Posted by Strider on 7/20/2009, 12:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Dragon Quest IX"
The Guardian Legend is actually pretty well known in obscure/cult-gamer circles. It also won a bunch of awards when it was first released back in '89... It's a great game and it's a shame it's not more mainstream.
Also, a trend cannot be extrapolated from a single data point. The fact that one of the six million people in the US fell into a manhole while distracted doesn't prove anything.
I'm just sayin'.
- HC
--Previous Message--
: but, in Hydlide, you still use menu's to equip
: your weapons/armor, atc. so, it's halfway
: there....and the way it plays, well, I just
: like it and that's it.
:
: Surprisingly (probably to you) Zelda never
: was a favorite of mine...too much hype.
:
: I enjoyed The Guardian Legend, although that
: one is also an example of something more a
: shooter than an RPG.
:
: But that was even more-so a shooter than
: Hydlide...Hydlide had JUST ENOUGH of the
: aspects I like to still be considered an RPG
: first, and shooter second.
:
: And it isn't that I like unpopular stuff, or
: that I am a rebel....BUT EVERYONE ELSE SURE
: AS HELL IS A FREAKING HYPE ZOMBIE!!!
:
: Let's have a look at some of what I
: like...and tell me if it is
: "unpopular"
: Metroid, Guardian Legend, Hydlide, DW/DQ,
: FF1 ONLY, Phantasy Star....a lot of this WAS
: pretty popular...maybe not with dumb-assed,
: hype-driven American dumbasses...but was
: still quite popular.
:
: Just that hype-driven,
: can't-think-for-themselves American retards
: didn't like the games because they were TOLD
: to like other games instead. TOLD to do so
: by corporate media.
:
: Let's face it the average American teenager
: nowadays isn't even intelligent enough to
: make freaking CHANGE without a computer
: telling them exactly how much to give!! and
: try having the change come up, say,
: $4.52...hand them another dollar bill now,
: so that you will get a five-dollar bill
: instead of four ones, and you just confused
: the shit out of the American, because
: Americans are intelligence-challenged.
:
: And I'm not TRYING to get my favorite series
: any extra love, I'm trying to explain WHY my
: favorites don't get any love...AND IT IS
: BECAUSE AMERICANS ARE STUPID...AND CAN'T
: THINK FOR THEMSELVES...AND GOT NO
: TASTE...AND ARE TOTALLY HYPE-DRIVEN ZOMBIES.
:
: P.S. I AM an American. The last of the
: potentially intelligent Americans. I have
: totally given up on "Generation
: Y." They are utterly useless.
:
: just as an example of how STUPID Americans
: are...maybe you heard about the woman in
: NYC, recently?? The one who had her nose
: shoved so far into her cell phone,
: texting...THAT SHE WALKED RIGHT INTO A
: FREAKING OPEN MANHOLE!!! I'm sorry, but
: that's an example of the intelligence level
: of the modern-generation American, and I
: plain give up. Americans are stupid, and
: there is no way we maintain our world
: superiority anymore. This generation,
: Generation Y...is going to fail us in every
: possible way.
:
: --Previous Message--
: DW/DQ, Phantasy Star, and Hydlide. That's
: it. The rest of it sucks, mostly.
:
: Let me clarify. For me, it only qualifies
: as RPG if it is menu-driven and turn-based.
:
: ...those statements *entirely* cancel each
: other out. Hydlide isn't "menu-driven
: and turn-based"; it's a Zelda/Ys-like
: game. So by your definition, it's not an
: RPG. Um... what?
:
: Also, can you elaborate on just *why*
: everything else "sucks", or is
: this purely an "I'm a rebel, I like
: unpopular stuff, and everyone else is just a
: hype zombie!!!" rant?
:
: And do note that I've *never* been pressured
: by hype to buy a game. My first RPG was DW1.
: Then I played FF1. The NES wasn't exactly a
: haven for RPGs, as you know. I also owned
: DW4, but regrettably could never find copies
: of 2 and 3 (though I later played both on
: emulator). I loved them. Moving to SNES,
: FFMQ was my first RPG on that, followed not
: long afterwards by 4, and then almost
: *immediately* afterwards, 6. I also liked
: the Breath of Fire series, the Lufia series,
: Earthbound, Paladin's Quest... and so on.
: The DW series, sadly, never made it to our
: shores on the SNES. A shame, really; 5 was
: great, and while the flaws of 6 repulse me
: *now*, I'd have played it to death back
: then. Needless to say, I ended up kinda
: forgetting about the series. The lukewarm
: reception 7 got (combined with thoroughly
: mediocre reviews from my friends who *did*
: play it) kept me from getting it.
:
: As for the much-hated FF7... it was an
: entirely natural "next step". I
: loved FF1, 4, and 6, and FF7 looked awesome
: to me -- hype or not -- and it did not
: disappoint. Amazingly, however, it wasn't
: FF7 alone that sold me on getting a PSX.
: Wild Arms sealed the deal nicely. I also
: *love* SaGa Frontier, easily one of the most
: (unfairly) hated games of all time. I could
: continue into my history of RPGs, but I see
: little point. Bottom line is, I'm no hype
: zombie, nor do (as I once did) I actively
: lobby *against* hyped-up games. While I
: *like* the DW games for what they are, it's
: just not my favorite series... but if it'll
: make you feel better, Final Fantasy isn't my
: favorite series, either.
:
: Final note: Calling everyone
: "stupid" for not liking the same
: things as you do will *not* get your
: favorite series any extra love.
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