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Just got it !
Post by David Van Moer on Jul 23rd, 2003, 06:22am

Thanks to speedy Play-Asia.com and UPS I just received the Jap version + Freeloader 1.06

I can only concur that there are problems to play it correctly: for instance at the mode selection screen and the accel <-> speed screen you just see a blue void but it's easy to guess here and work your way thorugh.
The worst thing however is that while racing there is no energy meter, no speedometer ... and no chronometer working (
Bit of an underwhelming experience becasue of all this but I'm sure they'll update the freeloader soon..

Thankfully you can still play the game so I can get used to the new racing but since there's no time measuring it's kinda hard to start time trialling


the racing itself is pretty sweet.. seems DTs have been greatly reduced in steering efficieny and doesn't seem to be too compatible with FZX skills.. need to learn lots of new stuff.

Have to go to work now.. I'll play again this evening.


DVM
Re: Just got it !
Post by Tonio on Jul 23rd, 2003, 07:46am

that's unfair!
I guess I can find it in shops tomorrow though...
Re: Just got it !
Post by crAsh on Jul 23rd, 2003, 08:05am

After you've played a bit more, tell us if the game is still enjoyable and playable. Cuz I saw the videos on play-asia, and it scared me : nothing on screen but the race and other cars.
I hope it doesn't kill the whole game, but just a small part of it.
Re: Just got it !
Post by ErwanSciaud on Jul 23rd, 2003, 08:31am

Tell us how the game fast is too^^
maybe there are problems with other modes especially CUSTOMIZE, if you cannot see stats of the fantastic ship you re building...
Re: Just got it !
Post by EMAGDNIM on Jul 23rd, 2003, 09:16am

Mine is on it's way but I'm scared to look at the videos on play asia
Re: Just got it !
Post by ErwanSciaud on Jul 23rd, 2003, 09:28am

don t worry, i m sure there will be new freeloader compatible with f zero gx!
Re: Just got it !
Post by crAsh on Jul 23rd, 2003, 10:00am

The thing is that if we have to wait as long as we waited for the first one, we'd better wait for our homeland release and play a full compatible game without any "bug".

Damn...I don't want to buy another freeloader, nor to wait 'til late october....
Re: Just got it !
Post by ~SPLASH~ on Jul 23rd, 2003, 10:13am

It's always best to wait for your local release, especially if you can't read Japapese. Sometimes, extra bugs are fixed in the American or European (PAL) editions, and you will always be able to read it...and its comportable with your machine without having to buy a Freeloader, and it's always compatible with other players near you.

Anyway, give me the infooooo!
Re: Just got it !
Post by Webmaster on Jul 23rd, 2003, 11:14am

Man, no timing mechanism using Freeloader ... that sucks! That'll seriously sour the first month of competition unless many Japanese players join.
Re: Just got it !
Post by FluddyFlea on Jul 23rd, 2003, 11:14am

Yea how does sliding feel etc
Re: Just got it !
Post by Locks on Jul 23rd, 2003, 12:07pm

I bet the freeloader that will be compatible with FZGX won't come out before the actual game
Re: Just got it !
Post by ErwanSciaud on Jul 23rd, 2003, 1:31pm

anyway think to the poor european players that will only begin competition in October!


Re: Just got it !
Post by Locks on Jul 23rd, 2003, 2:09pm

True... we'll have a great disadvantage to the rest of the players .
But I'll work extra-hard on the FZGX so I can show you how the game's played lol.
Let the waiting begin
Re: Just got it !
Post by David Van Moer on Jul 23rd, 2003, 4:43pm

Ok, just played some more and could easily win the first cup on normal.

Some mixed feelings about the racing. Doesn't seem to have that much in common with FZX. I tried railsliding and some DT-diving ( or X-diving in this case ) but that didn't work. Very annyoing that you're not able to see how fast you are going so I'm not sure of it adds to your speed or not.
Also feels very awkward that you can't jump anymore with the shoulder-buttons. A hard habbit to break from after all those years on X. Then again, the jumping doesn't seem to help that much anymore with the cornering.

So far it seems the game relies heavily on the slide turn by holding down both shoulder-buttons as the main technique to make the diference .. it sure propells you around the corner at much faster speed when boosting at the same time.

Still very early days of course.. and I'm sure there's loads of stuff to discover. But it would appear that FZX vets certainly don't have any advantage to newcomers.

Story mode and the rest I'll find out about later

DVM
Re: Just got it !
Post by F-Zero Fanatic on Jul 23rd, 2003, 5:00pm

on Jul 23rd, 2003, 4:43pm, David Van Moer wrote:
Still very early days of course.. and I'm sure there's loads of stuff to discover. But it would appear that FZX vets certainly don't have any advantage to newcomers.


That's what I like to hear. I never owned F-Zero X so atleast that won't be a disadvantage for when the F-Zero GX competition starts up.
Re: Just got it !
Post by EMAGDNIM on Jul 23rd, 2003, 9:12pm

well...I've found a modded GC I'm going to buy...that should do it for me...I was about to order a JPN GC...
Re: Just got it !
Post by Tonio on Jul 23rd, 2003, 11:43pm

my first impressions reading the booklet:

there is a wide screen mode! (at last one good reason to go back to France, yeah!)
in the intro they say that the game takes place one year after the f-zero X tournament, won by captain falcon (I don't care, maybe some people do)
also:
you lose some speed when you slide-turn so it's better to use it with a max-speed setting (or fast car, don't remember ). Conversely when you drift you gain speed so it's better to have a max-accel setting.
as drift turn in mv was a "secret technique", it's quite surprising to see it written here.
nice picture comparing normal turn, slide turn, and drift turn.
mc block used for:
game data 4 (option, achievements....)
garage data 18
ghost data 3 each
replay data (3-13) each
emblem data 3
And finally the special licence card (featuring falcon and rainbow) allows you to get a special car on AX, then you can "download" its parts to GX.

my first impressions playing the game:

faaaaaast.
I've cleared the first 2 cups (ruby and sapphire) with pico then falcon and I'm having some trouble with goroh for the third cup. in standard. I just can't stay on the track
when you clear a cup you can see an interview of your pilot on "f-zero tv" in english, and you can choose one question among 3.
I bought some cars and some parts with the ticket I won.

let's check gamefaqs.

Re: Just got it !
Post by crAsh on Jul 24th, 2003, 07:10am

Man, I wish I had the game already. I will not submit any time (as I can't see them on my poor PAL cube), but at least I will train hard until the PAL game is released (seems so far though).

I'll check on gamefaqs if we can find something helpful.
Re: Just got it !
Post by Dominic on Jul 24th, 2003, 07:13am

cool, I can't wait... my GC is modded, but I can't import... lame!!!

ha-ha, you all thought I disappeared?
Re: Just got it !
Post by ErwanSciaud on Jul 25th, 2003, 08:39am

can anyone tell me the fastest speeds he reached?

Re: Just got it !
Post by Oliver on Jul 25th, 2003, 08:58am

You can "only" reach 4000km/h !
Re: Just got it !
Post by Supreme on Jul 25th, 2003, 09:43am

Hmm I thought there is no limit and you can get more than 4000 km/h so far. Maybe you can reach 10.000 km/h with some crazy-nut strategie !?
Re: Just got it !
Post by Oliver on Jul 25th, 2003, 12:43pm

I hope so !
Re: Just got it !
Post by FluddyFlea on Jul 25th, 2003, 2:36pm

kinda boring if people have already reached the maximum speed. It took quite a while in X
Re: Just got it !
Post by ErwanSciaud on Jul 26th, 2003, 03:57am

4000 kmh only by boosting? Or jump?
I hope there s no limit^^

I want to reach light speed on phantom!

Re: Just got it !
Post by F-Zero Fanatic on Jul 26th, 2003, 09:37am

on Jul 26th, 2003, 03:57am, ErwanSciaud wrote:
4000 kmh only by boosting? Or jump?
I hope there s no limit^^

I want to reach light speed on phantom!


I don't think they'll ever make an F-Zero where you can go up to 17,987,548 km/h. Heh heh.