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wrt to the Sega/IT deal: "Is the deal with Sega still on?" "Oh yes - still on!" There is officially still hope, though I am officially not hopeful...or should that be 'unofficially hopeful'?

I'm going later today. I heard that they got PowerSmash 3 (Virtua Tennis 3) but probably not much else of note. I went last year and it was fun.

Well, obviously they are (and I have played all of them in depth -except for FT). But VF5 looks to be a substantially depature from the gradual evolution of the series. VF1 -> FT has basically just been a process of adding more moves and properties to enhance the gameplay, but I really think...

From the limited footage we have, it looks to me like VF5 could be quite different in many ways from the previous four incarnations. The gameplay and mechanics, in particular, seemed to have changed quite significantly.

Shots look very clean. Also noticed that there're some shots of Quake running on MBX floating around.

Overall, I found the graphics, in strictly technical terms, to be about what I expected from the specs. The wide-screen (WS) high-definition (HD) display is not something that jumps out at you immediately, but you begin to appreciate its benefits after a while. There was little apparent...

It looked about the same size as the Jap version.

So hungry I could eat a Zombie!!! Just spent about 2 hours with HotD4 at Preview-UK and it was fun. This version was 5 levels long, so I assume it's either finished or near finished (December is the expected realese date). The cabinet is the same as it was in Japan but is set to change for...

Maybe Sega/Sammy should consider turning VF5 into one of those card-based gambling games or something like that Derby Club.

You can still find DM posting at Opa-Ages as DeadmeatGA, something like that anyway. I think he's now plugging X360 against PS3.

KonCom

No, part of the hype was speculation on how much more the graphics could 'improve' based on the fact that the demos were early and developers are expected to extract more performance from a console over time. The DC had a very limited development life, so the comparison is invalid. Future...

Not as much as would expect considering the time since the demos. Most PS2 games still show evidence of the machines weak design (directly, indirectly or both). The top developers have the cash and time to spend negating/overcoming most of the issues but the telltale signs almost always...

In the strictest technical terms, yes, you could say the PS2 has exceeded the original tech demos. But, when you consider the way the demos were presented and reported on it all becomes a bit fudgy. Image quality problems (that plague PS2 titles still today) were glossed over and only...

Has the PS2 lived up to its tech demos? Arguable. Has the PS2 delivered on its original hype? Certainly not.