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Perfect Stu · 11-18-2002, 05:41 PM

Gamecube's first year has been poor...or at least disappointing in my opinion.

Even the PS2 (which lots of people said had a crappy first year) gave us a handful of AAA titles (Gran Turismo 3, Devil May Cry, Grand Theft Auto 3, Metal Gear Solid 2, ICO) and soon after, Final Fantasy X...

Gamecube's only AAA title in my opinion would be Metroid Prime, which was just released (then again, I'll have to play it to be sure)...lots will say that Rogue Leader is AAA, as well as Pikmin, SSB:M, SMS, AC...but I've played all of those games, and never thought they were more than an 8.5/10 type of game. Good? Yes. Comparable to the PS2 titles I listed? No.

After Project Dolphin was released I figured I would definately buy the system when it came out, because it was supposed to gather PSX-like 3rd party support, and have fantastic games developed by Nintendo. Well so far, I'm glad I didn't buy the system. It would have been a waste of money, because I would have been spending 99% of my gaming time on my PS2.

Grade: D+

11-18-2002, 05:41 PM	#15
Perfect Stu Knight Perfect Stu is offline Location: Toronto Now Playing: GTA4 Posts: 6,158	Gamecube's first year has been poor...or at least disappointing in my opinion. Even the PS2 (which lots of people said had a crappy first year) gave us a handful of AAA titles (Gran Turismo 3, Devil May Cry, Grand Theft Auto 3, Metal Gear Solid 2, ICO) and soon after, Final Fantasy X... Gamecube's only AAA title in my opinion would be Metroid Prime, which was just released (then again, I'll have to play it to be sure)...lots will say that Rogue Leader is AAA, as well as Pikmin, SSB:M, SMS, AC...but I've played all of those games, and never thought they were more than an 8.5/10 type of game. Good? Yes. Comparable to the PS2 titles I listed? No. After Project Dolphin was released I figured I would definately buy the system when it came out, because it was supposed to gather PSX-like 3rd party support, and have fantastic games developed by Nintendo. Well so far, I'm glad I didn't buy the system. It would have been a waste of money, because I would have been spending 99% of my gaming time on my PS2. Grade: D+ __________________ -Perfect Stu- "You do NOT want to scare me, junior"