Games that might convince Yahtzee some genres are not all bad
#1
Posted 07 March 2009 - 01:59 AM
what games might actually change his mind about a genre that he doesn't like and not write them off completely?
the only ones i can think of right now would be some JRPGs. here they are:
1. The ORIGINAL Kingdom Hearts - good gameplay and story, but a little bit of a childish tone, but not a kiddy game.
2. Radiata Stories - main character hates everybody and makes a smart ass comment almost literally 95% of time when he speaks and is one of the most hilarious games i have ever played. combat is a little weak though.
3. Tales of Symphonia (i havn't played abyss yet so i can't recommend it although i'm sure its better because the combat system is) - overall good story and gameplay is really fun. characters are awesome and so many hilarious scenes. near the end though, the main character kinda becomes the funnel for the game designers moral stances on......well the world which makes him really annoying. also his stupid friend, genis (or more accurately called "Genis the Penis"), and his girl Colette can jump off a cliff for all i care
so what other games are exceptions to their genres and why?
#2
Posted 07 March 2009 - 04:17 AM
#3
Posted 07 March 2009 - 05:59 AM
Edit: Also, two subtle hints hidden in this. So either he's just covering for his macho image, which is unlikely, or he's being extremely selective, or it has nothing to do with anything whatsoever.
This post has been edited by Gobbler: 07 March 2009 - 06:17 AM
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#4
Posted 07 March 2009 - 12:59 PM
well that's kinda why i like those games. they HAVE gameplay. FF7 has one of the best stories i've ever seen, but menu based fighting is NOT gameplay. radiata stories probably breaks down all of the cliche that most writing in JRPG is littered with. however i did mention that the gameplay is a little bit too simplistic, but i love the characters because it's so well written and they are so hilarious.
Kingdom hearts original doesn't really have a cliche story line, but the writing could have been tons better. gameplay is so much fun and actually can take *gasp* strategy if you aren't playing on easy rather than smashing the x button to attack. the 2nd one went down hill and made the whole game button mashing which was sad indeed. sadly chain of memories is in my list of top 5 worst level design of any game ever made.
tales of symphonia again has good writing (until the end like the last area you go to, but that's like 20 min. of game play at the most and probably less than that if you decide to just run to the last boss in which case probably takes 10-15 min.) gameplay is well done, but could improve like the tales series has done by making you be able to actually run around in a 3d plane, but symphonia was made a long time ago. characters are likable besides the 2 i mentioned. good story, but a little bit jrpg typical in some parts (mainly the beginning, but thank God for multiple plot twists).
#6
Posted 08 March 2009 - 06:08 PM
I learned to ignore them.
Ofcourse, they have some nice surrealists, though I can only think of a handfull who are original.
Katamari was great.
Kirby was...well, it would've been funny if he blew up.
I wonder how Harry Sue Strife would look in 40 years?
-Bald?
-weathered?
-Dead?
True. I guess the moral today is to treat some games as indavidual products the same way Soviet union treated its own people.
This post has been edited by Game Over: 08 March 2009 - 06:12 PM
#7
Posted 09 March 2009 - 12:23 AM
in one of his ZP episodes doesn't he mention that he likes shadow of the colossus? i personally am sold that he will never like fighting games since he doesn't really like the 3d ones he's tried (soul calibur), the 2d ones (street fighter), and the off the wall type of fighting (smash bros. brawl which by the way is one of if not my favorite games of all time).
if fire emblem was played and he didn't like it i would probably be sold on him not liking strategy games either although i wouldn't be surprised if he crucified the fact that all cutscenes and the story is almost entirely text driven and its just character sprites talking in a certain background if you're outside of battle.
can't think of any multiplayer console games he would like since halo and smash bros have already been blown out of the water.......
#10
Posted 10 March 2009 - 12:06 AM
#12
Posted 10 March 2009 - 10:21 AM
As opposed to everyone else, you mean?
Um...what?
#14
Posted 10 March 2009 - 03:23 PM
British -> French and Roman
Egypt -> other African countries
Russia -> Pre-Ottoman Turkish
Turkaman -> Mongol
Yeah, yeah, I get your point.
Forgive me, I was refering to Japan's culture of isolation. Not sure that would make sense either.
#15
Posted 10 March 2009 - 04:18 PM
As far as multiplayer/strategy games go, I really liked Carcassonne on XBLA. It was deep as a strategy game, yet accessible. You don't need any friends, since you can play against the computer or against faceless opponents over the net (generally Carcassonne players are not 8-year-olds calling you a cock). Also, Civilization 4 with all the expansions is unbelievable.
I kind of feel for him with RTS's, I'm not big into them. Sins of a Solar Empire was supposed to be good.
I'll come back later.
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