Friday, February 17, 2006

So much to talk about.....


So yesterday, I was gonna go to the HIP to try out the new DDR Supernova. Get there, go down the elevator, and run in to Dave and Mishi. And yeah. No, we didn't throw down. All was well. He tells me they didn't get Nova in yet, and they were thinking about going to Brunswick Zone. But wanted to walk around the mall first. So I walk around with them. Go to Hot Topic, and while Mishi looks at stuff, Dave and I do a lot of talking. Good talking. Head to the arcade, play a couple games of DrumMani..... I mean Percussion Freaks... Then head out to Brunswick Zone.

Get there, check out Nova, which I'll get to later, and yeah. Again, we go off and talk. He lets me know what everyone's been up to recently, and yeah. I think things are finally all good here. I got a lot of closure out of this, which is good, cause it's what I needed. I might even stop by at ACEN now.....who knows...

And Mishi's still cute....but yeah... x.x;;;



So Supernova.... Ok, maybe it was just the place, but the game sucked. A lot.

Song wise, it's a shitload of bemani originals, and hardly any licensed tracks. Basically, take DDR Extreme, get rid of the DanceMania tracks, then add maybe 40-50 new songs, most of which you can find on home versions, and there you go. Of the songs that are Nova Onry, there's maybe only a handful of good ones. Murmer Twins is cool, and seeing stuff like Paranoia Respect, STARS***, Tomorrow Perfume, Seduction, Tomorrow, Polostivan Chorus and Dances, etc; is nice on an arcade mix. DoLL is awesome, naturally. But yanno what.....

The steps are predictable. There's a couple challenges here and there, but not really.
The pads for the machine are pure CRAP. Don't even bother trying to AA anything on the 2P side. 1P, the up arrow sticks horribly. When every other step you have is a Miss because the pads are sticking...... It just takes away from the enjoyment of the game.
The BG videos aren't anything special... If it has a static video, like Polostvian or DoLL, then it's cool. But everything else is just a random CG'ish "arena", with a random character dancing on a stage I guess... It's nothing like DDREX2/US PS2 where every song had it's own unique BG vid. But, this is just beta, so maybe that'll be fixed.
The speakers.... Oh god they screwed that up... The bottom subs weren't on at all. They were blaring the top speakers to the point where they were cracking. If they're not blown already, they will be shortly...

Overall..... I didn't like it. And why?

Brunswick Zone sucks. End of story.

My biggest problem with the place......... The ignorant fucking people....

So we get there. Dave has a little key thingie. And one of the guys sitting there is going off how you have to pay to play the game... And then?? "You can't use it if you have a time key". Whoopdidoo. Go play your little ITG and leave us alone.

Then later, this emo kid came in. How do I know he's emo? The makeup around his eyes was the first giveaway. The all black was the second. And yeah. But anyhow, he sat in the corner near the ITG2 machine all night, only getting up to play it, and then sitting back down again. So what did he do that was so bad?

Remember back when the whole group would go to GameWorks, and we'd get a time card, jack the machine up, and then let everyone there play? Well this kid did that, jacked it up, but was a total douche about it. 27 credits, Dave asks for a play, he says no. Seriously, what a fag.

And that's exactly why I stopped playing DDR. The elitist assclowns that flocked to the game because it was the "trendy" thing to do. (much like anime cons are starting to turn in to....)



So yeah. Did I have a good night? You bet I did. ^.^

And wait til the HIP gets Nova, because they'll probably actually take care of the machine, and not let it go to shit. (unless it shows up as shit, and they're not allowed to touch it)
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