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Mesaru Gear Solid
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SolidSnakex
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:lol :lol
Guy LeDouche
Banned
"banana pistol"
Needs more Pogo and the banana cannon. Actually, R* should just make a $30 "Pogo the Monkey" PSP game with the weapons and story as told in GTA3.
Needs more Pogo and the banana cannon. Actually, R* should just make a $30 "Pogo the Monkey" PSP game with the weapons and story as told in GTA3.
Doom_Bringer
Banned
Omg this sounds awesome! I hope SCEA brings it here.
The long trailer for Ape Escape 3 that's running in Japanese game stores is hot. Music is good stuff, graphics look great, and there is a ton of variety shown in the levels and gameplay.
Ape Escape 1 was excellent, Ape Escape 2 was good but felt a bit like a retread, hopefully Ape Escape 3 rocks. Any new platformer in this day and age is a good platformer.
Ape Escape 1 was excellent, Ape Escape 2 was good but felt a bit like a retread, hopefully Ape Escape 3 rocks. Any new platformer in this day and age is a good platformer.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
THIS NEWS VALIDATES EXISTENCE OF METAL GEAR@!
I will spare your Hideous Kojima.
For now!
I will spare your Hideous Kojima.
For now!
To add to what they said, Ape Escape 1 was brilliant for it's time (and no I'm never going to try the PSP one 
). The first game to use both analogue sticks efficiently and even use the push down button feature of them (for crawling IIRC); it was a unique platformer with fun levels and an interesting control scheme. Also catching goofy monkeys who are all parodies of things is a good game concept. Ape Escape 2 especially excelled in that respect.
In terms of actually making tough jumps and stuff it's no Mario, Jak, or Maximo. But the levels are often cool playgrounds and the chasing monkeys and stuff itself was always fun.
Ape Escape is not a OMG MUST HAVE kind of series for me, but they are enjoyable 8/10 platforming adventure romps (which are few and far between these days) so I look forward to playing them.
Oh and their mini-games are great
). The first game to use both analogue sticks efficiently and even use the push down button feature of them (for crawling IIRC); it was a unique platformer with fun levels and an interesting control scheme. Also catching goofy monkeys who are all parodies of things is a good game concept. Ape Escape 2 especially excelled in that respect.In terms of actually making tough jumps and stuff it's no Mario, Jak, or Maximo. But the levels are often cool playgrounds and the chasing monkeys and stuff itself was always fun.
Ape Escape is not a OMG MUST HAVE kind of series for me, but they are enjoyable 8/10 platforming adventure romps (which are few and far between these days) so I look forward to playing them.
Oh and their mini-games are great
The Take Out Bandit
Member
My biggest complaint about Ape Escape 2 is still the soundtrack. Ape Escape is one of my favorite PS games, and also had some real damn catchy music. I'd love a soundtrack. Anyhow, I loved how the music in Ape Escape would drop out instruments when you were sneaking around, effectively making the music sound quite different. Ape Escape 2 only muted the standard music, which wasn't as good as the music from the original.
So I really hope the music in Ape Escape 3 rocks my ass. That was some damn fine music, and sorely under appreciated if you ask me.
So I really hope the music in Ape Escape 3 rocks my ass. That was some damn fine music, and sorely under appreciated if you ask me.
Ape Escape and Ape Escape 2 are awesome games. It's the other stuff involving the series that has always turned me off. And while the idea of sucking up monkey pants sounds like an instant classic, let's try to forget about Piposaru 2001, too.
Ape Escape on PSP isn't THAT bad, IMO, but the PSX version is clearly better, as the game was designed for the dual analog set up. I haven't spent much time with the PSP version, but it played fine to me, just not as well overall.
But anyway, now I cannot wait to play Saru Getchu 3. 7/14 can't come soon enough.
Ape Escape on PSP isn't THAT bad, IMO, but the PSX version is clearly better, as the game was designed for the dual analog set up. I haven't spent much time with the PSP version, but it played fine to me, just not as well overall.
But anyway, now I cannot wait to play Saru Getchu 3. 7/14 can't come soon enough.
robertsan21
Member
awsome but this game looks like it could have been pulled off on PSP.
why release it on PS2 and not PSP!
why release it on PS2 and not PSP!
Ash Housewares
The Mountain Jew
any word on whether piposnake is playable beyond the tanker level?
Doom_Bringer
Banned
wow thats awesome! Thanks for the scan
Azure Dream
Member
That... is so many levels of wrong. But hilarious.
SolidSnakex
Member
8bit said:
The first one is widely considered to be the best in the series. I'm not sure how welli ts aged since I haven't really played it since around the time it was released, but back when it was released it was one of the best 3D platformers available.
Make sure you get the PSone version though and not the PSP version. The game was built around the idea of using both analog sticks to play.
The one thing IGN got wrong is the story has nothing to do with Metal Gear -- it's Mesal Gear.
IMO, Ape Escape 2 was great. It was really simple, but it was clean, colorful, it controlled well, and most importantly it was FUNNY. Some of the names of the monkeys (in the Japanese version that is, never played the US one) were just hilarious. It came out at a good time, too -- same week as Super Mario Sunshine. AE2 made for the perfect, laid-back follow-up to two straight weeks of hardcore SMS madness. It worked out well.
Definitely gonna buy this on day one. Can't wait!
IMO, Ape Escape 2 was great. It was really simple, but it was clean, colorful, it controlled well, and most importantly it was FUNNY. Some of the names of the monkeys (in the Japanese version that is, never played the US one) were just hilarious. It came out at a good time, too -- same week as Super Mario Sunshine. AE2 made for the perfect, laid-back follow-up to two straight weeks of hardcore SMS madness. It worked out well.
Definitely gonna buy this on day one. Can't wait!
The Take Out Bandit said:
Ape Escape's soundtrack was by Far East Recording's Soichi Terada (also responsible for Fantavision's music), who dropped out for AE2. He returned for Gacha Mecha, though (as did Fantavision/Flipnic/AE1 designer Katsuyuki Kanetaka), which had as similarly a great soundtrack as the first and which did get an OST release, giving me great hope for AE3.
And Jonnyram [and, indirectly, 8bit], I'd suggest going through AE1 PSX again, it's worth it -- the dual-analog controls define the series, and stripping them (as with AE PSP) leaves a gaping hole. Once you're back in the saddle running at full sprint alongside your RC car and creeping to the muted music tracks (which were also dropped from PSP) you'll remember why you loved the first.
PS -- I have never wanted a forum tag as much as when I saw the BEAUTY&SEXY poster.
Since there is no official AE3 thread I guess I'll just post this here:
All the various costumes you transform into for the stages. IE, in the ninja levels you will be in your ninja suit. Your weapons seem to change depending on the costume. Not sure if you get to choose between the guy and the girl or if the game forces you to switch back and forth.
All the various costumes you transform into for the stages. IE, in the ninja levels you will be in your ninja suit. Your weapons seem to change depending on the costume. Not sure if you get to choose between the guy and the girl or if the game forces you to switch back and forth.
