Okay...you know how there are those games you just can not forget?

Stuff like...Goldeneye, Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy VII, Grand Theft Auto III...

Well, I have figured out one of (if not the) reason why these games are so unforgetable!

It came to me while I was on the Mortal Kombat Deception board...

Someone had just discovered Kintaro (any old school MK players know who this is) in the middel of nowhere...and when they tried to talk to him, he just dissapeared into a puff of smoke. (all in konquest mode)

Everyone was going nuts...well...not nuts, but they were all very excited...even me! And I dont even own the game yet!

Thats when it hit me...stuff like this...its what makes us never forget these games!

Anyone that played Goldeneye knows what I am talking about right now...

Remember when we discovered the island on the dam? Remember when we actually got to go there with gameshark? Remember all the mystery and unknown about the place that just made us go crazy trying to figure it out?

Or maybe we should talk about the more sillier things, like when we were searching for Oddjob in the Dam, or Mayday in the streets...

Or maybe something that is more recent, like the Citadel? Remember when Rare kept telling us it was not in the game, we would never find it...then just a few months back, we finally found it?

Things like this...the things that make us search through a game so much just to find that one little thing...its this that makes a truly remarkable game!

Another example is Ocarina of Time...how long were people looking for the Triforce? How long were people looking for the golden armors, the white horse, and all that other crap people made up?

How about when we all tried to beat the running man?

Or we could look at Final Fantasy VII...the whole thing with Aeris is now one of the biggest things in gaming history!

Then there are more recent things...like Grand Theft Auto III

Why is it that so many consider GTAIII better then Vice City?

is it the gameplay? cant be...Vice City SURLY beats it there...

missions? I dont see how...GTAIII was just as repetitive (but fun) as Vice City's missions (well, this IS arguable, but you get my point)

the real reason I think people like GTAIII more is because, well, it was a huge mystery...

can anyone honestly say they were not trying to find a way to fly the dodo? trying to find Carcer city? Finding crap with Darkel? How about the 7 lifts?

You see, Vice City didnt have the mystery or the intrigue that GTAIII had...that is why many vets of GTAIII consider it better, while n00bs (not really n00bs, but people who started with Vice) consider Vice City better...

anyways, I may be rambling now...the real point I am trying to make is that crap like this makes games truly remarkable...and I must give a hand to Boon (MK Co-Creator) as he could not have shown this more better with the konquest mode...

First and most important, the mods decided to (at least it seems that way) delete my topic to my fanfic on the GTAIII boards...I dont see why...it was fairly popular, not causing any problems, and was just as on topic (or should I say usefull) as all the deathmatch and other topics...

now onto other matters...Resident Evil 4...

It has come to my attention that RE4 may have an upgrade system, as well as a "capter" scheme...

People seem to have taken this as "this RE will suck cause its trying something different, and its not even confirmed, so I MUST cancel my order and never try it."

to these people, I say your idiots!

First, its not even confirmed, if it was, it would definately be up on the web and very well known, it would probably be on www.residentevilfan.com or some other website...

Second, whats so bad about it? I dont know if you guys have noticed or not...but if it was not broken up into "chapters" it would probably turn into a "gta ripoff" as some people have put it (aka, it would be very free roam).

Now, I know, breaking it apart into chapters sucks just cause its new, but seriously! I doubt its going to break it up like Outbreak...which didnt even connect to gether correctly...

Anyways, long story short, dont knock it till you try it, cause being blind and ignorant just makes everyone look stupid...

case closed

My friend just saw it, he gave me the lowdown...

1. Nicolai is a good guy (WTF?)

2. Nemisis becomes a blubbering baby at the end...(again, WTF?)

3. They totally rip a scene from Veronica X, but slap Alice on it and call it original.

4. Nic dies...and not the way he dies in the alternate ending to Nemisis, but buy a dog attack...

5. Remember the show Titus? Remember his stupid (yet hilarioius) little brother Dave? Guess who plays Nicolai?

6. The return of the licker, even though it showed up NOWHERE in Nemisis the game (okay, I ma being picky there, but why not a friggen hunter!?)

7. Nemisis/Alice boxing and kung fu fighting the zombies...

8. Something about Alfred becoming a zombie for no reason? (he was not clear on that one)

9. Running Down Buildings...

10. Anderson did this WHILE doing Alien VS Predator? WTF? That means its only a half assed movie!

Wow, what a ****ty week...

First, met (or saw) the one of the most beautiful and the downright smartest person I have ever met. Sad thign is, she is a Foreign Exchange Student, which means even if I got the courage to ask her out or anything (cause I am a pansy when it comes to girls) and by some miracle she said yes to my ugly dumb ass, she would have to leave eventually...Damn...

Then, I come home to find out my new TV may be a projection TV, no one is certain, but if its true, my games are going to **** it up within the year...God Damn!

Then, to make it all worse, yesterday the substitute teacher that hates me more then anything was in class. Now, my school is undergoing construction, and my classes are in a huge ass field house. This combined with the fact that it was ****ing SEPTEMBER TENTH made me make a huge mistake...

first of all, the end of the day announcments are **** in there thanks to the echo, plus the fact I was talking to my friends, makes it so I can hear them...

all of the sudden, we notice everyone is silent, then they say "announcements over"

this lard ass of a sub comes up to me and says "when they say silence, I want silence!"

so I am like "sorry, I couldnt hear the announcements..."

and she is all like "well that was very disrespectful!"

and I was like "what was?"

and she goes "talking durring the moment of silence for 9/11!!!"

"but its the tenth..." I reply

she rolled her eyes, and was like "thats no excuse!"

me, being the smartass that I am and wanting to get back at her, said "meh, I am a satinist, so I dont care..."

wow, great, I just totally dissed about 3000 people that died three years ago...

yeah, I feel like ****, and I really do care...but for gods sake...it was september 10th, and they made the announcment in a place where you cant even hear them! Cut me some damn slack...

well, I can see I am going to get a detention for this (which, thanks to my kick ass mom, we will fight to the death) and probably some big speech on how satinists are evil and how I am going to hell...

which could prove for an intresting legal case ;)

meh....

okay...sorry...but this just annoyed me too much not to be said...

GTAWizard...the supposed "insider" who was "booted out" of gamefaqs a month ago...has suddenly returned...

he brings us more info with no proof...and the people believe him? What the ****!?

People...its okay if you believe him...I dont mind that (well, I do, but not that much) but when you start treating him as a god...it gets annoying...

at best, these things he mentions are educated guesses, because, lets face it...they have hinted at starting fires for a while now...fire extingusers were confirmed...and why would you NOT be able to hunt if there is wildlife?

Anyways...the point I am making is...dont treat him like a god when he has no proff...and when he has been proven wrong before...

must I remind you people that...

A. We contacted his "employer" and found out he had no offiliation with them...

B. He made about 5 different dates, and about 10 different "times" for when the Trailer would come out an HOUR after some european site confirmed it was coming...

C. All his times were "estimates" ranging as long as 12:00-5:00...and he was STILL wrong by like 2 hours...

D. his bad typing and rudeness (sorry, but he acts like a 12 year old towards the people who dont believe him)

well, thats enough I think...but the point still stands...dont treat him like a god just because he says that what you want will be in the game with no proof...

All I hear is "Its just a rip off of GTA!" and "This is the worst piece of crap I have played!" when someone mentions these games on a Grand Theft Auto message board...

all I gotta say is...how are they so ****ing bad?

I mean...lets look at each one...(if you dont want to bother, just skip to my main point)

True Crime: The Streets of LA

How it ripped off GTA supposedly

"It was free roaming, and had a storyline based on crime?"

WTF? That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard...

You cant say that just because a game has a criminal storyline its a rip off...and free roaming environments have been around since Final Fantasy 1...after all...RPG's are pretty much free roaming.

Why it sucked balls

"The graphics sucked!" "The Driving Sucked!" "The Story was too short!" "The area was too big! There was nothing to look for!!!"

okay...graphics sucked? Thats why they have like a crap load of more detail then GTAIII and Vice City...

Driving Sucked? I will admit that having ONLY L-Stick control does hinder it...but it doesnt "suck" as its very responsive...

Area to big and empty? Sorry, it was not trying to be a straight up GTA clone...meaning, they were not going for a city you could memorize like the back of your hand...they wanted the real Los Angeles...

I found True Crime to be very fun myself. Better then GTA? No, I did have more fun with GTA...but it certainly was not the worse game I have ever played. In fact, it was a lot better then Vice City in some ways to me...

Mafia

How it ripped off GTA suppossedly

"Its free roaming, and its based on crime!"

Wow! Is there an echo in the room? Instead of repeating what I said...just look at what I said before...

Why it sucked balls

"The cars sucked!" "The Graphics Sucked (PS2/Xbox Version)!" "The Police Systme Sucked!"

okay...for the cars....ITS IN THE ****ING THIRTYS!!! THE ****ING THIRTYS!!!

Honestly!? What did they expect!?

The Graphics Sucked? Yeah...it was pretty bad for the Playstation 2/Xbox port...but still...graphics dont make a game (especially when its fun as hell on PS2/Xbox/PC)

Police System Sucked? Well...the running red lights/speeding and getting a ticket could get annoying...but it was not THAT bad...

I had lots of fun with Mafia as well...it also had the best story out of all the crime games out there to me...so I suggest everyone should at least play this one once...

The Getaway

How it supposedly copied GTA

Take a wild guess. Thats Right! It had crime and free roaming in it!

Why it sucked balls

"London!? WTF?" "Too Much Traffic! ARGH!" "Police Were TOO Strict!" "leaning against a wall to gain health? WTF?"

Its London? So what? Is driving on the other side of the road really that hard?

Too Much Traffic? I thought this was one of the major things that is wanted in San Andreas...

Police Too Strict? I would expect them to go all out if they spot you with an AK-47 in your hands...

The health? Hey, it was trying to be like a movie...

The Getaway is, like Mafia, a game I think anyone who is really into the "crime genre" should play. Its got a great story (showing both sides of the law in fact) and to me, a lot of fun to play...

ALL RIGHT! I KNOW MOST OF YOU PROBABLY SKIPPED THAT, SO IF YOU READ THIS...HERE IS MY MAIN POINT...

If your going to say some game sucks...at least give a real reason why...go in depth in fact. It makes you look smarter as well as justify your opinon!

(note, dont even mention driv3r to me, there is a reason I did not add it)

Yeah...a couple days ago I finally got my "perfect" version of 100% in Vice City (I did GTAIII a month ago).

0 Times Busted

0 Hospital Visits

No Missions Failed

you know, that kinda thing...its not much, but I felt I needed to finally do this in both games before I got San Andreas.

Not that anyone should care of course...I just like to gloat about things I should have done years ago XD