| MaxwellGT2000 said: Very good point about GT, honestly I have my PS1 copy, not really played the series since but when you think of a Sony game dominating a genre that would be it. I'm not sure about singing games especially when you think that's apart of Rock Band and Guitar Hero now, even then it's hard for me to give them the clear win. Adventure is a strong point for them its true, but at least for me, they have yet to perfect it (though I've been playing SotC which is pretty awesome), but you look at things like Uncharted 1&2 and while they're really good story, graphics, and gameplay it lacked the real adventure feel to me like the original Tomb Raiders had, basically because Uncharted is fairly linear and the things you have to find are almost given to you, adventure is supposed to be venturing into the unknown and finding cool things along the way, like a secret passage that gives you a badass item. My idea of domination though is not only scores, but a mixture of sales, scores, fans, popularity, etc. and if you want to talk the adventure genre, no one can deny that Zelda just rules that, its got the sales, its always getting big marks, and when you ask the average joe to tell you the one adventure game he knows/wants/likes/played it'll likely be Zelda, ask a more avid gamer and you get more diverse responses like your uncharted, MGS, or SotC. |
I would hope most of us are going under presumption of such. We'd all place our own values differently and would likely base our answer accordingly. For me, it'd be my own personal experience as well as peer respect among the development community as the leading indications... I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I thought of this as solely being a measure of percieved mastery in respected genres as opposed to an accumulation of criteria.
That is to say, I think of it unlike how Football dominates the ratings on Superbowl Sunday and more akin to how Earthbound (just an example, I know you're a big fan) dominates the RPG scene.
Under those criteria, I think SotC could easily stand toe-to-toe with any adventure game.
About Singstar: I agree. I may have been a bit too far reaching (or rooting!) for that one. It's one hell of an additcting game.
With Uncharted, I've always thought of them as more action-oriented than adventure. They certainly don't make for great adventure games.
