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Best games for GameCube
Posted: 2005-03-23 05:52pm
by sketerpot
My family has a GameCube. We have two games for it, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and a pretty crappy Lord of the Rings game. I'm now very bored with Zelda, since it's not a challenge anymore. What games would you recommend?
I'm particularly looking for good RPGs, but any type of game will do.
Posted: 2005-03-23 06:09pm
by Losonti Tokash
Resident Evil.
Posted: 2005-03-23 06:17pm
by Dillon
Rogue Leader is pretty fun..
Rebel Strike's Multiplayer function is damned fun, but single player sucks.
The Hulk game is fun, even if the movie sucked.
Spider-Man 2 is pretty cool as well.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and Smash Bros. Melee is a damned fun game.
Posted: 2005-03-23 06:31pm
by General Zod
Metroid Prime.
Posted: 2005-03-23 06:32pm
by Sharp-kun
Mario Kart will lose you and friends many nights.
Re: Best games for GameCube
Posted: 2005-03-23 06:40pm
by Praxis
sketerpot wrote:My family has a GameCube. We have two games for it, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and a pretty crappy Lord of the Rings game. I'm now very bored with Zelda, since it's not a challenge anymore. What games would you recommend?
I'm particularly looking for good RPGs, but any type of game will do.
Plenty of good GC games...
Okay...
Super Smash Bros Melee. Best. Multiplayer. Game. Ever.
Resident Evil 4 if you like that kind of game (me, blood makes me uneasy...)
Spider-Man 2. Utterly rocks.
Rogue Squadron 2 (Rogue Leader) and 3. 2 is a lot harder than 3, but 3 has the entire Rogue Squadron 2 as a co-op mode. Great for the family.
Metroid Prime 1 and/or 2. Very fun.
I personally liked Super Mario Sunshine. If you can look past the childish storyline, the gameplay is quite fun. And unlike most people think, it's NOT about cleaning things up, it's about blasting the bosses that are making a mess and collecting Sprites (instead of Stars). Very fun. And very cheap at this point. Reminiscent of Mario 64, though the gameplay is a bit different with the hose-thingy.
If you have two GBA's in the house anywhere, Zelda: Four Swords is extremely fun for multiplayer. However, to have more than one player (single player can be done with a controller), each player needs a GBA.
I recently picked up Viewtiful Joe 2, and I have to say, I like it so far. 9.0 on IGN, too.
I don't have it, but I've heard raving reviews of Animal Crossing.
StarFox Assault has GREAT multiplayer games, but the single player is:
A) Too short.
B) Has a contrived and boring storyline.
C) Every level in the landmaster sucks, and every level on foot is too easy. Since there is only 10 levels, that means only a couple leves are actually fun.
Mario Kart: Double Dash is great for multiplayer, a friend of mine has it. Not sure on single player but he played the heck out of it, so it should be fun.
For anything I might be forgetting, look through this.
http://cube.ign.com/games/
And do not forget the new Zelda game
Re: Best games for GameCube
Posted: 2005-03-23 06:53pm
by sketerpot
Praxis wrote:Super Smash Bros Melee. Best. Multiplayer. Game. Ever.
We only have one controller.
Resident Evil 4 if you like that kind of game (me, blood makes me uneasy...)
One of my neighbors has that, so we sometimes get to play it. It's pretty good, but I tend toward games with less gloom and blood.
Spider-Man 2. Utterly rocks.
Rogue Squadron 2 (Rogue Leader) and 3. 2 is a lot harder than 3, but 3 has the entire Rogue Squadron 2 as a co-op mode. Great for the family.
Metroid Prime 1 and/or 2. Very fun.
I'll look into these.
I personally liked Super Mario Sunshine. If you can look past the childish storyline, the gameplay is quite fun. And unlike most people think, it's NOT about cleaning things up, it's about blasting the bosses that are making a mess and collecting Sprites (instead of Stars). Very fun. And very cheap at this point. Reminiscent of Mario 64, though the gameplay is a bit different with the hose-thingy.
A childish storyline doesn't bother me at all. I play Tetris Attack for the SNES, so it had better not. And the phrase "very cheap" makes it sound very alluring.
And do not forget the new Zelda game
I'm drooling with anticipation. The trailer was beautiful.
Re: Best games for GameCube
Posted: 2005-03-23 08:01pm
by Praxis
sketerpot wrote:Praxis wrote:Super Smash Bros Melee. Best. Multiplayer. Game. Ever.
We only have one controller.
It's fine for single player too. And it'll MAKE you get a second controller once you realize how fun it is
I recommend WaveBird...muwahaha.
I personally liked Super Mario Sunshine. If you can look past the childish storyline, the gameplay is quite fun. And unlike most people think, it's NOT about cleaning things up, it's about blasting the bosses that are making a mess and collecting Sprites (instead of Stars). Very fun. And very cheap at this point. Reminiscent of Mario 64, though the gameplay is a bit different with the hose-thingy.
A childish storyline doesn't bother me at all. I play Tetris Attack for the SNES, so it had better not. And the phrase "very cheap" makes it sound very alluring.
It was one of the first games to come out for GC, it's like $10 nowadays used at GameStop, $20 new at Amazon.com or Walmart as reveals a quick Googling.
Posted: 2005-03-23 09:23pm
by thecreech
F-Zero
metroid 1 and 2
The Resident Evils
Supermonkey balls 1 & 2
Bomberman
Posted: 2005-03-23 10:19pm
by Lord of the Farce
Ignoring the games others have already mentioned:
Tales of Symphonia. It combines classic console RPG with Team Fighting games (like Super Smash Bros. Melee).
You have your standard single character exploration, and when you go into combat, you and up to three team mates - either human or CPU controlled - fight the enemy team with a cross of RPG stats (HP, attack, defense, etc) and fighting game button mashing.
EDIT: See sig!
Posted: 2005-03-23 11:50pm
by Anarchist Bunny
First and foremost, DO NOT BUY STARFOX ASSAULT.
Second if your looking for an RPG, Tales of Symphonia is a good one, and Paper Mario 2 isn't bad, but not as good as 1.
Posted: 2005-03-24 03:47am
by Jason von Evil
observer_20000 wrote:Spider-Man 2 is pretty cool as well..
Fuck yes. You haven't truly had fun in that game, until you've climbed to the very top of the highest building in NYC and power jumped off. I remember doing that once and swinging away on a webline at the last minute.
Posted: 2005-03-24 04:03am
by Gandalf
Again I recommend Mario Kart, brilliant party fun.
Posted: 2005-03-24 04:19am
by Dartzap
Lost kingdoms, not many seem to have heard of it, but i found it quite fun
Posted: 2005-03-24 05:16am
by Dalton
If you want a good RPG for the GameCube, I HIGHLY recommend Skies of Arcadia: Legends.
Beyond Good & Evil is an excellent action/adventure type game.
Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is a great LOTR RPG.
Paper Mario 2 is a fun RPG, if a bit on the kiddie side.
Tales of Symphonia and X-Men Legends are both decent RPGs.
EDIT: Oh yeah, if you liked Super Mario 64 but think it's just not quite irritating enough, try Super Mario Sunshine.
Posted: 2005-03-24 05:39am
by Stark
Burnout 3!
Posted: 2005-03-24 12:54pm
by Dooey Jo
If you don't mind "kiddie" games, I would recommend Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. I enjoyed it muchly
Although the battles can get a bit repetitive after a while (a very long while, that is), the dialogue and story is great and very funny!
Posted: 2005-03-24 01:49pm
by Praxis
Stark wrote:Burnout 3!
Shut up.
Posted: 2005-03-26 08:21pm
by Mr. T
Mortal Kombat 3!
Posted: 2005-03-26 08:47pm
by Plekhanov
can't believe nobody has mention PIKMIN yet that game is wonderfull.
Posted: 2005-03-27 07:47pm
by Darth Yoshi
Aside from the ones already mentioned, I recommend Prince of Persia.
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Posted: 2005-03-27 09:06pm
by squidman001
Aya wrote:observer_20000 wrote:Spider-Man 2 is pretty cool as well..
Fuck yes. You haven't truly had fun in that game, until you've climbed to the very top of the highest building in NYC and power jumped off. I remember doing that once and swinging away on a webline at the last minute.
totally agree, but i find it fun just to crash into the streets and make the cabs wait for my corpse to dissapear.
third age sucked. ok thats hars but it did, coulda been so much better but its an okay game, in my opinion, i liked return of the king.
Posted: 2005-03-27 09:45pm
by Stark
Praxis wrote:Stark wrote:Burnout 3!
Shut up.
Fuck off?
Posted: 2005-03-28 02:54am
by Praxis
Stark wrote:Praxis wrote:Stark wrote:Burnout 3!
Shut up.
Fuck off?
Burnout 3 is the one game that I want so bad I'm actually considering buying a PS2 JUST to play it.
He was asking for GC games, not PS2 or XBox, so why did you post it?
Posted: 2005-03-28 03:49am
by Stark
Praxis wrote:
Burnout 3 is the one game that I want so bad I'm actually considering buying a PS2 JUST to play it.
He was asking for GC games, not PS2 or XBox, so why did you post it?
Oh shit, really? I was sure I'd played BO3 on GC... everyone DID say it wasn't out yet. Oooer. Musta been the PS2 version? I thought I'd played two, and I don't own an Xbox... my mistake.