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I haven't played a good Contra since Contra 3 Alien Wars. Last great Castlevania for me was Symphony of the Night a la Super Metroid. Not sure how good the last few PS3 versions are but the demos were kind of meh for me. I loved Gradius and Life Force for NES but I haven't been played any predecessors.
I haven't played a good Contra since Contra 3 Alien Wars. Last great Castlevania for me was Symphony of the Night a la Super Metroid. Not sure how good the last few PS3 versions are but the demos were kind of meh for me. I loved Gradius and Life Force for NES but I haven't been played any predecessors.
Ah...you have the PS3, right? You owe it to yourself to try out "Hard Corps: Uprising"...it's part of the "Contra" universe, believe it or not. FANTASTIC game.
As for Castlevania, I enjoyed Lord of Shadow but agree, it was not the same when they left the 2D platformer days and decided to go "3D"...I loved Castlevania 64...great, great, great game. And all the games on the NES were fantastic.
Gradius...fond memories from the SNES. I played it also on the PS2...good game. Was excited for Gradius 6 but, it was canned for the PS3 altogether.
As for Castlevania, I enjoyed Lord of Shadow but agree, it was not the same when they left the 2D platformer days and decided to go "3D"...I loved Castlevania 64...great, great, great game. And all the games on the NES were fantastic.
I also loved Castlevania 64. I'm always puzzled when people say it was awful. Yeah it suffered from the same camera problems most games those days had (even Mario 64 had some camera issues) but the game was definitely enjoyable. Especially the music
also why would they even bother trying to make an unauthorized remake of MGS? It didn't work with Chrono Trigger Resurrection all those years/decades ago...
brb going to make a remake of Ocarina of Time don't worry I'm not going to sell it I hope Nintendo doesn't get mad
Sadly I missed the N64 generation. That's when I was in college and working full time so I barely gamed. Maybe banged out some Metal Gear or Gran Turismo for the PSX/2
Yeah I loved my N64, despite not having too many games for it.... relatively speaking, of course. The console that came after it, however, was the best of all time, IMO
In a sign that the Cubs may actually win the World Series this year, Microsoft has just made a peace offering with Sony.
If you're playing "Call of Duty" on your Xbox, you can't play with your buddy who has the same game on his or her PlayStation. That's because Microsoft operates the Xbox Live network, which has been totally incompatible with Sony's PlayStation Network.
But Microsoft announced this week that it has opened up the Xbox, letting its customers play with PlayStation owners, as long as video game developers support the new feature.
Now the ball's in Sony's court.
As of now, Microsoft's overture has not been reciprocated. It's just a one-way street, and Microsoft needs Sony to also make the PlayStation compatible with Xbox to allow for cross-network video game play.
A spokesman for Sony (SNE) PlayStation did not respond to a request for comment.
Looking for a little shock? Nintendo has announced plans to bring back its iconic Nintendo Entertainment System.
The Nintendo Entertainment System, unarguably one of the most iconic game consoles of all time, is relaunching this fall, the game company announced on Thursday. Dubbed the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic, the console will ship to stores on November 11 and come in at a retail price of $60.
If you’re already drooling with nostalgia, it gets better. The console is designed to be a miniature version of its old self, complete with a gray finish, ports for controllers, and everything else you loved about the good old days of gaming. Indeed, while it will fit into a hand, the miniature console looks strikingly similar to its predecessor and even comes with a controller that Nintendo says, was “patterned after the iconic design of the original NES controller.” Best of all, additional NES Classic Controllers will cost just $10.
The Nintendo Entertainment System, or Famicom as it was known in Japan, is arguably the reason console gaming is alive today. At the time, Atari had all but failed and most game companies thought the boom of the 1970s and 1980s was over. But Nintendo thought differently and in 1983 launched the Famicom, or Family Computer, as a home game console in Japan. Before long, it became a smash hit and launched in the U.S. in 1985 as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES.
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While the console didn’t come with much firepower—it was an 8-bit console, after all—it single-handedly revived in-home gaming. It was also an early home to some of Nintendo’s most iconic franchises, including Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. Over its lifetime, Nintendo sold nearly 62 million NES units and 500 million software units for the console.
As time went on, the NES was eventually replaced by higher-powered consoles, like the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Nintendo 64, and other successors. But for old-time gamers, it’s been one of the go-to devices for reliving classic games.
Nintendo, which kept producing the NES until 2008, apparently realizes that. In addition to the console and controller, the NES Classic will ship with 30 NES games built in, including Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, and Super Mario Bros. 3. The console will also take gamers back to the days of TECMO Bowl, PAC-MAN, and Donkey Kong, among several others.
As this is a new era where HDTVs are the norm, however, Nintendo had to make some changes to the console. For one, the console comes with an HDMI port and HDMI cable, so users can plug it directly into their high-definition televisions. In addition, the NES Classic Controller will connect to a Wii Remote and can be used on the Wii or Wii U to play games in Nintendo’s repository of old NES classics in its Virtual Console. Gamers who remember all too tragically the pain of losing progress will be happy to hear that the games now feature multiple suspend points, “so you can start where you left off at a later time, no passwords needed,” Nintendo said in a statement.
The last console I owned was the 360, but I sort of dropped out of console gaming (or really all gaming) since everything turned into just relentless online FPS. To be honest, I'm probably at the point where I'm not into gaming, which is a little sad. But with everything being online PvP it's now sort of pointless to play games unless you can sit around for hours practicing like 12-year-olds who have no lives. So if I was just interested in games that look good and have good gameplay, are there any? I think the last game I was interested in was the Mass Effect series, but even that got sort of old because it just turned into a repetitive grind game. Convince me to join the next gen console.
I think PS4 has the advantage on exclusives this generation. I'd definitely check out Spider-Man, God of War, Batman Arkham Knight, Uncharted 4. All have EXCELLENT story, amazing graphics (first 2 on an OLED with HDR are insane), are challenging but not too challenging, and overall fun games with 0 grinding and the right amount of side quests should you choose to go for them. Now if you're a masochist like me, my favorite game on PS4 is Bloodborne but you will die A LOT. I'd get into that later depending on your patience.
I think PS4 has the advantage on exclusives this generation. I'd definitely check out Spider-Man, God of War, Batman Arkham Knight, Uncharted 4. All have EXCELLENT story, amazing graphics (first 2 on an OLED with HDR are insane), are challenging but not too challenging, and overall fun games with 0 grinding and the right amount of side quests should you choose to go for them. Now if you're a masochist like me, my favorite game on PS4 is Bloodborne but you will die A LOT. I'd get into that later depending on your patience.
I would agree with you that PS4 has better exclusives, but I've always had XBox, so I think if I picked one up it would be the new One. Also, I think their controller is much better than the PS. (I'm obviously biased, since that's what I'm used to.) I think God of War has always been the game series I've wanted to see made cross-platform, but PS has wisely kept it exclusive. I've enjoyed the Batman series on last-gen, but if the gameplay is just more of the same, I don't know if I'd be sort of tired of it by now. I'll have to kick it around. I actually am a fan of good throwback 2D platformers, like the ones that are sometimes indie hits in the XBox Store, but it's also tough to keep track of what's good because when I had the 360 there were like hundreds of games cluttering up the store and a lot of them were just garbage. I may kick it around. I don't even know if this generation is ending soon, which is another irritation. I hate getting a new console and then they're already going on to the next one
I've heard good things about the Switch, but I don't think there are enough good games on it to warrant buying it, tbh. I always hear about Zelda, which looks great, and then it will be stuff like Mario Maker (I think?) or stuff like that, which I have no interest in.
so, what you're really saying is " I have no interest in consoles Because there are no games that interest me."
modify your car and play real life!
build things, create things!
No, I like consoles, but not FPS games and that's where most of the games are pushing these days. I don't have the time (or really interest) to practice Call of Duty or something for 18 hours a day and then meanwhile some 5-year-old kid is one-shotting me in the head from somewhere I don't even know. Because my time is limited, I'm sort of interested if there are any good non-FPS games (probably on XBOX more than PS and way more than Switch) so that I can weigh if it's worth getting a next-gen console. I'm really out of it. Probably the last game I played was Fallout and it really was just OK. So if people are really hard-core into gaming I figured they might have some really good suggestions for titles that really stand out that I could investigate. Doesn't mean I'll pull the trigger, but it would help. Nobody has to make suggestions if they don't want to, it was just a request.
Wish I had that for Rock Band 2 when the music games were hot.
It's massive!
