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Topic	Spider-Geek: Homecoming
ParanoidObsessive 06/06/17 12:24:56 PM #386:	WhiskeyDisk posted... Nobody that actually wields a great sword as slowly as a MH toon does WhiskeyDisk posted... a MH toon does WhiskeyDisk posted... toon I hate you. Zeus posted... Is it just Nintendo you avoid? Are you still gaming on the other consoles? Absolutely - because as I have always done, I still loathe PC gaming. (Even if console fuckery has dramatically increased over the last decade or so, to the point where most of the issues I had with PC have infected consoles as well anyway. But PC still annoys me more. In a PC-only future, I'd probably just stop gaming entirely. The same is likely even in a future where consoles still exist but games go entirely digital.) Last gen I gave up on Sony and went all-in with the 360, but this generation the massive fuck-ups of Microsoft at release turned me against the One almost immediately (and the sales performance and game libraries of both consoles since has pretty much confirmed that the PS4 is by far the better choice anyway). And I've been playing a lot of newer console games lately (if anything, I think the launch of this gen was way stronger and faster than it was last gen). Some of the games I've played this gen (or late last gen) have been some of the best experiences I've ever had as a gamer. The problem with Nintendo (for me) is that, if you don't like platformers, and have lost almost all nostalgia for the "brands" of your childhood (ie, putting Mario or Link in a game doesn't instantly win me over automatically), they offer very little of substance. Almost every game I've wanted to play for the last 20+ years has either been exclusive to other consoles, or, if it was on a Nintendo console at all, was also available on other, better consoles. There's never really been any motivation to buy a Nintendo console at all - and considering I hate the idea of motion controls and touchscreens, the last 10 years have basically just been motivation to AVOID Nintendo like the plague. Out of all their "killer apps", things like Smash Bros and Mario Party don't sell it for me, because I've never given a single shit about them (remember, I'm not a 90s kid who grew up with the N64 like 98% of the other people on this board - I'd already "aged out" of Nintendo by that point into a PS1). Mario Kart doesn't help either, since the last game in that franchise I actually enjoyed was the one from the SNES. And I didn't like CastleVania or Metroid even during their NES/SNES eras, so the occasional hints of a new Metroid game maybe eventually someday don't mean much at all. Zelda's probably the sole franchise that could even make me pay attention on the off-chance that a new entry COULD be good, but considering the last title in that franchise that I liked at all was Link to the Past, odds are pretty slim they're ever going to release another Zelda game I care about at all. And while I can acknowledge that Breath of the Wild is a game that does what it's trying to do very, very well, it really isn't doing anything I WANT a game to do in 2017. It's like playing Skyrim with even less narrative, less personalization, and cartoony graphics. I don't begrudge people who DO still like Nintendo games. It's just not a party I have any interest in attending. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:880521816] in Spider-Gee... [t:75167540]...</cite> <quote><cite>WhiskeyDisk posted...</cite> <quote>Nobody that actually wields a great sword as slowly as a MH toon does</quote> <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted...</cite> <quote>a MH toon does</quote> <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted...</cite> <quote>toon</quote> I hate you. <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Is it just Nintendo you avoid? Are you still gaming on the other consoles?</quote> Absolutely - because as I have always done, I still loathe PC gaming. (Even if console fuckery has dramatically increased over the last decade or so, to the point where most of the issues I had with PC have infected consoles as well anyway. But PC still annoys me more. In a PC-only future, I'd probably just stop gaming entirely. The same is likely even in a future where consoles still exist but games go entirely digital.) Last gen I gave up on Sony and went all-in with the 360, but this generation the massive fuck-ups of Microsoft at release turned me against the One almost immediately (and the sales performance and game libraries of both consoles since has pretty much confirmed that the PS4 is by far the better choice anyway). And I've been playing a lot of newer console games lately (if anything, I think the launch of this gen was way stronger and faster than it was last gen). Some of the games I've played this gen (or late last gen) have been some of the best experiences I've ever had as a gamer. The problem with Nintendo (for me) is that, if you don't like platformers, and have lost almost all nostalgia for the "brands" of your childhood (ie, putting Mario or Link in a game doesn't instantly win me over automatically), they offer very little of substance. Almost every game I've wanted to play for the last 20+ years has either been exclusive to other consoles, or, if it was on a Nintendo console at all, was also available on other, better consoles. There's never really been any motivation to buy a Nintendo console at all - and considering I hate the idea of motion controls and touchscreens, the last 10 years have basically just been motivation to AVOID Nintendo like the plague. Out of all their "killer apps", things like Smash Bros and Mario Party don't sell it for me, because I've never given a single shit about them (remember, I'm not a 90s kid who grew up with the N64 like 98% of the other people on this board - I'd already "aged out" of Nintendo by that point into a PS1). Mario Kart doesn't help either, since the last game in that franchise I actually enjoyed was the one from the SNES. And I didn't like CastleVania or Metroid even during their NES/SNES eras, so the occasional hints of a new Metroid game maybe eventually someday don't mean much at all. Zelda's probably the sole franchise that could even make me pay attention on the off-chance that a new entry COULD be good, but considering the last title in that franchise that I liked at all was Link to the Past, odds are pretty slim they're ever going to release another Zelda game I care about at all. And while I can acknowledge that Breath of the Wild is a game that does what it's trying to do very, very well, it really isn't doing anything I WANT a game to do in 2017. It's like playing Skyrim with even less narrative, less personalization, and cartoony graphics. I don't begrudge people who DO still like Nintendo games. It's just not a party I have any interest in attending. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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