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Old 03-24-2005, 12:10 AM   #9 (permalink)
Artificial
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Originally posted by Darus Grey

Also..saying a control scheme is a "gimmick" is just an excuse not to address the underlying game design issues.
A Gimmick is something that is hardly supported or is only given "token support" to lure in customers.

Saying the DS is not using its features is..silly at best, Just because you didn't *like* the end result (most people were disappointed with Yoshi, because they were expecting a platformer, not a puzzle game which was very good at what it did). Doesn't make it a "gimmick"...just means you didn't like it.
Okay, maybe gimmick was too harsh. They seem to overuse the touch screen though, and I will say I don't like that. In mario 64 I liked that I could not use the touch screen if I wanted. So far that's been the only game I've really enjoyed.
Anyway, gimmick sounded like a good description but I guess it really wasn't. I tried really hard to like the DS, but right now there's only one game I want to play, and I like it better on the 64.
I'm trading my DS and Feel the Magic in tomorrow for a PSP, almost certainly. I'm going to put some serious thought in to it tonight, but it seems like a good idea right now.
haha thought about that for 3 minutes and said "Fuck that" DS is TOO promising to trade in, I'm just not satisfied with the current library I guess.

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