If you could choose 1 game to be wiped from history forever... What would it be?

[Trace2010]

I will GLADLY submit 2:

The Oregon Trail- I never made it to the other side to see the crappy ending; I either got bored and put the game on grueling pace (to see how fast my "family" would die), try to ford the Mississippi River, or hunt game until the winter months caught up to me (usually in the mountains). Then I would simply type the words "I hate this shitty game" into my tombstone so that other players who played it (remember: we had the old Commodore systems with FLOPPY DISKS) could be better prepared to go past my grave about 13 times.

Where in TIME/USA/WORLD is Carmen Sandiego: Whoa, talk about a waste of time---yeah, it taught you geography, people, and places, but did anybody out there actually CATCH Carmen in one of these games (until of course, she would lead the jailbreak just so the game had NO ENDING)?

Both of those games shaped me into a gamer so I believe that your statement is wrong, although I guess everyone has major moments in gaming that are relevant to themselves so I am in no position to judge.

Hell, both of those games shaped NEARLY EVERYONE MY AGE AND ABOVE into a gamer- and they were actually allowed in schools at the time to be used as (gasp!!) rewards!!

I also remember the console football game where the computer only explained to you what was going on after you typed in a number (1-0) of the offense or defense you wished to employ against the computer. That game can sink into the world of non-existence, too.

 

[hippo24]

why wipe any game from existence, I don't see the point??

 

[Deliverance]

either one of: Counter-Strike:Source, Guild Wars, or Warcraft 3.

Without any of them I would no doubt have finished school with 10)% academic records and be a rocket scientist or something by now xD At the very least I would have had the spare time available to be a musical virtuoso or something ^^

 

[Cinder Block of Oppression]

Either Final Fantasy VII or Metal Gear Solid.

You bastard.

So many bad games out there and you choose those two? Why?

Because I don't like those two games.

Why are you calling me a bastard just because of a difference in opinion, eh?

Let's see...

Superman 64, E.T., but no. You chose two extremely high rated games. I think you just want attention.

 

[systhicsfg]

halo
no reason needed

 

[zachatree]

I will GLADLY submit 2:

The Oregon Trail- I never made it to the other side to see the crappy ending; I either got bored and put the game on grueling pace (to see how fast my "family" would die), try to ford the Mississippi River, or hunt game until the winter months caught up to me (usually in the mountains). Then I would simply type the words "I hate this shitty game" into my tombstone so that other players who played it (remember: we had the old Commodore systems with FLOPPY DISKS) could be better prepared to go past my grave about 13 times.

Where in TIME/USA/WORLD is Carmen Sandiego: Whoa, talk about a waste of time---yeah, it taught you geography, people, and places, but did anybody out there actually CATCH Carmen in one of these games (until of course, she would lead the jailbreak just so the game had NO ENDING)?

Both of those games shaped me into a gamer so I believe that your statement is wrong, although I guess everyone has major moments in gaming that are relevant to themselves so I am in no position to judge.

Hell, both of those games shaped NEARLY EVERYONE MY AGE AND ABOVE into a gamer- and they were actually allowed in schools at the time to be used as (gasp!!) rewards!!

I also remember the console football game where the computer only explained to you what was going on after you typed in a number (1-0) of the offense or defense you wished to employ against the computer. That game can sink into the world of non-existence, too.

Touche good sir. And I did play those at school spending countless recesses inside hunting buffalo and attempting to cross a river. Ah the good times.

 

[karn3]

why wipe any game from existence, I don't see the point??

Why wipe some games from existence you say? Well, if a game is very successful it will alter the type of games that are made in the future and not always for the better. For example, amny games have tried to emulate Halo's success or Gears of War. The VAST majority of these games have been poor and the gaming world is a worse place for it. If however Halo had never existed we wouldn't have these horrible copies.

 

[Ultrajoe]

why wipe any game from existence, I don't see the point??

Why wipe some games from existence you say? Well, if a game is very successful it will alter the type of games that are made in the future and not always for the better. For example, amny games have tried to emulate Halo's success or Gears of War. The VAST majority of these games have been poor and the gaming world is a worse place for it. If however Halo had never existed we wouldn't have these horrible copies.

And no Halo.

If we are going to destroy innovation to wipe out copycats, we might as well blow off our toes to prevent stepping in shit.

Either way, your shooting yourself in the foot.

 

[darthzew]

I knew a few thousand people would say Halo. That's just stupid.

I would wipe that free XBLA game that Microsoft gave us off the face of earth. I can't remember what it's called but it's awful and consists of bad memories.

 

[The_Prophet]

Two worlds. That game sucks so bad it looks like my dad (who touched computers 10 times in his life) made it.

And whats with everyone suddenly starting to hate Halo

 

[hippo24]

why wipe any game from existence, I don't see the point??

If Hitler died before he went all cuckoos nest crazy there wouldn't exist Nazism would it?

Did you not play Red Alert?

Nein.

HAHA....that made my day.

But seriously your arguing that you thought halo was bad because it changed the market, but while you may have eliminated halo you would have just promoted another game to the top causing all games in the future to mimic that. And in my humble opinion I think that as far as games to be copied go, halo most certainly isn't the worst.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Grand Theft Auto 2.
Without it, many video games would not have been created due to the popularity prompt of violence and Vices.

 

[pieeater911]

Either Final Fantasy VII or Metal Gear Solid.

You bastard.

So many bad games out there and you choose those two? Why?

Because I don't like those two games.

Why are you calling me a bastard just because of a difference in opinion, eh?

Let's see...

Superman 64, E.T., but no. You chose two extremely high rated games. I think you just want attention.

Or big rigs. But he couldn't choose those oh no.

Why those two?

Because I DO NOT like them. I've explained why in a lot of different forums, but apparently I have to defend myself here too.

I don't like Final Fantasy because I find it to be slow and ponderous. I don't like the "Lets stand in a line and take turn smacking each other in the head" game mechanics. I don't like the art style. I don't like the characters. I don't like the ridiculous amount of praise it has received for being, at most, and OKAY game.

I don't like Metal Gear Solid because the shooting mechanics are bad. The stealth mechanics are also terrible. Splinter Cell destroyed Metal Gear Solid in the 'stealth-gameplay' department. The story is not deep, and wondrous. It's just boring. More often than not, it just doesn't even make sense, and when it does make sense, I just find myself not caring.

Yes, E.T, and Superman 64 are terrible, but those games don't get ridiculous amounts of praise for mediocrity.

I thought this forum was called "If you could choose 1 game to be wiped from history forever... What would it be?" not "If you could choose 1 game to be wiped from history forever, make sure it is one that pleases all of the people on this thread. And you also damn sure better not even think of using 1 game that might have been a game that other people have liked, even if you yourself do not like. How dare you even think of doing that, you prick?"

 

[Volstag9]

the wii the whole console and all the games

(yes, im a wii hater)