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RetroGreg:
I'm 34 and remember the original in the arcades. I still love it, but I am excited for this new game as well. It will probably be only $10.00 so I don't really know what you all expect. Pac Man CE rocked and this looks like it will be pretty fun.
jardine:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 18, 2008, 10:45:49 am ---Rubbish...

What was Galaga: Destination Earth? Was it not a sequel? It sucked too, just like this will...

Heres some ideas I give them for free, and it could be better.

How about a multiplayer mode where it's split screen with my ship in the middle back to back with another players ship. Keeping the same left right movement, but giving you a feeling of being surrounded by the enemy. I've attached a picture to illustrate.

Or how about a multiplayer mode where your on opposite sides and the enemy in the middle, where you can shoot at the enemies and the other player? Still keeping the left right movement, but introducing a multiplayer aspect.

How about a good story line with an end goal, power ups, or multiple paths?

I mean, I'm fine with updated graphics, but the game play shouldn't change too much because it will  alienate their biggest fans.

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Looks impressive Leapinlew...i like...maby you should send some of this stuff of to microsoft...see if they are listening to there fans???

As for this whole debate on Galaga....i say stay with the classics.....You will never be able to emulate original feel...shiiittt, we all played these games at the penny arcade wasting quarters or 20c coins as soon as we got outta school, slaming the glass screen and cursing at the bullet that we are sure we missed.

Now its coming out on Xbox live....it will never be the same my friends, so why worry about playability this, feel that, graphics this..it is probably just XBox trying to cash in on this wonderful thing we all call a hobbie!!!
isucamper:
Gah!  Did arcadecontrols turn into neogaf all of a sudden?  What's with passing judgement based on one blurry video of an incomplete game that you've never played?

About the only thing you can judge the game on at this point is who the developer is... and it's the same team that did the incredible Pac-man Championship Edition.  If you've never played that game, as a retro gamer, you owe it to yourself to try it out.  It's safe to say that the Galaga franchise is in good hands.

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/17620

Seriously, you don't have to like modern games, but they're not going to delete your classics off your hard drive.  There's no reason to be threatened by them.
leapinlew:

--- Quote from: isucamper on July 20, 2008, 01:44:13 pm ---Seriously, you don't have to like modern games, but they're not going to delete your classics off your hard drive.  There's no reason to be threatened by them.

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The only "threat" is diluting of a quality product with a sequel that doesn't have the same qualities which brought the original to legendary status.

You've never been bothered when they release a sequel to the original? Examples: Anything George Lucas has done with Star Wars since the originals were released, Star Trek: Enterprise, etc.

It's cool if you don't have passion for anything, but without having a deep attachment to a franchise - you can't really understand what we are talking about. If you do have attachment to any franchise, you should understand the concern.
isucamper:
I understand exactly what you're saying.  But I can gaurentee this game will not be Galaga:  Episode 1.  Just because George Lucas can't get it right is no reason to be so gaurded.  Like I said, Pac-man CE did the exact opposite of what your talking about.  It brought Pac-man to a new generation and an entirely new setting (Xbox Live).

Now granted, there have been plenty of atrocious updates of classic games (anything with Frogger or Pong in the title) and you all have every reason to be reluctant to give this one a serious look, but we've got a very talented group of people making this Galaga game, and I'm pretty thankful for that.  It's not going to play like the classic Galaga... don't expect it to.  But it's not being designed to play in an arcade for 25 cents a pop.  Now that audience is sitting on their couches looking for a slightly different experience.  Something a little less hardcore challenge-wise and something a little more deep progression-wise.  That doesn't mean you can't have fun with it no matter how much you love the original (and believe me, I do).
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