat by a friend that JUST picked up the controller and hits A like he was playing mario party.
meh :/
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any Zelda fan should own windwaker
I was disappointed.
Then again I was disappointed with the "original" and all of its sequels.
Alone In The Dark clone if you ask me. AITD was the true inventer of the Survival Horror genre, and to this day I've yet to see a game do better (although I've yet to try that one really popular one on PS/2)
- I've already beaten Wind Waker, and don't have an immediate desire to play it again, however it is one of those games that I know I'll run through again at least 8 times in the next 10 years. Its one of those games I don't want to ever get rid of like I did (regretably) with A Link To The Past.
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Since you've beaten both of them, why did you narrow it down to those two?
Perhaps since you so regret getting rid of A Link to the Past, you could buy a copy of that.
Of course theres allways emulation for that sort of thing anyway....
As for SSBM I think the first one was better. This one is just too floaty for my tastes. The first one had a more solid feel to it and I liked the air combat a lot more.
if your friends aren't into fighting games you're really not going to enjoy SCII the way it's meant to be so I wouldn't bother =/
Link's sooo not cheap, if you want cheap just fight against me and I'll show you whole new levels of cheapness you didn't even think were possible with just about any character.... especially nightmare <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
SSBM is a great pickup and play game for 3-4 players ^^
The old one was fun but having played both side by side the GC sequel is faar superior to it's old N64 partner, especially in the singleplayer stakes like Ness said <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Other games that are good pickup and plays for most people are stuff like Mario Party 4, Super Monkey Ball 2 and depending on the players; Bomberman generations!!! it's like the original bomberman games but with lots of fun game modes like coin and survival. It's a great giggle =D
If you're a shootemup fan ikaruga is a definite recommendation or if you're an F-zero/racing fan then that should be out soon enough.
<b>edit:</b> fixed a silly mistake ^^;
*Kisses Alone in the Dark* I LOVED that game! But it was on Floppies and totally inconvenient. And I never played 2, 3, or 4.
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I saw a Video with him, and he can shoot and Arrow pretty fast, and all my friends easily win with him by getting knock outs.
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Ikaruga's like... 6 Levels. Instead of F-Zero, don't get it [It's already out]. Get Extreme GIII instead, and you can probably get that for cheap. My friend got it for $9.99 at Hollywood Video Used, his best used buy ever.
F-zero GX is the devil. No ifs ands or buts about it. Nothing anyone could say could convince me that this game is anything less than pure concentrated evil in it's original state. Regardless of your level of skill, this game is so amazingly difficult, grazing a wall on Novice (lowest setting) on Ruby Cup (lowest cup) will pluck you out of 1st place, and plop you into 30th. Catching back up to the pack? Better be prepared to shell out life to speed up, of which you have a rather limited supply. I myself got 1st place on Novice on Ruby Cup. On Standard (normal difficulty), I found myself struggling and sweating for 22nd place, on the same cup.. This is a game for the hardest of hardcore gamers. Graphics? Sweet. Controls? Nice. Multiplayer? It's there. If you get 1st place in Emerald Cup on the most difficult setting, you are my god. It's as simple as that. I will take a picture of myself bowing down with my digital camera. This is not your dad's racer, folks, and this isn't Mario Kart.
Against an experienced opponent Link's not much more than a novelty, his moves are cool and stuff but most of the other characters have a more 'stable' set of attacks to choose from. It was fun when none of the guys in the flat had fought elf-boy before and we were getting used to SC on a gamecube pad but it didn't take long before anyone playing link got KOed pretty quick =s
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The big stick people are Seung Mina and Kilik; I can kinda see how he might complain but they're just like every other character. Once you know how to deal with the playing style of the person behind the character it's lots easier. In their case it's just important to remember that their damage isn't great and to block/parry/dodge at the right times so you don't get combo juggled =3
<b>edit:</b> problem with SCII is, it's fun for most people for a while but without some fighter-fans around it tends to get old quick.
The final verdict?
Tons of stuff to find. The main quest at the start is perhaps a little easy, but it doesn't stay that way. It's still the same old zelda - ship or not. However, if that doesn't bother you, the game's a hoot.
Soul calibur 2... I hear is a notorious button masher. That is all I can tell you. Fighting games aren't my thing.
...Except if they go Maxi that is <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
yeahh I remember AITD... straight out of a Lovecraft novel... even with the 5-polygon monsters, it was horrifying... I think I played the fourth too, and it didn't come close to stacking up.
Resident Evil 2 for the PS1 was a sweet scary game. Any scary game with a police station has to have one of those one-way mirrors, and you know what's gonna happen, and that makes it even MORE terrifying =x
Maybe consider getting Devil May Cry, 1 or 2, or one of those Square anthologies with Chrono Trigger or FF6, or maybe Gran Turismo... I enjoyed Dark Cloud, even though it's somewhat geeky and primitive by ps2 standards.
and In my opinion snk games like last blade, the kof series and the street fighter series are twice the fun.
Oh and you cant foget Guilty gear either allthough its more of a good looking fihting game than a gr8 all round one.
2D ones tend to be more about super-mega-death combos, crazy stunts and over-the-top timing while SC&SCII are more about strategy and making good use of the 3D movements than hard to do moves. It's kinda like comparing a game of dodge-ball to a game of chess... they play really different but they're both fun in their own way <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->