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Viewers Choice: My Next Retrospective

Posted by Amber Ahlborn



Many months ago I posted an in depth retrospective of the Metroid Prime Trilogy. It was truly a labor of love and I thoroughly enjoyed putting it together. Well, I'd like to do another one, and you get to vote for what I cover.

Obviously, I can only write about games I've played, so I've compiled a list of what games and series I'm interested in covering. This isn't a list of games I consider the best, just the ones I feel like I have something to talk about.

1) The 3D Legend of Zelda series (will cover Ocarine of Time, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Phantom Hourglass)

2) Beyond Good & Evil

3) Prince of Persia (will cover Sands of Time, Warrior Within, and The Two Thrones)

4) Vagrant Story

5) The 2D Metroid series (will cover Zero Mission, Super Metroid, and Fusion)

6) Yoshi's Island (will cover Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Story, and Yoshi's Island DS)

7) Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver series (will cover Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2, and Defiance)

8) Okami

9) ICO and Shadow of the Colossus

10) Ratchet & Clank series (will cover Ratchet & Clank, Going Commando, Up Your Arsenal, and Deadlocked)

11) Jak & Daxter series (will cover Jak & Daxter, Jak 2, Jak 3, and Jak X Combat Racing)

12) Sly Cooper series (will cover Thievius Raccoonus, Band of Thieves, and Honor Among Thieves)

13) Star Fox series (will cover Star Fox, Star Fox 64, Adventures, Assault, and Command)

14) Chrono Trigger

Please make your choice and post it in the comments section. After 30 days have passed I'll tally up the results and announce my next project. After that, all I ask is patience. When I did the Metroid Prime retrospective I replayed all three games, took notes, and worked on the post for quite a while. This will be a major undertaking and I hope you enjoy the results.

Vote!



Related Links:

Metroid Prime Trilogy Retrospective: Part One

Metroid Prime Trilogy Retrospective: Part Two

Metroid Prime Trilogy Retrospective: Part Three


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Posted Apr 17 2009, 07:00 PM
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Comments

John Constantine said:

go with the kain series.  i only ever got to play soul reaver back on the dreamcast, but had a great time with it.

April 17, 2009 7:52 PM

Roto13 said:

I say Okami. I haven't seen that one talked to death. :P Most of what I hear is just "OMG SO AWESOME" without going into a lot of specifics.

April 17, 2009 8:02 PM

Toby Jones said:

in order of how much you need to do them:

1. Yoshi's Island (PLEASE)

2. Star Fox

3. 2D Metroid

the original articles were awesome, so I'm excited for more.

April 17, 2009 8:23 PM

LBD "Nytetrayn" said:

My vote is for Star Fox; it seems like the most complete series here that I have interest in, yet did not really get into later games past SF64.

April 18, 2009 1:12 AM

sambadechuchu said:

Beyond Good and Evil!! Sequel coming up and all.

April 18, 2009 4:48 AM

LazerFX said:

My vote is for Beyond Good and Evil - I think it's got a lot to talk about, so seeing someone elses POV on it would be interesting.

April 18, 2009 8:18 AM

Josh W said:

1. Zelda

2. Starfox

April 18, 2009 2:52 PM

Russ said:

I say Jak and Daxter. It's such a bizzare series. It starts off as the PS2's flagship kiddie franchise, and turns into tough as nails platformer.

April 18, 2009 3:48 PM

Peter Smith said:

I loved the original articles, Amber. I'd love to read your thoughts on the 3D Zeldas (though I have very mixed about them myself) and on the 2D Metroids (though of course we have our differences on Zero Missions :) ).

April 18, 2009 3:51 PM

Clipper said:

Legend of Zelda.  Such a great series, and ripe for introspection.

April 18, 2009 6:15 PM

Marc said:

I'd love to see a vagrant story one, only played that for a little while as a rental back when it came out.  the kain series would be awesome as well.

April 18, 2009 7:13 PM

Derrick Sanskrit said:

I would be most interested in Star Fox, Jak & Daxter, and Legacy of Kain just because those are the games on the list that I've never really gotten into but always wanted to.

April 19, 2009 12:35 AM

DAN! said:

1 - Metroid (what about Metroid 1 and 2?)

2 - Star Fox

3 - Zelda (#1 in my heart, but Link gets enough hype as is.)

April 19, 2009 10:14 AM

Orctavius said:

Chrono Trigger

April 19, 2009 6:36 PM

Kenofthedead said:

Sly cooper, for though it's a fun series, so few know of it.

April 21, 2009 12:03 PM

blah said:

Yoshi island or Chrono

April 22, 2009 2:18 PM

Xantar said:

I may end up being the only one to vote vote this way, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Those are games with an art style worth talking about if there ever were any.

April 22, 2009 10:24 PM

RamonetB said:

Ico and Shadow of the Colossus

April 23, 2009 10:13 PM

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Artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.

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