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Triplets> I've had a quick search around, but can't find Crimson Zone. Do you mean Crimsonland? Just had a first crack at it and it seems like fun (although I'm a bit annoyed that doesn't seem to want to let me configure the controls to a Robotron-style 'one cross for movement, one for shot direction' scheme on a digital pad). I'll spend some proper time with it tomorrow.
Went to the local bowling alley with Fra Dolcino for the first time in a decade tonight and was very happy to find a brand spanking new twoplayer Outrun 2 sit-down cab there. First chance I've had to play the game - it's fucking immense. The atmosphere is totally Outrun, which is partly down to the return of the old tunes, but mainly because of the blonde girl sitting in the passenger seat, moaning whenever you screw up and cheering you for smart overtakes and drifts, and the zones you race through. No game's ever done beachside racing like Outrun.
Only problem I had was with the drifting. It's... individual. Go into a drift and you need to apply opposite lock immediately, otherwise you'll end up facing the wrong way. And it's not normal opposite lock, either - you need to turn the wheel almost entirely in the opposite direction to hold the slide and stop it from carrying on into the corner. To pull out of the drift, you have to move the steering wheel just that tiny bit more, so that it's completely to the side, which makes the difference between maintaining drift and pulling out of it almost digital, on/off stuff. It also means that I got the corners down pat straight away, keeping the drift going for just as long as I needed and making slight adjustments toit as and when, but kept on pinballing into the other side of the road when I tried to get the car straight again. FD had better luck, apparently managing to get the car out of the drift smoothly by applying the brake.
Need to play it again. And again, and again. I was already looking forwards to the Xbox version, but now my brain's melting out of my ears at the thought.
Also had my first proper go on a Dance Dance Revolution cab, seeing as the place had a nice friendly vibe to it and we didn't get the feeling that there were fifty teenage girls hiding around the corner, waiting to piss themselves laughing at our abortive attempts at shaking the bootay. I adore every other type of rhythm action game, but never got the guts up to have a razz on DDR before. Feel I acquitted myself relatively well, all things considered - came away with a B ranking overall, which shamed the others present (boasting now, I know, but their best attempts were 'Failed', 'Failed' and, yep, 'Failed'). That Xbox version for £29 with the mat suddenly seems much more tempting than previously... |
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