Alright, updating this topic now that I have some of this stuff:
The 3DS is... quite alright, actually. To be clear, the last mobile system I owned was a gamegear, so my impressions of what a mobile system should do are admittedly a bit out of line.
Anywho, I bought my partner a Wii for Christmas a couple years back, then a Kinect last Christmas. The second I was showing off the 3ds to them they said "so it's a wii and kinect combined, right?" I didn't have the heart to tell them it was neither so I agreed.
I now have:
Ghost Recon blah blah (the 3DS one)
Final Fantasy Tactics A2
Many more to come but not before my Detroit trip
I have to say:
The 3d effect works much better in the one game (Ghost Recon) then anything the 3ds came with. The AR cards are cool but they feel very inconsistent. That being said, Mario frozen running across my bar is freaking amazing (for about 2 seconds). Despite the obviously short term thrills that was easily worth the cost difference between a DSi and 3DS. Anyways, Ghost Recon really makes the 3d obvious and nice even if it doesn't really add to the gameplay.
It's neat but I'm pretty sure I could live with out it.
Onto FFTA2, wow. There are some good games on the DS platform. I'm an hour in and hooked more so than the PS1 tactics got me... and that's shortly after when I thought XCOM TFTD was the best game I had ever played.
QUESTION: I saw Jagged Alliance is on DS. If I liked JA2 on PC but thought JA was infuriating, should I go ahead and skip that, even at $10?
Thanks
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