MW2: Price using a nuke to EMP the Russians.
(would have realistically just escalated to nuclear war before the EMP even went off)


Halo 2: Giving the Covenant back their bomb
(needs no explaination)


Monster Hunter: Everything
(Motherfuckers with cats beating fucking Godzilla monsters to death with hammers...seems legit)

SSE in Brawl was long, boring, and ultimately underwhelming. For some reason, despite being a game where all the big Nintendo franchises come together, it felt the need to be excruciatingly dark and depressing. Even Mario doesn't crack a smile once in the entire game. On top of that, since there was no dialogue at all, it's hard to tell just what the fuck is going on, or why any of the characters are doing anything. Some character appearances felt useless to the plot (Ice Climbers) or shoehorned in at the last second (Sonic). The level designs were pretty damn atrocious, and you had to play through it all again twice.

And yet, it was advertised to be one of the most "epic" and exciting things about Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

not sure how that qualifies as jumping the shark.

 but I liked Subspace Emissary (Exept for that fucking "maze" at the end just for padding.)
I found keeping up with the story easy even without any dialogue.

Don't think OP knows what jumping the shark is

"I know, let's make a cool game about mercenaries playing both sides of a high-tension conflict for monetary gain."

"Oh, and let's add sorceresses to heighten the stakes even more!"

"....and, let's make the cool mercenary group secretly a club of whiny orphaned kids who's super secret goal isn't making money, but fulfilling an ancient prophecy to take down the sorcereresses and travel to the future!"

Quote from: Tyger on December 02, 2015, 11:41:51 AM

Don't think OP knows what jumping the shark is

after watching his selected videos, i'm not sure if he does either

I guess he thinks it has something to do with Unrealism/out of character moments in Gaming?

Anyway, one could make a pretty strong Argument for Halo: Reach in that it's a significant turning point in the franchise, and the beginning of a Decline for a lot of people, but I don't personally feel too strongly about it and Halo is one of 3 games I ever talk about, so I'll leave that one.

I feel like F-Zero GX had potential to be a Shark Jump if Nintendo didn't decide to pull the plug on the basis of not being able to bring anything new to the table in a future release (Fuck me, right? Just admit to not having optimistic financial projections for the IP, because Mario Party, Kart, etc. haven't revolutionized jack shit in years if you ask me). Back on topic, GX felt like a different game to me personally. The music was a completely different genre to X, the post-cup interviews seemed lame and gimmicky (they had the announcer guy trembling in fear as the Racer announced some noble or dastardly plan), and I feel as if they would have continued down that stylistic path if the IP had been continued in that era, tweaking a few extra things each release that make it feel less and less like F-Zero.

Just my two cents fam

This one has got to be the biggest shark jumps imo

Quote from: ChaosMetalDragon on December 02, 2015, 11:17:59 AM

not sure how that qualifies as jumping the shark.

It's pretty obvious. Smash games have been on quality decline ever since, and SSE is a stark reminder of that for me. It seems like they spent all their time developing SSE instead of actually, you know, making the game fun to play.

Smash 4 is "good" (as in tolerable), but it's still no Melee.

Quality decline since? Smash 4 is infinitely better than brawl.

Quality decline since? Smash 4 is infinitely better than brawl.

I agree, but... I dunno, it's hard to explain my thoughts on it in only a couple sentences.

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Quote from: ChaosMetalDragon on December 02, 2015, 11:17:59 AM

not sure how that qualifies as jumping the shark.

It's pretty obvious. Smash games have been on quality decline ever since, and SSE is a stark reminder of that for me. It seems like they spent all their time developing SSE instead of actually, you know, making the game fun to play.

Smash 4 is "good" (as in tolerable), but it's still no Melee.

Quality decline since? Smash 4 is infinitely better than brawl.

And I'd say 4 and Melee are both good. They are just good in different ways. Sort of a subjective matter eventually

Melee has overall better gameplay, while Smash 4 offers loads of content and a great balance between serious and casual.

Well that's really what I meant, a balance of competitive and casual. Though, how is Melee's game play better? Seems subjective to me


And I actually do prefer melee

This entire game. This game is the exact point where Sonic went from being cool to being autistic. I mean sure, the game itself wasn't bad, but it tried way too fucking hard to be cool to the point where it ended up being hilariously edgy.

All Heil Shadow bro