7th January 2005, 9:23 PM
I'm not exactly thrilled about E3, even though the last time I saw a game exhibition I saw frickin' Zelda: The Awesoming. Not sure why...
Oh and Weltall, you have about the same opinion as I do. This generation really didn't offer anything unique or new. Not a bad thing except that's what they promised. Wind Waker and Sunshine were good games, games I'm glad to have as part of my collection, but yes I do agree their N64 counterparts are superior. Mario 64, which I just got done playing again, with 30 more stars, amazingly fun new levels and challenges, and a HORRIBLE control system (don't listen to the post signs, you CAN'T control Mario and the gang with that touch screen!). Despite the control issues, I still really got into it again, more so than Sunshine. A water gun is not innovation, and when you sacrifice all those other cool powerups for it... Flying beats dashing across the water any day really (yes, that was fun, just not as fun). Wind Waker was fun, but insultingly easy yes. They literally told you exactly how to solve the puzzles! I don't care what idiots they were catering to, I want a challenge! OOT wasn't the most brain numbing of puzzle games, but it was still hard at times and you actually got to think. On one issue I differ though, I actually enjoyed sailing around to get from place to place. Sure, didn't do much, but I long for the sea so for me it was fun. Not so much when the destination just involved throwing a grappling hook into the water and moving on mind you, but when it's to get to a distant island and get off and explore? Yeah that was fun, and when the sea grew stormy and suddenly st. elmo's fire and then a ship appears off in the distance and the creepy music? That was frickin' awesome... OOT still beats it though.
Oh and Weltall, you have about the same opinion as I do. This generation really didn't offer anything unique or new. Not a bad thing except that's what they promised. Wind Waker and Sunshine were good games, games I'm glad to have as part of my collection, but yes I do agree their N64 counterparts are superior. Mario 64, which I just got done playing again, with 30 more stars, amazingly fun new levels and challenges, and a HORRIBLE control system (don't listen to the post signs, you CAN'T control Mario and the gang with that touch screen!). Despite the control issues, I still really got into it again, more so than Sunshine. A water gun is not innovation, and when you sacrifice all those other cool powerups for it... Flying beats dashing across the water any day really (yes, that was fun, just not as fun). Wind Waker was fun, but insultingly easy yes. They literally told you exactly how to solve the puzzles! I don't care what idiots they were catering to, I want a challenge! OOT wasn't the most brain numbing of puzzle games, but it was still hard at times and you actually got to think. On one issue I differ though, I actually enjoyed sailing around to get from place to place. Sure, didn't do much, but I long for the sea so for me it was fun. Not so much when the destination just involved throwing a grappling hook into the water and moving on mind you, but when it's to get to a distant island and get off and explore? Yeah that was fun, and when the sea grew stormy and suddenly st. elmo's fire and then a ship appears off in the distance and the creepy music? That was frickin' awesome... OOT still beats it though.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)