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I like hearing people complain about not getting the pre-order bonuses they were told they were entitled too.
That shit is awesome.
punks not dead
+sony's preformance, ah the joy of watching the arrogent fall on their smug faces.
+zelda twilight princess. a beautiful game, takes the best aspects of both mash and ocarana and makes a fantastic game with great atmosphere. i am a bit ticked about the only 2 swords thing, but given the integration of the sword tehniques into combat, ill let that slide.
+okami. another beautiful game, long, maybe a bit wonky on pacing eventually, but just nails the art direction. id consider it better graphics than any of the next gen systems because it has a feel of real artistry, not just brute polygons.
-phantasy star universe. lets see, they took away our ability to coustomize our guys and play offline because you have a cool single player storyline? oh wait, its horrid. and on the pc its spyware-ific, sega, only you could fuck up something this badly. after how much i loved pso on dc, gamecube and later on the xbox, it was a herculian task to make this game not ge a day one for me.
+cryptic, city of heroes really came into its own this year, albeit with 2 massively delayed content issues. the mayhem missions helped city of villians feel more villianous, the police band stuff helped extend the life of my maxed characters. and the vet rewards were well picked. wings, samurai armor, kilts, ok didnt really feel the kilts, but overal a great year for city of heroes/villians.
-mass effect, i was really hoping it was coming this year, eh, better have it finished than rush it, but that put the zboz to 07 for me.
-eletronic boutique, the cult of pre orders is beginning to piss me off. i can understand rewarding the prepared with a guarentee of getting the game you want on launch day, but this whole nonsense of not getting games in for over a month if they arent preordred? fuck that, circut city says thanks.
EDIT: forgot one
- and + oblivion. ah if there were ever a game that both impresssed and dissapointed me at once. the game is the best constructed rpg in theory, but a lot of stupid decisions made it dissapointing in my eyes. no polearms, cut mounted content(which makes riding a horse feel awkward, either you a have trail of 5 wolves or you hop on and off your horse 20 times per trip) , awkwardly implemented level scaling, very same looking environments, a reduced feeling of actually affecting the story, reduced feeling of living political and religious factions going on around you, radicaly reduced numbers of guilds, oblivion looks like a meatloaf cd cover, daedra and aedra represented poorly, no polearms, strange looking argonians, no crossbows, no thrown weapons, reduced types of katanas, overreliance on dl content to nickle and dime us to death, and a number of really limited dl's at that(horse armor, vile lair, theivs den argueabley), lack of differentiation between the weapon styles' power atttacks, and harder to mod for due to the lack of a good nif. importer, really cliched plot, did i mention the fucking polearms? everything plays better but feels worse, its a weird feeling.
Last edited by frostwolf ex; 02 Jan 2007 at 03:45 AM.
Originally Posted by Compass
I like hearing people complain about not getting the pre-order bonuses they were told they were entitled too.
That shit is awesome.
"Chuy, you're going to have a magical life. Because no matter where you go, it's always going to be better than Tucson."
a remote controlled dandy
+ GOD HAND!!
+ Finally getting around to RE4.
- Oblivion and Yakuza not living up to hype.
"I've watched while the maggots have defiled the earth. They have
built their castles and had their wars. I cannot stand by idly any longer." - Otogi 2
Time to ride the crazy chair!
I'm really beginning to think that EB only carries new games to keep hardcore customers (IE, the ones who actually do pre-order everything) coming in. They probably make the vast majority of their profit on their ever-increasing used section. Personally, I try to avoid shopping there now. I get all my used stuff on ebay or forums, and Future Shop (and Superstore) gets new games at the same time, enough copies to satisfy demand (making pre-orders obsolete), usually has a better price by a dollar or two, and doesn't have the obnoxious warranty crap that each EB employee seems intent on pitching to everyone. Fuck EB, fuck their pre-orders, fuck their add-on sales, fuck their used section.
Freak. But I'm not getting into that argument again.
Freak. Oblivion is the best game of 2006. Yakuza isn't far behind.
The New Age
+The Wii system as a whole. Wii sports is a great pack-in and a good preview of what could be. I thought pack-ins died during the 16bit days?
+Excite Truck. THis game surprised the fuck out of me. I was expecting a shallow game that would be going back to Gamefly in 2 days. 2 weeks later, I'm still enjoying it. Easy enough to be fun, challenging enough to make you want to keep playing.
-Metal Slug Anthology Wii. Smart move SNKP. To have classic controller config. would have been a no-brainer. Instead, you force us to use the newfangled controls. If it aint broken, don't fix it.
-Phantasy Star Universe. PSO was better in almost every way. Many of the new features seem forced. The fun factor of PSO was lost somewhere. $10 / month fee is justified in games with lots of content and plenty to do, but this game didn't have enough to do, and was needlessly repetitive. To make it worse, the community was non existant.
+Guitar Hero II - Better selection of songs and more realistic difficulty. I can actually beat this one on Medium.
You don't have to be smart; you don't have to know the facts, you just have to be confident.
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I'm not going to argue God Hand again. Let's go personal opinion and all that there, but Oblivion's 'everywhere looks the same and feels the same thanks to procedural enviros and auto leveling' is a spit in the eye of Morrowind, and just plain lazy design. Yakuza has more cliches and stupid, predictable deaths than the worst Hollywood crap, while the fighting system was just plain sloppy and simple, especially after God Hand. If you enjoyed these games, I can only assume you're very easy to please.
"I've watched while the maggots have defiled the earth. They have
built their castles and had their wars. I cannot stand by idly any longer." - Otogi 2
God Hand's levels look they were made out of the ugly Lego bricks
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God Hand looks like an uglier PS2 RE4.
Hell, I'm willing to bet it runs on a tooled RE4 engine.
Time to ride the crazy chair!
There's a vast difference between, say, the Jerall Mountains and the Gold Coast. Try fast traveling between distant locations in Oblivion - you may be surprised at the differences. The change is far more gradual than in Morrowind, which might be what is confusing you. Morrowind was much more abrupt about it. The West Gash and the Ashlands look completely different despite being right next to each other.
You are, sadly, a bit more correct about all the areas feeling the same. Still, it doesn't detract much from the brilliant game.
I found Yakuza's plot unspectacular but decent, and the fighting was very satisfying (more so than God Hand, as far as I'm concerned). You also ignored the gobs of minigames and other things to do in Yakuza besides the main plot.
Elite Gamer
+ Final Fantasy XII - I got this game two days ago...and it turned out that its actually NOT shitty. VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, GOOD GAMEThanks for recommending this game!
+ Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Its Zelda, and its fantastic.
+ God Hand - This is the type of "old school" beat em up that I have been waiting years for. This is the biggest surprise of the year for me (right after Wild Arms 4).
+ Dead Rising - Finally a great wacky alternative to the Resident Evil series. This is CAPCOM's next big franchise.
+ Tomb Raider Legend - Proof that Tomb Raider games can actually consist of solid controls and fun gameplay!
+ Enchanted Arms - The first traditional JRPG on the 360 turned out to be a very solid and satisfying adventure.
+ Wild Arms 4 - A great mixture of 2-D platforming elements and turn based JRPG battles. This is quite possibly the most fun I have ever had playing an RPG.
+ The combination of the Wii and the DS can not be stopped. I will never be delusional enough to think that the Wii alone is better than the 360. However, the combo of the Wii and DS is going to provide some fun and innovative gaming experiences for years to come.
+++++ The Xbox 360. I HATED the first Xbox with a passion, and I constantly asked myself why I even owned an Xbox. Then, I turned around and bought a 360 on launch day last year so I could play Perfect Dark Zero. PDZ turned out to be one of the shittiest games I have ever layed eyes on, but after that the 360 seemed to do everything right. The 360 is going to own this generation, and its probably the best system I have bought since the Dreamcast. I hope Microsoft can keep the positive momentum going in 2007!
+++ Virtua Fighter 5 and Assassin's Creed announced for the 360 - Thank God I can save my $600 now
+ The PS3 becoming a running joke. LOL at the PS3. Any company that has the nerve to charge $600 for a videoGAME (key word here is GAME) system deserves to be laughed off this fucking planet. I can only hope that consumers continue to laugh at the PS3, because we don't need shitty prices like this ruining this industry. We should speak with our wallets, and not pay $600 for systems or $60 for games!
- Okami - FUCKING BORING!
- Kindom Hearts 2 - What a piece of shit! BORING!! Hopefully Kingdom Hearts 3 will return the series to its former glory by adding an understandable storyline and changing the battle system back to normal. Kingdom Hearts II is so easy that it practically plays itself...it put me to sleep.
- Phantasy Star Universe - Didn't I pay for a better version of this game SIX YEARS AGO!? Sega needs to just die now...or I will settle for them being ass raped just as hard as they raped fans of this series.
- Sonic -
- Tales of Series - Legendia is one of the shittiest JRPG's of this generation, and Abyss was a promising game on an underpowered system. I would have loved Tales of the Abyss if it was actually able to run properly without breaking the PS2.
- The Library of Wii Launch titles - I played through Zelda, and had a ton of fun with Rayman. Why does every other game (besides the remake of Trauma Center) have to suck to some degree!? This is an awful launch lineup.
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