You know why the good ole days sucked? Because by and large we bought video games completely and utterly uninformed. Since game magazines were far and few in between all we really had to go on was word of mouth and good box art. Viritually every game I bought on the NES was an impulse buy. Despite that, I was rarely upset with my choices. In fact the only bad game I ever bought on the NES was RoboCop. I don't know if it was lower standards on my part, less shovelware being released or just luck, but overall I always had a good experience.
So today with that in mind I jumped onto PSN and in the spirit of those days of not knowing a damn thing, I bought two games simply by their descriptions and screenshots. No reviews, no online searches, no recommendations, nothing. Just sheer impulse buys. The way it used to be done.
Jesus Christ and all that everyone on Earth holds holy, what the fuck was I thinking? The two games I bought were nothing short that video game abortions. They never should have existed. They were fucking awful.
Piece of shit #1 is Exceleration of Surguri X-Edition. The only way I can describe it is someone wanted to make an old school shooter and a fighting game, but couldn't decide which. This piece of trash was the end result. One of the worst games I've ever played. $5.99 I'll never get back. There is nothing redeeming about this game, and everyone should stay far far away from it.
Piece of shit #2 is The Undergarden. In fairness, Undergarden is not really a bad game per say... there's just nothing good about it. It's sort of like if Lost Winds was more of a puzzle game with better graphics, less charm, and no motion control. Still, there's no reason to buy this game. There's nothing exceptional about it. It's just..... blah.
So kids, the lesson of the day is take a few minutes, read reviews, and for god's sake don't buy any of the shit on PSN.
I had plenty of shitty NES games. Never ever buy a game without doing research. And there is a demo for Undergarden, that made sure I never want to play that game again.
I remember those days, going by my friend's recommendations and the box cover. Anyone remember Section Z?
I had it, one of the games I considered crappy.
Yes those were magical times, I get that. I wish for something like that again but if the risk was removed.
On the other hand, who the hell took a chance on Megaman when they saw that box?
Somehow everyone knew Megaman was awesome.
I skipped the NES, and stuck with my good 'ole Atari 2600 back in those days. The most expensive Atari game was no more than $10 brand new, most were $5. I also frequented yard sales, wherein I could pick up many Atari games for only $1 or 2. I once got a box filled with about 20 carts for $5! At those prices, it really didn't matter to me much if I got a crap game here or there. Shoot, I often enjoyed the bad ones just because they were bad, lol.
Heh! Did you catch my Section Z shout-out when Archie (I think it was) was pondering what Capcom games they were going to resurrect?
I said Section Z and Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers!
Me!
I can dig a Chip and Daler ressurection. I liked that game, though you can finish it in about twenty minutes.