Red Soul wrote:
Pokemon games are deceivingly complex (although the technicalities behind Snap are a little more general like centering, focus and posing) but don't think for a second the mainstream pokemon games are really meant for the kiddies as the box fronts say - kids hardly have the attention span, the foreplanning and patience necessary to raise a pokemon properly.
Hahaha, yeah, they'll let any unprepared kid take on a pokemon these days, but do they have the maturity to take care of it propperly? Do they REALLY wanna be a master?
Usually I would go more for RPGs that tend towards the story side of things, but Pokemon was a good fun game that, as you say, appealed to the micro manager in us all. Never did raise a tourment worthy pokemon myself though... and when they started to introduce huge numbers of new pokemon I got left behind a bit (glad they added the option to have the main character as a girl though!) But I'll still crack out yellow every now and then for old times sake.
Oh, and I have decided that, while pokemon snap is fun, I would far rather play a game that requires less hand-eye coordination (of which i have very little.)
Red Soul wrote:
you'll certainly enjoy Mystic Ark, be ready to be hooked into it for some good 50 hours if you intend to play it to the finish; having tested it extensively, I can say its a game that will grow on you and take you by storm, you won't be disappointed.
The concept art and realization looks beautiful, and I'd really love to play it, but I'm having trouble getting the patch to work (But I will get there. I am determined.)
taskforce wrote:
Well, wish I could second that Red Soul but after world 3 there was no hope left of me finishing that game. I'm sorry but Mystic Ark IMO is a game that was best left on eastern shores. But hey, I'm only posting this to prove that we members are not above speaking our mind about our own group projects. Not everything we touch is gold in everone's eyes. If it isn't for you. Don't be ashamed to say that it is not.
Oh and I've played my share of Pokemon Snap. I'm not ashamed to admit it. However, I'm not really a big Pokemon fan though either. The original games had some charm but it was long since lost in all the sequels. And there is pretty much no redeeming qualities by this point. They need some kind of major innovation and not just the same rehashed game soon, but as long as it sells, that just won't happen. Maybe a deeper plot would be a start.
what? Embracing other peoples tastes and opinions? but this is the internet!
You know, it is so refreshing to have people share their (conflicting) opinions without it getting personal. Heres to being (a little bit) grown up! And games!