(05-18-2017, 11:53 AM)Goemar Wrote: I'm going to throw Mario Kart into this. Yes, the gameplay is great BUT it's so old in what it offers. Cup, 4 courses - race. Other games (like Sega All-Stars) have so much more in the single player department. Boost challenges, ring challenges, beat a timed lap etc etc.
I'm not saying it should have a hub or anything like Diddy Kong Racing but man, they need to add some flesh to those bones.
I'm much less of a fan of Super Mario Kart, mainly because certain CPU-run characters will throw items you're never going to get and have massive jumps that can leap over said hazards, including ones you can use, while the only jumps you can make (without a Cape Feather, btw) are pathetic hops that couldn't even get you over an inch-deep oil slick.
And just to even out the hate for games that actually deserve it in series that is beloved by all, Sonic Shuffle as an annoying slog whose idea of "fun party games" is not being able to finish a board until ALL OF THE GEMS ARE COLLECTED, and allowing the CPU see your cards when you can't see theirs, usually resulting in you being stuck with the worst hand by the time you actually reach one of the bosses guarding the gems.
I could lump in Final Fantasy IV: the After Years as another game that is mostly hated for "almost" retelling the same story 17 YEARS LATER (not to mention abilities being altered by the different phases of the moon and, at the time, being episodic and forcing fans to pay for a continuation, especially in the Wii port). But, sadly, I'm going to have to toss most of my annoyance to the PSP exclusive Interlude. It may have brought back the original gameplay without the moon alterations, and trying to clear up certain confusions that the sequel either didn't bother to explain, or didn't realize the complications it might bring (such as introducing Ceodore at 17 rather than the now canonical 16), but its short length, already maxed out characters and mostly linear gameplay just makes me think it should have gotten the "Day of Sigma" treatment rather than a pointless nostalgia romp that the remastered original already gave us.