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Post by dareka on Jun 28, 2019 15:59:01 GMT -6
The score also doesn't seem to quite match up with the words, but I'm sure we're all well aware of the classic "8 ceiling". When Symphony of the Night came out, a magazine run by what is now IGN called Next Generation called it "a triumph" but gave it 4 out of 5 stars, because the magazine had a policy of not giving anything that was not "innovative enough" (read: 2D) a full score. You see, it was "N ext Generation," and 3D graphics (which were ugly, by today's standards) were all the rage, so it couldn't possibly give anything with 2D graphics (or 2D gameplay, for that matter) any more than an 80% score. It's funny, though: a lot of the games that got full marks from that magazine are considered dated today (looking at you, Shenmue), while Symphony of the Night's basic gameplay continues to hold up well twenty some years later. Better to always be an 80% than to go from 100% to 30%, in a few years, I say. |
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Jun 28, 2019 17:29:24 GMT -6
Haha, I can't begin to tell you how bitter I was about 3D taking over in the 90s. I boycotted FF7 for years because they betrayed me by going "3D, edgy, curse words, low-hanging fruit" etc. I wouldn't have used those terms back then, but it's roughly how I felt lol. I never thought that stuff looked good at any point, and didn't enjoy a 3D game until (and only) the cases of Resident Evil and MGS1. 8 ceiling would happen for "weird Japanese games", too. I remember Valkyrie Profile 2 and Bully came out at around the same time, and Gamespot gave Bully equal marks for graphics and overall. VP2 is to this day one of the best looking PS2 games that ever was, and Bully looks like this (first images on google image search).   |
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Post by dareka on Jun 28, 2019 22:13:12 GMT -6
Haha, I can't begin to tell you how bitter I was about 3D taking over in the 90s. I boycotted FF7 for years because they betrayed me by going "3D, edgy, curse words, low-hanging fruit" etc. I wouldn't have used those terms back then, but it's roughly how I felt lol. I never thought that stuff looked good at any point, and didn't enjoy a 3D game until (and only) the cases of Resident Evil and MGS1. Oh, I hated FF7...actually no, I didn't - but I was very disappointed by the story and gameplay (basically, the game) and I did hate the fact that everyone else thought it was the second coming. FFIV and VI were better, dammit!  The first 3D game I really liked was Mario 64 (got all the stars!). And Panzer Dragoon Saga for the Saturn might have looked like sh!t, but it's a freakin' masterpiece, as far as I'm concerned. I await the inevitable remake for Switch with bated breadth (I mean, they're already remaking the original, and I know someone's gonna wanna tap into that nostalgia eventually). 8 ceiling would happen for "weird Japanese games", too. I remember Valkyrie Profile 2 and Bully came out at around the same time, and Gamespot gave Bully equal marks for graphics and overall. VP2 is to this day one of the best looking PS2 games that ever was, and Bully looks like this (first images on google image search). Yeah, once Western console games started getting big (with Halo and GTA, basically), it was like only Nintendo ever got a pass for being Japanese. But a picture is worth a thousand words, and those comparison shots of yours speak volumes. |
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