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TalkBack / Re: Hype and 3DS eShop Games: A Fickle Mistress
« on: August 21, 2013, 12:41:21 AM »
Count me among those who were pretty disappointed with Mutant Mudds. After hearing so much about it from people on NWR, I was expecting great things from it. It ended up being a pretty average game as far as I'm concerned. It's certainly not bad, but it wasn't special in ANY way. Mentioning it in the same breath as Super Metroid is, to be quite honest, pretty insulting to Super Metroid. Same goes for the comparisons to classic Mega Man games, which I feel are superficial at best. Not trying to pick a fight here, but it was certainly on my mind after reading this article.
Another huge disappointment for me was Skyrim. After the collective fellating the industry gave that game, I was expecting it to basically be the second coming of the messiah. What I ended up playing was a decent and fairly enjoyable RPG with more than a handful of SERIOUS flaws. The amount of attention it gets to this day is kind of unbelievable, with people commonly nominating it for "Game of the Generation" discussions. This is simply ludicrous to me, as it wouldn't have even cracked my top 10 games of 2011.
On a much happier note, Xenoblade not only lived up to the hype, it surpassed it. I can't remember the last time a game left such an impression on me. The thought of giving it a place in my top 10 games of all time keeps creeping into my mind. Sure it has its flaws, but its virtues far outweigh them. There are a lot of things about it that just resonate very strongly with me personally as well - things that many other people will not appreciate nearly as much. People always talk about their dream game, a game made specifically for them. Well, the more I think about it, I think Xenoblade is pretty damn close to that for me.
I'm sure I could come up with more examples if I thought about it for a while, but this diatribe should suffice for now. XD
Another huge disappointment for me was Skyrim. After the collective fellating the industry gave that game, I was expecting it to basically be the second coming of the messiah. What I ended up playing was a decent and fairly enjoyable RPG with more than a handful of SERIOUS flaws. The amount of attention it gets to this day is kind of unbelievable, with people commonly nominating it for "Game of the Generation" discussions. This is simply ludicrous to me, as it wouldn't have even cracked my top 10 games of 2011.
On a much happier note, Xenoblade not only lived up to the hype, it surpassed it. I can't remember the last time a game left such an impression on me. The thought of giving it a place in my top 10 games of all time keeps creeping into my mind. Sure it has its flaws, but its virtues far outweigh them. There are a lot of things about it that just resonate very strongly with me personally as well - things that many other people will not appreciate nearly as much. People always talk about their dream game, a game made specifically for them. Well, the more I think about it, I think Xenoblade is pretty damn close to that for me.
I'm sure I could come up with more examples if I thought about it for a while, but this diatribe should suffice for now. XD