[atsonicpark]

I wouldn't necassarily consider Jumping Flash a FPS, but I do love those games. I think Halo is bland. Compare it to Goldeneye, where you had objectives, cool weapons, not everything looked the same (boring space corridors), etc. I just don't get FPS's -- that's why I love Goldeneye, it avoided the pitfalls of the genre, while being genuinely fun. I get the twitch appeal of those games, to an extent, but I'd rather just play a shoot em up. Ikaruga -- while being in a different genre altogether -- blows away every FPS ever made.

Wind Waker was good, until the end, when you had to do the ridiculous shit where you had to find the maps, triforce shards, get thousands of rupees (which required seeing three hidden fairies!)... I mean, that whole thing took literally 2-3 hours, and was the most boring thing ever. Twilight Princess was good, but it was just too fucking easy! I've beaten every Zelda game EVER MADE (except a few of the recent DS ones) so I can see why someone would be upset/disappointed in those games, especially after the high water mark of Ocarina and Majora's Mask. It seems with every generation, we're just treated to a lesser, but prettier, version of the same damn game. Where is a game like Beyond Oasis or Ranger X -- still-mindblowing, innovative games 17 years later?

Something that really disappointed me last gen was games like Okami selling like 3 copies. That was probably the only game that really pushed things forward -- also, if you felt disappointed by the latest Zelda games, it was a great game to play, since it was very Zelda-like in a way, but had plenty of unique innovations, and a storyline that made me weep. Of course, since it was actually unique, no one gave a shit, not even in Japan. That's why -- as many people are predicting -- games are heading towards the next crash. It costs like $15,000,000 to make a game nowadays... I mean, seriously! And, yeah, CHILDREN OF EDEN does look amazing, anything that guy (Space Channel 5, Meteos, Lumines, Rez, etc...) does is amazing, one of the only developers worth paying attention to.


I played through part of OTHER M recently, it was sorta lame, and this is coming from someone who thinks Metroid is the greatest game series of all time. It had its charms, but eh. It seemed to be programmed by a bunch of different people who wanted completely different things for it.

"I doubt that the Gamecube will ever get the respect it deserves." I'm not sure about that quote. The Gamecube was MORE THAN well-received and -loved in its lifetime, and beyond. While its best games were Dreamcast ports, my absolute favorite game for it is Pikmin -- which, I might add, sold a million copies (!) despite being absolutely insane and ridiculous and unique! So, yeah, cool system, and it wasn't a big FPS fest. Still, it didn't have a single good strategy game, and no good RPG's beyond Tales of Symphonia and Paper Mario, so it didn't get much play from me. Still, a Wii is worth getting, probably, for Cave Story (if, y'know, you can't just download it for free), MadWorld, Fatal Frame IV (if you import it), No More Heroes 2, and the game that will destroy all competition: DRAGON QUEST X!

This gen has a few cool looking games, I forgot about Bayonetta, that looks fucking awesome. Still, shiney FPS's/war games/"cinematic" games like Metal Gear Solid/ridiculous sports games seem to be all I see coming out, and none of those games appeal to me in the least. What's WipEout HD? Is that a PSN game? I would love to get that.. WipEout is my favorite racing game ever...

Finally, I never got the "graphics" thing... I think most Genesis and SNES games look better than current gen games. Not necessarily because of the polygon count, but because of the artistry! Seriously, look in the background of Sonic 2 sometime; you don't see shit like that nowadays (aside from whatever Team Ico is doing). I think a game like Contra Hard Corps looks better and sounds better than almost any current game.... ohhh, and I found out recently Arc Systems is doing a Hard Corps sequel. Downloadable. So, once again, chalk one up for downloadable games.