KungKras said:
Scoobes said:
KungKras said:
Blizzard games are always the main dish to me, so I too try to chose a console to best compliment my PC. And that console has always been Nintendo or Sega consoles.
Why I don't find the PS1 and PS2 complete is because all their games are third party, even their firts party games all feel Third party-ish. Racing games all look the same without anything to differentiate them, the platformers were all croc-clones although I love Spyro. I just didn't find those consoles appealing for anything else than JRPGs and games with mainstream content like a Dunald duck game I wanted when I was a kid but couldn't have because it was on PS2, same with kingdom hearts, I thought "A disney game, awesome, I want this" Little did I know that disney games were only common on Nintendo playforms in the SNES days. the Playstations had some great series from the NES/SNES days too. This is why I think that the only great contribution Sony made to gaming was to force me to chose between two consoles, or buy two to get a complete console gaming experience.
You could argue that the Playstations had very complete libraries when it came to genres, but I'm talking about how complete a library is when it comes to experiences. The playstations had nothing that -felt- like Zelda or Sonic. They did not have the Nintendo experience, but managed to somewhat emulate the Sega experience. They had the mainstream games, and nothing else that interrested me.
Maybe it's just me, everyone around me just goes on and on about how good the Playstations were. I never saw the point with them, though. I also can't stand ketchup, wich is another thing I seem to disagree with the majority about.
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Ketchup?! There is something wrong with you ;)
Seriously though, although PS1 & 2 didn't have a Zelda or a Sonic, they had some pretty unique or at least original game experiences on both of the previous gen consoles (both 1st & 3rd party). On PS1 you had your fair share of JRPGs, but you also had unique experiences (for the time) like MGS and the survival horror genre was literally created on PS1. Games like Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Dino Crisis were my staple on the PS1 at that time.
On PS2 we had the introduction of the Team Ico games which again give unique game experiences that have not really been done before or after in the same way.
you might not have had the Nintendo experience, but I don't think trying to emulate the Nintendo experience would have gotten Sony anywhere in the gaming market. The reason they were sucessful is because they created an experience and image that was very different to Nintendo.
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I could nitpick and say that Survival horror was born on the PC with Alone in the Dark :P. But I get your point.
Still, I always get the feeling that pre PS1, I could buy a console and get a complete experience that rivals the competition in every way. And post PS1 if I bought a console, there was always something missing.
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You sure that's not to do with nostalgia? I know my viewpoint can become very skewed when it comes to talking about older games :P
They just had something special back then. When gaming was still 2D there was an element of your own imgination being able to fill in the blanks.
