I'm not saying story is a bad thing. It's not, but it seems like a lot of devs focus so heavily on coming up with an engaging story and good visuals that they forget to actually make the game fun to play.
I think about some of the games I've played over the years, and a lot of my favorites either had fairly limited or even downright absurd plots that basically boil down to an excuse to make the gameplay loop happen.
Just a random musing.
omg, thank you, i didn't even think of tetris, but that's a fantastic example...
...to this day, whenever I'm packing something and I'm having trouble getting everything to fit, I just hum tetris music, and before I know it, I'm done, lmao.
Yeah I often forget Tetris when someone asks me something like "what's your all time favorite game." It's Tetris, and very little is even close. There's no other game I've played since my age was in the single digits and can pick up today and be interested. Doom is about the only other thing like that although I was a bit older when it came out. It doesn't have much story either.
prolly need an emulator at this point, but try out Katamari Damaci or one of the sequels if you haven't already. story's retarded, but the game's fun. just try to make a bigger and bigger ball of stuff.
heads up; you're gonna want a playstation style controller for best results, xbox/switch style controls have the sticks in the wrong position.
Have you tried the remake by chance? I almost bought it for my Switch a couple years ago.
I may just download a ROM of the original and see, PS2 emulator is not a problem.
I think I might have? I'd have to check, but If I have, it would be on the shelf, most likely ps4.
If I'm remembering correctly, it's basically just a graphical update. controls were always fairly solid, so no worries there.