COTM was fucking amazing!
completely unplayable because of the shite GBA-1 light but amazing game nonethless
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I haven't bought a good launch title since N64! (Launch title discussion)
- Thread starter Tabris
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COTM was fucking amazing!
completely unplayable because of the shite GBA-1 light but amazing game nonethless
brandonh83
Banned
Oh shit. I forgot about Twilight Princess. Even better than Mario 64. Playing through that game on Wii was fucking magical.
Wipeout Pure was worth buying a PSP for.
But I don't think I'll buy a game for my PS4 for a couple of weeks. It comes with Drive Club PS+ edition (and maybe Resogun for free), and I'm happy to wait for the Black Friday sales and maybe get Watch Dogs, AC4 and Killzone for the price of two games. I'll need that time to really study the reviews and impressions of the Ubisoft games; I'm not buying either of them if they're as bug-ridden as AC3 was.
But I don't think I'll buy a game for my PS4 for a couple of weeks. It comes with Drive Club PS+ edition (and maybe Resogun for free), and I'm happy to wait for the Black Friday sales and maybe get Watch Dogs, AC4 and Killzone for the price of two games. I'll need that time to really study the reviews and impressions of the Ubisoft games; I'm not buying either of them if they're as bug-ridden as AC3 was.
polyh3dron
Banned
PSP launch was great.
crazy monkey
Banned
Why people are forgetting is because the GBA was an absolute disaster hardware wise at launch. The only way you could play certain games well is by getting a website to do a backlight mod or buy one of those huge light attachments that came over from the top.
It was one of the worst launches ever in my opinion due to that. It blows my mind they didn't think about the consequences during development.
Spiderman 2 UMD was the shit.
Besides Lumines I don't remember liking it all that much. Darkstalkers was ok.
Nope, and that's fairly common among the rest of gamers (otherwise Sega would still be making consoles). I was burned by Saturn's launch (remember the controller debacle). I didn't get a Dreamcast until it was clearance at $99.
polyh3dron
Banned
I couldn't see for shit while playing Circle of the Moon. It was probably a great game though.
Go outside or go to a properly lit room. People exaggerate how hard it was to play that system. It also lasted around 30 hours on two batteries because of it and its still the most comfortable handheld to hold.
It's the last and best handheld to play outdoors. Beat most of Pokémon Ruby at the beach.
nckillthegrimace
Member
It came out first on the Wii, so count it.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
Jesus Christ at Dreamcast, GBA, and PSP. How could anyone have complained when those were released? GameCube and Xbox are close too.
Bought me a worm light just so i could play that game.
polyh3dron
Banned
Tabris is not exaggerating about Circle Of The Moon.
goldenpp72
Member
I agree with you here, I remember buying a GBA at launch with F Zero, Castlevania and I think one other game and I was so damn excited.. I turned it on in the car while my mom drove me home and I couldn't see shit, took it home, still couldn't see shit. Even with decent lighting the thing was a bitch to get proper brightness on, which isn't a problem on other devices I have like the Game Boy Color or Neo Geo Pocket Color. It was also really just a shame since GBA titles had nice visuals and having to wash them out for that was a damn shame. It wasn't until the GBA SP+ came out (and the DS) that the games were allowed to show their real potential, but the SP was a nice band aid until then.
Circle of the moon was HORRIBLE though, I never did get back to that game as I couldn't even see a damn thing, I remember buying a worm light and everything.
Second game I beat after Mario Advance. Finished it at the end of my first study hall on the first day of school. That was a well lit room but that was only for the last forty minutes of the game. Most of it was played outside at my job parking cars for the fair which paid for the thing.
(Can't get much studying done if your first class day one is a study period!)
That's a shame golden as that game looks AMAZING on the GBASP.
There was a period in GBA history where other games turned up colours/brightness to deal with the lighting issues before GBASP as everyone was complaining (I forgot the second castlevania game, I think harmony of dissonance which had this problem), so they looked horrible on GBASP.
There was a period in GBA history where other games turned up colours/brightness to deal with the lighting issues before GBASP as everyone was complaining (I forgot the second castlevania game, I think harmony of dissonance which had this problem), so they looked horrible on GBASP.
Damn. Felt the Xbox 360 launch was very solid this gen.
360:
-CoD2(very strong port)
-Condemned
-PDZ (The online was stupid fun in 2005)
-PGR3
-Geometry Wars
-Amped 3
-NFS: Most Wanted
-Ridge Racer 6
Launch "window"
-Tomb Raider Legends
-Oblivion
GC was merely eh(Luigi, Rogue Squadron II) until the double dose of SSBM and Pikmin 1 that Xmas.
Xbox 1 had Halo 1
PS2 had TTT and SSX.
DC had Soul Calibur.
360:
-CoD2(very strong port)
-Condemned
-PDZ (The online was stupid fun in 2005)
-PGR3
-Geometry Wars
-Amped 3
-NFS: Most Wanted
-Ridge Racer 6
Launch "window"
-Tomb Raider Legends
-Oblivion
GC was merely eh(Luigi, Rogue Squadron II) until the double dose of SSBM and Pikmin 1 that Xmas.
Xbox 1 had Halo 1
PS2 had TTT and SSX.
DC had Soul Calibur.
necrolysis
Member
I echo the Mario 64 sentiment, as it was the last time a launch game completely changed my perception of what the future could bring as far as games.
But I did have alot of fun with wii sports and kameo as launch titles.
But I did have alot of fun with wii sports and kameo as launch titles.
BigJonsson
Member
Rogue Leader was fantastic for the Gamecube launch
Syphon Filter
Member
Darkangel
Member
I always thought the Xbox 360 had a pretty underrated launch lineup:
-Call of Duty 2
-PGR3
-Kameo
-Perfect Dark Zero
-Amped 3
-Need for Speed: Most Wanted
-Condemned: Criminal Origin
-King Kong
-Geometry Wars
-Most major sports games (NBA, NHL, FIFA)
Nothing really stood out as "amazing" (maybe COD2), but it had a really high percentage of good games.
-Call of Duty 2
-PGR3
-Kameo
-Perfect Dark Zero
-Amped 3
-Need for Speed: Most Wanted
-Condemned: Criminal Origin
-King Kong
-Geometry Wars
-Most major sports games (NBA, NHL, FIFA)
Nothing really stood out as "amazing" (maybe COD2), but it had a really high percentage of good games.
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Parallax Scroll
Banned
Man, I forgot all about Circle of the Moon. That game was dope as shit.
GBA is the only launch console I ever bought and it was specifically for that game.
GBA is the only launch console I ever bought and it was specifically for that game.
Hell yeah. Even though you had to be on the surface of the sun to see what was going on.
Anyways, SSBM might as well have been a launch title. Too bad I couldn't afford a Gamecube or much of anything at the time.
Mudron
Member
Rogue Leader with the GC
that game was mindblowing
(Luigi was good but them graphics were....just incredible)
This.
My copy arrived from Amazon weeks before the Gamecube even came out, and the wait to play it did not leave me disappointed.
goldenpp72
Member
I honestly hate that game in some ways, but I did love Monkey Ball and to a lesser extent Luigis mansion. Super Monkey Ball is one of the best launch games ever though, and kind of a perfect mechanics based game.
What I hated about Rogue Leader/Squadron was that every ship had a terrible turning radius and there was no easy way to do a 180 move. Starfox 64 solved that problem years before the first Rogue game came out, but nearly a decade later you were still stuck spinning around like a sucka if someone lined up behind you or you flew past a mission-critical target.
Man there are lots of launch titles I've loved since the N64. Most recently being Nintendo Land and Zombi U. Those two were both in my top 10 games of the year for 2012. Going back before that Lumines Electronic Symphony on Vita is amazing and I thought Wii Sports was incredible at the time. Not to mention Twilight Princess. Halo on the Xbox, Luigi's Mansion and Rogue Squadron on Gamecube the list goes on.
Phat Michael
Banned
N64 had quite a "small" launch - it just so happened that 2 of the 3 games were pilot wings and Mario 64 which were incredible at the time.
Really happy with the XB1 launch however - some fantastic games in there.
Really happy with the XB1 launch however - some fantastic games in there.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Rogue Leader with the GC
that game was mindblowing
(Luigi was good but them graphics were....just incredible)
I just bought this on amazon, its been too long since i last played it, and i missed it
SporeCrawler
Member
Wii sports and twilight princess
Poimandres
Member
Pffft. Strategy games and simulations have always, and most likely will always, be better on PC. Yes, that includes the original Sim City.
Anyway, I think the PSP had probably the best launch lineup in several generations. Lumines, Wipeout and Ridge Racers were all easily 9/10 titles for me.