I remember being spellbound by the N64 because, suddenly, video games became much more immersive.
Right now, I love being able to play my favorite Zelda games in HD, so I like the Wii U and will probably like my Switch even more once I get more games for it.
I don’t have much experience with consoles not made by Nintendo.
Joined: 15 Apr 2017 Gender: Female Posts: 31 Location: United States
15 Jun 2019, 8:42 pm
Mine will always be PS2. Once I get the right cable for it, I'll be able to play it all with better graphics to suit hd T.Vs and will probably not play much else. I like games for the creative/worldbuild/character aspect. My childhood games were great in that aspect, and super fun to play. (Jak, Sly, Ratchet, Spyro, Kya) I don't like the over-emphasis on graphics these days, a lot of it actually causes me headaches. I do appreciate other games here and there, and my second favorite would probably be 3ds. Getting switch for animal crossing.
Joined: 4 Nov 2005 Age: 38 Gender: Male Posts: 2,555
18 Jun 2019, 1:25 am
My favorite console was the Gameboy Advance. It was like having a SNES in your pocket. I had the Micro, which was a really neat and not very common variant that was rather small, well backlit and had changeable faceplates.
Not including portables, my favorite would be the SNES. It had a superb library, including many games that were either pretty original for the time, or that really pushed the envelope technologically. We got a lot of impressive games using Mode 7 graphics, from racing games to RPGs with expansive 3D seeming worlds. We had SuperFX powered 3D games with true polygonal graphics. And we had voice acted games, something of a rarity until optical discs became the de facto medium.
I still love the N64... hah. I think currently it's the PS4 and Switch.
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Joined: 20 Nov 2016 Age: 51 Gender: Male Posts: 1,678 Location: Jersey UK
24 Jun 2019, 9:36 pm
I have had a lot of fun from all the consoles that i have used. Most recently the xbox one. although over the years have had quiet a few, each giving a lot of enjoyment / entertainment.
Still don't think the present consoles give a very good media library experience. although i guess the developers see the whole media library thing as very much old way of doing things with everything moving to the cloud.
but personally as a creator, not that keen on putting everything on the cloud especially during the creative process. all a bit too easy for someone who knows how to hack to access your projects, i mean its hard enough to stop people breaking into my house. let alone the internet.
Anyway, i think that there isn't that much difference between the PS4 and the Xbox one (i could be wrong) apart from the price tag.
Although i have to say that in some ways i wish i had a PS4 as well or instead as the Xbox one this is because Sony is Japanese and so have a few samurai games exclusively on their platform that hasn't been ported to the other platforms. Yakuza series especially, Origami Killer.
And The Ghost of Tsurishima will also be released only on PS4 Perhaps worth buying a PS4 for in itself although i do have memories of buying a Sega Mega Drive (or should i say i got my parents to buy me one for birth day or christmas) purely because it had Shinobi ported to it!! !!
So history repeats, hey stick a ninja on the cover and i will buy it.... lol. Nin-jah-ten-Do!