19th February 2003, 11:53 AM
You seriously think it was a great idea? Really? I can't disagree more... all it does is cause unnecessary frusteration and tension... even worse in some respects than Zelda - MM because in that you'd only have to redo 2 or 3 hours of gameplay, while redoing Pikmin if you run out of time would take quite a while...
Did I like the game during rental? Yeah... it was fun. As I said though, after a few days I got bored... its the kind of game that would take me quite a while to beat if I owned because I'd go through it pretty slowly... it wasn't intresting enough to try to finish in 5 days. The gameplay is repetitive... and the timelimit annoying and causes a lot more tension than really is enjoyable in a game.
What should they have done? Not had a timelimit and actually made the game longer and somewhat tougher... or have temporary timelimits in missions or something, just not one for the whole game, so you would be able to take the game as slowly as you wanted overall... but no timelimit and a longer game would be much, much better. And more fun... though time was hardly the biggest problem I had with Pikmin, it sure didn't help.
Did I like the game during rental? Yeah... it was fun. As I said though, after a few days I got bored... its the kind of game that would take me quite a while to beat if I owned because I'd go through it pretty slowly... it wasn't intresting enough to try to finish in 5 days. The gameplay is repetitive... and the timelimit annoying and causes a lot more tension than really is enjoyable in a game.
What should they have done? Not had a timelimit and actually made the game longer and somewhat tougher... or have temporary timelimits in missions or something, just not one for the whole game, so you would be able to take the game as slowly as you wanted overall... but no timelimit and a longer game would be much, much better. And more fun... though time was hardly the biggest problem I had with Pikmin, it sure didn't help.