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Posted: May 14 2008 04:27 pm

300 most definitely did not suck.

Posted: May 14 2008 08:35 pm

the game intelligent cube is amazing.

Posted: May 14 2008 08:38 pm

erock462 wrote:

the game intelligent qube is amazing.

Fixed, It is and it would be even more amazing if I could actually find it.

Posted: May 14 2008 08:59 pm

i just remember it sounding like cube. so i spelled cube : Very Happy

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i actually had a "demo" of it. i say "demo" because i could play it for like an hour or two.
it only ended when you died. not like the old psx 1 level or something demos.

Posted: May 14 2008 09:01 pm

I had the samething, I think it was a playstation underground demo or something, thats the only way I got to play it.

Posted: May 15 2008 12:53 am

Char Aznable wrote:

300 most definitely did not suck.

300 the movie was terrible.

the GN was good. the movie added a bunch of BS that was unnecessary.

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username wrote:

Char Aznable wrote:

300 most definitely did not suck.

300 the movie was terrible.

the GN was good. the movie added a bunch of BS that was unnecessary.

You are wrong. The movie was 100% historically accurate.

Posted: May 15 2008 12:39 pm

Overrated:
Pretty much any FPS EXCEPT Doom and Quake
Pretty much any RPG game that comes to mind
Pretty much any real-time strategy game that comes to mind

Underrated:
Tomba
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner (1st one was flawed and got the attention because of the MGS2 demo)
Striders 1 & 2 and the NES one
Drill Dozer
Oddworld - Abe's Oddysee
Battle Clash & Metal Combat
XIII
Rocket Knight Adventures & Sparkster
E.V.O. - Search for Eden

Posted: May 15 2008 01:49 pm

UltimateFierce wrote:

Overrated:
Pretty much any real-time strategy game that comes to mind

no way. WCIII is one of the best RTS out there.

and age of empires was awesome for its time.

Posted: May 15 2008 09:06 pm

UltimateFierce wrote:

Overrated:
Pretty much any RPG game that comes to mind

Really? zelda . phantasy star. final fantasy. dragon warrior. none of these series had amazing games?

Posted: May 15 2008 10:30 pm

WarCraft III is shitty, shitty, shitty.

Dawn of War and the entire Command and Conquer series are all you need.

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Overrated:
Zelda: Windwaker- I don't care if the story/game is that good, I couldn't get past the cartoony nature of it

Any Megaman past 3- Random ass bosses

Mario Kart 64- I know I'll catch shit for this one... but this isn't the game's fault... in my eyes, Super Mario Kart (it's predecessor) is one of the most perfect games ever created and would be hard to live up to no matter what

T&C Surf Design- fuck the surfing stage

Underrated:
Soul Blazer (SNES)

Lagoon (SNES) - both this and Soul Blazer have been pretty well forgotten, which is a shame, they're amazing

Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis)- had a really good time with this one

The 7th Saga (SNES)- one of the most difficult and fun RPGs I've ever played

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Not many people liked Lagoon because they can't kill the first boss.

Zombies Ate my Neighbors was overrated. Half the people who played it hated it because it was too long(no saving), but it was a great game anyways because of the movie references.

Megamans Battlenetwork games are underrated imo.
All fighting games not Street Fighter, DoA, Virtual Fighter, MK, and Marvel v. Capcom are underrated.
Halo 3 and SSBB are he champions/kings of overrated video games.

Posted: May 16 2008 12:39 am

i was at a friends house and he let me play gta 4. honestly its great but i dont think its as super perfect as everyone claims it to be. i didnt play long but driving was completely different and i really didnt like it. i dunno it just seemed blah to me.

Posted: May 16 2008 02:14 am

Mario Kart 64 probably is overrated to some degree, but I find that Super Mario Kart is damn near unplayable after playing any of the sequels. The graphics are a complete blurry mess and I feel like I hardly have any control over what's going on. To each his own though.

Posted: May 16 2008 05:28 am

erock462 wrote:

UltimateFierce wrote:

Overrated:
Pretty much any RPG game that comes to mind

Really? zelda . phantasy star. final fantasy. dragon warrior. none of these series had amazing games?

Well, Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior(/Quest) are totally overrated (in Japan very least). And I think Zelda ain't a RPG, but Ocarina of Time; frankly is quite overrated. As Phantasy Star... Hmm... Well...

Posted: May 16 2008 06:30 am

crookshow wrote:

I find that Super Mario Kart is damn near unplayable after playing any of the sequels. The graphics are a complete blurry mess and I feel like I hardly have any control over what's going on. To each his own though.

I agree, though I didn't particularly like it back in the day either: http://www.sydlexia.com/snes100/snes18.htm

Another thing that always bugged me about the game was the character models. They look more like fan-drawn hack sprites than something someone got paid to make. Yoshi looks particularly awful.

Posted: May 16 2008 08:23 am

crookshow wrote:

Mario Kart 64 probably is overrated to some degree, but I find that Super Mario Kart is damn near unplayable after playing any of the sequels. The graphics are a complete blurry mess and I feel like I hardly have any control over what's going on. To each his own though.

i agree w/this statement.

and the controls feel very crappy compared to any of the sequels. im sure it would be great if it was remade w/the DS control scheme.

i still think the DS mario kart is the best one of the series

Posted: May 16 2008 10:39 am

UltimateFierce wrote:

erock462 wrote:

UltimateFierce wrote:

Overrated:
Pretty much any RPG game that comes to mind

Really? zelda . phantasy star. final fantasy. dragon warrior. none of these series had amazing games?

Well, Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior(/Quest) are totally overrated (in Japan very least). And I think Zelda ain't a RPG, but Ocarina of Time; frankly is quite overrated. As Phantasy Star... Hmm... Well...

i get your not a fan of rpgs but when millions and millions all go out and buy one game its a safe bet its probably not that over rated. people love em. i remember seeing an article where half the schools had to fight truancy when a dragon warrior came out. the big name rpgs are generally well reviewed sell millions and hav efond places in many gamers minds. but i 100% understand that some people are just put off by them. alot of them are slow and long. thats not the greatest combination.

Posted: May 16 2008 11:25 am

Char Aznable wrote:

WarCraft III is shitty, shitty, shitty.

Dawn of War and the entire Command and Conquer series are all you need.

well, i guess im biased since i got into Starcraft before i got into C&C. and naturally i went from starcraft to warcraft.

but they are both good series'.

Posted: May 16 2008 02:13 pm

Kubo wrote:

The 7th Saga (SNES)- one of the most difficult and fun RPGs I've ever played

You have to admit, the exponential difficulty curve will turn off a lot of people. I beat the game, but I'm masochistic, and I'm not sure I would play it again.

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RobotGumshoe wrote:

Kubo wrote:

The 7th Saga (SNES)- one of the most difficult and fun RPGs I've ever played

You have to admit, the exponential difficulty curve will turn off a lot of people. I beat the game, but I'm masochistic, and I'm not sure I would play it again.

My hat is off to you sir. That game is a bitch. But I still dig it quite a bit.

Posted: May 16 2008 04:20 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

http://www.sydlexia.com/snes100/snes18.htm

Yea, while Mode 7 graphics were never easy on the eyes, in Super Mario Kart they were particularly awful for some reason. F-Zero looked and played significantly better, and it was a launch title that came out 2 full years earlier. It probably had something to do with resources being tied up to the map that took up half the damn screen, which was totally useless and unnecessary.

Posted: May 16 2008 05:28 pm

I'm not really into the hypermicromanagement required in WarCraft and StarCraft.

Posted: May 16 2008 06:16 pm

Char Aznable wrote:

I'm not really into the hypermicromanagement required in WarCraft and StarCraft.

yeah, i can see how that can be an issue. i guess i got used to it.