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Re: Talking Point: Are You Prepared To Spend $70 On The Latest Games?

arekdougy

@SoManyHaveDied Along with that, they have unrealistic expectations. I already buy too many games and do not beat them. I am not amazing with my finances, and I am sure plenty of people are far worse. Or they are children, complaining. I started working as a kid so I could buy the games, books and music I wanted...I realized at 19 I was overextending myself on the media I was purchasing.

Re: Talking Point: Are You Prepared To Spend $70 On The Latest Games?

arekdougy

I have been saying for years that games are less expensive than ever. They haven't inflated like so many other things. Here in Canada, Kmart sold Dr. Mario for NES for $80. I remember some N64 games cranked up to $80 around 2000/2001. I recall during the GameCube Era, many games went down by $10 when the American and Canadian dollar were more at par.

Re: Series Producer Suggests Metroid Prime 4 'Won't Ignore Casual Players'

arekdougy

Who knows what any of this implies. As far as Tanabe goes, I don't understand the hate - look at all the game credits under his belt. He has not 'ruined' many games or series, save for the directions that Paper Mario has taken since the 3DS...although Origami King seems to right some of peoples grievances, it still ignores peoples main ones (battle system firstmost).

If the Metroid Prime series is 'more accessible', I hope it's only in the ways that MP3 was 'more accessible'. While I found the gameplay quite a bit easier than MP1 and especially MP2, it was still an amazing game, while being a bit more accessible to the average player. Still, I found MP1 had the best balance (I'm a gamer that enjoys hard games, but can't beat extreme games).

Re: Story Of Seasons: Friends Of Mineral Town Launches In North America On 14th July

arekdougy

@jwfurness SV was literally made because the creator was unsatisfied with the direction of Harvest Moon games...ha. I loved playing Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life when I was 12, but I quickly ran out of things to do once I had bought everything, and my child was only a toddler. There was literally nothing left to do. I kept playing Animal Crossing at the time, and never ran out of anything to do in that game.