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An article came out today on 1up where NFL 2K5 was credited of getting the presentation right but Madden still hasn't gotten it.
NFL 2K5 is the one slot here where i feel i really got jobbed. that should be the #1 Sports game of all time
I guess I just don't get the hype.
It's a good game. The big thing was, they added presentation/highlights to it, which Madden didn't have for years.It's also the underdog darling to big, bad EA. And gee whiz, it was only $20 (hmmm, I wonder why 2k couldn't compete for the NFL license?)I guess I just don't get the hype.
Never heard of Robotron? It's an arcade classic from Williams which used 2 joysticks (I think it was the first to do this) - 1 for movement and one for firing.Just an incredible pace and an addictive game. It's in my top 10 of all arcade games.
why no comments on Ninja Gaiden? Also I believe Myst would of been better ranked as a puzzle game (that is where I was gonna put it) However, Larryboy swiped me and he already had apuzzle at the time. Overall not too bad on the rankings..I would of dropped Link to the Past a bit (mostly because I don't like putting same series games together at the top..makes one look like a homer too much) I also would of raised Pitfall some...because it was as the judge said, LEGENDARY
Nice job. Good mix of single player / multi / firsts. Halo is definitely deserving - it essentially changed shooters for the better by introducing limited weapons, easy grenades, and (thankfully) *healing* (in the form of the shield for the first Halo). And the Flood was an amazing twist.
Good list.
Super Mario Kart was taken and we were only allowed to take one game per racing franchise.
There hasn't been a game like it before or since. The only thing that comes to mind is Kratos climbing those titans, but Kratos wasn't trying to kill the giants like the Wander was.IGN had Shadow of the Colossus rated #1 of all time ranking PS2 games.
I think I'm making somewhat of a comeback here. I had no idea where Pokemon was going to fall, and got lucky with Star Fox so late in the Flex category. X-Com! :( Tomb Raider may have been a little lower than I would've ranked it, but no complaints. No problem with Halo over Goldeneye. I would've had to argue if it was below anything else though.
mariokart - 111 ptsAndy Dufresne - 133I think I'm making somewhat of a comeback here. I had no idea where Pokemon was going to fall, and got lucky with Star Fox so late in the Flex category. X-Com!
Tomb Raider may have been a little lower than I would've ranked it, but no complaints. No problem with Halo over Goldeneye. I would've had to argue if it was below anything else though.
By the way, does anyone have updated standings?
Many credit Halo's "innovation" of regenerating health as the start of a downfall in gaming, where strategy was tossed aside in favor of duck & cover to wait for your life bar to fill up so you could go back to killing some foo's again. Sure, it kept you in the action, but I always preferred knowing that I had to get through the next section without taking much damage because there wasn't any health kits nearby. That's gone in new games. Just another WIN button for the new generation of games.
I gotta disagree.... first, the whole concept of healing is ridiculous to start with. Second, you could just as easily say that before regen healing the strategy was to make sure you were near health. In fact, regen healing leveled the playing field - previously, it was often more luck than not in who got health/etc. Now everyone gets it, and that's that. There's always the Rainbow six games if you want more of "one shot, one kill" gameplay.
Allow me to rephrase. I do think that regenerating health is actually not a better way of dealing with health in games. I think it does have a place in games, but I think it's a cheap way of doing things. Let me give you a scenerio I've encountered in Half-Life 2: Episode 1:The elevator scene to be exact. For those of you who didn’t play it: you are waiting for the elevator (and it is taking its time), while you are being attacked by zombies. Oh and it’s completely dark, so you can’t see thing. And your flashlight can last only a short while, so you have to go dark couple times for couple seconds. There is a tiny bit of light in front the elevator shaft, so you stick around it.
Truthfully, I thought there was very little whining - nothing like the TV/music/sports drafts. Partially, I think it's because many people didn't play some of the games ranked above their pick, so it was more of a "well, maybe it is better". Games are one of those things that kind of have a limited window - generally speaking, if you don't play a game within a year or two of it being released, you probably won't ever play it. Technology / gameplay moves forward, etc. At lot of the appeal of these classic games is the "magic" you felt when it was new.
Yeah, I didn't have much I could complain about (other than giving Sea Ropes hell for screwing Tyson). Sadly, I actually only played a third of the games that I drafted. My gaming experience is pretty much the exact opposite of yours. I was 6 when the NES came out and I've never actually played a game on a PC. I loved the NES and SNES, but never played a 5th or 6th generation game (you know, tail, booze, etc). Hell, I started college in '97 and somehow never played Goldeneye. Still not sure how that happened. I think me and my buddies were the only college students in America not playing that game.
I disagree. There's only so much discussion we can get into right now and that is mostly about the most recent rankings. Most games I've tried talking up haven't even been my own picks. I've also tried to lend video game information and trivia that many of the others may not be aware of. I feel the discussion in this thread has been much more tame than any you'd get in a video game forum, where all of the posters take things seriously. If the judges do decide to kill this thing, it matters not to me. I participated in the draft for fun. I believe every participant did well and deserves a spot at the top of the rankings.One thing that surprised me about my draft was only taking one game from the 80's (Mega Man 2). (I've always considered myself an old school gamer. My first game I ever played was Pong. My first gaming addiction was Pac-man. I didn't care that Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 sucked because I played the #### out of that anyway. Yesterday was my daughter's 4th birthday and we took her to Chuck E Cheese and I made sure to visit the Ms Pac-Man/Galaga machine while I was there, even though I own both games on XBLA and have them on MAME. Nothing like playing on a coin-op machine.)
I wouldn't re-write it on my phone either.
Very nice. I still haven't played it because I considered the first a masterpiece. I'm sure its good but it might ruin the experience for me. I can't imagine them improving the original story.I got Bioshock 2 for $8 today at the Blockbuster that's closing down nearby.
It doesn't. It's just a different story and it LOOKS better.Very nice. I still haven't played it because I considered the first a masterpiece. I'm sure its good but it might ruin the experience for me. I can't imagine them improving the original story.I got Bioshock 2 for $8 today at the Blockbuster that's closing down nearby.
half life 3 gets a release date.
