by icycalm » 05 Feb 2013 03:47
Look, I am interested in games that turn out to be mediocre all the time. Just look up the threads where I am hyping up through the roof No More Heroes, Lost Odyssey and ASH before release. And also tons of games that are obviously mediocre even before release. Oftentimes what attracts my interest is a particular characteristic (or two or three) that's really well done -- or perhaps the game simply belongs to a genre that I don't see much these days. Take that Planetary Annihilation game. It's not my kind of RTS because 1. There's no campaign, and 2. It skews too much on the tactical aspect to the detriment of the city-building. But there are absolutely no other RTSes on the horizon, so I am checking up on updates on it every other day like a crack addict who hasn't had a hit in weeks. And it's obviously the same with you and this game. I just don't want people to become discouraged from opening threads about games because they are afraid I might think they have bad taste, or I might post in their thread and slag off their game. I just often bark at things -- even at things I like, it's just who I am. And I want to be able to unleash my full critical powers in every thread whenever I feel like it, without having to worry about who might get offended or discouraged from posting in the future.
So what I am trying to say is that there are far more important things to be embarrassed about than your taste in games -- especially in games you haven't even played yet for christsake. And I realize your comment was an exaggeration and you did not 100% literally mean that you were "embarrassed" by it, but I am sure there are plenty of people here who would be. So I am saying to you, and primarily to them: don't be. And I would like everyone to realize that if I am barking at a game I am barking at the game and not at the person who brought it up. I am even thankful for the opportunity I was given to express my views on the game, an opportunity that would perhaps not have arisen if the person who made the thread had held off from making it.
[/Off-topic rant], but I had to say it somewhere and this seemed like a good opportunity.
But to get back to "Super Cyborg" or whatever (and man, what a bland, unimaginative name -- and presumptuous too, for the "Super" moniker was usually reserved for 16-bit sequels, whilst this game is neither a sequel to anything, nor does it aim to emulate 16-bit titles), it certainly looks mediocre to me, but no more mediocre than a good half of the last 100 games posted in the news forum, so it's par for the course.
If you had started a thread on the other game mentioned in the gamengai thread, on the other hand, then I would definitely start questioning your taste :)
