My soft spot for Gamespot

I’ve never been disappointed by a game that Gamespot said was fantastic. In fact, I respect Gamespot’s reviews so much that I’ll check the site before buying a game.

When they gave Assassin’s Creed a 9.0, I bought it — and I hated it for the first few hours. Still, I persisted and can now happily say it’s one of my favourite games ever. I bought Rock Band because of that site. And reluctantly bought Guitar Hero 3, as it got a bit of a mediocre review (I really wanted the wireless guitar).

I say all that so I can relate my utter sadness I felt today w

hen I finally got around to checking Gamespot’s review of Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift for the Nintendo DS.

They only gave the game a 7.0 and my threshold for buying a game is usually at least and 8.3 from their critics.

However, I saw something on the site that made me go “hmmm.”

Nintendo tree

I love watching how video games evolve. So when I stumbled across this image, I knew it need to be spread. Click here for the large version.

I am Legend… not.

OK I admit it: I originally missed the Zelda bus because I was too busy trying to save the princess from Bowser’s grasp.

I never beat the original Zelda. There, I’ve confessed.

I finally caught up to the joy of being Link when Nintendo released Link to the Past on the Super NES, and it’s been an on-again, off-again relationship ever since. I liked Majora’s Mask and the Ocarina of Time. I hated the Wind Waker. I loved the Phantom Hourglass for the Nintendo DS. I never bothered to ever try Twilight Princess.

Still, lately I’ve been haunted by the fact that I’ve never beat the Legend of Zelda. It just so happens that I have a copy for the Gamecube. So in the name of retaining the geek mantle, I’ve challenged myself to beat it.

Track my successes (<– that’s such a weird looking word) and failures in the ‘Zelda’ tab on the home page.

Man, my gamerscore’s going to suffer for this.