GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 439
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/4/2007 12:46:48 PM | message detail |
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Are you talking about SSB? It's just that much of a phenomenon, I
guess. Speaking of which, how much do you figure Zelda would get on it? --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/4/2007 9:24:41 PM | message detail |
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Ike will be in Brawl. you can clearly see a Daein flag and castle in the first SSBB trailer. ~*ST*~ --- 2/4/2007 - SUPER BOWL CHAMPION COLTS!! Now Playing: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 3, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Guitar Hero 2 |
| Team Rocket Elite | Posted 5/5/2007 2:47:35 AM | message detail |
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Ike will be in Brawl. you can clearly see a Daein flag and castle in the first SSBB trailer. Not that I doubt Ike will be in SSBB, but that's wasn't the Daein flag. I don't know if it was ever determined what symbol was actually on the flag in the first trailer. --- Rufus Shinra 18 decimated me in the Summer 2006 Guru Contest. Support Wario for the Summer 2007 Contest! |
| Haste_2 | Posted 5/5/2007 7:34:58 AM | message detail |
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Zelda vs. SMB -or- Zelda vs. SSB would be interesting to see. X-stats
predict SSB gets 35.06% on Zelda, nearly 9%. There's no way SSB would
beat Metal Gear with 62.56%, but I think SSB getting 35.77% on FF seems
pretty reasonable. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| HaRRicH | Posted 5/6/2007 5:32:03 PM | message detail |
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It's like CJay was settin' SF up to win this poll -- I was expecting more of a push towards 70% when I voted..... --- This is my main account, but I see all the cool people doing it...... HaRRicH |
| Haste_2 | Posted 5/6/2007 11:51:39 PM | message detail |
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Wow... is Street Fighter really the only dormant series today that is actually popular (hilarious how Monkey Island destroyed all others not named Street Fighter)? You could say Chrono is dormant, however. Donkey Kong Country also, maybe. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| HaRRicH | Posted 5/6/2007 11:54:18 PM | message detail |
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I was thinkin' DK/C really should have been in it (no, I don't count Donkey Konga). --- This is my main account, but I see all the cool people doing it...... HaRRicH |
| Haste_2 | Posted 5/7/2007 2:29:21 AM | message detail |
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From: Haste2 | Posted: 7/15/2005 Now, Ness/CJ...now that match deserves more attention. Ness could be as strong as 24% against Link. CJ hasn't even been measured yet. He can't be directly compared to Vercetti...he's a completely different style of character, being a gangster or whatever. Also, from what I could tell (and more than just that Gamespot poll), Vercetti is more liked than CJ, even if CJ might be the one who . Also, I say there's a small chance Ness has gotten more popular... according to PotDs over a year ago, Squaresoft had about 50% more votes than Nintendo had, but according to a poll in April Nintendo was ahead of Square by a bit. Now, maybe it could be more of Squaresoft decreasing, or maybe it perhaps it means nothing at all. In any case, if RPGuy's extrapolated standings for Sp2K5 are accurate it's a sign of Nintendo characters in general getting more popular. I was the first in the topic to mention the good possibility of an across-the-board Nintendo boost, and the first to point out the notable company PotDs. Funny how so many people mentioned Bowser and Ganondorf increasing, and even Zelda, yet that's it... --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/7/2007 5:18:50 AM | message detail |
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Awesome stuff. ~*ST*~ --- 2/4/2007 - SUPER BOWL CHAMPION COLTS!! Now Playing: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 3, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Guitar Hero 2 |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/7/2007 10:40:30 PM | message detail |
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Oh come on, bumping the stats topic? =/ ~*ST*~ --- 2/4/2007 - SUPER BOWL CHAMPION COLTS!! Now Playing: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 3, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Guitar Hero 2 |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 5/8/2007 6:10:30 PM | message detail |
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Nice prediction there, Hasty! --- thengamer.com/xstats = lol x-stats Still smarting from the beatdown Rufus applied in the Guru Contest! |
| Haste_2 | Posted 5/8/2007 10:03:40 PM | message detail |
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Time for some weird psychology... Does anybody else have theme songs for certain contest matches (in other words, whenever you think of the match, that music always pops in your head) to this very day? I'll list the few that I remember. 1)Squall vs. Luigi: FF8 battle theme; 2)Mega Man vs. Axel: The 13th Struggle (Axel's Battle theme in KH2); 3)Sora vs. Tingle/Mega Man: The Corrupted (a boss theme in KH2). That's about it, I think. The only song I really like out of those is The 13th Struggle, so bias toward songs really isn't much of a factor. I've only played through FF8 and KH2 one time, too. But, they are indeed battle themes, so there might be a bit a bit of a bias towards battle themes. In fact, if it wasn't for Mega Man vs. Axel in the last character contest, The 13th Struggle wouldn't be stuck in my head so darn much (I even had to listen to the song a bunch of times to ensure I don't have a memory-fuzzied song playing in my head). --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/8/2007 10:12:36 PM | message detail |
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I listed a theme song for every write-up when I was on the Analysis
Crew for the Series Contest. So no, you're not the only one that thinks
like that. I ALWAYS have a theme for each battle. Maybe I should share
them whenever we have another contest. --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/8/2007 10:57:25 PM | message detail |
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Kind of, yeah. ~*ST*~ --- 2/4/2007 - SUPER BOWL CHAMPION COLTS!! Now Playing: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 3, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Guitar Hero 2 |
| Haste_2 | Posted 5/9/2007 2:50:50 AM | message detail |
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mnm, you planned them out before each match, right? Also, I would
assume that the "theme songs" don't automatically pop into your head
whenever you think about any and every contest match. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| Haste_2 | Posted 5/9/2007 3:00:47 AM | message detail |
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For the series contest, I mean. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/9/2007 5:18:42 AM | message detail |
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No, I'm saying that theme songs always pop into my head and that's what
caused me to give each match a theme song in my write-ups. --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
| Haste_2 | Posted 5/9/2007 5:19:48 AM | message detail |
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Okay, nevermind. ^5 mnm (okay, and Ulti, too). =P --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| KingBartz | Posted 5/9/2007 7:22:18 AM | message detail |
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Will this shindig never start? --- ya watever |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/9/2007 9:05:26 PM | message detail |
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No. ~*ST*~ --- 2/4/2007 - SUPER BOWL CHAMPION COLTS!! Now Playing: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 3, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Guitar Hero 2 |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/10/2007 1:56:24 PM | message detail |
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Spending time with girlfriend for a week > A week on the internet, apparently Life is great. I wish it hadn't taken me 21 years to figure this out!! --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier |
| Haste_2 | Posted 5/10/2007 5:09:21 PM | message detail |
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You know, if the Spring 2005 Contest never existed, SC2K5 would've been
even more of a trainwreck in the early rounds than it already was.
Lloyd/Wesker probably would've been an extremely debatable match. I
wonder what the expectations on Ocelot vs. Pac-Man would've been, too?
Kratos vs. Diablo certainly would've been more debatable, too. Plus,
Bower/Ryu would've been more of a toss-up, and same with the winner of
that against Tidus... and Auron/Ganondorf would've been more debatable.
Also, Yoshi/Ocelot would've wrecked a lot more brackets on Board 8. Darn Villains Contest shoulda never existed. =P (then again, the bracket would've been different due to the VC's influence on nominations, but let's pretend it has no effect) Slowflake won the Lloyd/Wesker analysis due calling him "Weaker" by accident. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/10/2007 6:04:45 PM | message detail |
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Lloyd/Wesker probably would've been an extremely debatable match Not really. A lot of the board was really high on Lloyd being worth something. Ocelot would've wrecked a lot more brackets though, I imagine. --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/10/2007 10:21:11 PM | message detail |
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From LeonhartForever Posted 5/10/2007 4:56:24 PM #421 Spending time with girlfriend for a week > A week on the internet, apparently durr =p ~*ST*~ --- 2/4/2007 - SUPER BOWL CHAMPION COLTS!! Now Playing: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 3, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Guitar Hero 2 |
| HaRRicH | Posted 5/11/2007 12:58:05 AM | message detail |
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I dunno, I remember people saying Wesker very well could beat Kefka and
that Lloyd would have been around KOS-MOS's level...and at the time,
those were fairly close. Throw in upset hunters and that we knew
Lloyd's 2-seed was largely a product of the NRT... ...also, the prediction-percentage was 53.88% in Lloyd's favor despite it being a 2/7-match, and that's enough to sell me on Wesker > Lloyd being rather viable without the Villain Contest. --- This is my main account, but I see all the cool people doing it...... HaRRicH |
| HaRRicH | Posted 5/11/2007 1:37:35 AM | message detail |
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Oh, and I still wish Magus would have made the Villain Contest...but
only if he took Lavos' spot. We wouldn't have been able to get anything
from his match against Mother Brain, he would have beaten Liquid better
than 2k4 stats predicted thanks to Frog, then he gets "SFF'd" by
Sephiroth like he was by Crono, again screwing him over on showing his
"TRUE" strength... ...then let Magus/Knuckles happen. --- This is my main account, but I see all the cool people doing it...... HaRRicH |
| charmander6000 | Posted 5/11/2007 5:26:34 AM | message detail |
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I would've gone with Wesker > Lloyd if it wasn't for the villains contest. --- The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic. ~Joe Stalin, comment to Churchill at Potsdam, 1945 |
| Haste_2 | Posted 5/11/2007 5:37:42 AM | message detail |
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I probably would have taken Wesker, as well, though I'm not sure. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| voltch | Posted 5/11/2007 11:19:59 AM | message detail |
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wesker is which resident evil games? --- Rufus shinra destroyed my bracket in the sc2k6 contest. |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/11/2007 11:33:05 AM | message detail |
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...also, the prediction-percentage was 53.88% in Lloyd's favor
despite it being a 2/7-match, and that's enough to sell me on Wesker
> Lloyd being rather viable without the Villain Contest. Actually, I think the prediction percentage was a product of the Villains Contest, as practically everyone who was in that contest had higher than expected bracket support. --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier |
| HaRRicH | Posted 5/11/2007 12:03:29 PM | message detail |
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Perhaps a little, but I think people who saw that may have noticed how
much worse Wesker did than Mithos too, another ToS character...so I
think that would have only mattered so much. Some, yeah, I'll give you
that, but NOTHING like other characters we saw. --- This is my main account, but I see all the cool people doing it...... HaRRicH |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/11/2007 2:24:40 PM | message detail |
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Yeah, it didn't matter AS much, that's why Wesker wasn't the favorite
to win, but the simple fact that he won a match at all stuck in the
bracket pickers' minds more than anything else. Oh, and does anyone think MGS4's strong showing today indicate that perhaps Snake's boost last year was not perhaps due to SSBB as much as we thought? Or perhaps it got people interested in MGS as a result of the trailer. Who knows? Either way, MGS beats FFT easily now. Bank on it! --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier |
| Haste_2 | Posted 5/11/2007 2:56:46 PM | message detail |
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Actually, I think it is Snake's appearance in SSBB that has increased the hype for MGS4. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| Haste_2 | Posted 5/11/2007 3:07:14 PM | message detail |
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I'm actually not surprised that MGS4 was so close to FF13 myself, actually. Wesker is from RE and RE:Code Veronica, I think. He also has some sort of role in RE4. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So...what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
| jonthomson | Posted 5/11/2007 7:35:59 PM | message detail |
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I feel the need for character battle noms. The next character battle NEEDS Jigglypuff. --- Jon Thomson - Owned by Rufus Shinra in the guru contest |
| H__RR____H | Posted 5/11/2007 11:33:49 PM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2748 Ha...no wonder why Sony didn't fight hard enough to keep DMC4 exclusive. I wish it would have been an option in today's poll though..... --- Damn, most of my dates involve mocking and/or beating up people like you and your bride-to-be, so I really have no advice --Horatio |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 5/12/2007 12:12:31 AM | message detail |
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Hm, I don't get it... GTA4 pulls a pretty respectable 15.79% in the PS3
poll, given how it was up against big names like MGS4, FF13 and DMC4.
Then we take the identical game and put it in a much, much weaker 360
field and it balloons to... 14.52%? Either Halo 3 has become an
absolute beast for some reason, or else there must be some kind of
perception that it's not really Grand Theft Auto unless you're playing
it on a Playstation. Must be the latter. And now for giggles, let's hold GTA4 constant between the two polls, even though it makes no sense to do so! If we assume GTA4 PS3 = GTA4 360, then based on these results.... Halo 3 beats Metal Gear Solid 4 with 71.97% of the vote! Halo 3 beats Final Fantasy XIII with 66.34% of the vote! Shocking indeed. --- thengamer.com/xstats = lol x-stats Still smarting from the beatdown Rufus applied in the Guru Contest! |
| transience | Posted 5/12/2007 12:16:39 AM | message detail |
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I'm reading too much into this, but two possibilities: - GTA just gets the hell beaten out of it vs. Halo; - GTA's performance on Warcraft was no fluke and it's completely fallen off the map. I'd bank on the latter, I guess. --- xyzzy |
| ZFS | Posted 5/12/2007 12:28:24 AM | message detail |
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The Halo 3 monster has only begun! --- Called "Godslayer" by some, feared by most. |
| H__RR____H | Posted 5/12/2007 12:29:32 AM | message detail |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2591 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2646 Though I know the newer one has Halo 3 winning a bit bigger than before, it's still Halo compared to FF...I'm gonna be generous and say the hype between those two should be closer to being constant than the GTA4's for the PS3 and 360. I bet if DMC4 was in today's poll, it wouldn't be doing as well as it did yesterday either...I would just assume each system has their loyalties elsewhere than GTA4, though it's still hyped. I don't think GTA4's fallen off the map here -- we saw just before the system launches that GTA:SA is still a loved game here on multi-platforms and such, GTA:VC was one of the top games in the 128-division in 2k4, GTA3 was revolutionary and was only behind FFX for GotY in 2k2 (a year with SSBM, Halo, and MGS2 at that), and I wouldn't think any influx from newer gamers would be against the GTA series either -- even Jack Thompson will tell you kiddies love 'em. Once GTA4 gets an official name (and have we even seen screenshots for it yet?), it'll pick up some more steam...as is though, all we have is an announcement to my knowledge. --- Damn, most of my dates involve mocking and/or beating up people like you and your bride-to-be, so I really have no advice --Horatio |
| ZFS | Posted 5/12/2007 12:30:36 AM | message detail |
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There's already been a trailer released for the game. --- Called "Godslayer" by some, feared by most. |
| transcience | Posted 5/12/2007 12:31:26 AM | message detail |
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all anyone needs to say is 'who knows? a game contest would sort things out.' --- xyzzy |
| H__RR____H | Posted 5/12/2007 12:35:15 AM | message detail |
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...really? I'm finding it, I'll be back. --- Damn, most of my dates involve mocking and/or beating up people like you and your bride-to-be, so I really have no advice --Horatio |
| transcience | Posted 5/12/2007 12:36:57 AM | message detail |
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yeah, I remember people were waiting for 'GTA trailer day' or something of the sort. --- xyzzy |
| Warsola | Posted 5/12/2007 12:38:33 AM | message detail |
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Honestly, I'm kinda expecting a slight Snake drop due to the new PS3
hate, which would slightly lower MGS4's value. Although this could easily be offset thanks to the complete adoration of the Wii, or ANY new Brawl info that gets announced. --- YOU WILL FEEL THE RAGE OF WARCRAFT!!! (and luis) FC is 3909 3994 5325 |
| ZFS | Posted 5/12/2007 12:41:30 AM | message detail |
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Yeah. I'm thinking any PS3 hate is offset and then some by the crazed love for the Wii. --- Called "Godslayer" by some, feared by most. |
| Ngamer64 | Posted 5/12/2007 12:42:27 AM | message detail |
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Oh yeah, and I guess this means we should cover our eyes in advance for
the slaughtering Brawl is going to dish out tomorrow. On the plus side,
at least it will answer some questions about Prime 3 that were left
unanswered when it didn't get into that Most Excited poll HaR just
linked. --- thengamer.com/xstats = lol x-stats Still smarting from the beatdown Rufus applied in the Guru Contest! |
| H__RR____H | Posted 5/12/2007 12:45:54 AM | message detail |
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Yeah, just look at the difference SMG made in the poll SSBB was in
compared with the poll MP3 was in...and the distance between Halo 3 and
SSBB...and what Halo 3 is doing today... ...SSBB is going to smash the hell out of the rest of the Wii line-up. --- Damn, most of my dates involve mocking and/or beating up people like you and your bride-to-be, so I really have no advice --Horatio |
| H__RR____H | Posted 5/12/2007 10:51:17 AM | message detail |
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Now that I finally got it to load right...the GTA4 video looks pretty friggin' sweet. --- Damn, most of my dates involve mocking and/or beating up people like you and your bride-to-be, so I really have no advice --Horatio |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/12/2007 11:14:47 AM | message detail |
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Yeah. Kinda iffy about the Russian protagonist though. Nothing really wrong
with it. It's just that after hearing the sarcastic wit of Tommy
Vercetti and Carl Johnson talking smack, it'll be kinda weird with this
new guy being the GTA guy. Can you imagine him in the car with a
hooker? "OH YES! GIVE IT TO ME! (in heavy Russian accent). I wonder
what stereotypical things the developers will throw in. I wouldn't be
surprised hearing him call everybody "comrade"... --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
