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It's so obvious, even a fool could see it, the Playstation and Playstation 2 are aimed at adults and these are the consoles we should be playing. Give your N64 to your little cousin or your brother and get a Playstation.
The evidence is easy to spot, just look at the titles on offer. The Playstation boasts many adult orientated games such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Muppet racing and Seasame Street. How can the N64 compete when it only has childish games such as Perfect Dark, Goldeneye, Turok and not to mention the kiddies games Quake 2 and Conkers Bad Fur Day.
Ok, to be fair, the N64 has a few adult games, like Mario (far too difficult for kids to complete), Banjo Kazooe (how do you expect kids to solve those puzzles?) and Diddy Kong racing (children have problems controlling the planes) but compared to the overwhelming odds of Playstation titles such as Super Bombad racing and Disney's Dinosaur, it doesn't really fit in to any adults life at all.
So that's why I say, give your N64 away to some kid that deserves it and be content to play all of your adult games on a truly adult console.
The evidence is easy to spot, just look at the titles on offer. The Playstation boasts many adult orientated games such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Muppet racing and Seasame Street. How can the N64 compete when it only has childish games such as Perfect Dark, Goldeneye, Turok and not to mention the kiddies games Quake 2 and Conkers Bad Fur Day.
Ok, to be fair, the N64 has a few adult games, like Mario (far too difficult for kids to complete), Banjo Kazooe (how do you expect kids to solve those puzzles?) and Diddy Kong racing (children have problems controlling the planes) but compared to the overwhelming odds of Playstation titles such as Super Bombad racing and Disney's Dinosaur, it doesn't really fit in to any adults life at all.
So that's why I say, give your N64 away to some kid that deserves it and be content to play all of your adult games on a truly adult console.
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Nope Goldeneye never had any hype. It was sold by the game itself....and a film by a cerain name, but I am here to talk about games so I won't mention it.
It was greeted by mass praise by all of the magazines I read and they all loved it to death. I doubt though that they could have imagined the success that the game would have. I also bet that they never realised that the non-sequel to the game would be so damn near PERFECT.
Perfect Dark was mind blowing when it was first released. Not that it isn't today but it has lost some of that WOW factor because of many games supassing the exelence that is Perfect Dark.
If you were asked what first person shooter was better than Perfect Dark or Goldeneye what would you say? I bet most of you would say Timesplitters. Who was this game made by?....that right Free Radical design...and who are FRD. They are ex employees of Rare that broke off from the company to make games for a different console.
So is it Rare that brings the games to the next level or was it the fact that the Ps2 is much more powerful than the N64? I will leave you to decide.
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It was greeted by mass praise by all of the magazines I read and they all loved it to death. I doubt though that they could have imagined the success that the game would have. I also bet that they never realised that the non-sequel to the game would be so damn near PERFECT.
Perfect Dark was mind blowing when it was first released. Not that it isn't today but it has lost some of that WOW factor because of many games supassing the exelence that is Perfect Dark.
If you were asked what first person shooter was better than Perfect Dark or Goldeneye what would you say? I bet most of you would say Timesplitters. Who was this game made by?....that right Free Radical design...and who are FRD. They are ex employees of Rare that broke off from the company to make games for a different console.
So is it Rare that brings the games to the next level or was it the fact that the Ps2 is much more powerful than the N64? I will leave you to decide.
(;o|
I think Fur Fighters is a class act game.
You mean Goldeneye didn't have any hype? Yikes! I must have imagined it. ;-)
No, the reason these games get hyped is the audience they appeal to. If the only people that hype games are those that like gory detail, guns and fast cars then the games that contain these are bound to get hyped.
However, my real view is that so called 'kiddies' games aren't for kids anyway. It's market perception. How many kids can complete Mario or Banjo for instance. Yes, it may contain cartoon characters, so that means that the Simpsons is for kids? Ok, so it may be cute, that means the new movie Shrek is for kids? You see what I mean? It's the perception that people have and the fact that they can't play something that doesn't look cool. Talk about peer pressure.
Be an individual - play what you think is FUN, not what the market or your friends are led to believe is the right game for you.
No, the reason these games get hyped is the audience they appeal to. If the only people that hype games are those that like gory detail, guns and fast cars then the games that contain these are bound to get hyped.
However, my real view is that so called 'kiddies' games aren't for kids anyway. It's market perception. How many kids can complete Mario or Banjo for instance. Yes, it may contain cartoon characters, so that means that the Simpsons is for kids? Ok, so it may be cute, that means the new movie Shrek is for kids? You see what I mean? It's the perception that people have and the fact that they can't play something that doesn't look cool. Talk about peer pressure.
Be an individual - play what you think is FUN, not what the market or your friends are led to believe is the right game for you.
I think I get your point, (not too sure though, could you make it a little more obvious?) but the problem is not the number or ratio of adult games to kiddie games, but the flagship titles, as it were.
Nintendo have Mario and Zelda. To be honest, I rate CBFD as a kiddies game, seeing as it's very cartoony and uses several toilet gags. Goldeneye and Perfect dark are there too, but fall in the shadows of the Mario Karts and suchlike when it comes to synonimity (is that a word?) with the N64.
Mention the PSX, however, and the games that spring to mind are Resident Evil, Tekken, Gran Turismo and the like. Crash bandicoot really doesn't count, in my opinion. It's just not associated with the console in the same way, People don't get hyped about the release of the next crash bandicoot game, they... well, you get the idea.
Nintendo have Mario and Zelda. To be honest, I rate CBFD as a kiddies game, seeing as it's very cartoony and uses several toilet gags. Goldeneye and Perfect dark are there too, but fall in the shadows of the Mario Karts and suchlike when it comes to synonimity (is that a word?) with the N64.
Mention the PSX, however, and the games that spring to mind are Resident Evil, Tekken, Gran Turismo and the like. Crash bandicoot really doesn't count, in my opinion. It's just not associated with the console in the same way, People don't get hyped about the release of the next crash bandicoot game, they... well, you get the idea.
It's so obvious, even a fool could see it, the Playstation and Playstation 2 are aimed at adults and these are the consoles we should be playing. Give your N64 to your little cousin or your brother and get a Playstation.
The evidence is easy to spot, just look at the titles on offer. The Playstation boasts many adult orientated games such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Muppet racing and Seasame Street. How can the N64 compete when it only has childish games such as Perfect Dark, Goldeneye, Turok and not to mention the kiddies games Quake 2 and Conkers Bad Fur Day.
Ok, to be fair, the N64 has a few adult games, like Mario (far too difficult for kids to complete), Banjo Kazooe (how do you expect kids to solve those puzzles?) and Diddy Kong racing (children have problems controlling the planes) but compared to the overwhelming odds of Playstation titles such as Super Bombad racing and Disney's Dinosaur, it doesn't really fit in to any adults life at all.
So that's why I say, give your N64 away to some kid that deserves it and be content to play all of your adult games on a truly adult console.
The evidence is easy to spot, just look at the titles on offer. The Playstation boasts many adult orientated games such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Muppet racing and Seasame Street. How can the N64 compete when it only has childish games such as Perfect Dark, Goldeneye, Turok and not to mention the kiddies games Quake 2 and Conkers Bad Fur Day.
Ok, to be fair, the N64 has a few adult games, like Mario (far too difficult for kids to complete), Banjo Kazooe (how do you expect kids to solve those puzzles?) and Diddy Kong racing (children have problems controlling the planes) but compared to the overwhelming odds of Playstation titles such as Super Bombad racing and Disney's Dinosaur, it doesn't really fit in to any adults life at all.
So that's why I say, give your N64 away to some kid that deserves it and be content to play all of your adult games on a truly adult console.
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