Lol; was hoping to see the epic explosion at the end of Sonic 2. When I beat that game for the first time I thought that was the most epic explosion ever. But it's cool.
@enartloc Isn't the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"? Tchaikovsky composed the "1812 Overture", which was composed for Russia's resistance from Napoleon in the 19th Century. The United States has taken a liking to the song and mostly play this song during the Fourth of July to the best of my knowledge.
The composer of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was Francis Scott Key :\
@dutchgamer83 I used to play computer games with my brother side-by-side on the keyboard all the time (Sonic Robo Blast 2 FTW). The graphics were sprite sheet-based, but it was acceptable because the game was super fun. I first played video games on the PC as well, and then I moved on to consoles shortly afterwards.
I have about two CoD games (CoD: Classic on the PS3 and CoD3 on the PS2) and I found them a tad enjoyable at first, but they quickly got repetitive and eventually boring. I don't even play them anymore. I've seen people play Minecraft and I think the graphics are charming as well.
Final Fantasy XIII was a great-looking game, but I agree with you about the gameplay. My friend let me play it once on the PS3 and I could say it got really boring fast. It was super linear, and basically the game just has such a repetitive pace that I just tended to run away from the enemies when they tried to force me to tap X over and over again in the turn-based segments.
@Yojimbo25 I'm with you there. Next-gen is only going to be better graphics and an even bigger focus on online gameplay and video games that are primarily DLC-based. This new generation of gaming tech just doesn't interest me like it did back then. There's just not much "new" this time around.
Sure, graphics make a game look neat to look at but what use is it if the gameplay sucks? And for me, it's online gaming that needs to take the "back burner", because there's just way too much focus on the online that there's no way to have fun side-by-side with your friends anymore. I'm not saying that there shouldn't be any online interaction between gamers anymore, but developers need to tone down the focus on the online multiplayer. I hope this isn't asking too much.
@grey_fox1984 The Ocelot boss fight can get even easier. I am in the middle of a playthrough of MGS: Twin Snakes and I just beat him (my GameCube controller's Z-button is broken, so I challenged myself by trying to beat the game w/o it) without using first-person view.
If you shoot Ocelot and he flinches, you can shoot him again about one second after his animation finishes (he gets invincibility frames during the animation). Eventually you just chase him down until you deplete his health or stamina gauge. Provided you don't run into President Baker's stupid C4 wires via the lame camera angle - lol.
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