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The Power of Pokémon

James Bishop writes in Spoony Bard column for TheGameReviews: "The question, then, is why do Pokémon games of all generations still manage to attract players in the numbers that they do? Nothing truly changes. My Mankey from my original Red save would be mostly the same as a Mankey from FireRed, albeit with a few bells and whistles added on. But it would still just be a Mankey. There's no great plot unraveled through any of the different generations of the game, Team Rocket comes and goes, Professor Oak's grandson is still a douche and your rival constantly steals from whatever professor gives you your first Pokémon."

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cain1415135d ago

People like catching and leveling their pokemon. The story is just a plus...

italianbreadman5134d ago

It boggles my mind. Maybe I should try a few more of them.

scar205134d ago

SINCE I WAS IN 3RD GRADE AND CURRENTLY IM 20 AND DNT HAVE SHAME THAT IM DIZ OLD PLAYING IT IF U GROW UP PLAYING OR WATCHING A SERIES ITS HARD TO LET GO OF DAT ANYONE AGREE?

Torkith5134d ago

You should go and redo grade 3, as you can see, you obviously never learned how to speak proper English. And yes, I still play Pokemon, I don't find it as fun as it used to be, so the remakes offer some nice nostalgia moments.

YoungKingDoran5134d ago

lol read both comments, one after the other... now, how smart does torkith sound in comparison.

anonymouse1113355134d ago

Because I've always been playing pokemon I've always loved it, probably one of the first games I've played, now I constantly give my brother lectures (sometimes quite long ones) about how to train pokemon better. He doesn't listen to my wisdom though

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Two Decades Later, the Original Splinter Cell is Still a Masterpiece

They don't make games like this anymore.

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vgvill2d ago

Too dated in my book. The AI is way too unpredictable to be acceptable today. It's definitely a game of its time.

Jingsing2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Agreed with those sentiments. The quality of the CPU controlled characters make or break a stealth game and they are pretty poor in all the Splinter Cell games by today's standard. This is what led me to playing Spies vs Mercs all the time in later games just to get a better stealth experience from a real person. Arguably Sony are making better stealth games albeit not Tom Clancy stuff.

TheProfessional2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

You should stick with fortnite or one of the countless bloodborne style games then. What a joke.

rlow12d ago

I had a good time with the game. It is a product of its time. But when it came out it was a must have game for a lot of people. I wish Ubisoft would make another game in the series or at least a reboot.

vgvill1d 23h ago

They are making a remake, I think. I loved the original game when it was released, but I tried to play it again in recent years and just couldn't get on with it. The same with the older Hitman games.

PrecursorOrb1d 23h ago

Yeah chaos theory still holds up though I gotta say. If you’re a fan of the series I highly suggest you go back to that one. Ubi has said they are remaking sc for “modern audiences”. I don’t have a lot of faith for the future of that company

Chocoburger1d 16h ago (Edited 1d 16h ago )

Due to the lack of modern stealth games, and me constantly playing the MGS series, I've been looking for alternative stealth games to play, and went back and re-played the SC series recently. I wouldn't call SC1 or SC:PT masterpieces, there are AI issues, they're very much trial-and-error games, and that can lead to a lot of frustration. I also found the stories in this series to be boring, uninteresting, and just sloppily told. Cinematics are also of poor quality for both in-game scenes and CG cut-scenes, the soundtrack didn't leave any impression on me either.

Chaos Theory is better, but there was still a lot of room for improvement, and Double Agent (old gen ver.) was a sloppy mess that ended up a regression from CT. But still, at least they tried back then, these days Ubi-junk doesn't even try to make good games!

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A Matter Of Trust: What The Game Industry Should Do To Win Gamers Back

Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.

anast7d ago

Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.

Garethvk7d ago

How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.

anast7d ago

Wait until release. Watch Gameplay. Exercise patience.

Garethvk7d ago

But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.

1nsomniac7d ago

Get rid of the suits in the industry and job done!!

Garethvk7d ago

They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.

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From The Last of Us to Baldur's Gate 3: The success of the Game Music Festival

Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.

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