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- immortalize, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1who does? I'd much rather pull out my old punch-out cart than dick around with these new fangled systems. and on a side note -- jesus, i sound old.
- adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I like to think of it as "seasoned gamer"
- adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm with you immortalize, I've been saying for a long time now that the game makers have been focusing to much on the eye candy. I miss the good old days when games actually had plot.
- Polly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Developers are lazy these days. Plain and simple. Why focus on creating a creative new play mechanic and innovating a little, when you can just throw in some mediocre gameplay, license an engine, and license a soundtrack and pump out some 100% eye candy game that casual gamers will just eat up? I hate it just as much as anybody, but the odds of it changing are slim to none as long as comapnies like EA and UbiSoft continue to churn out the same game every year and people keep buying them.
- Dragular, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I miss the good old days when games actually had plot."
ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH DUDE TO RESCUE THE PRESIDENT? - SaintStryfe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm a good enough guy to rescue the president, but if that happens, I'm going to give him a STERN lecture on why he's an ass on the way back.
Anyway, I'm with the Man. The only original games or interesting things seem to interest me anymore, or the more basic ones with good gameplay. A few things - like Wrestling games - pull me into consoles. But even then, look at Wrestlemania XXI for XBX. Gorgeous game.. but simply put, the crappiest actual wrestling game released this generation. simply attrocious controls, bugs everywhere, massive issues.
Anyway, hope things change. I'll support it by my dollar. But damn I miss RC Pro Am. - psyonide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That's true. I was literally raised on video games, but nowadays I only pick up a controler maybe once or twice a week when I'm bored enough. Few video games have any actual substance anymore. They're just smoke and mirrors. Eye-candy and the most cliche-ridden storylines I've ever seen.
The kiddies and geeks who go around saying "my system rules, yours sucks" and calling everyone a "newb" seems to eat it up, though. - Dragular, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"haha, I think it's worse that I can admit to owning bad dudes"
Audible Gasp! And here I was thinking that only rental places ever actually owned that game. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0haha, I think it's worse that I can admit to owning bad dudes
- Dragular, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Eye-candy and the most cliche-ridden storylines I've ever seen."
While I realize what you guys mean... c'mon. Yes, it's eye candy. But if you threw down $300+ for a new system and got graphics that were no improvement over the NES days, you'd probably be bitching about THAT. As for cliched storylines, hey, there's a reason they're cliches now. You've got games that are getting movie-quality production, and the movies themselves have gotten into clichedom... it's hard to avoid cliches when you're competing like that.
And seriously, are the classics really that cliche free? Mario: Princess kidnapped, hero who is slightly odd has to rescue her from bad guy. Zelda: Princess kidnapped, hero who is slightly elvish has to rescue her from bad guy. A Boy and his Blob... ok, no cliche there, you win :) - grampajoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I certainly am a bad enough dude to rescue the president.
This story is a little misleading, though. Nintendo isn't saying they're losing the motivation and innovation they've always had, they're saying they want to step it up a bit for the Revolution. - BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ƒuck yeah!
- ChaosElement, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0All of my absolute favorite games are for older game systems. Most games for newer consoles can't keep me interested (with the exception of a few). Some games (such as Doom, Super Metroid, and Contra III) never get old even after I've played through them so many times.
- innternal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0no surprise there
- Dracos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This discussion can be summed up with two words: Final Fantasy.
The first one was great, the next three were more of the same (and bigger), but since VI these games have degenerated into absurd fights between 30 minute cut scenes (and with less and less fantasy). Final Fantasy X-5 will have the same game play as the movie: pay your money, watch it, go home... that's *loads* of fun. - BenStockwell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is coming from a guy who has been rehashing the same Mario, and Zelda games for years.
- animefx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i read the article and all i have to say about it is: "touch dic" ahahaha!!
yeah... immature, i know. - Plecky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Personally I have no problem with porting PC games onto console. If I can play such "critically acclaimed" games as half-life 2 or WoW on a 300-500 dollar console oppose to a 2,000-3,000 dollar computer then I'm satisfied. I do agree that many company's are getting way to repetive, such as World War II and War Games in general? C'mon, I personally have had enough but they continue selling for some reason, and for ever 1 good one there's a dozens more bad ones. I do give Nintendo Credit for taking risks in their first party games many third party developers don't even attempt, with exceptions like Katamari Damacy and a some others. But as for Final Fantasy, I'd throw VII in with the good ones before it became too repetive/cinematic. And as cool as Online Gaming can be, at times I loathe it. You just don't get the same satifaction playing with some unknown person (or even a friend) over a headset and microphone then you do by being in the same room with them. That's why I use to shun away from PC gaming because it never carried that "invite your friends over to play with you" instead it made you a hermit at your computer with no social aspects other then a keyboard and mouse. Console gaming use to be a social thing much like going to the arcade with a group of buds was. Now its becomming like PC-gaming where most people just stay at their houses and interact online. We all know how tough it is to play multi-player on the same computer or computer screen. Now that they've introduced online for console gaming as well, I realize that I also do less social gaming with friends in person, and a lot more just online with them and random strangers. Personally I considor that a step back and kind of wish online gaming also went the way of the buffalo. When it wasn't around, at least it forced console gamers to be somewhat social in multiplayer playing (with the exclusion of playing against the computer or bots which is never quite the same). The last game I can truly say carried a good social-console-gaming experience for me was the Original Halo prior to the popularity of XboX Live, but every system I owned before that got hours of gaming out of my friends and I h anging out. Now we barely hang out on the same system because the games are designed to be better if each person is in their own house, own room, on their own tv, own system etc. then going split screen or same console etc. Maybe I'm also getting too old when I'm even beginning to loathe online gaming... And that is why I both love and hate XboX Live and other forms of online gaming...
- tetro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nintendo would revolutionize their business if they stopped catering to 5 year olds.
- Armitage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH DUDE TO RESCUE THE PRESIDENT?"
Would you really want to rescue the president tho? Come on, atleast they could make it somewhat believable.
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