Pokemon Gold/Silver will always be my pick, but yours is a damn good one. As for MM, I respect it and love the idea behind it, but it's still not high up on my list of Zeldas. I hated being rushed in dungeons. Outside the time limit was fine, but let me take my time inside dungeons.
Actually when it comes to video games, EA has the rights to Star Wars. Think of how Sony makes Spider-Man movies even though Disney owns Marvel. That's why I think a SW Warriors game wouldn't happen anytime soon. This isn't EA's kind of thing. They're more big budget, big profit games, a mid tier game has little interest to them.
Soul Calibur and Kingdom Hearts sound cool. FF sounds like a good fit too even though I'm not a fan. Not really sure on the others, but I've seen weirder things happen. I'd personally want a Jedi Warriors.
Destiny definitely isn't your cup of tea. Even though I like it overall (my review's enough proof of that), it does feel like another soulless AAA game.
They could even have the hammer be your heavy weapon. That could work really well. More interesting bosses is definitely a good idea too. I'll cut them some slack only there though since they're not experienced with making great bosses.
And what you're getting at with making it like Halo is exactly what I was getting at. This doesn't need to be Halo, what it needs is to play to Bungie's strengths as a developer. This game did not do that, it played to their weak points. Hopefully the next game can work on the latter while putting in more of the former.
From the start they've said there are going to be 4 games each with its own unique expansions.
I don't see how any of those are bad things in Halo. A game where all those design choices completely make sense and complement its style of shooting. They weren't making the guidelines for every other FPS developer to mimic, they were making a good shooter. Nothing wrong if you don't like it, but there's also nothing wrong with making a game that way if you do it for the right reasons.
And Destiny is still a good enough game. My issue isn't that it's bad, it's that when a game is hyped to that degree and a developer is given that much freedom for a new IP, good enough is not good enough. I wrote this blog because I expect more out of Bungie because they're a great developer. Hopefully still are and aren't going to join Square and Double Fine in the list of has beens.
But there should also be a PC version. That was inexcusable bullshit.
Considering this type of game is meant to have a lot more content though, it doesn't really surprise me.
The game definitely shows its budget through polish and they're doing a lot more to keep content constantly coming in, which can't be cheap. But they're spending a lot of it in the wrong places (marketing is way too bloated for instance).
My childhood was awesome. And my life is still awesome. That's the difference between me and the people you're addressing: I didn't become a miserable human being
