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Motto
Aug 3, 2013

TheScott2K posted:

Third party games for Nintendo systems should have warning labels.

They also had tons of shovelware due to their popularity, but Nintendo handhelds always had plenty of good 3rd party games.

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Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007

PantsBandit posted:

Every once in a while I remember the Gex games and how badly I wish they'd make another one. For some reason the level design in those games was always super endearing to me.

Under no circumstances should you go back and replay the Gex games. They have aged horribly, doubly so because of the humor.

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr-QVMpAyT4

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

PantsBandit posted:

Every once in a while I remember the Gex games and how badly I wish they'd make another one. For some reason the level design in those games was always super endearing to me.

did you know there was a gex novel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_r38e3Yqzg

LawfulWaffle
Mar 11, 2014

Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjXKidAlXa4

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Baal posted:

I enjoyed my time with BD

Same here but I only played one loop. I'm gonna pick up BD second whenever I finish FE Fates

Snak
Oct 10, 2005

I myself will carry you to the Gates of Valhalla...
You will ride eternal,
shiny and chrome.
Grimey Drawer
Haha


also... I never played any of the games (might pick up the new one), but you're telling me that Rachet, from Rachet & Clank, is a cat?! I assumed he was some kinda weird fox, you know, from his 0 feline features...

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!
They call him a feline sometimes in the games, so yes he is. Plus he's got a lion tail and stuff

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Snak posted:

Haha


also... I never played any of the games (might pick up the new one), but you're telling me that Rachet, from Rachet & Clank, is a cat?! I assumed he was some kinda weird fox, you know, from his 0 feline features...

Uhhhhhhh, no he's a Lombax which is distinctly NOT a cat.

Phantasium
Dec 27, 2012

I only ever liked the first Jak game and the first Ratchet game was so boring I fell asleep during it on a couple occasions.

Of course I never really tried the later Jak games, the GTA comparisons and gunplay stuff turned me off super hard.

Snak
Oct 10, 2005

I myself will carry you to the Gates of Valhalla...
You will ride eternal,
shiny and chrome.
Grimey Drawer

Wamdoodle posted:

Uhhhhhhh, no he's a Lombax which is distinctly NOT a cat.

FactsAreUseless posted:

Cat and robot, raccoon et al., dude and weasel.
facts really are useless.


This is pretty great. I mean, I found it amusing. I have a sort of dread that it's a game about being a loving nazi.

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Melman v2
The best animations in the history of gaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hpTgbC-Jn0

Ostentatious
Sep 29, 2010

ratchet & clank is better than jak & daxter overall

Snak
Oct 10, 2005

I myself will carry you to the Gates of Valhalla...
You will ride eternal,
shiny and chrome.
Grimey Drawer

Cardboard Box A posted:

The best animations in the history of gaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hpTgbC-Jn0

Honestly the only ones that really look bad are the crouchwalk/run and the crawling. The rest is totally acceptable to me.

But if I still played twitch-shooters, I'd still be playing Urban Terror, so...

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7dZntA6was


i love oscilliscopes

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

Cardboard Box A posted:

The best animations in the history of gaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hpTgbC-Jn0

Powered by Unity lol Capcom

Snak
Oct 10, 2005

I myself will carry you to the Gates of Valhalla...
You will ride eternal,
shiny and chrome.
Grimey Drawer

Sakurazuka posted:

Powered by Unity lol Capcom

Yeah I was confused and thought it was some kind of fan project or something. Nope.

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/18/microsoft-sold-xbox-one-ea

quote:

Blake Jorgensen, EA’s CFO, told investors during the company’s third-quarter earnings call that the combined lifetime sales of the Xbox One and Playstation 4 was about 55m units. Although Jorgensen didn’t break down the split, Sony, which regularly reports sales for the PS4, provides enough information to reverse-engineer the Xbox One figure.
In January, Sony revealed that the PS4 had sold 35.9m, meaning that the sales for the Xbox One – if both EA’s and Sony’s figures are accurate – stand at around 19.1m.

Bad news for Microsoft. I can see why they've stopped reporting the numbers if it's that slow.

limaCAT
Dec 22, 2007

il pistone e male
Slippery Tilde

FactsAreUseless posted:

10 - Animal Crossing. Jared hasn't played Animal Crossing in a long time. So long that there are weeds everywhere. It's been 640 weeks! Shaking trees can get the player rewards, like money or furniture, but sometimes - beeeess. Day ruined. You look stupid once they sting you, and the other villagers make fun of how ugly you look and how stupid you are for messing with bees.

No Donkey Kong 3 or Buzz Bombers.

DLC Inc
Jun 1, 2011


these own. the best Kamiya material still comes from his Iwata Asks interviews, though. I still wonder about the specifics around how much of RE2 was his own work, and how much was Mikami stepping in to salvage it. Pretty wild how he moved on from that and made great poo poo.

Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.


Cardboard Box A posted:

The best animations in the history of gaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hpTgbC-Jn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JyFTRvAUh0

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Grapplejack posted:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/18/microsoft-sold-xbox-one-ea


Bad news for Microsoft. I can see why they've stopped reporting the numbers if it's that slow.

So far the Gamecube is still ahead of it. The gamecube.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

The GameCube kicked rear end.

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Why is there an "N" in "GCN"?

8-Bit Scholar
Jan 23, 2016

by FactsAreUseless

MinibarMatchman posted:

these own. the best Kamiya material still comes from his Iwata Asks interviews, though. I still wonder about the specifics around how much of RE2 was his own work, and how much was Mikami stepping in to salvage it. Pretty wild how he moved on from that and made great poo poo.

Kamiya fakes it until he makes it.

PantsBandit
Oct 26, 2007

it is both a monkey and a boombox

Jay Rust posted:

Why is there an "N" in "GCN"?

Bowser got to name it.

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007

Jay Rust posted:

Why is there an "N" in "GCN"?

Nintendo prefers three letters

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




Jay Rust posted:

Why is there an "N" in "GCN"?

the ign acronym had to be 3 letters i think and neo geo had ngc already so they put the nintendo at the end and called it a day

Scaly Haylie
Dec 25, 2004

The Kins
Oct 2, 2004

Real hurthling! posted:

the ign acronym had to be 3 letters i think and neo geo had ngc already so they put the nintendo at the end and called it a day
It wasn't IGN invention. It was an official acronym that Nintendo insisted press and developers use for some reason.

Apparently NGC is a trademark of National Geographic Channel in the US, so that might be why.

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

What about "PSX"?

The Kins
Oct 2, 2004

Jay Rust posted:

What about "PSX"?
The development codename was Playstation Experimental. SCEA hated the Playstation name and was certain The Youths would hate it, and tried to sex it up a bit. Hence the PSX acronym and the short-lived Polygon Man mascot.

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Jay Rust posted:

What about "PSX"?

The X stood for Xtreme :black101:

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


Cardboard Box A posted:

The best animations in the history of gaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hpTgbC-Jn0

Well, they are in an arctic base, so I guess that explains why they're sliding everywhere...

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

should have taken Extra Feet

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Beat Dark Souls III :toot:
It's a real good game

And now I'm going to replay it alongside a browser window open to the "NPCs" page on the wiki

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Melman v2
What the hell happened in the future of gaming thread?

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3772840&pagenumber=3&perpage=40#post458903042

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008

Jay Rust posted:

What about "PSX"?

They reused PSX for this:



It was only released in Japan in 03 and it was a video recorder and a fully integrated PS2. It sold like poo poo and was never released outside of Japan and then discontinued.

Mistle
Oct 11, 2005

Eckot's comic relief cousin from out of town
Grimey Drawer

Cardboard Box A posted:

The best animations in the history of gaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hpTgbC-Jn0

What bothers me about this is the logic to it:
zombies in Antarctica, outside, why have they not frozen solid?



BBG went full-on "weird codec calls while in the jejunum of Arsenal Gear"



Though I agree with all of them, there's a glaring flaw to each situation that keeps me from agreeing without hesitation.

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Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.


I'm sure everybody in this thread waited for the new game from Hatred devs - IS Defense: http://store.steampowered.com/app/448370/



As expected it starts with an Omaha Beach level.

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