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Which game is the modern day E.T. ready for burial in a desert?
Posted: June 18th, 2014, 8:35 pm
by crimefighter1
The modern day 2600 E.T. game set to be buried in a desert somewhere - iCarly 2 for the Nintendo DS. This is BEGGING for a review, before they bury a ton of these carts.
http://kotaku.com/what-1200-pounds-of-nintendo-games-look-like-1592927861?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow
Which game is the modern day E.T. ready for burial in a desert?
Posted: June 18th, 2014, 9:48 pm
by pacguy191
Sometimes I'd like to think we should bury the writers at Kotaku in the desert. All they do is clickbait.
I'm not sure how re-usable a DS cart is to devs and, yes, its iCarly so it's not gonna be missed, but there has to be a better solution than "let's bury these in the desert".
Which game is the modern day E.T. ready for burial in a desert?
Posted: June 18th, 2014, 10:59 pm
by Vexer1
I would have to say Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing for the PC.
Which game is the modern day E.T. ready for burial in a desert?
Posted: June 19th, 2014, 12:59 am
by velcrozombie1
[QUOTE=pacguy19]Sometimes I'd like to think we should bury the writers at Kotaku in the desert. All they do is clickbait.
I'm not sure how re-usable a DS cart is to devs and, yes, its iCarly so it's not gonna be missed, but there has to be a better solution than "let's bury these in the desert".[/QUOTE]
They're not going to be buried in the desert - the article says the picture of the enormous box of carts was taken in a "e-cycling" plant.
I've always hated spin-off games like this, partially because of some of the terrible licensed games I played as a dumb kid on the NES (hey there, Total Recall) and partially because they were all my young cousins wanted to rent when they used to stay the night - Hanna Montana: The Movie for the Wii is probably the single worst game I've ever played. They loved iCarly, but thankfully we never rented any of the games based off of it.
Which game is the modern day E.T. ready for burial in a desert?
Posted: June 19th, 2014, 5:16 am
by Vexer1
I'll admit I actually *gasp* like those TV shows, but I would never think of buying the games, though I can't imagine them being much worse then James Pond on the GBA, which still stands as the worst game i've played.
It was surprising, because the Genesis games were actually good, so I assumed a portable one would at least be tolerable, but nope! The graphics were very ugly and unappealing, just a confusing mess of pixels that barely looked better then anything on the GBC, confusing level layouts(I could never figure out how to get past the first level because of the confusing mess of doors you had to navigate through, and I could never seem to get anywhere), godawful music, terrible controls it was just torture, i'll be perfectly happy if I never see that game ever again.
Which game is the modern day E.T. ready for burial in a desert?
Posted: June 19th, 2014, 7:06 pm
by crimefighter1
My comment on "burying these in a desert" was sarcastic - if it's at a recycling plant, they're not gonna be buried. But I would buy a bunch of these up for pennies on the dollar simply cause they would be sold for cheap.
Which game is the modern day E.T. ready for burial in a desert?
Posted: June 19th, 2014, 9:43 pm
by pacguy191
[QUOTE=crimefighter]My comment on "burying these in a desert" was sarcastic - if it's at a recycling plant, they're not gonna be buried. But I would buy a bunch of these up for pennies on the dollar simply cause they would be sold for cheap.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure when I wrote my reply but it was either too late or too early. I should read before I post sometime.
Anyway, I'd like to see exactly how bad Dave thinks it is. We all know it's bad. To what extent is the question.
Which game is the modern day E.T. ready for burial in a desert?
Posted: June 20th, 2014, 4:50 am
by bronZfonZ1
Superman for the Nintendo 64 has my vote.
Which game is the modern day E.T. ready for burial in a desert?
Posted: June 20th, 2014, 7:22 am
by Segatarious1
Really no comparison.
I think the people who made ET really tried to make a good game, and it is ambitious for its place in time.
Cannot compare to modern day shovelware, does not seem to fit.
Besides, you could substitute dozens of titles for iCarly, so there is not any notoriety.
Which game is the modern day E.T. ready for burial in a desert?
Posted: June 20th, 2014, 12:12 pm
by velcrozombie1
[QUOTE=Segatarious]Really no comparison.
I think the people who made ET really tried to make a good game, and it is ambitious for its place in time.
Cannot compare to modern day shovelware, does not seem to fit.
Besides, you could substitute dozens of titles for iCarly, so there is not any notoriety.[/QUOTE]
No, you're totally right. Dozens of games worse than ET come out every year (mostly based on licensed properties, especially children's shows) and they disappear without a trace, only to be found in bargain bins and at flea markets.