Quote Originally Posted by Lacquer Head View Post
I'm not saying there weren't bad games, but my comparison is between good games back then and good games now. the "good" games of today are just clones of clones. Back in the day, this shit was original, N64 and PS 1 use similar formulas, but 2D to 3D was a major jump. I will admit though...old school gaming gave us Superman 64, and that's not ****ing cool.
When Wolfenstein 3D came out wasn't every FPS just a copy/clone after that, yes even Doom. You could say Doom perfected the formula, had different setting and weapons, though in truth that can be said for a lot of shooters since then. It has always been perfecting the formula with few groundbreaking games in between. Jump from 2D to 3D was impressive to say the least, as was full motion gaming when it first appeared few years ago, video game industry still comes up with new stuff. What people fail to notice is just how much new games perfected the formula and are still pushing forward, multiplayer, story telling, music, and graphics in particular. What I'm trying to say, don't slam a great car just because it isn't as groundbreaking as the very first one, it's still a pretty great car if you know what I mean.


It's superb because it's an old game with a different label. I can understand sequels being similar when they're story oriented, but stuff like Mario and Zelda? That's just blatant cloning. When ever you have series of games like this, they get stagnant and lose ideas.
There's nothing wrong with perfecting a formula, granted you bring something new on the table (I feel a lot of sequels do more than that), I'm pretty sure that's how things work in general. I'm with you on Zelda, Super Mario Galaxy 2 however just might surprise you, give it a go.

Demos still aren't enough for me to make an informed decision. I mean, take Ocarina of Time for instance, you play a demo and think "BEST GAME EVER" then you make it to the water temple...
I'm pretty sure you're winding me up by this point.