| allaboutthegames885 said: @ onikenshi: A console isn't great because of graphics, it's great because of the experiences that it delivers... And what could you get from the Neo Geo that you couldn't find in the arcades at that time? The only thing I could think of is privacy, and who needs that when it comes to gaming? Gaming is supposed to be a social experience, a community experience... When did gaming start conjuring up the image of the fat, introverted geek that lives in his parents' basement doing nothing but grinding on his video games for who-knows-what-reason? I'll tell you when, it was the 5th generation, around the time when the Saturn, N64, and your Playstation brands first came to light... The Game Boy's magic ability to make gaming a public thing was wearing thin and was only counteracted at a counter-cultural level by the Game Link Cable... Gaming became the thing you did at home, but lied about never doing just to be cool... And here I am on a rant because of what somebody said about graphics... My point is that you don't judge consoles on what their games look like, and you don't judge gamers on what one thinks that a typical gamer looks like... And furthermore, I applaud the ESRB's efforts to shake that image from people's heads because, while I am a fat, introverted geek, I don't really want people to consider me a stereotype, because I am a human being, and no real human being is a stereotype... *beats chest proudly* |
Ok, I ask that you read again what I typed, as the games I mentioned were great games, and metal slug was an mp game, along with the Sengoku series and any fighting game that could involve multiple people. I remember playing KoF with up to 6 people (each would pick a character while 2 played at a time). So yes, Neo Geo had a good amount of great multiplayer games just like the next system. And I don't care if you consider yourself a "fat, introverted geek", if you can take a joke and tell a joke, join in on some game parties then hey, you a cool dude. Even the most withdrawn people can be brought out of their shell to have fun so that's cool. And if anything I am one of the first to say that graphics aren't everything, I for one thought The Magic of Scheherazade (NES game) was better than all Zelda games that came out AFTER Ocarina of Time. I prefer Garou: Mark of the Wolves (Neo Geo game) more than SF4 with its shiny graphics. Just plz re-read what I typed before and you realize that I mentioned some great games in the Neo Geo library. Because alot of it's games were arcadey, there was alot of multiplayer offered, metal slug, sengoku, any fighting game (and there were many), blue's journey, metal slug, Aero Combat 1,2,3, etc. Chrono Trigger was one of the very few SNES titles that truly appealed to me. Yes it is undeniable that the SNES had a great library, but I feel that the Neo Geo not only had alot of better overall games but as an ADDED bonus it had considerably better graphics. So although graphics are by no means a priority, even if all things are equal the last thing to look at will be graphics which Neo Geo had on top of its amazing library. A good testament is try purchasing an SNES on ebay and do the same with a Neo Geo system.
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