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PaperclipPerfector  3mo ago (text post)   2581 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for August 9, 2024

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BotW sucks. Most open world games do imo, for the types of reasons that you outline.

Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask are far superior to BotW as Zelda titles.

Nintendo is far past their prime. Most people would put their glory days somewhere in the 90s/early 00s. But, there is admittedly an irreducible element of childhood nostalgia required for fully enjoying any of these games anyway.

They have no need to innovate, because for some bizarre reason the entire industry has completely ceded the vast territories of "in-person multiplayer" and "games for children" to them for decades. They're sitting on an uncontested monopoly. For a parent who wants to play video games with their young children, Nintendo is pretty much the only option available. If you want to get drunk and have a fun night in with friends, no other company even tries to compete with Nintendo's offerings: Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. remain the gold standard to this day. Even the Halo series mostly gave up on split screen play years ago. I don't know why, but Nintendo is the only company that still makes video games for people who want to play in the same room as each other. They're the exact same six games they've been making over and over again since 1994, granted, but it's not like there are many alternatives out there outside of sports and fighting games, but even those are often only 2-player and increasingly designed for online play at the expense of the in-person experience.

Nintendo is far past their prime.

Not in terms of profits. Or in terms of influence. BotW is probably the most influential game since Arkham Asylum.

I'm assuming you're taking about the combat system that everyone either copied or riffed on. I think around that time Assassin's Creed 2 is a contender for most influential. I feel every was AC2+++ for awhile.

Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask are far superior to BotW as Zelda titles.

Agreed (I couldn't get into BOTW either). But MM has aged worse than OOT IMO, much as it pains me to say it.

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