What game/company are you most annoyed [Archive]

Mikeus Caesar

07-07-2007, 14:16

What game are you most annoyed with, or game company,

EA

HOW DARE THEY EXTEND SPORES REALEASE DATE TO 2008!!! :furious3:

Lion Head

No Online play for B&W2, hmmm, No online for B&W2 BOTGs, Outragous :furious3:

You're quite rightly annoyed with EA but for all the wrong reasons.

1) It was Will Wright's decision to push back the release date on Spore. EA as the publisher were the one's who announced it. For once they realise that this is potentially a game made of pure win if it is done right, so they're letting him have as much time as he wants.

As i've said in the past, get off your high horse with your hate of EA when it comes to the Spore release date. Check your facts.

2) There are valid reasons for no online play with BW2, which i remember reading on their forums a month or so after release - they said they had made a multiplayer mode, but it was laggier than hell even on a high-speed connection on account of the graphics and the physics and all the other things that make it look good. There was no way of optimising it.

Anyway, i'm currently annoyed at EA for the valid reason of their paranoia. They put ridiculous copy-protection on Battlefield 2142, so that it wouldn't run on my PC. It kept asking to insert the disc. After a week of being frustrated trying everything i could, i gave up and sold it to a friend for the stupid price of £6. Now he has the same problems. Not to mention that stats are a bit borked on BF2 right now, and have been for weeks, with no attempt to fix them.

sapi

07-07-2007, 14:24

EA deserves to be lynched for their handling BF2 alone...

Warmaster Horus

07-07-2007, 14:29

Vote:EA

:grin:

Seriously, the company that annoys me the most is Rockstar, insisting on a long wait between the release of a GTA game on Playstation, and the release on PC.

Omanes Alexandrapolites

07-07-2007, 15:44

Sierra. Probably a very trivial reason, but they refuse to offer support to those trying to run games released prior to the post-BETA release of Vista. Terrible if these games are almost impossible to run completely stably on the majority of days. When I tried to contact them regarding the issues, I received an automated message telling me to politely get lost.

Other than that annoyance, I have never had any problems with gaming companies really. Of course there are across the board issues, not releasing a game even though they have it polished to perfection, creating patches which create more bugs than they successfully fix etc. However, almost all companies do it and it is impossible to go through every one in existence.

Whacker

07-07-2007, 16:11

Warmaster Horus

07-07-2007, 16:24

Ah, but perhaps you must "make" it in a role playing game. They give you a sandbox, you build the castle. Find a role to play (pure Breton mage, brute orc, Daedra worshipper, etc.) and play it.
And how about Ion Storm, then? The guys who made Deus Ex?
I can't say anything about the marketing dep, though.

lars573

07-07-2007, 17:11

Bethesda.

For making millions of poor misguided souls believe that slapping the "RPG" label on a FPS magically somehow makes it a RPG.

For having one of the absolute worst PR/marketing divisions in the known universe. The amount of garbage, spin, and blatant lies they spew would make the most unscrupulous used car salesman blush.

Which reminds me, I still haven't posted in the PC Gaming is Dying thread yet.

:shame:
So the fact that it has no guns at all. Almost no shooting. Some magically makes TES an FPS?? :no: And the fact that you gain levels, choose skills and get better at them, choose classes, upgrade armour and weapons, go on quests, and gather loot. Magically discounts TES from being an RPG? :laugh4:

You sir are narrow minded on what makes a game an FPS or RPG. You seem to be basing this whole TES (and FO3) is an FPS and not an RPG on the fact that it can be played in first person. :laugh4: I'll chalk this up to [your disappointment] about Fallout 3 being based on the Oblivion engine. :2thumbsup:

EDIT: Tact. It's never an over-rated resource. Froggy.

Bijo

07-07-2007, 18:16

It is not necessarily annoyance but I would heavily criticize some companies for certain decisions.

- LucasArts for not providing a refined control scheme in the KotOR series. Some may recall a very old thread I made here regarding the use of a Jedi Knight-like scheme in the series. It would bring forth a splendid RPG that eliminates the dull battles.

- R* for constantly milking their cash cows (mainly GTA) with as little effort as possible in significant improvement. Their stories, styles, actors, overall presentation qualities are good, however. It is simply becoming more boring and "too much of the same", so I would probably not play GTA unless I am really bored and I have received it for free. There is, however, a slight probability I would like the new GTA (specially considering I have not played any GTA in a long time).

- Electronic Arts. Especially their sports games are a nuisance for they are hardly anything special.

Warmaster Horus

07-07-2007, 18:29

- LucasArts for not providing a refined control scheme in the KotOR series. Some may recall a very old thread I made here regarding the use of a Jedi Knight-like scheme in the series. It would bring forth a splendid RPG that eliminates the dull battles.

You might like The Force Unleashed that's gonna come out eventually.

lars573

07-07-2007, 18:38

Caius

07-07-2007, 19:26

Those companies which doesnt send games here.

Bijo

07-07-2007, 19:37

(
Hmmmm. Perhaps I should have been clearer. The problem I wished to refer to lies more in the gameplay of battles. KotOR's battles are more static than dynamic, while Jedi Knight's vice versa which is what makes its battles so great and intense. (One actually has "proper control.")

JK's battle nature + KotOR's RPG nature --> beautitul powerful combination

Jedi Knight series was also released on Xbox and the battles were the same as the PC's and its nature was dynamic as on the PC, therefore its control scheme and battle nature should be possible and applicable even if KotOR is originally for the Xbox.

The same should apply to The Force Unleashed (which must be released for PC too).

I recall a SW: TFU clip whose game content -- display of foes being engaged by Jedi -- appeared very dynamic. It would minimally suggest TFU to have some sort of dynamic nature (and quite possibly dynamic battle controls), but I know little of this new game. There isn't much detailed information available (I think).
)

Another company I would heavily criticize is SEGA mainly for their past inability to effectively engage Nintendo and other console companies. They were somehow outmaneuvered by them which is a pity.

Furthermore I would criticize SEGA regarding M2TW.

Kekvit Irae

07-07-2007, 19:38

Bethesda: For ultimately dealing the death knell to Fallout fans.

LucasArts: For not giving us a sequel or a remake of TIE Fighter in recent years (and no, Jedi Starfighter doesn't count).

Rockstar: For being bullied by the MSRP, Sony, and Nintendo. They should leave Manhunt 2 the way it is (AO rating)and release it as an online order only, the way Singles was, and pimp the heck out of it on commercials.

Nintendo: For releasing even more tech demos for the Wiimote instead of actual games.

Sony: PS3. I don't think there needs to be anything more to be said. Blu-Ray? No-Way.

Eidos: For making YET ANOTHER Lara Croft game instead of extending the gametime of the supremely-better Battlestations: Midway.

CountArach

07-08-2007, 00:15

EA. They have games with such great potential, yet they insit on selling out and killing the games off.

Husar

07-08-2007, 03:07

I don't know, if a company makes a bad game I can save money, so I don't know why I should be annoyed.

Whacker

07-08-2007, 04:57

@ Bijo: Are you talking about KOTOR controls on the PC? Mate I thought that was outstanding, and I played it both on PC and xbrick. That game stands out in my mind as one of the best examples ever of how to do a port CORRECTLY between platforms.

@ Kek: Here here on a TIE Fighter sequel! :smash:

[Snip. A little respect for other's opinions, if you please - froggy]

Xiahou

07-08-2007, 05:04

Some good mentions already. But, I'd like to give some hate to Valve- for generally making decent games with copy protection so obnoxious that I don't want to play them anymore. :shame:

Whacker

07-08-2007, 05:23

for generally making decent games with copy protection so obnoxious that I don't want to play them anymore. :shame:

Gods, thought I was one voice in the darkness! I also resent having to "ask permission" every time I want to patch or play the game (single player, multi I'm fine with key checking), Steam is a giant (CENSORED). And I'm really, really sick and tired of hearing all the whining about "But it's got offline mode!", which in of itself is a royal pain to set up and isn't a real fix for the problem.

Decent games, decent idea, horrible implementation.

Kekvit Irae

07-08-2007, 06:13

@ Kek: Here here on a TIE Fighter sequel! :smash:

I miss the old days of playing in an online Imperial alliance/guild with X-Wing VS TIE Fighter.
X-Wing Alliance also makes me yearn for the days of delicious space combat sims.

Bijo

07-08-2007, 13:47

@ Bijo: Are you talking about KOTOR controls on the PC? Mate I thought that was outstanding, and I played it both on PC and xbrick. That game stands out in my mind as one of the best examples ever of how to do a port CORRECTLY between platforms.
The KotOR PC controls are indeed outstanding, and so is the nature of its battles. But my point is not necessarily the "pure controls" regarding keyboards, mice, joypads, and their conversions, etc.; it's that the battles are too "static" in nature, while JK's is dynamic.

Another way of explanation is that KotOR's battles largely emphasize HPs, careful preselection of weapons/powers, boring mouse-clicking, idle activity by the user, little input, hardly any maneuvering, no detailed control, etc. It tends to be more static (which doesn't mean it's bad).

JK's battles are more "action-based" where you have more detailed control as you can pull off beautiful moves, combos, taunts, wall jumps, wall runs, aim your weapon, force-choke an enemy while you use him as shield against blasters as you seek cover, etc., etc. This dynamic nature allows -- or at least should allow -- more gratification as you actually "must sweat" in battle.

Then the point is to mix KotOR's RPG elements and the dynamics of JK's battles to bring about a powerful combination and balance. Perhaps the player is given a choice before game start to choose between the old-style KotOR battle nature and controls, or "JK's action-based" battles.

I hope my point is clear.

Valve is good, but like some others I also dislike Steam. When I buy a game it is to be installed and played without hassle... and perhaps it is possible with Steam, but still... If I install HL2 now I probably must first update the whole game which takes much time.

But I must admit that for its purposes Steam at least appears effective and efficient.

Mikeus Caesar

07-08-2007, 17:28

I'm afraid i've jumped on the 'lol steam suks' bandwagon in recent months - despite countless installations and fixes and such, it won't work on my PC. I try to log in and it just gives me some stupid "error connecting to steam network" message.

I PAYED £30 FOR ALL THOSE GAMES, AND I EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO PLAY THEM.

FesterShinetop

07-08-2007, 19:39

Wow, so many posts and not even 1 mention of Ubisoft yet...? :laugh4: And that for the company that :furious3: up Rainbow 6 AND :furious3: up Ghost Recon!!!
Though of course they also did some good things... who else would have the guts to release a submarine simulation I guess :2thumbsup: .

The same goes for most other companies I think, they :furious3: up on some but also create good stuff!

TinCow

07-08-2007, 21:38

Sierra - For destroying Origin, one of the best game developers ever.
Interplay - Responsible for the vast majority of all of my favorite games. Yet they somehow screwed it all up and destroyed themselves and several subsidiary developers as well.

pevergreen

07-09-2007, 01:15

Blizzard....I HATE WORLD OF WARCRAFT Also, I would really like Diablo 3 and Warcraft 4.

EA: Why let a petty deal with another company stop you from running stats in BF2.

naut

07-09-2007, 01:59

Blizzard....I HATE WORLD OF WARCRAFT
A resounding seconded.

Fragony

07-09-2007, 09:19

EA, really crossed the line with ingame advertising. And Shiny, I want Sacrifice 2, and I want it NOW. But what do I get? Why don't they listen?

Mikeus Caesar

07-09-2007, 10:32

Ooh, ooh, i remembered another. Vivendi Universal, for ruining the Tribes series. Some of the more uber hardcore players say that Tribes 2 ruined it anyway (i was one of the uber hardcore players, and i say T2 was great), but Tribes: Vengeance completely killed the series. Sure, single player was good fun, but the Tribes series has never been about single player. Because of all the effort they put into single player, multiplayer was to be quite frank, garbage. It was UT2004 with jetpacks and broken weapons. If i wanted UT2004 with jetpacks and broken weapons, i wouldn't have bought a Tribes game. I'd have bought UT2004 and made a mod for it.

They killed the community and put the nail in the coffin by constantly taking the forums offline for 'maintainence' (a VUG byword for '**** off we don't want to hear your complaints') and ultimately by never releasing a patch for the game, a patch that could have saved multiplayer. Instead, the game wasn't profitable enough and didn't warrant such a costly patch.

Stig

07-09-2007, 10:32

I can't be bothered with companies, if they totally ruin a game that's their decision, hell I can't be bothered, I won't buy that game then.
If they forget a MP part of the game, I don't care most of the time I play SP anyway (TW is the only difference really).

I only know of companies who do good jobs, Firaxis, Sunflowers, Ubisoft by buying Sunflowers.

doc_bean

07-09-2007, 15:43

Nintendo: for finding new ways to milk old games, over and over and over again.

Square: for making the nth remake of an old FF game (see also: nintendo) and selling it at full price. Also for making FF8.

Bioware, LucasArts, Valve, micro$oft: for not doing the whole budget thing or doing it so late it doesn't matter any more. Also: for trying to push the price of PC games above 50€ (LucasArts might be innocent on this one)

Sony: for screwing over Europe for the nth time, for the price point of the ps3 and the lack of games on it, for the phasing out of the ps2 which seems to have already begun (same thing with the ps1 although they 'promised' to keep it around as a budget console)

Lionhead (EA): for hyping and then not delivering.

Bungie for losing their creative edge and focusing on the nth iteration of a mediocre fps series instead of developing good games (like Myth !).

Husar

07-09-2007, 17:13

Bioware, LucasArts, Valve, micro$oft: for not doing the whole budget thing or doing it so late it doesn't matter any more. Also: for trying to push the price of PC games above 50€ (LucasArts might be innocent on this one)
EA is quite good at that as well, more than one year after the release of BF2 it was still on the shelves for 50€ here, could hardly believe that.
Of course I saved a lot of money again.:2thumbsup:

FesterShinetop

07-09-2007, 20:08

Nintendo: for finding new ways to milk old games, over and over and over again.

I'll second this one. And I just can not believe the entire (gaming) world is not utterly sick and tired of Mario by now... I know I am... :laugh4:

Veho Nex

07-09-2007, 20:56

Edios

Alexander the Pretty Good

07-09-2007, 21:12

I've always been mad at LucasArts, they were charging $30 for really old games... until they stopped selling them completely. :bigcry:

Also, no new Tie Fighter.

Navaros

07-09-2007, 22:12

Used to be EA which has in my view committed many great crimes against humanity and other grand atrocities against customers and employees alike.

However, EA now has challengers to the Throne of the worst of the worst because of other companies who - unbeknowst to the consumer who buys their product - are gulity infesting their games with Starforce; which in my view is malware.

Offenders of this kind include such vile companies like Ubisoft, Codemasters, CDV, The Adventure Company and many others.

ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88

07-10-2007, 01:30

god I hate EA.

Motep

07-10-2007, 05:02

Rockstar...their games just suck. Period.

Capcom - they could try just a little harder to get decent camera angles.

Square - FF8

Nintendo - Too much mario, give it up already!!!

EA - for trying to stick their nose in everything (and seeming to suck at)

Im not going to add LucasArts to my list. But only because they developed Mercenaries. mee likey Mercs.

econ21

07-10-2007, 11:21

I'm slightly annoyed - more saddened really - with Troika for going belly up. They produced one of the most atmospheric CRPGs of all time with Arcanum and combined it with one of the worst combat engines. Then they produced one of the best combat engines of all time with Temple of Elemental Evil and combined it with some of the dullest non-combat aspects. Finally, they achieve their full potential with the utterly sublime Vampires Bloodlines and go bankrupt. :wall:

The company I am really mad at is Empire Interactive's Wargamer team. They produced a game called Napoleon 1813 that could have been all Total War was and more. Like Total War, it combined a deep strategic layer with tactical battles. It had so much promise, but was ultimately irredeemably broken (as evidenced by my newly recruited French Imperial Guard marching off to join the Prussians). They also made a similar Civil War game that had similarly fantastic potential and utlimately worthless delivery.

naut

07-10-2007, 12:00

Shiny, I want Sacrifice 2
:drools:

You said it Frag.

Kekvit Irae

07-10-2007, 18:37

Finally, they achieve their full potential with the utterly sublime Vampires Bloodlines and go bankrupt. :wall:

It's pretty bad when the number of fan patches outnumber the official patches (http://gamebanshee.com/vampirebloodlines/). But it's also a good sign, as there are plenty of fans who care enough about the game to fix it themselves. They're already up to v3.80.

TinCow

07-11-2007, 13:39

I'm slightly annoyed - more saddened really - with Troika for going belly up. They produced one of the most atmospheric CRPGs of all time with Arcanum and combined it with one of the worst combat engines. Then they produced one of the best combat engines of all time with Temple of Elemental Evil and combined it with some of the dullest non-combat aspects. Finally, they achieve their full potential with the utterly sublime Vampires Bloodlines and go bankrupt. :wall:

Hear, hear. The ToEE engine was the best computer implementation of a tactical D&D game ever. It was the next generation Infinity Engine in all but name. If only Troika could have lasted long enough to fix the bugs and license it out to other developers... Arg. We need more tactical D&D games! NWN1/2 just don't do it for me.

Fragony

07-11-2007, 13:50

I'll second this one. And I just can not believe the entire (gaming) world is not utterly sick and tired of Mario by now... I know I am... :laugh4:

but!

How much mario is there really? A mario rpg is still an rpg, mario-tennis is still a (whacky) tennisgame, we haven't seen a proper mariogame since the nintendo64!

doc_bean

07-11-2007, 14:05

but!

How much mario is there really? A mario rpg is still an rpg, mario-tennis is still a (whacky) tennisgame, we haven't seen a proper mariogame since the nintendo64!

What about New Super Mario on the DS ? Or Mario Sunshine on the Gamecube ?

Geoffrey S

07-11-2007, 14:09

Exactly. What's all this Tennis, Soccer, Party and Karting lark anyway? We love Mario for his brilliant platforming, so do it already.

Fragony

07-11-2007, 14:25

What about New Super Mario on the DS ? Or Mario Sunshine on the Gamecube ?

New Super Mario just rocks. Mario Sunshine was ok at best, waiting for the real deal, mario galaxy :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

TinCow

07-11-2007, 16:25

Exactly. What's all this Tennis, Soccer, Party and Karting lark anyway? We love Mario for his brilliant platforming, so do it already.

Hey now, Mario Kart + Friends + Alcohol = Gaming Brilliance

phred

07-11-2007, 20:24

Akella and Bethesda for rushing out the door and then not supporting Pirates of the Caribbean

Bethesda for having the gall to charge for horse armour

Xiahou

07-12-2007, 04:22

Bethesda for having the gall to charge for horse armour
Oohhh, that's a good one. :yes:
Charging money for simple graphical value-adds is pretty lame imo.

Evil_Maniac From Mars

07-12-2007, 05:18

Exactly. What's all this Tennis, Soccer, Party and Karting lark anyway? We love Mario for his brilliant platforming, so do it already.

:inquisitive:

Mario Kart 64 and Double Dash have got to be two of the most brilliant racing games ever produced.

lars573

07-13-2007, 04:51

Akella and Bethesda for rushing out the door and then not supporting Pirates of the Caribbean

Bethesda for having the gall to charge for horse armour
Ohhh, right you mean the PC (aka non-profit) version. They stopped charging for a bunch of downloads on the Xbox a while ago. I got Den of thieves and The wizards tower on a demo disk a while ago.

Kekvit Irae

07-13-2007, 07:39

Sadly, the lack of customizing with mods is what's keeping me from buying a 360 version of Oblivion, despite my PC chugging along at 5-10 fps.

frogbeastegg

07-13-2007, 18:17

Nintendo's Wii division are presently ticking me off. No PAL dates yet for some major Wii games, and late releases for other PAL Wii games. Haven't we been here and done this before? Say "Yes, Froggy." Didn't they pull their fingers out and eventually sort out very close release dates for Gamecube games? Say, "Yes, Froggy." Aren't most DS games released very close to the US launches? Say, "Yes, Froggy."

So then why in the name of all that is good do we still have no Super Paper Mario date!? Why do we have to wait months for Metroid Prime 3?! 9 months wait for Trauma Centre, a US launch game! No Smash Bros. date! No Mario Galaxy date!

And yes, in case anyone was going to point out that PAL-land gets Mario Kart while the US gets Metroid, then later on each territory gets the other game. I do know that ~:) I can't stand Mario Kart. I don't care about it one bit. I wouldn't be bothered at all if they never made one for the Wii. I want Metroid. :hairpin2:

At least we got Paper Mario on the virtual console today :loveg: Wonderful game, absolutely loved it back in the day. Not so loving of the £7 price tag the VC edition has I'd have a [i]lot more VC games if only the prices were lower. I may be able to afford the games easily enough, but that does not mean I want to spend so much on them. It's not good when I end up feeling bad about re-buying one of my best-loved N64 games.

Bijo

07-13-2007, 18:27

Metroid > Mario Kart

I hardly adored Mario Kart games either. However, back in the day of the SNES it was bearable (not to mention I was a lot younger). But you know, nowadays I must say it appears Metroid has "lost its beauty" due to 3D. Some would disagree, and some would simply concur. No, no, the true beauty of Metroid lies in 2D and it must be put forth in 2D.

Mario Kart in 3D is no problem as it the same in essence, but Metroid in 3D is... criminal for it totally changes it too much. I adore(d) Metroid but the 3D ones no.

The Spartan (Returns)

07-13-2007, 18:53

Bethesda for having to pay for their mods. (Oblivion) They should have just added it on a patch.

However Oblivion is a great game.

Firefly Studios for ruining the Stronghold series. Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader (better than AOK IMO) were simply brilliant until SH2.

And to who ever made AOE3.

Whacker

07-13-2007, 19:00

Heresy

Are you kidding mate? Metroid Prime was/is one of the best examples of how to take a fresh look at an immortal series without ruining it or losing it's essence. They turned it from a side scrolling shooter into a first person shooter, and they did a fantastic job at it. Prime 2 wasn't all that wonderful IMO, but Prime is still my favorite game ever for the Gamecube.

Edit - We need a burning at the stake smiley. Bijo, suffice to say I am mentally burning you at the stake for your heresy, in the friendliest manner possible. :grin:

Abokasee

07-13-2007, 20:21

You're quite rightly annoyed with EA but for all the wrong reasons.

1) It was Will Wright's decision to push back the release date on Spore. EA as the publisher were the one's who announced it. For once they realise that this is potentially a game made of pure win if it is done right, so they're letting him have as much time as he wants.

As i've said in the past, get off your high horse with your hate of EA when it comes to the Spore release date. Check your facts.

2) There are valid reasons for no online play with BW2, which i remember reading on their forums a month or so after release - they said they had made a multiplayer mode, but it was laggier than hell even on a high-speed connection on account of the graphics and the physics and all the other things that make it look good. There was no way of optimising it.

Anyway, i'm currently annoyed at EA for the valid reason of their paranoia. They put ridiculous copy-protection on Battlefield 2142, so that it wouldn't run on my PC. It kept asking to insert the disc. After a week of being frustrated trying everything i could, i gave up and sold it to a friend for the stupid price of £6. Now he has the same problems. Not to mention that stats are a bit borked on BF2 right now, and have been for weeks, with no attempt to fix them.

I stand corrected then, will wright is forgiven... just

Bijo

07-13-2007, 20:40

Are you kidding mate? Metroid Prime was/is one of the best examples of how to take a fresh look at an immortal series without ruining it or losing it's essence. They turned it from a side scrolling shooter into a first person shooter, and they did a fantastic job at it. Prime 2 wasn't all that wonderful IMO, but Prime is still my favorite game ever for the Gamecube.

Edit - We need a burning at the stake smiley. Bijo, suffice to say I am mentally burning you at the stake for your heresy, in the friendliest manner possible. :grin:
It is true that it's a good example of how to change a game that has always been 2D into 3D, but still... 3D for Metroid is unnecessary complication (to me, though it's a breeze to play it). Perhaps it is my old-school nature that adores the SNES (and NES, and so forth). I guess it is... acceptable that Nintendo has been -- and is -- "improving" it via 3D (among other things). Since Metroid's gameplay was already (near) perfect I guess its transition to 3D graphics was the only (logical) option to "elevate" the series' quality.

Still, I'd rather play old-school 2D Metroid on the NES, SNES, and GBA, than 3D Metroid. Nintendo should allow the creation of such another old-school style Metroid on the DS -- or even better GBA(!).

professorspatula

07-14-2007, 18:35

I'm most annoyed about the games company who recently fired me for nothing! I won't even mention their name. I just hope their rubbish new 'secret' game is a failure and their profits go down the plug-hole.

frogbeastegg

07-14-2007, 19:06

Metroid Prime was the first in the series I played, shortly followed by Fusion, and then later by Prime 2 and Zero Mission. Of those Zero Mission was my favourite. Prime 1 and Fusion were about equal. I find the 2D Metroids easier to control, but the 3D games have a better sense of wonder to them. Tallon was an amazing place to explore.

I'm hoping Prime 3 will address the control issues the earlier games had. Trying to lock on to targets above or below the standard line of sight could be a nightmare.

I want Super Metroid! :glares at complete lack of a GBA port of the game, and at its absense on the Virtual Console:

I, too, want a proper DS Metroid game. 2D not 3D; SP not MP. They could ignore the touchscreen facility completely, bung the map on the top screen, et voila, happiness.

Bijo

07-14-2007, 23:17

A properly converted Super Metroid for the GBA would be excellent. They could adapt the controls to more or less resemble the Metroid Fusion control layout. The graphics would probably be slightly updated. Etcetera.

But noooo, Nintendo will not allow it. Such a good game as Super Metroid is to be re-released on one of the newer handhelds and I have noticed there exist people aplenty who would wish it. Nintendo enjoys milking out its cash cows: why not milk out Super Metroid with a re-release?

If I am to speculate, perhaps it is due to the Wii. I do not have this console but if I'm not mistaken they sell ROMs (or something alike) through downloads to be played on it? Perhaps they are quite comfortable with that thinking there is no need for a(n) SM's handheld release.

Fragony

07-15-2007, 09:43

Yeah, it will probably become available on the Wii's virtual console, having it on a handheld would be wild though. Kinda sad how nintendo is letting the GBA slip, such an excellent little machine.

Bijo

07-15-2007, 20:49

Nintendo is to heed their Metroid fans. If there were only a way to convince them.

One of the other Japanese institutes I dislike is Konami or more precise the particular department (or is it a separate company) of Hideo Kojima regarding the Metal Gear Solid series. Reason: they make no PC versions of this series and when they do it is usually far beneath its Playstation equivalent.

There should be a proper MGS2 (Substance) for this one was truly bad on the PC, and there is to be an MGS3 ported to PC -- a good port. MGS4 and so on; same story.

Don't get me started on joypad support for PC's MGS2 Substance, and more. Terrible.

Warmaster Horus

07-15-2007, 22:30

Hey, if Nintendo could be convinced to drop Pokemon, it would help a bit. I mean, sure, the first few games were "okay" but now it's kind of always the same. And the story is "insert vulgar term here", as well as always the same.

AggonyDuck

07-15-2007, 22:43

Warmaster Horus

07-15-2007, 22:47

True, but some of their efforts could be directed to other things - like getting Intelligent Systems working on another handheld Fire Emblem, or finding ways of keeping the GBA alive.

Xiahou

07-15-2007, 23:37

It's still great fun though and bloody addictive too. :2thumbsup:
Ya, I never caught the Pokemon bug (thank god), but it's still wildly popular. They'd be crazy to stop making them.

Yeah, it will probably become available on the Wii's virtual console, having it on a handheld would be wild though. Kinda sad how nintendo is letting the GBA slip, such an excellent little machine.I sorta agree about the GBA, but you've got to admit, it had a helluva run. :yes:

I don't see myself buying many (any?) new games for it, but I recently got a GBA micro and it made many of my old games play like new again. :2thumbsup:

Whacker

07-16-2007, 02:03

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* disclaimer - I am not a Pokemans fan

Fragony

07-16-2007, 09:10

I don't see myself buying many (any?) new games for it, but I recently got a GBA micro and it made many of my old games play like new again. :2thumbsup:

The little darling is cool, but my hands are just too big, can't reach the shoulder buttons, so went back to the SP. I could of course play GBA games on the DS, but it's just more apropiate olaying them on the real thing.