by Ice Cream Jonsey » Tue Nov 19, 2002 1:28 pm
Roody_Yogurt wrote:Okay, I picked one up today. What games should I be playing? I'm going to get ICO as I've heard a lot of good things about it but I'm wondering what else I should be trying.
When I bought my PS2, I picked up Spy Hunter and Maximo along with Ico. Spy Hunter is rather shallow. I don't want to say that they fucked it up, but the thing about that game is the constant upgrade of weapons through the weapon ran, to go along with the Peter Gunn theme song. The weapons van is there, but the game is so mission-based that maybe you see it once if you see it at all (at least on the early levels). Definitely a disappointment.
Maximo is without question the hardest game I have ever played. It doesn't help things that the designers just had to get cute with the saving process, and then couldn't even get the game's manual to reflect upon what you need to go through. I got sick of having to play the same area over and over again because I'd either die before I could get to a place where I could save, or (the last time I played it) I saved with exactly one life left, and I have no idea how to get more. Maximo is a solid game which is completely ruined by the infantile and completely fucking retarded save process.
That leaves Ico. Ico is great, I have no problems with it and it's probably one of the best games I've ever played.
My brother bought NFL2K3 and NBA2K3. The football game is solid, except that for whatever reason they added something this year where the QB will throw the ball where the receiver is *supposed* to be. Fair enough in single player mode, but when you have a bunch of guys over and people take control of the receivers you'd better run the route. God forbid you see an opening. Sega has some crappy "Maximum Passing" mode to get around this, but it requires you move with one analog pad and throw with the other. It didn't work in John Elway's Quarterback for the PC 15 years ago, and it doesn't work now. But that's a (relatively) minor quibble. Other than that, it's excellent.
I played about ten minutes of NBA2K3. I think Mike likes it. He's been playing it every night for two straight weeks now. I'll see if I can get him to chime in with his take on it.
Other than those five games, I haven't played anything. I am looking for other games to pickup, so if anyone else has something to recommend, definitely clue us in.
[quote="Roody_Yogurt"]Okay, I picked one up today. What games should I be playing? I'm going to get ICO as I've heard a lot of good things about it but I'm wondering what else I should be trying.[/quote]
When I bought my PS2, I picked up Spy Hunter and Maximo along with Ico. Spy Hunter is rather shallow. I don't want to say that they fucked it up, but the thing about that game is the constant upgrade of weapons through the weapon ran, to go along with the Peter Gunn theme song. The weapons van is there, but the game is so mission-based that maybe you see it once if you see it at all (at least on the early levels). Definitely a disappointment.
Maximo is without question the hardest game I have ever played. It doesn't help things that the designers just had to get cute with the saving process, and then couldn't even get the game's manual to reflect upon what you need to go through. I got sick of having to play the same area over and over again because I'd either die before I could get to a place where I could save, or (the last time I played it) I saved with exactly one life left, and I have no idea how to get more. Maximo is a solid game which is completely ruined by the infantile and completely fucking retarded save process.
That leaves Ico. Ico is great, I have no problems with it and it's probably one of the best games I've ever played.
My brother bought NFL2K3 and NBA2K3. The football game is solid, except that for whatever reason they added something this year where the QB will throw the ball where the receiver is *supposed* to be. Fair enough in single player mode, but when you have a bunch of guys over and people take control of the receivers you'd better run the route. God forbid you see an opening. Sega has some crappy "Maximum Passing" mode to get around this, but it requires you move with one analog pad and throw with the other. It didn't work in John Elway's Quarterback for the PC 15 years ago, and it doesn't work now. But that's a (relatively) minor quibble. Other than that, it's excellent.
I played about ten minutes of NBA2K3. I think Mike likes it. He's been playing it every night for two straight weeks now. I'll see if I can get him to chime in with his take on it.
Other than those five games, I haven't played anything. I am looking for other games to pickup, so if anyone else has something to recommend, definitely clue us in.