Hype, Disappointment, and the "Hardcore"

[Opaque]

I ts mostly just the fact that you were lied to by everyone. Fable was supposed to a revolution. It wasn't so it was attacked much to harshly. 2nd Best RPG this year ain't bad

Get out of my thread if you can't write coherent intelligent sentences with proper spelling.

[toxic]

I was a LoZ freak when it came out ... the only things I didn't discover until I read Nintendo Power months later, was the 'invisible pathways' in the main world .. and that final ring. We had to find everything else the hard way ...

It took me 30 days of hard playing to beat that game. Metroid only took 24 hours by comparison.


Walkthroughs/cheats/internet has really taken away alot of the magic in gaming.

[Cowutopia]

Walkthroughs/cheats/internet has really taken away alot of the magic in gaming.

[MVS]

Someone putting a gun to your head and forcing you to read them?

Don't blame the medium if you have 0 willpower.

[Shapermc]

Wrong.

Preview /= opinion, no matter how much these people wish it to be.

You buy your games based on a preview, or a review for that matter, you deserve every shitty game you get.

When someone says, "This game will rock" that is like giving it the thumbs up and it is an opinion. Anyways, that article answered the original posters question as to why it happens. Just because we are not stupid to buy into the hype does not mean that the populous is as smart.

[MVS]

Problem number 1:

"This will rock" should not be used in a preview. Last sentence should read along the lines "if X, Y, and Z can be worked out, it will be a title to watch for".

Regardless, you buy any game based on a review or someone's opinion, you are a dipshit chickenhead.

[Cowutopia]

Someone putting a gun to your head and forcing you to read them?

Don't blame the medium if you have 0 willpower.

I don't read them. I used to, mainly for RPG's, but that's all over. Last guide I bought was for Ocarina of Time because I was stuck on the Water Temple, and I felt so shitty after looking it up I forswore them.

Thing is, all my friends read them, so you can't talk about it. Asking someone to come over and help you explore is a thing of the past, as 99% of people just look it up.

[MVS]

Wow you are one winey dude.

Yankees suck balls...but not for another few months

[toxic]

Someone putting a gun to your head and forcing you to read them?

Don't blame the medium if you have 0 willpower.

Not so much willpower ... but more to do with patience and time. I don't have the endless amount of time I did when I was younger ... and the completionist whore inside of me, yearns to do it all ...

[Roufuss]

Walkthroughs/cheats/internet has really taken away alot of the magic in gaming.

I don't think this is quite true. I would say that games are now alot more hand holding, I don't think I've played a game in recent years on the next gen systems that didn't tell me right where to go, what do, and how to do it.

Even when there are puzzles, most of them are so blatantly obvious.

Because there's ALWAYS been walkthroughs, ever since Super Mario Bros and Legend of Zelda, so that's nothing new.

Not so much willpower ... but more to do with patience and time. I don't have the endless amount of time I did when I was younger ... and the completionist whore inside of me, yearns to do it all ...

This is how I feel too.

If I do get stuck, because I simply can't find a key, or something isn't working right, or I missed some obscure little detail i'll just turn to the internet, because I don't have hours to waste on one game looking for one minor thing.

But this usually only happens when I miss some key or something.