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What kind of mediocre/sort of shitty console launch game did you still play, because it's a launch game?
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I think for me it was Road Avenger for the Mega CD. Looked great for the first 10 minutes then the boredom kicked in.
Yup, this one! I bought a lot of crap for DS though. I was importing games and reselling them so there was no loss in trying it all.
The DS sure had a lot of weak gimmicky stuff..
The closest I got is Shadow Fall being packaged with the PS4, but I couldn't keep playing it past the second area! For PS2 I avoided all the trash expertly by getting Tekken Tag only and catching up the PS1 games I missed.
Those are the only two systems I got around launch.
Those are the only two systems I got around launch.
Killzone: Shadow Fall. It came with my launch bundle. I didn't even really want it; only reason I chose that bundle was for the Camera and extra DS4.
I remember thinking Rayman Origins would become one of these with my Vita launch bundle, and then it turned out to be the greatest 2D platformer ever made, to the point where I bought the PS3 version too just to replay it and get another Platinum trophy.
I remember thinking Rayman Origins would become one of these with my Vita launch bundle, and then it turned out to be the greatest 2D platformer ever made, to the point where I bought the PS3 version too just to replay it and get another Platinum trophy.
I was thinking about this today actually and I still find it insane it was that this wasn't bundled.
I mean I guess the Switch was a success anyway, but the game ended up selling on the lower end of first party releases
I imagine the budget for it was rather low and it's still a multimillion seller.
Super Bomberman R, while it was decent fun.. I probably never would have bought it if it wasnt at launch.
This! I remember picking up a PS1 on launch in the UK and this was my first full game. Graphically it was kinda cool, but it was a poor everywhere else.
Altered Beast. I loved it, thought it was amazing that I was getting the arcade experience at home, and playing it now...woof.
All of them.
Red Steel
Killzone Shadow Fall
Ryse
Perfect Dark Zero
New Super Mario Bros U
I love this game and The Rub Rabbits. Love it! Underrated.
Red Steel
Killzone Shadow Fall
Ryse
Perfect Dark Zero
New Super Mario Bros U
I love this game and The Rub Rabbits. Love it! Underrated.
It was interesting that they re-engineered into being kind of a poor clone of SSFIIT from the arcade being more like MK iirc, but yeah it was still not the SF you would want coming from the 16 bit generation.
I generally wait with buying consoles a few years but the Vita came ut just as I was moving abroad for a while and I platinum'd a few mediocre ones like Army Corps of Hell and Asphalt Injection. I feel I had fun with both and the Vita was the only console I had with me so no regrets.
Sorcerer Orphen is actually inexplicably getting a new anime adaptation next year (with surprisingly decent staff).Orphen: Scion of Sorcery
This scene at the start of the game was mind-blowing for the detail of character models that the PS2 could achieve compared to the PS1 (we all know the "you're the best lookinh guy here" meme =P)
I remember so many people playing Enchant Arms and insisting that they were well off ignoring the PS2 RPGs from this yead. Bizarre!
I think I convinced myself that I loved Enchanted Arms but I recently rebought it and oh my lord it's pretty shitty
Also has like the most irritatingly repetitive and generic-sounding battle theme of any JRPG
Also has like the most irritatingly repetitive and generic-sounding battle theme of any JRPG
Assassin's creed, black flag. I know its regarded as one of the better acs. I sure didnt think so. The story was so bland i cant remember a single thing about it, didnt like the naval combat at all, and if i remember correctly the main campaign was gated by naval missions that were REALLY hard to get through if you didnt spend a good chunk of time collecting mats to upgrade your ship.
It was the first game i played on my ps4 though, and i still had a good time playing it to completion, but looking back, it really wasnt a good game at all..
It was the first game i played on my ps4 though, and i still had a good time playing it to completion, but looking back, it really wasnt a good game at all..
Yes, and I even got all the stars.
The added mini games were pretty fun though.
Killzone: Shadow Fall.
geniunely couldnt stomach playing more than 1 or 2 levels a day, it looked incredible but i was bored out of my mind. Had more fun with Knack which was just ok lol, thankfully I rented both tho so no real regret since i used a membership I was paying for already anyways.
geniunely couldnt stomach playing more than 1 or 2 levels a day, it looked incredible but i was bored out of my mind. Had more fun with Knack which was just ok lol, thankfully I rented both tho so no real regret since i used a membership I was paying for already anyways.
Red Steel. I remember being super hyped for it, too. Liked it back in the day, but when looking back at it... It doesn't hold up.
Red Steel 2 is really good (and good looking) though!
Red Steel 2 is really good (and good looking) though!
Killzone Shadowfall was so bad, I don't think I managed to reach the halfway point.
It was pretty though.
It was pretty though.
Heavenly Sword
Small streaks of it were amazing, but the main slog of battles and technical struggles were too much.
Small streaks of it were amazing, but the main slog of battles and technical struggles were too much.
I still own Resistance Fall of Man. Haven't played it in... well, since launch really, but I own it.
Same with Eye of Judgement. I tried trading it in years ago but they refused because I didn't have the PlayStation Eye camera. So I'm stuck with this thing until I decide to throw it away.
Same with Eye of Judgement. I tried trading it in years ago but they refused because I didn't have the PlayStation Eye camera. So I'm stuck with this thing until I decide to throw it away.
Campaign was terribly boring and tedious. Multiplayer was fantastic though, played that for over a year.
The only two times I bought a console at launch were for the 3DS (which I got with Ridge Racer 3D and Super Street Fighter IV) and the Switch (which I got with BotW and Super Bomberman R, with Binding of Isaac Afterbirth a week after).
None of those games were bad, but I will say that I wasn't really that into any of them except for Breath of the Wild. I probably would have played and liked Bomberman more, though, if it weren't for BotW.
None of those games were bad, but I will say that I wasn't really that into any of them except for Breath of the Wild. I probably would have played and liked Bomberman more, though, if it weren't for BotW.
