Paladin, I accept your apology. I can also cross the line sometimes, and will apologize if I do.
Let me comment on your reply. You wrote:
"Regardless, why do you think you have the right to decide where the line is? I say there's also another, more prominent line, when a game becomes so easy it's just not enjoyable anymore because all you're doing is going through the motions... I'm glad Metroid Prime 2 is not near that line. If developers listened to what you say, more games would be closer to that line... and I don't want that happening."
I think I have that right, from a personal viewpoint and from playing through lots of games that dissapointed as opposed to the few that really delighted me. Metroid Prime was dead-on accurate as regards effort vs. reward, which is not the case with this sequel. I agree, that when a game becomes too easy, itĀ“s also not fun. But what I was saying in my last reply to the post here was that I on the contrary found this game too difficult. Either way, thereĀ“s no balance! I definitely not saying that games should be too easy, but they should neither be too hard!
So what I want developers to do, is to have playtesters of al kinds of both hradcore and softcore kind play through games they are making, in order for them to decide when they have hit the exact right balance between not to easy and not too difficult! They did that with Metroid Prime 1, why didnĀ“t they do it with the sequel? There are people, who are dreading that dark world on the other side, and just wanting to escape from it the moment they get in there. Do you think, then, that itĀ“s appropriate to also increase the difficulty of the bosses in such an environment? I donĀ“t! I donĀ“t even think the games is anywhere near as beautifull as the first one. The awesome ice worlds, and the just as awesome fire worlds have been totally omitted, and instead this scary dark one is there. I really feel that beautifull surroundings play an all-important role in any game! In particular, if the game is very very hard. That has a direct bearing on how you feel about it. And in my opinion, the choice of environments in this sequel, has made it a nightmare to play! So I canned it!!
"You say "enjoy your games, let others enjoy theirs"... but that's not what you're doing, what you're doing is taking a game I'm perfectly happy with and requesting changes that would make it worse."
What I was really saying, was that there is more people who dislike this game, than there was the first time around. This games sells less, for obvious reasons, just look at my reply earlier in this topic and see the IGN newsarticle stating the latest sales numbers for MP2 and their comments to it! I was not trying to ruin your oppotunity to get such games, I was merely expressing my own opinion, and that is all there is to it. However, that opinion is shared by many. And the majority vote will always be the one who decide how a game should be!