GameAlmighty's Chris Jensen writes, "Someone with brains once said, "Nothing is perfect." I assume that very statement isn't perfect either, though I'm hard-pressed to find any fault. No matter, one thing I know for sure is that next-gen gaming is far from flawless. Since I'm such a generous guy, I thought I'd layout my top fixes for various platforms in the (futile) attempt to repair what is broken."
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
Sony
I think the comment about the redesign of the PSN (PLAYSTATION Network) I completely disagree. The interface is very similar to a website and you can have a description of the game without even clicking on it. You got to give them credit for having peer-peer (P2P) networking free of charge.
The PSP (PlayStation Portable) I do agree on that they should've put a second analog stick, life would've been a whole lot easier.
Microsoft
Microsoft isn't going to get rid of the pricing for the pictures and such because they're into 2D avatars. Like how the PlyStation Home will have some clothing for a fee it's the same with Microsoft. It's just the clothing is for 3D avatars while pictures are for 2D avatars.
Nintendo
I do agree that they really need to change what they're doing with the ID numbers and fees. This also goes to Microsoft for charging online as well and Microsoft is a non peer-peer (non-P2P) networking.
Video Game Prices
I think this person is wrong I don't think it's about the length but more on how intense the game is. For example Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare isn't a very long game yet I enjoyed it. So because you can beat a game within 5 to 10 hours it doesn't mean the game is crap. If the intensity is high I'll most likely have more fun playing a 5 - 10 hour game than a 20 - 40 hour game.