August Games PictoChat For Nintendo DS

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Sloppy Milkshake: Nov 9, 2004; I MAKE YOU HUMBLE

SirPhoebos posted:

I discovered that people are still recording AoE2 multiplayer matches over a decade since the game came out. I used to watch those a ton in college and seeing a couple videos was a bit of a nostalgia trip. Then I went looking for Age of Mythology matches, and for a second thought about getting it on Steam before remembering that I was terrible at RTS games.

"Well, Titan's Quest is kinda close, and I never finished that," so I reinstalled that instead.

it got rereleased and even a new expansion recently, so that probably helps

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# ? Jun 10, 2024 17:20

bloodychill: May 8, 2004; And if the world
should end tonight,
I had a crazy, classic life; Exciting Lemon

VideoGames posted:

I love that I can play PSNOW games on my Vita. I just wish I could put more things on it because the hardware is so nice. I want to play all games on it.

The Vita is a great little piece of hardware and I have written so much on what Sony hosed up about it. Remember that when it first released, they were pushing ATT mobile connectivity (but not for downloading games or multiplayer... think about that), it had no PSX compatibility, and the only game that has made actual fun use of the rear touch is Tearaway. All they'd need to do is update processor/memory/screen, remove the rear touch in favor of L2/R2 bumpers on the back, and support cheaper storage and they'd have created the best handheld not capable of playing of Nintendo games.

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:08

bloodychill: May 8, 2004; And if the world
should end tonight,
I had a crazy, classic life; Exciting Lemon

Pretty glad I built a new computer with a 1070 and GSync. Deus Ex might actually run well on it!

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:08

Mak0rz: Aug 2, 2008; 😎🐗🚬

ImpAtom posted:

The plot is effectively a Mega Man game's plot except twice as wordy as it needs to be

two times zero is still zero

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:22

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

Mak0rz posted:

two times zero is still zero

No there`s only one Zero in that game.

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:26

FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

There is a series of casual time management games called Delicious! Emily's and my fiancee asked me to look up if they had released any new games in that series yet. The wikipedia page had this on it.

I always get a chuckle out of reading something on wikipedia and then the page suddenly shifts into some stuff someone just typed in and didn't bother spell or grammar checking, but I'm easily amused to meh

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:29

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Lurdiak posted:

No there`s only one Zero in that game.

Now now.

There's also ABSOLUTE ZERO.

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:29

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

The lord of the rings game that was a shameless copy of FFX combat system was cool

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:31

Guy Mann: Mar 28, 2016; by Lowtax

ImpAtom posted:

Now now.

There's also ABSOLUTE ZERO.

This was the game we got instead of an actual follow-up to Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter.

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:35

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

In Training posted:

The lord of the rings game that was a shameless copy of FFX combat system was cool

Eh. I`d rather have gotten more of those beat-em-ups. That first one is REALLY good despite being infuriatingly single player.

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:37

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

Oh those were far and away the best lord of the rings games. I played a shitload of I think Two Towers coop.

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:39

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

Those stupid ghosts that you can't combo kill or counter are the worst part of that game.

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:40

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Guy Mann posted:

This was the game we got instead of an actual follow-up to Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter.

Nah, that was Dead Rising. Members of the DQ team worked on that which is why it has the same kinda gimmick.

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:41

oddium: Feb 21, 2006; end of the 4.5 tatami age

dead rising is extremely good so i thank them

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:45

Mak0rz: Aug 2, 2008; 😎🐗🚬

In Training posted:

The lord of the rings game that was a shameless copy of FFX combat system was cool

Oh poo poo maybe that's the FFX clone I was thinking of. I know there was one in that era that was a blatant carbon copy and thinking back on it Command Mission wasn't it.

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:45

Viewtiful Jew: Apr 21, 2007; Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!

ImpAtom posted:

Nah, that was Dead Rising. Members of the DQ team worked on that which is why it has the same kinda gimmick.

Yeah, the point of the first Dead Rising was never to do everything on your first try. Your first time through was basically either learning how to play the game the best you could or just loving around until the timer ran out. A Level 1 Frank ain't gonna be much fun to play as against most of the bosses and the general hordes.

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:48

Help Im Alive: Nov 8, 2009

Why do they keep bringing back Frank West instead of Chuck

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:49

FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

I want there to be an alternate ending for dead rising 1 where everything turns out ok because you stop the dumbass old lady from letting the zombies in in the first place

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:52

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

FirstAidKite posted:

I want there to be an alternate ending for dead rising 1 where everything turns out ok because you stop the dumbass old lady from letting the zombies in in the first place

That moment was ridiculous but they likely would've gotten in some other way.

That game's tone is so loving weird. So many of the moments seem like pure comedy but they're played very seriously, or at least feel like they are. Maybe it's lost in translation.

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:57

Grapplejack: Nov 27, 2007

I miss Breath of Fire.... :negative:

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:58

oddium: Feb 21, 2006; end of the 4.5 tatami age

Lurdiak posted:

That moment was ridiculous but they likely would've gotten in some other way.

That game's tone is so loving weird. So many of the moments seem like pure comedy but they're played very seriously, or at least feel like they are. Maybe it's lost in translation.

it's good

# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:59

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

oddium posted:

it's good

I prefer my parody more overt.

# ? Aug 20, 2016 00:01

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

# ? Aug 20, 2016 00:10

Mak0rz: Aug 2, 2008; 😎🐗🚬

https://twitter.com/Arbys/status/766666909290987520

# ? Aug 20, 2016 00:24

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

And you people said Metroid is dead :rolleyes:

# ? Aug 20, 2016 00:27

Jay Rust: Sep 27, 2011

Arby's gonna get sued :ohdear:

# ? Aug 20, 2016 00:28

bloodychill: May 8, 2004; And if the world
should end tonight,
I had a crazy, classic life; Exciting Lemon

Meatcraft sounds like it would make a good minecraft sequel, Microsoft should get on that.

# ? Aug 20, 2016 00:29

FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

Mak0rz posted:

https://twitter.com/Arbys/status/766666909290987520

That's just precious :3:

# ? Aug 20, 2016 00:32

Help Im Alive: Nov 8, 2009

seek the federation forks

# ? Aug 20, 2016 00:34

Viewtiful Jew: Apr 21, 2007; Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!

Jay Rust posted:

Arby's gonna get sued

Reggie is prepared to settle for a lifetime supply of curly fries.

And to imagine speaking of food, this could have been Reggie's only legacy.

# ? Aug 20, 2016 00:36

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Viewtiful Jew posted:

Reggie is prepared to settle for a lifetime supply of curly fries.

And to imagine speaking of food, this could have been Reggie's only legacy.

I remember liking the Big New Yorker as a kid but I wonder how I'd feel about it if it was still around today.

# ? Aug 20, 2016 00:39

Guy Mann: Mar 28, 2016; by Lowtax

https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/766748512545415168

Help Im Alive posted:

Why do they keep bringing back Frank West instead of Chuck

At the end of Dead Rising 3 Chuck shows up as a grizzled biker gang leader who tracked you down because one of your survivor friends is a grown-up runaway Katey and he helps you take on the big bad at the end.

Guy Mann fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Aug 20, 2016

# ? Aug 20, 2016 00:43

Viewtiful Jew: Apr 21, 2007; Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!

Hmmm I don't know about this part, Activision:

quote:

Customization starts with picking one of the ten classes. However, doing that locks that class to the crystal. You will never be able to wipe the crystal clear and truly start fresh. You can only tear your creation down to its pre-customized form and create a new hero in that class.

......

I asked Toys for Bob co-founder Paul Reiche about the decision. "We wanted to make sure that there wasn't a sea of options, and that there weren't so many different factors affecting the gameplay of the character that you couldn't focus and create what we thought of as a class," he told me. If you could constantly shift absolutely everything about it, you almost lose the fun of having a particular kind of character and the distinctions that we have. So as we were building it, we didn't know to what degree people would be changing their characters. What we have found is that they settle on a physical form for the base character pretty fast. Then they'll adjust gear, because it has stats. And if something shows up, like a new tagline piece or voice, they might experiment with that. It sort of resolves itself in less than an hour, and then people stick with that character and press forward. It is primarly to give people a direction. We think that helps define the name you give it, the appropriate voice, the color set you choose."

We confirmed that resetting isn't an option. You can still reassign owners, but you can't tear a Imaginator back to its base form or reset its level.

"We allow changing of ownership, but we're not resetting the Imaginator," Reiche says. "You can tear it down all the back to the star form. The idea is that they start as a constellation, and you pull them out. They're made of stars, and then you make them more physical. You can go back to that as much as you want. But you can't go through the reset functionality."

# ? Aug 20, 2016 01:02

Scaly Haylie: Dec 25, 2004

Can you explain what the crystal is for those of us who are grown adults and not fully up-to-date on the upcoming Skylanders title?

# ? Aug 20, 2016 01:05

Snak: Oct 10, 2005; I myself will carry you to the Gates of Valhalla...
You will ride eternal,
shiny and chrome.; Grimey Drawer

Thanks to whoever posted about that psn flash sale, I picked up dmc4 special edition bundle for $15 and Another World 20th Anniversary Edition for like $1.50.

# ? Aug 20, 2016 01:07

Viewtiful Jew: Apr 21, 2007; Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!

Lizard Wizard posted:

Can you explain what the crystal is for those of us who are grown adults and not fully up-to-date on the upcoming Skylanders title?

You basically use one to make your own character. They're going to run about ten dollars each.

# ? Aug 20, 2016 01:11

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Lizard Wizard posted:

Can you explain what the crystal is for those of us who are grown adults and not fully up-to-date on the upcoming Skylanders title?

The new Skylander's gimmick is 'create a character.'

The crystal is a blank character for your create-a-character thing. You buy crystals from the actual real-world store.

There are different classes and once you lock a specific class to the create-a-character thing you can never change the class even if you alter the rest of the character's stuff.

So basically you can't respec from Barbarian to Priest or whatever the Skylanders equivalent is. Once you pick Barbarian the only way to get a new class is to buy a new toy.

# ? Aug 20, 2016 01:13