Hog Inspector posted:

i wanted to play a scary game

Hog Inspector posted:

i wanted to play a scary game

RoanHorse posted:

Was Machine for Pigs good?

Cardboard Box A posted:

Nope. They took out the actual object manipulation and puzzle solving and sanity systems and what you're left with is a spookier version of Dear Esther, made by the Dear Esther devs, rather than the actual Amnesia/Penumbra devs.

BottledBodhisvata posted:

I'm willing to give Kojima the benefit of the doubt when it comes to at least attempting to discuss serious topics in his games. Before MGS4 I don't think he'd really crossed any particularly egregious lines. In fact, I rather enjoyed that Kojima was willing and able to comment on various topics from a perspective very outside of my own, with a whole different set of morals behind it. There's a lot going on in every Metal Gear Solid storyline. It gets goofy at times, but at the core of the games are a lot of interesting concepts that are generally explored in a lot of interesting ways. "Respectful" isn't a term I'd generally want to assign to any particular piece of work, as it implies that something is left out in order to appeal to somebody's sensibilities. There are, as with anything, exceptions and variations on that, but regardless, I think Kojima COULD tell a good plot, with enough nuance and imagery and metaphor and whatever you may want to add complexity to it. Metal Gear Solid, the original PSX game, is still fantastic. The voice acting, direction, the interconnected gameplay and story elements, all of that are just fantastic, still to this day. The game even manages to avoid the signs of age in terms of graphics--the blocky playstation models are just stylized enough that they're perfectly coherent and even rather charming in this day of HD graphics (which the series pioneers anyway). I'd suggest people check out on youtube Matthewmatosis' reviews of the Metal Gear series, he actually does fairly detailed plot analysis of the games and he showcases a lot of hidden depth to what's going on in the process.

It's why I'm sad Kojima won't be doing Silent Hills. I've been dying for him to start doing his poo poo with other game genres. He's a natural innovator and he isn't afraid to say whatever comes to his mind, for good or ill. His bravado when it comes to games design isn't some fluke or hype; Metal Gear is a solid series, and let's not forget Kojima also spearheaded Boktai, which itself successfully got a sequel or two and was to my knowledge rather well-regarded, even if it had a seemingly bizarre and possibly cumbersome gimmick.

That all being said, MGS4 is just kind of poo poo. I don't think Kojima was trying to really make anything "work" so to speak, he just wanted/needed to tie the whole drat thing up. Even then, he manages to do some clever poo poo, but it's easily the weakest of the series and the only one where I just stopped playing out of lack of interest. It's also the only one that has a lot of weird sexual poo poo in it that doesn't really accomplish anything. A lot in that game just felt off. Comparatively, I felt like Ground Zeroes actually fit much better, even with its ending. The ending of Ground Zeroes felt more like something I'd see in a Metal Gear Solid game than the Beauty and the Beast fights in MGS4. It was weird and rather gruesome, but that's sort of Metal Gear in a nutshell--weird, gruesome, and rarely ever uninteresting.

Stux posted:

shut the gently caress up

Stux posted:

shut the gently caress up

BottledBodhisvata posted:

I miss your old avatar.

I said come in! posted:

Without his avatar, he is a nobody now. I use to think Stux was cool.

I said come in! posted:

Without his avatar, he is a nobody now. I use to think Stux was cool.

Stux posted:

who bought me this

ThePhenomenalBaby posted:

I can't afford a new avatar I'm on my work laptop - actual Stux quote

Eonwe posted:

he cant use his work laptop for work, he wouldn't want to do literally anything on a work laptop lest is break

Stux posted:

how many times must I tell u trolls: it's a mini not a macbook

The Colonel posted:

don't bother with 100%ing dkc1, it's a cool game but the reward for 100% is nothing and it just amounts to finding all the bonus rooms so you should just beat it and move on to dkc2, which gives you more stuff if you're going for 100% and is a better game

StashAugustine posted:

Phantasium posted:

Beware maxing out DKC1. There is a bonus room inside a bonus room, and if you don't go through the door that opens in the bonus room before the bonus round is done, you lose access permanently for that run of the game, and 101% will forever be lost to you.

VideoGames posted:

super mario world is really loving excellent.

Zombies' Downfall posted:

June thread title please

Zombies' Downfall posted:

June thread title please

FactsAreUseless posted:

I'm making the June Chat Thread and I'm calling it the Happy American Independence Month Chat Thread.

VideoGames posted:

its my first time playing it and 10 year old me would have been in love even more than now me is

Eonwe posted:

there are legitimately a lot of secrets in SMW

and its not dumb stuff like DK 64 secrets, there are whole levels that many people probably haven't ever played