Re: July Together Retro Poll
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:18 pm
Hi,
I am new where but I couldn't let this go without saying one thing....
I am a long time gamer and have had almost every console at one time or another.
The BIGGEST failure I can remember throughout all these years is an EASY choice.
When the 3D0 was announced the gaming community was electrified. It seemed so powerful and so awesome that some of us could even accept its hefty 599 price tag. (without a game I might add).
Once launched the gilded 3D0 began to tarnish. Good games were few and far between and all very expensive. But then it seemed hope was found in a game that would give all of us the game we really wanted, a Mortal Kombat clone called "Way of the Warrior".
I remember reading the articles in Next magazine and in game stores everyone was talking about how great this game would be. It had to be great...it had everything we wanted.
Then it came out.
Now some might say that WOTW was not a failure if you look at the sales but I would argue that the hype surrounding this game was insane. Everyone thought it was going to be Mortal Kombat for the console masses.
The game looked ok, by the standards of the times, and the sound and design were good....there was just one problem, it was unplayable. The controls were horrible and the "collision detection" inaccurate and frustrating. The real shame is that if the gameplay issues were tweaked then the game would have been really great. Such a waste.
The 3D0 was in of itself a bit of a disappointment, but this "game" drove home the point to 3D0 owners that the system was never going to reach the heights we had hoped for.
I am an old man and that is my story, now get off my lawn
I am new where but I couldn't let this go without saying one thing....
I am a long time gamer and have had almost every console at one time or another.
The BIGGEST failure I can remember throughout all these years is an EASY choice.
When the 3D0 was announced the gaming community was electrified. It seemed so powerful and so awesome that some of us could even accept its hefty 599 price tag. (without a game I might add).
Once launched the gilded 3D0 began to tarnish. Good games were few and far between and all very expensive. But then it seemed hope was found in a game that would give all of us the game we really wanted, a Mortal Kombat clone called "Way of the Warrior".
I remember reading the articles in Next magazine and in game stores everyone was talking about how great this game would be. It had to be great...it had everything we wanted.
Then it came out.
Now some might say that WOTW was not a failure if you look at the sales but I would argue that the hype surrounding this game was insane. Everyone thought it was going to be Mortal Kombat for the console masses.
The game looked ok, by the standards of the times, and the sound and design were good....there was just one problem, it was unplayable. The controls were horrible and the "collision detection" inaccurate and frustrating. The real shame is that if the gameplay issues were tweaked then the game would have been really great. Such a waste.
The 3D0 was in of itself a bit of a disappointment, but this "game" drove home the point to 3D0 owners that the system was never going to reach the heights we had hoped for.
I am an old man and that is my story, now get off my lawn
