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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: oldgamerz on June 08, 2018, 03:26:57 pm
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I am not sure where the older threads are so I made a new one.
Out of all I owned in my life the Gameboy Advance SP was the least fun for me. I never really got into this device. All other handhelds like the Sega Game Gear and the Nintendo Gameboy I did enjoy though.
I was not as into gaming at the time I had it so maybe that was why. Or because I had a lot of games that were not fun.
One of them was Lord Of The Rings The Return Of The King. I also had Duke Nukem Advance, and Hot Wheels Racing, also someone loaned me Sonic The Hedgehog for the Gameboy Advance and never wanted it back.
I know there is another thread somewhere on this. But out of all gaming period which PC? device? console? or handheld? is your least favorite? of what you actually remember playing a game on.
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I LOVE the GBA. Best handheld of all-time. So many great original games, so many great ports of 8-bit and 16-bit titles, and FINALLY a backlit screen on a Game Boy! Plus it's backwards compatible, opening up an entire new library of games that look even better on the GBA with the backlit screen than it did on the original hardware.
My least favorite console, that I've actually played, is the N64. I just HATE that controller so freaking much. And I don't like that it's missing RPGs and shoot-em ups, my two favorite genres.
I know there are much worse consoles out there, but personally, I haven't played most of the super-rare consoles like Pippin or Atari 5200.
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Every handheld ever made. Handhelds have always been the worst way to play games to me. They have their place when you are away from home and it's your only option, but I've never understood people who actively enjoyed playing handheld games at home when they have a console. The one downside to this, is that I've missed many game series that were handheld only.
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Xbox One.
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Out of what I own I would say N64.
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I echo all handhelds with the exception of Switch (if it counts) and Vita. The Vita does just enough right to be enjoyable despite being a handheld and I have almost no complaints with the Switch in handheld mode.
My least favourite handheld is probably either DS or 3DS. I can't stand the things. Having two screens is really distracting, stylus controls are balls, as with most handhelds the screens are too small and the 3DS is far too quiet. Playing 3DS games with headphones you may as well have the thing muted. Both are also incredibly uncomfortable to hold. And I hate when devs centre the entire console around a gimmick that serves no purpose other than 'impressing' the player, i.e. 3DS with its awful 3D.
This one isn't a hardware issue (kind of) but because handhelds are so much weaker in terms of hardware than home consoles of their gen very few third party developers seem to take them seriously, and the Nintendo of the Wii/DS/3DS era was far from my cup of tea so I had very little reason to care about their first party games. There are a very small handful of original DS games that I love but not enough. Can't think of any 3DS exclusives that I really care much for.
Very very close dishonourable mention for the Wii. It's like they forgot left-handed people exist when they made the thing. It's borderline unplayable for me. Even if I wasn't a leftie waggle controls can suck a dick, all they do is force you out of your comfortable position to swing your arm around like an idiot just to open a damn door. And there's more shovelware on the thing than actual games.
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^ But is that a problem exclusive to Wii?
I mean the joystick in the left hand for nearly all controllers.
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^ But then you have to hold the nunchuck in your right hand, so you're moving around using your right thumb which feels really unnatural and I can't get used to it. Also a lot of games are specifically designed with right hand play in mind, like Red Steel 2, and I'd assume Skyward Sword (though I haven't played it so I'm just guessing there). Which sucks because Red Steel 2 is something I probably would have had a lot of fun with.
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Wii and Wii U are certainly some of the worst, if we don’t include minor, never really popular, or obscure systems like Ouya.
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^ But then you have to hold the nunchuck in your right hand, so you're moving around using your right thumb which feels really unnatural and I can't get used to it. Also a lot of games are specifically designed with right hand play in mind, like Red Steel 2, and I'd assume Skyward Sword (though I haven't played it so I'm just guessing there). Which sucks because Red Steel 2 is something I probably would have had a lot of fun with.
Nah, it feels unnatural for right-handed people, too. The Wii Mote/Nunchuk set-up is just stupid all the way around.
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Nah, it feels unnatural for right-handed people, too. The Wii Mote/Nunchuk set-up is just stupid all the way around.
Oh really? I wouldn't have guessed that but that makes sense. Just remembered though the little plug-in controller is somehow nearly as bad as the default setup, I don't know what species' hands that thing was designed for but it wasn't ours.
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Wii and Wii U are certainly some of the worst, if we don’t include minor, never really popular, or obscure systems like Ouya.
I thought the Wii U gamepad was great lol I find it funny that I thought the Wii U was great, but was the failed system, and the Wii was so successful, but I hated it and the Wiimote, which is one of the worst controllers Nintendo has made, second only to the N64.
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I LOVE the GBA. Best handheld of all-time. So many great original games, so many great ports of 8-bit and 16-bit titles, and FINALLY a backlit screen on a Game Boy! Plus it's backwards compatible, opening up an entire new library of games that look even better on the GBA with the backlit screen than it did on the original hardware.
I second this statement. and I'll choose the 3do as my least favorite.
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CDi no contest
For many of the wii exclusive games the controller is perfectly fine not to mention that games like xenoblade have a pro controller.
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I have to say, from all the consoles I've played on... as much as a love my Wii games, the Remote + Nunchuck control scheme really angers me. I happen to be left-handed which often makes things worse. Why some games refused to support the Classic Controller Pro is beyond me. I have no beef with the WiiU's gamepad. It's quite excellent really.
I have no problem with most handhelds, having owned the original GameBoy and now owning a 3DS. I was well aware back in the day that some GameBoy ports were utterly terrible, though.
I haven't played on any of the truly horrible devices, but I've heard that the 3DO and the Virtual Boy were something exceptionally terrible, from the games to the controls.
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Count me as one that likes the Wii U and it's gamepad, too.
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Either Xbox 360 or Xbox One.
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Out of the systems I own, GameCube. The system was giving to as a gift when it was first released and at the time I was still enjoying PS2 games. Over the years I've come to appreciate the console but still is my least favorite gaming device.
Also was not impressed with GBA and only played a handful of titles on my NDS years later. Since most games on GBA I was interested I've played prior on my SNES!
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So far Nintendo and Microsoft has taken a bit of a beating. SONY does have a lot of quality products. the PSP looks like it may be a great handheld for being a handheld in 2004. I was vary impressed at it's graphics for being a handheld device but never owned one. I never even saw a PlayStation Vita before or at least not with my own eyes.
Nintendo has had quite a few experiments that might have not been in their favor like the Virtual Boy and Nintendo 64, Wii, Wii U, and Gamecube. I may not like the awkward controller on the Nintendo 64. but n64 games are not too bad. The Nintendo Gameboy was revolutionary as far as battery life on a late 1980's handheld.
The Switch is apparently in favor for Nintendo though.
I rarely ever hear anything bad about SONY gaming products as of today.
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The switch because it has no games. I burned through the entire library of physical games within 2 months.
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The Xbox One. I don't know, whether it's going to be having to get a whole new library for the thing or trying to play Halo with a controller (Yes I am a PC guy) I could never get into it like a Ps2 or a Gamecube. I've used a PS4 less and I like it more than Xbox. I don't know, I guess it just doesn't appeal to me.
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Regarding the whole handheld discussion, nah, I like them fine. I never saw the big deal about needing it in a tv screen, actually, playing on a handheld makes it feel much less distant to me.
And the two-screen gimmick is actually pretty cool because most games simply put the menu on the touchsccreen, which often means little to no screen clutter.
In terms of consoles I've played I didn't like too much, I think all nintendo handhelds before the Gameboy Advance Sp are unplayable because of that lack of a backlight. It just makes it so uncomfortable.
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Certainly, the Nintendo 64, but the Wii comes in a very close second place to me...
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All time- probably CD-i due to the horrible library and awful controller ( a good one is kinda expensive)
From current gen - xbox one. No reason to grab when all of the exclusives I'm interested in are ported to PC.
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Every handheld ever made. Handhelds have always been the worst way to play games to me. They have their place when you are away from home and it's your only option, but I've never understood people who actively enjoyed playing handheld games at home when they have a console. The one downside to this, is that I've missed many game series that were handheld only.
Aside from Switch which is a hybrid anyway, I agree with this. I collect some handhelds for nostalgia but handhelds kinda suck looking back on it lol. They weren't really done right until recent. Dark dim lit screens, awful outdated graphics and crunched down games. It feels funny saying it but feels more open to say it now that someone else broke the ice. :)
My all time least favorite gaming device are the Tiger Handheld games. Any of them really. They are Ebola.
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NES
I was born in the late 80s and never had an NES until the late 90s when I bought one at a garage sale with some games. Back when I bought one I thought it was alright and I still feel this way today. I don't understate how important it is to the video game industry or its influence, but like many retro consoles I think that it can be a hard sell for anyone who didn't have one growing up or has nostalgia for it. I still own about 10-NES games (down from a collection of about 60 at one time), but sold my NES console since I never played it and with a few exceptions had a hard time getting into the games. I feel like nearly every game on the NES has been outdone by newer games, many from the same franchises so it is hard for me to not want to play those instead of the NES.