I've seen people ask on here often enough 'whats a good game to play?' and everyone gives them the same 10 games. Halo, Half-Life, Portal, Shadow of Colossus gets mentioned quite a bit which is kind of odd. It's like the only games you people play are the ones that make it to top-10 most requested fags on Gamefaq. I want to ask this question but at the same time I dont want to because then 90% of you will show just how new(b?) they are when it comes to the gaming scene. The only games you people ever play are the ones that had commercials on TV on every channel or in every gaming magazine from here to hell?
But, nothing ventured nothing gained.
I'm going to ask you Escapist. Take a GOOD LOOK at your library, I mean the whole library. Dont stop with current consoles. If all you have is Fallout 3, GTA4 or Madden, stop right there because I've already played it all. Go back, 10 years, 15 years, go back to before I even existed if you have to but for the love of god dont name a game the next poster would know about. This doesn't mean find the most obscure game you can think of. I'm not going to play the majority of japanese games because I'm TIRED OF THEM. If its not Halo its Pokemon. I know standard Japanese conventions like the back of my hand, people at TVTROUPES have a list of 300 odd things you will find in every Japanese game which is sad because of how true it is. I'm tired of the lead wearing goggles and wearing blue or red, tired of him ending up with his childhood friend which is kind of creepy because in America someone like that would be looked upon more like a sister. Over here we dont call our girlfriends sister. Every friggen hero over there is Grade-A smart, and excels in gym class like he's the god of sport. That's...that's great, that's just great Japan. That's cool and all that those are your whip-him-til'-he-gets-it-right values but 15 year old school boys aren't who I'll turn to when the world ends. Grade-As don't mean attractive and capable in the real world.
What's a good game Escapist? "You know what was a good game that didn't get enough spot light? Einhander" "Omg I loved that game!" "Privateer is a pretty cool guy, eh kills all the kilrathi and doesn't afraid of anything."
TL
R; What's a good game that isn't celebrity levels of known? Halo, Half-Life, Fallout, Madden, GTA4, and anything pushing obnoxious and trite Japanese values are out.
But, nothing ventured nothing gained.
I'm going to ask you Escapist. Take a GOOD LOOK at your library, I mean the whole library. Dont stop with current consoles. If all you have is Fallout 3, GTA4 or Madden, stop right there because I've already played it all. Go back, 10 years, 15 years, go back to before I even existed if you have to but for the love of god dont name a game the next poster would know about. This doesn't mean find the most obscure game you can think of. I'm not going to play the majority of japanese games because I'm TIRED OF THEM. If its not Halo its Pokemon. I know standard Japanese conventions like the back of my hand, people at TVTROUPES have a list of 300 odd things you will find in every Japanese game which is sad because of how true it is. I'm tired of the lead wearing goggles and wearing blue or red, tired of him ending up with his childhood friend which is kind of creepy because in America someone like that would be looked upon more like a sister. Over here we dont call our girlfriends sister. Every friggen hero over there is Grade-A smart, and excels in gym class like he's the god of sport. That's...that's great, that's just great Japan. That's cool and all that those are your whip-him-til'-he-gets-it-right values but 15 year old school boys aren't who I'll turn to when the world ends. Grade-As don't mean attractive and capable in the real world.
What's a good game Escapist? "You know what was a good game that didn't get enough spot light? Einhander" "Omg I loved that game!" "Privateer is a pretty cool guy, eh kills all the kilrathi and doesn't afraid of anything."
TL
R; What's a good game that isn't celebrity levels of known? Halo, Half-Life, Fallout, Madden, GTA4, and anything pushing obnoxious and trite Japanese values are out.
