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Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy

In Training posted:

Gamecube = tiny discs, fairly win.

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oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

in japan the tiny discs came in very cute tiny cases. i should have picked up japanese monkey ball 2 when i had the chance

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!
Does flappy mario actually advertise that it costs money when you go to download it? because if not I can understand the complaints about it costing money if it doesn't tell you that until you're multiple levels in.

CJacobs fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Dec 16, 2016

LawfulWaffle
Mar 11, 2014

Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.

CJacobs posted:

Does flappy mario actually advertise that it costs money when you go to download it? because if not I can understand the complaints about it costing money if it doesn't tell you that until you're multiple levels in.

It's probably listed as Free with in-App Purchases. Sometimes that means you can play the whole thing for free but have to sit through ads.

I want to say Ghost Trick was also listed as Free with In-App Purchases, and everything after the first case needed to be bought separately. I can't remember though.

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!
Just checked for myself and nope, it doesn't. The closest they come to telling you that you have to buy the whole game on the store page is this small blurb at the bottom:



Which you could easily read over if you're browsing on mobile. The game itself doesn't appear to tell you this until you actually get to the paywall.

LawfulWaffle
Mar 11, 2014

Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.
One baffling argument I found in the reviews was that someone would rather pay up front than play for free then hit a paywall.

boy are my arms tired
May 10, 2012

Ham Wrangler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhYfr-_iLBY

El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010
Friends, talk to me about Yakuza 4, 5 and Dead Souls. Which one's the best one? Is Dead Souls bad? I remember hearing less than stellar things....

boy are my arms tired
May 10, 2012

Ham Wrangler

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Friends, talk to me about Yakuza 4, 5 and Dead Souls. Which one's the best one? Is Dead Souls bad? I remember hearing less than stellar things....

Dead Souls is not great, I really enjoyed Yakuza 4 and have not played 5

tangentially related but i remember reading an interview someone did with actual yakuza dudes that played the game and gave their thoughts that i thought was interesting, but i can't seem to find it

e: found it http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/yakuza-3-review.html

e2: lol yeah i love this

quote:

M: Kiryu is the way yakuza used to be. We kept the streets clean. People liked us. We didn't bother ordinary citizens. We respected our bosses. Now, guys like that only exist in video games.
S: I don't know any ex-yakuza running orphanages.
K: There was one a few years ago. A good guy.
M: You sure it wasn't just a tax shelter?
K: Sure it was a tax shelter but he ran it like a legitimate thing. You know.

Bicyclops
Aug 27, 2004

My PS4 is here and I really like the controller, which is very comfortable. Yoshi the gamer bird also likes it, and really loves the tiny blue light and trying to pull on the control sticks. I chose UncleNintendo as my network name and a butterfly for my profile picture. This is a great early birthday present and I am glad I coincidentally had a long weekend to enjoy it.

Guy Mann
Mar 28, 2016

by Lowtax
You know, I didn't really like the Puzzle Agent games but now that Telltale is so big it would be cool if they tried out that pilot program again.

El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010

boy are my arms tired posted:

Dead Souls is not great, I really enjoyed Yakuza 4 and have not played 5

tangentially related but i remember reading an interview someone did with actual yakuza dudes that played the game and gave their thoughts that i thought was interesting, but i can't seem to find it

e: found it http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/yakuza-3-review.html

e2: lol yeah i love this

The interview excerpt is money, thanks for this

E: This was good, too

quote:

M: The whole plot about resort expansion in Okinawa and the CIA and the politicians involved and all that? Wow. That game came out last year, right. That's totally happening in Okinawa right now.
K: The politicians and the yakuza always have worked together. The game has got that right.
S: Yakuza and politicians, pretty much the same thing. We all have badges, we all have factions, we all have our oyabuns (father-figures).
M: Don't forget that there are some yakuza who became politicians.
K: And still are. The CIA part of the story, I don't buy though. Too nutty for me. What do you think Adelstein? You used to work for them right.
A: I never worked for the CIA. Well, not directly.
M: The Mossad. You're Jewish.
K: He'll never admit it.
A: I'll admit it. I'm Jewish. You overestimate the CIA. The CIA is not nearly as competent an organization as the Yamaguchi-gumi.
S: Well, I guess they wanted to make the game more international. And let's face it, these days, Americans and the CIA make great villains.
K: And the Japanese yakuza kick their rear end! Go Japan go!

El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Dec 16, 2016

Help Im Alive
Nov 8, 2009

Guy Mann posted:

You know, I didn't really like the Puzzle Agent games but now that Telltale is so big it would be cool if they tried out that pilot program again.

I wouldn't really be surprised if Telltale never made another game that's not based on a TV show/movie/comic or w/e

Accordion Man
Nov 7, 2012


Buglord
I'd be surprised if they ever actually made a good game again after Borderlands.

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!
Telltale Batman owns real hard.

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Anyone try that recent Baldur's Gate expansion? Reading about it online is poisoned by the crazy amount of "SJWs!!! :derp:" comments

Looper
Mar 1, 2012

LawfulWaffle posted:

One baffling argument I found in the reviews was that someone would rather pay up front than play for free then hit a paywall.

I don't think it's that baffling, I get the psychology behind such a sentiment

Looper
Mar 1, 2012
SJWs? They're good

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames
Is Super Mario run really going to be exclusive to ios because gently caress that

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




precision posted:

Is Super Mario run really going to be exclusive to ios because gently caress that

you aren't missing anything.

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!

Real hurthling! posted:

you aren't missing anything.

It's worth approximately 9.99 less than the 9.99 they want for it! Like a true mobile game.

Looper
Mar 1, 2012
I got my dad to start playing Pokemon Red

He likes it but wishes you could tell which mons are in each area

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames

Real hurthling! posted:

you aren't missing anything.

itt it looks really fun

Olive!
Mar 16, 2015

It's not a ghost, but probably a 'living corpse'. The 'living dead' with a hell of a lot of bloodlust...

Looper posted:

I got my dad to start playing Pokemon Red

He likes it but wishes you could tell which mons are in each area

Buy him the Prima strategy guide

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Melman v2
you must watch this YOU WON'T REGRET IT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-x5LV8SN_Y

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

CJacobs posted:

It's worth approximately 9.99 less than the 9.99 they want for it! Like a true mobile game.

10 bucks for like 30 Mario levels is a pretty solid deal

Red Bones
Aug 9, 2012

"I think he's a bad enough person to stay ghost through his sheer love of child-killing."

Looper posted:

I got my dad to start playing Pokemon Red

He likes it but wishes you could tell which mons are in each area

I dunno when the games started telling you this but it's definitely in the newer ones. I think it might have come in with Ruby and Sapphire?

bloodychill
May 8, 2004

And if the world
should end tonight,
I had a crazy, classic life
Exciting Lemon

Looper posted:

I feel this way about books but not any other media for whatever reason

Books have that paper smell I like. Also when I feel like completely unplugging for a few days, books are the perfect companion.

That said, when it comes to games and movies, I've embraced the all-digital future. I haven't bought a physical copy of anything for nearly 3 years. It genuinely really helps save space in my small apartment.

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

Red Bones posted:

I dunno when the games started telling you this but it's definitely in the newer ones. I think it might have come in with Ruby and Sapphire?

it's only in oras yeah

Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬

In Training posted:

10 bucks for like 30 Mario levels is a pretty solid deal

I'm hoping it comes to Android because I have like $20 worth of Google Opinion Rewards bux and nothing really to spend it on.

The last thing I bought with them was FF1

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer
I'll usually buy paperbacks of the books I like to re-read but the Kindle Paperwhite is pretty drat close to reading an actual book with the added bonus of a backlight. Battery on the thing also lasts forever.

I still like reading actual books better though...

Help Im Alive
Nov 8, 2009

Why read when video games have such rich stories

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

Help Im Alive posted:

Why read when video games have such rich stories

https://twitter.com/freecialis/status/164032559880216577

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Melman v2

Monkey Fracas posted:

I do kinda like having physical 3DS games because the little tiny cartridges are neat. There's no rational way to justify it; I just like kinda popping in a cartridge. It's oddly satisfying compared to discs or digital.








Assepoester fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Dec 17, 2016

Palpek
Dec 27, 2008


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


I forgot that there's another interesting release in 2017 - there's a new Styx game releasing in March. Good to see that the first one sold well enough to justify a sequel, if they polish this one it could be a new really good stealth series.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Red Bones posted:

I dunno when the games started telling you this but it's definitely in the newer ones. I think it might have come in with Ruby and Sapphire?

It's only in one game, the Ruby and sapphire remakes

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




In Training posted:

10 bucks for like 30 Mario levels is a pretty solid deal

thats what i thought but its not fun imo. it just makes me want to play nsmb where i have control and challenge. but that's probably mission accomplished if mobile makes me want to play the real thing.

Harrow
Jun 30, 2012

I'm really tempted to buy Battlefield 1 but I'm also relatively certain it's going to go on sale in the next couple of weeks. Let's find out if my impatience beats my frugality, shall we?

New Concept Hole
Oct 10, 2012

東方動的
BF1 just went back off of sale. I think it has been on sale for more time than it has been not on sale.

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Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


Palpek posted:

I forgot that there's another interesting release in 2017 - there's a new Styx game releasing in March. Good to see that the first one sold well enough to justify a sequel, if they polish this one it could be a new really good stealth series.

First Styx worth playing?

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