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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:38 pm Post subject:

There is no way to get around the long wait times, it's just something with the game and is not only your individual game.
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:08 pm Post subject:

The load times are actually longer than DDR's load times. It's a fact and it'll probably be the first thing you notice, really; it was for me, at least.
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PARANOiA MAXX · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:05 am Post subject:

I'm not that mad I did pay the 40$ when it came out I bought it while I was on vacation. I played it in my hotel room for hours on end on the controller

. But I am very happy that i bought it when i did, I went out and bought a Ignition 3.0 pad. I like it but I would like to buy an afterburner, if anyone would like to donate money to my cause please PM me.
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:21 am Post subject:

Why don't you go and play on event mode and then have the second player on Novice mode, even if there is no one there? You will no longer fail and get redirected to the Title screen then.
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Cutriss, the load times might be more tolerable, but I doubt they'd be less noticeable, on ITG PS2 if Roxor/RedOctane had thought to program better (or any) transitions, but they're still much, much longer than DDR load times. All you really have to do is just take a stopwatch and time how long it takes from when you confirm your choice on the song wheel to when the song shows up, or when the song finishes to when the results pop up, or the most telling experiment: from when you exit the results screen until you return to the song wheel. DDR's load times are on the order of about 4 seconds. Yes, those 4 or so seconds are cleverly hidden by "First Stage" messages, "Cleared," etc., but they are still at least 3 times as quick as most of the ITG load times. It's not a matter of fanboyism to compare a PS2 DDR's load times to ITG's load times and figure out that ITG's load times are very much longer. And it's not like anyone has mentioned the other much more annoying design flaws of the ITG CS interface

...OK, that is OTHER than just one of the examples of how poorly Event Mode was implemented, i.e. the issue with faling and returning to the title screen instead of the song wheel, as mentioned a few posts up.
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arnoct · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:10 pm Post subject:

I must be one of the "few" people who kept ITG after buying it. I don't play DDR anymore.
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Cutriss · Staff Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

Wolfman, I was really more talking about the ITG fanboys who always retort something like "Oh, the load times aren't that bad". The rest of my comment was intended to be as objective as possible about the matter.
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My mistake and my appologies, Cutriss. At least my post then supports your original point.

Arnoct, I still have my copy of ITG that I bought on the "day or release"-ish for $40, although I admit that I don't really play it much right now.
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Ppl are making to many accusations of this " 95%" of ppl who play ING like it. where is the proof. We need answers people. I think someone need s to do a survey or something.

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:58 pm Post subject:

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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject:

Yeah, they're just the loading screen. I know that my arcade's DDR Extreme has loading problems sometimes where it's stuck. At times it does that same thing in game play too, which has happened before too.

I know that the Ultramix series have the same load time as other DDR games, I'm just saying that instead of having the "First Stage" loading screen it actually has a loading screen that says "Loading...".
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Oops, I did not at all mean to start an argument. I have a lot of respect for ITG and its programmers, and as I said, I think a lot of the songs are really great.

Marouku · Basic Member Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Location: USA, NJ

God...is a 30-45 second load time really that bad at all?

I personally like it; It gives me a chance to rest for a second before the song starts and to rest afterwards.

And on another note..

I've been playing DDR for about 4 years. I only recently bought ITG and haven't played DDR since then.

The stepcharts are much more complex in ITG (don't deny it, they are)

But this doesn't mean I won't play DDR from time to time. (if I'm at an arcade or just tired)
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:36 pm Post subject:

Yeah, most people do their resting at the select mod screen.
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