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| Quote: | | And that is why you love the Wii so much. It does gaming only and nothing else. I however, want the full entertainment experience. Xbox 360 has gaming, arcade games for purchase over Xbox Live, movies, TV shows, demos, game trailers, and recently there has been a quite a few music videos showing up. |
I also enjoy the full entertainment experience: I have music players, a TV and a DVD player. I don't need everything jammed into one thing (especially when the quality is low, and not everything works just fine as one big media device). DVD players aren't that much, are you that cheap you can't buy one?
I find it stupid how people justify that a gaming console should have many features jammed into it, but it's usually just a matter of them making excuses instead of real reasons. If you are cheap, and don't want to buy a DVD player... admit it.
Anyway, let's get back on the subject of 2007 video games. Also in the year, a new Simpsons video game came out. It seemed alright, but game makers pulled the exclusive card once again. Each version had a different cover, and most versions had exclusive content (anything from bonus levels, to bonus items). This is one problem with third parties: they do this garbage just to attempt to sell more copies for each system. But all it does is tick fans off, because they bought an inferior version.
Also in 2007, the newest WWE Smackdown vs Raw game was released. It wasn't much of an improvement from previous games. The story mode was dull once again, and the roster was outdated. The new "style systems" wrecked gameplay, as moves you could do were limited.
However, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns was finally released in North America (while it came out in Japan back in 2005). The game doesn't have the best graphics, but it has a lot to offer compared to the repetitive WWE games that come out yearly. The game has probably the best customization to date in a wrestling game.
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I played the demo for the Simpsons game and had it deleted within 5 minutes, it was awful and a joke. I wouldn't even keep that game if I got it for free. Disappointing because I used to watch the Simpsons a lot.
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| Quote: | | I played the demo for the Simpsons game and had it deleted within 5 minutes, it was awful and a joke. |
5 minutes? That's not enough time to judge a game. Rent the game, instead of playing a short demo. This is another problem with gamers today: they assume demos will help them determine if the game is good or not. The majority of demos are short and aren't a good judge on the game's overall value.
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It was more than enough time, and I am not going to waste my money on that game whether it is buying or renting it. I played enough of it and the game play was terrible.
Also, who are you to judge everyone like this. Every topic I see you post in related to gaming I see you always saying like gamers today don't know a good game, gamers today are all about graphics, gamers today don't care about plot etc.
People know what they want stop telling everyone what they should want
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If you don't like what I have to say, don't post then. No one is forcing you to be hostile towards me.
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Bit hypocritical don't you think? I have lost track of how many times you have called people stupid and ignorant in the last few weeks and I generally stay clear of your posts. (Well, actually, you say comments like, "I can't believe people can be so ignorant..." but the implied message is there).
| Rob1981 wrote: | | 5 minutes? That's not enough time to judge a game. Rent the game, instead of playing a short demo. This is another problem with gamers today: they assume demos will help them determine if the game is good or not. The majority of demos are short and aren't a good judge on the game's overall value. |
Well, I don't think he cares, neither do I. If you have the time to try out all these games even when they appear to be garbage, then knock yourself out. Frankly, I would have thought game demos were meant to give a good impression, that should be delivered quickly.
| Rob1981 wrote: | | Perhaps you are just too picky. Be open minded to games, instead of bashing them because they don't have multiplayer. |
As someone relatively obsessed with video games, you know how much they cost right? What is wrong with me being picky? I should be free to find a game without monsters, aliens, sci fi nonsense, repetitive play and so forth. Yes, that cuts it down to the few games I have ever played (NFS and GTA series, Pro Evo Soccer, Age of Empires and a few others) but so what.
| Rob1981 wrote: | I never said that was all the best games, that's why others post their favorite games of the year... duh. I enjoy Nintendo consoles more than anything else, so what? Many people just play PC games, and others just play PlayStation 3 games and so on. That's an easy concept to understand.
A game not having multiplayer doesn't make it bland. |
Did I say it did? Another problem is you twist everyone's words because of your biased, almost elitist view.
I said the single player aspect of it was a bit bland, which is reasonable, and suggested multiplayer could help solve that problem. |
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Also in 2007, the newest Katamari game called "Beautiful Katamari" came out. It's an exclusive to the Xbox 360. It looked decent, but didn't seem as good as the other games in the series. Rumors of it coming to other systems apparently aren't true.
However, the other systems will be getting their own Katamari games sometime in the future.
Spider-Man:Friend or Foe also come out in the year. The game is a retelling of the movie trilogy. It has all the characters from the movies, plus characters that weren't in the movies: Lizard, Rhino and Iron Fist to name a few. Overall it was average, but not as great as it was expected to be. This came out for all the systems and handhelds, as well as the PC.
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Super Nintendo dominated the sales in 2007, check out these stats on this obligatory linked site:
http://egocheck.com . I mean, common, these gaming threads always boil down to this equation:
Rob1981 is supporting the Nintendo (Wii) side, claiming everybody is close minded, and then thinks everybody is being hostile towards him when he gets backed into a corner.
SolidRaven and Lyth representing the PC side of things, make the most logical debates, bring up actual data and relevancy, but then later get lost in the mess of posts when they become just giant chunks of quoted points and retorts.
Vipralion always comes in guns a'blaze with his no holds-barred method of Xbox360 fanism. He is always right, do never try to prove him wrong on any point he makes! His voice is God!
Me making a sarcastic comment that gets everybody sending me PMs about how much of a jerk I am for mixing the pot a bit. (Guitar Hero thread).
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Drath, that post was just completely rude and not needed. Instead of attacking people, stay on topic... or simply don't post.
We don't need personal attacks here.
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Point proven.
WHO IS STAYING ON TOPIC? It's just a giant argument about which console is better, and which sucks the most; tell me what about that is staying on topic about "the best games of 2007", it's the same debate that i've seen like for the past year in the Lan Party Lair. This is not a discussion, it's just points and retorts from all sides of the spectrum. Take what I said with a grain of salt; i'm trying to be tongue and cheek about it. But I know one thing: nothing is getting accomplished, this topic needs to be locked.
Or... just ignore me; keep bickering, It doesn't bother me; just seems rather pointless? On a serious note RELEVANT to the thread here is my pick for the top 2007 games:
The Orange Box (PC)
This is the best bargain for any PC gamer. Think about it; you get Team Fortress 2 (which i've invested hundreds of hours in), Portal (amazing gameplay), Half-Life 2 Episodes 1 and 2 (cotinuing the saga, all the while adding new graphics techonology and gameplay to keep the games looking sharp and fresh).
Well that's about it; otherwise i'd tend to agree with this list here:
http://www.gamespot.com/best-o.....tml?page=2
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I also enjoy the full entertainment experience: I have music players, a TV and a DVD player. I don't need everything jammed into one thing (especially when the quality is low, and not everything works just fine as one big media device). DVD players aren't that much, are you that cheap you can't buy one? |
No, it's just that it's you who doesn't want it. Why have a DVD player, and a music player, and all of this separated? Do you like having a remote control collection? The DVD player add-in is great. Especially considering that the game discs themselves are on DVD-9 optical discs... the point of having the DVD player built in is kind of obvious. Oh and computers are the ultimate in having everything jammed into one thing. DVD drives, Blu-Ray drives, they word process, spreadsheet calculate, and wow. Hey, did you know that the PS3 and Xbox 360 actually upscale DVD playback? No loss of quality there.
And no, I'm not that cheap that I can't buy one. I don't even buy DVD movies anymore. I buy Blu-Ray. A feature of the PS3 that has yet to really been taken advantage of with developers.
| Quote: | | I find it stupid how people justify that a gaming console should have many features jammed into it, but it's usually just a matter of them making excuses instead of real reasons. If you are cheap, and don't want to buy a DVD player... admit it. |
I find it curious [as in not insulting] that you can't accept that everyone doesn't think like you. Do you really expect everyone to make purchases based on the same logic you do? It is this fact that leads to you being the one in actuality who is rude and attacking other people, many people -- people who cannot defend themselves against your defining them as stupid in their justifications. You know, and stuff.
| Quote: | | Vipralion always comes in guns a'blaze with his no holds-barred method of Xbox360 fanism. He is always right, do never try to prove him wrong on any point he makes! His voice is God! |
I am truly flattered that you think of my voice in such a divine way drath. 
A truly amazing game that came out in 2007 was the multi platform, million copy seller, Call of Duty 4. Available on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, Call of Duty 4 features an intense single player campaign as well as rewarding multiplayer that keeps players engaged and wanting to keep coming back to unlock that next gun.
Overlord. Released late last spring, it is very similar to Nintendo's Pikmin albeit with a bit more mature style to it all. The demo for the game intrigued me enough to rent the game but I didn't make it very far through the game. Friends pulled me away from the single player experience and back into multiplayer. I don't blame them though. I'm killer with the shotgun.
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| Quote: | | No, it's just that it's you who doesn't want it. |
Stop being a troll already. I'm not the only one in the world that is against video game consoles jammed with many features.
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Wow, all this over video games. Relax?
All I really played in 2007 was Final Fantasy III (It was released in April or something here so im claiming it as 2007) for DS and Zelda: Twilight Princess (I didn't play it til this year okay!), Guitar Hero III and a bunch of virtual console games (Super Metroid!) on Wii. Of those I probably enjoyed (well still enjoy, I'm barely halfway through and I got it soon after release) Final Fantasy III.
I have Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (thats 2007?) but I've not yet played it!
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