Sunday Afternoon Shackreviews

by Alec Matias, Jul 18, 2004 10:00am PDT

Related Topics – Electronic Arts, Games: PC

A console-dominated update here as the PC and GBA take a break. This week, we see the first Electronic Arts title hitting Xbox Live with NCAA Football 2005 and the long-awaited release of Tales of Symphonia. Ya know, when I was adding Tales to the database, one of the listed features were 80 hours of gameplay. You would think the game would start to get repetitious/old/silly after a while, but that doesn't seem to be the case according to the reviewers. If you've picked this one up, let me know about it in the comments. As always, if there's a game you want in the database, see if it's already there and if not, request it!

Tales of Symphonia (GCN)
Athens 2004 (PS2)
Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 (PS2)
NCAA Football 2005 (PS2, GCN, Xbox)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (GCN)
Samurai Warriors (Xbox)

I spent the week going .500 against Shackers in NCAA Football 2005 (4-4). I'm one of those oddities that can take down the best (previously 10-0 Scotty22) but lose to the absolute bottom of the barrel (1-3 jedi_27). The problems plaguing EA's servers have been causing headaches, but it hasn't totally hampered the gameplay experience. I hope they can set everything straight by the time Madden 2005 arrives because if they thought they had it bad now... Anywho, while I went out to rent NCAA, I also purchased the latest OXM with the Sudeki playable demo. Sadly, I have since lost the frickin' disc without ever putting it into my Xbox. I've tore up the place looking for it to no avail. $10 down the drain. =(

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HOT DEAL for ESPN NFL 2K5 buyers!

Just called EBgames asking for trade-in specials. One of 'em was trade in any two PS2, Xbox, GCN games and get ESPN NFL 2K5 for free. I'm gonna give 'em a couple games I picked up for $5 at CC. Rockin'!

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Jul 18, 2004 11:17am PDT

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HOT DEAL for ESPN NFL 2K5 buyers! Just called EBgames asking for trade-in specials. One of 'em was tra : Alec Matias
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  thats some hot shit right there! : Degenerate
  - no shit. say bye bye to KOTOR kidding.. sorta : a weakling spaz
- kickass, thanks for the heads up. : emocore
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  awesome news any work on those excluded titles, say nhl2k3 and last years madden? : krakhead420
  - doh work=word : krakhead420
  - old sports games are almost always excluded : artillery
- Good looking out, gonna have to bring some CC games too : Mondo
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  Just to let ya guys know, I just did this deal. w00p : Alec Matias
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    which games did you trade? : megarust32
    - Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II and Activision Anthology. : Alec Matias
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    I thought the game doesn't come out till Monday. : jono181
    - The game is in stores Wednesday, maybe Tuesday, so it was a pre-order. Just walk in and grab it now. : Alec Matias
- Awesome, I'll get it tomorrow! They can have my extra copy of Shenmue 2, and Turok for GC. : yoonix
- SIR YES SIR Crimson Skies and something out of my PS2 collection are SO gone. :) : Deathlove
- just did it but eb wanted 3 games, oh well : shackwack
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  Just to let you guys know, at Gamestop we are running a trade-in promotion where if you trade in any ps2,... : feratu
  - The two games I traded in were worth $2. And considering I paid $5 for each, I won! : Alec Matias
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  Isn't ESPN only $20? : Chod
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    Yep, so this isn't as good a deal as it seems. I'm sure you could sell most games for more than $10 each ... : Speedy8
    - This is a pretty good deal for those that took advantage of the Circuit City sale or have games they abso... : Alec Matias
    - actually its an awesome deal. i have a few games you could only get 2 or 3 $$$ for . . . so its a good w... : jedi_27

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great, with the brisk pre-order sales ToS is doing there is much hope for us PS2 users to get the PS2 version localized!

Jul 19, 2004 2:58am PDT

great, with the brisk pre-order sales ToS is doing there is much hope for us PS2 users to get the PS2 ver... : charmless

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Tales is definitely long. I'm 23 hours in and still on disc 1.

Jul 18, 2004 10:42am PDT

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Tales is definitely long. I'm 23 hours in and still on disc 1. : MastaM00
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  It's long, but is it fun? : Alec Matias
- I'm only 8 hours in but really like it. The story is Japanese gouda but that can be a good thing once yo... : Boxelder

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Tales of Symphonia is massively sold out in my area. There's one copy left being held for me about 20 minutes away. If you guys are interested in it, I suggest trying to find it soon.

Jul 18, 2004 1:37pm PDT

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By: jedi_27 x Show Full Post

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woah . . . .

Jul 18, 2004 7:33pm PDT

woah . . . . : jedi_27

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Geeze Alec, way to insult Jedi :P...bottom of the barrel!

Jul 18, 2004 6:48pm PDT

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Geeze Alec, way to insult Jedi :P...bottom of the barrel! : soggybagel
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- I can do worse than that! He got off lucky because it's the frontpage. : Alec Matias

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haha jedi_27 is horrible! actually i imagine i'm just as bad as him. we shall have a championship of the losers.

Jul 18, 2004 10:16am PDT

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  I'm sure you're making him feel great : peat
  - Most of life is just showing up. Alot of my friends arent exceptional players but have a great time. =) : Bali

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Does anyone know of any good deals on Tales of Symphonia? 80 hours, co-op, rpg, gamecube *drool*

Jul 18, 2004 10:54am PDT

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Does anyone know of any good deals on Tales of Symphonia? 80 hours, co-op, rpg, gamecube *drool* : sparkly
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- No deals that I've seen. But trust me, it's worth the full price. : Debased

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Well then, you fuckers weren't kidding about the short order of copies of Tales of Symphonia. I went to pre-order Doom 3 today and EB said that they sold out just in pre-order of ToS.

Luckily, good 'ol Walmart had a single copy left which I snapped up.

Crikey!

Jul 18, 2004 4:58pm PDT

Well then, you fuckers weren't kidding about the short order of copies of Tales of Symphonia. I went to p : Entity

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Hahaha jedi called out on the front page. Hilarity.

Jul 18, 2004 4:48pm PDT

Hahaha jedi called out on the front page. Hilarity. : Do_Or_Die

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2 months in a row my OXM demo discs have not worked...
20$ down the freakin drain.....no more!

Jul 18, 2004 10:02am PDT

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2 months in a row my OXM demo discs have not worked... 20$ down the freakin drain.....no more! : supermonkeyballz
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