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I have compiled quite a lot of games at the mo and it's not until just recently that I have noticed something. My whole collection is full of popular games; games that have been hyped up in the media and received a lot of recognition. Right now, I don't no why I'm complaining! That's supposed to be a good thing, keeping up with the times and all, right?
Browsing the shelves of Electronic Boutique, I was immediately shocked by the astounding amount of PS2 games I had actually never heard of. They were all bunched together like lost items that had been victims of injustice...well, some. Plus, the fact that all the really popular games had shelves to themselves didn't exactly help the situation. I just couldn't believe it! I'm the sort of person that likes to keep up to date, knowing what new things have arrived in case it may be of interest, and seeing this parade of unheard of games was a massive blow.
Looking at the shelves there were a lot of games there that appealed to me. Firstly, I saw 'Aggressive Inline Skating'. Now, I don't know if it's just me, but I didn't even know such a game was going to be made, yet alone be released. This is a game made by the creators of Tony Hawks, just showing the injustice I'm talking about. If a new Tony Hawks was in the making we would all hear of it with no avail, but no, just because it's rollerblading we didn't have the right to know about it. Pfft
Along with this title, I especially noticed a lot of racing games that again I didn't know existed. The likes of 'Burnout 2', 'World Rally Championship Extreme' and 'Colin McRae Rally 3' had showered over such titles like 'London Racer' and 'Auto Modellista', two very good racing games. And it made me wonder why some games get so much recognition, in certain cases undeserved, and others don't? Are magazines and the Internet wrongly rating games therefore propelling the wrong opinions to its audiences. That seems to be the case.
There were a huge range of games - platformers, racing, beat'em ups etc - and I never had the slightest clue that they were around. This for me is very bad because for all I know I could be missing out on a lot of very good games, or even classics. It's not games magazines that determine classic titles, but yourself. Don't forget when you read reviews that they are documented opinions which may be coming from somebody totally unlike yourself, having different tastes and so on. I do admit, when I'm stuck for an idea of what a game is like I turn to mag or net reviews, but always making sure to compare different reviewers' statements. That is why I find the ukreviews site very convenient.
This isn't just my opinion, but probably everybody's in the right mind. All games should equally receive the same amount of attention as another, so that gamers can always keep intact with what's out there. Some games get terribly hyped up that all eyes are on them, whilst other games simply wither away unattended, with just a simple glance to their name.
I recently purchased Tiger Woods PGA 2003, a game that I had rarely heard about in the media, due to a lot of sound rumours of its quality...and for once the rumours didn't lie. It has to be THE best golf title around, and here's me previously thinking that it was another shabby creation from the EAsports lab. I do apologise.
Release charts I find are very useful, but incredibly biased. Look in any games magazine and you'll see how they blow up certain positive perspectives of a hyped up title and simply leave the rest next to their release dates without a single note of what they too are about. I know they may not have space or the time to do so, but it's just blatantly obvious when games are singled out.
In my mind, there are just too many underrated games around that aren't receiving their deserved amount of recognition. All those hyped up and popular games only last for a while and it won't be long until you'll be searching for something new; this is where the ignored games come in. Trust me, just because you have never heard of a certain title doesn't mean you won't like it. Different gamers have different tastes and there's always a game lying about that may solely appeal to yourself.
For once, dish those overrated titles *hint hint MGS2* and go for something different...a choice you would consider out of the norm...and be completely surprised!
Thanks for your time
Browsing the shelves of Electronic Boutique, I was immediately shocked by the astounding amount of PS2 games I had actually never heard of. They were all bunched together like lost items that had been victims of injustice...well, some. Plus, the fact that all the really popular games had shelves to themselves didn't exactly help the situation. I just couldn't believe it! I'm the sort of person that likes to keep up to date, knowing what new things have arrived in case it may be of interest, and seeing this parade of unheard of games was a massive blow.
Looking at the shelves there were a lot of games there that appealed to me. Firstly, I saw 'Aggressive Inline Skating'. Now, I don't know if it's just me, but I didn't even know such a game was going to be made, yet alone be released. This is a game made by the creators of Tony Hawks, just showing the injustice I'm talking about. If a new Tony Hawks was in the making we would all hear of it with no avail, but no, just because it's rollerblading we didn't have the right to know about it. Pfft
Along with this title, I especially noticed a lot of racing games that again I didn't know existed. The likes of 'Burnout 2', 'World Rally Championship Extreme' and 'Colin McRae Rally 3' had showered over such titles like 'London Racer' and 'Auto Modellista', two very good racing games. And it made me wonder why some games get so much recognition, in certain cases undeserved, and others don't? Are magazines and the Internet wrongly rating games therefore propelling the wrong opinions to its audiences. That seems to be the case.
There were a huge range of games - platformers, racing, beat'em ups etc - and I never had the slightest clue that they were around. This for me is very bad because for all I know I could be missing out on a lot of very good games, or even classics. It's not games magazines that determine classic titles, but yourself. Don't forget when you read reviews that they are documented opinions which may be coming from somebody totally unlike yourself, having different tastes and so on. I do admit, when I'm stuck for an idea of what a game is like I turn to mag or net reviews, but always making sure to compare different reviewers' statements. That is why I find the ukreviews site very convenient.
This isn't just my opinion, but probably everybody's in the right mind. All games should equally receive the same amount of attention as another, so that gamers can always keep intact with what's out there. Some games get terribly hyped up that all eyes are on them, whilst other games simply wither away unattended, with just a simple glance to their name.
I recently purchased Tiger Woods PGA 2003, a game that I had rarely heard about in the media, due to a lot of sound rumours of its quality...and for once the rumours didn't lie. It has to be THE best golf title around, and here's me previously thinking that it was another shabby creation from the EAsports lab. I do apologise.
Release charts I find are very useful, but incredibly biased. Look in any games magazine and you'll see how they blow up certain positive perspectives of a hyped up title and simply leave the rest next to their release dates without a single note of what they too are about. I know they may not have space or the time to do so, but it's just blatantly obvious when games are singled out.
In my mind, there are just too many underrated games around that aren't receiving their deserved amount of recognition. All those hyped up and popular games only last for a while and it won't be long until you'll be searching for something new; this is where the ignored games come in. Trust me, just because you have never heard of a certain title doesn't mean you won't like it. Different gamers have different tastes and there's always a game lying about that may solely appeal to yourself.
For once, dish those overrated titles *hint hint MGS2* and go for something different...a choice you would consider out of the norm...and be completely surprised!
Thanks for your time
It just seems similar and I must have taken in the wrong information. Still, it's a fine addition to the extreme sports collection that at least deserved more attention than it did, especially being the first and probably the best rollerblading game around.
Actually Agressive Inline is made by a totally different company but it is a damn decent game that at least matches Tony Hawks 3 if not betters it... not 4 though.
I have compiled quite a lot of games at the mo and it's not until just recently that I have noticed something. My whole collection is full of popular games; games that have been hyped up in the media and received a lot of recognition. Right now, I don't no why I'm complaining! That's supposed to be a good thing, keeping up with the times and all, right?
Browsing the shelves of Electronic Boutique, I was immediately shocked by the astounding amount of PS2 games I had actually never heard of. They were all bunched together like lost items that had been victims of injustice...well, some. Plus, the fact that all the really popular games had shelves to themselves didn't exactly help the situation. I just couldn't believe it! I'm the sort of person that likes to keep up to date, knowing what new things have arrived in case it may be of interest, and seeing this parade of unheard of games was a massive blow.
Looking at the shelves there were a lot of games there that appealed to me. Firstly, I saw 'Aggressive Inline Skating'. Now, I don't know if it's just me, but I didn't even know such a game was going to be made, yet alone be released. This is a game made by the creators of Tony Hawks, just showing the injustice I'm talking about. If a new Tony Hawks was in the making we would all hear of it with no avail, but no, just because it's rollerblading we didn't have the right to know about it. Pfft
Along with this title, I especially noticed a lot of racing games that again I didn't know existed. The likes of 'Burnout 2', 'World Rally Championship Extreme' and 'Colin McRae Rally 3' had showered over such titles like 'London Racer' and 'Auto Modellista', two very good racing games. And it made me wonder why some games get so much recognition, in certain cases undeserved, and others don't? Are magazines and the Internet wrongly rating games therefore propelling the wrong opinions to its audiences. That seems to be the case.
There were a huge range of games - platformers, racing, beat'em ups etc - and I never had the slightest clue that they were around. This for me is very bad because for all I know I could be missing out on a lot of very good games, or even classics. It's not games magazines that determine classic titles, but yourself. Don't forget when you read reviews that they are documented opinions which may be coming from somebody totally unlike yourself, having different tastes and so on. I do admit, when I'm stuck for an idea of what a game is like I turn to mag or net reviews, but always making sure to compare different reviewers' statements. That is why I find the ukreviews site very convenient.
This isn't just my opinion, but probably everybody's in the right mind. All games should equally receive the same amount of attention as another, so that gamers can always keep intact with what's out there. Some games get terribly hyped up that all eyes are on them, whilst other games simply wither away unattended, with just a simple glance to their name.
I recently purchased Tiger Woods PGA 2003, a game that I had rarely heard about in the media, due to a lot of sound rumours of its quality...and for once the rumours didn't lie. It has to be THE best golf title around, and here's me previously thinking that it was another shabby creation from the EAsports lab. I do apologise.
Release charts I find are very useful, but incredibly biased. Look in any games magazine and you'll see how they blow up certain positive perspectives of a hyped up title and simply leave the rest next to their release dates without a single note of what they too are about. I know they may not have space or the time to do so, but it's just blatantly obvious when games are singled out.
In my mind, there are just too many underrated games around that aren't receiving their deserved amount of recognition. All those hyped up and popular games only last for a while and it won't be long until you'll be searching for something new; this is where the ignored games come in. Trust me, just because you have never heard of a certain title doesn't mean you won't like it. Different gamers have different tastes and there's always a game lying about that may solely appeal to yourself.
For once, dish those overrated titles *hint hint MGS2* and go for something different...a choice you would consider out of the norm...and be completely surprised!
Thanks for your time
Browsing the shelves of Electronic Boutique, I was immediately shocked by the astounding amount of PS2 games I had actually never heard of. They were all bunched together like lost items that had been victims of injustice...well, some. Plus, the fact that all the really popular games had shelves to themselves didn't exactly help the situation. I just couldn't believe it! I'm the sort of person that likes to keep up to date, knowing what new things have arrived in case it may be of interest, and seeing this parade of unheard of games was a massive blow.
Looking at the shelves there were a lot of games there that appealed to me. Firstly, I saw 'Aggressive Inline Skating'. Now, I don't know if it's just me, but I didn't even know such a game was going to be made, yet alone be released. This is a game made by the creators of Tony Hawks, just showing the injustice I'm talking about. If a new Tony Hawks was in the making we would all hear of it with no avail, but no, just because it's rollerblading we didn't have the right to know about it. Pfft
Along with this title, I especially noticed a lot of racing games that again I didn't know existed. The likes of 'Burnout 2', 'World Rally Championship Extreme' and 'Colin McRae Rally 3' had showered over such titles like 'London Racer' and 'Auto Modellista', two very good racing games. And it made me wonder why some games get so much recognition, in certain cases undeserved, and others don't? Are magazines and the Internet wrongly rating games therefore propelling the wrong opinions to its audiences. That seems to be the case.
There were a huge range of games - platformers, racing, beat'em ups etc - and I never had the slightest clue that they were around. This for me is very bad because for all I know I could be missing out on a lot of very good games, or even classics. It's not games magazines that determine classic titles, but yourself. Don't forget when you read reviews that they are documented opinions which may be coming from somebody totally unlike yourself, having different tastes and so on. I do admit, when I'm stuck for an idea of what a game is like I turn to mag or net reviews, but always making sure to compare different reviewers' statements. That is why I find the ukreviews site very convenient.
This isn't just my opinion, but probably everybody's in the right mind. All games should equally receive the same amount of attention as another, so that gamers can always keep intact with what's out there. Some games get terribly hyped up that all eyes are on them, whilst other games simply wither away unattended, with just a simple glance to their name.
I recently purchased Tiger Woods PGA 2003, a game that I had rarely heard about in the media, due to a lot of sound rumours of its quality...and for once the rumours didn't lie. It has to be THE best golf title around, and here's me previously thinking that it was another shabby creation from the EAsports lab. I do apologise.
Release charts I find are very useful, but incredibly biased. Look in any games magazine and you'll see how they blow up certain positive perspectives of a hyped up title and simply leave the rest next to their release dates without a single note of what they too are about. I know they may not have space or the time to do so, but it's just blatantly obvious when games are singled out.
In my mind, there are just too many underrated games around that aren't receiving their deserved amount of recognition. All those hyped up and popular games only last for a while and it won't be long until you'll be searching for something new; this is where the ignored games come in. Trust me, just because you have never heard of a certain title doesn't mean you won't like it. Different gamers have different tastes and there's always a game lying about that may solely appeal to yourself.
For once, dish those overrated titles *hint hint MGS2* and go for something different...a choice you would consider out of the norm...and be completely surprised!
Thanks for your time