The 10 Worst SNES Games I Have Ever Played|Article Discussion|Forum|SNES HUB

I would argue that Metal Gear Solid has more in common with Escape from New York / Escape from LA.

The main character is named Snake in both movies and has a voice and attitude that is very similar to Solid Snake / Big Boss.

Only MGS3 really seems to be inspired by Apocalypse Now, though that game seems equally inspired by old Bond films and other cold war era spy flicks.

Sounds like you picked up the MGS collection on the PS3!

I’ve got it myself, though I haven’t played Peace Walker yet.

Kojima’s got a pretty good track record in my books.  He’s told a decent story in all of the MGS games, with the exception of MGS2.  The games also all have “solid” gameplay and are fun to play even if you skip the story.

jrsupermoore said

Mongunzoo said

It’s awesome to trace literary heritage across mediums. Long story short, new generations are STILL experiencing these classic tales, all of which hold a mirror up to experience with the real world.

Mon you are genius I’m doing an article on literary (book) SNES games and that’s final!!!

Haha….. Thank you for your esteemed opinion on my viewpoints, but I must be humble and attribute my observations not to genius, but to simply being well-read.

I cannot wait to see your Literary Article. That is just one example of the things that game journalists SHOULD be doing rather than endlessly quoting one another and giving us game developer and industry talking points.This site will stand out because of articles like that.

Let me know via PM if you want to bounce ideas off of me. I’m ALL about the classic literature man! I have a reputation for hating on and marginalizing videogame stories, but that is because my definition of a good story starts with Melville and ends with Shakespeare lol! There is no videogame writer that can compete with that, and so I am always going to say that they are forgettable at best and terrible at worst.

The truth be told, gaming is the wrong format for storytelling in a traditional sense anyway, since the emphasis on a story is a series of events and characterizations (i.e: RULES that the story operates under) that lead to an inevitable conclusion.  he reason why ‘characters’ are referenced so much as the pivotal role behind stories is because characterization are the ‘rules’ for those people. An old man should act like an old man. A character who is blind should act blind. These characters must obey their characterization. To the storyteller, a character is a sort of rules that must be played. Just as with a chessboard, each piece moves differently. And with a story, each character has their own unique characterization, and the storyteller must play the pieces convincingly.

In a videogame, LET THE PLAYER MAKE HIS OWN STORY. Videogames are a direct descendant of Sports games, and as such have more in common with sports and boardgames than any movie or book. Why are sports games STILL selling? Why are racing games STILL selling? Because they let us tell OUR story with none of the bullshit. They are games. Why do these top-tier multiplayer shooters continue to burn up the sales charts? I think it has a lot to do with letting gamers forge their own legends much as athletes do on the field. “Look at that Headshot!” “Can you believe that flag run?!?”

Look at games like Grand Theft auto, and Skyrim, which sell massive amounts of games. They just drop the player off in a WORLD and let them make their own legend in it.

Now look at a game like Mario, Metroid, and Zelda. Do they not do the same thing? There are a million ways to play these games, and each one offers us decisions that alter the course of that game session.

I recently played Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and it is pure garbage. I spent more time staring at dialogue screens and cut-scenes than I did playing the fucking game! And sadly most AAA Modern games are like this. The more videogames try to trap gamers in a movie (you, know, to show off their creative genius), the worse their problems are going to get….