I guess you missed the thread the day it released here.

Um, as tinyE pointed out, you must be mistaken here. Daikatana was one of the games that everybody absolutely hated when it came out.
By now many people have realized that it isn't as bad as the hype-backlash made it look. But I know no one who really loves it. It is just a mediocre game.


edit: OK. I probably missed that thread too.

What's it's done is cheapen games, IMO. Recall when one of the GOG staff (I believe it was the EnigmaticT) said they felt that deep discount sales cheapens games. I personally believe it's DRM, not the sales. While I use Steam (even though I feel the same about the 'extras' as hucklebarry), I never buy anything that's tied to it unless it's on a deep discount. And that's solely due to the fact the game is tied to a DRM platform. Sure, the sale needs to be there, but the only reason I wait for a sale is because the game is tied to a DRM platform. That's what cheapens the games from my perspective. Granted, it may not be the same for others.


Oh shit, I went on an off topic rant. Apologies. More on topic: I missed the boat on Torchlight and Braid. Didn't like either game even though both were highly praised at the time of their releases.

anyone who wants a squad shooter where your team mates don't go out of their way to get their asses killed (unlike D) just get Republic Commando or Freedom Force.

I have no interest in FPS, and honestly don't want to. Why someone would want to spend their time pretending to shoot other people and being killed and respawning every 30 seconds is beyond me.

As the OP let me say feel free to go off topic. Shit, start talking about cheese if you want, I'm good. You forget 99% of all threads I post in I end up dragging off topic. :D

Ah, I see. Yes, most of us (me included but for other games) tend to wear the pink spectacles of nostalgia from time to time. :-)

I want to help you somehow. I want to enlighten you to the wonders of Turn Based Strategy. :(

Speaking of which I can't stand certain cheeses...

Not really, on a more serious note I've never got into Braid at all. I own it, and tried to play it, but just found it boring and disappointing. Not to worry, though, as I got it in a humble bundle and the other games in the bundle more than made up for it.

Cheese? I hope you are talking about green cheese, the food with the best nourishment to weight ratio of all food items. Even if Iolo (or was it Shamino?) isn't particularly fond of it.

Deus Ex, System Shock, Mass Effect, Company of Heroes, Call of Duty etc.. Basically most FPS, anything turn-based, zombie and/or horror games, sci-fi and post apocalyptic RPG's.

"You'd like headcheese. My brother makes it real good!"

Another vote for Super Meat Boy from me. If I am going to play a platformer I rather it be one where I can explore huge worlds instead of doing the same thing over and over until I get through one screen. I saw an article the other day saying demos are bad for game sales. In the case of this game that was true for me. After playing the demo I felt like I had enough and didn't get it until it came in HiB.

Half-Life 2 and Ep1/Ep2. I beat them and thought it was alright, but nothing even close to the hype it gets online. Half Life 1 was a better game to me. For FPS in the same time frame, I had way more fun with Fear + it's expansions and Stalker than I did with HL2.

Super Mario 64. The 2d Marios are far superior to this game. The camera is annoying, the level designs aren't that great, and unless you play it in an emulator the graphics look horrible today. The NES and SNES Mario games all aged far better.

That's mostly because Halo wasn't very good. Perhaps it's because the person that showed it to me was so overly enthusiastic, but it was middling at best. Certainly not deserving of the level of worship that some folks devote to it.