I felt the same about Assassin's Creed 2. Tried Assassin's Creed Unity as well, which I also thought was subpar. Then I picked up Origins...
Get this game. It's fucking fantastic.
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I felt the same about Assassin's Creed 2. Tried Assassin's Creed Unity as well, which I also thought was subpar. Then I picked up Origins...
Get this game. It's fucking fantastic.
I think RE3 is a better game than RE2. I'd rather play Code Veronica than I would play RE5 solo (RE5 co-op is a great time).
Only other one I liked was Brotherhood. But Origins is on another level. They took a massive jump in the right direction and shook off allot of what I disliked in the old games.
But...Nintendo put Animal Crossing...on phones.
Well, Splatoon IS a system seller, that much is a fact.
People are more willing to spend money on things they need.
I can agree with that. Gaming would absolutely exist had the NES failed or never existed. The landscape today would probably be radically different, but yeah, it would still exist. The medium is bigger than its platforms.
But even in US that wasn't really true. Personal computer gaming was a thing (Apple II) and arcades were making billions (arcade game revenue in the USreached $2.9 billion USD in 1983 )
It's more accurate to say that the NES saved the console game market in the US.
I seem to be part of a dwindling minority that does not have any interest in getting boners while playing video games.
Take your overly-sexualized character designs elsewhere.
The first time I can remember this happening was when I got relentlessly made fun of for buying Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete which, despite being a relatively cutesy, sprite-based RPG, felt the need to have bare anime ass on the back of the CD case.
Then, the first time I tried to play a God of War game, there was a shoe-horned QTE sex minigame for some reason.
Now, every Persona game has a mandatory bath/shower/beach scene despite attempting to have more inclusive, "anti-exploitation" themes within the story.
Hell, I could barely make it through Danganronpa without rolling my eyes multiple times.
I understand that a huge portion of the video game market is pubescent kids and underdeveloped adults but in the internet age, I think it's easy enough to find jerking material as it is. Why not leave it out of gaming?
Take your overly-sexualized character designs elsewhere.
The first time I can remember this happening was when I got relentlessly made fun of for buying Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete which, despite being a relatively cutesy, sprite-based RPG, felt the need to have bare anime ass on the back of the CD case.
Then, the first time I tried to play a God of War game, there was a shoe-horned QTE sex minigame for some reason.
Now, every Persona game has a mandatory bath/shower/beach scene despite attempting to have more inclusive, "anti-exploitation" themes within the story.
Hell, I could barely make it through Danganronpa without rolling my eyes multiple times.
I understand that a huge portion of the video game market is pubescent kids and underdeveloped adults but in the internet age, I think it's easy enough to find jerking material as it is. Why not leave it out of gaming?
I'm not sure that's the main problem. I mean, what do we really need? It's more about "premium" products being able to charge more (like some mobile phones, HD music-player etc. people are even spending more money for a single graphic card). I guess one factor is that a big community is very important for consoles and that they have to sell it as cheaply as possible to increase the player base.
I love BOTW but these are some things I would have changed:
-You should be restricted to 6 meals per day. Recovering health purely by eating is silly enough, but continuing to eat after your stomach has exploded?
-There needs to be some sort of explanation as to how you can free climb every mountain you see without error, even if it's just "magic gloves."
-You should be restricted to 2 teleports per day/night cycle. Why even have horses if you can just teleport everywhere?
-Inventory space should be limited in some way. Carrying a thousand apples in your pocket is silly.
-All or most of the flattery from NPCs should be removed. It's actually embarrassing the way some of the NPCs polish your knob.
-At the point a weapon would normally break, instead halve the damage for a second durability cycle before it's spent. Weapon breakage is fine but it happens a bit too quickly and abruptly.
-Ditch the English accents in favor of Eastern European accents. I'm so tired of the "British accents = goodies" convention.
I'm guessing that most of these would not have been received well (except maybe the magic gloves and weapon durability).
-You should be restricted to 6 meals per day. Recovering health purely by eating is silly enough, but continuing to eat after your stomach has exploded?
-There needs to be some sort of explanation as to how you can free climb every mountain you see without error, even if it's just "magic gloves."
-You should be restricted to 2 teleports per day/night cycle. Why even have horses if you can just teleport everywhere?
-Inventory space should be limited in some way. Carrying a thousand apples in your pocket is silly.
-All or most of the flattery from NPCs should be removed. It's actually embarrassing the way some of the NPCs polish your knob.
-At the point a weapon would normally break, instead halve the damage for a second durability cycle before it's spent. Weapon breakage is fine but it happens a bit too quickly and abruptly.
-Ditch the English accents in favor of Eastern European accents. I'm so tired of the "British accents = goodies" convention.
I'm guessing that most of these would not have been received well (except maybe the magic gloves and weapon durability).
Damn. That's unfortunate. It's a great game.
Anime avatar though...You can't really talk. Like, you really can't.
This is actually hilarious. It's a good game but some people do over sell it a bit. It ain't the second coming.
How much is the crack you buy, and where do you get it?
Can I go even further and say that I've played at least one title from practically all the Nintendo big-hitters (Zelda, Metroid, Mario excluding Kart, and DK) and haven't taken a shine to any of them? :)
Also Crash Racing was at least as good as Mario Kart back during it's day.
Storefronts like Steam should always have room for small, scrappy games and curation only serves to make their libraries less interesting.
Video game franchises that are more than 20 years old should immediately be released into the public domain.
All consoles should run homebrew code without needing to be modified or voiding a user's warranty.
additional edit: using the term "IP" should be punishable by death unless you're a corporate lawyer
Video game franchises that are more than 20 years old should immediately be released into the public domain.
All consoles should run homebrew code without needing to be modified or voiding a user's warranty.
additional edit: using the term "IP" should be punishable by death unless you're a corporate lawyer
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What? Wand of Gamelon and Hotel Mario on the CD-i, Metroid Other M, and Donkey Kong King of Swing?
If so, sure, I wouldn't blame you at all ;)
Hah, actually it was more around the SNES era like Link to the Past, Super Mario World, Super Metroid and some GameBoy Donkey Kong games, with some pre-Switch era games sprinkled here and there
Though I guess where I'm coming from is Nintendo hasn't really managed to charm me over time. :/
I think it never tries to be beautiful in the first place, it just recreates (not even reinvents) the 30's animation art style admirably.
I cannot conceive how anyone could think the PlayStation analog layout is superior to Xbox analog layout.
Having the main method of control directly underneath the natural resting position of your left thumb is objectively better for ergonomics.
Having the main method of control directly underneath the natural resting position of your left thumb is objectively better for ergonomics.
Xbox one original controller was vastly overrated. The clicky d-pad and bumpers were shit and the analog course was way too loose. Only thing going for it were the rumbling triggers (perfect for Forza) and good form factor.
link to the past is not a bad game but every time i play it i'm bored to tears, it doesn't really compare to how good link's awakening is. i'd honestly rather play the legend of zelda than link to the past
CTR was definitely a million times better than MK64 at least.
Is it controversial to say that MK64 is by far the worst MK (haven't tried the GBA one though)? I frequently meet people who think it's the best one.
portal 1 > 2 (singleplayer campaign)
not a fan of 2's humor
got stuck in the outside world puzzles a few times only to realize i missed a tiny patch of white i could aim at
preferred the mystique of 1 over 2's actual origin story
not a fan of 2's humor
got stuck in the outside world puzzles a few times only to realize i missed a tiny patch of white i could aim at
preferred the mystique of 1 over 2's actual origin story
Pokemon main series needs to stop pursuing an actual story and actual characters. The recent generations have shown that Gamefreak is completely incapable of even passable writing and the story bits are nothing more than tedious distractions that constantly delay and deny freedom and the stuff in Pokemon that's actually enjoyable.
I disagree with the second part of your statement, but I vastly prefer Link's Awakening to LttP.
Many people would agree with you, but I still prefer MK64 over the original game.
i just think the original legend of zelda has such character and puts me in such a mood, whereas link to the past feels a bit muted and generic for some reason
link to the past has some really good music though
I might just be biased because I've played LttP and LA since I was a kid, but I honestly didn't play the original game until I was in my early teens.
I think it'd be more controversial to call it the best Mario Kart. DD and 8 did much more to push the series forward than 64, which wasn't even a fully 3D game.
Id still say the series' antiquated boost system sets it far behind CTR.
I'm stunned at how not actually tinny the SNES version of The Imp's Song sounds.
Try Fire Emblem, preferably 7. 7 has a ton of depth and unlockable content.
Open world games tend to have terrible game design and really are in need of a revolution
Stylish Action genre (Character Action) are largely some of the best games ever made (this maybe objectively true rather than controversial)
Power Stone would be a massive hit if it was revived on Switch
PC Hardware with a Switch form factor would rock the market
Stylish Action genre (Character Action) are largely some of the best games ever made (this maybe objectively true rather than controversial)
Power Stone would be a massive hit if it was revived on Switch
PC Hardware with a Switch form factor would rock the market
Ooh, fun! Let me try. Feel free to argue with me, I'm happy to be proven wrong.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is astonishingly overrated. While it's got some clever moments of aesthetics tying to gameplay, it's largely a homogenous chore to play. The swimming is dreadful, the theming of the worlds is so strict that they get old after three stages, the multiple playable characters, while welcome fanservice, are basically redundant besides Dixie who is the best in almost every situation. It's by no means a bad game, but it's brimming with odd decisions, such as that rocket barrel stage with the awkward 3/4 isometric-style view that just makes the obstacles harder to parse. Best 2D platformer ever? It's not even the best 2D platformer in the series.
I vastly prefer the more modern action-focused Resident Evil titles to the legacy fixed-camera ones. My favourite in the series is Revelations 2, which is a masterful co-op game married to a deeply compulsive Raid mode experience. I've pummelled hours and hours into it.
Super Mario World is utterly tiresome by comparison with Super Mario Bros 3. Again, it's not a bad game - in fact, it's very good indeed - but it's so easy you can breeze through it barely paying attention, and replaying levels for the secret exits just feels like tedious padding. Aesthetically it's also very unappealing, like some hi-res DOS platformer.
Sonic Forces is the best 3D Sonic by a wide margin. The bite-size levels go a long way toward making the game compulsive, it runs smooth as silk and is more or less glitch-free compared with the other entries in the series. It's the only one with a consistency to its gameplay and it holds up well from beginning to end, with plenty to do post-game, too.
The Mega Man X series is mostly bad. X3 through X7 are wretched (though I have an odd soft spot for X5) and X2 ain't so hot either. X1 and X8 are the only essentials, the former being a masterpiece and the latter being a genuinely interesting take on the series tropes. Mighty No. 9 is probably the third best X game.
Super Mario 64 sucks, it always sucked and it will suck forever. There are fundamental problems with the gameplay structure that prevent it being any fun whatsoever for me. Every 3D Mario bettered it.
Breath of the Wild may have some fun buried in there somewhere, but hell if I could find it.
Soulsborne games are not as difficult as everyone tends to make out. Exept for Dark Souls II, fuck that game.
The best Paper Mario games are Sticker Star and Colour Splash, by virtue of being full-fledged exploration adventure games, rather than half-assed JRPGs. Thousand Year Door, while definitely not bad, has several sustained chapters that are entirely uninteresting in gameplay terms. Having said that I'd buy it again on Switch VC in a flash.
Rogue Legacy is absolute ass once you get over the initial drip-feed of meaningful character progression. Looks and feels cheap.
Horizon: Zero Dawn put me to sleep. Deeply dull opening and overfamiliar narrative meant I didn't feel inclined to give it my time.
Ubisoft are a fantastic and consistent developer and I'm almost guaranteed a good time when I pick up one of their games. Exceptions exist but are very minor and very much the outliers.
The Wii U is and was an absolute pile of garbage. Great (if small) software library, but absolute garbage hardware, UI and experience. The Wii, however, was a glorious wonder of amazingly diverse and plentiful games; somehow underrated despite selling infinity jillion systems.
All my gaming opinions are subject to change at a moment's notice. I make a point of revisiting games I dislike to see how I feel about them now, and often find myself pleasantly surprised.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is astonishingly overrated. While it's got some clever moments of aesthetics tying to gameplay, it's largely a homogenous chore to play. The swimming is dreadful, the theming of the worlds is so strict that they get old after three stages, the multiple playable characters, while welcome fanservice, are basically redundant besides Dixie who is the best in almost every situation. It's by no means a bad game, but it's brimming with odd decisions, such as that rocket barrel stage with the awkward 3/4 isometric-style view that just makes the obstacles harder to parse. Best 2D platformer ever? It's not even the best 2D platformer in the series.
I vastly prefer the more modern action-focused Resident Evil titles to the legacy fixed-camera ones. My favourite in the series is Revelations 2, which is a masterful co-op game married to a deeply compulsive Raid mode experience. I've pummelled hours and hours into it.
Super Mario World is utterly tiresome by comparison with Super Mario Bros 3. Again, it's not a bad game - in fact, it's very good indeed - but it's so easy you can breeze through it barely paying attention, and replaying levels for the secret exits just feels like tedious padding. Aesthetically it's also very unappealing, like some hi-res DOS platformer.
Sonic Forces is the best 3D Sonic by a wide margin. The bite-size levels go a long way toward making the game compulsive, it runs smooth as silk and is more or less glitch-free compared with the other entries in the series. It's the only one with a consistency to its gameplay and it holds up well from beginning to end, with plenty to do post-game, too.
The Mega Man X series is mostly bad. X3 through X7 are wretched (though I have an odd soft spot for X5) and X2 ain't so hot either. X1 and X8 are the only essentials, the former being a masterpiece and the latter being a genuinely interesting take on the series tropes. Mighty No. 9 is probably the third best X game.
Super Mario 64 sucks, it always sucked and it will suck forever. There are fundamental problems with the gameplay structure that prevent it being any fun whatsoever for me. Every 3D Mario bettered it.
Breath of the Wild may have some fun buried in there somewhere, but hell if I could find it.
Soulsborne games are not as difficult as everyone tends to make out. Exept for Dark Souls II, fuck that game.
The best Paper Mario games are Sticker Star and Colour Splash, by virtue of being full-fledged exploration adventure games, rather than half-assed JRPGs. Thousand Year Door, while definitely not bad, has several sustained chapters that are entirely uninteresting in gameplay terms. Having said that I'd buy it again on Switch VC in a flash.
Rogue Legacy is absolute ass once you get over the initial drip-feed of meaningful character progression. Looks and feels cheap.
Horizon: Zero Dawn put me to sleep. Deeply dull opening and overfamiliar narrative meant I didn't feel inclined to give it my time.
Ubisoft are a fantastic and consistent developer and I'm almost guaranteed a good time when I pick up one of their games. Exceptions exist but are very minor and very much the outliers.
The Wii U is and was an absolute pile of garbage. Great (if small) software library, but absolute garbage hardware, UI and experience. The Wii, however, was a glorious wonder of amazingly diverse and plentiful games; somehow underrated despite selling infinity jillion systems.
All my gaming opinions are subject to change at a moment's notice. I make a point of revisiting games I dislike to see how I feel about them now, and often find myself pleasantly surprised.
This. To me it makes the most sense logically, and the combat feels much more organic. But then again, I had a terrible experience with DS 1 (which was a mess on the PC anyway) so maybe I'm biased. Hoping the remaster will change my views a little.
I'm just happy Darksiders 3 is carrying on the great GoW formula now that GoW's done with it.
I'm not sure how you find breath of the wild and horizon boring. But think Ubisoft games are fun?. Wildland, far cry, division, assassins creed, watch dogs are some of the biggest slogs in recent memory.
Let's be real, it's better written and all, but Fallout New Vegas is just not a very good game. Pretending Obsidian is some poor pressured developer that just couldn't fix all their crazy bugs is a really naive viewpoint.
Mega Man X3 is the best X game, and X4 is the least good. X4 is simply too easy to the point it is ruined.