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Great games that aren't too great

I've been playing a lot of new games lately and I've never been so impressed and disappointed in the same games before. Take Mortal Kombat Deception for the Gamecube. The PS2 and XBOX versions were great leaps from Deadly Alliance. A great fighting engine in its own right, I felt like Deadly Alliance was missing a lot of what makes a Mortal Kombat game: fatalities and interactive arenas. I loved the PS2 and XBOX Deception games, and when I heard that the GCN version would have Goro and Shao Kahn as playable characters I was that much more excited. I don't really care much for online play - mostly because I've never tried it, but I'd rather have the person I'm playing against/with right there next to me. So while I was really impressed with MK for the GCN, I was also disappointed at the lack of other system exclusives. The coffins used to unlock characters in the PS2 and XBOX versions only hold more koins. They could have at least included MK1.

Next on my list of great games that are disappointing is Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. This game is a great example of the innovation that Nintendo keeps talking about with different ways to interact with video games. Jungle Beat is a great concept and a lot of fun to play, but the Bongo controller isn't always perfectly responsive and can therefore be frustrating when you keep taking damage during what should be a simple platform jump.

I've been eagerly awaiting new games for the Nintendo DS because I feel like the system has a lot of potential that so far it has failed to live up to. Games like Super Mario 64 are great for nostalgic purposes, but the fumbling controls take the replay value down a huge notch. So I was really excited about Yoshi Touch & Go because I'm relying on Nintendo's first party efforts to keep the system from becoming the next Virtual Boy. It's a great concept, but I wish they'd made it more of a traditional platformer than the genre-bending puzzle thing that it is. I'd rather make my way through different levels to beat the game than keep repeating the same process over and over again to get a high score.

Well that's it for my great games that could have been entry. I think I'm starting to like just rambling on about these games. Even if no one reads this stuff it's fun to keep track of what I'm doing so I can look back and remember some of it. Maybe I'll try writing some reviews.