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More often than not games are hyped beyond what they actually deliver but on rare occassions the game actually does what it says on the box.
One of these games that spring to mind is 'Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver' for the PSone. I remember reading about it in OPSM about 10 years ago where the article promised stuff like 'no loading, everything will stream right off the cd' and 'you can pick up a spear, walk with it through several locations, drop it on the floor, save and quit and the next time you boot the game the same spear will be on the exact same spot you left it'. Both those things was something unheard of at the time and I really couldn't believe what I was reading.
I was afraid that the game would require all 15 blocks on my memory card if it was supposed to save where all items were dropped in game (it turned out to use 3 blocks, phew) and the streaming really worked.
To this day I think that Soul Reaver is the only game that lived up to my expectations based on pretty fantastic pre-hyping.
One of these games that spring to mind is 'Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver' for the PSone. I remember reading about it in OPSM about 10 years ago where the article promised stuff like 'no loading, everything will stream right off the cd' and 'you can pick up a spear, walk with it through several locations, drop it on the floor, save and quit and the next time you boot the game the same spear will be on the exact same spot you left it'. Both those things was something unheard of at the time and I really couldn't believe what I was reading.
I was afraid that the game would require all 15 blocks on my memory card if it was supposed to save where all items were dropped in game (it turned out to use 3 blocks, phew) and the streaming really worked.
To this day I think that Soul Reaver is the only game that lived up to my expectations based on pretty fantastic pre-hyping.
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I hated the whole game.
I didn't like the VC layout all that much, just seemed too narrow and small. Course i also hated the big old countryside bit in SA as it just seemed a cheap way to pad out the games length
Really, why?
I thought SA was much better than VC.
After VC came out I promised not to buy another GTA game (not because I didn't like it, but because I thought they would get too samey) but I gave in and I loved it. Actually I reinstalled it a few weeks ago.
I thought SA was much better than VC.
After VC came out I promised not to buy another GTA game (not because I didn't like it, but because I thought they would get too samey) but I gave in and I loved it. Actually I reinstalled it a few weeks ago.
Vice City lived up to the hype. It turned out to be one of the best games I've ever played. San Andreas however, did not.
Burnout: Revenge.
Still spoke in various game magasines to be the best arcade racer out. I have it. It sucks.
Burnout 3 is still my favourite, Revenge is just far too stupid... Having a F1 car that can ram other traffic out of its way? Please.
Still spoke in various game magasines to be the best arcade racer out. I have it. It sucks.
Burnout 3 is still my favourite, Revenge is just far too stupid... Having a F1 car that can ram other traffic out of its way? Please.
More often than not games are hyped beyond what they actually deliver but on rare occassions the game actually does what it says on the box.
One of these games that spring to mind is 'Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver' for the PSone. I remember reading about it in OPSM about 10 years ago where the article promised stuff like 'no loading, everything will stream right off the cd' and 'you can pick up a spear, walk with it through several locations, drop it on the floor, save and quit and the next time you boot the game the same spear will be on the exact same spot you left it'. Both those things was something unheard of at the time and I really couldn't believe what I was reading.
I was afraid that the game would require all 15 blocks on my memory card if it was supposed to save where all items were dropped in game (it turned out to use 3 blocks, phew) and the streaming really worked.
To this day I think that Soul Reaver is the only game that lived up to my expectations based on pretty fantastic pre-hyping.
One of these games that spring to mind is 'Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver' for the PSone. I remember reading about it in OPSM about 10 years ago where the article promised stuff like 'no loading, everything will stream right off the cd' and 'you can pick up a spear, walk with it through several locations, drop it on the floor, save and quit and the next time you boot the game the same spear will be on the exact same spot you left it'. Both those things was something unheard of at the time and I really couldn't believe what I was reading.
I was afraid that the game would require all 15 blocks on my memory card if it was supposed to save where all items were dropped in game (it turned out to use 3 blocks, phew) and the streaming really worked.
To this day I think that Soul Reaver is the only game that lived up to my expectations based on pretty fantastic pre-hyping.
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