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A Top Ten and A Definitive Dozen
End-of-week lists are always fun. From CNet, we have a list of the top ten games of the last ten years, and from 1up.com the definitive dozen titles from the PS1's lifetime. From the 1up article: "Resident Evil
Capcom, 1996
Admittedly a straight-up rip-off of the PC adventure series Alone in the Dark (all the way down to the polygonal characters in static environments), Resident Evil was the first great example of Sony's commitment to quality, adult-oriented entertainment. Sure, the controls sucked, and the voice acting was worse. But for all intents and purposes, this was the game that helped the PS1 grab gamers by the throat, chew on their jugulars, and gnaw on their brains."
I just love it when /. whores out the top-n lists which are always the be all-end all top-n lists. I don't care what some game editor thinks is the best game of all time, I'm not going to go out and buy it because he says "It's awesome, lol!!!!111one!", I'm going to buy it because I walk into the store, look at the box, read the back of it, drive home, and download it.
Any questions?
I'll subscribe to Slashdot when I see a month without a dupe, a typo, or an article the "editors" didn't read.
Battle Arena Toshinden: a virtua fighter rip-off, not bad.
Ridge Racer: never played, looked like a million others racing games.
Jumping Flash!: never heard of this.
Resident Evil: absolute crap, unplayable for me, I've never liked the way you "control" the dummy in these games. Yes, Alone in the dark was waaay better.
Tomb Raider: bad, but at least it had a better control.
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain: Soul reaver, it's sequel was a lot better.
Crash Bandicoot: fun to play, all of them.
Final Fantasy VII: the best of the series by far.
Parappa the Rapper: WTF? Only if you're a lil' girl.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: if the word "Cool" has a picture in your dictionary, it probably is a screen capture of this game.
Metal Gear Solid: really good. A hit.
Gran Turismo: probably the best cars game of the PS1.
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Sheesh the only good game on there was Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I laughed when it said that there wasn't a man alive who hasn't played Madden. What a joke. I'm sure there are plenty of gamers who have the sense not to play such a game. My list would have been much different... But I have to get back to work... (Darn clock)
Was it a "good games" list, or a "games that sold well" list? 'Cause that's what it fuckin' sounded like. Most of these games were loved by the sheeple we have been forced to share our favorite pastime with once the PS1 arrived. How about they make it a "best games that received mass media coverage and had a publicity budget that measured up to millions of dollars, which, as such, RUINED this industry because nowadays everything is a rehash of these games" ? Because that's what it fuckin' WAS, that list. I don't see any of the truly revolutionary games I've played in those last ten years. Oh, wait, there's one, right at the bottom of the first list. It's at the bottom because, "you know... For kids!" /obscure?
Let's create another bullshit top X list or otherwise our visitors will go away.
How long until the top 10 of "top 10 lists"?
Try looking outside "the world" a.k.a. the United States for a change, the rest of the world really doesn't care for your kevlar-clad people carging against each other for 5 seconds and pausing.
We prefer ice hockey, football (soccer to you) and rugby - the real men's version of your "football".