I didn't really start getting into rpg's until the PS1. Wild Arms and 7 sucked me in for good. Therefore, 6 and earlier don't really hold the sway that they do for many. I have even played 6 recently in an emulator and just wasn't all that impressed. I found other 16-bitters more enthralling, and technically competent.
7: The classic. The legend.
8: Initially didn't like it as much as 7, turned off a bit by the "love" story at th...
I actually think it should go the other way. I think consoles should go back to being pure gaming machines, and therefore lowering the prices. I was totally content during the PS2 and Xbox era playing games on them, paying $50 for said games, and watching DVDs on their own player.
At no time did I directly say that *you* still live at home. Don't be the typically over-sensitive poster.
My rebuttal stands. I am not looking at things from your point of view, the consumer. I am looking from the point of view of console makers. Console makers don't want to sell a new console to 2/3 of their audience. They want to sell to 3/3 of their audience. If they feel like a large chunk of their audience isn't going to buy a new console and the high-priced...
To cheap? Maybe some people don't have their moms and dads buying their stuff anymore, and have rent, and food, and the like. Don't automatically assume things.
The problem with what you are saying is that if a large enough portion of the gaming community is already tired of high prices and isn't ready to move on to another $500 console and games that will likely now cost $70, companies like MS and Sony aren't going to be in a very big hurry to push out a new ...
"Also, all middleware tools are shrinking in costs. It's cheaper now to make high quality games than it ever has been in the history of the video game industry."
Source?
This download-only world people are so jazzed about will only ensure that I walk away from it. I don't know who your ISP is, but my speeds are marginal(12MB in) when compared to the rest of the country. And my monthly cap is 50GB. A download-only gaming/movie world couldn't feasibly happen until the state of the internet in the US is greatly improved.
And don't forget to mention storage. We're talking about virtually unlimited media, but finite storage space. ...
It all comes down to the comment I made about "games as art". Who is someone else to say that something is emotional, or good or bad at conveying emotion? It's a subjective thing. And it isn't just about crying, but the whole expanse of human emotions. I felt fear in RE2, I felt a sense of wonder and mystery in Xenogears, I felt a personal connection with Tidus in FFX thanks to the father-son element, and many, many, others.
It's all in how invested in t...
I have *never* had more fun in a PC online shooter than I did with UT99. BF1942 would be a close 2nd.
I can consider the crap I just took, art. If ny next-door neighbor doesn't think it's art, well fuuuuuuuck him. Art is in the eye of the beholder.
I buy a game based on the merits of the game, and nothing else. Another person's/entity's ego or reputation means f*ck all to me.
Apple isn't coming to bulldoze his house for a mini-mall. Christ.
You seem angry.
Apple is no threat to traditional gamers. They are not invading the market of traditional gamers. They created their own: the cheap, throwaway game. They are *never* going to attract the hardcore crowd with that kind of approach. I think traditional gaming will be just fine for the foreseeable future.
Look at it this way: if their aim is to attract casual gamers to casual games, then that'll be less casual gamers infesting the hardcore scene demanding shallower, shorter, ...
Stalker.
The part where she claimed to be a sexual partner was a bit disturbing, as she had the appearance of a kid to me. But, I ain't no kid, so....
Anyhow, yeah, very well done. I wrote to QD and told 'em to do something more with this. And since so many others were willing to admit it, I got a bit misty myself at the dis-assembly bit. Maybe it affected me more since I saw her as a kid, and hurting kids is something I get...bad...about.
And lastly, some of ...
N4G is very binary for me. It seems to be completely hit, or completely miss, depending on the article. For every genuinely good, insightful, or nice commenter, there seems to be some moron who can only be in junior high, or genuinely mentally impaired in some fashion.
It's funny that you mention that, Jelly,
I haven't been around N4G for very long, maybe a year, I don't really remember. But it was my opinion that this was a very pro-Playstation site. I guess it just comes down to what articles you end up reading, hehe. But since it's N4G I guess I should validate my comment and say that I have both consoles, and don't favor one of the other :P
I have been lurking the boards and comment sections of the i...
Don't be an douchebag. Bioware employees who are regular working Joe's like anyone else do NOT deserve death threats over a fucking game. Would it be alright if someone asked a hacker friend to track your IP and come to your neighborhood and blow your house up since your stupid comment pissed them off?
No, of course it wouldn't be ok. It'd be ACTIONABLE. Like, the COPS could and SHOULD be called about it. I wish douchebags on this site would think before they ...
If you don't think EA calls the shots about DLC and a myriad of other things with their various studios, then you know nothing about games development.
Yeah, I didn't expect my thoughts to be popular. But that's ok. I'll admit that 9 is also technically brilliant for the platform it was running on. Zidane and Steiner just annoy me greatly. It's entirely possible that I am viewing the game through too serious an eye. Time will tell. It's a really different scenario to have experienced a 6, or a 9, in it's heyday, and then come back to it later, versus playing it for the first time in the here and now. Tried to get my y...