roots.genoa Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 What pissed me off at the time if that several magazines ranked Fighting Force higher than Die Hard Arcade, just because it was in some way more 'modern'; DHA features a 2D gameplay (your character always faces left or right like in a 2D belt scroll game) and it's very short indeed (it can be beat in less than 30 minutes). Unfortunately, video game journalists were (and mostly still are) obsessed with the length of a game, not realizing that it doesn't matter that a game is short if it's exhilarating, while some very long games just feel like working. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Well did they really rank it higher honestly? Or was this an earlier PRINT version of the Kane & Lynch bullshit over at Gamespot that burned it with fans to the ground with the 250K bribe from Square-Enix to give it higher marks, and when a reviewed didn't a shit storm exploded? Maybe the concern over game length by journalists is projection of another small matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 I don't know to be honest, but I just think that a lot of game journalists (and gamers in general) don't get beat 'em ups to begin with and what makes them good. When someone claims that "a beat 'em up is repetitive but it's normal because every beat 'em up is", I know they have no idea what they're talking about. Yes, good beat 'em ups are actually rare. But Streets of Rage 2, The Ninja Warriors Again, Die Hard Arcade, and Double Dragon Advance for instance are not repetitive. Hell, Die Hard Arcade is so short you can almost beat the game without using the same technique twice. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidGameR186496 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 An unreleased Nintendo 64 Game just dropped today! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 The latest from Kaze Emanuar: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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