Kwaidd said:
Unfortunately for you, you read quickly and misunderstood what I was saying in the sentence you bolded. I was not infering that dead space in particular IS going to be this awesome game that could win awards. I don't know that, and was not trying to infer that. I was merely stating that its rediculous for people to totally bash rail shooters as a genre, as if they could never be done so well as to blow people's minds and win awards. That's all I'm saying, is that people need to give games of all types a chance to prove themselves one way or another. Before they praise or condemn them. Still feeling as cocky? - kw |
First off; name one, only one will suffice. Second; denying that most on rails shooters are a step back from third person shooters (which you didn't openly say, I'm simply musing over the fact that this must be your stance on the issue) is very strange indeed, even as a person who absolutely hates 3rd person shooters I'll easily confirm that, as a genre, they're a whole lot more engaging and fun and the depth will almost always be far ahead of any on rails shooter.
My point is that on rails shooters have never proven themselves to be particularly worthwhile on home consoles while 3rd person shooters have and that the whining in this case is totally understandable, seeing as Dead Space was a well reviewed and well recieved game on the HD platforms and seems to have been torn and reduced into a rather cheap halfassed spin-off, more or less, that shortsticks Wii users. Expecting this iteration of Dead Space to perform anywhere near the original in quality and value (note; I hated Dead Space but the world didn't, it seems) is quite naive in my opinion (game of the year, look up previous winners, it should deterr you from thinking an on rails shooter will ever even be close).
Cocky, eh? I certainly don't see myself being worse than you in this case, leaping into the air to defend a genre that's been virtually dead since the glory days of arcades and proclaiming that there's no need to feel disappointed in losing the opportunity to play a game the way it was originally meant to be played (again). Either, you are very fond of on rails games or you don't realize that the rest of the world really isn't. Even if one on rails shooter one day turned out both fantastic with revolutionary gameplay (allthough, it is quite limited how you can execute such games) and awesome mechanics that scores very high and sells bucketloads, it still means nothing in regards to this particular title, which is what vagabond was talking about. Based on the history of this genre on home consoles, we have no reason to believe that this will be a great game, perhaps not even good and if you can't recognize that, then I don't think there's much else I can do.
PS: I really don't get why some posters sign their posts with username or initials, its not a letter to the state nor is it ever hard to distinguish your posts from others. What's the point? (Off topic, yes, just curious, several people in here do this).
