I think you're dreaming. I think there have been disappointing blockbuster games as long as I've been gaming (early nineties). Before that? Well, maybe - but I sure don't remember.
I remember being really hyped up for Gears of War due to one of my friends constantly raving about how it'd turn out prior to its release. I definitely wasn't disappointed either - I was actually rather blown away!
I'm an impressionable person, though. So even if a game would actually turn out being mediocre, I'd still find something to appreciate it for. Although, maybe I shouldn't have voted "Yes" just judging by my one experience with GoW, since that's really the only one blockbuster I was really looking forward to that turned out even better than I anticipated. I'm might have spent more time on that game's multiplayer that even any of the recent Call of Duty games...
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial would have probably been considered a major blockbuster prior to release by 1982's standards, and it's widely considered one of the worst games ever made. And even that was years before I was born. So no, I don't remember this magical time where major blockbuster titles were always good, and I find it hard to believe that such a time ever existed.
Nope. That's why games media gets so much attention when it comes to reviews and previews.
Hell, Dues Ex 3 is going to be one of the biggest games of the year and I am scared to death for it because I am not convinced it will live up to the legacy's name.
well no and yes, I used to be a whole lot less critical about my games so even bad games (anyone ever played bugdom, a game that would standard come with apples when it was still mac OS9) would be considered good, but I was just fooling myself it turns out
No, as there was never a time when that happened. Wait, let me guess: you think all indie games are super awesome, right? That would seem to be compatible with your line of thought.
Seing how he created a "funny" (and thankfully closed) COD video thread, followed by this nonsensical poll, I'd say the OP is high. "
How dare you accuse him of something like that, I go out of my way to avoid the forums when I'm high so I don't make myself look like an idiot. OP is just silly.
It seems to me that it's easier to trust blockbuster games to be 'good' than it has ever been. A significant amount of releases these days are of high polish and general quality. I'm not saying everything that gets released is great, but it feels like we get very little in the way of straight up bad games these days - aside from the shovelware that is so easily ignored.
Seing how he created a "funny" (and thankfully closed) COD video thread, followed by this nonsensical poll, I'd say the OP is high. "
How dare you accuse him of something like that, I go out of my way to avoid the forums when I'm high so I don't make myself look like an idiot. OP is just silly. "
Hmmmm the mods apparently scrubbed my original upload. I MUST RETREAT TO THE BATCAVE TO FORMULATE A RESPONSE TO THIS VILLAINY!! *WHOOSH!*
Vaguely, I remember that there used to be this thing called the Seal of Quality where some of the big name games not only had to be big but had to make it through an entry process... oh those were the days.
" Vaguely, I remember that there used to be this thing called the Seal of Quality where some of the big name games not only had to be big but had to make it through an entry process... oh those were the days. "
I think he's referring to the fact that Rockstar haven't changed their formula in a decade, but their trickery still worked again last year with Red Dead Redemption. I hear you on that :)
" Vaguely, I remember that there used to be this thing called the Seal of Quality where some of the big name games not only had to be big but had to make it through an entry process... oh those were the days. "
Yeah Nintendo used to pride themselves on their seal of quality back in the NES days. Now, they don't give a fuck.
" Vaguely, I remember that there used to be this thing called the Seal of Quality where some of the big name games not only had to be big but had to make it through an entry process... oh those were the days. "
Yeah Nintendo used to pride themselves on their seal of quality back in the NES days. Now, they don't give a fuck. "
You actually believe the Seal of Quality meant something?
" Vaguely, I remember that there used to be this thing called the Seal of Quality where some of the big name games not only had to be big but had to make it through an entry process... oh those were the days. "
Yeah Nintendo used to pride themselves on their seal of quality back in the NES days. Now, they don't give a fuck. "
You actually believe the Seal of Quality meant something? "
Well, back then they at least made a big deal about it.
" Vaguely, I remember that there used to be this thing called the Seal of Quality where some of the big name games not only had to be big but had to make it through an entry process... oh those were the days. "
Yeah Nintendo used to pride themselves on their seal of quality back in the NES days. Now, they don't give a fuck. "
You actually believe the Seal of Quality meant something? "
Well, back then they at least made a big deal about it. "
What you mean to say is that you took it seriously because you were a kid. Unless I'm very much mistaken, the Seal of Quality went on any legally published game on a NIntendo platform, which is exactly what happens now.
" Vaguely, I remember that there used to be this thing called the Seal of Quality where some of the big name games not only had to be big but had to make it through an entry process... oh those were the days. "
Yeah Nintendo used to pride themselves on their seal of quality back in the NES days. Now, they don't give a fuck. "
You actually believe the Seal of Quality meant something? "
Well, back then they at least made a big deal about it. "
Well, back then they at least made a big deal about it. "
What you mean to say is that you took it seriously because you were a kid. Unless I'm very much mistaken, the Seal of Quality went on any legally published game on a NIntendo platform, which is exactly what happens now. Nothing has changed. "
Actually no, I didn't get into games till around the N64 era. I'm just going off of what others have said.
" Vaguely, I remember that there used to be this thing called the Seal of Quality where some of the big name games not only had to be big but had to make it through an entry process... oh those were the days. "
Yeah Nintendo used to pride themselves on their seal of quality back in the NES days. Now, they don't give a fuck. "
You actually believe the Seal of Quality meant something? "
Well, back then they at least made a big deal about it. "
Well, back then they at least made a big deal about it. "
What you mean to say is that you took it seriously because you were a kid. Unless I'm very much mistaken, the Seal of Quality went on any legally published game on a NIntendo platform, which is exactly what happens now. Nothing has changed. "
This is a true statement. If it wasn't, my NES copies of Bayou Billy and Widget wouldn't have the Seal of Quality stamped on them, that's for damn sure.
" E.T. The Extra Terrestrial would have probably been considered a major blockbuster prior to release by 1982's standards, and it's widely considered one of the worst games ever made. And even that was years before I was born. So no, I don't remember this magical time where major blockbuster titles were always good, and I find it hard to believe that such a time ever existed. "
Seems a bit ridiculous to go back as far as that. I don't really think any videogame could have been considered a blockbuster then; there weren't the sheer numbers of home console owners there are now.
Even if you go back ten or twenty years, though, you'll find exactly the same idea: much like movies, quality isn't a given, regardless of decade. Looking through rose-tinted spectacles doesn't help anything.
" Vaguely, I remember that there used to be this thing called the Seal of Quality where some of the big name games not only had to be big but had to make it through an entry process... oh those were the days. "
Yeah Nintendo used to pride themselves on their seal of quality back in the NES days. Now, they don't give a fuck. "
You actually believe the Seal of Quality meant something? "
Well, back then they at least made a big deal about it. "
There has never been a time this happened. Sometimes big games are good, sometimes they are bad. There was never a time when a game came out and wasn't disappointing or surprising.
I only mean to say that bad big budget game have always been around. This isn't something new, it's just becoming even more common now it seems. Then again, some years are really good, and others are really bad. So you never know, 2011 could be a really good year for gaming. We'll see.
" Vaguely, I remember that there used to be this thing called the Seal of Quality where some of the big name games not only had to be big but had to make it through an entry process... oh those were the days. "
Yeah Nintendo used to pride themselves on their seal of quality back in the NES days. Now, they don't give a fuck. "
You actually believe the Seal of Quality meant something? "
Well, back then they at least made a big deal about it. "
No, they didn't. "
Dude, whatever. "
Someone's upset. "
Clarification to the point. They made a big deal about the seal, but in terms of quality it didn't mean jack shit. it just meant that the software was licensed through Nintendo and the big n got their tithing. It didn't mean shit in terms of quality of the game.
" E.T. The Extra Terrestrial would have probably been considered a major blockbuster prior to release by 1982's standards, and it's widely considered one of the worst games ever made. And even that was years before I was born. So no, I don't remember this magical time where major blockbuster titles were always good, and I find it hard to believe that such a time ever existed. "
Seems a bit ridiculous to go back as far as that. [...]"
But in my experience, yes, a lot of the games I don't like are garbage. I know we'll hotly debate this in a few minutes, but are you willing to defend Bubsy and Dudes with Attitude? Eh?
" @CL60: But in my experience, yes, a lot of the games I don't like are garbage. I know we'll hotly debate this in a few minutes, but are you willing to defend Bubsy and Dudes with Attitude? Eh? "
It's fine to say a game that is universally disliked by 90% of the populace is bad. But I hate it when people come out and say games like Final Fantasy 13 are garbage, or Mass Effect is garbage. When they really aren't they just don't like them.
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