This, my friend, is why I have a gamespot account. Well, one of the reasons. Haha. At least this way I can listen to actual gameplay videos. Certainly it's not as good as trying out the game, but it is enough to give me a general idea of playability or lack thereof. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 8:50 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Games on the PSP
> One thing I'm worried about is that you see, in some games, less and less > game sounds. I agree with Brandon about menues, you need a sighted friend > to > guide you through them until you memorise them or write them down. About > less game sounds though, my friend had a baseball game where you'd sort of > know when to hit because you could hear the pitch, but now he says with > the > new version their's no pitching sound. Also, I could play FIFA 99 on the > PC, > my dad just needs to start the matches for me, because you need to do that > with the mouse. How I sort of used to play, is you know where a person > plays > in real life, for example, when I hear the commentator say 'Vieir,' I'd > know > that, since V plays central midfield, that's where I am, then I would know > that I'd sort of be OK, no matter in which direction I pass. What's also > good is how the commentator gets excited when you're near the goal. > Running > is a bit of luck, since you can't see where defenders are, but it's still > fun to play. In the latest FIFA's, they've taken the sound of tackling > away, > and made the ball sound so soft, that I really can't play it. > I actually do have a Sega Megadrive, and I agree that the WWF games are > very > easy to play, it's just a question of having someone to tell you what the > sounds mean, and then you can really enjoy yourself. My friend also had > Mortal Combat 3 on the Sega, and that was really cool. I stopped consoles, > until my brother got this model, so I'm really excited to get back into > console gaming. The only thing I regret though is that games for the > Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega were so cheap, that it was OK if > you > bought one which turned out not to be so accessible. Nowdays with PS2 and > PSP, games are so expensive that their's no room for making a mistake, and > I > can't even try the games out before I buy (with Nintendo and sega, their > was > this lovely games shop that we always used to go to, with friendly staff > who > had the patients of saints!) I used to try 3 or 4 games before deciding on > one! > Ari _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
