the vent list.. -.@, ~games you wish.. Options

[DivA]

~if you had to choose, which game(s) would be top candidate? games you wish were never made ~ games that are either horrendous, annoying to play or a verified waste of disc-space...a game that would upset you on sight - the kind of game(s) that should be forever banned -by law- from the gaming world.. for the betterment of civilization, if you gots one in mind (or few.. ;p) - vent here.. Oo

[Bantam13]

I cannot f*****g stand Pokemon or anything related to Pokemon.

Do I really need a reason??

First of all, the games play like inferior versions of the Dragon Quest series....except instead of killing the "innocent" creatures to level up and set out on further adventures, you're stuck capturing the damn things and having _them_ battle for you. Then you go around to different places and catch MORE of the things, usually finding a creature that is just slightly superior to the ones you previously used.

This ho-hum, uninspired gameplay goes on for hours, ad nauseam, with no real reason to why the player character wants to be "the best". I can see it now....

"What do you want to do when you grow up, son??"
"I wanna be the world's greatest Pokemon master. daddy!!"
"What the....?? You're dead to me. I HAVE NO SON!!"

If I wanted to watch two dirty woodland beasts go at it, I could just walk outside and snatch up two squirrels in a Hefty bag, shake it vigorously, and watch with childish glee....and I wouldn't have to waste money or my already dwindling eyesight on a pixelated mess going through 2 frames of animation for a piddly amount of damage.

I cannot f*****g stand Pokemon.

Next is the marketing juggernaut (read: corporate whoring) of the license/franchise....the merchandise on this cash cow was both omnipresent and obnoxious....you couldn't even take a dump in private without seeing Pokemon toilet paper or Pokemon fruity scented bath oils in someone's bathroom. Hell, I'm surprised some scientist out there didn't mass breed the little bastards so we could have Pokemon nuggets with an advertisement campaign that would put Baskin Robbins out of business....31 flavors?? Try 3 or 4 hundred, beppo.

I cannot f*****g stand Pokemon.

Last but not least....what it did to Nintendo as a whole.

Granted, they made some quick money....and to this day, they still ride that pony to the bank....but to me, this is where the Big N got their so-called "softcore" image, after riding out the backlash during the old Mortal Monday fiascos. Sweat, blood, whatever....water under the bridge....but when this type of game becomes more synonymous with Nintendo than Super Mario, then heads should certainly roll. All 400+ or God knows how many there are now.

I cannot f*****g stand Pokemon.

One of my greatest gaming joys these days is firing up Super Smash Bros. Melee and beating the living hell out of those yellow bastards they dared put in the roster, instead of Pitt and Wario.

To wit....see the first statement.


Bantam13
-- I wish Pikachu were real....I would beat his dirty rodent backside with a hammer until he bleeds out, and gladly serve the time for it. "Pound me in the ass" prison isn't so bad these days, or so I hear.