By DiPro Go To PostHalo 3 launch was mad.Naw. Gta 4 , wrath of the lich king, mw2 all came after halo 3 and felt bigger . Not even counting the toys to life or music games crazes
weird that games are so much bigger now but they never felt nearly as big ever again.
Source : I worked at the damn gamestop
By cRrusheR Go To PostYou tapped into the fanboy energy.halo 3 was next level because it was multiplayer, single player games can't compete in hype. maybe a sequel to fortnite/cs/lol could match the hype, but in an age of service games those probably wouldn't even mean anything more than season updates. i guess the next game that could compete is gta6
For me it was MGS2. For kids these days maybe it was Spider-Man or as you say, some Fortnite update.
The energy you felt it’s still felt by others. It’s like old people saying Marvels Avengers was nowhere near the hype of Star Wars. Like… you’re just old, that’s all.
By jjasper Go To PostMan Halo 2 mp in 2004 was amazing. Halo 3 coop on legendary hasn’t been topped yet (on consoles dunno about pc)
And yet people who probably never played them are keen to give their opinions to the contrary
Digital games took away the image of lines around the block. It’s just an image though. More people buy games day 1 than ever.
By Daz Go To PostYah, it was 90 MC
I hear Horse hanging himself.
i mean games got higher scores on average.
i just checked it and the ps3 had 49 games with a MC of 90+ and the ps4 only has 33 despite having way more and better games imho.
By Bungie Go To PostAnd yet people who probably never played them are keen to give their opinions to the contrary
i share your energy bro. i call it reiloism.
watch youtube for 30 seconds and think you can give a valid opinion on a game.
it's a very disturbing condition
By DiPro Go To Posti mean games got higher scores on average.Yeah, the curve wasnt as strict until the end of the gen - a lot of mediocre games were carried by HD spectacle and little else.
i just checked it and the ps3 had 49 games with a MC of 90+ and the ps4 only has 33 despite having way more and better games imho.
I mean GTA4 has like a 98 MC, in what universe does that make any sense.
By Smokey Go To Postresistance 2 was the time period when every fps was trying to be codNah it was nothing like cod. It tried to be all kinds of things, too much really and messed a lot of it up. There was that weird 8 player coop mode that was separate from the main story and played like a precursor to Destiny and its ilk, 60 player multiplayer that was just chaotic and the single player threw out large chunks of the first game for no reason
By data Go To PostNaw. Gta 4 , wrath of the lich king, mw2 all came after halo 3 and felt bigger . Not even counting the toys to life or music games crazesnot disputing it, just personally halo 3 felt the biggest but that's probably largely because i myself was excited for it and i wasn't for any of those games you listed.
Source : I worked at the damn gamestop
By Daz Go To PostYeah, the curve wasnt as strict until the end of the gen - a lot of mediocre games were carried by HD spectacle and little else.the same universe that handed both Dark Souls 2 and Nier a 92
I mean GTA4 has like a 98 MC, in what universe does that make any sense.
By Red Blaster Go To Postmy local gamestop had 900 people at the midnight launch of mw2
halo 3 don't compare
Game came out 2 years earlier and on a single platform to be fair
By Daz Go To PostI mean GTA4 has like a 98 MC, in what universe does that make any sense.
the amount of games with very high MCs that people don't really like anymore is insanely high for the PS360 gen.
By Yurtlicious Go To Postif you don't rate my game you probably never played it is some bizarre mental gymnastics
Yeah, that or maybe the truth
By Smokey Go To Posti don't remember the MW3 hypeback when i was at blockbuster still i think. im old af
was there any
i think MW2 and 3 stick out the most to me because there's hype for games and hype for games with crossover appeal. halo wasn't really pulling in that many new to gaming. MW had your favorite rappers and actors talking about you need this $hit. Plus streaming and events were finally taking off too.
DS2 got 92?
Watching a playthrough and it verges on being actively bad.
MW2 is the most hyped game I can remember, and I didn't even play the first one. We opened our store at midnight, one of three times it's happened and the only time people actually turned up.
Watching a playthrough and it verges on being actively bad.
MW2 is the most hyped game I can remember, and I didn't even play the first one. We opened our store at midnight, one of three times it's happened and the only time people actually turned up.
i'm not american so war shooty bang bangs are probably not quite as big here, still big just not quite as big.
By DY_nasty Go To Postyurop don't like war now? damn. learn something new every daythat's not what i said at all m9.
i just looked up local sales and yup, it was big but not even the biggest in the year.
By Daz Go To PostIs there anyone here who didn't work at a gamestore/stop or a blockbuster?bruh
it was that or fast food - and i worked at a burger king for 20 minutes before being traumatized for life
By Daz Go To PostYeah, the curve wasnt as strict until the end of the gen - a lot of mediocre games were carried by HD spectacle and little else.I mean I feel that way about BOTW and Mario Odysseys reviews. It's whatever
I mean GTA4 has like a 98 MC, in what universe does that make any sense.
By Hitch Go To PostDS2 got 92?
Watching a playthrough and it verges on being actively bad.
but I appreciate how different it is, and for that, I can't hate it. It still has some really unique gameplay elements that were ditched unceremoniously, like power stancing.
By Flutter Go To Post
Ireland? They'll do any country in AC these days.
By DiPro Go To PostSince when is Ireland a country anyway? Isn't that part of the UK?how can you name every country on earth but not know the answer to this
By DiPro Go To PostSince when is Ireland a country anyway? Isn't that part of the UK?
Right?
By Smokey Go To Postresistance 2 was the time period when every fps was trying to be cod
Ehh resistance franchise always had shields to pop. It was always meant as a competitor to Halo
By Daz Go To PostIs there anyone here who didn't work at a gamestore/stop or a blockbuster?
i was pushing carts at the grocery store in texas heat before i found my calling at gs, and i worked there when the wii launched a while after.
whew
that was something else. that hype went on for like a year + after launch ez. moms calling in about the system every day. people wanting to bribe to hold the system. i took a few ngl. also had goons running up on stores for the $600 PS3s. shit was wild.
By cRrusheR Go To PostHow come nobody told me DMCV was this good?I would have but that 2001 level design is a right turn off.
By cRrusheR Go To PostHow come nobody told me DMCV was this good?were u like ignoring sunhi's weekly gifs or something
By Smokey Go To Posti was pushing carts at the grocery store in texas heat before i found my calling at gs, and i worked there when the wii launched a while after.Gotta hit you up for some of these stories - I had just started uni when PS360WII wen started.
whew
that was something else. that hype went on for like a year + after launch ez. moms calling in about the system every day. people wanting to bribe to hold the system. i took a few ngl. also had goons running up on stores for the $600 PS3s. shit was wild.
By Daz Go To PostGotta hit you up for some of these stories - I had just started uni when PS360WII wen started.Damn wtf how old are you?
By Daz Go To PostIs there anyone here who didn't work at a gamestore/stop or a blockbuster?
I fixed pcs and made websites just so i never had to. I did a few days, it's soul crushing.