EPTI guess I was spoiled by the golden age of games, but majority of AAA release games haven't been pushing the envelopes at all. That's not to say they aren't fun, but it's like publishers have quit trying.
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wei2coolman
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I guess I was spoiled by the golden age of games, but majority of AAA release games haven't been pushing the envelopes at all. That's not to say they aren't fun, but it's like publishers have quit trying. | ||
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Kyrie
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Gahlo
United States35160 Posts
On February 27 2014 07:21 Alzadar wrote: Speaking of which, why has the WiiU marketing been so pathetic? When the Wii came out they had crazy good ad campaigns and basically everyone and their mother and their grandmother's retirement home was buying Wiis. Like my dad bought a Wii sort of out of the blue, he doesn't even play games. But the same people who were caught in the hype wave before don't even know that the WiiU exists. Because Nintendo had this bright idea to release a system without putting out any of their flagship franchises on it. No Smash Bros yet, no Zelda(afaik) even announced outside of a Dynasty Warriors reskin, Donkey Kong just came out like a week ago at most, no Metroid, took till black friday to get a Mario game. It was supposed to be a big deal that Bayonetta 2 was going to be an exclusive yet that hasn't come out either. On February 27 2014 07:33 Kyrie wrote: they're probably still trying, but you may have become harder to impress Cover based shooters have been standard for what, a decade now? What have they done since? | ||
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Alzadar
Canada5009 Posts
On February 27 2014 07:34 Gahlo wrote: Because Nintendo had this bright idea to release a system without putting out any of their flagship franchises on it. No Smash Bros yet, no Zelda(afaik) even announced outside of a Dynasty Warriors reskin, Donkey Kong just came out like a week ago at most, no Metroid, took till black friday to get a Mario game. It was supposed to be a big deal that Bayonetta 2 was going to be an exclusive yet that hasn't come out either. Cover based shooters have been standard for what, a decade now? What have they done since? That can't be the reason, because the demographic I was referring to doesn't care at all about flagship franchises. They bought a Wii and they played WiiSports, WiiPlay and maybe WiiResort if they were a really hardcore gamer. | ||
onlywonderboy
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mordek
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kainzero
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onlywonderboy
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Alzadar
Canada5009 Posts
On February 27 2014 07:47 kainzero wrote: WiiSports is a fantastically designed game. It tends to get slept on because casuals play it, but the motion controls were friendly and spot on and the games were fun except for boxing. People really underestimate how key WiiSports was as a launch title. Wtf was up with boxing. Nobody I knew could ever get much out of it, except my quadriplegic uncle who seemed to enjoy virtually beating up all his able-bodied brothers. | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
On February 27 2014 07:52 Alzadar wrote: Wtf was up with boxing. Nobody I knew could ever get much out of it, except my quadriplegic uncle who seemed to enjoy virtually beating up all his able-bodied brothers. I still have no idea how you actually play that game. WiiSports Resort is pretty legit. I'd say all the games/sports are enjoyable with a few being the classic ones you can replay a bunch. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On February 27 2014 07:51 onlywonderboy wrote: I still wanna build my PC, but the Wii U has some appealing games: Wind Waker HD, Mario 3D World, Pikman 3, Wonderful 101, ZombiU, (eventually) Smash Bros. And then whatever else Nintendo cooks up. Just build the fucking PC already. | ||
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Alzadar
Canada5009 Posts
Also I can feel smugly superior to other gamers who clearly haven't built a PC when they ask moronic questions like "Why did you need a power supply, can't you plug it in to the wall?" | ||
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onlywonderboy
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Shelke14
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Fusilero
United Kingdom50293 Posts
Especially when you cheap out on the cooling thinking it can totally handle it only for your PC to be eternally on the verge of exploding to the point where you only use your laptop. Yeah my first building experience wasn't fun in the end, at least lessons were learnt. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On February 27 2014 08:20 onlywonderboy wrote: But so daunting only if you're mentally challenged and have the hand eye coordination of a blind Parkinson patient. | ||
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Shelke14
Canada6655 Posts
Well I have news for you buds! I deserve to be accepted even if I'm a lowly pre-built master race. Still a master race | ||
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onlywonderboy
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Fusilero
United Kingdom50293 Posts
On February 27 2014 08:26 Shelke14 wrote: I love how you took the glorious PC master race over console peasants and even created a hole between PC pre-built sand PC self-built. Well I have news for you buds! I deserve to be accepted even if I'm a lowly pre-built master race. Still a master race There are degrees of master race though, builders are more master. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35160 Posts
On February 27 2014 07:40 Alzadar wrote: That can't be the reason, because the demographic I was referring to doesn't care at all about flagship franchises. They bought a Wii and they played WiiSports, WiiPlay and maybe WiiResort if they were a really hardcore gamer. Because what the Wii U actually is isn't clear. Nintendo did a super shitty job about focusing on the new controller and not the physical system that so many people don't even know it's another console. Hardcore/casual, when refering to games, is probably one of the most cancerous, masturbatory things ever. On February 27 2014 08:16 Alzadar wrote: Seriously building your first PC is like a religious experience. No gamer should eschew it. I feel much closer to my beautiful black box knowing that every little piece was carefully shoved together by my loving hands. Also I can feel smugly superior to other gamers who clearly haven't built a PC when they ask moronic questions like "Why did you need a power supply, can't you plug it in to the wall?" Ugh, I want to make a computer of my own so bad but I never seem to have the money unless like my last situation when I needed to buy a laptop. Shitty mobile graphics card ahoy. Meanwhile friends call me to put their together. -.- On February 27 2014 08:27 Fusilero wrote: There are degrees of master race though, builders are more master. Builders that cool with air are poseurs. | ||
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