Metroid Prime should not have worked. When the game was first announced to use the first person perspective it would be an understatement to say that many expected the worst. It also didn’t help that its developer, Retro Studios, had undergone turmoil within the company leading to Nintendo having to step in and create order […]Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime should not have worked. When the game was first announced to use the first person perspective it would be an understatement to say that many expected the worst. It also didn’t help that its developer, Retro Studios, had undergone turmoil within the company leading to Nintendo having to step in and create order […]
I would not own my own computer until 1999 so I could only look on with envy at the PC gaming renaissance of the mid-90s. While I would occasionally get the chance to dabble with Doom and Hexen I only got to experience the majority of the really popular titles that made PC gaming unique […]
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter was on old comic’s property from the 1950s that I’m sure not many remembered until it was brought back by Valiant Comics in the 90s. However even with that resurgence in popularity for the character I was surprised Acclaim chose this to make a video game adaptation. Personally I would have picked […]
Halo hit the industry pretty hard in 2001 and is largely responsible for sparking the console first person shooter market along with Goldeneye. It also legitimized Microsoft as a participant in the console war and was the best launch title for the Xbox. Actually it might have been the only worthwhile game available but I […]
Back in the day before the average computer became affordable to the poor masses I could only sit and dream about how cool games like Doom, Command and Conquer, and Descent were like. Eventually I would get to play some of these titles and they were everything I expected and more (Diablo, so damn good). […]
Remember when first person shooters were new and exciting? Obviously we’ve come a long way from the heady days of Doom and while I won’t say they’ve ruined the industry (because it’s not true) no one can deny that there are far too many generic FPS on the market. But it wasn’t always this way. […]
When the inevitable move to 3d gaming came certain genres benefited the most. Racing games and fighting games in particular made the transition extremely well but above all others came first person shooters. Prior to 1996 all fps were created using different sprite scaling methods to create 3d environments and it’s a testament to ID’s […]
Years before Metroid Prime came along and coined the phrase “first person adventure” Maken X fell into that category. The Shin Megami Tensei has been one of the most popular series of RPGs in Japan, dating as far back as the Famicom era. The series has spawned countless spinoffs, of which Maken X is one. […]
By now Goldeneye has gone on to become legendary. There were honestly no expectations placed on upon its release; if anything you could say it was expected to be horrible. Movie licensed games on average usually turned out terrible, and Goldeneye had a protracted development schedule, further placing it in the doghouse. But its release […]
