FRD Website Archive/Polls

This is the Polls section. Here you can have a look through past questions, and even answer the new one. You're living the dream, man.

## Latest Poll

**It's Christmas. This year I want...**
* Playstation 3 Console
* Xbox 360 Console
* Wii Console
* Just games
* Peace, love and happiness

## Previous Polls

**Coming up on the Wii, I want to see**
* More regular games like on other consoles (75%)
* More games using different peripherals like the balance board (6%)
* More short, 'pick up and play' games (2%)
* Nothing. I'm bored of Wii (19%)

**The most important feature for TimeSplitters is:**
* Great single player story. (18%)
* Huge multiplayer options. (46%)
* Massive selection of characters. (11%)
* Weapons, weapons and more weapons. (11%)
* Levels from lots of different eras. (14%)

**I want to play TimeSplitters 4 on:**
* PlayStation 3 (35%)
* XBox 360 (22%)
* Wii (36%)
* PC (5%)
* Make something different (2%)

**How do you want to get your games?**
* Pay per play (1%)
* Pay per episode (1%)
* Pay for a whole game (95%)
* Pay a monthly subscription (2%)

**Do you play MMO games?**
* Yes, I'm totally hooked on lots of them (9%)
* I have one that I like a lot (18%)
* I've spent a little time on them. (25%)
* No, they're not my kind of thing. (35%)
* What's an MMO game? (14%)

**How do you want to own your game?**
* Buy flashy boxes from a shop (62%)
* Buy flashy boxes from a website (17%)
* Download games from a website (6%)
* 'Borrow' it permanently from a friend? (15%)

**What is the most exciting gaming development?**
* Gaming on mobile phones (2%)
* Hand-held console games (4%)
* 'Next Gen' Console gaming (71%)
* PSN, Xbox Live and Virtual Console (22%)

**Current games are lacking:**
* Stunning Graphics (8%)
* Original gameplay (47%)
* Interesting narrative (16%)
* All of the above (22%)
* None of the above (7%)

**The Byron Report:**
* Totally right (4%)
* Totally wrong (9%)
* Some well researched points (11%)
* What's the Byron report? (75%)

**My sequel loyalties lie with:**
* Metal Gear Solid 4 (28%)
* Grand Theft Auto 4 (31%)
* Gran Turismo 5 (6%)
* Far Cry 2 (29%)

**I'm having the most fun with:**
* Retro (11%)
* Last Gen (27%)
* This Gen (53%)
* Games have so far still to go (10%)

**Christmas has been and gone and I got:**
* An XBOX 360 (19%)
* A PS 3 (36%)
* A Wii (24%)
* A DS (2%)
* A PSP (3%)
* Something to get me outside occasionally! (17%)

**Christmas is coming I'm asking for:**
* An XBOX 360 (19%)
* A PS 3 (37%)
* A Wii (31%)
* A DS (2%)
* A PSP (2%)
* Something to get me outside occasionally! (11%)

**When I'm considering buying a game:**
* I'd like to know who the developer is (50%)
* I'd like to know who the publisher is (2%)
* Both (26%)
* I don't care about any of that (22%)

**Vehicles in FPS games?**
* Gimme! They're essential (37%)
* Well...It's a nice extra feature (48%)
* Hmmm... It's irrelevant to the core gameplay (8%)
* Nah! If I want vehicles I'll buy a driving game (7%)

**How Do You Feel About HAZE?**
* You had me at 'Hello' (39%)
* You had me at 4-player co-op (16%)
* You had me at two-factioned asymmetric Nectar combat (14%)
* I'm only here to download the free music (32%)

**Is it 'Next' Gen?**
* PS3 is truly the master (25%)
* Xbox 360 is where the action is (17%)
* Wii - gets jiggy with it (57%)

**Is using SIXAXIS™ in games...**
* Essential to feeling more involved (12%)
* Just a bit of extra fun (42%)
* Not really interesting to me (46%)

**Who has had the strongest E3 show?**
* Microsoft (21%)
* Nintendo (21%)
* Sony (42%)
* I'm unmoved by it all (16%)

**Who would win?**
* Pirates! (21%)
* Ninjas! (44%)
* Vikings! (18%)
* Tom Hanks in Philadelphia! (18%)

**Has a Game Ever Made You Cry?**
* Yes. But then I cried at the end of 'L.A Story' when Steve Martin is talking to the road sign. (20%)
* No. But in fairness, I have to beat homeless people to death with a hammer to feel any emotion at all. (47%)
* Almost. I got a lump in my throat, but it turned out to be a cyst. (33%)

**Who do you want the bad guys to be?**
* Slavering aliens (12%)
* Groaning zombies (27%)
* Despotic robots (12%)
* Evil twisted humans (22%)
* Big Brother contestants (see above) (28%)

**Who do you want to play as?**
* A kick-ass robot (20%)
* A sexy sassy lady (25%)
* A cool dude (20%)
* Monkey, monkey, monkey! (35%)

**Where do you want to play?**
* In the nice future, with robot butlers and flying cars and whatnot. (27%)
* In the evil future, with let's say, engineered diseases that make people behave like either zombies or Pauly Shore. (39%)
* Right here, right now. I have no imagination. (10%)
* Through history's greatest moments - you know, like the birth of Christ, or when Second Sight came out. (24%)

**Why Did You Buy the PS3?**
* Because it's the most powerful console in the world. And I need that for all my wrestling games. (7%)
* It has better games than those white consoles. (10%)
* Because Sony are cooler than The Fonze - even if he was driving the car from Knight Rider with Teen Wolf in the passenger seat. (5%)
* I didn't buy it. Why? None of your business. (78%)

**If you bought TimeSplitters: Future Perfect, did you finish it?**
* Yeah, I am the TS master. (76%)
* I got most of the way through it. (14%)
* I didn't get very far, it wasn't for me. (4%)
* I didn't bother, multiplayer is king! (6%)

**Are motion-based games like Wii Sports or Eye Toy here to stay and not just a passing phase?**
* The revolution has arrived and it's here to stay. Goodbye old control pads! (21%)
* Motion controls will be out of date faster than Ricky Martin watching a laserdisc whilst driving a Sinclair C5. (18%)
* In the words of Oscar Wilde: "There's room for both of them". (62%)

**Should our next game include:**
* More Monkeys (47%)
* More Zombies (39%)
* Neither (14%)

**Which Console Game has the Best Online Experience so far?**
* Call of Duty 3 (14%)
* Gears of War (32%)
* F.E.A.R (7%)
* Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (13%)
* ChuChu Rocket. Go Dreamcast (35%)

**Does a Console Need to be a 'Multi-Media Hub' to Make You Buy It?**
* Yes, of course. I don’t want a bunch of different machines under my TV. (22%)
* No. I have my reasons (61%)
* PC games are teh pwnage n00b. (17%)

***Gears of War?***
* Mindless (12%)
* Mindless Fun (36%)
* It stimulates me intellectually, *and* it's fun. (14%)
* I don't need it. I'm staying in hypersleep until Haze hits the streets. (38%)

**Nintendo Wii - Did you get one, or what?**
* Of course! I pre-ordered that Bad Boy. (30%)
* You bet I did. I bought it from the store - and I've been making lazy urine jokes ever since. (17%)
* I wanted one, but they were out of stock. IDIOT. (20%)
* If they want my money, they’ll need some better games. (15%)
* Hell no. Why would I want another GameCube, just because it comes with a boxy-looking lightgun? (18%)

**I want a Nintendo Wii because:**
* Innovative control method (51%)
* Great Nintendo character-based games (14%)
* It's a great price for what you get (8%)
* I don't want one... it's weak and puny (27%)

**For the next "*Free Radical Gong of Terror*" how should hopefuls pitch their ideas?**
* Sliding down a helter skelter (14%)
* On a unicycle - until they fall off (22%)
* Whilst being hung upside down - until they pass out (19%)
* On a mechanical rodeo bull - until they crack their skulls (45%)

**How do you play your multiplayer games?**
* System Link (3%)
* Split Screen (44%)
* Online (35%)
* Drunk! (18%)

**Apart from *TimeSplitters Future Perfect*, what's the best multiplayer game of all time?**
* *Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory* (6%)
* *Halo* (24%)
* *Star Wars: Battlefront* (28%)
* *Unreal Tournament* (20%)
* *Worms* ((the Amiga version where you could draw your own levels with *Deluxe Paint II*) (22%)

**Which gaming convention would you like to get rid of forever?**
* Crates (11%)
* Exploding barrels (6%)
* 'Bullet Time' (17%)
* Disappearing bodies (66%)

**What is your favorite kind of game?**
* First person shooter (65%)
* Third person shooter (14%)
* "Old School" 2D games (10%)
* Text-based role playing games that when you type in swear words they say "Sh\*t you stupid game' doesn't work here." (10%)

**What is your biggest expectation from a next-gen game?**
* New graphics features (11%)
* Advanced physics (13%)
* New groundbreaking genres (15%)
* General higher quality gameplay (52%)
* A high price tag (9%)

**What has the greatest influence on your decision to buy a game?**
* Internet previews/reviews (52%)
* Magazine previews/reviews (13%)
* TV adverts (5%)
* Personal recommendations from friends (10%)
* Nothing influences me. I am a rock. I am an island. (19%)
* Ainsley Harriott (1%)

**Choose your cuboid!**
* Xbox 360 (3%)
* PlayStation 3 (5%)
* Nintendo Wii (89%)
* Consoles are for dweebs. PC. (1%)
* DREAMCAST ALL THE WAY!! I'm still playing *Dynamite Cop II* and *Confidential Mission* (2%)

**Have Videogames Ever Influenced Your Behaviour?**
* Yes. My actions are shaped by the games I play. (8%)
* No. I'm not that stupid. (51%)
* Sometimes I feel the urge to act like I'm in a game, but I stop myself. (32%)
* The only game that ever changed the way I behave was the original Leisure Suit Larry, and I'm still picking the pubes out of my teeth. (8%)

**What is the most important feature in a game?**
* A gripping story (53%)
* Humanistic AI (39%)
* Photo-realistic graphics (7%)
* Lifelike sound (2%)

**Should Cut-Scenes Be Like Mini-Movies, or In-game?**
* Mini-Movies! (33%)
* In-game! (57%)
* No cut-scene, whatever the format, has ever stopped me from pressing Start repeatedly like a frantic retard. (10%)

**What Would Be The Coolest Weapon?**
* A gun that fires a net (27%)
* A hammer (10%)
* An exploding knife that you stick in people then run away (53%)
* Yoshimitsu's deadly purple breath (9%)