Re: Newtype USA September cover disk

Peter Boulter wrote:
> Justin Palmer(justin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) added
> 
>> (snip)
>>
> <Xenosaga> 
(snip)
   One
>>> review I read suggests that unless you're familiar with
>>> the game the story won't make a lot of sense.
>> 	I suspect someone, sooner or later, is going to point out that 
>> familiarity with the game gives you pretty much the same result... 
>> ^_^ Like many console RPGs emerging into a new market at the time, 
>> the translation was - re****tedly - "spoony". ^_^
>>
> 
> Ah, like that is it.
>  
	Well, I'm referring to the first game. XenoSaga was a later release, 
when things had improved somewhat, but there is an overarching storyline 
that goes back 10,000 years in the game universe. Probably not 
surprising they had trouble compressing the story...!

>> (snip)
>>
>>>>> The last episode on the disk is Ramen Fighter Miki,
>>>> 	Best. Title. EVER!
>>> And about the only thing that's good about it!
>> 	Oh, c'mon - girls fighting over ramen. 
> 
> From what I could work out, they're not fighting over ramen, they're
fighting to
> see who can get the most customers.  One girl worked for the ramen shop
the other
> for a bakery.

	Another fantasy spoiled.

	Ahem.

> 
>> Whats not to like?! ^_^
> 
> Quite a bit.
> Unless you like mindless, silly series. ^_^
>
	I just know someone is going to make a comparison between the use of 
the word "mindless" there and my better known viewing habits. ^_^


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