Comments on: Retro Bound?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 22:51:49 +0000

Epic Yarn plays very different from most Kirby games, that’s why you will find many of the franchise’s fans do not like it. I, on the other hand, love it! It is awesome!

I hope you like SSB for Wii U. I have been having a blasty with it.

By: cary

cary — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:13:18 +0000

Your comment about recent disappointments makes me think that it really can’t be easy to be a game developer these days. I mean, not only do the masses expect home runs each and every time, but the hype machine that goes along with major releases must be unbearable at times. There’s just no way every game is going to live up to all expectations — and it’s too bad the disappointments in games seem to be occurring more frequently. (Add to that “incomplete” games with tons of glitches and headaches, and it makes you think that something in this whole equation has really gone awry.) It’s probably made a lot of people take a step back from jumping head first into new releases. Maybe they’ll be great; maybe not. It’s a perpetual gamble.

Still, gaming has come a very long way in a short period of time. Nothing wrong with taking time to appreciate the classics in order to more fully appreciate current titles.

By: cary

cary — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:05:23 +0000

I’ve had every intention of playing a Kirby game for a very, very, veeeerrry long time! (I think Kirby’s Epic Yarn as been the Gamefly queue for forever.) So much else keeps me away from it, but someday, maybe, I’ll get to one of the games as well.

That’s unlike my relationship with Super Smash Bros. — we just never connected. The closest we ever got to being pals was SSB Brawl. It was fun enough, but I never dealt well with the super frenetic gameplay. But since I’ve got a Wii U and not much to play on it, maybe I should give SSB another look… :)

By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:10:30 +0000

Dragon Age: Inquisition has been everything that I’ve hoped for so far, but with all the recent disappointments that have come out (Destiny, Halo: MC Collection, Assassin’s Creed: Unity…) it’s getting harder to really want to get excited about what’s coming out. Some of it sounds great, but then again so did Destiny…

Still got old SNES games to try/finish anyway. Super Metroid and Final Fantasy III (aka VI) in particular.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:28:43 +0000

I am pretty excited about current games! Super Smash Bros for Wii U has been a blast to play through, and I am looking forward to Captain Toad, which looks like a very original and creative game.

Still, I don’t blame you for not being excited about the releases this year. It was pretty lackluster overall, and going back to retro games we have played or finally tackling one that has been forgotten on our backlog is always fun!

As for retro games I need to finish, I should probably take a look at games of the KIrby franchise. It is the one Nintendo franchise I have not explored that much.

By: cary

cary — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:17:43 +0000

Reblogged this on Recollections of Play and commented:

A few months ago, before Dragon Age: Inquisition came rambling along and Bayonetta hooked me with merely a glance, I considered a possible gaming future that was rooted in the past. I thought that in order for me to really stick with gaming as a perpetual hobby, I might have to focus less on the here-and-now in gaming and more on the overlooked gems of generations gone by. These inklings culminated in the post below that I wrote for United We Game. Despite the fact that I'm playing recent games now, I wouldn't call these thoughts quelled. If anything, my desire to head back before moving directly forward is stronger than ever. Though it is humming along quietly in the backseat while I take on dragons and witches. Because, priorities.

By: I see you shiver in antici…pation (of next year’s game releases!) | United We Game

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:00:29 +0000

[…] aside my strong desire to sort of, kind of remain in the past, there are a few new titles that, in an ideal world and under ideal circumstances, I’d like […]

By: cary

cary — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:53:35 +0000

You hit the nail on the head in saying we should be happy with what we have. It’s a thought that’s easy to take for granted when all you read about or see people playing is the “next big thing.” My husband’s playing Watch Dogs right now, and the more I watch, the less fun it looks, mainly because it’s nothing new. Driving, shooting, escaping, being stealthy…same game, different day. You can’t just tack on some new ability to a game (like in Watch Dogs’ case, hacking) and call it revolutionary.

Once I finish Pokemon Leaf Green, I’m going to look into playing other older games hat never really crossed my path back in the day, Chrono Trigger is currently very high on that list…

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 03:41:06 +0000

I definitely am having a much better time with older games right now. I am currently catching up on a bunch of old PS1 games at the moment (just beat Chrono Trigger and am now starting Chrono Cross). I am excited about Kingdom Hearts 3, the new Zelda for the Wii U, and the new Super Smash Bros., but other than that, I really am not excited in the slightest about the new consoles. There are still good, old games I need to play, and I have so many games I already own that I would love to play over again. In fact, games I’ve already played are looking a lot more appealing than anything being released right now.

I sometimes ask myself silly questions, like if I had to choose between keeping my current games and never buying any new ones or buying new ones and getting rid of all my current ones, I’d choose the former. Sadly, I think what I have is better than what’s being released. But, it’s also not a bad thing to be happy with what we have. So yeah… And it certainly saves me money, which is always a plus.

By: cary

cary — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:48:10 +0000

I’m with you. And even though we have an Xbox One, I’m not much interested in the exclusives for it. (Though maybe that’ll change with Inquisition.) My backlog from the past is plenty for me now. I even pulled out my old Gamecube in order to make some headway with Metroid Prime. The Wii is great, but I had forgotten just how much I loved playing on that system!