My vote was decided upon the games developed by these two companies for the current generation of consoles - not the games that have made them famous previously. I haven't played many of the latest games that these companies have to offer, but I have played a small handful from each party:
For me, Zone of the Enders left much to be desired. I found it to be rather lackluster. It's a pity that I haven't played it's sequel, as I have been hearing quite a bit of praise from it.
Silent Hill 2 =
.
Man, there was sooo much going on in that game that I could hardly keep up!
Metal Gear Solid 2 - I found the gameplay to be much stripped down, compared to the original.
Devil May Cry was too easy (and I hear that the sequel is even easier) to gain much enjoyment from... but the controls and sound effects were good
Onimusha - from what I remember it was really hard to die in this game also.. and I think this game, as well as Devil May Cry, allowed you to save frequently whenever you wanted <_<
All of the Bemani games = yay
Something with some difficultly :cheers That's all it took for my vote. It may be an incredibly boring concept ("press buttons when they get to
here"), but it requires real talent
And although I'm a fan of the Resident Evil series, I have only played one through to three and a bit of Code Veronica. I enjoy them so far, but from what I see from the announcements of RE4, I have completely lost interest. I really don't give a damn about the whole consensus that when a company prolongs their franchises, the act is suddenly frowned upon. That is simply not true in too many cases. But I
do care when they mess around with an already proven successful formula.