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* Compare the number of people who have praised ''[[Psychonauts]]'' or ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]'' to the actual sales figures of those games. You'll almost certainly find the former number far exceeds the latter. It should be noted that those figures also don't include stuff like emulation or used game sales, as well as piracy. |
* Compare the number of people who have praised ''[[Psychonauts]]'' or ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]'' to the actual sales figures of those games. You'll almost certainly find the former number far exceeds the latter. It should be noted that those figures also don't include stuff like emulation or used game sales, as well as piracy. |
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* Mysteriously, more people knew of and begun to praise ''[[System Shock]] 2'' after [[Zero Punctuation|a certain someone]] reviewed a [[Spiritual Successor]]. |
* Mysteriously, more people knew of and begun to praise ''[[System Shock]] 2'' after [[Zero Punctuation|a certain someone]] reviewed a [[Spiritual Successor]]. |
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** Regardless of who reviews it, classic games become more well known and praised after modern games emulate/continue them, especially when people want to appear to be a more "refined" gamer. Other examples: The effect of ''[[Fallout]] 3'' on ''1'', ''2'' and ''Tactics'' , the effect of ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion]]'' on ''Morrowind''. |
** Regardless of who reviews it, classic games become more well known and praised after modern games emulate/continue them, especially when people want to appear to be a more "refined" gamer. Other examples: The effect of ''[[Fallout]] 3'' on ''1'', ''2'' and ''Tactics'' , the effect of ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'' on ''Morrowind''. |
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* ''[[Radiant Silvergun]]'' is praised outside of Japan for various reasons related to gameplay and story, but [[No Export for You|the fact it was never released internationally and that it costs a small fortune]] makes it skeptical that many of them have ever seen anything more than a few videos of it. |
* ''[[Radiant Silvergun]]'' is praised outside of Japan for various reasons related to gameplay and story, but [[No Export for You|the fact it was never released internationally and that it costs a small fortune]] makes it skeptical that many of them have ever seen anything more than a few videos of it. |
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* The ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' series a whole. Often praised as the deepest fighting game ever created...by most that never played it. |
* The ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' series a whole. Often praised as the deepest fighting game ever created...by most that never played it. |
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