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- Jan 3, 2009
I wanna say Twilight Princess, but then fanboys will falsely flag me and I will get the banhammer.
So, instead, I choose the one game I downloaded on the Virtual Console, foolishly thinking it would be a great game. Enter 'SimEarth: The Living Planet' for the TurboGraphx-16. First off, there's the voice acting. Whenever you start a new game, a big Japanese planet with a dopey face. I say Japanese not because it has a small skirt with a cat tail, but because it's mouth always moves. Even when the speaker stops talking. Also, HE TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO. Make oceans, produce life, experiment with different environments, and then make an Exodus to another planet. The voice and the word Exodus made me think the game was made by Christians, but then the concept led me away from that. Then there's the music: one single soundtrack of nothing but a slow Gehanna theme. I'm not kidding. I feel great that it's not on Youtube. Then there's the graphics. They just throw you onto the planet you chose, show you some stuff, and your supposed to know what it is. The manual doesn't even have a key for it, let alone the game. Also, if you put life somewhere, it's just a still picture with it's own background. The only animated thing is the ocean, which is why I tried coating Mars with water. But then I planted Ice on the Desert, and it expanded. So I ended up with a giant ball of ice. Oh, and when I looked for species to plant, humans were nonexistent. This game has you play the role of a deity, but you can't create humans. Also, certain species prefer certain landscapes. So I put some dinosaurs in the Jungle, because the game said that's what they liked. They all died.
Overall, it's a confusing mess.
Sorry if I did anything bad by posting a full-fledged review.
So, instead, I choose the one game I downloaded on the Virtual Console, foolishly thinking it would be a great game. Enter 'SimEarth: The Living Planet' for the TurboGraphx-16. First off, there's the voice acting. Whenever you start a new game, a big Japanese planet with a dopey face. I say Japanese not because it has a small skirt with a cat tail, but because it's mouth always moves. Even when the speaker stops talking. Also, HE TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO. Make oceans, produce life, experiment with different environments, and then make an Exodus to another planet. The voice and the word Exodus made me think the game was made by Christians, but then the concept led me away from that. Then there's the music: one single soundtrack of nothing but a slow Gehanna theme. I'm not kidding. I feel great that it's not on Youtube. Then there's the graphics. They just throw you onto the planet you chose, show you some stuff, and your supposed to know what it is. The manual doesn't even have a key for it, let alone the game. Also, if you put life somewhere, it's just a still picture with it's own background. The only animated thing is the ocean, which is why I tried coating Mars with water. But then I planted Ice on the Desert, and it expanded. So I ended up with a giant ball of ice. Oh, and when I looked for species to plant, humans were nonexistent. This game has you play the role of a deity, but you can't create humans. Also, certain species prefer certain landscapes. So I put some dinosaurs in the Jungle, because the game said that's what they liked. They all died.
Overall, it's a confusing mess.
Sorry if I did anything bad by posting a full-fledged review.