Thoughts on Games Played

[A Black Falcon]

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - So I tried this, and immediately greatly disliked it. Yup, I still really dislike this series and can't understand why people like it so much... the games play so badly! I have Tekkens 2 through 6 and Tag 2, and the one I 'liked' the most was 3, and it isn't good, just average. For that time, on the PS1, Tekken 3 played alright, but the series feels about the same now as it did then, while other fighting games actually improved. With awful, janky controls, bad movement, no fun, and so much more, why in the world is this series actually popular? Like, if you compare Virtua Fightesr 1 or 2 to 3 and beyond, or Dead or Alive 1 to 2 or beyond, or Soul Blade/Edge to Soul Calibur and beyond, there was a generational leap there to the gameplay of the modern series. But Tekken? Tekken's still pretty much the same, it seems on first impression (and yes I'm sure Tekken fans could tell me a thousand ways it is not), and it feels horrible to play.

The 3d movement is terrible too. How do you even move in 3d consistently? I don't get it, or care to look it up... I don't want to play these bad games again.


Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (GBA) - Unfortunately this game is also pretty bad. I love Gauntlet, and Legends and Dark Legacy in particular, but this is not the Gauntlet I love! Instead, it's a boring and poorly designed isometric action game, a bit like a bunch of other forgettable licensed GBA games, except with a Gauntlet theme tossed on. Levels are massive, empty, and horribly designed. Everything looks the same, there are few enemies and monster generators, and there isn't a map, so it's very easy to get lost; indeed, I don't know how you wouldn't get lost, with visuals this similar and lacking in variety, and with a zoom this close in mostly-empty stages! Had the people who made this game actually played a Gauntlet game before? This game manages to make Gauntlet Seven Sorrows look okay, and that's saying something...