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Monday, August 25, 2003
So many games not enough money
Being a poor jobless college student can really suck! There are a ton of killer games out or being released this fall for the GameCube and I can't afford any of them. Why must game makers charge so much for games? I know it's a common rant but really folks, is $50 as good as they can do?
Buy two games and you're out a 100 bucks! That's just crazy. Especially since the replayability (is that even a word?) of many games is very low. For a while there game makers were all into the replayability and you had games like Diablo that would randomly generate dungeons. This at least gave you the illusion that every time you play it's a new game. So many games are basically rail shooter now days were you navigate a bunch of narrow levels. It just seems like we are getting forced to pay too much for so little.
Oh sure it costs millions to make the games with all the fancy motion capture, special effects, and full motion video cut scenes. The problem I think is that game makers feel they have to use these things or the game isn't as "good" or considered a second rate game. They get so caught up messing with these "features" that they start to skimp on the actual game play.
At 50 bucks a shot I don't want just some interactive movie, I want a fantasy world that I can become a part of. A world that draws me in and lets me enjoy myself for while before getting bored. If game makers don't feel they can provide a good enough game then they need to cut back on the frills, focus on the core game, and then release it at a discount.
Honestly I believe games should not cost more than 30 dollars. AAA titles should be 29.99, second tier games 19.99-24.99, and that junk games that they know no one wants to play 9.99 to 14.99.
That way for a young kid that works his butt off can afford 3 maybe 4 games for a 100 bucks instead of just 2.
Anyways enough of my rant. Here's the top 10 list of games I want in no particular order:
1) Soul Calibur II
2) F-Zero GX
3) Maro Golf: Toadstool's Tour
4) The Simpsons Hit and Run
5) StarCraft Ghost
6) Mario Kart: Double Dash
7) P.N. 03
8) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
9) Wario World
10) Enter the Matrix
Yea I read it. It sounded fun and I might still rent it for a weekend but I’d wait till the price goes down to buy it.
Posted by
AlanBarber
on 09/04/2003 at 11:47 AM
on 09/04/2003 at 11:47 AM
Wario World was fun but too short. I just put up my review of it online at the end of last week.