As someone who grew up among the PlayStation generation, survival horror is a genre Destructoid is incredibly familiar with. Although Resident Evil was predated by such titles as Sweet Home and Alone in the Dark, it was Capcom's PSX zombie thriller that put survival horror on the map, and ensnared many gamers my age.
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
LucasArts gave Jango Fett his own game in 2002, and it pulled Star Wars into a much dirtier, rougher, and more interesting corner of the galaxy.
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.
in my opinion, excellent analysis of the degradation of the survival horror genre.
i just picked up l4d on pc, and although its fun, it lacks the tenseness and "run out of ammo" feeling and really is quite limited in gameplay, although i appreciate what valve has done with it. it sucks, because theres a lot that l4d did right, imo, but theres also a lot it didnt do. it sucks because the zombie thing is kinda saturated, and the more titles that are put out that dont do it right, the less chance a new one has of geting it right.
I think survival horror is getting in wrong direction. Getting more shooter-like to appeal broader audience or just evolving not how it should.
I think it is possible to make a good horror game without difficult controls which won't loose it's feeling. Honestly, I miss those good ol' zombies, resistant to gunfire, slow, moaning.
Personally I prefered traditional zombies than Las Plagas infection or those hyperactive undead in L4D.
I dont think it has at all i recently bought Dead Space and its the best survival horror game ive EVER played possibly the best game ive played this gen
I think i must b the only person on the plannet who isnt hyped for Res5, i will play it in time but ive got more interesting things to do b4 i do like watchin paint dry - Zombies with weapons COME ON!!!
How im miss the PS1 resident evils, RE4 was good as silly action game, like gears of war, etc.. but no survival and no horror there.
I don't have high hopes in RE5, will be a RE4 in hd and with co-op, maybe a rent or bargain for me
Siren:BC is a good game.
scary game if you want scary.