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Every platform since PSOne defined by a single game

People are always talking about the games that define their generation. But GamesRadar is going to go one further than that. GamesRadar reckons that every big home platform has at least one game that sums up everything about that machine, good and bad.

GamesRadar's not just talking about the games that look the best, or introduced new gameplay mechanics. They're talking about games whose successes and failures actually act as metaphors for all that's right and wrong with their host platform. And they're not necessarily the ones you'd expect.

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Gradient5895d ago (Edited 5895d ago )

There was no 'defining' game on PsOne or Ps2: There were defining gameS.

Final Fantasy 7, MGS, GTA3, Gran Turismo1&3, Uncharted 2, LittleBigPlanet.

Games, not game.

rucky5895d ago

"They're talking about games whose successes and failures actually act as metaphors for all that's right and wrong with their host platform."

t-dizzle5895d ago

a growing amount of people who comment without reading the article... congrats!!! Here is a slice of cake to celebrate your uncanny ability to avoid having to read in life!!! (please at least try it before you tell me it needs more lemon zest...)

corneliuscrust5895d ago

par for the course here on n4g. good show

Darkfocus5895d ago (Edited 5895d ago )

every platform has multiple defining games and this article just seems full of fail. are you telling me that any of these games are the very best available on the system the game that people think about when they think about the platform, Mario sunshine, red steel,fallout all mediocre compared to some of the other games on the system,and LBP,RE and timesplitters aren't necessarily the best ps games because while excellent theres other titles that match up to them and surpass them. not to mention the writers completely absurd statement about pcs being "a frustrating hardware upgrade nightmare." I can upgrade any part in my rig in about 5 minutes and I can put together a whole new rig in less than 20min. and how is the ps3 or littlebigplanet "complicated to use to the point of frustration."/end rant

RockmanII75894d ago

I think your missing the point

goflyakite5894d ago

Even the people on there site were confused with the article's point.

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FishCake9T45895d ago

Lol. So funny.
360: Provide stacks of variety and loads of fun things to do.
Are technically a bit of a mess.
Bring you into contact with quite a lot of rubbish, unconvincing, and fairly irritating people you can shoot.

PS3:Are capable of stunningly beautiful visuals.
Are all about clever creativity.
Are complicated to use to the point of frustration.
Sold disappointingly at launch despite massive hype.

Kleptic5895d ago

ok now I get it...I didn't understand how they were correlating the original Xbox and GTA: SA...or pretty much any of the titles and platforms...

for whatever reason it clicked better seeing you quote it than at the actual website...i'm slow apparently...

AliTheBrit195895d ago

Pretty bad list if you ask me!

tunaks15895d ago

terrible list,
just terrible

RockmanII75894d ago

WTF is up with this site? You and Ali basically said the same thing and he gets 5 disagrees while you get 2 agrees. Would someone track someone else just to disagree with each one of there posts?

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot27d ago

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.

solideagle27d ago

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

Relientk7727d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Let Jango Fett Loose

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.

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Relientk7732d ago

I remember playing this back in the day on PS2. What a sick game!

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Why the Wii is Such a Nostalgic System in 2026

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.

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ActualWhiteMan33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg33d ago

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.

Smellsforfree33d ago

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.

Loktai33d ago

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.