These are ten things in no particular order that I feel have negatively affected this generation.
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.
Good read.
I would say the emphasis on multiplayer. I so do not give a shizznit about online play. I play online from time to time but single player experiences is where its at.
DVD! It capped devs to making game on 1 disc instead of two if they could not use more than 1 for money reasons.
That journalist thing is definitely true. This generation everyone seems to have decided that gaming is "super serious business" and think that calling someone "not a gamer" is an insult.
Whatever happened to playing games because they were fun? Cut out all this ego crap.
The list forgot about releasing games before they were finished and then patching them on the fly. Unlike some games that are ready for a month and then have to "launch" on a certain day to create mass hysteria or to trick consumers into buying a junk ass game (GTA4), others that need extra time to be finished/tested then released are rushed out the door to make a quick buck only to screw the community who purchased it.
I suppose you could somewhat lump that in with DLC, in that some games left out content to make you purchase it. Assasins Creed 2 looking at you and not buying the 3rd game because of it. Gamefly will get the money you could have received. Test your games before they are shipped/add the content rather than screwing your customers for a quick dlc. --> (DAY 1 DLC that costs needs to go, along with anyone who buys into that garbage. You encourage a company to screw their fans)