Over the horizons, there are games.
59 days 16 hours ago
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Drakol
This post isn't to rant, nor to have myself stand on a high stool. I'm writing this because I feel that there are a lot of great games out there that we just don't see due to the hype of American gaming. I really don't know how I else I could've put it, but let's leave it as "American gaming", for now. Not to bash on anyone, but to educate on what else there is for us gamers to look for.
Now, I've been a gamer since the launch of the NES and never faulted away from being one. I love gaming, I enjoy playing a variety of games, but there has been this small but difficult issue when it comes to playing that "other" variety of games. No, I'm not talking about the porn-like games. It's the over-seas gaming. The first over-seas game I've ever played was the "190 Games" in one NES cartridge. I still have it too. It had a lot of games that my brother and I enjoyed, even though we didn't understand Korean.
As time has passed, and magazines started covering games from Japan, I always wanted to try those games out. I'd hear about the new Dragon Ball games, King of Fighters, and so forth. Being a HUGE Dragon Ball/Z/GT fan, I felt like I was being left out of an experience I would have loved. I just had to move on with what the American gaming companies put out. Not that we had terrible games, but.. I'm not too sure how to explain it, really. As I mentioned before, I left as if I was missing out on a great time with some interesting games.
Fast forwarding to.. NOW, the Japanese PS2 can be purchased at a reasonable price. Along with a lot of awesome PS1/2 titles. Just go to play-asia.com to find'm. Ever since I recieved my Japanese PS2 from an ex (her FAULT!), I started importing a LOT of PS1/2/3 games. I bought BASARA X, Sengokou BASARA 2, Battle Fantasia, Tobal 2, Dew Prism, Night Raid, Super Pang, Castlevania X (SotN), Melty Blood, just to name a few. Not only that, but I also bought a Super Famicom when I was in Akihabara. The fun and joy of playing those SNES are still a blast!
What I'm trying to get at here, folks, is that we need to look beyond our own borders if we want to experience something different.
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