LostPenguin reviews "Greg Hastings’ TPB"
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Topic: LostPenguin reviews "Greg Hastings’ TPB"
Posted By: LostPenguin
Subject: LostPenguin reviews "Greg Hastings’ TPB"
Date Posted: 01 December 2004 at 8:49pm
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I recently got Greg Hastings' Tournament paintball for the Xbox, heres my review This is no substitute for real paintball, as with any paintball games. It is still a great game, and can even help you in real life. -Single Player- The only single player mode is "Tournament Mode," where you start off with a Conman gun playing Rec ball. You select your player model (A dissapointingly small selection of your player.) You play through the latter of tournaments (Preliminaries, Semi-Finals, Finals). You gain Experience that you can put toward certain skills, however there are only 4 broad skills (Marker Control, Speed, Accuracy, and Reloading) to customize. You also gain credits to buy equiptment. -Markers, apparel, and accessories- 100+ liscensed peices of equiptment are there for your use. Now, you can't go into extreme detail, which is exceptable because there is already alot of painstaking detail into the equiptment. For example, you cant go into the detail of buying a double trigger for your 98. There are tons of liscensed barrels, tanks, hoppers, pods/harnesses, jerseys, shoes, pants, gloves, and masks for you to buy and use. The only problem is: With all of this liscensed gear, WHERE IS SMARTPARTS?! No teardrops, nerves, freaks, or impulses. SP isnt liscensed in the game. -Game Play- This is an amazing simulator. It makes Digital Paintball look like a run-n'-gun shootemup. There are many ways to snap, dive, run, and hold your gun. The A.I. uses great tactics (normal-hard mode), and put up a nice fight. The problem I have with the AI is that you cant issue commands, or ask where they are. This would add alot more realistic tactics. Getting shot is interesting. If you get shot once in the torso, a guage appears, and a bar goes back and forth along it. You press "A" to stop it and if it stops on a small green area, the hit is a bounce, otherwise, you are out and you play as another one of your teammates. This represents a "Paint check". If you get shot in the mask, you are always out. The ways different guns shoot is very innovative. For Kingmans and Tippmanns, or slower guns, you press in the R trigger farther in to shoot. Faster guns you barely need to press it. WPG's and higher-end guns shoot once when you press the trigger, and again when you release, so every time you tap the trigger it shoots twice. -Multiplayer- Xbox Live plays great. This is where you can work with making plans and using tactics in real-life. Its just like Digital Paintball, but with alot of more moves, and realism. -Graphics- They are amazing. The lighting effects, glares, and bump-mapping are nice enough to compete with Halo 2. -Sound- Great sound, you hear the teamates screaming when they are hit, the balls make different noises whether you shoot an air bunker, wood, or the ground. There is a nice liscensed soundtrack of techno, punk, and rock. Sound: 8/10 Graphics: 9/10 Game Play: 8/10 Controls: 9/10 Overall: 8.5/10 ------------- 
-Tippmann 98C -Dead-on Double Trigger -20oz and 14oz CO2 -14" Teardrop Barrel *Coming this christmas* RT, Revvy |
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Posted By: Travioli
Date Posted: 01 December 2004 at 8:55pm
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one thing i wish with the gear, is that you could change the color. ------------- red Halo B Crossfire 68ci4500psi 14" Freak Red to Black Alias Timmy |
Posted By: Trogdor2
Date Posted: 01 December 2004 at 8:58pm
| I'm gonna pick it up whenever I get an Xbox... |
Posted By: boomstick
Date Posted: 01 December 2004 at 9:02pm
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I went to blockbuster today to rent it. It turns out they don't carry it.
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Posted By: LostPenguin
Date Posted: 01 December 2004 at 9:03pm
Yeah, or choose your paint. But its just fun to beat the Pro tournaments with a Tippann Model 98 -------------
-Tippmann 98C -Dead-on Double Trigger -20oz and 14oz CO2 -14" Teardrop Barrel *Coming this christmas* RT, Revvy |
Travioli wrote:Posted By: rootsradicals
Date Posted: 01 December 2004 at 9:20pm
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SWEET!!!!!!not, what is this issue #4 now? 5 maybe....
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Posted By: :ShockeR_ratm:
Date Posted: 01 December 2004 at 10:13pm
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anyone else want to make another review for this freakin' game?
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Nobody ever suspects the fun police! 
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Posted By: paintballu
Date Posted: 01 December 2004 at 10:59pm
I will, it sucks.-300 out of 10 ------------- 
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Posted By: jaked588
Date Posted: 01 December 2004 at 11:40pm
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i dont like how the graphics are shaky around the edges of bunkers so it makes it hella hard to see opponents ------------- 
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 02 December 2004 at 7:34am
Haha, in the beginning of the game my spyder was like 5 different colors. ------------- 
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Posted By: Travioli
Date Posted: 02 December 2004 at 4:21pm
------------- red Halo B Crossfire 68ci4500psi 14" Freak Red to Black Alias Timmy |
Posted By: The Man
Date Posted: 02 December 2004 at 5:06pm
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''WHERE IS SMARTPARTS?! No teardrops, nerves, freaks, or impulses. SP isnt liscensed in the game.'' You make it sound like that is a bad thing.... ------------- Cp critical Bob Long Lengens painball park Team Rendition |
Posted By: tippy_182
Date Posted: 02 December 2004 at 5:10pm
You can get a dynasty shocker....... ------------- 
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Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 02 December 2004 at 5:19pm
if you have guys from dynasty on your team and it switches you to them. ------------- 
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Posted By: FoolProofSam
Date Posted: 03 December 2004 at 12:25pm
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Why play a paintball video game when you can kill people instead. ------------- HELL IS ICE 
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