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author=McBick
@sooz
I was talking about the "new super mario bros" series which there are at least 5 of if not more and they are all just rehashes.

You should probably be more specific in what you say then. Half the reason this topic is such a mess is because you keep saying things, then having to clarify because you didn't actually say what you meant.

Not only that, but your using books that probably aren't targeted for you either. That's like me saying COD sucks because I hate first person shooters.

As a young(ish) ladytype who likes romance and the supernatural, those books are ABSOLUTELY targeted at me. They suck on any objective level because they are terribly written. They are popular, not because they are good, but because they provide a setup that is popular.

Again: WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF "GOOD"? Is it "popular"? "Enjoyable"? "Created competently"? "Does not explode when I touch it"? "Gives me a fleeting respite from my dreary existence and constant awareness of my own mortality"? "Supplies me with my daily dose of violent/sexual fantasy"? So far, you seem to flit from one definition to the next like a butterfly in a flower garden, never maintaining one position for too long.

author=McBick
Mario for example hasn't changed much over the years and many Mario titles are virtually the same games with different lay outs,

...we're talking about the Super Mario plumber guy who rescues the princess from the turtle dragon thing, right? Because in my universe, that game has changed tremendously over its lifetime, and continues to do so. Unless your idea of "change" is "turns into a completely different genre of game," in which case... wait, there's like eighty jillion different versions of Mario games in different genres.

author=McBick
There is no way to prove a game is good or bad. If you associate good with what the majority plays then you can use sales of a game to help you assess if it will be a good game or not. Ultimately it will be different for every person.

...if your attitude is this, then why do you involve yourself in any discussions on game quality in the first place?

Also, if lots of sales is a sign of something good, then one would expect Twilight and Shades of Grey to be good. Which they are not. Sales have a good deal more to do with marketing than quality, and many consumers of entertainment are satisfied with mediocrity. The fact that they will take gruel when nobody's offering steak does not mean that gruel is steak-quality or even good. It just means they're hungry and gruel is there.

Really, I think if you're gonna discuss whether something is "good," you should define what you mean by "good," since it's pretty obvious right now that you're sliding around among a lot of different definitions.

author=Dookie
People are too nice. They won't be straight up with you, I will.

You realize there's a lot of ground between "too nice" and "honest but a jerk," right?

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