Musings of a Sega Racing Fan: Best Game Ever

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Daytona USA, COME ON DOWN!!!

You're the next contestant on today's GameFAQs Top 10 List! But considering how little anyone actually cares about you or Sega, it looks like you won't be leaving Contestants' Row.

Here we go, the The Top 10 Arcade Style Racing Games In Need Of A Modern Sequel. And without even reading the list, I can tell you the correct top ten, and they are:

10. Indy 500!
9. Super Hang-On (with handlebars controller)!
8. Initial D (for home consoles)!
7. San Francisco Rush 2049!
6. F-Zero GX (can't let Nintendo win so they aren't going higher)!
5. Crazy Taxi 3!
4. Sega Rally Revo (with original SR handling)!
3. Super Sprint (o wait, that's my job)!!!
2. OutRun 2!
1. Daytona USA 2!

But this clever guy deviates from my list and puts Daytona USA at #4 (and Crazy Taxi at #7). But about Daytona... FOURTH??? YOU MEAN NOT FIRST??? FOURTH ISN'T EVEN IN VICTORY LANE, WHAT A RIPOFF!!! The blurb says:

DAYTONAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Okay, ya caught me, I'm a fanboy, and not putting this game higher was hard. Daytona USA was THE 3d racing game that changed everything. When it comes to racing games, F-Zero is the originator, Mario Kart brought in mulitplayer, and Daytona USA brought it screaming into 3D. Even now, with the PSN re-release, I still rock this game, and made sure to get 100% of the trophies on it. The only problem with a sequel is the fact that the franchise is a niche, and that Sega isn't focusing on such franchises anymore. But hey, I'd be ok even with a cameo in the next "Sonic and Sega All-stars racing" game.

Well, this list entry really doesn't make sense since Daytona 1 technically has a remake (XBLA/PSN) AND a sequel (Daytona 2/Scud Race) so what does this mean? Well it means that we want a new Daytona game which is stellar. But put the game at first ahead of Star Wars: Pod Racer, Crash Team Racing, and F-Zero GX and we'll talk. Terrible, NASTY Top 10 list, you should be ashamed of yourselves!! Lol, I held my breath when scrolling through the list...it was CLOSE but no cigar. Also, Burnout.

Seriously, if it needed be, I could write an essay on why Daytona USA needs another "sequel." Or hell, a big ass essay pimping out Sega racers in general (which I already did, dummies). I don't need no lousy GameFAQs Top 10 Lists to get the job done. As a matter of fact, ANYTHING that has to do with GameFAQs is automatically tarnished, like George with the book in the bathroom. GameFAQs is like a public restroom, it all makes sense now (first person to photoshop this wins a prize)!

I also like when GameFAQs tries to tell me what the best games ever are via some mass-distributed "opinion" (or so-called fact) pieces. Or when we get told how "special" certain genres of games are, particularly certain genres fond to Nintendo or Square-Enix. Like this perplexing, TL;DR article--puzzle, simulation, and 2D shooters are in the Top 10 of Game Genres but racing is not? Maybe he is right because the video game industry has been taking a proverbial dump on our faces with this sad, sorry excuse of a video game genre.

Whatever, everyone bashes GFAQs Top 10's. But that's how I roll--I get irate over much ado about nothing. Not even going to bother with a Crazy Taxi rant either. At least Kotaku gave shout-outs to Fighters Megamix and the Hornet car in a recent article. For once, that site does something right.

And now time to usher Sega & Daytona USA off stage as usual. Make way for the FPS/RPG/Adventure/Nintendo game pimpage! No cars in this Showcase Showdown, for sure.

Remember to control the used game population; don't do business with GameStop!

Friday, August 5, 2011

The Greatest Driving Game Of This Generation!!!

With Sega gone AWOL, who will make the good racing gaemz???

WE FOUND SOMEBODY WHO ALREADY HAS!!!

MORE FUN than Burnout, Need for Speed, and Split/Second!!!
Who needs (wrecked) sports cars when you have Street Sweepers!!!

Read the REVIEW!!!

Watch the GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE!!!

Post on the MESSAGE BOARDS!!!

Monday, March 7, 2011

B****ES Don't Know About My Daytona USA 2

EDITED 2 TIMES

You having fun out there game nerds with all your little gaming conventions? First, you got GDC which went on for like two weeks and then you got another PAX arcade expo, this one in the East. Screw this crap, enough with all the gaming media orgies.

Anyway, as usual, these big game devs play a game where they decide what the best video games of all time are. Let me rehash--I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WHAT YOU MAINSTREAM FOLKS THINK IS THE BEST GAME EVER. But they continue to do it anyway.

AN EPIC ARTICLE GAIZ, LOLOLOL

It gets more interesting as I read this above Kotaku article and some guy has the guts to say that there are better 1998 games other than Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Like Daytona USA 2. Poor souls and their little Nintendo games...like "hehehe, Nintendo, hehehe...Square...ehehe, Capcom" as they drool all over themselves. As of right now, it's the featured discussion which means it's right on top of the article, but that may change in the future:

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Ocarina of Time, like I said, isn't the best game ever.

It isn't even the best game to come out of 1998.

(Daytona USA 2, Need for Speed III, Half-Life, and Resident Evil 2 are just four better games that come off from the top of my head.)

Stephen's more likely to throw out Majora's Mask rather than Ocarina.

Or just throw Monday Night Combat into the mix. Uber will be there and will find the proceedings to be very lulzy.

You get your opinion, of course, but definitive language like "is" and "isn't" is a bit presumptuous when it's your opinion against what feels like most gamers'.

Daytone USA 2 better than OoT?

Um, what?

No, you enjoyed more these 4 games, but they are NOT better than Ocarina. Trust me.

Of course it is.

Half-Life and Resident Evil 2? I don't agree, but I could understand your opinion. NFS3? That's a stretch. Daytona USA 2? Ok, you must be trolling...

The song of storms disagrees with you.

And a typhoon of unimaginable destructive force is heading your way ...blasphemer !

Edited by roll41 at 03/07/11 6:33 PM

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of the 99/100 on Metacritic.

The only thing wrong with it that Game Revolution could find was the crappy midi music

Edited by DVD Player at 03/07/11 6:37 PM

Sounds like you just don't like OoT.

If the music quality was the worst part of OoT that's saying A LOT too. All too often to this day I still catch myself humming epona's song, song of time or zelda's lullaby.

DAYTOOONAAAAAAAAAAAAA...

Sorry bro, none of those are even in the top 5 best games of 1998.

(Ocarina of Time, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, Banjo Kazooie, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, and Space Station Silicon Valley are just five better games that come off from the top of my head.)

Daytona USA 2 > Ocarina of Time = Universe Implosion!

If you're arguing using Metacritic, there's something horribly wrong with your argument.

Nintendo isn't the center of the universe.

It's still one of the best arcade racing games ever, period.

Touche.

Ah, I feel left out since I did a straight-up trade-in for a new PSOne at Funcoland for my N64. I think I had two games for that system Super Mario 64 and Shadows of the Empire.

You sir are bizarre.

Not presenting any reasoning or evidence is an even worse one, mate.

So far you presented an opinion as a fact, way to go. Congratulations. I'd still take my averaged score of multiple prestigious critics over the blind bias of some random commenter any day.

Ocarina of Time did just as much to the adventure genre as Half-Life did to the FPS genre. And I love both of them.

You forgot Cruis'n USA

That was 1994, not 1998.

Water temple and Navi. There, OOT isn't perfect.

Sublime drifting model and I still play it 13 years later. There, Daytona USA 2 is perfect.

Nintendo isn't the center of the universe..? This reply is very poor. From a star commenter, besides.
Ok, Nintendo isn't the center of the universe, and neither Daytona 2 nor Need for Speed III are.

Edited by togovero at 03/08/11 3:10 PM

There we have it, folks. A racing game with drifting. That makes it the most perfect game in the world. A racing game. With drifting.

By that logic, NFS Carbon should be the greatest game in the world! Your attempts at logic are laughable.

From what I can tell, Ocarina of Time revolutionized 3D Adventure games, and presented a pretty good story to boot for that era. Not to mention that the Water Temple, while annoying, is really well thought-out when you kinda think about it. Not to mention the fact that Dark Link completely nullifies anything wrong the Water Temple did. Loved that battle SO much.

And while it's fun to hate on Navi, the "Hey"s and such didn't really happen as often as you remember, as I found out. And I dunno, if they actually removed Navi from OoT, I think I'd actually cry. It's just that little bit of hate that you love, I dunno it's hard to explain. The game wouldn't feel complete without a blue puffball yelling what you need to do.

And you sir, I dearly hope you do not pursue a career in game criticism. You've obviously expressed that you're not particularly good at it.

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EDIT: Okay, gonna throw this in here for Mr. DVD Player. Daytona 2 isn't the best just cause of drifting. Please read the "Why Sega Racing Games Are So Good Article." Great sense of speed, sound & music, tracks, etc. BTW, Need for Speed: Carbon SUCKS, mediocre in every way. And this is coming from someone who clocked 10+ hours in this game.

Game criticism...heh, go back to your little RPG games, get outta here. Another cookie-cutter gamer, what else is new...

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Really, I don't give a damn about Daytona 2 being on these lists (as I've said before), but really, enough with this "best game ever" crap, just shove it up your ass already. BTW, I also agree that Half-Life 1 was a great game and should get more credit.

I tried to leave a comment, but I keep getting this "Post Save Failed" error when I try to leave a comment. So once again, Kotaku proves itself to be a sucky website. I might update this post later if something comes up so hold on. I'll try to get this twinturbo2 guy on the phone any way I can.

YOU WANNA CROWN OCARINA OF TIME'S ASS, WELL CROWN ITS ASS!!!

For the record, I do own OoT and I beat it twice already. Do I think it's a great game? Yes. Do I think it's one of the best ever? Well I personally don't. See, that's whats so crazy--EVERYBODY has a different list of favorite games so why the hell are we making all these generalizations about the mainstream gamer in the first place??

Saturday, December 18, 2010

The Greatest Game(s) Ever Made?

EDIT: GameFAQs keeps churning out more lists as time goes on so I'll probably add them eventually...

I would like to know what's up with GameFAQs and their rabid-like obsession with figuring out what the greatest video game of all time is. First, check out these Top 10 lists according to these GameFAQs people...:

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At least to be fair, each list has some different games, but overall, you see the same twenty or thirty games pop up all the time.

And then this is all capped off by what must be the millionth GameFAQs "Best Game Ever" contest. And the winner will always be Zelda or Final Fantasy. MAYBE Smash Bros or MGS. No questions asked. They focused this contest on games from the 00's, but all this does it take away Zelda: OoT and FFVII so some other garbage can win.

Really, I hate to be a jackass, but do I really care what a select group of people think are the greatest games? Like what are you trying to say--if I haven't sat down and played Shadows of the Collosus, Metroid Prime, Zelda: Majora's Mask, or Star Wars: KotR from start to finish that I'm a bad man? I hate to say it, but I don't care about 80% of the games on these lists. And you might say I'm missing out--well, too bad. EDIT: Let me reiterate--I don't hate these games per-se, but I'm just not into them.

As a matter of fact, I'm willing to say I had more fun playing this than all your little RPG games:

And I do like my Sega racers, but I'm not about to "scientifically prove" why I like these games by taking polls and whatnot...I like them, they make me feel good, this stuff comes from the heart, you come see for yourself. I'm not running around trying to piece together all these Top 10 lists that are set in concrete. Fact is my Top 10 would be completely unique. I mean, all these "official" Top 10's just seem to reinforce more groupthink. Play these games and you'll be cool! Don't play them and you're out of the loop. Oh so what. Peer pressure, my ass.

Some will say that I'm just pissed just cause I don't see games like Daytona USA up there. Really? That's not it--contrary to popular belief, I don't want Daytona USA to have a fanbase in the billions...I like it playing the underdog role. Secretly hiding in the shadows like Batman. Criterion, Electronic Arts, Turn10 tossing and turning all night cause Sega may release that new racing killer app that would sink their ship (thankfully, this is Sega we're talking about so they're not too worried...neither would I).

There's plenty of games with no face time out there that have cult followings (besides Sega racers) such as X-Com UFO Defense and Earthbound, so really, I find these lists annoying for completely different reasons altogether.

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And another thing that's weird about GameFAQs...what's with these GameFAQs VIP Beta Key Giveaway things? So SBAllen asks you some question about this new fantasy MMORPG game called Rift like "What area do you find item-X or whatever," you type the answer in the blank, and if you're right, you enter a raffle where you may win a prize that I have no idea what the hell it does. Okay...a Beta Key, what does it do? I have no friggin idea. So I entered one or two and as odds would have it, I don't win.

In case you've never seen this contest, click here to check out SBAllen's post.

Now I have nothing against this Rift game, but I can't help but think he's trying to self-promote this game himself by having people look up info about it. It is as if I were the admin and I had people scrambling to find answers for OutRun 2 or Scud Race questions to win "prizes." I'm willing to bet A. that SBAllen loves this game and is self-promoting it himself or B. someone's paying him off.

EDIT: I think these beta keys were for the Rift game itself. Wow, ambiguity FTW!!

And another thing, this is not saying that Rift will be a "bad" game quality-wise. But I hear about one more G-D GAME WITH THE FOLLOWING WORDS--MAGE, CLERIC, WARLOCK, PALADIN, DRUID, ROGUE, HUNTER, OR WHAT HAVE YOU--I AM GOING TO SNAP. Literally, I don't want to have anything to do World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy, or whatever crap you got because I can't take it anymore.

And that's my post. Very sloppy, probably pissed off a lot of people, but whatever.