IGN revives Dreamcast

[evildead2099]

I, too, am happy to see this. It's cool to see IGN giving a new look to older games and see how they hold up today near the beginning of the next generation.

But I must question two of the four games they choose to review first... Chef's Luv Shack and Razor Freestyle Scooter? Lame!

I own Chef's Luv Shack, and it isn't too bad a game. The only serious complaint that I have about it is the loading (way too much loading, way too long loading periords, and way to LOUD loading periods - especially for a game that's so graphically simplistic!)

[keiblerfan69]

Wicked.

Dreamcast is still the best system ever released imho.

Couldn't agree anymore.

[Push Upstairs]

Well...as much as i like the Dreamcast (not my favorite console and not my least favorite) this isnt going to make run back into IGN's arms and start visiting thier website again.

[cyberfluxor]

*sigh*

IGN has conned the entire Dreamcast community.

Let's say you run an online e-zine. You have advertisements on your website. What is a great way to pull in some extra traffic? Easy. Just target an older game console with a diehard fanbase. This is a wicked viral marketing stunt, and guess what... it's working.

This news has spread to almost every other Dreamcast community and has been posted on countless other forums.

Have any of you actually READ what they are saying in their text?

They are posting garbage juvenile dribble, that comes off like some doped up myspace idiot writing his immediate impressions of a Dreamcast game.

Here is what IGN had to say about these games:

If you manage to find a copy of Bang! (and getting a hold of this game is about as easy as finding nuts in the winter), you'll probably have this reaction: "Holy s@&# this game kicks ass!"

In that sense, Bang! Gunship Elite is a lot like having a wife. It's good, but it's the same crap every day.

Don't let the name fool you, Bang! doesn't suck ass.

Playing SF Rush is like trying to score with a girl in high school. You can always take the long road if you're patient or you can try and navigate the shortcuts from first base to third.

I can't see how IGN "revisiting" Dreamcast titles is good news at all. This is horrible. They seem to be taking a shock value approach to get a reaction. Either that, or they are trying to further culture their readers into being more fanboy superVegetaSaijin69 "your game sux my game r0x0rs" than they already are.

Is it really hard to write legitimate journalism for 3 tiny paragraphs? IGN's comments are so off the wall there is no way they can be legitimate. I have to assume their comments are not honest, and are pre-manufactured to support an alterior motive.

IGN is exploiting the Dreamcast to pull in site traffic.

I agree with what you're saying, but was the quadruple iteration post required?

[le geek]

I think it's cool, it's a great way to get back into dreamcast...

[Kitsune Sniper]

I can't wait until they go and review Last Blade 2 and Garou.

"Oh my god! THE GAMES KILLED MY DREAMCAST!"

[kainemaxwell]

I'm thinking of it as a way to discover new titles I may want to own and look for *real* reviews of myself (Bang Gunship Elite being one of them).

[Fuyukaze]

I think it's great that they are doing it. Now, all the people who wrote off the system in the first place while waiting the extra year for their PS2 can simply yawn, pick their nose, scratch their ass, and still not care. Realy, why are they NOW trying to let people know how good the system was? It's a little to late to tell people how good it was when the time for relavence has long sense passed. Funny, so many people think the system's a waste at $50 these days, yet I bought my first for $150 and still consider it a great purchase. A shame the last games schedualed for release were cancled before shiping.

[Fuyukaze]

I think it's great that they are doing it. Now, all the people who wrote off the system in the first place while waiting the extra year for their PS2 can simply yawn, pick their nose, scratch their ass, and still not care. Realy, why are they NOW trying to let people know how good the system was? It's a little to late to tell people how good it was when the time for relavence has long sense passed. Funny, so many people think the system's a waste at $50 these days, yet I bought my first for $150 and still consider it a great purchase. A shame the last games schedualed for release were cancled before shiping.

[lordnikon]

I agree with what you're saying, but was the quadruple iteration post required?

Obviously, it was not my intention to quadruple post. When I was posting it was giving me an SQL database error for word select. It was erroring out on every word I was writing. I was unaware that it was also posting it to the forums. I had refreshed but nothing was there.

These forums tend to go break every few days, and when this happens multiple posting errors can occur.

Can a mod come in and clean this up?

[milhouseOFpain]

i am a sucker for game rankings when done with some thought as this seems to be. i couldnt care less as for their reasons to do this. just going to monitor this list and enjoy the memories and maybe just maybe try a new game or five.