Re: The Love Thread (Or Just Warms and Fuzzies)
You really don't seem to put much into other people's personal opinions do you?
You can't just say "I didn't enjoy this game" "To me this game was sub par"... using the vocabulary you are, it makes it seem like another's opinion doesn't really matter, and you are trying to convince us all to be video game snobs like yourself, instead of being able to sit down and enjoy a nice game of whatever we want.
Chibi enjoys Spore. It works for her. So what? I'm not saying its a good game, nor am I saying its bad (mostly cause I haven't played it, it doesn't interest me). That doesn't mean you have to mention about holding back on some rant.
And really what's wrong with a short game? Sometimes people don't have time to spend on these 80+ hour super epics with Shakespearean quality storylines, and pushing the edge of gameplay that just boggles the mind, and also be perfectly and utterly bug free. In fact, thinking of the time, money, and effort that would go into making that kind of game is almost making me want to tear my hair out and whip someone with it.
People enjoy games for some fun, some entertainment. You are expecting much to much out of something that could be wonderfully simple.
Example, I recently got Fairytale Fights. What sold me? The graphics. I couldn't resist running around it the cutest world that almost belonged on a Kid's program, and splashing blood all over the damn place. The gameplay, sub-par. Story, fucking nil. Funny? Absolutely. I look past the glitches that even make me die because I'm sitting back and laughing at how absolutely ridiculous the whole set up is.
Personal opinion is what counts in games, and I thank Christ, Zeus, Thor, Allah, God and everyone in between that not everyone thinks like you, else I'd be having flashbacks to being forced through classic epics of Romeo and Juliet when all I really want to do is blow a zombie's skull across a wall.