BlueMonk

@Xeacons
Looks like his comments hit home. And you’re ignorant remakes regarding a war where people are already suffering is self centered and pathetic.

You are the weakling of which he speaks.

***And I do think it’s funny that “encouraging movement” is the authors idea of helping people get healthy.

Tough skeletons, people. Kids used to play rough. Coming home bruised and battered and covered in mud was just a normal summer day.

Often bloody, too.

Wii Sports is not a workout.

Video games are a great hobby - and in todays world, for some, a career - but at the same time I think they can be extremely unhealthy. They have been for me.

I am from the Nintendo generation and when I was young, despite loving games, we spent 90% of our time outside. Games just weren’t engaging enough to keep you at the TV for hours, much less days on end.

In my 20’s the Dreamcast released, games like EverQuest became a reality, and that’s when I had a problem. Fortunately I caught myself and found a better balance, but I still feel like I lost five years of my life to depression and video games.

I do not envy kids these days. They may have better games and outwardly their lives may look “cushy” but I think it’s deceptive. It’s magnitudes harder today, and I had no place near the amount of stress or stuff to worry about that kids today do.

As it stands today? I haven’t had a chance (or really desire) to play a game since November. I still check the news; I still play those select games that release, but I’m much happier with games being a small corner of my life and not a lifestyle.

@TYRANACLES
To party up and chat would precisely destroy a Dark Souls game.

I don’t know the MP mechanics of Elden Ring, but having a chat while playing would utterly destroy the escapism.

That, and socializing online feels vacuous and disconnected to me. Because it is, at the very least, disconnected.

This board reeks of an inferiority complex.

For all the righteous indignation I see on this (and other gaming sites) over almost any infraction, real or perceived, you guys just eat this propaganda right up.

Talk about “much ado about nothing”. Too much time to waste….

@DiscoDriver44
“Cash grab” They own it, people want to buy it, so sell it. It’s not a labor of love now and it never was.

This is much ado about nothing. A lot of the complaints around here make it seem like a lot of you were born yesterday.

I’m in no rush and I’m reminded to pity those that live inside their games.

That’s a terrible list. It’s also a terrible award to hand out. This is just silly playground politics.

@Zadaris
I’d say trope is applicable, as I don’t think they’re necessarily over used or played out, but they certainly aren’t clever anymore.

The worst is the Roguelike fad. “Hey, we can make a game that recycles content over and over.”

When did that start, anyway? Dead Rising is my all time favorite Roguelike. That wasn’t a buzz word back then, though.

If I see Roguelike in a description now, I just walk away.

…and 6,500 I’m not interested in. Ten years ago Indy developers used their limitations to be creative. Now, it just feels like a bunch of coat tail riders. What was once clever is now just a trope.

@PessitheMystic

They never will. And while it’s encouraging to see a strong and near unanimous rejection of this, gamers always cave.

I am in the US and it’s Madden and the NFL. A sport that’s known to cause brain damage and a League that doesn’t have to pay taxes and people herd up and follow the bait every time.

Just the behavior of gamers over the last few years is all I need to know EA can successfully do this.

But if you love Animal Crossing it makes much more sense to just buy the expansion. Even if you’re not playing much, when it expires you’ll be having stuff “taken back” and one day it will be a nuisance.

I grew up on the SNES in the 80’s but when the N64 and Mario landed, it was a with a big thud, for me. Games didn’t mesmerize me with possibility until the Dreamcast and I quickly discovered PC’s after that. Long story short I now game Switch 90% of the time.

I have always had a soft part for Nintendo and I am in Rome, but no. Just no. This perspective is not so big a bubble as Nintendo fans think.

I loved Galaxy and liked Sunshine, but trying to play this again was pretty painful without any nostalgia.

All I can say is: I don’t think it’s worth the extra 30$. I’d rather put that to a new game. But anything I can do to help keep Goldeneye from ever seeing the light of day again, I’ll do.

It’s important to try and give something back to society.

Outside of nostalgia, early 3D games don’t hold up well. Someone once said “nostalgia is the death of hope”….

It definitely sounds like a game your geometry teacher tries, to make class fun. It may be, but the name is a big turn off for me.

Take a hint from Sony and cram buzzwords together to make a title.

Horizons Zero Triangle

@wonderclassic
If you actually cared about the issues you claim to, you’d be wise to present them with a measure of maturity.

As it is, it’s obvious you’re just interested in attention.

The childish sense of entitlement gamers have is enough to make me pay 30$ bones for this even though I’d use it for about 15 minutes.

I think that’s a fair price for these three games, too. There is no entitlement here and they’re free to get what people are willing to pay and I’m fine with 60 for those three.

And that will be for people who want it right away, we pay a premium. That’s fair. Don’t think it’s a good value, don’t buy. Easy.

@Dethmunk
That was an embarrassing rant over a benign comment.

I love Vice City but it was barely playable when it released, with those terrible controls. Updated with GTA V controls is clutch. Assuming the controls are good, I’ll download it off the eShop.

I would imagine most people who don’t care about physical copies don’t bother to post in this article, but I am surprised so many people still do care.

Physical games - that almost always require post release patches and updates - should be extinct by now.

It’s a waste if plastic and space.