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The Shaman of Sexy on 12 September 2009

I am 150% against digital distribution. I would rather pay the little extra if it means having a physical copy of what i buy. On Live and all like it needs to utterly fail.



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theprof00 on 12 September 2009
Senlis said:

Any entertainment/art industry is more original and innovative when it is young compared to when it is older.  Look at the movie industry for example.

Note that I never said I agreed with the games in the OPs #10 item.  Some of those were sequals.  But lets take a look at them.

Half-Life is not Quake.  Quake is multipayer based and Half-Life is not.  They are completely different experiences.  I question if you have even played them if you make that comaprison.

Grim Fandango: Well known famous game I've never gotten around to playing.

Resident Evil 2: Not really original or innovative.  Don't know why he put it in the list; maybe because it was 'epic'?

Zelda OoT: Mario 64 was the first major 3D game and Zelda was the first to do it in its genre and do it really well.  Saying it is ALttP in 3D is a huge leap.

Metal Gear Solid: Same statement as Zelda OoT.  Successful 2D to 3D is a major leap.

But more than that, I disagree with peoples' list when they say "but 20## was so cool, it had blah blah blah Tony Hawk 3 and GTA3" and I'm thinking they can't be serious.

gta3 was probably the biggest game of last gen. It pretty much created an entire genre, was the highest selling non-bundled game (besides GTA:SA), and reached out into mainstream media so eagerly that it made headlines like every week. People still make jokes and talk about what GTA3 did.

Talk about 2d to 3d....

 



Senlis on 12 September 2009
theprof00 said:
Senlis said:

Any entertainment/art industry is more original and innovative when it is young compared to when it is older.  Look at the movie industry for example.

Note that I never said I agreed with the games in the OPs #10 item.  Some of those were sequals.  But lets take a look at them.

Half-Life is not Quake.  Quake is multipayer based and Half-Life is not.  They are completely different experiences.  I question if you have even played them if you make that comaprison.

Grim Fandango: Well known famous game I've never gotten around to playing.

Resident Evil 2: Not really original or innovative.  Don't know why he put it in the list; maybe because it was 'epic'?

Zelda OoT: Mario 64 was the first major 3D game and Zelda was the first to do it in its genre and do it really well.  Saying it is ALttP in 3D is a huge leap.

Metal Gear Solid: Same statement as Zelda OoT.  Successful 2D to 3D is a major leap.

But more than that, I disagree with peoples' list when they say "but 20## was so cool, it had blah blah blah Tony Hawk 3 and GTA3" and I'm thinking they can't be serious.

gta3 was probably the biggest game of last gen. It pretty much created an entire genre, was the highest selling non-bundled game (besides GTA:SA), and reached out into mainstream media so eagerly that it made headlines like every week. People still make jokes and talk about what GTA3 did.

Talk about 2d to 3d....

 

You said it was biggest, highest selling and reached into the mainstream.  That does not mean innovative or original.

I don't know what genre you are talking about.  If you are referring to sandbox open world type game, there were games before GTA3 which did that.  As for the 2D to 3D transition, other games have already set the precedents on how to do that far before GTA3 came along.