Dorks vs IGN

[A Black Falcon]

Yeah, I really wasn't thinking it should use the duel screen or touch screen modes myself. Anything I can think of would just make it cheap. Honestly, the upcoming Metroid game for DS, where you just point at the thing you want to die and it dies, seems so cheap as to kill all challenge. I mean, aiming should involve SOME level of challenge. Mouse or control stick, you still need to actually point with some level of real aiming difficulty. Here, you just touch the thing you want to die. That's about as challenging as playing Duck Hunt by actually putting the light gun right up against the screen (come on, I know we all did it) rather than actually standing a few feet back and actually aiming.

Metroid aiming removes all challenge? Not according to the previews, which said that it made it hard to play and cumbersome... it's unique but the control scheme didn't get too good early impressions. But I'd have to try it to see how it really works...

As for SSB (or other fighting games) I can't think of much that would use a touchscreen either. Doesn't seem really right for that genre...

Yeah, concerning KOTOR, it was only an exclusive for a few months, so that doesn't really count as a killer app for the XBox. KOTOR 2 seems the same way. Honestly, I think I'll get the PC version there as, concerning the first one, the XBox version has NOTHING on the PC version, at all, but the PC version has control and graphical superiority (plus, the bugs are actually getting fixed, somewhat).

PC games generally don't seem to "count" for exclusivity. Think of Rogue Squadron for instance... it was on PC too soon after its N64 release but it's a N64 exclusive... it's a bit different when the PC version comes out a lot later (GTA, Halo, etc), but when they are close, calling it exclusive is stupid.

It is this team's first console game, but it should go fine. They're quite used to making games built on Bioware engines (this being their fourth such game). :)

KOTOR... the PC version is better if you have a good PC. It's got a minimum install of like 4 or 5 gigabytes and pushes hardware, so if you don't have a pretty good machine it won't look as good as the X-Box title. But if you do, you can make it look better... just like Morrowind.

FF7 and FF8 did get PC versions. But they weren't great ports and the graphics actually look worse on PC because the PC doesn't have the 'benifit' of the fuzziness of a TV, and is running at much higher resolutions, so the backgrounds looked quite bad... in a way the PSX versions actually have better graphics. :)