@Poodlestargenerica I agree. The game looks great and I’d like to support it, but that promo art has me second guessing it. I’d love to see Maniac Mansion inspired games become “a thing” though.
It’s a fair choice, honestly. It all boils down to who did the poll and there’s no reason to be upset about it. At least two dozen games have been considered the greatest game of all time somewhere.
@Andee Wattam is absolutely one of my favorite games. I’ll never delete it off my PS5. It’s one of those games I can trust both of my kids with too. My two year old daughter can play it. There’s so few games that are just so available for everyone. I did try to find a Wattam t-shirt at one point, but had no luck, unfortunately! To A T is in my top 10 most anticipated games this year for sure!
@Damo I know this, but I just… can’t believe it! Lol. Nuts and Bolts deserves better than this. I was surprised by the positivity towards Jet Force Gemini as well. I get the nostalgia for it, but it’s aged like milk.
Man, you guys are haters on that Beetlejuice game. I always enjoyed that one and felt like it had some unique mechanics, even if it was unfairly difficult and janky at times.
It’s also sort of blasphemy to see Nuts and Bolts so low in the list. Below Kameo and Grabbed by Ghoulies? Below Perfect Dark Zero!? Insane. Nuts and Bolts wasn’t what people wanted, but it was solid for what it was. Surprised to see such a positive reaction to Sea of Thieves too.
@Poodlestargenerica @Hikingguy Surely, if Xbox leaves the console space, I feel Steam may be waiting for that moment to jump in. If anyone can fill the spot that Xbox has, it’s Steam.
I do wish Xbox would really capitalize on Halo and Fable, if they’re continuing on. I do feel like Xbox has unique ideas from time to time, but, despite their wealth as a platform, everything simply feels AA from them when they’re at their best.
@Poodlestargenerica You could be right. The amount of remakes and remasters and sequels this generation has been a little much. I do miss a PlayStation that took risks and had more fun. I honestly wish Xbox was a stronger platform simply to combat a lazy PlayStation. Competition IS needed in the console space. If Xbox is phasing out, Stadia failed, and Nintendo being a different planet, you’ve got to wonder if there’s anyone else that would attempt to jump into the home console space. Maybe Steam? Apple?
It would be a real shame if Xbox is abandoning the console platform. Sony needs competition. Even if Nintendo is beating them in many fronts, we’ve hit a point where Nintendo (from the Wii era onward) exists off in its own world, more or less, and isn’t directly competing against Sony. Xbox is good for Sony, in that a strong rival pushes PlayStation to do better. I expect a lazier, remake happy PlayStation if Xbox drops out.
@Poodlestargenerica Oh, yes, I totally understand that. Rare DID have a really big hit area, but so did other developers in a similar timeframe that remained consistent. I definitely feel Rare’s zenith period was linked to Nintendo’s influence. Their arcade and NES input was all over the place in terms of quality, but you could tell they had ideas percolating even if the games didn’t always hit the mark and that coalesced into the SNES and N64 era, but, after that… I just feel Rare hasn’t ever come close to getting back to that stride. Their tenure on Xbox has been baffling to me. Ghoulies and Kameo were unfortunately generic follow-ups that are all the more bewildering when compared to their previous titles. Then you have the mess of a Perfect Dark sequel. Viva Piñata, while it’s not a game for me, was an obvious choice to search for an Xbox mascot, but that series went as quickly as it came. Nuts and Bolts and Killer Instinct are practically the only hits in my eyes since Rare’s left Nintendo. The Yooka Laylee games both show that better games could have been made from the Rare team though.
Beetlejuice is severely underrated, but seriously Donkey Kong Country 2 is their zenith. Few games hit close to that mark.
Sorry to say, but Rare as a developer has been wildly inconsistent in quality for their entire tenure in the gaming industry. I know it’s a hot take, but really, without their stretch of games from DKC through the first Perfect Dark, I don’t feel like Rare would be beloved. Their best games were made in like a five year boom and they’ve been chucking 6/10s more consistently before and after that than anything else.
I hate to say it, but the DS is one of the most overrated consoles ever released, in my opinion. The catalog as thick as it is just didn’t have the same tier of quality of other Nintendo consoles. That may just have been me, but that was an era where I had drifted from Nintendo because things just weren’t clicking for me.
I’m not sure if my uncle had an Amiga or what, but I know I’ve played roughly half of these games at one point long, long ago. PC gaming felt so different to console gaming in those days. I sort of wish we’d get some modern ports for some of these titles.
I really wish they would’ve gotten the all clear about this. I wonder why Bethesda wasn’t pleased with New Vegas. Seems sort of odd, given what a great job they did with it, especially with the time crunch.
If Kojima continued with Konami and the Metal Gear series in an alternate universe, you’ve got to wonder if Kojima would’ve brought Hayter back to reprise his role if Solid Snake was used again. Did Kojima ever say anything to contradict that he was using Keifer because he’s a different character than the Snake we previously knew? A fake voice for a fake Snake and all that, you know?
@stinkyx Unfortunately, I agree that I fear Virtua Fighter would get swallowed up in Tekken’s shadow. Virtua Fighter is a complicated game, but it isn’t flashy in the sense that many other fighters are with blood or explosions. It relies directly on gameplay as its selling point. And, yes, the “pureness” makes engagement a real challenge in a more active age. I could see a new title reviewing well for fighting game purists, but not having nearly the level of engagement of SF, MK, or Tekken. Oddly enough too, I don’t feel like VF embraces “realness” like, say, the UFC titles you’d mentioned. VF is in a world of “pure gaming,” which was more of a thing years ago, but is very much out of vogue now. It’s a series where I want it to return, but I can’t even fathom how they’d do it to cater to modern audiences beyond a niche of highly passionate vintage gamers that have been screaming for fighting games to cease their more exploitative aspects.
Its distinct lack of “special moves” is one of the things that makes Virtua Fighter distinctly special. There’s a certain fluidity and looseness to the fighting and movement that is unique in comparison to Tekken, which I feel is its closest analogue. If Sega focuses on that, I’m interested. I’m sure the challenge that they have with it though is that Virtua Fighter is a purer experience as a game than Street Fighter, Tekken, etc have become, and, by that, I mean, I’m sure that Virtua Fighter’s biggest hurdle is in how to adapt it to the age of GAAS, continuous monetization, and microtransactions. That, I’m sure, is the dramatic Sega is thinking of.
Nuts and Bolts didn’t sell as well because it was on the wrong platform (as it had a Nintendo Legacy and Xbox has always sort of had trouble generating a family mascot to link to their console successfully) and a total shake up sequel of a classic after a generation’s separation between games. It’s a solid game, if not a classic, but the cards were stacked against it before it even had a chance. If it re-released on Switch, you’ve got to wonder how it would be perceived now.
Man, I had a bunch of these action figures as a kid and loved the DTV “movie.” It was rudimentary 3D in an era before people were doing that. The Reboot era, you could say. Ah, youth!
@belmont Honestly, it sort of ruined the game for me. I have no problem with difficulty, but these bosses all felt incredibly cheap. The balance between the difficulty of the bosses and the levels felt totally out of whack to me. It’s like Azrest took notes on what Sonic does right for level design and what Sonic does wrong for boss fights. If the bosses were cut (and multiplayer, because, let’s face it, even if that’s what they sold the game on it, it’s a mess), Superstars would probably an 8/10, bordering into 9 territory, but as it is, Superstars is maybe a 6.
They’re resurrecting it for some of those boss fights. Sonic Superstars has some incredibly cheap ones that break the fun factor of the honestly solidly designed levels of the game. I scream when I get to them too, usually.
Ground Zeroes is painfully underrated in this list. To put Survive over it is an insult, even if I liked Survive. MGSV deserves better too. Go down the rabbit hole. The game is deeper when you dive down it.
Glad MGS2 has its rightful place at #1. Also, love MGS3, but it’s definitely third place… if you’re not an MGSV person. It’s fourth for me, but I’m a ruse cruiser.
Kid Dracula! Yes! 10/10 game for me! Really happy this got one got mentioned. Might be my favorite GB title.
Also, to this day, I’m still impressed with what Nintendo and Rare made happen with Donkey Kong Land. With such a limited toolkit, they really pushed the visuals that were possible on the console. It’s not perfect, but it is absolutely as incredible today as it was years ago.
Xbox was such a unique console. It felt like the heir apparent to Sega, but with a decidedly PC twist to its flavor. It’s perhaps the most Western feeling console of all time as well. Morrowind, Fable, and Halo impressed me in a way few games did in those days. OG Xbox did indeed feel more powerful than PS2 and GameCube.
Crazy the 360 is 18 years old now. I do disagree with the list. I mean, Reach over Halo 3? No Mass Effect? Portal 2? Fallout? Alan Wake? Child of Eden? Toss a coin to your Witcher, for heaven’s sakes! I’m just being nitpicky though. Thanks for acknowledging LA Noire.
The 360 was such a great system of a strange time where it seemed like Xbox was ready to pull ahead of PlayStation and Nintendo for a brief moment. It delivered a diverse catalog full of AAA hits, indie darlings, and unique titles that made it stand out from PlayStation’s combination of JRPGs, sometimes weirdness, and embryonic vision of cinematic gaming. The competition was so good with the big three then and all three had distinct gaming ecosystems. It’s sort of a shame that, in certain respects, that competition has evolved to a less direct path.
But seriously love the 64. The visuals have aged like milk and made a mighty fine cheese, if you ask me. The hits were so resolute. Mario 64, for instance, still gives me feelings of awe so many years later.
Super Mario Bros on NES, of course. First time I actually played through it was in ‘92 at the wee age of 3 years old.
I have fuzzy memories of Maniac Mansion and Zak McKraken on Commodore 64 that might predate my actual gaming experiences, but I definitely remember watching my parents play the games and, when I did play through Maniac Mansion for the first time, it was like I had some memory to where things were without having a real idea how I knew it.
@samuelvictor Yes, that’s precisely hitting the nail on the head. I don’t know if I ever had a “new” game (outside Donkey Kong or Mario because those were “for my mom”) til N64 when I’d use Christmas money to buy approximately 2-3 games over the course of the year and who knows if they were new? We rented instead of purchased, for the most part, so i developed this habit of needing to beat games quickly. After all, my parents were cheap and did 24 hour rentals every time.
I quite appreciate that my sisters enjoying gaming. They all have Switches now, but they’re so casual on gaming that we’ve never actually played online together… even though I pay for NSO. It’s always interesting to me when parents have no interest in gaming and yet invest in it for their child. Maybe they dabbled and you never knew? My mom showed me a photograph of my Dad playing Rocket: Robot on Wheels once and it startled me, given that I’d never seen him play a game, and, of all things, he was photographed playing that one!
Something that you’ve likely noticed about Americans is that there’s staunchly patriotic Americans and not. Lol. I think it’s a very different concept of nationality than many nations have. I was reading about the new album from that duo that Graham Coxon is in where he talked about how, “Regardless of your feelings for what Britain has done or the politics, you still love the country, even when you disagree with it.” America doesn’t quite have that mentality. Obviously, I’m not sure if that’s a real mentality with those in Britain or not, but I can see it in TV and movies. For instance, Bake Off could not exist in America! They’d be rushing the poor bakers with an athlete’s ethos. America is a land of paradox, and I suppose I enjoy some of that from time to time, myself.
In America, it’s odd because Sega and Nintendo seemed very even in the SNES era, but the Saturn was a total flash and it was gone. I don’t even recall seeing games for it anywhere after maybe the first year or two of its life. I don’t recall anyone I know owning it or talking about it. I truly do recall the Genesis kids taking a one-way ticket to Twisted Metal Land. I think the N64 wasn’t all that popular, but I remember it being more popular because it was popular among people I was associated with, a lot of them later in life. It’s sort of part and parcel with my view of Xbox being popular. By the 360 era, it seemed everyone had one, but that’s just everyone I knew.
I really wonder what they were thinking with that controller. It’s uncomfortable and unpractical. I don’t think I’ve played a fun game on the console, to be honest. Many bragged about it at release, but I think those same people sold their consoles for a PlayStation. I wonder if some of them sold the Jaguar, bought a Saturn, and returned it for a PlayStation. Lol.
@samuelvictor With the amount of inflation we’ve experienced, it could’ve been a grocery shopping trip, if I’m lucky. Lol. Seriously, America loves price gouging the fruit and produce these days.
I’ll be honest about my NES and SNES catalogue. There’s plenty of games that are probably stinkers by modern standards that I loved back then, and that I’d still fight for. Kid Klown, yeah, I’ve beaten it hundreds of times. Beetlejuice, really enjoyed it, you know? It went from platformer to almost a top down arpg-ish thing. Friday the 13th, I won’t let anyone tell me it’s a 4/10 game even if it totally is! It’s funny, I came really late to the SNES, and honestly played the console most in the PS2 era. We had the SNES for two years only (before getting the 64 at least… my parents still have it in their basement hooked up) and it was totally late into the generation. We were gifted the console and we moved across the country to the desert, so just imagine all the games I had access to. I could speedrun any DKC game or Kirby’s Dreamland 3 for a reason. Lol. I was definitely a renter, outside my year and a half in the desert though. It was wonderful in the 64 era. My Family Video (god bless its resting soul) even let us rent consoles. We went every Friday too and rented a lot of movies, so I’m pretty sure they gave us deals on things. We used to get a Christmas card from them and my parents still do get one from the pizza place across the street.
I didn’t really have many friends either. Never been all that social of a person in any capacity. I may well be on the spectrum but unaware. Many have recommended we test my son and I see a lot of my characteristics in him. Anyway, my mom and sisters all played a lot of games with me. We would regularly play Goldeneye, Mario Kart, Mario Party. I remember cutting my hand open playing Mario Party once because of that Shy Guy minigame. Pokémon Stadium’s minigames were perhaps the biggest party pleaser in those days.
Ah, yes, the American console thing is definitely “a thing” for some people I know. I think it’s quite silly since I quite like the foreign influence on gaming culture, personally. Given that I’m a midwesterner that could account for why Xbox was so popular in my area as well as Jaguar. And meanwhile the Saturn and Dreamcast were nowhere to be found. I’ve known but one person that had a Dreamcast, and that’s a friend of mine that is fortunate enough to “have them all,” so to speak. In my experience, the Jaguar was sort of awful. I know this site is for the odd console nostalgic, but I just really didn’t enjoy the controller or games I played for it at all. It made better use perhaps as dental equipment?
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Re: Cronela's Mansion Is A Maniac Mansion Style Point 'N Click Coming To Retro Machines
@Poodlestargenerica I agree. The game looks great and I’d like to support it, but that promo art has me second guessing it. I’d love to see Maniac Mansion inspired games become “a thing” though.
Re: Game Informer Readers Label Ocarina Of Time "The Greatest Game Of All Time"
It’s a fair choice, honestly. It all boils down to who did the poll and there’s no reason to be upset about it. At least two dozen games have been considered the greatest game of all time somewhere.
Re: Anniversary: Katamari Damacy Turns 20 Today (No Pun Intended)
@Andee Wattam is absolutely one of my favorite games. I’ll never delete it off my PS5. It’s one of those games I can trust both of my kids with too. My two year old daughter can play it. There’s so few games that are just so available for everyone. I did try to find a Wattam t-shirt at one point, but had no luck, unfortunately! To A T is in my top 10 most anticipated games this year for sure!
Re: Anniversary: Katamari Damacy Turns 20 Today (No Pun Intended)
Praise be to Keita Takahashi! The man’s a genius. Katamari is one of the best franchises of all time and I appreciate everything he’s ever made.
Re: This Castlevania Homage Stars Legendary Dracula Bela Lugosi
Adding this to my Switch wishlist perhaps! Looks awesome!
Re: Mandalorian, Thor And Cowboy Bebop Writer Behind Upcoming Live-Action Pac-Man Movie
Sounds like I have no interest in this movie then
Re: Best Handheld Consoles Of All Time, Ranked By You
The Switch deserves that top spot!
Re: Best Resident Evil Games, Ranked By You
1. RE7
2. RE8
3. REmake 2
4. REmake 4
5. REmake 3
6. RE: Code Veronica
7. RE2
8. RE4
9. REmake 1
10. RE3
That’s my top 10. What can I say? I like the FPS RE more and I prefer the more cinematic remakes to the originals. God bless Resident Evil
Re: Namco's Tank Battalion Rolls Onto Switch & PS4 This Week
Oh yes, one of my favorites! Day 1! Best title on this line-up since Mappy perhaps.
Re: Best Rare Games, Ranked By You
@Damo I know this, but I just… can’t believe it! Lol. Nuts and Bolts deserves better than this. I was surprised by the positivity towards Jet Force Gemini as well. I get the nostalgia for it, but it’s aged like milk.
Re: Best Rare Games, Ranked By You
Man, you guys are haters on that Beetlejuice game. I always enjoyed that one and felt like it had some unique mechanics, even if it was unfairly difficult and janky at times.
It’s also sort of blasphemy to see Nuts and Bolts so low in the list. Below Kameo and Grabbed by Ghoulies? Below Perfect Dark Zero!? Insane. Nuts and Bolts wasn’t what people wanted, but it was solid for what it was. Surprised to see such a positive reaction to Sea of Thieves too.
Re: To Make Sense Of Xbox Multiplatform Rumours, We Need Only Look To The Past
@Poodlestargenerica @Hikingguy Surely, if Xbox leaves the console space, I feel Steam may be waiting for that moment to jump in. If anyone can fill the spot that Xbox has, it’s Steam.
I do wish Xbox would really capitalize on Halo and Fable, if they’re continuing on. I do feel like Xbox has unique ideas from time to time, but, despite their wealth as a platform, everything simply feels AA from them when they’re at their best.
Re: To Make Sense Of Xbox Multiplatform Rumours, We Need Only Look To The Past
@Poodlestargenerica You could be right. The amount of remakes and remasters and sequels this generation has been a little much. I do miss a PlayStation that took risks and had more fun. I honestly wish Xbox was a stronger platform simply to combat a lazy PlayStation. Competition IS needed in the console space. If Xbox is phasing out, Stadia failed, and Nintendo being a different planet, you’ve got to wonder if there’s anyone else that would attempt to jump into the home console space. Maybe Steam? Apple?
Re: To Make Sense Of Xbox Multiplatform Rumours, We Need Only Look To The Past
It would be a real shame if Xbox is abandoning the console platform. Sony needs competition. Even if Nintendo is beating them in many fronts, we’ve hit a point where Nintendo (from the Wii era onward) exists off in its own world, more or less, and isn’t directly competing against Sony. Xbox is good for Sony, in that a strong rival pushes PlayStation to do better. I expect a lazier, remake happy PlayStation if Xbox drops out.
Re: Poll: What Is Rare's Best Game?
@Poodlestargenerica Oh, yes, I totally understand that. Rare DID have a really big hit area, but so did other developers in a similar timeframe that remained consistent. I definitely feel Rare’s zenith period was linked to Nintendo’s influence. Their arcade and NES input was all over the place in terms of quality, but you could tell they had ideas percolating even if the games didn’t always hit the mark and that coalesced into the SNES and N64 era, but, after that… I just feel Rare hasn’t ever come close to getting back to that stride. Their tenure on Xbox has been baffling to me. Ghoulies and Kameo were unfortunately generic follow-ups that are all the more bewildering when compared to their previous titles. Then you have the mess of a Perfect Dark sequel. Viva Piñata, while it’s not a game for me, was an obvious choice to search for an Xbox mascot, but that series went as quickly as it came. Nuts and Bolts and Killer Instinct are practically the only hits in my eyes since Rare’s left Nintendo. The Yooka Laylee games both show that better games could have been made from the Rare team though.
Re: Poll: What Is Rare's Best Game?
Beetlejuice is severely underrated, but seriously Donkey Kong Country 2 is their zenith. Few games hit close to that mark.
Sorry to say, but Rare as a developer has been wildly inconsistent in quality for their entire tenure in the gaming industry. I know it’s a hot take, but really, without their stretch of games from DKC through the first Perfect Dark, I don’t feel like Rare would be beloved. Their best games were made in like a five year boom and they’ve been chucking 6/10s more consistently before and after that than anything else.
Re: Best Ghostbusters Games Of All Time
New Ghostbusters II should be at the top of this list! C’mon!
Re: Best Nintendo DS Games Of All Time
No Pokémon Black or White 1 or 2!? For shame!
I hate to say it, but the DS is one of the most overrated consoles ever released, in my opinion. The catalog as thick as it is just didn’t have the same tier of quality of other Nintendo consoles. That may just have been me, but that was an era where I had drifted from Nintendo because things just weren’t clicking for me.
Re: Gaming's Best 'Leftfield' Control Interfaces, Ranked
No Nintendo Labo? If you want to talk weird…
Re: Best Amiga Games Of All Time
I’m not sure if my uncle had an Amiga or what, but I know I’ve played roughly half of these games at one point long, long ago. PC gaming felt so different to console gaming in those days. I sort of wish we’d get some modern ports for some of these titles.
Re: Obsidian Wanted To Create A Fallout: New Vegas-Style Elder Scrolls Spin-Off
I really wish they would’ve gotten the all clear about this. I wonder why Bethesda wasn’t pleased with New Vegas. Seems sort of odd, given what a great job they did with it, especially with the time crunch.
Re: "This Game's Pretty Fun" - Snake's OG Voice Actor Has Finally Played Metal Gear Solid V
If Kojima continued with Konami and the Metal Gear series in an alternate universe, you’ve got to wonder if Kojima would’ve brought Hayter back to reprise his role if Solid Snake was used again. Did Kojima ever say anything to contradict that he was using Keifer because he’s a different character than the Snake we previously knew? A fake voice for a fake Snake and all that, you know?
Re: Sega Is "Evaluating" A New Virtua Fighter
@stinkyx Unfortunately, I agree that I fear Virtua Fighter would get swallowed up in Tekken’s shadow. Virtua Fighter is a complicated game, but it isn’t flashy in the sense that many other fighters are with blood or explosions. It relies directly on gameplay as its selling point. And, yes, the “pureness” makes engagement a real challenge in a more active age. I could see a new title reviewing well for fighting game purists, but not having nearly the level of engagement of SF, MK, or Tekken. Oddly enough too, I don’t feel like VF embraces “realness” like, say, the UFC titles you’d mentioned. VF is in a world of “pure gaming,” which was more of a thing years ago, but is very much out of vogue now. It’s a series where I want it to return, but I can’t even fathom how they’d do it to cater to modern audiences beyond a niche of highly passionate vintage gamers that have been screaming for fighting games to cease their more exploitative aspects.
Re: Sega Is "Evaluating" A New Virtua Fighter
Its distinct lack of “special moves” is one of the things that makes Virtua Fighter distinctly special. There’s a certain fluidity and looseness to the fighting and movement that is unique in comparison to Tekken, which I feel is its closest analogue. If Sega focuses on that, I’m interested. I’m sure the challenge that they have with it though is that Virtua Fighter is a purer experience as a game than Street Fighter, Tekken, etc have become, and, by that, I mean, I’m sure that Virtua Fighter’s biggest hurdle is in how to adapt it to the age of GAAS, continuous monetization, and microtransactions. That, I’m sure, is the dramatic Sega is thinking of.
Re: Remembering Bushi Seiryuuden, Pokémon Creator Game Freak's Japan-Only SNES RPG
I’ve never heard of this one and now I really want to try it out!
Re: Best Wii Games Of All Time
Love seeing Muramasa in this list!
Re: Anniversary: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Is 15 Today
Nuts and Bolts didn’t sell as well because it was on the wrong platform (as it had a Nintendo Legacy and Xbox has always sort of had trouble generating a family mascot to link to their console successfully) and a total shake up sequel of a classic after a generation’s separation between games. It’s a solid game, if not a classic, but the cards were stacked against it before it even had a chance. If it re-released on Switch, you’ve got to wonder how it would be perceived now.
Re: Dev Shares Footage Of Unreleased 'The Incredible Crash Dummies' Game For SNES
Slick and Spin get the job done!
Man, I had a bunch of these action figures as a kid and loved the DTV “movie.” It was rudimentary 3D in an era before people were doing that. The Reboot era, you could say. Ah, youth!
Re: Best GTA Games - Every Grand Theft Auto Game Ranked
I really wonder how a new GTA will hold up in the modern era. Jeez, does GTA feel like a relic these days
Re: Sega Resurrects The Iconic "Sega Scream" For Sonic Superstars
@belmont Honestly, it sort of ruined the game for me. I have no problem with difficulty, but these bosses all felt incredibly cheap. The balance between the difficulty of the bosses and the levels felt totally out of whack to me. It’s like Azrest took notes on what Sonic does right for level design and what Sonic does wrong for boss fights. If the bosses were cut (and multiplayer, because, let’s face it, even if that’s what they sold the game on it, it’s a mess), Superstars would probably an 8/10, bordering into 9 territory, but as it is, Superstars is maybe a 6.
Re: Sega Resurrects The Iconic "Sega Scream" For Sonic Superstars
They’re resurrecting it for some of those boss fights. Sonic Superstars has some incredibly cheap ones that break the fun factor of the honestly solidly designed levels of the game. I scream when I get to them too, usually.
Re: Random: New Game Boy Color Game Turns Frasier Into A Turn-Based RPG
There have been so many great Frasier game ideas. I want this and that beat ‘em up. If the timelines were altered, let them have Frasier video games!
Re: Super Mario Bros. (1993) Is Getting A New Worldwide Release In 4K
I’d rather have it on a streaming service to watch on the cheap
Re: Best GameCube Games Of All Time
How I dream and wish for Chibi Robo and Doshiin The Giant to come to Switch…
Re: Best Gundam Games Of All Time
SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays? The best Gundam game didn’t even make the list… 😢
Re: Best GBA Games Of All Time
Megaman Zero though…
Metroid Fusion and Aria of Sorrow are peak gaming
Re: Peter Molyneux Expresses "Regret" For Hyping His Games, But Feels He Was Just Doing His Job
I miss Molyneux honestly. He overpromised, sure, but he did make some really solid games as well.
Re: Best Metal Gear Games - Every Metal Gear Game, Ranked
@-wc- Twin Snakes is so much better than it’s reputation suggests! Wish more people weren’t so quick to write it off!
Re: Best Metal Gear Games - Every Metal Gear Game, Ranked
Ground Zeroes is painfully underrated in this list. To put Survive over it is an insult, even if I liked Survive. MGSV deserves better too. Go down the rabbit hole. The game is deeper when you dive down it.
Glad MGS2 has its rightful place at #1. Also, love MGS3, but it’s definitely third place… if you’re not an MGSV person. It’s fourth for me, but I’m a ruse cruiser.
Re: Best Game Boy Games Of All Time
Kid Dracula! Yes! 10/10 game for me! Really happy this got one got mentioned. Might be my favorite GB title.
Also, to this day, I’m still impressed with what Nintendo and Rare made happen with Donkey Kong Land. With such a limited toolkit, they really pushed the visuals that were possible on the console. It’s not perfect, but it is absolutely as incredible today as it was years ago.
Re: Best Original Xbox Games Of All Time
Xbox was such a unique console. It felt like the heir apparent to Sega, but with a decidedly PC twist to its flavor. It’s perhaps the most Western feeling console of all time as well. Morrowind, Fable, and Halo impressed me in a way few games did in those days. OG Xbox did indeed feel more powerful than PS2 and GameCube.
Re: Pixelthesia: Why We See Things In Video Games
This article may be the magnum opus of Hookshot Media articles. Fantastic read! Thank you so much for writing it.
Re: Best SNES RPGs Of All Time
Always happy to see Evermore mentioned! Excellent list of games!
Re: Best Xbox 360 Games Of All Time
Crazy the 360 is 18 years old now. I do disagree with the list. I mean, Reach over Halo 3? No Mass Effect? Portal 2? Fallout? Alan Wake? Child of Eden? Toss a coin to your Witcher, for heaven’s sakes! I’m just being nitpicky though. Thanks for acknowledging LA Noire.
The 360 was such a great system of a strange time where it seemed like Xbox was ready to pull ahead of PlayStation and Nintendo for a brief moment. It delivered a diverse catalog full of AAA hits, indie darlings, and unique titles that made it stand out from PlayStation’s combination of JRPGs, sometimes weirdness, and embryonic vision of cinematic gaming. The competition was so good with the big three then and all three had distinct gaming ecosystems. It’s sort of a shame that, in certain respects, that competition has evolved to a less direct path.
Re: Best Nintendo 64 Games Of All Time
No Megaman Legends? Blasphemy!
But seriously love the 64. The visuals have aged like milk and made a mighty fine cheese, if you ask me. The hits were so resolute. Mario 64, for instance, still gives me feelings of awe so many years later.
Re: Talking Point: What Was Your First Video Gaming Experience?
Super Mario Bros on NES, of course. First time I actually played through it was in ‘92 at the wee age of 3 years old.
I have fuzzy memories of Maniac Mansion and Zak McKraken on Commodore 64 that might predate my actual gaming experiences, but I definitely remember watching my parents play the games and, when I did play through Maniac Mansion for the first time, it was like I had some memory to where things were without having a real idea how I knew it.
Re: Double Dragon Gaiden Studio Shows Off Mock-Ups For Golden Axe, Ghostbusters And Final Fight
Yeah, I’ll take that Ghostbusters game.
Re: Check Out These 'Parappa The Rapper' And 'Um Jammer Lammy' Wristwatches
Love those! Gotta believe? Don’t you mean, “You gotta receive?”
Re: Anniversary: Famicom At 40: How Nintendo's Console Faced An Uphill Struggle For Supremacy
@samuelvictor Yes, that’s precisely hitting the nail on the head. I don’t know if I ever had a “new” game (outside Donkey Kong or Mario because those were “for my mom”) til N64 when I’d use Christmas money to buy approximately 2-3 games over the course of the year and who knows if they were new? We rented instead of purchased, for the most part, so i developed this habit of needing to beat games quickly. After all, my parents were cheap and did 24 hour rentals every time.
I quite appreciate that my sisters enjoying gaming. They all have Switches now, but they’re so casual on gaming that we’ve never actually played online together… even though I pay for NSO. It’s always interesting to me when parents have no interest in gaming and yet invest in it for their child. Maybe they dabbled and you never knew? My mom showed me a photograph of my Dad playing Rocket: Robot on Wheels once and it startled me, given that I’d never seen him play a game, and, of all things, he was photographed playing that one!
Something that you’ve likely noticed about Americans is that there’s staunchly patriotic Americans and not. Lol. I think it’s a very different concept of nationality than many nations have. I was reading about the new album from that duo that Graham Coxon is in where he talked about how, “Regardless of your feelings for what Britain has done or the politics, you still love the country, even when you disagree with it.” America doesn’t quite have that mentality. Obviously, I’m not sure if that’s a real mentality with those in Britain or not, but I can see it in TV and movies. For instance, Bake Off could not exist in America! They’d be rushing the poor bakers with an athlete’s ethos. America is a land of paradox, and I suppose I enjoy some of that from time to time, myself.
In America, it’s odd because Sega and Nintendo seemed very even in the SNES era, but the Saturn was a total flash and it was gone. I don’t even recall seeing games for it anywhere after maybe the first year or two of its life. I don’t recall anyone I know owning it or talking about it. I truly do recall the Genesis kids taking a one-way ticket to Twisted Metal Land. I think the N64 wasn’t all that popular, but I remember it being more popular because it was popular among people I was associated with, a lot of them later in life. It’s sort of part and parcel with my view of Xbox being popular. By the 360 era, it seemed everyone had one, but that’s just everyone I knew.
I really wonder what they were thinking with that controller. It’s uncomfortable and unpractical. I don’t think I’ve played a fun game on the console, to be honest. Many bragged about it at release, but I think those same people sold their consoles for a PlayStation. I wonder if some of them sold the Jaguar, bought a Saturn, and returned it for a PlayStation. Lol.
Re: Anniversary: Famicom At 40: How Nintendo's Console Faced An Uphill Struggle For Supremacy
@samuelvictor With the amount of inflation we’ve experienced, it could’ve been a grocery shopping trip, if I’m lucky. Lol. Seriously, America loves price gouging the fruit and produce these days.
I’ll be honest about my NES and SNES catalogue. There’s plenty of games that are probably stinkers by modern standards that I loved back then, and that I’d still fight for. Kid Klown, yeah, I’ve beaten it hundreds of times. Beetlejuice, really enjoyed it, you know? It went from platformer to almost a top down arpg-ish thing. Friday the 13th, I won’t let anyone tell me it’s a 4/10 game even if it totally is! It’s funny, I came really late to the SNES, and honestly played the console most in the PS2 era. We had the SNES for two years only (before getting the 64 at least… my parents still have it in their basement hooked up) and it was totally late into the generation. We were gifted the console and we moved across the country to the desert, so just imagine all the games I had access to. I could speedrun any DKC game or Kirby’s Dreamland 3 for a reason. Lol. I was definitely a renter, outside my year and a half in the desert though. It was wonderful in the 64 era. My Family Video (god bless its resting soul) even let us rent consoles. We went every Friday too and rented a lot of movies, so I’m pretty sure they gave us deals on things. We used to get a Christmas card from them and my parents still do get one from the pizza place across the street.
I didn’t really have many friends either. Never been all that social of a person in any capacity. I may well be on the spectrum but unaware. Many have recommended we test my son and I see a lot of my characteristics in him. Anyway, my mom and sisters all played a lot of games with me. We would regularly play Goldeneye, Mario Kart, Mario Party. I remember cutting my hand open playing Mario Party once because of that Shy Guy minigame. Pokémon Stadium’s minigames were perhaps the biggest party pleaser in those days.
Ah, yes, the American console thing is definitely “a thing” for some people I know. I think it’s quite silly since I quite like the foreign influence on gaming culture, personally. Given that I’m a midwesterner that could account for why Xbox was so popular in my area as well as Jaguar. And meanwhile the Saturn and Dreamcast were nowhere to be found. I’ve known but one person that had a Dreamcast, and that’s a friend of mine that is fortunate enough to “have them all,” so to speak. In my experience, the Jaguar was sort of awful. I know this site is for the odd console nostalgic, but I just really didn’t enjoy the controller or games I played for it at all. It made better use perhaps as dental equipment?