I'm going to create a sticky or a seperate forum for every console prior to the Xbox360, and after the CDi, where people can recommend a game.
What I'd like it to be, is us, the 3DO collective on here, just a way of saying: "I've just been playing this, you guys might like it too."
We're all pretty savvy, so I don't think we need to put Resident Evil, or Shenmue or Super Mario 64, or stuff everyone knows about - everyone here either likes Shenmue or Resident Evil or they don't, and at this point, there is no point in arguing. I, and you, don't need to be told that Okami is a cult classic - yeah, I know, I still ain't going to play it, but we're all interested in hearing that "Shadow of Memories" on the PS2 is actually alright.
We all gawp at the thrift shops, we all scour eBay, we all fancy something different.
The idea is this: That I, or you, wake one morning, fancy a blast on the Saturn or PSX or N64 (for example), but Idon't know what to play, or get, or look into, or browse on the web for. For me, as I've said, the Saturn is Virtua-something and Nights into whatsits. The problem is not that I hate the Saturn, I just don't know anything about it. (Obviously) So we log onto here and have a look, and one of you, six months ago, swore by some not oft played game on the Saturn. It'd be great!
Then I spend 20 minutes looking it up on the web, to find out if I really would like it. And then another 20 minutes on eBay. Half the fun is looking up right?
So here's an example:
I reckon you guys might like the following PSX titles:
- Carnage Heart
- Colony Wars 3: Red Sun.
So, I post the titles, then I put a few pearls of wisdom (short) as to why you might like them and off we go. Not a review, something like: "I played this, it was aces, you made robots and programmed them to fight, and I had a lot fun - not for dummies."
You see, I'd love to get some joy out of my N64, or Xbox too, and I think we're all pretty much the same kind of gamer.
Generally speaking, if you guys recommend me a film or game, I generally look into it, because I sort of trust you. And you've all sort of trusted some of my 3DO related pearls of wisdom (even when I over-sold
)so...Even if you don't like a game, most of this stuff is a couple of dollars, it's not like wasting $80 on game that's rubbish.
What do you think?
We can all work together to enjoy gaming more.
The Retro Gaming Collective or the Uncommon Gamer.
A progression from "what are you playing" thread...
