I can see it now:
MS - We added the feature to read Frames Per Second on Scorpio!
Fans - YEA! Suck it Sony and Nintendo!
2 months later
Fans - Where's the games?
MS - We have 5-6 games coming in the next 3 years. Be patient.
4 years later
Fans - You added all these features and yet only 1-2 games to show off the power? What's this?
MS - We added a feature to allow gamers to read mi...
Last night I discovered the newer BlazBlue isn't bad either. Someone begged me to buy it to help practice for Evo (and they would buy KoF 14 to help me out).
I don't hate Scorpio, I hate the fanbase behind it.
Good read. I agree with a lot of what the author is trying to say. I stopped caring about reviews when the magazine Tips and Tricks ended because they had some of the best non-biased review scores. I also read Sega Visions, Gamepro, and Nintendo Power until College when I could read off the net. Now it's nothing more than glorified trolling for a lot of the scores (good/bad), and the stupid defending practices ruining the industry as a whole.
Which I think is stupid. Developers should keep original content in the games and let the consumer decide what filters to add as needed. There's a lot of games I had to either import, or download the ROM to get the uncensored version(s) to get the full experience and story.
I had to check re-check Persona 5 (just in case), and the paid DLC I noticed looked like some extras from the previous games (not sure if they are in the main game itself), a bunch of costumes and music, and the free DLC was difficulty and something else. I do see where you're coming from though, they have Personas from the previous games (not sure what that is exactly, I'm assuming something summon-related) and they are charging for it (looks like $3~ here in the States). At the sa...
I'd say move Numbers 2 and 3 up one, and put Skyrim 3rd. Numbers 2 and 3 set standards for RPGs; all Skyrim did was take up peoples time with the bugs and glitches by forcing people to replay certain areas. I can't speak for Oblivion since I never played it, and Morrowind I played but not long enough to hold an opinion.
I remember one series called Bases Loaded on NES, which wasn't bad back then. What would be a nice addition would be something like NFL Blitz but in baseball form, or something satire-releated.
I only played the first one, and I like the idea and story, but the execution seemed to be lacking.
I read the list, and it seems like they're grasping at straws. If they want to pull this card there's a ton of other games to add than just 9. They should change the article to "Nine games we don't like" or "Nine games we don't like because other people don't like them and want to follow the crowd."
Back then I would say it's a balance between the two because one needed the other to survive. Now? The ones who think about passion, and getting an audience instead of thinking with their pockets win.
I've seen more influence from the East side of gaming than West side. I've seen more fighting game knock-offs, beat em up clones, and rpgs trying to copy what Final Fantasy did; yet on the Western side outside First/Third Person Shooters I can't think of m...
The sad part is this has more (and better) options and modes than Street Fighter 5 does. No I don't own a Switch, and even if they did release this on PSN I still wouldn't pick it up because there's nothing this game offers I can't get elsewhere, or that I already own that has almost the same offers.
And before those start debating/arguing "fanboy," or "you don't own 5," yes I do own a digital copy of 5, and I stopped back during the...
The games I play don't have trophies; they have other incentives like unlockables, replay ability, no patches to fix broken areas, and I can play them anytime I want without the need of connecting online.
I know there's the argument of "Dedication" but what is there to be gained from earning all those plats? I play for fun, not scores.
I already learned this gen not to pre-order games anymore, and now if there's no demo/beta available I'll wait until a video is online for a game before I buy it to see what it is (or borrow/watch a friend).
With the review embargo one of the first things argued is leaked story content, or spoilers, and the companies will argue this is why they want to wait so everyone is on the same playing field. I do agree with some of the points from the blog since there is s...
Warframe definitely needs to redo their new Relic system. Granted the new Relic system does show what can drop with a bar to show a "chance," it's still garbage at the end of the day, especially when wasting Radiant relics to get the lowest drop possible.
I'm for a system to show chance percentage, maybe then people will actually see how bad they're getting screwed, and how off the math is on some of these games. Then companies will have to actually ...
Share Play didn't die, just needs a lot of work. Biggest issue is telling everyone they have either a poor or limited connection when a lot of the users are running 50+ Mbps Internet (I'm running 120 Down/ 30~ Up and it even says I'm on the poor end). I can download a 30 GB game off Steam in about an hour; yet PSN takes 90ish minutes minimum ,and that's with no one else online at the time, or even having a game running at all.
I use Share Play when it wo...
In short, Video games is another way of telling a story. The fact someone can argue "Video games shouldn't tell stories," can be said the same with movies, books, music, art, and even comics/graphic novels. It's hard to imaging Metal Gear Solid through just reading or watching it without actually playing it at some point. Mario would have a different impact had someone just made a non gaming series out of it. Street Fighter wouldn't feel the same if there was no way...
Amazon is the only place I'll pre-order games since they offer them at a cheaper price (at least with prime). Then again, I'll only pre-order if the game has at least a demo or beta so I can test the game out before buying. I'm on a budget, I don't have time, money, and patience to waste on trash.
With Akuma in Tekken 7 proves this is a "prototype" of how they are going to build Tekken vs SF, and release it when the time is right. You don't put a character from another game like this without reason, even if it's just for story content.
There's an older Capcom fighter called Rival Schools, Namco can use it as a template to have an idea how the game should work. Also knowing Namco they probably working on a story idea first to decide who's i...
Evil Ryu - Capcom vs SNK - Dreamcast and PS1
Violent Ken - SVC Chaos - PS2 Import and MAME
Evil Ryu - Street Fighter Alpha 2 and 3 - PS2 and MAME
Evil Ryu (also debated as Akuma) - Marvel vs Capcom - Dreamcast and MAME