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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on May 3, 2020 22:28:11 GMT -5
Rayman is trash and always has been. The current generation has been unbelievably boring and uneventful. We've gotten a lot of the Sony walk and talk and be sad 'masterpieces' but there hasn't been any big jump in tech or innovation that usually comes with a generation. PS2 era gave us DVD discs and the media all-in-one-ification of consoles, 360 era made online gaming a very viable, accessible and huge part of the community. What's the thing with this gen? Digital services like Game Pass? And on the console front. I think Nintendo has bungled the strong start for the Switch. There was this pipe dream of Nintendo consolidating their home console and portable console teams and just getting this mega output of awesome games consistently and it's just not happening. There's something up at Nintendo creatively and we may not see the effects of this until the Switch dies down after the PS5 and Series X are out. I'd say this gens big jump is streaming. Both live streaming footage and play games like on PS Now
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 3, 2020 22:44:59 GMT -5
People overreact to DLC, microtransactions, and preorder bonuses, at least when it comes to single player games (I dont play multiplayer). Outside of Mortal Kombat, there hasn't been a time where I thought preorder DLC added to the base game in any meaningful way and were anything but fluff the publisher forced into the game for the sake of retailers. I've never spent money on microtransactions, and out of the few times I've bought DLC or a GOTY edition there was maybe one time where I felt the base game lacked content. When you consider games haven't rose past $60 in the last 15 years and the constant online sales or cheaper indie games, there probably hasn't been a more affordable time to play games. Partially agree. DLC has its place when its an expansion on the main game, like the Fallout DLC---its usually, lengthy, good and entirely optional. But it sucks when it infringes on the main game. Like how in Arkham you have scenes setting up Catwomam and Two Face yet that story is locked behind dlc. f*** off with that. and that particular "DLC" was only locked so they could try and shutdown the pre-owned games market. the "ONLINE PASS" time was some serious bullshit.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on May 7, 2020 7:14:47 GMT -5
un Going back to Mortal Kombat as it was originally and it really wasn't that good of a game, especially compared to its contemporary competition. Thats not really a unpopular opinion. Hell I remember gaming sites such as gamespy were saying that the 2D Mortal Kombat games overrated as far back as the early 00s. Shenmue.... It's a bad series. Should have stayed dead after 2 but for some reason it returned to be dull as ever Honestly after playing the remastered versions I can see why both Shenmue 1 and 2 were considered groundbreaking back when they were released. But at the same time holy shit have both those games aged poorly.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on May 7, 2020 22:01:59 GMT -5
Hearing that one of the back of the box features for Last of Us 2 is the ability to kill dogs and hear their owners cry in agony afterward just reinforces my opinion on those games and the weird misery kink they seem to have.
If that’s “video games as art”. I’m fine sticking with Pac-man.
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Post by chrom on May 13, 2020 10:02:24 GMT -5
I'd like it if they brought back English voice casting for games today instead of being cheap and in Japanese and subtitles.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on May 13, 2020 11:47:49 GMT -5
I'd like it if they brought back English voice casting for games today instead of being cheap and in Japanese and subtitles. What games are you talking about? Like 98% of all new Japanese games I play with V/O have English voice tracks.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on May 13, 2020 12:10:58 GMT -5
I don't mind it, as sometimes it's fun to play "Spot the VA".
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 13, 2020 13:13:28 GMT -5
I'd like it if they brought back English voice casting for games today instead of being cheap and in Japanese and subtitles. What games are you talking about? Like 98% of all new Japanese games I play with V/O have English voice tracks. Yea, only game I can think of up the top of my head that really doesn't is Yakuza and that's on purpose plus it just feels more authentic that way
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Post by BorneAgain on May 13, 2020 13:27:32 GMT -5
Subspace Emissary's in SSBB is wasted potential. Original enemies attached to no franchise and thus no investment in them as obstacles to our heroes. Nice looking, but generic level themes that are even less connected to various Nintendo series than the enemies are. Supposedly its the (ultimate) crossover of video game worlds, but take away the cutscenes and a few boss fights, and you're left with bland variation of a Kirby game with worse level design, forgettable backgrounds, and no copy abilities. That's not even getting the mode's slow movement in a game already slower than Melee or the redundant padding of the Great Maze.
Say what you will about World of Light, but at least it feels like its playing to Smash's strengths, and something like Smash Run from the 3DS game is still a more interesting single player mode overall.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on May 13, 2020 13:33:44 GMT -5
To me, the dumbest part of 11 was that if you play the arcade mode of X, a lot of the arcade endings actually intertwine. They seemed like they had a full-fledged plot set up for 11, and then they threw all that out for time travel BS. The first 10 mins had me hooked with Evil Raiden giving no f***s about Shinnok and then they goofed Honestly the time travel bs completely killed any interest I had in the game. Why do all this hard work setting up an ongoing timeline with exciting new characters just to toss it all out in the end? I know Ed Boon has wanted to do a completely new MK with all new characters and none of the originals for years but if he thinks people will be happy without mainstays like Scorpion and Sub-Zero he must be high as a kite. And why build up Cassie Cage as a new main protagonist people actually liked over the largely tepid Liu Lang (I have always felt that way about Liu) if you're just going to make her an afterthought and toss her out? The mind boggles.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2021 22:20:08 GMT -5
I think Diddy Kong Racing is overrated and that Mario Kart 64 is the superior mascot racing game on the Nintendo 64.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2021 22:31:48 GMT -5
I just remembered one: I generally prefer the Sega Genesis's synth music over the SNES midi music. I'm not sure what it is about SNES music that bugs the hell out of me. It sounds like real music but also doesn't sound like real music and I find that very offputting. In fact, overall, I generally prefer synth and 8-bit chiptune over SNES style midi. Both have their own "character" if you will while the 16 bit midi sounds like a somewhat accurate but also shallow impersonator. N64 midi, though, is phenominal. The problem with Genesis was... The GEMS sound format. It was designed to be a means to circumvent the programming challenges of creating music for the console, but it worked too well, as instead of using GEMS to build your soundtrack, people just sampled the same tunes over and over again with MIDI keyboards, giving later games that notorious "fart-y" sound.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Oct 3, 2021 22:51:55 GMT -5
Bluepoint’s Shadow of the Colossus remake is gaming’s answer to Gus Van Sant’s rendition of Psycho.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Oct 4, 2021 2:43:06 GMT -5
After the NES Nintendo has only been good for handhelds.
Mario and Zelda games were great as 2d,but the 3d ones haven't been good.
FF7 is just boring. Loved all the FF before it. But FF7 just felt so padded and more like watching a movie where sometimes I have to hit a few buttons.
Video games starting going downhill fast after 2004.
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Post by crashmatsbazz on Oct 4, 2021 4:35:24 GMT -5
I really like Arkham Knight, and i don't mind the Batmobile at all.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2021 6:05:18 GMT -5
There were 2 good open world games (GTA and Skyrim). The rest have been exercises in tedium.
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Post by Flo360 on Oct 4, 2021 6:44:59 GMT -5
Doom 2 sucks! Doom is great, as is every other Game in the main franchise (Yes, that includes Doom 3. Though that one drags in the middle) But Doom 2 is just a damn expansion pack for Doom (And an mostly bad one at that)
Do I love what the community did with the few new monsters and ONE new weapon Doom 2 offered? Yes, Doom modding needs Doom 2. But no one ever sits down and enjoys factory or the f***ing chasm. It's an overlong mess, made to quickly make a few bucks, while Quake was getting ready and Doom 64 is an better sequel to Doom in just about every way.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Oct 4, 2021 7:57:35 GMT -5
Akira in SFV as of now is on the lower end of the tier. Fun combos, but some of her specials are unnecessarily hard to hit confirm and her neutral kinda sucks. Ryu, Urien and Lucia can low poke her and zone her out too much.
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Post by Heart of fools gold on Oct 4, 2021 8:26:46 GMT -5
There were 2 good open world games (GTA and Skyrim). The rest have been exercises in tedium. I dont believe this is your actual opinion especially when your user name is the name of an open world game.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2021 9:01:04 GMT -5
There were 2 good open world games (GTA and Skyrim). The rest have been exercises in tedium. I dont believe this is your actual opinion especially when your user name is the name of an open world game. Thats fair. By open world I suppose I mean big sprawling collectathons. Disco zelysium is open but its very contained and incredibly dense. Everything has a purpose in the narrative.
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