Grand Prix Rejects

FMecha wrote:

kostas22 wrote:

FMecha wrote:R.I.P. Sony Studio Liverpool (nee Psygnosis).

Not only they were known for Lemmings and WipEout, they also developed some Formula One games back in the day. A sad day.

They did F1 05 & F1 06 right? But I remember them most back when they were Psygnosis and made Colony Wars. Great PS1 game.

And to add it up, F1:CE.

They also did Destruction Derby, which was one of the best PS1 games around

kostas22 wrote:

FMecha wrote:R.I.P. Sony Studio Liverpool (nee Psygnosis).

Not only they were known for Lemmings and WipEout, they also developed some Formula One games back in the day. A sad day.

They did F1 05 & F1 06 right? But I remember them most back when they were Psygnosis and made Colony Wars. Great PS1 game.

And I just bought 06 for my recently gotten PS2 Damn, Psygnosis was awesome

F1 05 looks bloody good, the only thing is that the fools didn't release it in North America!

AndreaModa wrote:

Phoenix wrote:Is there anything you don't know about?

I want to see Mario either on University Challenge, or Mastermind! He'd wipe the floor with those smart-arse rich kids wearing stuff my 50 year old father still doesn't fancy trying on!

Flattered though I may be by your comments, there is plenty that I do not know or understand - such as why people watch "The only way is Essex"...

mario wrote:

AndreaModa wrote:

Phoenix wrote:Is there anything you don't know about?

I want to see Mario either on University Challenge, or Mastermind! He'd wipe the floor with those smart-arse rich kids wearing stuff my 50 year old father still doesn't fancy trying on!

Flattered though I may be by your comments, there is plenty that I do not know or understand - such as why people watch "The only way is Essex"...

One of the great mysteries of the universe...

AndreaModa wrote:

Phoenix wrote:Is there anything you don't know about?

I want to see Mario either on University Challenge, or Mastermind! He'd wipe the floor with those smart-arse rich kids wearing stuff my 50 year old father still doesn't fancy trying on!

Surely he'd do better than Murray Walker

I'm really tempted to play Hidden & Dangerous 2 now...that was a cracker of a game.

I've been trying to play Deus Ex, but I suck badly at it...

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:I'm really tempted to play Hidden & Dangerous 2 now...that was a cracker of a game.

I've been trying to play Deus Ex, but I suck badly at it...

I did as well at first, but then I started abusing save games, and I eventually figured out what works and what doesn't.

dr-baker wrote:

mario wrote:

AndreaModa wrote:I want to see Mario either on University Challenge, or Mastermind! He'd wipe the floor with those smart-arse rich kids wearing stuff my 50 year old father still doesn't fancy trying on!

Flattered though I may be by your comments, there is plenty that I do not know or understand - such as why people watch "The only way is Essex"...

One of the great mysteries of the universe...

While on holiday, we were exposed to ITV for a week-and-a-half. By day 2, my little brother was hooked on TOWIE, to the general dismay of me and my parents...

tommykl wrote:

dr-baker wrote:

mario wrote:Flattered though I may be by your comments, there is plenty that I do not know or understand - such as why people watch "The only way is Essex"...

One of the great mysteries of the universe...

While on holiday, we were exposed to ITV for a week-and-a-half. By day 2, my little brother was hooked on TOWIE, to the general dismay of me and my parents...

Is it wrong that I'd like to do Amy Childs? I get that she's a real dumbass, but the words 'golfball' and 'hosepipe' spring to mind...

RE Psygnosis discussion earlier, while Psygnosis didn't exactly make the games, they did publish F1 and F1 97 on the PS1, too.. Sad anyway.

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Is it wrong that I'd like to do Amy Childs? I get that she's a real dumbass, but the words 'golfball' and 'hosepipe' spring to mind...

What is this filth doing on F1 Rejects

kostas22 wrote:

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Is it wrong that I'd like to do Amy Childs? I get that she's a real dumbass, but the words 'golfball' and 'hosepipe' spring to mind...

What is this filth doing on F1 Rejects

Mega apologies, you can blame this on F1 Deprivation...

Baker's Law is infectious. Close down this area at once, everybody into isolation immediately, and ensure that WMetcalf keeps far,far away!!!

kostas22 wrote:

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Is it wrong that I'd like to do Amy Childs? I get that she's a real dumbass, but the words 'golfball' and 'hosepipe' spring to mind...

What is this filth doing on F1 Rejects

What's next? The BaconLettuceNinja Chasing Skirt thread? I hope not!

pasta_maldonado wrote:

kostas22 wrote:

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Is it wrong that I'd like to do Amy Childs? I get that she's a real dumbass, but the words 'golfball' and 'hosepipe' spring to mind...

What is this filth doing on F1 Rejects

What's next? The BaconLettuceNinja Chasing Skirt thread? I hope not!

I have never seen F1 Deprivation get this desperate.

pasta_maldonado wrote:

kostas22 wrote:

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Is it wrong that I'd like to do Amy Childs? I get that she's a real dumbass, but the words 'golfball' and 'hosepipe' spring to mind...

What is this filth doing on F1 Rejects

What's next? The BaconLettuceNinja Chasing Skirt thread? I hope not!

Chasing skirt...that's one hell of a phrase

Please resume service as usual, I feel I've ruined the thread now...

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Chasing skirt...that's one hell of a phrase

A phrase first used by AdrianSutil. You can thank him for that.

Holy crap, I'm starting to get scared now. Come on people, only another week to go and all will be well.

East Londoner wrote:Holy crap, I'm starting to get scared now. Come on people, only another week to go and all will be well.

Erm, I fear BaconLettuceNinja is suffering from deprivation of a different kind...

kostas22 wrote:

East Londoner wrote:Holy crap, I'm starting to get scared now. Come on people, only another week to go and all will be well.

Erm, I fear BaconLettuceNinja is suffering from deprivation of a different kind...

If it's girls with orange faces, revealing outfits, and all the intelligence of a snail that he wants, come down to Romford...

pasta_maldonado wrote:

kostas22 wrote:

East Londoner wrote:Holy crap, I'm starting to get scared now. Come on people, only another week to go and all will be well.

Erm, I fear BaconLettuceNinja is suffering from deprivation of a different kind...

If it's girls with orange faces, revealing outfits, and all the intelligence of a snail that he wants, come down to Romford...

Deprivation, or deviation in all senses of the word? I'm quite disconcerted that what was meant to be a throwaway remark has caused such unintentional uproar...

mario wrote:

pasta_maldonado wrote:

kostas22 wrote:Erm, I fear BaconLettuceNinja is suffering from deprivation of a different kind...

If it's girls with orange faces, revealing outfits, and all the intelligence of a snail that he wants, come down to Romford...

Deprivation, or deviation in all senses of the word? I'm quite disconcerted that what was meant to be a throwaway remark has caused such unintentional uproar...

I think you are mistaking joking around for genuine uproar mario. I was just slagging off BaconLettuceNinja for having such a poor taste in skirt.

kostas22 wrote:

mario wrote:

pasta_maldonado wrote:If it's girls with orange faces, revealing outfits, and all the intelligence of a snail that he wants, come down to Romford...

Deprivation, or deviation in all senses of the word? I'm quite disconcerted that what was meant to be a throwaway remark has caused such unintentional uproar...

I think you are mistaking joking around for genuine uproar mario. I was just slagging off BaconLettuceNinja for having such a poor taste in skirt.

Do I sense a BaconLettuceNinja's Law being passed soon.

Or Ninja's Law for short.

FMecha wrote:R.I.P. Sony Studio Liverpool (nee Psygnosis).

Not only they were known for Lemmings and WipEout, they also developed some Formula One games back in the day. A sad day.

EDIT: And also the Destruction Derby games on PlayStation.

Noooooo!!! They made some of the best fifth generation racing games to ever grace the video game world! I loved Destructon Derby 2! I still have both F1, and F1 97 for my PS1! Damn you Sony!

kostas22 wrote:

mario wrote:

pasta_maldonado wrote:If it's girls with orange faces, revealing outfits, and all the intelligence of a snail that he wants, come down to Romford...

Deprivation, or deviation in all senses of the word? I'm quite disconcerted that what was meant to be a throwaway remark has caused such unintentional uproar...

I think you are mistaking joking around for genuine uproar mario. I was just slagging off BaconLettuceNinja for having such a poor taste in skirt.

Each to their own, I guess...

Been playing a bit of H&D2, oh how I've missed tactical shooters. Seems that all games producers are going for straight FPS games, so you can't really sneak around and pick off some Germans with a silenced Sten Gun or anything...

I've found a lot of shooters just have crap single-player options now. They're just so one-dimensional; it's just shoot and go to the next checkpoint. With H&D, you can control 4 team members, each with a different weapon load-out, and use each member strategically. Tons more fun that just picking up an LMG and running through hordes of soldiers.

The last memorable mission on Call of Duty for me was on CoD4, which was the 2-part sniping mission in Pripyat. THAT was a good mission.

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Been playing a bit of H&D2, oh how I've missed tactical shooters. Seems that all games producers are going for straight FPS games, so you can't really sneak around and pick off some Germans with a silenced Sten Gun or anything...

I've found a lot of shooters just have crap single-player options now. They're just so one-dimensional; it's just shoot and go to the next checkpoint. With H&D, you can control 4 team members, each with a different weapon load-out, and use each member strategically. Tons more fun that just picking up an LMG and running through hordes of soldiers.

The last memorable mission on Call of Duty for me was on CoD4, which was the 2-part sniping mission in Pripyat. THAT was a good mission.

Is that on Steam? I might give that a try...

On the other end of the shooter spectrum, has anyone here played Serious Sam 3? It's pretty damn good if you're into old-school run-and-gun shooters like Quake and Doom. Admittedly I find the first couple of levels a bit slow, but it really picks up after that - the last half of the game is pretty much the best gameplay I've come across in a shooter.

I know its a different studio, but all this talk of old PS1/2 F1 is making me want to pop in F1 Career Challenge again. Anyone here have that? The development tests were the best, you never knew what part would fail next!

redbulljack14 wrote:

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Chasing skirt...that's one hell of a phrase

A phrase first used by AdrianSutil. You can thank him for that.

*Takes a bow*

It's a shame to hear about Studio Liverpool/Psygnosis. Anyone remember Wipeout? What a stunning PS1 game that was. Something like that had never been released before and it blew kids minds

And of course, the F1 titles.

AdrianSutil wrote:

redbulljack14 wrote:

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Chasing skirt...that's one hell of a phrase

A phrase first used by AdrianSutil. You can thank him for that.

*Takes a bow*

It's a shame to hear about Studio Liverpool/Psygnosis. Anyone remember Wipeout? What a stunning PS1 game that was. Something like that had never been released before and it blew kids minds

And of course, the F1 titles.

I'm looking for my copy of Wipeout as we speak...that was one hell of a game.

I still play F1 and F1 '97 fairly frequently...I still think they're the best F1 games to date.

At the moment, I'm playing Destruction Derby 2 (another Psygnosis title). I've wondered if NASCAR actually looked like that...

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:On the other end of the shooter spectrum, has anyone here played Serious Sam 3? It's pretty damn good if you're into old-school run-and-gun shooters like Quake and Doom. Admittedly I find the first couple of levels a bit slow, but it really picks up after that - the last half of the game is pretty much the best gameplay I've come across in a shooter.

I haven't, but anything Doom-esque should be fine in my book. Although, likely as not, I will continue to play Doom/Heretic/Hexen wads that I find lying around the internet as opposed to finding anything all-new that I have to play on a console I don't have.

I picked up a cheap N64 a few months ago - it came with GoldenEye, and how anyone managed to get past the first mission with those hateful controls I will never know. If it'd been a PC game I'd have obliterated all of the Bond baddies in ten minutes.

dinizintheoven wrote:I haven't, but anything Doom-esque should be fine in my book. Although, likely as not, I will continue to play Doom/Heretic/Hexen wads that I find lying around the internet as opposed to finding anything all-new that I have to play on a console I don't have.

Ahh, good old classic DOS games. I'd personally add Wolfenstein 3D and Rise of the Triad to that list.

dinizintheoven wrote:

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:On the other end of the shooter spectrum, has anyone here played Serious Sam 3? It's pretty damn good if you're into old-school run-and-gun shooters like Quake and Doom. Admittedly I find the first couple of levels a bit slow, but it really picks up after that - the last half of the game is pretty much the best gameplay I've come across in a shooter.

I haven't, but anything Doom-esque should be fine in my book. Although, likely as not, I will continue to play Doom/Heretic/Hexen wads that I find lying around the internet as opposed to finding anything all-new that I have to play on a console I don't have.

I picked up a cheap N64 a few months ago - it came with GoldenEye, and how anyone managed to get past the first mission with those hateful controls I will never know. If it'd been a PC game I'd have obliterated all of the Bond baddies in ten minutes.

Really? Goldeneye was considered to have one of the greatest control schemes ever. So much so that many ahooters that came out afterwards had "Goldeneye" as a selectable option. Turok and South Park come readily to mind.

It could be worse, the game could be Deadly Towers *cringe*

golic_2004 wrote:It could be worse, the game could be Deadly Towers *cringe*

Or Sonic 2006 *shudders*

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:

golic_2004 wrote:It could be worse, the game could be Deadly Towers *cringe*

Or Sonic 2006 *shudders*

AAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE

Sorry, couldn't control myself.

Nuppiz wrote:

dinizintheoven wrote:I haven't, but anything Doom-esque should be fine in my book. Although, likely as not, I will continue to play Doom/Heretic/Hexen wads that I find lying around the internet as opposed to finding anything all-new that I have to play on a console I don't have.

Ahh, good old classic DOS games. I'd personally add Wolfenstein 3D and Rise of the Triad to that list.

I've just spent the best part of two days investigating more Doom II wads, and two of them were pretty much Wolfenstein 3D II. I think I have the original version, somewhere, but I have no idea where. And yes, you're right with Rise Of The Triad - Doom may have been a superior technical package but the amount of guts and gore in ROTT certainly made up for it. As did the quite literal interpretation of "God" mode.

Wallio wrote:Really? Goldeneye was considered to have one of the greatest control schemes ever. So much so that many ahooters that came out afterwards had "Goldeneye" as a selectable option. Turok and South Park come readily to mind.

That can only have come from people who never used a keyboard for gaming. 18 years of arrow keys plus shift, control, Alt and space plus a few others (A/Z for jump/crouch) is very hard to wipe out.

Of course, the very best games only had five controls - Q, A, O, P and either M or space for the fire button. Marvellous.

golic_2004 wrote:It could be worse, the game could be Deadly Towers *cringe*

Since I have a large NES collection, there are a few that are even worse. Hydlyde, Cybernoid, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Action 52. Just to name a few. Probably the worst video game I ever played was Superman 64 for the Nintendo 64. Man that was an awful game.

dinizintheoven wrote:

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:On the other end of the shooter spectrum, has anyone here played Serious Sam 3? It's pretty damn good if you're into old-school run-and-gun shooters like Quake and Doom. Admittedly I find the first couple of levels a bit slow, but it really picks up after that - the last half of the game is pretty much the best gameplay I've come across in a shooter.

I haven't, but anything Doom-esque should be fine in my book. Although, likely as not, I will continue to play Doom/Heretic/Hexen wads that I find lying around the internet as opposed to finding anything all-new that I have to play on a console I don't have.

No need to worry about that with Serious Sam 3 - it's a PC title first and foremost, and it's fairly lax in it's requirements to boot.

Nuppiz wrote:Ahh, good old classic DOS games. I'd personally add Wolfenstein 3D and Rise of the Triad to that list.

I'd add Star Wars: Dark Forces as well. Any game where you punch out a dragon is awesome in my book, to name but one awesome thing you do in the course of completing it.