[QUOTE="lostcali8"]
My thoughts exactly that Motorstorm and Dissidia should be there.
Specifically replacing Patapon 2 and GTA:CTW but eh.. Out of those I'd go with RR..
ston3henge
My own feelings on "Dissidia" aside, would you really call it on a par with "Resistance" or some of those others? It might be a good game, for fans especially, but it's hardly an advancement in the platform and really if you look at it with an objective eye, it's hardly anything special at all. "Resistance" showed the system off (though that was another game i didn't personally like) to a fantastic degree in-game and cut scenes and everything... even the online is praised.
Not bashing "Dissidia", so lay off me... but I think it's where it ought to be. A fan fav, but not a critic's darling.
Ahh yes, one of the few games we've ever disagreed on. :P
I don't know, it's certainly not the fighting alone that gets that recognition in my eyes, but the wealth of additional content, and the quality of that content the deeper you get into the game. The fighting alone is borderline repetitive, no doubt, but the mesh of RPG/fighting aspects somehow keeps it fresh. I'm compelled to keep playing it because the unlockables and addictive nature of the character building don't make the fighting "bearable", they make it fun.
Don't quite understand it myself, as by all rights I should be sick of the fairly simplistic fights by now, but I'm not. Each battle is just as fun as the last.
And at 114+ hours in, (embarrassing I know) thats really saying something. Couple that with the fact that I'm not a rabid FF fan, (had only played a few before getting the game) and I don't even particularly like fighters, aside from realistic sports titles. (Like boxing, streetfighting, MMA etc).
Hell after playing the overhyphed demo I was all but sold on NOT getting it. Got tired of the flashy, fun at first combat in less than an hour. But I had the cash to burn, (and a friend that would not leave me alone about it) so I took the plunge. And realized it can't be fully experienced by the demo, as the fighting itself is literally only half the fun.
Anyways I'm sure it's an absolute wet dream for FF fanboys, and their kind of praise is of course way over the top (best game in life, etc, etc). But looking beyond the gameplay itself, even the production values are fantastic. Beautiful graphics, great sound, wonderful score, an absolutely sick amount of depth and replay, and an only slightly lacking story. (Probably more so if your a big FF fan.. I found it just meh..)
So despite not wanting to sing it's praises this much, I really can't help but regard it as one of the best titles of 2009. An 8.5 to 9.0 and a top three for me with Motorstorm and Resistance.
Really have no better way to describe it, and all imho of course. But make no mistake, I mean it when I say I didn't want to like it as much as I do. :lol:
Just sort of happened..
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