Comments on: Another Day, Another Bad Game

By: Adam Rixey

Adam Rixey — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:32:04 +0000

Burnout Revenge is pretty nice, but it’s really not that different from the other versions previously released. I am glad they got rid of that “feature” where you press the button and your car explodes on the starting line during the party mode.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:30:32 +0000

Don’t know how you feel about driving games, but Burnout Revenge is the only thing that’s gotten my buddy with a 360 to take out Oblivion. Multiplayer isn’t great with only two people, but we’ve spent days at a time just taking turns at the career mode events.

By: Nat

Nat — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:37:56 +0000

Fortunately, C:CO is insufficiently Japanese to have hordes of super-obsessed fanboys freaking out about it.

Also, this whole only-one-game-worth-owning thing is pretty much why I don’t own a 360 and probably won’t until maybe Christmas. Or next year. I expect I’ll buy a Wii first.

By: Dr. Click

Dr. Click — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:29:35 +0000

Now, where are the hordes of C:CO fanboys to declare that psu “is teh gay”?

By: psu

psu — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:55:27 +0000

I wouldn’t mind another FPS if it were *good*.

By: Andy P

Andy P — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:44:36 +0000

> Kameo was actually kinda neat

Woohoo, found someone who liked it!

Actually though this is kind of indicative of a larger problem. You’re right, Condemned is really rather dull (I gave it a long, long time until I gave up on it, because I felt I must be missing the amazing things everyone else saw in it, but my final conclusion was the same as yours). But the press loved it and it sold loads. CoD2 was good to start with but trailed off and is still basically just another WW2 shooter, but the press loved it and it sold a SHEDLOAD of copies (90% attach early on, I am led to believe). Kameo is pretty good (if still not great) and DEFINITELY different, the press were fairly “meh” about it and it slipped by unnoticed.

The reality is that on the one hand, the gaming press complains about the lack of innovation, an accusation levelled squarely at the 360 since launch. On the other hand, the only games they ever talk about are first-person shooters and racing games, and if you’re not one of those they will ignore you (Kameo being a case in point). The public, meanwhile, buy what they are told to buy, meaning that there’s no way any sensible developer would risk making anything other than an FPS or racing game. Nobody really wins, so why do they perpetuate the cycle?

By: Adam Rixey

Adam Rixey — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:11:06 +0000

Oblivion’s still only one game worth OWNING, but I’;ve found several others worth PLAYING through Gamefly.

I rather liked the new Tomb Raider game; not perfect, but a decent action adventure that finally fixed the retarded control scheme.

Kameo was actually kinda neat until the final level, and still better than the initial wave of reviews led me to believe it would be. If they’d gotten rid of the stupid lava level, fixed the control scheme in the water, and changed up the order of the creatures you get it probably would’ve scored better.

I enjoyed the Prey demo much more than I thought I would, and am probably going to rent it next. I usually get bored quickly with shooters but if Prey’s pacing keeps up that’ll make me happy.

And…umm…okay, I guess that is about it. Table Tennis is fun with a group of people, though. I’m praying to the zombie gods that Dead Rising doesn’t suck.