I don't think sound is slowly draining from sports games because the developers wish to take it out. I believe it is because these days, everyone strives for a television-like presentation. You certainly don't hear the ball being thrown on TV, for instance. ----- Original Message ----- From: "jack scrimshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Games on the PSP
> we ad that a few years back when all the shops were demoing playstations. > This ella says to me he says i bet you can't play this game. Now the game > was soviet strike a flight sim and it was not the most accessible game but > he meant i couldn't even start it. However i prooved him wrong by flying > the > helicopter around for a bit. Shame i never bet him a free copy of the game > the aduio was first class. Your absolutley right about the lack of sound > in > sports games but one game that allways remains faithful is the madden > series. Sure mst of the time u get whooped but its still real fun. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 1:50 PM > 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 .. [email protected] >> 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. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > 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. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] 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.
