the_dengle said:
I see where you're coming from, but honestly I don't feel these two statements mesh together. Clearly you are willing to replay a game you enjoy at least six times. Why is that better than playing it a couple of times and then playing a different game cut from the same cloth? And the latter part of your post -- "I won't even entertain the thought of buying part 7, 8, 9, etc... of a franchise" -- is pure lunacy in my opinion if it means you've missed out on games like Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, any Zelda game at all, Half-Life 2 Episodes 1/2, Donkey Kong Country Returns... it depends upon your own tastes. I don't spend much time playing games myself, so I don't play a large selection, but I do play a wide variety. If you limit yourself only to original games and new IPs, you WILL miss out on some of the best experiences to be had on any console. Having a number in its title doesn't make a game less worthy of your time. I can definitely relate if what you mean is that once you've had a certain gaming experience, you've had it and you're ready to move on to a new one. But that wouldn't account for your playing Super Meat Boy 6 times. Why would you be so willing to do that, yet so unwilling to play Super Meat Boy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 one time apiece?
Nope, 3 Ultimate was never a Wii game. It will be a Wii U game, but that will be an HD port of the 3DS game. |
Why replay SMB over playing a new game cut from the same cloth? Because there is no similar game on the market of a comperable level of quality. Super Meat Boy is exceptionally good, a level of quality that I have never experienced elsewhere (well, other than Virtua Fighter 4). Additionally, it's a rather short game (I can rush through SMB to Golden God+ in one sitting) and I'm much more likely to replay / buy a sequel if a game is short. I don't think I made myself clear when I mentioned sequels but the whole point is to avoid spending countless hours replaying what is essentially the same game. How do Metroid Prime 3 and Super Mario Galaxy quality as the 7th+ derivative of the originals? Mario 64 and Metroid Prime made enough changes for me to consider them to be new. That being said, I couldn't even get through MP2 so I'll likely never get around to the third. Half-Life is one of my favorite franchises and Episodes 1 & 2 were short titles released nearly a decade after the original and even then I didn't exactly rush out to play Episode 2. While it was a great game, there's just no magic in Episode 2, it's all too familiar. Furthermore, Donkey Kong Country Returns is the first title in the series since 1996, that's more than enough time for something to feel at least somewhat fresh and new (I'm guessing here because I never played it). I'm not going to exclude games getting a complete overhaul in 3D or a similar sequel decades later. I'm mostly talking about uninspired drivel like New Super Mario Bros. 4 and Mario Kart 7.
