Games that should have been the next Halo, Super Mario, or Ocarina of Time, but weren't.
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Certainly agree there. I can't get my SS2 to run on my machine any moreMarik2 said:
.I would like to add the Homeworld series. It had some phenomenal gameplay, great strategic depth, relied on deliberate and sustained pressing of advantages....it was, and remains, brilliant!
Brutal Legend. God, a thousand times Brutal Legend. It's an RTS like no other - it has the base setup and unit creation of most RTS games, but removes the micromanagement and fiddly, and ultimately pointless, base building.
Instead, the player is a unit themself - the most versatile unit in the game, who can jump into battle, kill stuff, then fly away. On top of that there's the solos - incredibly varied special attacks and abilities which range from melting the faces of nearby enemies, to chaining an anvil to the opponent's leg, to summoning wild animals, to changing the weather to your faction's advantage, to dropping a flaming zeppelin on the map.
And on top of THAT, there's the double teams: not only can you attack alongside your army, you can attack WITH them, with the ability to do a team-up attack with any unit you make that's more powerful than either of you could do alone. These range from simply controlling a more powerful version of the attack, to doing a completely different, and usually decimating, attack.
But because everyone went in expecting heavy metal God of War, they didn't bother learning the intricacies of the battle system. And most people were apparently unable to wrap their heads around the idea of a game with aspects from multiple genres, so their reaction to the stage battles was to sit in the air doing nothing, expecting to win just by ordering their troops around, without ever actually killing anything themself, and never performing a single solo or double team.
If EA had been less scared of marketing this game as what it is, I think it really could have been a big hit.
Instead, the player is a unit themself - the most versatile unit in the game, who can jump into battle, kill stuff, then fly away. On top of that there's the solos - incredibly varied special attacks and abilities which range from melting the faces of nearby enemies, to chaining an anvil to the opponent's leg, to summoning wild animals, to changing the weather to your faction's advantage, to dropping a flaming zeppelin on the map.
And on top of THAT, there's the double teams: not only can you attack alongside your army, you can attack WITH them, with the ability to do a team-up attack with any unit you make that's more powerful than either of you could do alone. These range from simply controlling a more powerful version of the attack, to doing a completely different, and usually decimating, attack.
But because everyone went in expecting heavy metal God of War, they didn't bother learning the intricacies of the battle system. And most people were apparently unable to wrap their heads around the idea of a game with aspects from multiple genres, so their reaction to the stage battles was to sit in the air doing nothing, expecting to win just by ordering their troops around, without ever actually killing anything themself, and never performing a single solo or double team.
If EA had been less scared of marketing this game as what it is, I think it really could have been a big hit.
I'm gonna say "Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean" for the Gamecube. Now there's a long title for you.
It was a JRPG, one of the few I didn't hate. It's become sort of a cult classic over the years, and trust me; it's pretty damn good.
It's fairly unknown and didn't get a lot of attention though, and while it did quite well among critics, many people have never even heard of it. I think it deserved better.
It was a JRPG, one of the few I didn't hate. It's become sort of a cult classic over the years, and trust me; it's pretty damn good.
It's fairly unknown and didn't get a lot of attention though, and while it did quite well among critics, many people have never even heard of it. I think it deserved better.
Hell yes. Lego Racers was a fantastic game! There was so much you could, as far as building characters and vehicles go... I can clearly remember my sense of accomplishment when I beat the Rocket Racer too. Probably my second favorite racing game, since Mario Kart 64 had better maps, I felt...SirBryghtside said:
To add:
Lezend of Zelda: Majoras Mask.
It was far oushadowed by OoT, but I (and many others, based on other threads and comments) feel it was just as good or better.
It was much more mature and serious game (as far as LoZ goes anyways), and had as much mysteries and crazy fan theories as halo.
Plus, the thing was pure nightmare fuel:
Watch the whole thing:
Then this:
Majora was FAR better villain then Ganon ever was. Ganon may be cruel and wants to cruel the world, Majora wants to not only DESTROY the world, but wants it's inhabitants to suffer and be horrified of it when doing so.
Lezend of Zelda: Majoras Mask.
It was far oushadowed by OoT, but I (and many others, based on other threads and comments) feel it was just as good or better.
It was much more mature and serious game (as far as LoZ goes anyways), and had as much mysteries and crazy fan theories as halo.
Plus, the thing was pure nightmare fuel:
Watch the whole thing:
Then this:
Majora was FAR better villain then Ganon ever was. Ganon may be cruel and wants to cruel the world, Majora wants to not only DESTROY the world, but wants it's inhabitants to suffer and be horrified of it when doing so.
THIS! A million times THIS!-Zen- said:
I loved the Zone of the Enders games. Fast paced combat, and the enemies did seem to learn how you fought forcing you to mix up your combat tactics a little. High speed combat that smoothly transferred from long range to short and back to long range combat. What more could you want? Other than a sequel?
Timesplitters > Halo
Sweet Home > Final Fantasy
Klonoa > Mario (This last one is debateable but I just prefer Klonoa as a character.)
I've always liked Timesplitters better than Halo due to it's tongue-in-cheek nature and Sweet Home is the benchmark of bloody excellent RPG story telling and makes conventions of the JRPG genre as painless as possible (Random battles, somewhat clunky and tedious item management and grinding is trimmed way down).
Sweet Home > Final Fantasy
Klonoa > Mario (This last one is debateable but I just prefer Klonoa as a character.)
I've always liked Timesplitters better than Halo due to it's tongue-in-cheek nature and Sweet Home is the benchmark of bloody excellent RPG story telling and makes conventions of the JRPG genre as painless as possible (Random battles, somewhat clunky and tedious item management and grinding is trimmed way down).
I will agree here, Conkers Bad Fur Day has stood the test of time far better than Mario 64 did.DeASplode said:
Games that go against tradition tend to age better.
