HonestGamers - honestgamer's California Games review

dagoss Aug 6, 2012 edited

I've never played this one. Had it not been for this review, I might have seen Rare's name on it and wasted a few hours trying to find the "good parts" that weren't there. Now I know to only nab it if I'm getting it from a shoe box at the flea market.

Edit:
I can't help but notice that the box art on this site is a crotch shot of a chick in a yellow bikini. Intentional?

Joseph Valencia Aug 7, 2012

Intentional, yes. But the real question is: how'd that sneak by the mods? I thought there was a rule against that sort of thing in box art submissions…

JOSEPH VALENCIA was able to build this sig IN A CAVE…… WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!

Alan Charlesworth Aug 7, 2012

I enjoy this sort of review that put a game in its original context but also detaches from nostalgia to see how fun it is today.

One criticism/remark: starting three consecutive paragraphs with '_____is another _____' jarred a bit, at least for me.

'There would be tears and there would be strange laughter. Fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings. And dreams, and violence, and disenchantment.'

dementedhut Aug 7, 2012

If the NES box art is anything like the Sega Genesis one I have, then the cover really is nothing but legs and crotch shots, with the woman being the "leader" of the pack. So there was really no choice there. >_>

I heard spaceshit noises.

Jason Venter Staff Aug 7, 2012

Thanks, Sam. I didn't notice that I had done that, and I would imagine most readers won't, either, but it's still something I try to avoid doing and I've tweaked accordingly.

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality

"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world

Alan Charlesworth Aug 7, 2012

I'm certain that you're right. I seem to be unusually sensitive to that sort of thing.

'There would be tears and there would be strange laughter. Fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings. And dreams, and violence, and disenchantment.'