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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2020 16:42:15 GMT -5
The ending of Danganronpa V3 is great and I don't think it undercuts the rest of the franchise at all. Though I will grant that it does make it very hard to care about V3 itself on a repeat playthrough, mostly since in retrospect it turns a gigantic chunk of the game into total filler. And really to be fair you could accuse 2 of the same thing, though I think it's more easily revisited.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 21, 2020 16:51:52 GMT -5
The ending of Danganronpa V3 is great and I don't think it undercuts the rest of the franchise at all. Though I will grant that it does make it very hard to care about V3 itself on a repeat playthrough, mostly since in retrospect it turns a gigantic chunk of the game into total filler. And really to be fair you could accuse 2 of the same thing, though I think it's more easily revisited. I'm always confused on the story since I only watched the anime Junko being a crazy bitch and holding the class hostage is technically the 2nd thing to happen, while the origins of how everything went to shit was showed after that Then their was the future storyline too
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Post by chrom on Apr 21, 2020 16:54:07 GMT -5
Danganronpa is crap. I've seen videos about the series and nothing appeals me to it.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 21, 2020 16:58:56 GMT -5
Danganronpa is crap. I've seen videos about the series and nothing appeals me to it. It's okay The anime was entertaining and from what I have seen of the game, it has its charm
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2020 17:02:42 GMT -5
The ending of Danganronpa V3 is great and I don't think it undercuts the rest of the franchise at all. Though I will grant that it does make it very hard to care about V3 itself on a repeat playthrough, mostly since in retrospect it turns a gigantic chunk of the game into total filler. And really to be fair you could accuse 2 of the same thing, though I think it's more easily revisited. I'm always confused on the story since I only watched the anime Junko being a crazy bitch and holding the class hostage is technically the 2nd thing to happen, while the origins of how everything went to shit was showed after that Then their was the future storyline too 3 (which is a wholly unrelated story from V3, for what it's worth) exists in this bizarre limbo where it's clearly expecting you to have played the games rather than having just watched the first anime, especially given all the connections to 2 and how that wasn't adapted in its own right. In general I feel like the anime is kind of the wrong way to take in the first game's story. They do keep in pretty much every major plot beat, but a lot of the flavor and characterization are lost.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Apr 22, 2020 9:43:58 GMT -5
Tetsuya Nomura is literally just the Rob Liefeld of video games. His character design runs the gamut from good to utterly ridiculous, his zipper fetish is akin to Liefeld's obsession with pouches and while he garners praise for his artwork, his talent as a storyteller is non-existent.
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Post by Malcolm on Apr 22, 2020 10:06:15 GMT -5
Humans in Sonic games was not a bad idea and I wish they would return at least as backgrounders.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2020 10:30:48 GMT -5
Once you get over the nostalgia, you realize that Sonic Mania is one of the worst 2D Sonic games.
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Post by realist on Apr 22, 2020 10:55:02 GMT -5
I don't know how unpopular this opinion is, but I preferred the Dreamcast to the PS2 and all the other consoles of that generation. I know that those other consoles are technologically superior, but the Dreamcast was the ultimate gaming console, imo.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Apr 22, 2020 10:56:52 GMT -5
Sonic Spinball is a great spinoff game. There is sort of a “muddy” feel to some controls, but that’s a common hiccup with most Sega Tech Institute games like Comix Zone. Aside from that it’s a fun and interesting alternative to the usual pinball, I don’t think it was meant to be a pure classic experience of that genre.
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Post by BorneAgain on Apr 22, 2020 11:00:47 GMT -5
Sonic Spinball is a great spinoff game. There is sort of a “muddy” feel to some controls, but that’s a common hiccup with most Sega Tech Institute games like Comix Zone. Aside from that it’s a fun and interesting alternative to the usual pinball, I don’t think it was meant to be a pure classic experience of that genre. People also forget how significant Spinball was from a franchise standpoint. As the first true Sonic spinoff (Eraser being an obscure Meganet release) and a commercially successful one at that, it was the first real proof of the brand's strength in the gaming market outside the core titles. In a sense it helped pave the way for lot of the subsequent side games like the racing titles, fighters, etc in the same way Super Mario Kart did for the Mario franchise. Its also a fascinating what if into a hypothetical if the games were more strongly integrated with the expanded universe material at the point it came out. Both Spinball and Mean Bean Machine tied into respective Sonic cartoons and it makes one wonder about various franchise titles that could have done so again and/or with the Archie comics. The kind of cross-promotional efforts seen with Sonic X in 2004 or Boom in 2014 could have changed things a lot of if Sega had pushed for it in 1994. Spinball is also one of the few Sonic spinoffs where I can indisputably say its better than its Mario counterpart as Super Mario Ball for GBA just sucks.
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Post by MrElijah on Apr 22, 2020 11:21:44 GMT -5
The PS2 was the best console, not only due to its own great library of games, but also the compatibility with the PS1's own stacked roster. Street Fighter Alpha 3 is the best fighting game. Great fighting system, excellent music and a really varied roster. Dan Hibiki is the best fighting game character. Sakura is second. 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. FF9 is overrated. Has slow combat, annoying characters and the story doesn't really excite me. The Trance system is all kinds of bad as well. I don't think that's unpopular. I mean if it ain't the SNES, PS2 usually tops people's list as best system.
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Post by MrElijah on Apr 22, 2020 11:27:44 GMT -5
I didn’t mind FF12’s fight system and I feel it would have been regarded as a classic if a few more key characters (Ashe, Vaan before the spin off game) had more personality and charisma. Vayne and some of the Judges you fight come off more interesting than the heroes. Street Fighter X Tekken is....okay. Not a god tier fighter, and it’s not the unplayable disaster some folks seem to act like it is. FFVIII’s story was wonderful. Squall is a subversion and something of a critique of the stereotypical cool and handsome brooder trope. Don’t worry about the game he came from, in the comics (including an unofficial fan comic from a lead Sonic artist) Silver the Hedgehog is an appealing and likable hero. Ash Crimson was a fun charge character and he deserves to still be a part of the King Of Fighters canon. SF X Tekken was a victim of a series of bad decisions and the fact Capcom wasn't too loved at that point.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Apr 22, 2020 11:33:24 GMT -5
I didn’t mind FF12’s fight system and I feel it would have been regarded as a classic if a few more key characters (Ashe, Vaan before the spin off game) had more personality and charisma. Vayne and some of the Judges you fight come off more interesting than the heroes. Street Fighter X Tekken is....okay. Not a god tier fighter, and it’s not the unplayable disaster some folks seem to act like it is. FFVIII’s story was wonderful. Squall is a subversion and something of a critique of the stereotypical cool and handsome brooder trope. Don’t worry about the game he came from, in the comics (including an unofficial fan comic from a lead Sonic artist) Silver the Hedgehog is an appealing and likable hero. Ash Crimson was a fun charge character and he deserves to still be a part of the King Of Fighters canon. SF X Tekken was a victim of a series of bad decisions and the fact Capcom wasn't too loved at that point. My one issue with the game is the fast match clock, but outside of that I usually have a great time with it. On a related crossover note, Rival Schools deserves better rep in them. I wnt to see Akira Kazama fighting Iron Man for once.
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Post by agent817 on Apr 22, 2020 13:21:33 GMT -5
I don't know how unpopular this opinion is, but I preferred the Dreamcast to the PS2 and all the other consoles of that generation. I know that those other consoles are technologically superior, but the Dreamcast was the ultimate gaming console, imo. Given the love and cult following that the Dreamcast has, I don't think that's an unpopular opinion. People say that the console even holds up now.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2020 13:31:58 GMT -5
What's reasonable?Origins and Odyssey is always on sale for $20 or less £15 or lower. Looking on Steam right now, Syndicate, a nearly 5 year-old game is £33.99 for the standard version. Yeah, no. Origins gold edition is on sale for £13 in the PlayStation store now just so you know
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Post by warden on Apr 22, 2020 14:27:09 GMT -5
Shenmue.... It's a bad series. Should have stayed dead after 2 but for some reason it returned to be dull as ever
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Post by "Trickster Dogg" James Jesse on Apr 25, 2020 17:16:25 GMT -5
Gamers need to start caring more about crunch culture. The more gamers buy games and support studios that rely on crunch for 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 months at a go, the more crunch becomes a necessary feature, and not a bug, of the video game industry, which in turn will impact the quality of the final products gamers claim they love.
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Post by Scoops on Apr 25, 2020 17:38:31 GMT -5
For all the hate it gets DmC's Dante was the closest to Kamina's original vision of the character before 3 turned him into a wacky surfer bro.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 25, 2020 18:15:14 GMT -5
FF 15 had an ambitious vision and i'd rank the game as a whole in the B/B+ tier for FF games.
Tho hindsight being 20/20 they were afraid to have this game be multiple parts like 13 when in all honesty 15 should have been multiple games. They tried to cram too much into one media with the movies, anime and all the side story stuff. Not including they were still going to have multiple DLC before it got cancelled
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