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Comment on The Yes! No! Game 2012 Sales by Golesworthy

Golesworthy — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:43:46 +0000

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful

painful and a chore, 13 Feb 2009

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This review is from: The Yes! No! Game (Toy)

i bought this as a christmas game as it had good reviews. we found it a chore to play. You have a list of suggested questions that you had to ask, but we found so many of them inappropriate or things we just wouldn't say. The 3 of us stuck at it for a while but resorted to making up our own more realistic questions. Unfortunately as we have so many good games to play i can't imagine this will ever see the light of day again.

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Comment on The Yes! No! Game 2012 Sales by Mez

Mez — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:33:22 +0000

49 of 52 people found the following review helpful

Not worth the money, 28 Nov 2008

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Once you get the idea of how to play (i.e.read a list questions to someone and they mustn't say "yes" or "no"), you may as well do it yourself with little imagination and a timer.

Some of the subject matter is out of date too e.g. Margaret Thatcher is mentioned on one of the cards. For a game rated as age 6 upwards, there are a lot of cards that are not relevant for the young generation.

Its a shame as its a good concept.

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Comment on Street Fighter IV (Xbox 360) Sale by QuinnDawg

QuinnDawg — Sun, 20 May 2012 10:13:46 +0000

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Great game, difficult to play with control pad!, 23 Mar 2009

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Welcome back Streetfighter and what a welcomed return. Fabulous game, but let down cos the standard control pad for the 360 is difficult to use to pull off the special moves, and now the arcade joysticks are almost so expensive and in such high demand you can't but one.

The games great, but you need a great deal of time and patience to bust out the special moves.

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Comment on Street Fighter IV (Xbox 360) Sale by Haunted Nostril "TaT"

Haunted Nostril "TaT" — Sun, 20 May 2012 10:03:37 +0000

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful

GREAT GAME WRAPPED IN A FLIMSY BOX OF TRICKS., 22 Feb 2009

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This review is from: Street Fighter IV - Collectors Edition (Xbox 360) (Video Game)

Here we are at the world tournament, again, and things certainly look a whole lot different - but we're still in familiar, hadouken flinging, spinning bird kick launching, territory. So please refer to the following handy lists, provided below, to see what's what in the world of Street Fighter IV, and just what's the score with all the little bits and bobs you get with the spec ed:

THE GOOD:
- Great controls, really precise and fluid, just what you've come to expect from the series (well, since number 2 anyhoo).
- Lots of familiar faces mixed in with some sparkly new ones makes for a healthy roster of 25 brawlers with lots of interesting kicks, flips and slaps.
- Fantastic Graphics, not just your typical cel-shading jazz - this puppy's got some really nice effects to sling about, and sling them about it does, in big splattery buckets.
- Some nice rehashes of old tunes and some new ones that do the trick quite well.
- Superb backgrounds, really beautiful in some instances, such as the inland jungle, and full of nice little details. Also some are slightly interactive and destructible (only slightly), for instance on the airfield level you can uppercut the plane's wing off in the second round, and nearly all levels feature bits and bobs that fall over or shudder as you smack you opponents to the dirt.
- Awesomely satisfying punch and kick thuds that really rock the house (especially when pumped through your surround sound). Also the voices are well done and come in all sorts of tasty linguistic flavours to suite your ears.
- The online is simple, neat and works extremely well - everything you need to get cracking skulls the globe over.
- Sharp, addictive gameplay (Especially online)
- Lots of neat little unlockables in the following forms: 1.) New titles and icons to spruce up your online persona with (hundreds in fact, and I've found collecting these simple little efforts has become, for me at least, a sort of mad obsession!) 2.) Character colour changes 3.) Numerous new taunts 4.) Character, conceptual and promotional artwork 5.) Other Characters.
- Good animated opening sequences and endings for each character (much better than a still image and a bit of text - I just wish they looked more like the opening sequence instead of like every anime ever made.)
- Challenge mode is a great addition and a nice learning tool.
- Amazing opening sequence - really artistically innovative, not to mention full of smart little battles between numerous characters and of course the obligatory Hadouken, build up, awesomeness from Ryu.

THE BAD:
- The tunes that plays in the menus and throughout the opening sequence is a total cheese bomb rip off of much better music by the likes of Celldweller and Pendulum. It will get into your skull and it will scratch around in there like a rabid hamster till you are whistling along like a gibbering buffoon!
- A few new special moves for some of the old faves would have pushed things along a bit more, they all look better but are essentially the same. But, the new characters are interesting and the whole thing has been tightened, so what I'm really trying to say is: if you don't dig Street Fighter, and 2D beat `em ups in general, this ain't gonna change you oil. To everyone else: you're gonna love it so much!
- I wish you didn't have to go to the character select screen every time you get K.O'd in Arcade mode, just bugs me a bit - maybe I'm missing an option somewhere but sometimes I just want to get back in there and kick some hind quarters without all that razzmatazz - y' dig?
- Some of the stuff you got in the special edition was just not worth the extra money - although I traded some old stuff I wasn't interested in anymore for it so I don't feel as fleeced as I suspect some people do - it's not all bad news but I'll explain it in the following section:

NOTES ON THE SPECIAL EDITION AND IT'S CONTENTS:
THE GOOD:
- The movie that comes with it (The Ties That Bind) is okay, it's not mind blowing but it sets the scene well enough with some middle ground anime animation. Not a patch on the original Street Fighter II anime by manga from back in the day though - now that was sweet.
- You get some new outfits for some of the characters, however I have also listed this in the bad below for various reasons, some pertaining to my own biases (sorry!)

THE BAD:
- The figures in their little cardboard box are shoddy quality, badly painted and just a bit....blah. Don't know why they chose C.Viper either. Yeah, not too stunning.
- The Ties That Bind movie will only play in your 360 so if you want to watch it in another room while your wife watches Dancing on Ice or something equally hideous that doesn't star Sonny Chiba then you're out of luck my friend. Bit of a let down.
- The art book is a tiny, flimsy guide to doing pitiful combos and was hardly... Read more

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Comment on Mass Effect 2 Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides) UK Online Sale by CJ "Books, films, games, you name it - I love...

CJ "Books, films, games, you name it - I love... — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:17:42 +0000

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Somewhat Effect-ive, 5 July 2011

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This review is from: Mass Effect 2 Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides) (Paperback)

As game guides go, this is OK. It's just about worth the price for the maps and planet descriptions, which come in handy for mining resources in the game.

But as ME2 is a bit more linear level-wise than the first game, the maps are not as essential as in the first Mass Effect guide. The level walkthroughs are occasionally lacking in detail so aren't always very helpful for harder sections on higher difficulty. The section on classes, skills, biotics, ammo and so on is good for setting up your character and party as a whole.

If you must have a book sat beside you to help through the game, then this is probably worth a purchase, and it is more convenient than an internet search. The info veers from lacking to useful so it's a mixed bag. Just about worth it, I think.

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Comment on Mass Effect 2 Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides) UK Online Sale by M. E. S. Downing

M. E. S. Downing — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:09:20 +0000

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It Guides - just not very well, 15 Feb 2010

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This review is from: Mass Effect 2 Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides) (Paperback)

A game the size of ME2 deserves a good guide, some may see it as cheating (sometimes it is), but it helps to get the most from the game - they wrote all the code to get it in there, why not go find it!!??? This guide has nice maps and walk-throughs for the major story line sections, the description of the planets are good and all other sections seem to be nicely arranged - until you have to flick through it. If you're mining a system and see that one of the planets has an "N7" mission in place, you then have to find the index for the N7 missions, then find the mission in question for the information. An additional layer of cross-references would have been helpful.
Also for the lesser missions there are a lack of maps (some do, some don't) - maps are good, a note in a walkthrough "don't forget to find the 1000 units of Iridium" is not very helpful without some idea where those units are. The ME1 guide had maps aplenty (ok sometimes not totally accurate) but was much better for it.

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Comment on Manchester City FC Controller Skin (Xbox 360) on Sale by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:36:13 +0000

Not really what I was expecting., 30 Dec 2011

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This review is from: Manchester City FC Controller Skin (Xbox 360) (Accessory)

I expected a proper skin when I ordered this item, but its just a sticker! Quite expensive for what it is.

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Comment on Datel DS Lite EZ Action Replay Including Pokemon Codes (Nintendo DS Lite) Sales by S. YENDLE

S. YENDLE — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:27:51 +0000

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

DS/DS Lite EZ Action Replay, 2 Dec 2009

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This review is from: Datel DS Lite EZ Action Replay Including Pokemon Codes (Nintendo DS Lite) (Accessory)

I've used Action Replay devices before over the years, and they've all been good; this is no acception.

Make sure you have an internet connection.

You just install the software, connect the DS/Lite via the cable to the PC (an update may be required), and drag the required game codes over to your card (I obviously choose the UK codes).
US and Japanese codes are included on the site.

Simple to use (instructions are included in the package).

Overall, well recommended.

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Comment on Datel DS Lite EZ Action Replay Including Pokemon Codes (Nintendo DS Lite) Sales by Shopaholic "buying stuff"

Shopaholic "buying stuff" — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:59:59 +0000

49 of 54 people found the following review helpful

Easily 'Catch 'Em All!' or Infinite Lives, Health etc, 30 Aug 2009

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This review is from: Datel DS Lite EZ Action Replay Including Pokemon Codes (Nintendo DS Lite) (Accessory)

Team Rocket would give their eye-teeth for this!!! I bought this for my two sons who had both completed Diamond and Pearl but wanted to 'Catch 'Em All - Ash, Brock and Misty would be proud. Worth buying just for the POKEMON CHEATS - after updating via th website you can get:

MAX CASH
All TM's and HM's
Pokemon can learn every TM
Every Pokeball 100% catch rate
Wild Pokemon are shiny - RED GYRADOS, SHINY MEW or MEWTWO, GOLDEN/ORANGE PIKACHU!!
In Battle Codes:
1 Hit Kill
Infinte Health
Infinite PP
EXP CODES:
Quick EXP Gain
Super EXP Gain
999 Thunderstones, Rare Candy etc
999 Pokeballs, Masterballs, Darkballs etc
999 ALL Berries
CAPTURE EVERY POKEMON from Red/Blue/Yellow upto Platinum
Walk Through Walls - the manufacturers warn you about using this cheat...

Luckily we had an old DS to 'Test' it on first before using it with a DS Lite, but to be honest it works fine - ONE DOWNSIDE IS THAT SOMEWHERE WITH ONE OF THE CHEATS YOU GET A '''BAD EGG''' DO NOT HATCH THIS EGG AS IT WILL CRASH THE GAME, JUST DUMP IT IN THE STORAGE COMPUTER AND LEAVE IT.

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Comment on Sony PlayStation 2 Slimline Console (Pink) Compare Prices by Smiles "^.^"

Smiles "^.^" — Sat, 19 May 2012 05:01:12 +0000

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

i still like it, 14 Nov 2011

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This review is from: Sony PlayStation 2 Slimline Console (Pink) (Video Game)

its well beter than psone miles beter as it still plays cds dvds psone games.i got one very new i am totaly happy with it got it from a different seller he keeps his words.beter to keep this console and ps3 console coz it doesnt play psone games in ps2.i started young liking computers at a early age so you understand how it works and how you should look after them and keep them many years to come.coz my 6year old has a pink nds as i got her into it she loves orgnal beter she a high school musical fan of the films she has games for it it makes her learn more.my partner loves computers aswell.my other daughter that coming up too 3years old she likes games to she trys to get controll to play games its sweet.game consoles is a must buy to get kids and adults to try having fun it stops boredom and gets familys toghter

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