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Post by CMWaters on Apr 26, 2020 7:04:21 GMT -5
The 3 NES Super Mario Bros. games are not the best video games ever although they are still good games. Mainly due to the original versions lacking any way to save your progress, meaning that all three games in their NES form had to be beat in one sitting. This makes the third one a bit frustrating because you have to devote a large amount of time of the day to beat it. Or do what I had to do and either pause the game or keep it on the map screen and make sure the NES was in a cool area. Nowadays I stick with the All-Stars version. Here's one I don't know if it's popular or not...mostly because I don't know how many people even remember the character: Captain Syrup is a vastly underutilized character in the Mario universe and should be used more as a rival to both Mario AND Wario.
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Post by Spider2024 on Apr 26, 2020 7:22:52 GMT -5
The 3 NES Super Mario Bros. games are not the best video games ever although they are still good games. Mainly due to the original versions lacking any way to save your progress, meaning that all three games in their NES form had to be beat in one sitting. This makes the third one a bit frustrating because you have to devote a large amount of time of the day to beat it. That is actually a pretty good point, now that I think about it. Mario 3 especially is a LONG game, perhaps the longest NES game to not have a save feature (some games like Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy had the built in battery so you could save your progress).
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Apr 26, 2020 8:04:57 GMT -5
I think the biggest thing Death Stranding proved is that Kojima needs someone to slap him and tell him no. Kojima's work is a little frustrating as there's usually a really good concept masked behind these layers of "weird for the sake of weird" storytelling. I remember playing MGS4 for the first time and loving the gameplay and then the 30 minute cutscene starts and I'm thinking "But I was having fun!". MGSV was honestly kind of the last straw for me, to an extent. I love the gameplay, but even before the obvious corporate meddling to get the game done came in, the story was turning hard into crazy-ville. I haven't played Death Stranding, but I've heard it's pretty much the same. I could not possibly disagree more with all of these points. Kojima isn't perfect (in particular, his oversexualization of female characters has been a long-running problem of his, dating back to Policenauts), but I love his writing style so much. I am very much into infodump/exposition style storytelling, wild complex plots, and the philosophy that he tackles. I'm also very fond of the absurdly long cutscenes. I love it all. I also think Death Stranding is an absolute masterpiece. The world, the concept, the characters, and the story are all incredible, and I personally loved the gameplay unironically. It's extremely compelling and there's absolutely nothing like it. I will always be an unabashed Kojima fanboy.
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Apr 26, 2020 8:05:55 GMT -5
I loved DmC: Devil May Cry.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 26, 2020 8:16:06 GMT -5
Kojima's work is a little frustrating as there's usually a really good concept masked behind these layers of "weird for the sake of weird" storytelling. I remember playing MGS4 for the first time and loving the gameplay and then the 30 minute cutscene starts and I'm thinking "But I was having fun!". MGSV was honestly kind of the last straw for me, to an extent. I love the gameplay, but even before the obvious corporate meddling to get the game done came in, the story was turning hard into crazy-ville. I haven't played Death Stranding, but I've heard it's pretty much the same. I could not possibly disagree more with all of these points. Kojima isn't perfect (in particular, his oversexualization of female characters has been a long-running problem of his, dating back to Policenauts), but I love his writing style so much. I am very much into infodump/exposition style storytelling, wild complex plots, and the philosophy that he tackles. I'm also very fond of the absurdly long cutscenes. I love it all. I also think Death Stranding is an absolute masterpiece. The world, the concept, the characters, and the story are all incredible, and I personally loved the gameplay unironically. It's extremely compelling and there's absolutely nothing like it. I will always be an unabashed Kojima fanboy. Death Stranding gets up its own ass a bit too much but I liked it It had a good world built around it
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Post by Malcolm on Apr 26, 2020 11:33:09 GMT -5
Nintendo is a largely overrated company that keeps getting free passes where people will outright defend anti-consumer bullshit(Like the new 3DS not coming with a charger. A PROPRIETARY charger no less) partly because of their legacy and partly because the other companies are worse. Nintendo is also held to a frustrating double standard:
Example: When Sega was taking down "Shining" videos from Youtube, everyone was pissed and said Sega had no right to do what they did. Then when Nintendo started getting all their videos taken down suddenly people changed their tune to: "Nintendo has every right to protect their IPs". I have countless examples of these double standards...
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Post by MrElijah on Apr 26, 2020 11:45:24 GMT -5
Say it again. The absolute best video game stories are only as good as mediocre tv shows. Video Games that try so hard to be art only prove that they’re pretty far from it. Be fun. f*** that overwrought slow moving drama stuff. Case in point, Street Fighter V and Tekken 7's story modes. Holy Hell, were they terrible.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Apr 26, 2020 11:45:37 GMT -5
I think Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain rivals No Mercy in the “best 3D wrestling video game ever” conversation. (The best 2Ds IMO are arguably Fire Pro Returns and the arcade Wrestlefest.)
It might be me playing so much Revengeance, but Raiden is an equally interesting character as Snake, and playing that nude stealth scene didn’t turn me off him the way it did some other gamers at the time.
Speaking of gamers at the time, XPlay more often than not got on my nerves. They’d have an interesting take/review now and then, but I felt sometimes they were negative for the sake of it, the way they needled some fandoms annoyed me, and there were a ton of gay jokes I found cringe worthy even back then.
TMNT: Tournament Fighters, outside of Karai being totally busted and cheap, isn’t a bad little 2D fighter at all.
Any Borderlands game is a way more fun FPS than any CoD I’ve picked up.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Apr 26, 2020 11:47:12 GMT -5
Say it again. The absolute best video game stories are only as good as mediocre tv shows. Video Games that try so hard to be art only prove that they’re pretty far from it. Be fun. f*** that overwrought slow moving drama stuff. Case in point, Street Fighter V and Tekken 7's story modes. Holy Hell, were they terrible. I love the Tekken 7 game, but that story mode is ass. It tries so hard to be edgy. Just death and blood left and right with the Mishimas shooting beams, it’s so grim it’s funny.
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Post by Malcolm on Apr 26, 2020 11:57:04 GMT -5
I hate professional reviews on principle because I hate the fact that some rando's number is taken as gospel just because he works for a magazine.
I'd much rather listen to the thoughts of people who have actually paid for the game, not people who got paid for playing the game.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 26, 2020 12:00:46 GMT -5
I hate professional reviews on principle because I hate the fact that some rando's number is taken as gospel just because he works for a magazine. I'd much rather listen to the thoughts of people who have actually paid for the game, not people who got paid for playing the game. People that pay for the game aren't without bias either
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Post by Malcolm on Apr 26, 2020 12:11:39 GMT -5
I hate professional reviews on principle because I hate the fact that some rando's number is taken as gospel just because he works for a magazine. I'd much rather listen to the thoughts of people who have actually paid for the game, not people who got paid for playing the game. People that pay for the game aren't without bias either I only wrote that last part because I thought it sounded like a clever tagline, but I guess not. Bleh.
Either way what I'm saying is that I don't put much stock in "professional" reviews.
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Post by MrElijah on Apr 26, 2020 12:11:53 GMT -5
Case in point, Street Fighter V and Tekken 7's story modes. Holy Hell, were they terrible. I love the Tekken 7 game, but that story mode is ass. It tries so hard to be edgy. Just death and blood left and right with the Mishimas shooting beams, it’s so grim it’s funny. Tekken's story has been ass since it's all Mishima Nonsense. I mean, world wars(which honestly made Jin the dumbest fighting game footage ever), prophecies, Devils..... I mean god bless Harada, but there's a reason most fighting games don't do story.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 26, 2020 12:17:18 GMT -5
People that pay for the game aren't without bias either I only wrote that last part because I thought it sounded like a clever tagline, but I guess not. Bleh.
Either way what I'm saying is that I don't put much stock in "professional" reviews.
I'd personally rather have professional These people are still fans but they just get paid for their opinion. Doesn't mean they are all great but places like Youtube has changed the definition of "professional"
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Post by BorneAgain on Apr 26, 2020 12:22:26 GMT -5
Nintendo is a largely overrated company that keeps getting free passes where people will outright defend anti-consumer bullshit(Like the new 3DS not coming with a charger. A PROPRIETARY charger no less) partly because of their legacy and partly because the other companies are worse. Nintendo is also held to a frustrating double standard:
Example: When Sega was taking down "Shining" videos from Youtube, everyone was pissed and said Sega had no right to do what they did. Then when Nintendo started getting all their videos taken down suddenly people changed their tune to: "Nintendo has every right to protect their IPs". I have countless examples of these double standards... In fairness a lot of the general fan community has changed on this; its a bit of a running joke that Nintendo takes down fan games the moment they even hear about them while Sega either ignores them or in some cases hires the creators to work for them. Even Streets of Rage remake was that was taken down fairly quick by Sega standards had already been downloaded and mirrored so much that a its easier to find now than its ever been.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 26, 2020 12:32:57 GMT -5
Ken's theme is cooler than Guile's theme
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 26, 2020 12:37:21 GMT -5
Nintendo is a largely overrated company that keeps getting free passes where people will outright defend anti-consumer bullshit(Like the new 3DS not coming with a charger. A PROPRIETARY charger no less) partly because of their legacy and partly because the other companies are worse. Nintendo is also held to a frustrating double standard:
Example: When Sega was taking down "Shining" videos from Youtube, everyone was pissed and said Sega had no right to do what they did. Then when Nintendo started getting all their videos taken down suddenly people changed their tune to: "Nintendo has every right to protect their IPs". I have countless examples of these double standards... In fairness a lot of the general fan community has changed on this; its a bit of a running joke that Nintendo takes down fan games the moment they even hear about them while Sega either ignores them or in some cases hires the creators to work for them. Even Streets of Rage was that was taken down fairly quick by Sega standards had already been downloaded and mirrored so much that a its easier to find now than its ever been. I honestly don't remember anyone defending the New 3ds's lack of a charger. Videos? I don't really remember people defending those being taken down either... though I Do remember Nintendo's weird Youtube rules were defended by some... but was largely decried as Bullshit.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Apr 26, 2020 12:37:57 GMT -5
Games that are too grounded in reality are like watching paint dry. Why play Call of Duty when I could play something ridiculous like Borderlands? I play this stuff for escapism.
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Post by thechase on Apr 26, 2020 12:39:48 GMT -5
I believe this thread is sponsored by your boy, Raid Shadow Legends
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Apr 26, 2020 13:05:30 GMT -5
Nintendo is a largely overrated company that keeps getting free passes where people will outright defend anti-consumer bullshit(Like the new 3DS not coming with a charger. A PROPRIETARY charger no less) partly because of their legacy and partly because the other companies are worse. Nintendo is also held to a frustrating double standard:
Example: When Sega was taking down "Shining" videos from Youtube, everyone was pissed and said Sega had no right to do what they did. Then when Nintendo started getting all their videos taken down suddenly people changed their tune to: "Nintendo has every right to protect their IPs". I have countless examples of these double standards... I would not agree that Nintendo is overrated, they are a company that puts out games of incredible quality. Everything else, I agree with enthusiastically. As a company they are extremely behind the times and extremely anti-consumer and I hate that so much about them.
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