Annoying Trends

[Telume]

Shadow of Colussus is a prequel/sequel

It's a prequel because it tells the story several thousand (correct me if I'm wrong) years before the story of Ico and it's a sequel because it's basically the spiritual successor to the game.

But I think the rush job treatment kind of applies here to pokemon as well, considering how crappy the soundtrack and storyline (at least IMO) came out. At least that's what I think of Diamond and Pearl anyway.

[Jeff]

But I think the rush job treatment kind of applies here to pokemon as well, considering how crappy the soundtrack and storyline (at least IMO) came out. At least that's what I think of Diamond and Pearl anyway.

Yeah, the DP storyline was almost a carbon copy of RS with different characters. I like how Emerald and Platinum expanded on it a little and went in different directions, but we shouldn't have to wait for the third version to get something with a little substance to it. Everyone's been talking about how if they are doing remakes of Gold and Silver, will we be seeing Ruby and Sapphire remakes. I think if this trend continues, we won't need them.

[Telume]

Like I said before, what I'm most concerned with is the music. The music for D/P sucked big time.

But getting back on topic here. I think another annoying trend is how a lot of remakes are being half-assed. I HATED the Final Fantasy IV remake for the DS, they added Voice Acting and that kind of pissed me off. It takes out of the experience of the original game. I liked it when it was just text

I can understand updating to 3D to take advantage of the engine on the DS, that's fine but geez Voice Overs? No thanks, I like just plain text, like FF3DS

Mostly because a lot of the times the actors they hire TRY too hard to sound good and end up overdoing it enough to make the dialogue sound really cheesy or stupid, sometimes I listen to the acting they do on remakes and cringe because it sounds so bad.

:/