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Originally posted by: mouse_clicker I think it occurs to me that I don't care what other people's opinions are.
I don't believe that. If that were true, you'd lock yourself in your room, never speak to anyone, and not participate in this forum. If that were true, you wouldn't be here talking to us. It would just be you, your GameCube, and a Lot of Loneliness.
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Originally posted by: mouse_clicker Ugh, I HATE comparing games. Comparing games to one another is the stupidest thing you can do. Comparing games forces you to rationalize the games' differences in order to sync up their similarities, and then to rate their similarities in relation to one another.
Yeah it sucks to have to use critical thinking. It makes my brain hurt.
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Comparing games or movies or whatever is how you determine what is "good" and what is "bad". Otherwise, without comparision to previous games, one might conclude that Mary-Kate/Ashley Go Shopping is good. And many newbies do exactly that; experienced gamers accurately conclude there are better ways to spend one's gaming time. It is based upon past experience/other games that we say one game is better or worse than the other. It is through analysis/critical thinking that we justify that opinion.
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As for comparing 2D to 3D, I think it's entirely possible. Metroid Prime is basically Super Metroid in 3D. Same goals. Same character. The only REAL difference is a change in perspective (from 3rd person to 1st person). Ditto Zelda 64 and Zelda SNES... it's essentially the same game (solve puzzles), but now it's changed the view (overhead to on-the-ground view). So given these games are essentially the same at the core, merely changing the perspective, I can compare/contrast how they play compared to one another.
And it's *entirely* possible to call KDR11k an idiot for thinking Ocarina of Time is "the suck" and Wind Waker "the love". These two games are so identical to one another in gameplay, they might as well be twins. How KDK_1k can say Ocarina plays inferior to WW, when they play essentially identically with the same view, same moves, same control, is totally impossible for a sane person to understand.
Myself, I don't think Wind Waker sucks. I just think that there are about 1000 games which are more worthy of my time and will provide better entertainment. One of those being Ocarina of Time-same gameplay as WW, but with better story, more dungeons, harder difficulty/challenge. (See? I just made a mental comparion/contrast between WW & other games. My time is finite, and naturally I want to use it wisely with the BEST games, not just okay ones.)