Games you love, but probably didn't get enough sales/attention
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Path of the Furon was made by SandBlast and published by THQ, curse you EA...Hazy992 said:I haven't played that one but from the sounds of it I need to remedy thisPsychicTaco115 said:
I can't say the game is perfect, but it hits all the right marks a DAH game should!
I might check it out then!PsychicTaco115 said:Path of the Furon was made by SandBlast and published by THQ, curse you EA...Hazy992 said:I haven't played that one but from the sounds of it I need to remedy thisPsychicTaco115 said:
I can't say the game is perfect, but it hits all the right marks a DAH game should!
I'm sure I can get it dirt cheap nowadays
I think I do agree with you, at least when it comes to FF13Hazy992 said:
Partially for me, I was just so damn excited another FF game was finally coming out, to the ps3 to boot! plus I heard about it needing multiple disks for the 360, so I thought "hah! so much glorious content and graphics! must be awesome!"
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In the history of my gaming experience, I don't think there is a single other game out there that I wouldn't love linearity in, but FF13 decided to prove me wrong..good god, it was worse than doing a day of chores -_-
Heck, I even liked ffXII and ffX-2 which is saying something!
I'd give it a 6, the presentation of it all and the pacing was just so bad that it killed anything the game had going for it.
I've never actually played it truth be told as I'm not really a JRPG fan, but I rarely hear anything positive about it. One of the things I hear is what you said; that it's too linear and if I was a fan of the series it sounds like I'd be disappointed.gmaverick019 said:
I can deal with linearity, heck I would say on a scale I would prefer linearity to open world, but dear lord, the pacing vs what they let on for the story + what you did in between each cut scene chunk...Hazy992 said:
just..the worst combinations. Most linear games have you enthralled in the story or thinking "damn, i really wanna go kick that guys ass! gotta destroy his baddies to prove how big of a piece of shit he is! fuck you for killing my party member!" but the motivation is definitely nowhere to be seen, as most cutscenes do next to nothing for plot reveals or pacing of story elements (kinda just reiterated what I said, but really, it's that bad...to me at least.)
I have to disagree with Okami. Honestly even Psychonauts is more of a sleeper hit than Okami and that's the definition of a cult classic (hell it's too popular for that classification too). God, I remember when the game first came out. It attracted weeaboos like flies to honey. Definitely not saying it's a bad game though (I got so sick of the oversaturation I just avoided anything to DO with that game so I still haven't played it).
Anyway, instead of making a huge ass list (lord knows I could), I'm just gonna mention my prolly biggest one and that's Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom.
An adorable game, kind of similar to Ico or The Last Guardian in that it's sort of an escort/partner-up-with-a-monster-thing kind of game, but no where near as... uh, heavy in atmosphere, I guess (I'm tired, shut up). Well I enjoyed it anyway. I can count on one hand the number of people I've talked to ONLINE who've played it, forget irl.
Anyway, instead of making a huge ass list (lord knows I could), I'm just gonna mention my prolly biggest one and that's Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom.
An adorable game, kind of similar to Ico or The Last Guardian in that it's sort of an escort/partner-up-with-a-monster-thing kind of game, but no where near as... uh, heavy in atmosphere, I guess (I'm tired, shut up). Well I enjoyed it anyway. I can count on one hand the number of people I've talked to ONLINE who've played it, forget irl.
Beyond good and evil nuff said. one of the best reviewed games the year it came out and no one bought it.
Freespace 2. Too many people go "Whatnow?" when I mention Freespace 2. MUST CHANGE THAT! So we can band together and force a Freespace 3!
Anything by Pandemic really, I loved Mercenaries 2.PsychicTaco115 said:
Beyond Good and Evil, the sales weren't there for the game.
Mirror's Edge too, I adored that game and EA keeps teasing about a sequel.
Alpha Protocol & Nier. Nier didn't really get hated, but it deserved more sales. It also sucks that Alpha Protocol
To me that would be Phantasy Star Zero for the DS. Sure it got an average/ above averave scores but it was a great online game to play!
Actually in business sales mean everything, and are often the difference between a great game getting a sequel or being scrapped forever. So yes, sales are important.Karutomaru said:
OT: Gitaroo Man, I think everyone who loved it knew it was far too Japanese to ever get mainstream Western attention, but it's still my favourite rhythm game of all time (and I bought and played Britney Spears' Dance Beat just to make sure) and a shitty PSP port hardly does it justice.
Also, I don't know how it was received at the time, but I've always loved Enix's Illusion of Gaia more than the Zelda games it copied; but I think it's largely been dismissed as a pretender to the throne.