I don’t buy her opinion on West vs. East tastes in difficulty. She brings up Spelunker, a game far more popular in Japan than anywhere else, despite its difficulty.
Maybe she means by the time the SNES was coming out, Japanese game tastes were changing, which isn’t such a stretch. But don’t piss on my Atlantis no Nazo and tell me it’s raining.
This is really great looking. If you HAVEN’T picked up Shovel Knight and have a 3DS, it’s currently on a deep, deep discount before the eshop closes at the end of this month.
I’ll definitely agree that “oblivious west” seems to refer to western gamers GENERAL lack of knowledge of this series, not necessarily the lack of knowledge of this article’s current readers.
I love Ikaruga. This author doesn’t seem to love it as much as I do and used a hyperbolic statement to make a point. That’s okay.
I was about to describe it as more of a field guide for a mystical country, but then what was said about the chimney makes it sounds like there’s some kind of narrative through line. I’m intrigued.
This looks a little too dramatic to be insightful, and not really done well enough to be compelling. I’ll be interested in seeing what the reviews say, especially the fact v. fiction articles.
It’s fairly comical how at odds the comments and the poll results are.
OoT is one of the best games ever made, but it is in many ways just a smaller ALttP with a behind-the-back camera. MGS is also like this, except it is a better version of Metal Gear 2 for the MSX2. Resident Evil is not Sweet Home.
Super Mario 64 was such a fantastic game, and was a more impressive transition than Prime upon release, and I say that as someone who was around to see both releases. You just never saw anything like it before. That said, I can’t say it really feels like it shares much of the DNA of the 2D Marios that came before it, save for the Bowser levels.
Prime, benefiting from coming a generation later, had the luxury of time to refine the transition more than the aforementioned titles and to learn from other 3D titles, and so I believe is technically the better transition by still feeling like the series it emerged from, while also bringing it forward in an innovative way.
It is a little bit unfair to compare given the time difference, but also Nintendo had plenty of time on Mario’s second 3D outing and ended up making the worst mainline Mario game ever made, so time is no guarantee of quality. I know that last comment will make some especially irate, but hey, what are these comments for if not for civilly airing opinions. SMS isn’t a terrible game, it’s just the worst of the mainline Mario games (Not counting Lost Levels).
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@Sketcz
"No puedo dormir. El payaso me comerá." = Can't sleep. Clown will eat me.
I have no faith in this man, but if he's spending time in Spain watching classic Simpsons, he's probably not 100% evil.
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I just came in to give credit to flavor text of the headline. Well done. 👍
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This art is fantastic. I want to take some screenshots to make some phone wallpapers.
Re: Poll: What's The Best Wonder Boy Game?
I’m just glad MWIV isn’t higher. After all the hype I heard from outlets saying it was this lost gem and so amazing, I found it quite disappointing.
I liked the fact that they switched the protagonist up to be a female though.
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I don’t buy her opinion on West vs. East tastes in difficulty. She brings up Spelunker, a game far more popular in Japan than anywhere else, despite its difficulty.
Maybe she means by the time the SNES was coming out, Japanese game tastes were changing, which isn’t such a stretch. But don’t piss on my Atlantis no Nazo and tell me it’s raining.
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The early reviews on this are pretty mixed. But at least that D&D movie looks pretty good!
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This is really great looking. If you HAVEN’T picked up Shovel Knight and have a 3DS, it’s currently on a deep, deep discount before the eshop closes at the end of this month.
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Skyrim shouldn’t be on this PS3 list considering how borked that version was.
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FFVI below so many titles is patently absurd, IMO, but to each their own.
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I’ll definitely agree that “oblivious west” seems to refer to western gamers GENERAL lack of knowledge of this series, not necessarily the lack of knowledge of this article’s current readers.
I love Ikaruga. This author doesn’t seem to love it as much as I do and used a hyperbolic statement to make a point. That’s okay.
Great read though!
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Vice City is my favorite, but it’s not the best. Those two sentiments can be separated.
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#1 is the right choice.
#2 should have been MGSV
I’m also happy that MG2:SS was as high as it was. Fantastic game.
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R4 being #1 is all that matters. 🥳
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I was about to describe it as more of a field guide for a mystical country, but then what was said about the chimney makes it sounds like there’s some kind of narrative through line. I’m intrigued.
Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Castlevania?
I’m interested to see if everyone agrees that Haunted Castle is the worst Castlevania. Because it is (of the ones I’ve played)
Rondo and 3 are the best in the classic style, SotN and DoS in the metroidvania style, IMHO.
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This looks a little too dramatic to be insightful, and not really done well enough to be compelling. I’ll be interested in seeing what the reviews say, especially the fact v. fiction articles.
Re: Poll: Is Metroid Prime The Best 2D To 3D Transition Of Any Game Series, Ever?
It’s fairly comical how at odds the comments and the poll results are.
OoT is one of the best games ever made, but it is in many ways just a smaller ALttP with a behind-the-back camera. MGS is also like this, except it is a better version of Metal Gear 2 for the MSX2. Resident Evil is not Sweet Home.
Super Mario 64 was such a fantastic game, and was a more impressive transition than Prime upon release, and I say that as someone who was around to see both releases. You just never saw anything like it before. That said, I can’t say it really feels like it shares much of the DNA of the 2D Marios that came before it, save for the Bowser levels.
Prime, benefiting from coming a generation later, had the luxury of time to refine the transition more than the aforementioned titles and to learn from other 3D titles, and so I believe is technically the better transition by still feeling like the series it emerged from, while also bringing it forward in an innovative way.
It is a little bit unfair to compare given the time difference, but also Nintendo had plenty of time on Mario’s second 3D outing and ended up making the worst mainline Mario game ever made, so time is no guarantee of quality. I know that last comment will make some especially irate, but hey, what are these comments for if not for civilly airing opinions. SMS isn’t a terrible game, it’s just the worst of the mainline Mario games (Not counting Lost Levels).