Old games you hated but everyone else loved.

Michael_ · Post by **Michael_** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:17 pm 0

Spinning off from the other thread, I bring you a couple of C64 games that I never actually liked that much, but whereas most reviewers and friends thought it was absolutely great.

Impossible Mission (C64). What was the deal with this game? I liked V much better (of course everybody else hated V).

Spindizzy (C64). Boring and frustrating.

Knight Games (C64). Boy, did that suck?

There are probably more. I remember relying heavily on magazine reviews back in the mid-to-late eighties, and I basically bought every Zzap 64 sizzler and Gold Medal game. Not everything was great.

--Michael

Tepic · Post by **Tepic** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:25 pm 0

Jet Power Jack (Acorn Electron)
Omega Race (Vic 20)
Black & White

Flawed · Post by **Flawed** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:48 pm 0

C64:

Winter Games, Summer Games, California Games, you name 'em, I hated them all. I also remember disliking Uridium. Pretty graphics, boring game.

NES:

Super Mario 3 bored me to tears. There's something I disliked about the level design, I can't quite put my finger on it. I never owned an NES and tried some of its classics emulated, but River City Ransom was the only game I really enjoyed.

SNES:

Final Fantasy 3/6. Booooring with borderline ugly graphics. I'd take Chrono Trigger over FF any day.

PC:

Doom 1&2, (haven't played 3.) Say what you will, but most later maps in both games are downright terribly designed. Boredom par excellence.

Wolfenstein 3d: didn't see what the big deal was. Wow, it's 3d!

I also thought the Commander Keen series was a joke compared to what Amiga, ST and console platformers had to offer. The headache-inducing scroll effect is still etched into my sorry little mind.

Sam&Max Hit the Road: there's something I disliked about the atmosphere, can't quite put my finger on it. Oh, wait a sec! What atmosphere? Probably my least favourite classic LA adventure game.
The only cool place in the entire game was the nutty country superstar bloke's mansion.

Lloyd Mangram · Post by **Lloyd Mangram** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:51 pm 0

Anything with a multi-load on cassette - It really annoyed me that the likes of ZZAP! would give a rating of 95% to a lot of the US Gold stuff - It would take about half an hour to load the game!

Also The Last Ninja is vastly overrated - Nice Graphics, terrible controls!

super charlie · Post by **super charlie** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:53 pm 0

i thought jet set willy/manic miner stunk.

and i dont care who knows it

moobaa · Post by **moobaa** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:20 am 0

On the C64:

I'll agree with Knight Games, Winter Games, Cal Games, The Last Ninja. I lloved the first Summer Games, though.

I had a friend who felt obsessed with completing games on his first run through them. So anytime someone loaded up a new game at his place, we had to sit there for hours until it was over. He ruined Spy Vs Spy 2 & 3, The Detective, and Enigma Force for me

On the Xbox: Time Splitters 2. Or "Time Splitters Poo", as I call it. Halo showed that console FPSes can be done right; TS2 ignored all the lessons learned and created a heap of shit.

Tepic · Post by **Tepic** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 2:57 pm 0

Halo

That reminds me. Halo is boring crap. I'd rather be playing pong

TS2 is better <nods>

turk182 · Post by **turk182** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:10 pm 0

*DUCK*
I still dont understand the enthusiasms for M.U.L.E

Now WTF is going on there then?

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 4:05 pm 0

http://forum.wayoftherodent.com/viewtopic.php?t=1104

Bogdan · Post by **Bogdan** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:54 pm 0

Castlevania series (NES)

For the life of me, I found the NES incarnations to be among the most frustrating, repetitive games ever made. THe SNES incarnation was fun though because it was a bit more forgiving. Never played any future installments following that.

super charlie · Post by **super charlie** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:52 pm 0

gotta disagree with nes castlevania being crap, they were ace, especially the first and third.

cheers
charlie

rowan · Post by **rowan** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:04 am 0

Tepic wrote:Black & White

Not exactly old but I super ultra double agree with you there. A whole load of amazing tech and graphics covering up a game that mostly revolves around running out of wood and having to transport it all over the world.

And gestures had no keyboard shortcuts

Nothing else in ~13years of daily mouse use has given me arm ache to the extent I couldn't use the mouse for a week

moobaa · Post by **moobaa** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:41 am 0

Tepic wrote:
Halo
That reminds me. Halo is boring crap. I'd rather be playing pong

TS2 is better <nods>

Jesu arse tits christ man, that's fightin' talk

Michael_ · Post by **Michael_** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:55 am 0

Lloyd Mangram wrote:Also The Last Ninja is vastly overrated - Nice Graphics, terrible controls!

I agree. The controls were way off, and the whole "fighting" part had no real feel to it.
Terrible game, but yes, the visuals were quite nice.

--Michael

Michael_ · Post by **Michael_** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:25 am 0

Dio wrote:http://forum.wayoftherodent.com/viewtopic.php?t=1104

Interesting piece of writing.
I actually spent an enormous amount of time playing Elite (C64) 19 years ago, and never felt like I was wasting my time. One of the only games that allowed total freedom, the feeling of being there and, most importantly, allowing me to be Han Solo (sort of).

IÂ´ve recently logged approx. 300 hours+ in playing it again on my GP32.
I do agree, however, that every sequel and version that appeared later on, were totally devoid of the aforementioned qualities.

--Michael