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I think the measure that a lot of people tend to ignore is how many BAD games are on a certain system. N64 has its number called A LOT as the best system because of games like Ocarina of Time or Perfect Dark (so you guys say) or the Mario/Star Fox 64 games, the classic THQ/AKI Wrestling games, and a few others..but what past that? A lot of garbage.
For starters, besides Ogre Battle 64, there was nothing even close to an RPG..unless you're talking about Quest 64, one of the worst games -- in any genre -- ever. War Gods? Body Harvest? WCW Nitro? Yuck.
Also, the graphics we saw were some of the worst. You're thinking "how can that be?" It was the first run in with 3D and polygon stuff so naturally they were just getting started. We never had problems in NES or SNES with you getting stuck in landscape, or seeing things you shouldn't see (like when you turn the camera and you can down/behind a wall..you know what I mean), and the N64 had PLENTY of this in nearly every game. Blocky guys (though nothing can compare to the PlayStation and their horrific boxfest) with club feet pepper the landscape. It was also the first time we had to deal with memory cards and saving them; I never met an N64 card that didn't innocently corrupt on me without remorse. No good, sir. AND the highest price point per game of ANY generation! $70-$80 for some games? C'mon!
As stated in another thread, I think the N64 stuff will cool off next Gen (or whatever we do past the next system) and it won't be in as much favor as it seemingly is now.
The top end tends to define a generation, but I think the gross underbelly should be thoroughly inspected as well (and each of these systems have their own).
I haven't voted yes. I need to think about it. |
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@JargonWell THATS a boldfaced lie. I own 200+ NES games; that alone is roughly 30% (at least 25%) of the entire NES collection. I can ASSURE you that the majority of the games that I own bring more than a shred of enjoyment. By your math, there aren't 8 enjoyable games on the system. I THINK I can do this: Legend of Zelda Mega Man 2 Mega Man 3 Life Force Contra Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! Super Mario Bros. 3 Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. Dragon Warrior Tecmo Super Bowl Tecmo Bowl There, thats 12 right there; 1.5% of the total NES US-based releases. By measure, I only have ~30 total N64 games (the least of any system). All of them aren't good. @ZeroSo then you're just judging from "total good games?" Is that how you do it?? There are only 387 total releases, and a bunch of them were exclusive in Japan or Europe. We only saw about 280 here in the States. I'm willing to bet they aren't all enjoyable. I'm certain I can match you (especially so now learning that number), by any system, when you serve up a "good game" for N64. --N64 is the worst! There, I said it! |
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