Finally, a game that makes me not regret buying DS.

[Boneitis]

Rath said:

Boneitis said:

Rath said:

Boneitis said:

My expectations for cell phone games are low. I'm happy if they're remotely entertaining for more than 5 minutes. Doom RPG was fantastic, and I've played meteos quite a bit as well. But those only cost a few dollars.

DS games are considerably more expensive. So I wouldn't mind having more games of PSX and N64 quality on the DS. Even porting those games would be great for me, but they don't even do that.

It's not the quality of the games, its the style. There always has been a distinction between a handheld game and a console game (although the PSP does sit more on the console side than the handheld for game style). You can have a fantastically high quality handheld game that is nothing like a console game. Like the pokemon games for example, those are very much handheld games.

Well people expect almost PS2 quality for the PS2.

I don't think wanting PS1 and N64 quality on the DS is asking for too much. Its a very capable piece of hardware and I'd like to better efforts and even more ports of classic games.

And I disagree, the Pokemon games would be acceptable for the N64 and PS1. People bought SNES quality JRPGs for the PS1.

 

You seem to be missing that its not the quality of games Im talking about. Handheld games in general have a much more immediate, less cinematic style. They are there to be played when you want for as long as you want, whether it be five minutes on the loo or five hours on a bus trip. They also have to have control schemes with much less precision due to the fact that you might be playing on a bus or somewhere.

Console games are different experiences altogether, they often can't be immediately walked away from and as such often have more cinematic stylings, different styles of saving etc.

I don't agree. There are plenty of cinematic games on the DS. It doesn't matter how they're supposed to be played or for whatever amount of time. The damn thing goes to sleep when you close it, you open when you're ready to continue. Most people play their hand held consoles at home or while sitting around.  The only genre you can really play on a moving vehicle is a JRPG. The control scheme argument is not a good one. I mean playing a platformer or shooter does require much precision. So that means there are plenty of DS games that aren't travel friendly.

Maybe you feel DS should be kept simple and stripped down. But I feel wanting PS1 and N64 quality isn't asking for too much.