Post by: mantidor on April 30, 2007, 06:35:13 PM
I'm giving in, I might end up buying Metroid Prime Hunters against my inner metroid fanboy self that screams to me to not buy spinoffs but... its metroid! then again, I haven't followed new releases closely, so I don't know of new games that I might like, I also find Hotel Dusk interesting, and I love those point and click adventures games, or even maybe Castlevania... argh, I don't know what to get
In summary, should I get Hunters, Hotel Dusk, one of the Castlevania games ( I don't know which one) or maybe some new game I haven't heard about? Any opinion is very welcomed.
Many thanks in advance
Post by: that Baby guy on April 30, 2007, 07:04:09 PM
If you like online play, or play with friends, Prime Hunters is good, but if you don't, I don't think there's too much of a single player mode there, though I never finished it.
I'm curious to know if the Ultimate Jump Superstars, or whatever it is called, is worth picking up, as someone who has never once imported a game, and doesn't really plan to ever. I feel halfway about it, but can't convince myself to.
Post by: IceCold on April 30, 2007, 07:30:21 PM
Hotel Dusk is just amazing - point-and-click games + DS = love. I liked Trace Memory / Another Code too, but I'd definitely recommend it.
Metroid Prime Hunters is very good for multiplayer too, and I liked the controls, but you don't play online, do you? And I don't suppose you know many people with a DS, so it comes down to the single player, which is decent at best.
So you should probably wait on Metroid - maybe get it later but not over the other two games. Between Dawn of Sorrow and Hotel Dusk.. hmm, that's a tough one. I would probably go with Hotel Dusk, since you've probably already played a Castlevania before, and while DoS is amazing, it's not very different from them.
Other new recommendations:
- Elite Beat Agents
- Lunar Knights
- Apparently Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime is good, but don't take my word for it
Post by: KDR_11k on April 30, 2007, 07:31:13 PM
I can't say much about Hotel Dusk or any other adventure game on the DS but Prime hunters is kinda weak. It has nice parts but overall is closer to Metroid Fusion than real Metroid.
Unless Ultimate is a big improvement upon JUMP I don't think it's that good of a game, it has loads of characters, some of whom you may recognize but the gameplay feels lackluster to me.
Post by: Dasmos on May 01, 2007, 12:57:00 AM
Post by: Ceric on May 01, 2007, 02:53:53 AM
EBA is really good. Meteo is fun in a pick up and play way as well. If you haven't played it yet Kirby Canvas Curse is pretty good as well.
Post by: nitsu niflheim on May 01, 2007, 04:14:56 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on May 01, 2007, 04:54:47 AM
Post by: mantidor on May 01, 2007, 05:54:21 AM
I was very aware of Hunters single player weakness, but I'm such a Metroid wh*re that I would get it just for the cutscenes
, I can finally play online though, I've tried bringing my Animal Crossing into the interwebs but around here the game is dead.Castlevania has my interest since the last one I played was the NES one, and from what you are telling me I'd prefer Dawn of Sorrow, if the other is really more linear, would it be a proper comparison to say that PoR is like Metroid Fusion and Dawn like Zero Mission?
Post by: KDR_11k on May 01, 2007, 06:44:30 AM
Post by: vudu on May 01, 2007, 06:48:37 AM
Quote::peeks over shoulder for BnM:: Actually, we do have a thread for this sort of thing. It's just that no one has used it in 2.5 years.
Originally posted by: mantidor
I'm surprised theres not a thread about this.
I also give the
for Dawn of Sorrow. However, Portrait of Ruin is still a great game. If you're one of those players who likes to play through a game multiple times with different characters there's more to do in PoR.
Post by: Smoke39 on May 01, 2007, 02:29:48 PM
Post by: Mario on May 03, 2007, 01:52:41 PM
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 03, 2007, 02:13:20 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on May 04, 2007, 02:29:04 AM
Post by: mantidor on May 07, 2007, 03:15:00 PM
I really, really wanted Hotel Dusk, and this impulse buy was because a relative was over there in the states, so I could get (finally!) a DS game at a decent price, but she couldn't find the game anywhere, it was sold out
she told me about how "this crazy USA people line up to buy stuff when they are new, so the game was impossible to find"... well, at least the game is selling, I hope they make more in the future. Meanwhile I will have to pay it the expensive way, if the game ever arrives here that is.