Cheap graphical effects help make a game. They are the first impressions and help make the game easier to play. Which would be funner: Super Nintendo Mortal Kombat or Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance? Well I really don't follow the Mortal Kombat series. I had some fun on the SNES ones but the new ones were just the old ones with better graphics. So I'll use an example with games I'm familiar with. ZAngband has next to no graphical effects and a good 'ol 80x25 resolution and I've been playing it for over 6 years and I still have fun playing it. Diablo 2 has that 640x480 resolution with lots of well done pre-rendered graphics and I got bored of it in less than a month. Graphics didn't help Diablo 2 any. Of course this is probably what differentiates me from 99% of game consumers since I buy for gameplay not snazzy effects. | |
actually i forgot why and im too tired to remember but gamecube has more features than any other if you include the gameboy advanced stuff and all those little toys they want you to pay to play with...
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What? So that he can see which system is better? Wouldn't it be better to state the reasons you *like* Gamecube and PS2, etc, instead of making inane comments like "Halo sucks"?
Perhaps you could say, "I wasn't really impressed with Halo, but there were a lot of people that were?" Also, you tried to make a case for Gamecube's online service, when it is almost non-existent. That is one of the Gamecube's weaknesses, and I think that we should all be honest about our favorite system's weaknesses. All of the systems have them. | |
Exclusive games, ability to play without having to sit at a computer, ease-of-use, etc. We all know why we like consoles. Well I used to like consoles because they were fast to load(cartridges) and you had to usually navigate 1 to 3 menus and oyu were playing a game. On many console games now you wait for the game to load up, select some menu choices, wait for it to load that 20 minute CG, wait for the stupid thing to end, wait for the turtorial to load, painfully go through the most obvious of things, and some time later oyu're actually playing the game! A few games aren't like this and those are the ones I buy. So I used to be a big console gamer but since things went for the worse I only go for a few console games now. | |
uhhh...few console games have tutorials like that...vice city has it but it does it while you play...and vice city/gta3/halo/maxpayne are the loading times your porbably basing it on...
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FuZzY DiCe wrote:
obviously not because of all the bashers of the new zelda...WITH ocarina of time and the unreleased Uoa-Zelda or Zelda:DD on a special disc for people who pre order it! I'm kinda eager to see how well they pull off the GC Zelda. I liked the NES and SNES Zelda game but I thought the N64 one was slow and boring( since a lot of your time was spent moving across that hidious field insead of exploring interesting areas like in the previous games). | |
what makes you say its non existant? its available in japan and i never said halo sucks...it would never be a goodie goodie discussion like it did start out to be until this flared up...
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FuZzY DiCe wrote:
uhhh...few console games have tutorials like that...vice city has it but it does it while you play...and vice city/gta3/halo/maxpayne are the loading times your porbably basing it on... Well it's mostly more Square bashing since they are such an easy target. But Rockstar games did pull off the tutorial in GTA 2 nicly. I haven't played GTA3 or Vice City but it looked like they still handled the tutorial well. But I stand by my point that you did get into NES games and started playing 10x faster than anything on any of the newer consoles. | |
FuZzY DiCe wrote:
what makes you say its non existant? its available in japan and i never said halo sucks...it would never be a goodie goodie discussion like it did start out to be until this flared up... The online service has one game right now. Compared to the other two systems, that is nearly non-existant. You made comments to the effect that Halo sucks in other threads, I believe, though I may be wrong. :) Goodie-goodie discussion? | |
http://www.byond.com/forum/ forum.cgi?action=message_read&id=140964&forum=7&view=0
incase you dont feel like clicking the link FuZzY DiCe said: Halo does suck...it has little playability...after a few levels the maps just get repetitive and boring with the like 4 types of aliens to kill 6 weapons and no boss fights...hopefully they improve it in halo 2... have fun eating your words. | |
Now I see why you hate Squaresoft, you feel that it makes you better than everyone else not to like popular companies. I guess you are simply throwing out a call for attention in your annoying post which bash popular companies and anything with enhancements which are not familiar to older games. If nobody can see this just re-read his post until you understand. Probably the most revealing part was:
Of course this is probably what differentiates me from 99% of game consumers since I buy for gameplay not snazzy effects. <<>>Kusanagi<<>> | |
Kusanagi wrote:
Now I see why you hate Squaresoft, you feel that it makes you better than everyone else not to like popular companies. I'm bashing companies with games that only have graphical enhancements with bland gameplay. I've liked plenty of popular games like Super Smash Brothers, Mario Kart, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, Tetris, Empire Earth and many other games. Squaresoft has plenty of sparkly effects, hours of cinema, but when you get to the core gameplay(ie the combat) it's bland, easy, and uninteresting. I actually liked the first 3 FF games(all the ones for the original NES) because there was little time wasted on sequnces in which you aren't playing and the combat was significantly harder, requiring quite a bit more tactical planning. If nobody can see this just re-read his post until you understand. Probably the most revealing part was: Of course this is probably what differentiates me from 99% of game consumers since I buy for gameplay not snazzy effects. Not my fault if you classify yourself as being in the 99%. | |
Even if *you* don't like xbox, that doesn't necessarily make it a bad system. You know what you like... others know what they like. There is no reason to bash any of them, unless you are insecure about your particular choice.
However, I don't think you are insecure, because you do have all three. That just means that you bash without reason. :)