3 Questions for You All.

[Dobereiner]

1. When I had my first glance at Paper Mario back in 2001, I laughed at it and brushed it off. But once I actually started to learn more and more about the game, I got really interested in it. I remember going to Wal-Mart one day with my mom to buy it and the old guy at the electronics section telling me rather nonchalantly that they didn't have it and he didn't know when they were going to get more in. I was actually kinda upset (I was just a second-grader back then, but still!). Then a week later, I remember mom telling me to be absolutely sure to look under our living room couch when I got home from school. I did, and there it was, and I was ecstatic--and I enjoyed everything that game had to offer. To this day, I still replay the game every now and again. In fact, I have a file in progress that I started a couple weeks ago--as a sophomore in college, and in spite of having beaten the game at least four or five times, I'm still having fun with it.

2. I thought I was going to love Sonic Heroes. Heh.

3. I haven't really done a whole lot of gaming with this generation to be honest, but I really liked WarioWare: Smooth Moves.

[Stratto the Hawk]

There's nothing wrong with using Hero Engine. It's an awsome engine capable of making awsome games. A game being bad is a result of a bad dev team.

The Hero Engine is pretty poorly optimized, dude. At least I get consistent frame in TERA (which runs on the Unreal Engine), in TOR, I'd get good frames most of the time, then get weird frame drops not related to latency. When I can go to Hoth and experience pretty much no FPS drop, and then go play a game of Huttball and get some of the worst frames I've experienced in a game run on this machine, there's something wrong with the engine itself.

[Littlerock]

1. Twilight Princess. I thought the hype and graphics would have killed it, and I'd heard it was so shit. But I ended up enjoying the hell out of it, exploring all of the pretty little nooks and crannies.
2. Shamus. It's for the GB/GBA, and I picked it up at a pawn shop for $3. The label image is that of a picture of a robot wearing a Sherlocke Holmes-style-outfit, throwing daggers at other robots, who are wielding laser-pistols at the first robot. Suffice to say that it looks EPIC. Unfortunately, I have never played a more annoying game with a shittier backstory. You are a ROBOT who has an EVIL TWIN ROBOT that looks NOTHING LIKE YOU and he is EVIL OR SOMETHING so you have to GO SOMEWHERE and throw your INFINITE DAGGERS at respawning, unidentifiable ENEMIES who all sort of look like LEEVERS. To play, you walk around a randomly-created maze, killing shooty-leever things, finding some keys that are just lying there (at random), then open some doors. If you stand still too long, the EVIL ROBOT TWIN will enter the screen and attack you (he's totally invincible). The opening title music is a bastardization of the Alfred Hitchcock Hour's themesong. It's just a fucking terrible game.
3. Define 'generation'. Since I haven't played many newer games, I'm just gonna have to go with Boktai. The first-ever game to implement the sun's rays into gameplay, it turned out to be a rather enjoyable game. Pretty simple, but the first several playthroughs were effectively challenging.

[Reito]

Are you shitting me? TF2's one of the most mainstream shooters out there.

As someone who has played it since orange box, I stand by what I said >.>

[XoPachi]

2. I thought I was going to love Sonic Heroes. Heh.

3. I haven't really done a whole lot of gaming with this generation to be honest, but I really liked WarioWare: Smooth Moves.

Ah Sonic Heroes. Not the Worst Sonic game I've played, but had great potential to be a wild game. Very colorful, though. And you can't go wrong with Wario. But, you shouldn't give up on this gen if that's the reason. Even Xbox has some gems you really have to look for imo anyway.

1. Twilight Princess. I thought the hype and graphics would have killed it, and I'd heard it was so shit. But I ended up enjoying the hell out of it, exploring all of the pretty little nooks and crannies.
3. Define 'generation'. Since I haven't played many newer games, I'm just gonna have to go with Boktai. The first-ever game to implement the sun's rays into gameplay, it turned out to be a rather enjoyable game. Pretty simple, but the first several playthroughs were effectively challenging.

TP was a beautiful ass game which is an infinite+ amount of universes more than I can say about Skyward Sword. I hate that game more than all Modern Warfares combined. Quote me. Worst Wii title I own. Don't know why I 100% it. Guess so I can have real credibility for the ones who call me biased or ignorant. >.>
And by generation, I mean modern PC, DS, PSP, Vita, 3DS, 360, PS3, and Wii.

As someone who has played it since orange box, I stand by what I said >.>

He's right, dude. TF2 is astronomically popular. BUT, who doesn't want more, I guess.

[Coty-Coyote]

1. Uncharted looked terrible. But after I put up with the cartoony graphics of the first few jungle scenes I couldn't put it down.
2. Resistance 2. I had high hopes for it but it was trash.
3. I don't think I have ever seen a worthwhile game that didn't have a decent fan base.

[Rilvor]

1. What are games you thought you would hate, but ended up falling in love with?
2. What are games you thought you would love but, ended up despising with every fiber of your being?
3. What is a game this generation you felt did well, but deserved more praise?

1. Paper Mario is the best example I could ever think of.
2. Metroid: Other M. Why so childish writing?
3. I felt the newest Serious Sam games deserved much more, but so it has always been.

[XoPachi]

Uh...my post didn't show up.

[Bipolar Bear]

1. What game you thought you would hate, but ended up falling in love with? Mass Effect.
2. What game you thought you would love but, ended up despising with every fiber of your being? Mass Effect 3.
3. What game this generation you felt did well, but deserved more praise? Mass Effect 2.

[Sarcastic Coffeecup]

1: Idk, I don't buy games I think I'll hate
2: Battlefield 3
3: Red Orchestra 2

[Bojog]

1- I don't really have any like that. The closest I can think of is Wii Sports Resort (I hate sports games but that one's amazing) or maybe Kingdom Hearts (I was really turned off by seeing Disney characters on the back, but I was curious).

2- Final Fantasy 13. It was just horrible in so many ways- worst installment of the entire series.

3- Flower. Everyone who's played Flower seems to love it, but it still seems like almost no one knows about it.

[XoPachi]

Wow. You and I are vastly different from each other. 13 was the only FF I like. And damn, I'd like a PS3. Never played (don't worry, I've seen it) Flower.

[Bojog]

Final Fantasy 13 looked beautiful, but I really wasn't crazy about a lot of things. Most of all I thought the plot and characters were lacking. The battle system was really fun at first, but once I found a strategy that worked 90% of the time, battles were just like watching the same action scene from a movie over and over again. It was without a doubt the most visually stunning installment though; everything about the game looked amazing.

[Reito]

He's right, dude. TF2 is astronomically popular. BUT, who doesn't want more, I guess.

Again, as someone who played it since it was "That one game that came with portal" I still think it needs more praise

Honestly, how many other 5 year old FPSs still do as well as TF2?

[XoPachi]

Final Fantasy 13 looked beautiful, but I really wasn't crazy about a lot of things. Most of all I thought the plot and characters were lacking. The battle system was really fun at first, but once I found a strategy that worked 90% of the time, battles were just like watching the same action scene from a movie over and over again. It was without a doubt the most visually stunning installment though; everything about the game looked amazing.

It's funny, I found all the other installments to be less like games and more like movies. I'm not a fan of JRPG's though, so I guess I can't have a professional opinion on the matter. I was just happy that the cutscenes were skippable, the battle system didn't leave me feeling empty for most of the game, and no random battles. It apparently went sandbox at a certain point too. I'm certain not on the scale of Skyrim (not in regards to size) so that's pretty cool.
And at least you can find something good in it. I met people at my college who didn't even want to be my friend because I liked it over the rest. It's that poorly received. :I

Again, as someone who played it since it was "That one game that came with portal" I still think it needs more praise

Honestly, how many other 5 year old FPSs still do as well as TF2?

Not a lot, but you'd have to explain why that matters. Not trying to be a smartass. I just don't see the relevance.
And like I said, maybe you just want it more popular, than it already is. I didn't place a limit. If YOU feel it needs more praise, cool. We were just letting you know it is indeed a huge internet and mainstream phenomenon.

[zachhart12]

1. Alan Wake, Zombie Panic Source, Others I don't remember.
2. Gears of War.
3. No idea.

[ThisisGabe]

1. Blockles on OMGPOP.
2. The newest Super Smash Bros.
3. Portal 2.. especially the backstory. Omgz.. too much thought was put into that and it needs exploration like a new movie or something. Totally loved the detail behind it.

[DW_]

1. What are games you thought you would hate, but ended up falling in love with?

Touhou, Gears of War.

2. What are games you thought you would love but, ended up despising with every fiber of your being?

RC Revenge Pro mainly due to awful controls and car handling.

3. What is a game this generation you felt did well, but deserved more praise?

HAZE, mostly due to the fact that even if unfinished, it was a solid shooter. It's a damn shame Crytek UK is a shell of what it was when it was Free Radical.

[XoPachi]

Touhou, Gears of War.

RC Revenge Pro mainly due to awful controls and car handling.

HAZE, mostly due to the fact that even if unfinished, it was a solid shooter. It's a damn shame Crytek UK is a shell of what it was when it was Free Radical.

Personally, I loathe Touhou for many reasons and Crytek used to be Free Radical? I had only seen the name in Time Splitters 3. What did they make?

[DW_]

and Crytek used to be Free Radical? I had only seen the name in Time Splitters 3. What did they make?

A lot of the original FRD staff left or wew laid off after they were bought by Crytek in 2009, so yes, at one point the UK arm of Crytek was Free Radical. Crytek UK was responsible for Crysis 2's MP. FRD had the TS trilogy, Second Sight, HAZE and what would have been Star Wars Battlefront 3 and TimeSplitters 4.

As far as I know, the only remaining FRD employee I've heard of that works at Crytek UK is Graeme Norgate.

They also need to make a worthwhile shooter instead of "erryday I'm Crysis". Like I said, I know a ton of people who'd want both SWBF3 (which is being developed by a far inferior developer now afaik) and TS4.

[XoPachi]

You know what game I miss? Rogue Squadron. They were supposed to have a fourth one. Cancelled. :/