Originally Posted By LordNiekon I too loved the "special secret"... and it's really difficult talk about it without actually giving anything away. Have we already mentioned how to access this secret? If not, then all you have to do is win the Hades Cup at Olympus Coliseum, find all 99 Dalmatians, and seal all the keyholes including the one in 100 Acre Wood. If I'm repeating myself, my apologies... but worth repeating every so often
Originally Posted By Brown Monkey So what Disney characters have you guys seen in the game so far? I love how they have so many different cameos from the different characters. Even if they might not be big parts, they are still in there, and they all fit in the right way. It's great!
Originally Posted By Santa Monica POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!! I think you also have to get every prize from the Dalmations House. It's so cute! There are WAY too many characters to name. I was surprised to see Chernabog. And I love seeing little Lucky watching TV. It was a pleasure to have Tinkerbell healing me every second or so. Anyone know how to beat Sephiroth?
Originally Posted By coral_barks So, I guess we are talking 50+ hours of gameplay here? That ballpark?
Originally Posted By coral_barks And I've been meaning to ask, how is the dialogue? Did they get good translators? Or is it, "someone set up us the bomb?"
Originally Posted By LordNiekon Coral... the dialogue is really great. They got some top-name actors to do the voices... Haley Joel Osment is just one in a list of many other voices. And the Disney character voices are prety much the original voice actors with a few exceptions (still not sure if I'm watching the Genie or Homer)... But gameplay is estimated at about 40 hours... but I'll easily exceed that since I'm there to have fun and explore, not just beat the game and toss it aside for the next game to come along. Then again, I have many games I haven't even used their memory card yet... hmmm... think it's time to start playing many games at once. Brown Monkey... tons of Disney characters in either speaking roles or cameos. Minnie, Daisy, the Fantasia brooms, Donald, Goofy, the ability to use Summons and get 6 different characters, many of the world bosses are Disney villains, and of course the characters from within each world you travel to since you have now become part of the storyline in that world. And that's just part of what you will come across. The count is said to be somewhere over 100 Disney characters in this game... And plenty of Final Fantasy character appearances/cameos as well... woohoo to the Moogles!!!!
Originally Posted By coral_barks Well, it sounds like this and GTA: Vice are going to force me into buying a PS _and_ the TV to play them on. Christmas comes early this year. :-D
Originally Posted By LordNiekon GTA: Vice City looks to be really well done... twice as big as Liberty City? Definitely worth my $$$ But other games well worth purchasing a PS2 for; Robotech: Battlecry, Malice (coming out next year on the PS2), FFXII (sorry, gonna skip on XI... not into needing patches for a PS2 game), and a ton of other great games out there. It all depends on what you like. Plus you can get the old DDR: Disney Mix for the PS1 and play it on the PS2
Originally Posted By Santa Monica I can't remember if it was on this board or not. But I heard that FFXII will have real time battles like KH. Good news for me. GTA: VC... same concept as GTA3? Any enhancements or just new city?
Originally Posted By coral_barks Vice City...well, here's some details from buy.com: Nine Full hours of 80s music featuring 90+ songs licensed from well known artists (compare this to GTA3s three and a half hours). Lazlow will be back More reflective surfaces on the vehicles including real time shadowing from the environment. The whole of Vice City will be open to players from the start of the game. Go where you want, when you want. Vice City is not a sequel, nor is it a prequel, and it certainly is not an addon. It is just another slice of the GTA "universe." Your character finally speaks! There will be around 8000 individual voice overs (compared to GTA3s 2000)20 top Hollywood stars will fill out the cast. Vice City will be double the size of Liberty City both inside and out. There will be many, many more multileveled interior environments for you to explore. Missions will send you to both outdoor and indoor locations. Vice City will include even more peds on the streets with more lifelike behavior. Gangs are more intelligent and will cause trouble all over the city so you will not be the only one the police will be hunting down. Graphical enhancements include higher framerate, higher resolution textures, more complex vehicle and ped models with better skins, and a new radiosity lighting system to make the neon look just right. New targeting system to make finding and shooting enemies even easier. It will highlight targets based on "priority and not on proximity". The new system also includes a new crosshair system that shows you both the exact target and the bullet spray radiusVice City will include 40 weapons (compared to GTA3s 15), including new hand to hand weapons like the machete. New maneuvers like crouching will help you make use of cover. A new camera system will lock the camera over your shoulder to make both interior and exterior combat easier. A new HUD will show more information including your elevation above ground (think large buildings with multiple floors). VC will include more complex missions that include a greater variety of objectives. These new missions will ask more of you by melding vehicle, outdoor and indoor combat all into one mission. New side missions including pizza delivery! The vehicle count has also been raised to 120 from GTA3s paltry selection of only 50. Many of the vehicles are inspired by 80s sports cars and yes, there will be motorcycles! You will be able to shoot out tires which will drastically affect the vehicle physics. More boats have been added, and water based action has been revamped as well with an all new physics system for boats.
Originally Posted By LordNiekon and to add a bit to that summary... there are the boats and cars and motorcycles, but an even larger enhancement that I was stoked about was the ability to pilot helicopters. Land on a building... and sniper shot someone down below... and then off in the helicopter again.
Originally Posted By Santa Monica Wow sounds fun! Right now I'm listening to Simple and Clean. The GREATEST song EVER in a video game!!!
Originally Posted By LordNiekon I whole heartedly agree with you Santa Monica... I had to do a lot of digging for the US version of this song. I have heard rumors Utada is working on an English version of her most recent album and it just might have Simple & Clean on it.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 Man, this game just keeps getting better and better! I've made it through the Deep Jungle and am back in Traverse Town. I have a hunch about Sora and I can't wait to get to the end to see if my hunch is right.
Originally Posted By Santa Monica My lips are sealed. Unless I pull the <<SPOILER>> card. Which I won't. Have fun playing it. I wish I could erase my memory and play it again fresh. I enjoyed the ride, and would take it again in a heart beat.
Originally Posted By Walt Disney16 Do any of you know how to defeat the first Ursula in Atlantica? I have been trying and cant beat her. ~Josh
Originally Posted By Santa Monica I'm not exactly sure how I beat her, but it has something to do with casting spells in her cauldron and then hitting her repeatedly with the keyblade.
Originally Posted By LordNiekon You need to cast spells to counter the spells brewing in her cauldron. Have Fire, Blizzard, and Thunder equipped... then when she is in a dazed state of mind, launch physical attacks on her. As for Flotsam & Jetsom... when your MP is running low, attack them for the MP balls to replenish your MP. All in all, the battle should take about 3 - 5 minutes...
