irateplatypus

Last night was one of my friend's birthday party. We were all gathering at another of my friend's house and having some drinks and playing some videogames...

First up was the xbox. We played a few games... DOA volleyball, some basketball game and Enter the Matrix among them. All the while people were just mashing the buttons and watching the eye-candy on screen.

after a bit of that... the gamecube was turned on. we played smash bros. melee, mariokart and monkey ball 2.

immediately after turning the GC games on... people started complaining about how crappy they were. it literally started when the power-on menus came up. "this is stupid"... "a kids game!"... "this sucks" were among the more eloquent statements.

now i realize that everyone has their own preferences in games, so don't think i'm saying they should like exactly what i like. but still, the play mechanics in the listed XBOX games are certainly more shallow than the GC games listed. despite the deeper gameplay and refined mechanics of these particular gamecube games... no one was willing to give them a chance.

i'm no snob, people can like whatever they want to like. still, it is frustrating to me that games that aren't packaged in a way that looks good on MTV aren't given an honest chance.

anyone else notice this? anyone completely disagree with me?

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