What are you all playing?

Then for sure those games are not for you. I have fun with Lost World, but I think is probably because I also had fun with N64 games in general, that at this point they are unplayable to most people, and even Nintendo acknowledges he has to step in to make the necessary gameplay changes on the remasters so the games feel modernized enough to new players, even if they are getting ported on a competitive handheld hardware already.

About Episode I, you are like my brother, he doesn't like Episode I that much but loves Episode II. While I'm the total opposite, not because there is something wrong with II, I still play II, but because I simply dislike the Tales-Sonic dynamic. In other words I would simply prefer that Tales wasn't there at all and that he wasn't necessary, but he is.

About Ninja Gaiden 2. I had only play the Sigma 2 version which is the one I own so I can't really say anything about the other versions, but I'm guessing the differences are similar to the gameplay adjustments Nintendo makes on its remakes to make them playable for newcomers like they did with Star Fox 64 for example.

I will watch the video when I get home, I like those videos, but it looks like I was pointing out the correct things: Whether or not you like N64 games, and the uniqueness for each game, which is why we have different opinions about it.

It is interesting how I can totally understand why it wasn't for you, and that you understand why I like it. You don't see that often in other conversations, like in a Battlefield versus Call Of Duty conversation for example.

I saw the video. Besides Sonic Boom which is an obvious disaster, all the other games are fine. Like I said before, it comes to expectations, I'm very progressive when it comes to adventure games, and I like when they are different.

It looks like the majority of people have this problem he has, not just with Sonic games, but with games in general, every one wants more of the same.

You see this even with generic franchises like Call Of Duty, if they try something new everyone bashes it.

This is one of the reasons they claim why Nintendo and Sega are struggling in the console market, because other than using the exact same names, and some times even the same story, the gameplay keeps changing.

Which is exactly what I like, but not a popular opinion. This is how I know I will like Star Fox Zero, I like different, I like uniqueness, I don't like building on the same ideas, but that's just me.

However I'm guilty of conservatism when it comes to 2D games such as Fighters, Shmups, Mega Man X, IGA's Castlevanias, Metal Slug, Contra, Super Mario Bros., etc., so I can't really blame others for wanting the same about their favorite genres.

Cervantes Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10 are proof that it can be done, so is Super Mario Maker.

I have hopes for Mighty No. 9, and even if it is at least another Mega Man X8, I will still like it. I'm not that strict about changes, but at least keep the format.

I mean it's not like Zelda that it can be a cartoon, a Diablo game, a 2D puzzle game, a big budget adventure game, even a Musou game, and it still rocks. Mega Man has its limits.

See, as much as I like the Metroid Prime Trilogy, I want a 2D Metroid. I also don't like when they switch between 3D and 2D in the same game. It is a cheap way to look different.

Either you are 3D or 2D, not both, at least not in the same game. Star Wars games used to upset me like this. They would have space mission and then walking mission. Just choose one.

I'm playing hardcore mode on Torchlight. It's a blend of all the good elements of Diablo 1 and 2.

As I finished Gurumin, I'm now playing Viking: Battle for Valhala!

I take back what I said about Gurumin's dificulty: that game gets TOUGH in the later levels, I don't even want to imagine how it is in the harder dificulties. On the technical side of things, the pc version is really troublesome later: it slows down constantly in the later enemies and bosses, which is terrible since the game does get more action-y later (with a faster gameplay) and requires different moves and combos. Also, some special moves require that you rotate the analog stick, but the sensitivity is so high that these special moves will be accidentally activated all the time, usually in a way that will mess what you were trying to do. I wish XSEED could have ported/localized this game, as they would certainly give it a much better treatment... But technical problems aside, the game is still a lot of fun! Falcom is a great developer, I don't think I ever played anything outright bad from them.

I started playing Viking because, as I try to go through some of my backlog, I have choosen some short games first. I knew this one received very middling reviews (not bad, not good, just alright); that would be how I would define it, although it is slightly better than I thought. It's a beat'em up, pure and simple: the only thing you do is go around a huge map (there are 3 huge maps in the game), find an enemy base and then kill everyone. Outside that, there are a few moments in which your army will invade an enemy base, but the game still controls the same, except with hundreds of guys fighting each other. I don't know why, but I find the game strangely relaxing: there's almost no music and the enemies are strangely silent; the sound effects that you'll hear are mostly composed of nature sounds (birds and stuff). So you're just going around, listening to birds, killing a few enemies here and there. The game is very easy (even on hard mode) and the combat is, in general, slow, so that's why it feels pretty calm. On the technical side, its another 30fps game - while I wish it was unlocked, it's not much trouble, as the gameplay is slow anyway. I'm already very close to its end and had no problems.

In some ways, it feels like a sequel to Golden Axe: Beast Rider (going by the few minutes that I played of this one), but not too much. Maybe Sega was just trying to revive the classic beat'em up genre in 3d, as they published both games just 2 years apart. This one has the "burning people and cutting them in half", but has not the monsters part: you can call dragons to do a single attack during the sieges, but they don't stick around (think of them as the screen-clearing bomb).

Oh man! I'd love to see a Golden Axe sequel, but I'd need it to be an actual sword and sorcery game... Maybe Age of Barbaria could be my next pick?

I've been playing some Bladestorm these days, just making mercenary generals based on paintings from somewhat famous artists and running with it. Maybe I'll try Dragon's Crown too since I really want that beastmaster set of equipment.