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Yeah, that. As bad as everyone wants to believe FFXIII is, its really a decent game that fell victim to being built on two platforms, rebuilt from PS2 assets and then slammed with the budget constraints only an HD console can bring. SE realized they couldn't create the vast worlds they'd like in a way that would stay in budget.
Deus Ex 2 was a victim of streamling the game too much, though I find it rather ironic that when the same thing happened to Mass Effect 2 no one dared complain. Then again, Bioware fans are big asskissers.
Devil May Cry 2 was a misstep because it was given to a different team that felt appealing to the mainstream to an extreme was the best answer to addressing how hard the first game was.
Metroid Other M and Metroid II share a similar status for not adhering to whatever flavor of feeling Nintendo fans have about them from month to month. First they want Samus to talk, then they want her to shut the fuck up. They want more story, but they want no characters. Thing is, the more mythology the series built up it was inevitable it would become more story-driven.
Not to mention newer gamers would not accept a game like Super Metroid and even if they claim they could they're playing it now totally out of context to the time it was a really important game. 2010 is not 1994. There are a large number of gamers that just aren't used to being thrown into vast world without being pointed in a direction.
All the same, for not meeting the holy flavor of the month perspective Nintendo fans have, its looked down on. I just see it as a decent action game with a narrative that's a tad overblown. Don't even get me started on that pretentious editorials IGN has written on the subject.
People want to look at MGS2 as a black sheep, but I knew whatever questions it raised were meant to be answered in the long run. MGS3 did that by leaps and bounds and it was done in a very clever way as a prequel.
Even your favorite TV shows have missteps, the people that make this stuff are just human. If someone wants to proclaim something is "ruined for all time" because of one misstep here and there, they're never going to enjoy anything.
I mean, people complain about the Star Wars prequel trilogy, but that doesn't change the fact that Episode VI was just a bunch of muppets.
Originally posted by Yellow Mage
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Deus Ex 2 was a victim of streamling the game too much, though I find it rather ironic that when the same thing happened to Mass Effect 2 no one dared complain. Then again, Bioware fans are big asskissers.
Devil May Cry 2 was a misstep because it was given to a different team that felt appealing to the mainstream to an extreme was the best answer to addressing how hard the first game was.
Metroid Other M and Metroid II share a similar status for not adhering to whatever flavor of feeling Nintendo fans have about them from month to month. First they want Samus to talk, then they want her to shut the fuck up. They want more story, but they want no characters. Thing is, the more mythology the series built up it was inevitable it would become more story-driven.
Not to mention newer gamers would not accept a game like Super Metroid and even if they claim they could they're playing it now totally out of context to the time it was a really important game. 2010 is not 1994. There are a large number of gamers that just aren't used to being thrown into vast world without being pointed in a direction.
All the same, for not meeting the holy flavor of the month perspective Nintendo fans have, its looked down on. I just see it as a decent action game with a narrative that's a tad overblown. Don't even get me started on that pretentious editorials IGN has written on the subject.
People want to look at MGS2 as a black sheep, but I knew whatever questions it raised were meant to be answered in the long run. MGS3 did that by leaps and bounds and it was done in a very clever way as a prequel.
Even your favorite TV shows have missteps, the people that make this stuff are just human. If someone wants to proclaim something is "ruined for all time" because of one misstep here and there, they're never going to enjoy anything.
I mean, people complain about the Star Wars prequel trilogy, but that doesn't change the fact that Episode VI was just a bunch of muppets.
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