But my idea is pretty different. We try to be unique and different and try not to depend on the techniques of others. We try to be as uniquely creative as possible, and that's got to have played a part in making our games look different.
"Uniquely creative?" Is that why you have 20 iterations of Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Wii Sports and Wii Music and every character in your games look like they fell out of a reject Dr Suess book???? I'm not giving them credit for the AMAZING Metroid Prime because Retro Studios did those.
And the 360 doesn't have anything that looks the same, huh? It's not like there's a thousand titles where I get to shoot a bad guy/monster/alien/inoccent-person-at-the-airport/zombie/vampire, in the head, is there?
ReplyDeleteI know so many of these franchises feel stale to you, but I would seriously argue (as unbiased as anyone can be) that the level of growth between each mario/zelda/pokemon game is greater than the growth between each COD. or Halo. or Gears. Or Tom Clancy's [insert world event here].
And by the way, I didn't get the boomerang first in this one, I got an effing train!
In other news, I got nuked today in MW2 for the first time.
ReplyDeleteBrjahu wins.
ReplyDeleteAmateria: I do agree with your point, but every game you listed is made by different developers and hasn't been around for 20 years. I think Nintendo needs to get off it's high horse as well as IW and Bungie and Jonathan Blow....what a cock.
We're still talking about variations on a theme though, aren't we? What's honestly new in the market that we haven't seen before?
ReplyDeleteMaybe we're all approaching it from the wrong direction here. We keep looking for new and original content, but maybe we mean that we're looking for the best made content. Not who has the best story, but who can tell it the best. Not what each shooter does that's unique, but which one provides the best experience. Not what action games bring something new to the table, but which ones capture that attitude the best.
And I'm not sure if you missed it, but Link gets a train in this game. I'm almost certain I'm gonna find my Triforce decorated Lancer in the forest temple... I can feel it!
Amateria: I think you and I are meant to do battle over Nintendo for all eternity. They don't care about you anymore. Let them go. I feel like Sean Connery in The Last Crusade. "Indiana? Let it go..."
ReplyDeleteHave fun with the train.....I guess it's WAY different than the boat in The Wind Waker.
I'm just... sad by the whole thing, and a little less bitter.
ReplyDeleteWe were the kids who made Nintendo what they are. Our blood, sweat, and tears as little brats begging for Christmas gifts from the big N are the mortar that holds their gigantic empire together.
Miyamoto's influence in the field of game design is mind-boggling, and when he seems so blind to the growth and clout that games have in our culture now... it just hurts my heart. It really feels like I just found out that my hero was just an asshole with a cape, not super at all.
Note: the Train by it's design is supposed to feel reminiscent of the boat in the other games, but it adds a different type of puzzle solving and interaction while en route.