SvennoJ said:
Machina said:
Funnily enough one of the worst years for me. Not because I didn't play many, but because half of the games in the poll and 'other' list I played based on how acclaimed they were and just did not enjoy them in the slightest: Oblivion, Gears of War, Twilight Princess, Dead Rising, Wii Play, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, and Saints Row. And some were only decent, like Wii Sports, Call of Duty 3, Elite Beat Agents, Virtua Fighter 5, and LocoRoco. I had the most fun with MotorStorm, assuming the Japanese release date of 2006 counts. Followed very closely by NSMB, and then Daxter. |
Ah yeah Motorstorm released in December in Japan. What an awesome game, topped by the second installment (with 4 player split-screen added as well!), fell flat in the third :/
Motorstorm introduced the festival vibe which FH took to cringe levels lol. In Motorstorm it was basically just background to select vehicles and tracks. An awesome selection of very different vehicles that somehow balanced each other out in strength and weaknesses. Quite an achievement to have motor bikes and full on trucks balanced on the tracks thanks to the many different paths you could take. Great boost mechanic and kicking people from motorbikes and quads lol.
Quite a beautiful game too with mud physics and all. I wish this series would come back along with PGR and Burnout. Those were the days of arcade racing!
I guess I'm the heathen that didn't enjoy Twilight Princess much at all. Looks like it's running away with the poll yet after Wind Waker, TP was a disappointment. The art style, the music, the sounds, all yuck to me. I'm not a fan of moody Zelda games. But fair is fair, many people didn't like Wind Waker for its art style. Skyward Sword looked great again but had to eff it up with mandatory motion controls lol. SS did have better dungeons than Wind waker. I guess I'm still looking for the perfect Zelda game :) |
Completely agree about the MotorStorm series - 1 was a refreshing entry to the genre for the reasons you mentioned (plus a good start to the then-new generation with its visuals), Pacific Rift fleshed it out and added a lot more content, and then sadly Apocalypse went off the rails and was really mediocre. I did enjoy the Vita MotorStorm RC game though.
It's been over 10 years since then, so about time the series got a reboot.
