u/LongoChingo

It's just not a very good game, unfortunately.

I remember always seeing it at the top of game lists or retail shelves, especially cheat websites like GameWinners, but that was only because they were in alphabetical order.

I was (and still kinda am) obsessed with airplanes so AeroWings' case always caught my eye.

The game is somewhat visually impressive, particularly the draw distance. Otherwise, the game just totally sucks and honestly isn't worth playing at all... bummer.

Glad I got AirForce Delta instead!

I'm probably gonna go with Soul Calibur being the best game in this bunch.

I'm not sure which discs I'm missing. I believe I had more, but these are the copies that have survived to still be in my collection.

I think the first one is most memorable. Probably because I didn't have many games to play yet so I played these demo discs on repeat.

The elaborate-clunky machine game select menu screen is iconic.

Sonic Adventure whale chase. I already had that game. Fun to play that level on the demo disc, though!

Certainly went to pick up Power Stone right away. I played the House of the Dead 2 demo on loop, but never bought the game. Same with Ready 2 Rumble.

I also bought Hydro Thunder. There is a trailer for the game on the disc.

What do you think? I'm not entirely certain it was at Whiteman AFB, but that's an event I went to frequently as a child.

I cannot recognize the signatures. They may be entirely irrelevant to the photo.

I am expanding my current selection of games. The seal has been broken.

I knew they were gonna do that... Exactly who you expected to be driving too. Also the Jeep getting pulled was dumbass. They were going 35mph in a 55mph and then stopped in the road instead of the shoulder.

I essentially only play Rocket, as you can see. Made it to GM 3 this time.

11.6hrs and 58 matches.

Games selected by me as a kid back in 1999-2001.

Something no open world game has managed is creating a convincing, realistic scale. Night City is impressive, but it feels way too small. It should be more sprawling and more vertically weaved as well.

Disclaimer, I used some AI images at the end to generate a more authentic scale Night City-ish. Honestly, it was kinda fun tailoring the prompts to roughly look like the game city.

The most recent Q&A addresses this.

Customizations will not be appearing in cutscenes.

Digital Foundry analyzed the pre-release version and found that they are pre-rendered.

Hopefully the full release will use real-time, in-engine cutscenes. However, this news will likely be upsetting to people excited to see their silly Chief skin in action.

Halo: Campaign Evolved will have pre-rendered cutscenes and I find that rather unfortunate.

I've always been more impressed by games that use their own engine, in real-time, to present their cinematic moments.

Unreal Engine 5 is perfectly capable of running these cutscenes and making them visually stunning.

The Blur Studios recreations for Halo 2 were really cool to see, but I still prefer the art and animation of the original version. It's not just more cohesive looking, but I appreciate the invisible technical work behind the artistry.

The Campaign Evolved remake cutscenes will be significantly less jarring (although your alternate skins/weapons won't appear in them).

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I'm curious why Halo Studios decided against this longtime Halo practice of in-engine, real-time cutscenes.