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Post by kempff on Dec 17, 2008 15:45:38 GMT -5
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Post by Shinn on Dec 22, 2008 21:24:31 GMT -5
It's not as bad as this Aussie says it is. I played the game and was quite satisfied with it. Even the Sonic-wolf part was alright in my opinion. It's good to know they finally made a decent Sonic game again .
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Post by Heroic Bilby on Dec 24, 2008 0:44:09 GMT -5
I love Zero Punctuation. lol
Still, he sure took the exact opposite position of everyone else with this one. Haha.
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Post by kempff on Dec 24, 2008 15:13:21 GMT -5
My continued thoughts on Sonic:
Give me Sonic when Sonic was Sonic. Not rehashed, copied, Nintendo Formulaic recipe. That simple, make Sonic.
BUT WAIT, Sega is dead, Nintendo owns them, and everything old is bad while everything new is magically just that.
Yahtzee is honest, while Gamespot, Gamerankings, IGN, etc, lick the boots of the companies. Not saying I need Yahtzee to judge everything I do in one day, just like I don't rely on the TV to tell me what matters in the world; I'm tired of old franchises being continuously used when new ones could make better use of the money wasted here. Every Nintendo franchise, Halo, Mega-man, Sonic, Castlevania, James Bond, and half of the 360's line up. I'd list PS games but currently Sony is a bit behind in released games...
I'm close to putting Final Fantasy in this. The only reason Zelda wouldn't be here is the games while being similar actually innovate in a way that's interesting. Twilight Princess felt less than the amazing we were supposed to get though...possibly because the games before it introduced a wide diverse world of many hours that opened a new area of the world of Hyrule, made the culture even more unique, allowed you to look at the Zelda franchise in a new way, and didn't rely on the main story to be the only source of entertainment. (Metroid games..ehh....fun, but, c'mon you can't beat this "galatic bounty hunter" thing forever)
Of course I have games from all of these things, but Sonic. Those were my first tries into the franchises, either the new or old, then I got both types, and I realized "Why am I buying the same thing twice most of the time, and where's the game I loved?". No one's putting a gun to your head, there isn't some fan-o-meter if you do or don't buy it, but damn do people just buy whatever has their "favorite" franchise. Baldur's Gate is a good example I think of a franchise that remained true to its calibur, kept up the same feeling while introducing new things. Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance (there were two games) for the Gamecube, PS2, etc was a horrible idea and like skinning the PC originals into a thanksgiving turkey when the turkey was still a child. In other words half-arsed ideas and end products, nothing new, an embarrassment to the quality before, etc. Cut it with the sequels and series if nothing new is made.
That rant is done. Anyone that takes this post as SEROIUS BUZINESS!!!1!11!!, needs to loosen up and get a life.
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Post by donald2 on Dec 27, 2008 7:52:01 GMT -5
L. O. L.
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Post by Medy on Dec 28, 2008 19:31:33 GMT -5
I'm tired of old franchises being continuously used when new ones could make better use of the money wasted here. Every Nintendo franchise, Halo, Mega-man, Sonic, Castlevania, James Bond, and half of the 360's line up. I'd list PS games but currently Sony is a bit behind in released games... I'm close to putting Final Fantasy in this. The only reason Zelda wouldn't be here is the games while being similar actually innovate in a way that's interesting. Twilight Princess felt less than the amazing we were supposed to get though...possibly because the games before it introduced a wide diverse world of many hours that opened a new area of the world of Hyrule, made the culture even more unique, allowed you to look at the Zelda franchise in a new way, and didn't rely on the main story to be the only source of entertainment. (Metroid games..ehh....fun, but, c'mon you can't beat this "galatic bounty hunter" thing forever)
The problem is that each individual platform is aware of the fact that each of their major franchises being so reliable when it comes to selling games. As much as we can complain about the same old games making millions for their developers, the typical mainstream "gamer" is always going to put their money forward to buy a copy of the latest title. Alas, it's inevitable.
It's almost depressing that all the more original titles are being completely overlooked or completely under-rated. It's too simple to simply throw out another FPS along the lines of Gears of War and Halo and rely on it to sell. Every team who makes a game knows that if they just take the engine from either of those games and apply a different looking cover to it; it'll sell. Either that, or they just over-hype it to death to cover the fact that the game's actually a huge pile of crap *Cough*Spore*Cough*.
Just thought I'd log-in to let everyone know that I'm still around browsing this place and to input in some conversation as I get bored of reading all the threads and not actually saying anything.
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Dec 29, 2022 0:55:26 GMT -5
I did post in shades of grey if anyone even remembers that lmao
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I did post in shades of grey if anyone even remembers that lmao
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