Shadowguitar

LordChris915

squigglychicken

GhaleonUnlimited

Mr. Mastodon Farm

jpgnotgif

LordChris915

He ain't going anywhere anytime soon.

El_TigroX

What we have now is not much different than what's happened to either Sonic or Mario. Leaving its roots in platforming behind, and having either some touch/movement based game (King of Swing, Barrel Blast.) I don't think we should be getting rid of him completely and totally- I just think that we should find something better for Mario's first co-star to be doing.

And for the record, I disagree whole-heartedly with the idea of less Mario games. I've never been disappointed by one of the non-educational game release.

Aerokii

Burnout getting better? Not from the demo of Paradise, which I found unplayable, although reviews are suggesting otherwise.

GTA getting better? San Andreas was a bloated piece of garbage. So bad. Terrible plot, terrible jokes, terrible need to eat, terrible need to exercise, terrible shopping with insanely long loading... pretty much every "feature" added was an exercise in frustration. Bloated and half-baked. At best.

MosquitoControl

Ptolemy

xpnet

Ptolemy

L_K_M

Not to mention the controls are arguably more precise than skate and level design which puts skate's levels to shame.

The biggest complaint one can lodge against the new tony hawk games is that they're "too hardcore", at this point the series is near impossible to get into for one that isn't a seasoned veteran of the series.

Which is a serious problem, but not the kind of problem caused by "not trying".

brent_w

Perhaps I had different expectations.
I cirtainly didn't expect Resident Evil 4.

I suppose it helps that all this backstory and wesker missions are extremely interesting to me. & that I love lightgun shooters.

Its not a A+ game for sure, but I thought it was fun for the price.

brent_w

No real objections to the list either. Even as a long time Nintendo gamer I probably wouldn't mind seeing a little less of Mario. Sure, I couldn't do without Galaxy and have thoroughly enjoyed many of the Mario sports/party/miscellaneous games, but the latter selection would probably have been no less fun with someone else on the box.

No point getting caught up on specific games though. While there is plenty of room for characters to reappear, sometimes it's better for them to be left alone.

Toothball

They took a franchise I have loved when I was little to shit. They need to take their time on the Sonic Games. I mean the storylines are good but the gameplay and lack of optimization ruins the newer Sonic games.

I was really looking forward the 360/PS3 outing but I was so dissapointed to learn it was a fucking mess. Loading times are a joke, I wish the game would get patched lol thats a pipedream right there.

They should just stick to making XBLA or PSN 3D remakes of the classic Sonic Games like in the Sonic Rush style of 2D Gameplay with 3D Graphics. I'd love a Sonic CD remake anyday.

@Striderhayasa: MegaMans been out for 20 years. I really like the MegaMan/Rockman games but the only game I have hated out of the series is Rockman X7. The mix of 2D and 3D gameplay doesn't go well at all and I am glad in X8 they went back to 2D gameplay with 3D graphics. I don't really like the Battle Network games but the Zero and ZX games of the series have been awesome and have kept the gameplay and difficulty of the previous MegaMan games.

Anyways, I think Kane and Lynch can't have a sequel, purely because its a crap game, 1 million copies sold is an outrage and I can't believe that many copies sold and it would help if that was the only game. Other than that, they should improve in K&L if they want a sequel.

rockmanjoey

Funnily enough, it doesn't mention Sonic, but it puts Mario up there.

DimensionWarped

Sonic84

tk.

Ultrasinc

im looking forward to what they try out this gen. if nothing else, id really like to see some old ones come back, like Punch Out!!, Kid Icarus, and even Mario Paint.

TheIrishNinja

We don't need to see any more World War 2 shooters for the rest of the millenium. That goes for Medal of Honor, Brothers in Arms, etc. etc. I can agree with the need for MOH to just die.

As someone who didn't like skate, I don't think Tony Hawk Pro Skater needs to die but at the same time, there is absolutely no need for it to be a yearly title. Activision forgot to exercise common sense on this one. You don't just tell your dev's to keep on cranking out yearly iterations when it's obvious that the dev. team has run out of ideas. Hell, the dev. team at Neversoft should have flat out told the bigwigs at Activision that Tony Hawk needs to be a title that comes out every other year. Tony Hawk needs a refresh and a SERIOUS one at that. The last Tony Hawk game that I really enjoyed was THPS 3 and that was more than 7 fucking years ago.

Considering critical reaction, Tomb Raider has been outclassed in its genre with games like Uncharted. It can still co-exist but the series is not dead nor does it need to die. Both Spyro AND Crash Bandicoot need to be revived, as they used to be great franchises. Manhunt is just an interactive snuff film and the franchise is not worth the heaps of bad publicity it brings to Rockstar.

Finally, when the author has the temerity to insult Nintendo's franchising of its characters, he loses ALL credibility. We see one Mario game per generation. We usually one see one Smash Bros., one Mario Kart, one Zelda, one Donkey Kong, one Kirby. At the most, you'll see two. So what the hell is the big deal? I think everyone that is looking forward to Brawl has a giant F-U lined up for this guy.

As for the end of his list, Burnout Paradise takes the series in a negative direction and will be a flop. Criterion fucked up badly making the game open world and taking out the offline multiplayer, in addition to neutering crash mode. A lot of the series that are supposedly getting better have only been good/relevant for one entry and quite frankly, you need TWO to be considered something that is getting better. Call of Duty and Resident Evil fit that bill. COD 4 and RE4 restored the relevance of those franchises. As for Guitar Hero, Half Life, GTA, and R&C, those series have definitely gotten better progressively. I'll even excuse the fact that the latest R&C didn't have multiplayer, since the single player is the best that it has ever been.

Gagamus

Evil Jim

asianmacker

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

Man I got the Twinkle Park song in my head now. *wants to play Sonic Adventure*

drbrownt0wn

blackadvent

RazorandBlade

I really disagree with Tomb Raider. About two years ago I wouldn't have, but Crystal Dynamics has really turned that franchise around and make it playable again. Plus, you know, it's nice to have an engine that wasn't designed for the first game in 1996 back when 3d gaming was new and crappy :P

And Mario I disagree with too. He's in a lot of games, sure. But they are actually *quality* games. With the exception of the Mario Party franchise (which as mentioned already, needs to die), most side-Mario games are well developed and stand-alone. They don't *need* Mario characters - they'd probably still sell. But the Mario characters make them fun (why use random nobody baseball players when you can have Mario and co. holding the bat?). In particular, his inclusion of Mario Kart and Smash Bros (!! Not even exclusively Mario!) in that is rediculous.

Anyways, as was said, Mega Man definately needs to be on that list. They were driving the franchise into the ground in the NES days. The X series was a refreshing change, and so was Legends, but then they just went crazy and now we have a bazillion sequels. They need to at least slow down the sequel generation and focus on quality again.

I'll also add the Final Fantasy franchise to this list. Most of the games are standalone and that's ok, but lately SE is getting port, spinoff and sequel crazy.

WarlockSoL

TheIrishNinja

I don't care for the others. Well excet Pac-man, he should die too.

Qbanboi

kurokotetsu

It wasn't perfect, but it was still pretty enjoyable and makes me eager to see what Sega does to improve upon the formula for the next outing.

Mr. Fap☆Fap!

gcZanmato

Mii

Khalil

Saith17

In Guitar Hero one, during fast sections like solos you usually didn't have to "play" all the notes you are actually hearing. In GH2, they fixed this so that you are, as accurately as can be done on a 5 button controller, playing all the notes that the guitar is playing in the song. That was a natural progression of difficulty from one game to another. GH3 is an example of absolutely artificially making a game more difficult than it should be.

You know what one way to make it more difficult would have been? Choose more difficult songs to add to the game. There's no reason for the fucking Sex Pistols to be in a Guitar Hero game, or the Killers (they have you playing the friggin' keyboard part for crying out loud).

Anyway, I play, and am quite proficient at playing, actual classical guitar. That being said, Guitar Hero 3 caused an injury in my left hand and now I can no longer play it for fear of permanent injury. Is that natural? My hands are used to playing actual guitar, for crying out loud.

dowingba

Weasel3689

Why didn't Soul Calibur make the list? I mean, SC3 was fun for $20 but there'll be a point when making Taki's boobs a cub size bigger every game will just get obnoxious.

NoraHF

RawSteelUT

hegemonyhog

crim

All the old Sonic games including Adventure were made by Sonic Team in Japan

All of the handheld games Advance+ were made by Dimps, and STA by Sega Studios USA.

Adventure 2 and beyond were made by Sonic Team USA, but I'm not entirely sure about that crap game on 360/PS3. Secret Rings was made in Japan.

Sonic Riders was made by United Game Artists (they need to work on the control seriously)

All I know is that the best Sonic games came from the original Sonic Team in Japan

MidnightScott17

@MarquisMark:
You must've missed out on the two PSP remakes: Megaman Powered Up and Megaman: Maverick Hunter X, which were remakes of the first games of the Classic and X series, respectively.
MMPU added two new Robot Masters (Oilman and Timeman), the ability to play as all eight Robot Masters, Protoman and Roll as playable characters, a challenge mode, and a level builder.
MHX remixes the old stages a bit (upgrade capsules are in different spots), adds Vile as a playable character, and the anime OVA "The Day of Σ".

And, personally, I've found the Zero and ZX games to be great. Battle Network and StarForce are meh, though. And Legends needs a revival.

---

And personally, I don't think Mario needs to retire. Generally, his games are quality, both the main games and the side-games (a few side games I don't care for, like Mario Party, but they can't all be winners).
Are new IPs a good thing? As long as the game itself is fun, sure. You can create a new, interesting IP, but the game can be completely dull or unplayable.
We shouldn't care whose face is plastered on the box, as long as the game is fun. There's even some life left in Sonic as long as he's kept away from SONICTEAM.

BPMν

We know this guy has no credibility, can we leave Sonic out of this? Sonic CAN have good games made about him.

Spyro seems to have been abandoned by Insomniac in favour of fresh IP, let's put the poor dragon out of his portable misery. Megaman games seem to be nothing but shovelware these days. Tony Hawk has suffered EA-itis, but it could go either way and probably won't.

And the other half seem to be just series he thinks are too old. Really, it's a slight improvement for mainstream gaming coverage but he still has no idea what he's on about.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

The handheld Sonic games have been good though....Sonic Advance 1, 2, 3, Battle, Rush, Rush Adventure...

It seems these people who write articles about games don't know jack shit about them, and neither do any of the Sonic bashers apparently.

MidnightScott17

Secret Rings isn't even that bad, you ingrates. It has graphics actually comparable to first-party Nintendo games on the Wii.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

MidnightScott17

What ever happened to reading a book, and getting to the end. With the Harry Potter stories (I read them, fuck you I read them alright!) It came full circle. In gaming? It's rare to get this.

Why? Because it's a cash cow. Companies want to bleed it dry. Even when we have Halo ending. We have 2 expansions coming over the hill. ioshock? Lets do a prequel. Kingdom Hearts? I have no fucking idea where that story went to.. Don't get me started on Silent Hill. Great story, but what the hell.

My point? Let series complete there paths, and let them go. Let them be and move on to the next tale. The next big thing. Go out with a bang rather then leave with a wimper.

huginn

You, sir (or madam), deserve a good handshake!

DONNYchiban

Sega has not done a good job keeping the quality and fun of the original Sonic games alive in their newer games. Nintendo has done a fantastic job with Mario and Sega could learn a thing or two about what it takes to breath new life into an old franchise without destroying it's original spirit.

Sonic could use a redesign....it might just be me but I hate the new design compared to the classic one used in 1, 2, ect. oh and one more thing!!!!

IT's DR. ROBOTNIK YOU EFFING SEGA RETARDS!!!!! CHANGE HIS NAME BACK!!!!!!........I don't care what his Japanese name was....IT'S ROBOTNIK!!! =O

d1sCo_d3aTh

Chip

Zombie_Moogle

The ad placement? Ok, the Axe guitar is silly, but I didn't buy it. The rest is... *shrug* like I care, it doesn't get in the way.

The animations? Didn't seem so terrible to me, but I'm actually playing the game. Lip synching is good, and the characters don't wander around and get lost in the scenery anymore, so that's fixed. The drummer? Yeah, I noticed he's choppy. Who stares at the drummer? I'm looking at the note chart and my character... speaking of which, I found the Guitar Hero games only EVER had one or two characters that looked good, while the others were silly cartoon characters... I used to like Judy Nails - not now in any form. Used to ignore Casey Lynch, but they added an alt costume that's ok. Midori is some kind of mutant, haha... so it's about par for the course for a GH game still.

Other than that, they've kept shockingly true to form in visual style, comments on load screens, etc. Except now I can play it on my laptop too, so that rocks... I don't get all the hate for it, but it seems to be a Kotaku cultural thing since the sales tell another story.

I'm still thinking that if you told me 8 years ago that a rhythm game would even be mainstream in North America I'd laugh and go "yeah, I wish!" and go back to Beatmania and Pop'n Music... I like the whole series, but to be honest, while I appreciated the mechanics of 2 over 1, the songlist was really hit and miss for me and I probably only played about 1/4 of it regularly. 3 is a big refresher that way too.

fuchikoma

I agree half and half.

Pokemon is an AMAZING franchise, when you think about it.

It's battle system has gotten more complex with each release and its breeding system is quite amazing as well. There are so many more things I could talk about, but there are simply too many.

However, I agree that a lot of the newer beasts leave me with a WTF feeling.

Then again, I've been saying since I heard of the 3rd Gen that they should stop adding so many new monsters.

There are soooooo many ways the series could go if there weren't so many damn monsters.

One example is the MMORPG that fans have craved since forever. But it'll never happen now that they have literally 500 character models that they'd have to create and animate to have every monster available.

Mact

I'm torn, actually.

I loved the N64 version, but I really like Double Dash as well. Despite this, I've seen a lot of people diss Double Dash.

Though I missed the ability to hold items behind you, I really liked the double item/double driver mechanic.

Mact

Spiffyness

Well, judging from the ever distancing release date, Nintendo does, but I think that's it.

Mact

Spiffyness

Tony Hawk - I agree. It should die. How different can you make the same skateboarding game after so many iterations? I didn't even find it terribly entertaining the first time around. I can't imagine that anyone who did still does.

Spyro - KILL THE BEAST! Spyro died a long time ago. Then they went and tried to rewrite his story. He flopped again. Understand, fools. No one wants your damn dragon!

Mario - The author has lost all sense. Mario has been in so many games because 1) The originals were good enough to warrant sequels and 2) Because they were not the same damn game. If you want to complain about Mario Party, fine. It got old around round five. Mario Kart is a hugely fun and popular game, with something new in each generation so far. Also, Smash Bros is not a Mario game. Besides, there have been more iterations of Halo in the past seven years than there have been Smash Bros.

As for anyone who complains about the primary Mario titles... Gamerankings has Mario Galaxy at #2 game of all time for a reason.

Mact

it's too much, it's rediculous and the devs just lose the spirit of the original sonic, and just show customers that they suck to make good games

Waza

Furious_Liver

Isn't that a good thing though?

The main complaint about the other franchises is that they are either stale or the new iterations are not entertaining. You just said yourself that Megaman doesn't have this problem.

As for how far they can take it? It's already been taken farther than you seem to realize.

Ever played Megaman Legends/Megaman 64?

Notice the airships and talk of ruins in ZX/ZXA? Notice how robots and humans are one and the same almost?

They are filling in the gaps.

Mact

Superstar90

Bioware's Sonic RPG is my last hope for a new and excellent Sonic game before I agree he needs to be put down like a horse with a broken leg.

The only Mario title I can agree needs to be put down is Mario Party.

I haven't had interest in Pac Man since I was little, so why not?

The Amazing Exploding-Man

EmeraldDragon

While I'm in ancient-Nintendo-land, I want sequels to Kid Icarus, Ice Climber, and Mighty Bomb Jack. And more reasons to turn on the Wii.

tk.

I loved Battle Network.

The fact that it was Megaman is what originally brought me into the franchise, but I was originally skeptical about the gameplay mechanics. I tried it and ended up loving it.

NT Warrior is a anime, dummy.

The Zero series was awesome because it brought back the challenge factor. It's younger brother, ZX, has been just as good.

Mact

EnigmaNemesis

May I introduce you to the DS?

Mact

Has anybody mentioned Pokémon yet? I like the game, but recent iterations have been more and more blah for me, and new monsters seem kinda hastily designed.

Chef

Dtothewayneo

Doomstink

thsprgrmscks

Doomstink

Wolfkin

TOCATL

Too bad bullfrog doesnt exist anymore.

Witzbold

Compare the hums and haas when a developer announces a sequel to great title a year or two after the first one came out, to the sheer undulated JOY when a developer revisits a franchise last seen five or ten years ago. Starcraft II anyone?

ParanoidIndividual

bangbangblah

ivan225

homelessvagrant

Btw I never understood why so many folks hated the N64 mario kart. D:

Witzbold

silentbobfan

Krytha

CarbonatedWater

And I'm pretty sure Disney would drop Mickey before Nintendo drops Mario.

Oh and I feel like being the bad guy luchador today, so I'm gonna be honest and say Final Fantasy. :3

"NO ME GUSTA FINAL FANTASY, ESTA MUY MAL! MUUUY MAL!" *crowd boos as I flex and throw microphone on ground*

Furious_Liver

I don't believe any franchise should ever retire completely, so long as the developers can create a new and better experience from it.

Bauske

MagnusGman

Doomstalk

Benjo

It wouldnt have been so bad if not for the skills. Since it was amusing to see a 3d version of the RL counterpart come on stage.

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I think at this point it would be impossible for Nintendo to kill off mario, that would be similar to disney killing off micky mouse if you think about it.

Witzbold

TaggarT6

Umm, if Manhunt dies, can someone somewhere revive my beloved Lunar series? Thank you and God Bless.

Saint Anima

I guess the good thing is that there's still a market for gamers like me, though it's so far Wii-only this generation.

sxp151, the happy-headed nose

NPlace

Again, what's with all this journalistic hate towards the industry? Seriously, do we really need to aim our sights on the mascots now?

Come on! Group hug, bitches!

boopadoo

DaiMacculate

Peronthious

Doomstalk

He establishes no credibility or even set up some guidelines for how he decided such things. This guy is a moron, but I think he brings up a good point for discussion. Personally I see much more merit in most of the games he said should be stopped in contrast with sport titles. The best solution to killing off repetitive sports titles is to make one game and update the players and stats via downloads. That way they would only release a new game once they have a new idea for how the game should play. Alas they will keep releasing the same sports games in a pathetic attempt to make money.

Tony Hawk should definitely go to the grave. The series is to repetitive to go on.

I could see a reason to stop Pacman, but I doubt it will happen.

If they can keep making CoD then they can keep making MoH.

I've never really cared much for the tomb raider, spyro or manhunt series.

There are many more franchises that should end before Mario. Most mario games are of better quality than a large amount of titles out there.

Personally I don't think GTA get's better with every rehash. San Andreas was worse than Vice City in my opinion. And burnout does not get better.

Anywho most of the guy's comments are t3h st00p1d, but this is still a pretty interesting notion.

NeoAkira

SONIC THE FREAKING HEDGEHOG needed to be on that list in the worst way.

Langis-Langley

@brent_w: I can't get into it man - I've tried and tried. Guess I'm not a fan of this style - surely not up to par with 4 or REmake.

@Striderhayasa: It's the best FPS on the Wii IMHO - perfect? No. But what is?

sadkermit - soon to be banned for standing up to the ummm nazi.

brent_w

*cries*

SuperMaxZero

prophet23

We haven't had a new SSB in a number of years.

A third with loads of bells and whistles and the inclusion of Sonic the Hedgehog is NOT something to hate on.

Sure it'll have crap online because Nintendo is worried about the kiddies. But that just means I'll (still) have Call of Duty 4 for good online fun and SSBB for get-togethers.

You know it's going to be fun as hell.

Also, Legends of Rock wasn't exactly "mind-blowing". They had two boss battles with "legends" (more like "legend" and some other guitarist) and another with someone I'm pretty sure doesn't qualify as legendary beyond how evil he supposedly is.

And somewhere in there was Brett Michaels, who I wouldn't exactly call a legend, especially after he starred in a reality show about finding love.

What I don't get is what if they don't fall in love with anyone there? They pick someone just because they have to?

Lame.

Xiatter

Suckfest!?

*slap*

UC is a fantastic game.

brent_w

ImBigBob

blaked569

Ampillion = That Man.

prophet23

Roto13

altgod

Noone's saying they shouldn't make new IPs, everyone in the gaming industry should push for new ideas, and for the most part, everyone does... But sticking to franchises is the core of the industry. Final Fantasy? Shit, the games aren't even similar outside of a few tunes or some blue menu screens. That doesn't mean they're not going to use the title to sell games. Sports titles? Unless the core of the rules of said sports changes, there's no reason to make another one once you've made a good one. The game itself doesn't change outside the faces.

Why doesn't Disney get rid of Mickey Mouse? Why not clean house and make entirely new stuff? Because people attach the names and faces of it's company to it's mascots. Nintendo IS Mario to a lot of people, just as Sega IS Sonic to others. Disney IS Mickey Mouse. And that sort of recognition is worth billions to companies. Sticking Mario on a sports title gets the mainstream to look at it.

If companies did nothing but take risks, you'd see a lot more crashes in the industry from companies who took the chance and made a game that was great... but nobody bought, because it happens all the time. Good games not getting enough sales.

Ampillion = That Man.

iwontusemyname

remember when viewtiful joe came out? everyone loved it's "unique style" and loved it's fresh take on the old system, yadda yadda yadda. what happened? it made a sequel that was exactly the same as it's predecessor. and then spiraled into over saturation very quickly. (a smash bros. fighting game? come on.) the same thing happened to katamari, warioware, pikman, and other countless games.

it's easy to harp on sonic, or tomb raider, and even our jolly friend mario, but people buy it, no matter how shitty it is. someone likes it enough to purchase it. companies like to use what works.

and not to mention that the money for all these shitty retreads pay for original classics. lots of mega man money lead to taking a chance with viewtiful joe. lots of resident evil money lead to dead rising or lost planet. and so on. and hell, without resident evil 4, we might not have gears of war.

but i do agree with some of you, in that grand theft auto and guitar hero don't belong near the "keeps getting better" list, and also adding final fantasy.

iwontusemyname

prophet23

StopTheOncoming

2th

That's not to say that I don't care for Harmonix. As soon as I can get my hands on a 360, Rock Band will be one of my first choices. It's just that freaking out over a change of hands when the new entry is playable, includes new features, and retains what fans want (save for art design, but that's for another discussion) is a little extreme, in my opinion.

Ninja-Z

...Kratos!
...Master Chief!
...Laura Croft!
...Shepard!

blacksamurai87

Crash needs to die now though. He's been sold off to someone else and sucks now.

Sonic not quite yet. The spinoffs of main games, yes, they aren't like the Mario spinoffs that are actually good, those are truly bad. Sonic should have 1-2 more tries at a main title (not counting the Bioware DS RPG) before it's taken out. If they can get back up to Sonic Adventure level and make a 3rd one, it'd be great. Also, the Sonic RPG by Bioware sounds pretty awesome.

Samos42

Ninja-Z

Kinda like with anything and bitching in general. :x

Witzbold

VSpeck

Green-clad Gamer Dude

In the Spirit of Bill Hicks, I would like to produce a show entitled "Lets Hunt and Kill Tired Old Game Franchises that Used to Be Good". Episodes 1-3 would be about ending all the recent Mana games one by one.

And Yes, there would be titty.

DaiMacculate

So? Why should it be okay for the company that prides themselves on innovation and creativity to constantly recycle their mascot over making new IPs?

iamnotdryad

Personally, i would love a new 1080. the 64 version was awesome, the cube version was putrid. Stank up the joint something awful. That series needs redemption.

Would love a new Tetrisphere on WiiWare

Project Number 3 sequel on Wii

Blast Corps on Wiiware

Parasite Eve sequel on PS3

Winback multiplayer on WiiWare (no campaign mode, just multiplayer. Winback's cover system was ahead of it's time.

Forgotten Worlds sequel on PSN

M.U.S.H.A. remake on WiiWare

Valis 3 and Valis 4 remake on WiiWare

Beetle Adventure Racing sequel on PSN

WeaponLord sequel on PS3 and 360

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

prophet23

bobbus-maximus:killed a man with a toothbrush

Witzbold

Islandkiwi

iamnotdryad

prophet23

J. Kyle

Ninja-Z

however, after playing it, i think most reviewers are too n00bish to "get it" (sorry if that sounds completely pretentious!). i enjoyed GH1 and GH2's expert mode, but i felt that songs did not have enough button-pressing variety and that harder songs simply meant making them "more impossible," if you will.

GH3's difficulty blows GH1 and GH2's out of the water, but for some reason, the difficulty feels natural and not forced, and i'm having a lot of fun playing the more-varied tabs (not just between songs, but within them as well). my guess is that on medium or hard or even easy modes, this dramatic difference isn't as apparent.

anyway, anybody agree with me? maybe i'm just talking out of my ass. the boss battles still suck though, i'm not challenging that.

blaked569

We loved sonic as a culture
we were cool with sonic 2 / 3 as a culture
Sonic adventure 1 wasn't all that bad
but then you had sonic racing, sonic adventure 2, sonic racing 2, sonic doing a backfip, sonic vs his "shadow", sonic vs his shadow doing a backflip with a gun in his hand now, sonic next gen, sonic sports, sonic olympics

get the point? It's something thats obvious to us customers and gamers when to stop milking a cash cow. Sonic has run up dry at the moment, doesn't mean it won't ever sell big again because for all we know the next game that comes out might be the biggest selling game of all time period - BUT think about something before you release it. Devoplers ask yourself "I know what I want, I know what the publisher and the people want, why not do it?" You want your game to sell, so your publisher is happy, he pays you more money to devolep more games that you like so that we in turn buy.

you release a game we DON"T want to play in a series, we DON"T buy it, you DON"T get a renewal or another contract/job offer. - oh and i say "culture" referring to the gaming community, personally i never liked any sonic aside from 3 =p

Zaos

DarkLuigi

Ninja-Z

Michael McWhertor

TOCATL

Witzbold