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| * gatotsu2501: I admit I have not actually played this (yet), but by all accounts it is superior to the first game in every conceivable way. | * gatotsu2501: I admit I have not actually played this (yet), but by all accounts it is superior to the first game in every conceivable way. | ||
| - | ***//Beyond Good and Evil//** (also on: PS2, PSN, XBLA, Xbox) | + | ***//Beyond Good and Evil//** (also on: PS2, PSN, Windows, XBLA, Xbox) |
| - | *The Blueberry Hill: Vapid. You should have better things to do with your time than playing this. Unremarkable. | + | * Wourme: A very memorable game. I find it hard to criticize even the aspects that may deserve criticism. |
| - | * I should elaborate: It's just a really average platform adventure thing, which was a format well worn out by the time the game was released (if you'd been a Nintendo guy), let alone by now, with no remarkable flourishes. | + | |
| - | *Wourme: A very memorable game. I find it hard to criticize even the aspects that may deserve criticism. | + | |
| * Rudie: I find it a nice little game. The Gamecube version isn't recommended because it eats an entire memory card [59]. | * Rudie: I find it a nice little game. The Gamecube version isn't recommended because it eats an entire memory card [59]. | ||
| * Felix: this is what the plebs call an underappreciated classic. A good game that can be easily mistaken for great; feels like //[[game:the_legend_of_zelda_series|Zelda]]// + (the first) //[[game:jak_and_daxter|Jak & Daxter]]//. | * Felix: this is what the plebs call an underappreciated classic. A good game that can be easily mistaken for great; feels like //[[game:the_legend_of_zelda_series|Zelda]]// + (the first) //[[game:jak_and_daxter|Jak & Daxter]]//. | ||
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| * Rudie: While having a beautiful cartoon style, this is also the point that the //[[game:the_legend_of_zelda_series|Zelda]]// franchise starts to break in half. There are extremely awesome moments in this game buried under an underwhelming huge overworld and collecting the map pieces to collect the map pieces to collect the triforce. | * Rudie: While having a beautiful cartoon style, this is also the point that the //[[game:the_legend_of_zelda_series|Zelda]]// franchise starts to break in half. There are extremely awesome moments in this game buried under an underwhelming huge overworld and collecting the map pieces to collect the map pieces to collect the triforce. | ||
| * diplo: Count me as a person who kind of thinks //WW// is the best-looking 3D videogame yet. Back then, I was content to be engaged simply by the sea- and sky-scapes. I'm harder to please now, but the game's sights are still such a pleasure to take in. Wonderful night skies. It's great that the water's appearance and color change from time to time. Just thinking about that kind of stuff makes me want to jump back in, but the last time I tried I got bored after a few hours. :[ Maybe I need to to wait for a week where I'm sick. | * diplo: Count me as a person who kind of thinks //WW// is the best-looking 3D videogame yet. Back then, I was content to be engaged simply by the sea- and sky-scapes. I'm harder to please now, but the game's sights are still such a pleasure to take in. Wonderful night skies. It's great that the water's appearance and color change from time to time. Just thinking about that kind of stuff makes me want to jump back in, but the last time I tried I got bored after a few hours. :[ Maybe I need to to wait for a week where I'm sick. | ||
| - | * gatotsu2501: A flawed epic. If it weren't for the stupid Triforce quest in the last act, this would probably be my favorite game of all time. Yes, I even loved the sailing. Coasting through uncharted waters, the wind blowing at my back and my eyes glued to the horizon for new and undiscovered islands, is a pure, exuberant joy that no game has captured for me before or since. The visuals are astonishingly beautiful to this day, and the plot is one of the best of the Zelda series, a surprisingly bittersweet parable about growing up that makes better use of //[[game:the_legend_of_zelda_ocarina_of_time|Ocarina of Time]]//'s legacy than any of the subsequent games that have dwelt in its shadow. If it's disappointing in various ways (and it is), that disappointment is only relative to its own promise. | ||
| * Felix: Gorgeous (really gorgeous), inventive; doesn't quite work. Marked any number of awful turning points for Nintendo. | * Felix: Gorgeous (really gorgeous), inventive; doesn't quite work. Marked any number of awful turning points for Nintendo. | ||
| + | * Ni Go Zero Ichi: Some really incredibly great ideas in narrative, aesthetics and design offset by some crippling fumbles and hints of //Zelda//'s oncoming dark ages. In 2017 //Zelda// is finally, officially Cool again, and with the benefit of hindsight we can see that //Wind Waker// was in some crucial ways kind of a trial run for //Breath of the Wild//. Still worth playing. | ||
| ***//The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King//** (also on: PS2, Xbox) | ***//The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King//** (also on: PS2, Xbox) | ||
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| * Silverboy: I consider it Japan's answer to //[[game:mdk_series|MDK]]//. There's a lot more spatial awareness going on in that game than almost any other [[people:shinji_mikami|Mikami]] game made before or after. Not as conscious as //MDK// spatially but far more so than most 3D action games coming out at that time. Hell, I would say most action games miss this nuanced element overall even to this day.\\ Might be one of Mikami's best, imo. | * Silverboy: I consider it Japan's answer to //[[game:mdk_series|MDK]]//. There's a lot more spatial awareness going on in that game than almost any other [[people:shinji_mikami|Mikami]] game made before or after. Not as conscious as //MDK// spatially but far more so than most 3D action games coming out at that time. Hell, I would say most action games miss this nuanced element overall even to this day.\\ Might be one of Mikami's best, imo. | ||
| - | ***//Resident Evil//** (also on: PSN, Wii, XBLA) [[http://www.actionbutton.net/?p=252| Action Button review]] | + | ***//Resident Evil//** (also on: 360, PS3, PS4, Wii, XB1, PC) [[http://www.actionbutton.net/?p=252| Action Button review]] |
| * gatotsu2501: The Wii port allows use of the [[hardware:wii#Classic Controller]], complete with its actually usable D-pad, and is therefore preferable for navigating RE's notorious [[pattern:tank_controls|tank controls]]. | * gatotsu2501: The Wii port allows use of the [[hardware:wii#Classic Controller]], complete with its actually usable D-pad, and is therefore preferable for navigating RE's notorious [[pattern:tank_controls|tank controls]]. | ||
| - | ***//Resident Evil 4//** (also on: PS2, PC, Wii, PSN, XBLA) | + | ***//Resident Evil 4//** (also on: 360, PS2, PS3, PS4, Wii, XB1, PC) |
| * Rudie: Woah, you haven't played this one yet? You should get on that. | * Rudie: Woah, you haven't played this one yet? You should get on that. | ||
| * Sniper Honeyviper: Murder simulator that starts strong but degenerates into a repetitive mess. Was kind of a big deal before Gears perfected the formula. | * Sniper Honeyviper: Murder simulator that starts strong but degenerates into a repetitive mess. Was kind of a big deal before Gears perfected the formula. | ||
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| * Wourme: When I thought that I no longer had the patience for JRPGs, I tried this one and realized that I just hadn't been exposed to any good ones lately. | * Wourme: When I thought that I no longer had the patience for JRPGs, I tried this one and realized that I just hadn't been exposed to any good ones lately. | ||
| - | ***//SoulCalibur II//** (also on: PS2, PSN, XBLA, Xbox) | + | ***//SoulCalibur II//** (also on: 360, PS2, PS3, Xbox) |
| * gatotsu2501: Like most people, I got this for the Gamecube and can hardly imagine playing it on anything else. | * gatotsu2501: Like most people, I got this for the Gamecube and can hardly imagine playing it on anything else. | ||
| * Felix: The only Soul Calibur sequel that wasn't totally unnecessary, and yes, the Gamecube's video output was the only option that did justice to the Dreamcast original in those days. Takes too long to unlock Hwang/Assassin. | * Felix: The only Soul Calibur sequel that wasn't totally unnecessary, and yes, the Gamecube's video output was the only option that did justice to the Dreamcast original in those days. Takes too long to unlock Hwang/Assassin. | ||
| ***//Spartan: Total Warrior//** (also on: PS2, Xbox) - [[http://www.actionbutton.net/?p=387 | Action Button review]] | ***//Spartan: Total Warrior//** (also on: PS2, Xbox) - [[http://www.actionbutton.net/?p=387 | Action Button review]] | ||
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| + | ***//(Tom Clancy's) Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory//** (also on: PS2, PS3, Xbox, PC) | ||
| ***//SSX 3//** (also on: PS2, Xbox) | ***//SSX 3//** (also on: PS2, Xbox) | ||
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| * gatotsu2501: Short of a drunken orgy, it is physically impossible to have more fun with one to three people on your sofa. The 2D fighting hardcore may loathe it for "pandering" to neophytes, but in actuality I don't think I've ever seen another multiplayer game manage to so perfectly balance accessibility and depth. The playability of this game is quite literally endless. | * gatotsu2501: Short of a drunken orgy, it is physically impossible to have more fun with one to three people on your sofa. The 2D fighting hardcore may loathe it for "pandering" to neophytes, but in actuality I don't think I've ever seen another multiplayer game manage to so perfectly balance accessibility and depth. The playability of this game is quite literally endless. | ||
| - | ***//Tales of Symphonia//** (also on: PS2(JP), PS3) | + | ***//Tales of Symphonia//** (also on: PS2(JP), PS3, PC) |
| * gatotsu2501: Comfort food gaming par excellence. If you play only one Tales game (and you only really need to play one Tales game), make it this one. | * gatotsu2501: Comfort food gaming par excellence. If you play only one Tales game (and you only really need to play one Tales game), make it this one. | ||