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A Compile of Compilation: Compilation games. Are they worth it?

An hilarious look at video game compilations that weighs the pros and cons of buying several pieces of entertainment software en masse.

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"Sometimes I see game collection's as a waste of time and just another way to squeeze a quick buck out of the starving gamers' hands. And I have seen some starving gamers out there, clamoring for anything in a shiny box that starts with an "F" and ends in an "inal Fantasy". But a question keeps coming up in my mind whenever I see the newest Virtual Console update, "Will Super Mario All-Stars ever be available on the VC?". And if it was, would I download it?"

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Smacktard6111d ago

"The casual consumer loves to save as much money as possible. My mom would rather buy a compilation of 50 movie adaptation games then buy something like Metroid Prime 3, because it is a better deal. And don’t laugh, she is a gamer, she has a Wii and Rock Band and plays it almost every day." Hahaha, I don't think this warrants the definition of "gamer". Casual gamer, maybe.

Also, <3 compilation games. Megaman X, Sonic Gems, and Sonic Mega Collection are delicious.

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Insanely Ambitious PS2 Games Nobody Played

Try to think of a PS2 game that changed gaming as we know it. GTA 3, Silent Hill 2, even things like SOCOM were way ahead of the curve, among countless others. But there are also plenty of PS2 games that shot for the moon and ended up lost in the ocean.

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The Evil Within Deserved More: A Great Horror Series Left Behind

The Outerhaven writes: While I hold Bethesda's The Evil Within series as some of the best Survival Horror games available, it's clear that Bethesda has no intention of revisiting the series. While Capcom is still working on its Resident Evil series, I look back at the now-dead survival horror series from Bethesda, wondering why the series was left wide open, and yet still not revisited.

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SimpleSlave18h ago

An OK horror series left behind. It had some great ideas, but it never knew how to play to its strengths. Instead, it came out like just another RE4 clone.

I would love for a third entry to come out, but it needs to learn to lean in on the psychological aspect and move away from the generic "pew pew" ideology at the center of the gameplay loop. It doesn't need to abandon it; it just needs to put it into better context, is all.

Also, try a first-person perspective instead. Too many 3rd-person games with nothing to offer but an avatar taking precious screen space. At least make it an actual option and not that janky-ass mess the second game pretended to have.

Venoxn4g7h ago

Love both games, hope that we will get third game

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John Marston Voice Actor Teases "Exciting" Red Dead Redemption News

During a livestream on his personal Twitch channel, Rob Wiethoff (who voices John Marston in the Red Dead Redemption series) hinted at "exciting news" to be revealed next week. According to Wiethoff, the news will be announced "before Friday".

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jznrpg19h ago(Edited 18h ago)

PS5/Pro/Switch 2 version of RDR2 seems most likely. I’d love a RDR3 but that seems years away

Cacabunga17h ago

Id be happy for just a 60fps patch

OmegaSoldati16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Agreed, but at the same time RD2 came out in 2018. Could it be a remake of Red Dead 1?

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Marston died in the end of Red Dead and Red Dead 2 is set before that. Im curious now. What news could it be?

mkis0079h ago

I'm pretty sure the next game will be another prequel as the story really has no where to go as far as being a western after red dead redemption. The next game will end with the ferry boat incident.

Profchaos18h ago(Edited 18h ago)

Their contracts are iron clas if they leak anything legit they are threatened with immense legal action.

My hopes for what this is are minimal its probably a meet and greet with the cast

I dont see why they would be involved in a upgraded version of rdr2 when the dialogue hasn't changed

thorstein15h ago

He seems to have been cleared to do this as he purposely picked up the game, streamed it, and made the announcement.