I had 0 interest in an Xbox until about a year ago. Now it's my favorite system ever, but yeah.
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I had 0 interest in an Xbox until about a year ago. Now it's my favorite system ever, but yeah.
All and all I think Xbox had terrible launch titles, one great game and a dozen mediocre ones. Hopefully that is a lesson learnt
Nobody has learned the lesson, though...
Dreamcast had a nice launch, with the decent Sonic Adventure and the arcade Perfect Marvel vs. Capcom and Power Stone (wait, was that launch?). Blue Stinger sucked ass.
What did the PS2 have? Tekken Tag (ugh), Fantavision (ugh), and Ridge Racer V (yay).
I agree with this. I'm exhausted too. What really needs to happen is games have to be cut to 1/4 of the play length and come down to $20. Could you imagine if CDs and DVDs had 40-60 hours of content? You'd never, ever get through them. Games are just too damn long for me to play what I want.Quote:
Originally Posted by PepsimanVsJoe
No plans for next-gen gaming for me. I've got plenty to be happy and satisfied for the rest of my life.
Once future gens hit, it'll take something truly different and revolutionary for me to consider keeping up with current events, actually.
Step off Xbox's nuts. Project Gotham ruled.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave is ok
... until PGR2 came along.
In any case, two AAA games at launch that interest me is more than enough. Xbox had that. But I dont think any other system ever did.
Developers are just making games longer because fans have asked for that for a long time. Back in the SNES days, most platformers could be beaten in what, 2-4 hours? And it had one ending and nothing to unlock. Nowadays, an average game takes 20 hours to beat, has tons of unlockables, multiple endings, online support, and user-mod support (for the PC). And here's the thing - this is what people have been asking for.Quote:
I agree with this. I'm exhausted too. What really needs to happen is games have to be cut to 1/4 of the play length and come down to $20. Could you imagine if CDs and DVDs had 40-60 hours of content? You'd never, ever get through them. Games are just too damn long for me to play what I want.
Like I was telling Mzo a few days ago, I have Warcraft 3 and I could conceivably play only that game for the next 5 years. Anyone who buys Burnout 3 today and plays online will likely still be entertained by it six months from now.
So not only do games cost less now than ever, theyre longer and have more content. There's just no need to buy lots of games and consoles anymore.
same here.Quote:
Originally Posted by TobalRox
The local newspaper ran an article from the Associated Press today about the curent surge in retro gaming. Many peple are more interested in playing old NES re-releases, or Atari all-in-one joystick devices, or Namco Class of '81 arcade games than the next time consuming graphics fest on their Playstation 2.
I'm still looking forward to the game designs of the future.
Power Stone was a DC launch game, as were other fantastic titles. The Xbox had some great ones at launch, like PGR and Munch's Oddysee. Certainly a much better launch lineup than the PS2, which had to have one of the worst all-time launch lineups ever. Even the Saturn's sparse game launch kills the PS2's, thanks to the few games released at launch being great.
Nah, that's what the mainstream "gamers" have asked for, and got, and ruined the essence of gaming.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
I still have no next gen system. Unless GBA counts...
LOL. "The essence of gaming".Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsubaki
Give me a fucking break.