The 10 Worst Games Made For The PSP and DS 82
VonSnouty writes "With the DS and PSP now out of their 'early years', handheld specialist Pocket Gamer has taken the innovative approach of warning readers off of the 10 worst games for the PSP released so far, as well as the
and 10 worst games for the DS. The latter piece notes that: 'The DS has suffered from as many bad games as its Sony rival. Indeed, according to this unbiased evaluation of the PSP and DS game reviews on MetaCritic, DS has played host to even more dreadful, money-sucking stinkers. The reason? Probably the same things we love the DS for — its unique features, such as the dual-screens and the stylus. A lazy PlayStation 2 port might at least result in a mediocre game on PSP, but DS games done on the cheap are likely to be pure evil.'"
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doesnt that defeat the purpose of review sites/magazines?
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Re:Subjective (Score:4, Insightful)
You can't read an unbiased opinion in the media these days. The best you will get is to find an editor or two who share your opinion and stick with them. But good luck because it's going to cost you hundreds to find out if you're right. And at $50+ a pop, it's not worth it. The only thing they're good for is showing screen shots or in-game footage. On occasion you can rely on them to tell you how well a game controls.
The only way to know how well a game will entertain you.. is to play it. So it's borrowing from a friend or renting it before you buy it if you're into that sort of thing. It sucks, but I can't afford to buy more than 3-4 games a year at full price, so if I can't borrow it or at least just know it's going to be good, I probably won't pick it up.
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Same goes for music and movie reviews. By the time you've gone pro, and at least have a professional production job, that's a free 25% or so right there.
Re:Game library size (Score:3, Insightful)
You seriously are left in a state of perpetual rent paying, and collecting things through VERY linear means. There is fishing, digging, and catching bugs. You can also plant things. That's it!
I'm sorry, but the amount of intellect it takes to draw pleasure from such narrow activities, which are all incredibly boring to actually do, is low.
Want to fish? Click in the water near a fish that will almost always come and bite. Then when the bobber goes down. CLICK AGAIN! You got a boot! A sunfish! A crab!
It really should say, "you have just wasted your time doing one of the 4 activities of Animal Crossing, please prepare to do the same thing over and over again". And don't give me that "LOL, but every game is the same thing!". No, there are generally the same types of thigns, but different strategies associated with them.
Your assumption that I don't like the "live in" style of game is so false it is rediculous! I LOVE those kinds of games, that is the number one reason that I hate Animal Crossing! I thought it was going to be a really cool sandbox game, which is exactly the kind of game that I want for the DS. However, to make these simulation "live in" games good, you need depth, and a LOT of it, to make it fun. Depth isn't an endless assortment of fossils or fish, that is something that should be added to the already existing depth of a game, not as the basis for one.
You took my post as a troll to piss off Animal Crossing fans... My post is not a troll, it is pure objective dislike of a game and all the mindless lemmings who piss away hours of their life enjoying it. Not because I absolutely oppose pissing away hours of life, but because I oppose it when there are so many better options. The DS has good games, Animal Crossing is not one of them.
Now if you disagree, please, explain to me WHY it is fun, and then maybe I can enjoy it. Wait... You haven't even played it?! I have it sitting right here, and IT SUCKS.