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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 3 2008, 06:49 PM (891 Views) | |
| Ricky | Jul 3 2008, 06:49 PM Post #1 |
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*Is new*
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Similiar to the ' Most overrated game '' topic cept this is the opposite. Discuss. |
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| picollo no. | Jul 3 2008, 07:06 PM Post #2 |
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Wolfos
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Astro Boy Omega Factor on the GBA. It is just pure awesomeness but hasn't got nearly enough recognition it deserves. |
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| DMHowe | Jul 3 2008, 07:11 PM Post #3 |
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Do not try and eat the cake, only try and realise the truth.
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Zelda: TP. No, I'm not kidding. When we got it, we blasted it for it's flaws because we'd hyped it so much we wanted it to be perfect, which it couldn't be. Now it's underrated, because we found it a disappointed. I think being a realistic graphics game did a large part, and the fact it seemed like the true sequel to OOT. In comparison, we thought WW would suck due to too much sailing and cartoony graphics. Turned out, it ruled. =D |
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| Garth | Jul 3 2008, 09:27 PM Post #4 |
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White Pikmin
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DMHowe has a point. for me its dynasty warrois. I no i am probally the only one who actully likes the game. but i just love just swinging round a giant halberd or axe what ever, and just seeing my ko count reach 100 in just seconds. I no its a button masher, but now with all my ours of button mashing i am the world champion of thumb wars :p also having a weirdly possable thumb helps :p |
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| Noolsey | Jul 3 2008, 09:29 PM Post #5 |
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I'm sure this was somewhere else and, again, I will say The Orange Box. A Nintendo game? Well, Lylat Wars, I suppose. Does that count? |
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| fullbleed | Jul 3 2008, 10:06 PM Post #6 |
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He died how he lived, in a noisy car.
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It was probably the topic i made on the HS. For me... STALKER: Shadow of Chernobly This is the only game in a long, long time that I've played though more than once and loved it just as much if not more. I've not even tried the mods yet so a 3rd and 4th play through are probable. It's just the creepiest, atmospheric, imersive game I have ever played, the A life system is amazing, it uses sound and lighting fantasticly, easily the most difficult game I've played in a while (baring the Tribes series but I'm getting to that.) However most people just over looked it at the start because it was so bug filled but I still don't think that should put anyone off one of the greatest games you'll ever play. Starsiege Tribes A bit obscure this one as not many people know of it what with other games such as Unreal Tournament, Quake, Team Fortress Classic and Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory over shadowing it, but for me it will always have been my favourite multiplayer game of the era. It's a lot like UT actually, they just stuck jet packs on it and added more vehicles, and it was awesome! |
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| Col | Jul 3 2008, 10:18 PM Post #7 |
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Not Poodle
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What I don't like about STALKER, and quite a few modern games come to that, is the fact that surround sound is not supported. It really adds to a game, especially one with sound quality as good as that. Bioshock showed this off amazingly, and I wish Red Faction supported surround, and MOHAA, and quite a few others. |
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| fullbleed | Jul 3 2008, 10:19 PM Post #8 |
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I forgot about Red Fraction, I loved that game but I'm not so sure about the next one they're making. |
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| eamonn | Jul 3 2008, 11:28 PM Post #9 |
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Ohlookitsraining!
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I got stuck on Dynasty Warriors once. :| |
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| Loki | Jul 3 2008, 11:47 PM Post #10 |
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I enjoyed TP alot more than OoT to be honest. There's alot more to it in terms of character involvement and a deeper storyline. I loved TP. Underrated...I don't have any. Except agreeing with Howe on that. |
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| Garth | Jul 4 2008, 07:15 PM Post #11 |
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White Pikmin
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I complete 5 on chaos difficulty, got 4th stage weapons for all characters, completed maxed out every characters stats and rank, unlocked all items, and a record of about 20 000 ko's in 1 level, yes your right when i played dynasty warriors i had no life, but then my ps2 broke, and i cant a foord ps3 so no more dynasty warriors for me, instead i got a life :) |
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| bendamaster | Jul 6 2008, 07:54 AM Post #12 |
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Metroid
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i LOVE dynasty warriors it was my fave game ever 3 years ago when i'd get home from school and load it up and play on it for hours other than that i'd agree with DMHowe |
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| Tiptup | Jul 6 2008, 09:53 AM Post #13 |
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Well Majora's Mask if you're talking in the confines of Zelda games. It's the best. It's dark, had great graphics for the time, difficult and was packed with hidden messages and meanings. There's also so much to do compaired to other Zelda's, and I loved the way each character had their own story. The 3 day thing was an excelent idea as well. Oh, and True Crime: Streets of LA. The crtitics said it was 'unfinished'. The fact its so...'unfinished' is why its so damn fun. You never know whats gonna happen next. You might drive too close to a house on the outskirts of the city then BAM you're flying in the air with your car on fire. The fact it was such a shoddy piece of work is the reason I keep playing it years on. And the fact I don't have a GTA game. |
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| DMHowe | Jul 6 2008, 10:27 AM Post #14 |
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Do not try and eat the cake, only try and realise the truth.
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MM is hardly that underrated by most Zelda fans though. A relative majority agree with you, it's the best Zelda. I fail to see why, because everything it does in the way of developed, memorable, characters and fun side-quests was done in WW as well. |
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| Tiptup | Jul 6 2008, 11:07 AM Post #15 |
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I suppose its the way in Majora's Mask, all the characters are incredibly downcast when you first arrive, and then you spend a fair portion of time making them happy, but then you have to return to the First Day and its all over again. The message of the game is keeping faithful, and in the game you're returning hope and stuff to all the characters in Termina. This is why Majora's Mask is almost artistic in the way it was designed. As far as I know, in The Wind Waker the side quests were fairly plain tasks such as 'sort letters' and 'trade with gorons'. I'm not that sure about it though, so I may be wrong, but I think Majora's Mask does side quests on a much higher level on any other Zeldas :p I was just still bitter from that 100 best games thing in GAME that people voted Mario Kart Wii over Majora's Mask. The main bulk of my post was meant to be True Crime :) |
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| DMHowe | Jul 6 2008, 11:16 AM Post #16 |
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Do not try and eat the cake, only try and realise the truth.
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It's a question of perspective. In WW you got asked to give letters, trade stuff and do mini-games. In MM, I think I can remember most quests just being talking to people at the right time, and playing the right song or wearing the right mask. I see your point about the message, but a lot of the characters appeared once for a one-time event (dancing sisters), and I didn't really care about them. They were a means to an end. The main story had a lot of characters you cared about because of how much they had importance to what was going on, but so did OoT, TP, WW and other Zelda games. What MM had over other zelda games people fail to mention is the side-quest of fairy gathering in dungeons, the way the differing forms of link were pulled off so well, and actual size of it despite first impressions, make it a very good game. The side quests aren't that special, other than that you can play the ones you like over and over. But back to what I was saying, so many people share your view it's the "best Zelda", I feel it's gone from being underrated to being overrated in the Zelda fandom, with casuals being turned off. Those same casuals very likely only ever bothering to finish OoT. |
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| Tiptup | Jul 6 2008, 12:35 PM Post #17 |
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Hmm, yeah, I suppose you're right on your last point, but its not overrated. I hate to bring it up though, but there should be a side story as good as Anju And Kefai (sp) in every Zelda. There were long trading ones in the 2D ones, so it would be nice to have them in all the 3D ones. I also think that despite the shortness of some of the side quests, they do involve more character insight. An example being the man who gives you that Cucco Leader mask. All you have to do is talk to him, but he gives a very interesting story about the group of animals. I don't think there was much of those kind of backstories in the Wind Waker, unless you collected the trophy's which is just unimaginative. |
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| DMHowe | Jul 6 2008, 12:48 PM Post #18 |
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I agree, there should be more Anju/Kaifi (I don't know how to spell his name either) tomfoolery. But I think they should bring back a lot of things MM had. As previously stated, it had the fairy hunting in dungeons. I loved that, it added new puzzles and also offered a fun little thing to do in dungeons. The reason I say overrated is because of the way people say it's better. It's a bit like FF7. You can come up with all these good points, and they are that: good points. But it isn't that good, and it's very rarely something that hadn't been done before. Don't get me wrong, MM is a fantastic game, and one of the better Zeldas, but when you say it's the best Zelda, you're probably looking for the standpoint of someone who likes deep characters, a game that creates empathy and an endearing plotline. Well, great. Most of us prefer OoT for it's masterful dungeons, and just some of the best gameplay most of us have ever seen. Hence, I say TP. It has both. When I played TP, I cared what happened to the Zora prince, I mocked the flirty gypsy-looking woman (if you will mock a character in a game you enjoy, you probably care about them). Etc. It had wonderful dungeons (no, don't argue. You liked the monkeys, you loved the double hookshot.). It was also huge. It's flaw compared to OoT was the fact that the large towns were boring. You'd visit once and couldn't be bothered again. Fair argument, but if you DID bother again, there was something else as the game progressed. MM had to have this, it was a cycle game. OoT didn't. In all my runs, I'd visit Kakariko or the castle town, do the games and the sub quests and leave. There was never reason to come back. |
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| Takoa | Jul 6 2008, 06:08 PM Post #19 |
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Gacha is a terrible mistress.
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For future reference, it's Kafei. :p I love that side quest too. ^_^ I don't think that any Zelda's are really underrated much though. Loads of people love them, even if I don't like some/one of them that much (Phantom Hourglass: the first Zelda to have me stop halfway through and not complete it before playing another game. I still haven't completed it yet). I think one of the most underrated games is Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. I love it! There's so much to do, and the gameplay is fun. Sure, it can have some dodgy camera angles at times, but I still really like it. Chao raising, three pretty different types of gameplay. Several missions to complete for each stage. This game has quite a lot, and many people dislike it. |
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| Tiptup | Jul 6 2008, 06:27 PM Post #20 |
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THERE'S an underrated Zelda; Phantom Hourglass. I loved this game to bits. It features dome of the smartest Zelda puzzles for ages, the items were brilliant and exploration was top notch. I actually enjoyed the fishing for once, and Linebeck was a great character. :p @DMHowe: I found the dungeons and characters in TP fairly unmemorable actually, with the exception of the water temple one. I forgot completely about the gypsy woman, and she was probably the best character. I'd say the problem with TP is that they overshot on what we wanted :) It was too wide, and not deep enough. In laymen's terms it was about 8x3 while Majora's Mask was 4x6. The story and world were incredible, but the puzzles and character development were not as good. Another thing were the bosses, who were pretty dissapointing in TP. While they looked cool, they weren't challenging or even fun (with the exception of the Skull one, who was awesome, and Ganondorf, of course :p ). In Majora's mask the bosses, while resembling burnt food were challenging and fun and memorable. You could also play them again, which was awesome. If they combine Majora's Mask and TP, and create a 5x5 game that would be dandy. Although if they used the Wii's full power they could maybe achieve 6x7. |
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