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Today on the way home from work I picked up a second hand copy of Viewtiful Joe. I've been looking forward to this game for a while, it looks really playable, just my sort of game.
Now having played it, I'm left feeling a bit deflated to be honest :O/ I keep looking at this character Joe and wishing he could do so much more stuff. He runs really slowly, he can't block, his range of moves seems limited in some ways and arbritrary in others - what's the difference between punching and kicking? Why not just have an 'Attack' button? It got better as I got used to it, but I expected this game to grip me by the throat from the get-go, not have me wondering what else I could be doing after half an hours play. Anyone else get this?
Even worse is that yesterday, my girlfriend came home with Medal of Honour: Allied Assault for the Cube. It's not the sort of game I'd buy myself, but it was cheap, so what the hell. We didn't get time to play it last night, so I slotted it in after an hour or so on VJ. What a bland, barren mess of a game. I despise first-person shooters on consoles, none moreso than MoHAA - I lost all interest in playing the game literally right after I ran up to the captain and couldn't hear what he was saying. I wandered around the beachfront trying to shoot my own soldiers until I got killed by the Germans. I don't know if I'm just disillusioned at the moment, but I've just played two new GC games that stink. If F-Zero sucks like this, I will bin my Cube :O|
Any of you bought games with high expectations only to have them let down when you actually play the thing?
Now having played it, I'm left feeling a bit deflated to be honest :O/ I keep looking at this character Joe and wishing he could do so much more stuff. He runs really slowly, he can't block, his range of moves seems limited in some ways and arbritrary in others - what's the difference between punching and kicking? Why not just have an 'Attack' button? It got better as I got used to it, but I expected this game to grip me by the throat from the get-go, not have me wondering what else I could be doing after half an hours play. Anyone else get this?
Even worse is that yesterday, my girlfriend came home with Medal of Honour: Allied Assault for the Cube. It's not the sort of game I'd buy myself, but it was cheap, so what the hell. We didn't get time to play it last night, so I slotted it in after an hour or so on VJ. What a bland, barren mess of a game. I despise first-person shooters on consoles, none moreso than MoHAA - I lost all interest in playing the game literally right after I ran up to the captain and couldn't hear what he was saying. I wandered around the beachfront trying to shoot my own soldiers until I got killed by the Germans. I don't know if I'm just disillusioned at the moment, but I've just played two new GC games that stink. If F-Zero sucks like this, I will bin my Cube :O|
Any of you bought games with high expectations only to have them let down when you actually play the thing?
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F-Zero GX sucks.
*waits to be attacked*
*waits to be attacked*
Well I love F-Zero GX, but I certainly wouldn't give Mario Kart anything more than 8/10. It really was a textbook disappointment and I just can't believe anyone who tells me they were completely satisfied with it.
I'm sorry, but look at the battle levels!
I'm sorry, but look at the battle levels!
Glad i got Viewtiful its hard, hectic and brilliant!
He runs slow...
...you are obviously still on the first level.
...you are obviously still on the first level.
Maverick42 wrote:
> Well I love F-Zero GX, but I certainly wouldn't give Mario Kart
> anything more than 8/10. It really was a textbook disappointment and
> I just can't believe anyone who tells me they were completely
> satisfied with it.
>
> I'm sorry, but look at the battle levels!
No I'm overally impressed. Best Mario Kart to date.
> Well I love F-Zero GX, but I certainly wouldn't give Mario Kart
> anything more than 8/10. It really was a textbook disappointment and
> I just can't believe anyone who tells me they were completely
> satisfied with it.
>
> I'm sorry, but look at the battle levels!
No I'm overally impressed. Best Mario Kart to date.
I know exactly what you mean about Medal of Honor: FRONTLINE!
I remember getting this game some-months-back as a GAD prize, expecting it to be `something specialŽ after reading and hearing so-much about it from people who had already played it on the PS.2.
Now, I know it suffers a fair-bit as a "port" to the GameCube, but after failing several times to even try and "understand" that very first mission, I haven't even touched this game since!
I remember running up to that bloke, also, as he had to tell me where to go next... I understood what he said, and did as I was told - but he was still telling me I was going the wrong way, even though I was heading in the 'right' direction! And, because of it, I died, and developed a big grudge for this game!
But it's still one I'd `likeŽ to have completed at some point in the future - even if that means using an Action Replay for an Invincibility cheat to help me until I find out where exactly he does-and-doesn't want me to go!
But I haven't tried Viewtiful Joe yet. I've been looking forward to it for a long while now, but I really want to finish Skies of Arcadia Legends, first. And I must admit, this was one game that didn't instantly have me 'hooked' either - despite what I had read. But once I had a better understanding of it all, and knew how everything worked, I came to love this RPG like any other. And it now goes right-up-there, with Zelda! :)
I remember getting this game some-months-back as a GAD prize, expecting it to be `something specialŽ after reading and hearing so-much about it from people who had already played it on the PS.2.
Now, I know it suffers a fair-bit as a "port" to the GameCube, but after failing several times to even try and "understand" that very first mission, I haven't even touched this game since!
I remember running up to that bloke, also, as he had to tell me where to go next... I understood what he said, and did as I was told - but he was still telling me I was going the wrong way, even though I was heading in the 'right' direction! And, because of it, I died, and developed a big grudge for this game!
But it's still one I'd `likeŽ to have completed at some point in the future - even if that means using an Action Replay for an Invincibility cheat to help me until I find out where exactly he does-and-doesn't want me to go!
But I haven't tried Viewtiful Joe yet. I've been looking forward to it for a long while now, but I really want to finish Skies of Arcadia Legends, first. And I must admit, this was one game that didn't instantly have me 'hooked' either - despite what I had read. But once I had a better understanding of it all, and knew how everything worked, I came to love this RPG like any other. And it now goes right-up-there, with Zelda! :)
I cannot believe Frontline was called one of the best games on PS2 when it appeared. Or something like that.
Ridiculous.
Ridiculous.
It was a very immersive experience - amazing with surround sound. I would still say it's the best FPS game I've ever played, but I don't like the genre.
The PS2 version is shockingly poor.
I hate all Medal of Honour games. Although I really want Rising Sun, simply because it's an FPS.
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