rainless
03-17-07, 06:22 PM
I don't do card games.
I just wanted to get that first sentence out there before you read anything else. Unless it's a game that can be played at either the Riviera or the second floor of the Aladdin... card games aren't for me. (With the sole exception of Uno.)
But my birthday was yesterday. And after a full night of drinking and debauchery I woke up locked into an embrace that only allowed me the freedom of movement to press the "channel up" button on my remote. I have an HDTV so I only watch the prettiest of HD channels. And it just happened to fall on Yu-Gi-Oh HD.
I'm sure this was just a season finale or something... but it's the first time I'd ever seen any show like it (never saw Pokemon or Digimon) and while I hated all the characters and the people who did the voices for them... the game seemed GREAT! (Since there are actually people here young enough to watch the show, it was the one that had... um... "Joey" battling Yugi... for his sister's operation against Yugi's uncle's soul.)
I liked the way character's could be randomized and reinforced (and maybe it just looked great in HD). So I went straight out to Gamestop (well... not STRAIGHT out... there was "business" to take care of). My first encounter with Yu-Gi-Oh was actually about a week and a half ago with Dungeon Dice Monsters for the GBA.
I was just returning ESPN2K5 for the Xbox because it wasn't bc with the 360 (thanks Fudge!), and I saw the guy had a DS so I asked what he was playing. He told me it was some random three dollar game he got into that was really great. They had another copy... and I tried it... and it sucked. (there are dice involved, which for me is one toke over the line.) All I know is I didn't know what the hell I was doing and I wasn't going to learn soon.
So I went back today and tried Sacred Monsters... which also sucked (every time I tried to challenge someone to a game they told me it wasn't 9 o'clock yet), and I tried Dungeon Dice Monsters Again, and it still sucked (chose the baby dragon... then I had the option to either scroll around the screen or look at the baby dragon again... This is after me and a crew of eight gamestop employees took ten minutes to find out how to start a new game.)
So I was about to give up and leave the store when I spotted world championship 2004. You press start, they give you cards, and you start playing. There's absolutely nothing more I could ask for.
So I've got that. I have no idea what I'm doing. I've never played a card game before. But they have a couple of cards I saw on the show today, so I can't complain.
I just wanted to get that first sentence out there before you read anything else. Unless it's a game that can be played at either the Riviera or the second floor of the Aladdin... card games aren't for me. (With the sole exception of Uno.)
But my birthday was yesterday. And after a full night of drinking and debauchery I woke up locked into an embrace that only allowed me the freedom of movement to press the "channel up" button on my remote. I have an HDTV so I only watch the prettiest of HD channels. And it just happened to fall on Yu-Gi-Oh HD.
I'm sure this was just a season finale or something... but it's the first time I'd ever seen any show like it (never saw Pokemon or Digimon) and while I hated all the characters and the people who did the voices for them... the game seemed GREAT! (Since there are actually people here young enough to watch the show, it was the one that had... um... "Joey" battling Yugi... for his sister's operation against Yugi's uncle's soul.)
I liked the way character's could be randomized and reinforced (and maybe it just looked great in HD). So I went straight out to Gamestop (well... not STRAIGHT out... there was "business" to take care of). My first encounter with Yu-Gi-Oh was actually about a week and a half ago with Dungeon Dice Monsters for the GBA.
I was just returning ESPN2K5 for the Xbox because it wasn't bc with the 360 (thanks Fudge!), and I saw the guy had a DS so I asked what he was playing. He told me it was some random three dollar game he got into that was really great. They had another copy... and I tried it... and it sucked. (there are dice involved, which for me is one toke over the line.) All I know is I didn't know what the hell I was doing and I wasn't going to learn soon.
So I went back today and tried Sacred Monsters... which also sucked (every time I tried to challenge someone to a game they told me it wasn't 9 o'clock yet), and I tried Dungeon Dice Monsters Again, and it still sucked (chose the baby dragon... then I had the option to either scroll around the screen or look at the baby dragon again... This is after me and a crew of eight gamestop employees took ten minutes to find out how to start a new game.)
So I was about to give up and leave the store when I spotted world championship 2004. You press start, they give you cards, and you start playing. There's absolutely nothing more I could ask for.
So I've got that. I have no idea what I'm doing. I've never played a card game before. But they have a couple of cards I saw on the show today, so I can't complain.