My name is August, though you'll almost always see me with the pseudonym Arttemis. I'm happily married to a beautiful woman who loves to run around Italy, pick-pocketing its population and performing parkour, but is horrified to run through a zombie-infested mall, even if she has a sledgehammer with an axe attached.
I've been familiar with gaming since Atari days, but it wasn't until the release of
Metal Gear Solid,
Resident Evil 2, and
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 1998 that I was an avid fan. While those are still some of my favorite games, my favorite genre is, without a doubt, action games.
DMC3 is potentially my most-played title of all time, though I can see
Bayonetta taking its place.
That's me! -Taken at PAX'09!
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What I'm Playing:
Dark Souls
Resident Evil 5
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Vanquish
Gears of War 3
Bayonetta
Recent Purchases: (Sorted by Purchase Date)
(PS3) Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
(360) Rock Band 3
(360) Gears of War 3
(Wii) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
(360) Assassin's Creed: Revelations
(360) Vanquish
(PS3) Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
(PS3) Batman: Arkham City
(PS3) Dark Souls
(PS3) Ico / Shadow of the Colossus
(PC) The Binding of Isaac
(PC) Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
(PS3) L.A. Noire
(PS3) Mortal Kombat
(PC) Portal 2
Most Anticipated Titles: (Sorted by Anticipation)
Bayonetta 2
Diablo 3
Resident Evil 6
Grand Theft Auto V
Anarchy Reigns
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Dragon's Dogma
Ninja Gaiden Σ 3
Lollipop Chainsaw
Prototype 2
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Max Payne 3
Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning
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That part pisses me off even more. Nintendo just doesn't seem to get that we want NEW games for the core. They seem to think that they can just pump out countless iterations of Mario and Zelda games and the core will be happy enough with those.
Make something new you assholes.
@Guitaratomik
So Captain Rainbow doesn't cut it? Even Endless Ocean? How many new IPs are you actually expecting from a company that wants to make money.
As for the games, Cptn Rainbow wasn't my tea and crumpets...
but Nintendo is in the perfect position to crank out original titles. It's obvious that the "casual" market of WiiSports-fascinated adults and toddlers are writing the checks for the company, so risking making new titles that are more intensive (read: do more than waggle) is no threat to them.
Also, the state of gaming - in that it hides behind this faux-capitalistic mask of "they can only do things that can make money" - is pretty sad if we want to see progression. We're left with a system that's lacking in anything deeper than a surface-layer of competition - which should be the driving force of the medium.
Neither is Wii Music or any of their own brand of shovelware. But the point is it, and Endless Ocean, still fall under "new."
Granted, I can't think of any other actual game titles Nintendo has come up with lately :(
@Arttemis
I don't remember the right source or quote, most likely from EGM, that one advantage of milking casual fare is that it can fund quality titles. Therefore, Nintendo could afford to put as much effort into whatever it is they claim to be developing behind the scenes.
The fact that video games aren't always made with the idea of fun as a priority anymore is sad. It's hard to forget that a games company is still a business, and that our wallets are probably of more interest than our wants.
I'll give you Captain Rainbow (which they neglected to mention at all) but Endless Ocean? Come on. That's not a core game and it's barely an IP. Nintendo didn't even develop that one.
I couldn't care less about whether or not they want to make money, I care about what kind of games they're putting out.
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