Sure, some of the games at the time were astonishing and well regarded classics, but man oh man do I dislike the controller, it just feels so... alien to hold you know?

Another thing too, the cartridge format whilst snappy, suffered from making too many cutbacks compared to the disc format of PS1 and Saturn which gave you pretty much the full scoop.

I am sure Nintnedo had their reasons at the time, but to me it was almost like it was a death by a thousand cuts scenario, a really powerful machine let down by not using what is literally the next gen medium at the time.

Let me know your thoughts, it is fine to disagree as the console is well respected with both nostalgia and entertainment, I'm just an outlier here.

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[–] glimse 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I played a lot of THSP2 on my ~~PS2~~ PS1 and was horrified by the N64 version's audio quality when I played it at a friend's house

[–] Num10ck 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

the ps2 came 4 years after the N64, a crucial time window of consumer audio chip evolution. but even more importantly, the N64 didnt even have a sound chip, relied on the CPU for it while competing for resources.

[–] glimse 4 points 6 months ago

Sorry I meant PS1! It played CD quality audio as well