Recent content by bryanb

Sorry to disappoint you but I have played about 30 minutes of Halo, before realizing that the experience with a controller is 50% of what it is on the PC. I also played about 20 minutes of one of the Bond games on the GC. So sadly, Sherlock, your great powers of deduction really just been...

Right, there is no problem with that. The problem is when he included: dpad = weapon/item selection If you are forced to remove your thumb from the tiny analog (thus centering your view) to use the dpad, that just aint going to work. There's no way to use both the dpad, the analog, the...

What about Halo? I totally concede ignorance on console based FPS cause the auto aiming and the controls are so totally inferior to PC. Haven't most of the games gone over to the Halo control scheme? You can't "look" using the tiny PSP analog and simultaneously use the small dpad. You...

Not only are you left without a mouse (the reason I don't play FPS on a console) but you are also without the traditional console control mechanism of using the analog and dpad simultaneously. It will be impossible to support the PSP, using the tiny dpad, and use the tiny analog with one hand...

Then why did you originally post using the text "radar/minimap"? It clearly isn't a minimap. It is a barely functional radar that in no way compares to the benefits a second map screen on which you can see enemies outside of the dimensions of that tiny little radar as well as information that...

Again, you just aren't getting it. (1) The tiny radar on MP in no way compares to a separate map screen. Besides its just a radar, not a map. Have you ever actually played MP? (2) Due to screen size limitation the mini-map approach makes no sense on the DS. Why are these basic and...

You really are not getting this. Let's go over this again: the map in MP is available via a stop real time action subscreen. "Conceivably mapping functions" to either of the four face buttons or the shoulder buttons which are most like being used for something else is not going to do it...

Re: A vote for the DS The map in Metroid Hunters visually displays enemies and information that you cannot see from a FPS perspective. How exactly is that a waste of space? Sounds more like invaluable tool. No, I would be moving my right hand away from the ABXY buttons in order to...

The demise of the n64 was more self-inflicted than Sony marketing driven: carts vs CDs, bad 3rd party treatment vs Sony red carpet, etc. The question here for the PSP is whether it can expand the current portable market. Clearly because 70% of the portable market is under 18, only a fraction...

A vote for the DS 5 reasons for the DS: (1) I love the idea of a screen this is used for maps. They could just rename it the Map Screen. So does everyone I know that plays GBA SP. Toggling between map view and game view in games like Metroid and CastleVania really takes away from...

The GBA-2 won't be using any type of disc, ie CD/DVD. You can't put a spinning CD/DVD disk in a hand held unit due to battery and durability concerns. It will use a newer and backwards compatible cart interface.

Nintendo's plan obviously is not to exceed or equal the PS3. As I said before the Nintendo goal is to be close enough in hardware that the 3rd parties can still port between the 3 consoles. I would say that they can easily acheive this goal. They will stick with the same basic GameCube design...

I hate to remind you but you said, "replace every Nintendo with Sega". And guess what? Your statement didn't make any f'in sense. I guess we were all just supposed to know what you meant. The state of the industry and the many strengths of Nintendo as compared to Sega are so wildly...

You really need to review the definition of the word exactly. So if I substitute Sega for Nintendo is my post above, please explain to me why these comparisons make no f'in sense: (1) One word: GameBoy. (2) There is little correlation between Nintendo's core youth market, its strength...

Read the above post and remind yourself that by picking your nose you would be accomplishing more than by comparing Sega with Nintendo.