Things That Bother You About Gaming

[Spark Of Spirit]

It's more frustrating to me because genres I like (platformers, beat em ups, arcade-style games, and less linear adventure games) seem to keep getting piled on for things like lives and having design that works, but ignored for doing things exceedingly well and being innovative through surprising ways.

Because, I'm sorry, but A Crack In Time was relatively ignored and forgotten pretty fast despite it not only being the best Sony published game this gen, but not even hyped up at all, and for what reason? It's less scripted and linear than any shooter, wider than any 3D platformer since the PS1/N64, and having inventive and neat ideas and incredible set pieces than most corridor shooters do. Yet no one gives it any credit. They whine about Mario not being like it, but when a game they apparently want in the genre comes out, they toss it aside instantly.

Some gave it good scores, but when GOTY time came around nobody said anything about it. If it wasn't for fans like Foggle, I might never even have played it. Everyone dropped the ball on that game except Insomniac when just last generation a game like that would have easily been a million seller even without Sony's non-existent marketing. Things like that are what I dislike most about this generation.

[Foggle]

Yeah, Crack In Time's lack of success is really disheartening, especially now that Insomniac thinks they have to reinvent Ratchet with every game because the old formula doesn't sell too well anymore.

Meanwhile, stuff like Yakuza and Anarchy Reigns goes completely unnoticed, and the only way a stealth game has any chance of succeding is if it can also be played as a shooter or is named MGS.

ACIT should have won every possible GOTY award in 2009.

[Spark Of Spirit]

ACIT should have won every possible GOTY award in 2009.

Wasn't that the year of Uncharted 2 and Arkham Asylum? If so, there's your answer. Nobody would shut up about those two games that year.

I do wonder if what happened to that game (and Resistance 2 and 3) are why Insomniac has looked into making third party games. Sony really dropped the ball on them after Resistance 1 and Tools Of Destruction, and the industry did not pick up the slack.

[Rynnec]

Speaking games that are forgotten about, I hear that Darksiders II is underperforming, which saddens me because that game looks like exactly the kind of thing I want from modern AAA games. Granted, the first game wasn't anything special, but that's never stopped Assassins Creed from selling millions.

I do wonder if what happened to that game (and Resistance 2 and 3) are why Insomniac has looked into making third party games. Sony really dropped the ball on them after Resistance 1 and Tools Of Destruction, and the industry did not pick up the slack.

What's even more dissapointing about that is that Resistance was the first "must have" title for the PS3, but it's sequels were quietly ignored in favor of other FPS' you can get on any system.

[gunswordfist]

Besides war games because I never cared for them, even before they became movie games, I don't mind any games' success. I do hate it when great games undersell though. I still want my co-op Bulletstorm II, dammit.

[Foggle]

R.I.P. gaming.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-01-halo-4-king-of-the-hill-fueled-by-mountain-dew-is-an-actual-app

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Its downright disgusting with how stupid some of the advertisements these big gaming companies use to market their big releases really are. Still, as bad as this one is, I still say that Nintendo's recently infamous "I'm Not A Gamer" campaign is far worse.

::EDIT::

Maybe its just me but every now and then some of the posts I make in one thread mysteriously end up in another for no explainable reason. Does that every happen to anyone else?

[Foggle]

I still say that Nintendo's recently infamous "I'm Not a Gamer" campaign is far worse.

Whoa, I hadn't heard about this! That's even dumber than the Dead Space 2 "your mom hates this game" campaign.

Halo 4: King of the Hill Fueled by Mountain Dew isn't really too terrible truth be told, but that goddamn title made me laugh for almost a minute the first time I saw it.

Maybe its just me but every now and then some of the posts I make in one thread mysteriously end up in another for no explainable reason. Does that every happen to anyone else?

That hasn't happened to me. Either there's some kind of processing error goin' on, or somebody's moving your posts.

[Avaitor]

Boy, I sure like to play Halo 4 with a nice, cold Mountain Dew, I tell you what.

[Foggle]

Don't forget the Doritos mayne!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGPW23aazuM&t=3m21s

[Spark Of Spirit]

Gamer Fuel.

Nintendo's campaign should be titled "I don't want to be a gamer" and they would win everything.

[Avaitor]

Don't forget the Doritos mayne!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGPW23aazuM&t=3m21s

mmm

Why is he wearing  Maiden shirt, though? Shouldn't he have an EXCLUSIVE Halo 4 shirt FROM MICROSOFT!!!! on?

[Rynnec]

Boy, I sure like to play Halo 4 with a nice, cold Mountain Dew, I tell you what.

*sips Mountain Dew can*

yep.

[Kiddington]

Microsoft and Mountain Dew have had shameless marketing tie-ins with one another for years. Case and point...

Don't forget the Doritos mayne!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGPW23aazuM&t=3m21s

[gunswordfist]

I beat Soul Calibur IV's Arcade mode today for the first time (today was the first time I tried) beating The Apprentice reminded me how much it fucking sucks that you can't create your own Jedi/Sith character.I'm sure more people what have brought the game just because of that (not that I know what the games sells were like. Just saying.)